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Unsatisfied: Hunger strike ends with mixed messages
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It was a victory except for the fact they didn't win.
And I'm glad they didn't, this would set a bad precedent if all you have to do is starve yourself to get your way.
On the Living Wage:
"The statement won immediate praise from the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, which suggested that the demand that UVA raise its minimum wage, if not illegal, was clearly unwise.
"Our Chamber," according to President Timothy Hulbert, "is skeptical about achieving any real positive economic effects from governmental wage-fixing regulations." Hulbert claims that UVA– as the area's largest employer– could create a detrimental domino effect on other area businesses.
"The unintended consequences of even the most well-intentioned prescription can be injurious to the university, its contractors, and our greater community," he writes in a open letter to President Sullivan. "The sound management of the University, with its strong commitment to enhance the lives of its entire workforce and our community, is a far better path."
On the Human Rights Commission:
"Timothy J. Hulbert, president of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, said he's been contacted by chamber members who are outright opposed to the commission and others who are simply concerned about what it would look like." (The Daily Progress Published: December 22, 2011).
Well at least we know who runs this town and how the politicians/administrators work with the business community prevent justice and change. There's a name for an alliance between government and business, its called fascism.
Love the Gen Y'ers with their 8th place ribbons thinking we won. Yeah, in a race with UVA, they came in third.
The reason nothing changes in this country is that we have become lemmings. One of the most American things we can do is protest. In the current, post-9/11 thinking, it has become unfashionable, even un-American to protest. The fact is, nothing will change if we just sit on our asses and point fingers, ridiculing those trying to change things. I don't come down on one side or the other on this topic. I'm simply not informed enough to have an intelligent opinion (doesn't stop most posters, myself included most of the time). You don't have to agree with their views, but you should be thankful they aren't following the rest of us off the cliff.
Protest is great and all, but try taking the food out of UVa's mouth rather than your own, TRANSFER. You voluntarily provide this institution with thousands of $$ a year but 'starving' yourself is your go-to means of showing displeasure??
Oh, and "We have engaged the UVA student body in an unprecedented way," Bruno notes in an email to a reporter. "We have educated it in an unprecedented way." is such self-serving hyperbole that its author should be embarrassed to show his face on grounds. If you've had such a far reaching impact, let someone else acknowledge it.
The arrogance is what gets me. Why do these hunger-strike people think they know anything about UVA's budget and finances? It's like they're saying "Those people should get more pay, I don't care about numbers, just give it to them."
What would happen if I went to my private employer (non government/UVa) and told them to raise the salaries of the lowest workers at this company or else I am going to go on a hunger strike and start carrying banners out side against you...
Thanks for my Friday afternoon laugh. One wonders why Mr Bruno would attend an institution that in his words "has perpetuated economic injustice throughout its history" I mean there must be hundreds of Universities that have only perpetuated economic injustice for a few years or so, why not attend one of them? Stick it to the man Mr. Bruno!! Withhold your tuition dollars from the Evil Empire that is UVA
"In the current, post-9/11 thinking, it has become unfashionable, even un-American to protest." I assume this was meant as parody. During the Bush administration dissent was hailed as "the highest form of patriotism" and anyone voicing any half-baked opinion at variance with administration policy was praised for "speaking truth to power". You should be glad you missed that period. It was tedious, believe me.
Interesting that it all came to a convenient end as Spring Break hit the UVA calendar. If these individuals were really committed to making a statement, they would sacrifice some of their social plans. This is a resume builder for any student who wants to go work for a company that employs union workers. I agree with the previous comment that if you don't like the way UVA pays its workers, TRANSFER. To the hunger strikers: you applied to UVA, you were accepted, no one made you attend. Do your parents have jobs? If so, do their companies pay their lowest paid workers what you perceive to be a living wage? If not, then perhaps you should carry on your strike at home.
UVa is a non-profit organization (the academic side, not the hospital). so why can't it pay $13/hr and just refrain from adding other glamorous items to the next new building on grounds? refusing to eat is much like holding your breath to get what you want, but UVa could certainly adjust its spending on other assets to afford a higher wage for bottom-line workers. businesses fool themselves if they want, dedicated, detail-oriented, professional, friendly, team-player w/ positive attitude and ability to work variety of shifts - for $8/hour.
Mixed message? I think the message is very clear. YOU DID NOT WIN ANYTHING!
Now you say you have a few unions who want to "organize" the contract employees.
I would think that they will be able to "organize" them to get them to pay into the union dues bank, which is all the union wants!
If the union were really interested and thought they could do this, why didn't they try it on their own.
Good luck, and good riddence...............punks!
The message is this (in the context of Davy Jones's death)...
Stephen Stills auditioned for The Monkees. He was rejected. Then he joined a band that supposedly was activist (you know, "For What It's Worth"). If he had been accepted into The Monkees, he would have ridden the crest of commercial success for two years, made lots of money, and completely gone past the activist era while achieving some commercial (albeit artificial) success.
Lesson: these hunger strikers had nothing better to do and--if offered the chance--would have taken a job paying money and abandoned any so-called cause.
Definition: lazy hypocrites.
R.I.P.: Don van Vliet
The real message is: Be an Uncle Tom poster boy Negro and ring the bell--you'll be eulogized like a team mascot. Mop the floors in 2012 and get a shiving wage.
Rick Turner this would be a good time to speak up.
and then these protesters will have to explain why they did what they did to a potential employer and wonder why they did not get the job............
or perhaps one of them becomes an accountant, HR person, or owns a company and finally sees what this is all about, and why there is a minimum wage for minimum skills- has nothing to do with a "living" wage.........
or will they stay in academia to teach the next generation
In the long list of signatures on the UVA Faculty petition supporting the Living Wage, there was not a single signature from any at the Darden School of Business. Zero.
How do you not get what you want and claim victory? I do respect the right of someone to protest for a cause, but I don't have to agree with their view. And, not all causes are created equal. Civil rights movement of the 60's.....ok, I respect that quite a bit. This "living wage" stuff, while it may be based on a desire to help others, is just stupid. Go work at a soup kitchen, mentor young kids, help at an underperforming school, pick up trash on the road......
I noticed that people can get up to $5,751 as Earned Income Tax Credit. That's almost $2.88/hr for an annual 2,000 hours. Adding that to UVA's lowest and it's more than $13/hr. Add to that Free and Reduced Breakfast and Lunch and snacks and these guys are living large.
@Those Cows Are Far Away, you ought to take Turner's place and speak up.
It is clear that Mr. Bruno is delusional. It is so amazing how these people think they know what is best for others by looking at one set of figures.
"these guys are living large."
seriously? you could make the point that, by pulling together the EI tax credit and free/reduced price lunch program (which of course only helps you out if you have kids, but whatever, be sloppy in your thinking), combined with full-time employment (full-time in order to get the benefits) at $13/hour (which isn't what the lowest paid at UVa get, but again, whatever, be sloppy), that people can cobble together a decent living situation (still requiring assistance for housing, probably), but to say they're "living large"? that just makes you sound like a clueless ass.
For the Chamber of Commerce to support a wage increase would hurt many of the members of the Chamber. They would leave the Chamber in droves. The Chamber is little more than a trade union/highly paid lobbyists for the wealthy and the business owners. In this town, the have's have it all. They want the beauty, the amenities, low taxes, cheap labor, fine dining and household help. Of course, they don't want to pay for any of it.
The have not's don't have the Chamber to be their voice in issues such as this. I wonder if the "leadership" of the University ever thinks about who cleans the place, who cuts the grass, who repairs the historic buildings, who prepares food and who serves the food???? These are not nameless, faceless people. And they are a dying breed.
Remember this quote.........
"A society that scorns excellence in plumbing and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy will have neither good plumbing nor good scholarship. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."
How did the living wage people get Vanderbuilt University to do the right thing? I think the actions there led to something substantive.
Let's face it UVA with it 5 billion dollar endowment is a business just like IBM. When I walked over to the LV campaign one day I ran into an African-American contract worker who was in support of the LW campaign as he was tired of living paycheck to paycheck. When I asked him what would happen if he joined the LW protest he said his boss would fire him. Fear Fear Fear-that's why we don;t have protests anymore or free speech for that matter. YOu speak out, it gets back to your boss and you are fired. You can't have democracy in a climate of fear. Sullivan should assure no firing or retribution for free speech.
When the Cville did their story on Monticello and Slavery, they made the point that slaves were kept in line by the threat of having their families sold away. Can you imagine what decades and decades and generations of that kind of fear would do to your resolve to speak out publicly about something like a living wage? Workers of all colors and backgrounds live in fear of losing their job in a right to work state. Shameful the University participates i the cultural psychology of fear mongering.
The UVA bullying problem (e.g. Kevin Morrissey) is related to a lack of workplace democracy. We say we live in a democracy but it has nothing to do with our day to day lives. We spend 1/3 of the day in employment that has no free speech, no democratic decision making. I am all for capitalism but it should be a humane and democratic capitalism. Up until 1930, the University was run by the faculty not a professional class of MBA Managers-maybe there a problem there.
If the University administrators are so hamstrung by state policy, maybe Sullivan and Strine should go on a hunger strike until the BOV and the Legislators raise taxes so that the University can be supported by more than 13-14% by the State, it is a State university by the way. The administrators with their high salaries, free houses, cars, and jets, are just a class of overseers doing the bidding of the masters in Richmond. The BOV are just wealthy people being paid off for their campaign contributions to the governors who don't care about the AA man I ran into on the way to the LW campaign. Adminsitrators are part of the managerial class they don't care about the 8.00/hr worker who has to work 2-3 jobs to make ends meet.
The LW campaign is going to have to bump up the strategy if they are going to accomplish anything. The conservative student body is useless. Maybe the faculty senate might have some spine, who knows. But the protesters should coordinate wit the Occupy protesters, the NAACP, and Virginia Organizing (Where were they in all this?). Bring in students from other universities. 500 people in front of Madison Hall you can't ignore. Blue flu by every UVA employee would get some attention. A union would get some attention.
The University Administrators (President Sullivan's cabinet) should be ashamed of themselves. Have they not seen slavery by another name? How much does Sullivan make? How much does Strine Make?....Do they ever, ever have real conversations wit people making $ 8.00/hr? Do they visit their homes? Do the ever go through the surrounding neighborhoods to see how the other half live?
President Sullivan: Do the right thing not the politic managerial thing. You have a choice.
@Hoolarious, nobody lives large on $13/hr, fool. My point is taaaaaaaari o twas esu bnficialo he wage earner. At some point, the earner will begin to lose his safety net. Has anyone figured out when that is? Has anyone calculated the dollar equivalence of all of the subsidies that these people are receiving that they may lose? BTW, peopl ofther than those with children are also eligible for EIC. I just helped a single lady with TurboTax and she is receiving the credit.
Why aren't you people who are encouraging this movement out there on the front lines? I suspect it is because you know the politics of wages is far more than is being presented.
For example, UVA starts requiring its contractors pay at least $13/hr. The contract is not going to be the one who pays it, UVA will.Not only will it be paying the increase in hourly wage, it will also pay the increases in unemployment and social security. It will also be paying the increases in the managers' salaries do to the fact that they be making more than those they manage. Then all of the lab techs, etc. will be expecting raises because they feel they should be paid more than somebody just putting food on a tray. Their supervisors will also be expecting a raise. Then the part-time will rebel. They degrees and may be making a dollar more than the grass cutter.
BTW, does anyone no where the rate of $13/hr came from? Why isn't Kristin Szakos directing the group to City Hall which does not pay $13/hr? I suspect none of this is out of concern for the worker abandoned becuase of Spring Break and March Madness. It is all ego.
@Citizen Party, what difference does it make if the man was African American? Are there no white people that are in fear of losing theirs jobs? Aren't you really trying to add more favor to the pot of downtrodden. Joyce Breeden led a bunch of employees for several years without getting fired so why do you think things have changed?
What I really find remarkable is that the students and faculty protesters and petition signers are not promoting the idea that the workers get better training so that they can move up the ladder at UVA. After all doesn't everybody value education? Thinking about deeper they don't want the people to leave those jobs because they end up competing with the studnts and the faculty spouses for better paying jobs down the road. That means the students and faculty spouses may be offered the grass cutting jobs. It says "Stay at the bottom and we will fight to see to it that you are paid a wage that you scrape around on and we have have a lighter conscious." Yes, I have seen this too often.
and the unions want a piece of the contract employees action................let's see where that leads
Last time I went on hunger strike they threatened to stick a feeding tube in me against my will. Needless to say I didn't go to UVA. But hey, more power to them.
@SkipD - I really fail to understand all the childish Union bashing. Sounds to me that you aren't that familiar with what many unions can and do do to help keep costs down for businesses. No doubt you just listen to the ranting and raging from the right, because a u nion of works means they can't lie chisel and steal.
I joined my first union at 19, without which I could have not afforded health insurance - you know, something you right wingers think everyone should be personally responsible for - and disability insurance. They as a union, could afford to purchase as a large entity and offer different plans, that the employers themselves could in no way match. Employers didn't have to worry about managing that, which made them happy, so they just agreed to contribute so much per employee, and the employee did to. You know, just like you hear about now.
Frankly, I think it would be far better if all workers in different fields joined unions, and we kept the government out of saying anything about wages. If people as a group agree to work at a set price, then they can. I think deep down, thats what so many businesses are deeply afraid of, because they aren't very well run. Well run businesses always manage to find and compensate good employees. A well run union is the same.
Caesonia- Give me one good reason why ALL workers should unionize.
Chisel and steal? Check the union "leaders"............
Just to be clear, the Chamber is fundamentally opposed to a minimum wage. Period. Hulbert says as much as he's quoted here: "Our Chamber is skeptical about achieving any real positive economic effects from governmental wage-fixing regulations." I don't think there's anything wrong with getting a quote from the Chamber about this topic, but I think it should be noted that they don't oppose a living wage, but any federal floor to pay at all. It's a bit like asking Mahmoud Ahmadinejad what he thinks about a particular new Israeli settlement—you know what he's going to say, because he's opposed to the whole affair. :)
were are the subjects of this protest when you need them............to speak out?
Waldo - if we didn't quote anyone in articles because we know what they're going to say, I imagine we wouldn't have any quotes in articles.
Toss out any common topic and I'll wager that we all know what any pundit, from Paul Krugman to Charles Krauthammer, is going to say about it.
@SkipD, the protesters know what's best for the subjects of the protest so they do not need to be there. According to some they are either at their five other jobs or taking care of their brood of children.
The headline should have said "Hunger strike ends with eating"
Cville Eye- I don't think there are any contract workers who are fighting for this........it's nothing more than a professors project
choppedliver- "priceless"
@Caesonia, is that company still in business? Or has it been propped up by the taxpayer?
Yes, I think you should be responsible for your own health insurance.
@ HooOwnstheChamber..you sure do have a fairy tale idea of business. Yes, there are a few like you described, but most small business owners clean their own houses, have good and bad years, and work countless hours to eek out a profit. A labor war is one more thing they can do without. Government regulation, law suits, the weather, gas prices, injuries, protesters, the competition...rising cost of materials, the friggin IRS...have you ever had to spend countless hours with the IRS trying to find out where they applied last months withholding deposit you made while they add hundreds daily in penalties?? You labor people and Johnny punch clocks are clueless. If those janitors up there are unhappy, they should learn another trade that pays more.
@SkipD, I think you're right, I was trying to be facetious. This protest is actually in a vacuum since it does not recognize the current economic conditions that obviously have not affected them or their families. Of course the professors feel their future is secure. How many people do they pay $13/hr to baby sit, cut grass, or clean their houses? Do they insist that their contractors pay their workers and subcontractors' workers $13/hr to remodel their homes. How much does their garages pay all of their workers, do they know? Do they only shop in stores or eat in restaurants that pay their workers $13/hr? At a two hour dinner they tip $13/hr? Do they refuse to go to a hospital that does not pay all of its workers $13/hr? Why are they trying to set a standard for UVA that they have not set for themselves?
Cville Eye- I thought so, but couldn't be sure................without insulting you.


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DEAR ABBY: My son "Timmy" has a playmate from down the street I'll call "Bobby." I'm happy that Timmy has someone to play with, but Bobby's parents haven't taught him good manners. Even though Bobby is only 6, he does not have a curfew. He has stayed at our house as late as 10:30 at night without his parents coming after him or calling to ask me to send him home.
Also, Abby, I did not invite Bobby to my 4-year-old daughter's birthday party because it was for her and her little friends. Well, Bobby, his older sister and a friend of hers showed up anyway! I didn't have enough favors for the extra children. I was able to stretch the food, but I was aggravated that his parents didn't have enough respect for me to stop their children from crashing my daughter's birthday.
I was brought up to leave my friends' homes when it was dinnertime, but these children don't want to go home even when I ask them to leave so we can have our dinner. They beg to stay and eat with us.
How can parents be so inconsiderate as to allow their children to come over anytime and stay as long as they like? I want it to stop, but I don't want to cause hard feelings. How do I handle this? — IMPOSED UPON IN OKLAHOMA
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Finally, I've saved the best for last; day 3 of Lollapalooza 2011. Wow what a way to wrap up a great weekend with The Cool Kids, The Cars, Sam Adams, Nas & Damian Marley, and of course Deadmau5. I didn't have time to see Kid Cudi or The Foo Fighers perform that day, but still I could not ask for more from yet another awesome day.
The only downside to Sunday's events was that it was pouring rain on and off throughout the day. However, that did not stop me from enjoying great live music.
I started my day with The Cool Kids at the ever popular Perry's stage. They put on a great show and being from Chicago and all, the crowd was really into them. They have really started to grow on me in recent months and I like them even more now that I saw how awesome they are live. They played a variety of tracks especially from their newest upcoming album, When Fish Ride Bicycles. One of their tracks from the album that I enjoyed hearing live is below, enjoy!
The Cool Kids "Swimsuits" (featuring Mayer Hawthorne) (Download):
After a great set by The Cool Kids, I made my way towards The Cars at the Music Unlimited stage for some great classic tunes. This rock band from the 1970's performed in a very relaxing environment which was awesome. Chilling on the hills, sipping on cold beer and listening to songs like their big hit "Just What I Needed" was a moment I will never forget. Enjoy the track below.
The Cars – "Just What I Needed" (Download):
Afterwards I headed over to the BMI stage to see Boston rapper Sam Adams perform for a little. It was very delayed due to heavy rain storms. Their were high school girls sliding around in the mud wait for Boston's Boy to come on stage. After having to wait roughly 20 minutes for him, he eventually came on and actually put on a pretty solid show.
He may be a little overrated but something is there for him. He does put on a good show which I find to be very important for being successful as an artist. Check out one song below that I thought he did an exceptional job on. Enjoy!
Sam Adams – "Watch Out" (Prod. J.O.B) (Download)
Close to the BMI stage was the Bud Light stage where Nas & Damian Marley were tearing it up. They were on for over an hour and they even performed many of Nas' old tracks which are my favorites. The chill vibes from the set culminating with the chicago skyline brought everyone there some memorable moments. Check out one of my favorites of theirs below. Enjoy!
Nas & Damian Marley – "Nah Mean" (Download)
Shortly after Nas & Damian Marley finished up their set. Deadmau5 came on to wrap up a great weekend of Lollapalooza. Unfortunately, the second he came on stage, it started pouring rain once again. However, that did not stop Deadmau5 from rocking out like he always does and with lots of style too.
This had been the second time I have seen him live and it certainly won't be the last. He puts on an amazing show and I could not ask for a more perfect way to end an incredible weekend. It didn't even matter that the rain was there. Enjoy my new favorite song by him that I cannot stop playing on replay!
Deadmau5 – "Raise Your Weapon" (Download)


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But this was not the first time the younger Hull hit a scoring milestone. As a St. Louis Blues player nine years earlier, he scored 50 goals in 49 games. He became just the fifth player in NHL history to do the 50/50, tying as third fastest ever. This achievement put Hull in an elite group of superstar players alongside Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard, Mike Bossy and Mario Lemieux.
Despite his father's impressive career, Brett was not always seen as being destined for hockey stardom. He began playing junior hockey in Penticton, in the BCJHL. This was only a Tier II junior team, one level below major junior hockey. In those days, Hull weighed 220 pounds and was nicknamed Pickle. Despite his size, he scored 105 goals in 56 games and won a scholarship to the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
In 1984 the Calgary Flames drafted Hull 117th overall after just two years in college, and he spent the next couple of seasons splitting his playing time between Calgary and their minor league team in Moncton. In Moncton, Hull finished third in league scoring and was name the AHL's Rookie-of-the-Year.
In 1988 the Flames traded Hull to St. Louis. In his first season, he scored 41 goals and captured the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. 1990-91 marked the first of Hull's three consecutive 70-plus goal seasons, which included a career high 86 goals in 1990-91 which earned him the Lester B. Pearson Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's Most Valuable Player.
After eleven seasons in St. Louis, Hull signed with the Dallas Stars in the summer of 1998. He had said he wanted to play for the Chicago Blackhawks, his father's team, but the Stars made him an offer he just could not pass up. Despite the big contract, the move to the Stars took some pressure off Hull. A perennially strong team, the Stars had never played quite as well on the ice as their name suggested. When Hull joined their ranks, they went on to win the Stanley Cup in 1999, with Hull scoring the winning goal in triple overtime.
Long-time Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall once summed up the opposition's take on Hull: ""When he comes in on the wing, he's got an awful lot of speed. If you give him a hole, he hits it."" And for his part, Hull has always had a pretty clear idea of what he has been paid to do. Possessed of a mean slapshot and a solid frame, Hull has had a decided knack for finding the back of the net throughout his career.
Early in the 1999-2000 season, Hull scored his 600th goal, thus ensuring he and father Bobby were the first and only father-son combination to reach that remarkable plateau. After three seasons in Dallas, Hull signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings prior to 2001-02 season and went on to capture his second Stanley Cup later that spring.
Hull surpassed the 700-goal mark and 1,300-point mark in 2002-03 and shows no signs of slowing down. After three seasons in Detroit, Hull went on to sign as a free agent with the Phoenix Coyotes in the summer of 2004 and following a lock out year in 2004-05, would play a mere five games with the club before announcing his retirement from the game.
On the international stage Hull has represented the United States at the Winter Olympics (1998 and 2002), the 1996 World Cup, the 1991 Canada Cup and the 1986 World Championships.
In his illustrious NHL career, Brett Hull scored 741 goals, 650 assists and 1,391 points.
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|Groundhog with Attitude!
So today, February 2nd, 2013, is truly significant as we focus our attention on the prophetic Groundhog in Punxsutawney, PA, who did not see his shadow, and let us know that we will have an early Spring. In the meantime, we have 6 more weeks of Winter. I believe that the Groundhog as a totem, and the movie, "Groundhog Day," have some pretty clear advice for us on how best to use this significant and important time wisely and effectively.
1) Embrace the Dream-time: Hibernation is a time of initiation. It is a time for unimaginable healing and growth. It is a time for us to allow our dreams --both nighttime and waking, to bring up and into our consciousness more of our truth and divine purpose. Don't resist the call to rest & sleep. Even if it is only 6pm or earlier. Even if you feel to stay in bed all day long. You are not being lazy. Allow your body to shut down so your soul can go walking into other dimensions to learn and bring back new & needed knowledge. We are living in a post-2012 existence, and it is essential that we move forward into the new and unknown. Getting horizontal may be the only medicine needed for any of your worries and concerns.
2) Release the Past by Learning Somethings New: In the movie, "Groundhog Day," our anti-hero Phil, goes through a "celebrity death-match" with God, attempting every form of suicide he can think of, before surrendering to his Divinity Within. And once the pure Love of the Universe touches his heart, in the form of Rita believing in his Divinity Within, he realizes that he has to first learn to love himself. To do that, he begins to improve himself through learning new skills, like playing piano, and thinking about others rather than just himself. Over the next 6 weeks, take on learning something new. What is it you always wanted to learn about or do but never have taken the time to just do it? Begin with a small step and let it naturally grow. Of course I recommend watching the movie to help inspire you. I watch it every year on Groundhog Day, to remind myself that the way to continue transcending my core wounds is to risk doing something new. Go for it!
3) Go Deep and Stay Deep: As I discussed in my previous blog, part one of my annual New Year's message (part 2 coming out this week), deep and simple is more powerful than shallow and complex. It's time to put this wisdom from Mr. Rogers into full throttle. If you aren't sure what "deep" is for you, start by asking the Ancestors, Angels or Spirit Guides to help you become conscious about when you are being shallow. Take on self-mastery of your shallow & complex lifestyle. Learn what is looks like, feels like and taste like. Once you become familiar with it -- where you are when it happens most, who's around you when it happens most, and what you feel when it's happening-- you will be ready, willing and able to experience your depth. Remember, life is DEEP (contains emotions) and the truth is SIMPLE. Thanks to Henry Ford and other turn-of-the-century Titans, we got conditioned to believe that mechanized labor and institutions, the destroyers of emotional intelligence, would solve all of our financial problems and therefore we'd be happy and healthy. NOT!
To know true love, you must go Deep, you must experience all of your emotions, and allow this Simple truth to oust your fears: You are divinely and unconditionally loved by God, the Universe, and All That Is.


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Free Beer & Hot Wings: A Snot-Filled Rendition of 'Let It Go' [Video]
There are so many videos of people singing "Let It Go" from the Disney movie "Frozen."
This poor little fella was singing the song and seemed to have a cold.
The results are both disgusting and really entertaining.
It's really gross, but kind of like a car crash. You hate it admit it, but you will want to watch it several times.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College youth clinic scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 23 has been cancelled. The next volleyball youth clinic is scheduled for Sunday, March 9 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Centennial Center.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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2. Keep balanced as to not allow the Hawks to pin their ears back and rush
3. FG Kicker MUST hit 40 yard FG!!! No giving points away!


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Have lap, will cuddle: That is the motto for these featured "lap" cats available for adoption at Cat Tails.
Aster is a 3-year-old spayed female orange tabby who is smart and loves attention. She may be a little shy at first, so she'll need a little time and patience to get use to her new home. But the effort will be well worth it, as you will be delighted to see how happy and appreciative she is to have her chin scratched while sitting in your lap.
SHALLOTTE — Mayor Walt Eccard told the town board of aldermen about his two recent trips to Raleigh to meet with legislators about a proposed sales tax redistribution that would adversely affect Shallotte and Brunswick County.
During the board's regular meeting Sept. 1, Eccard said he was accompanied by alderman Gene Vasile on the first trip and planning board member Steve DeRose and economic development committee member (now chairman) Ron Johnson on the second trip.
Last September, Raymond Reyes, came to Sea Trail as the new golf manager. He is having a blast and making a difference.
The 25-year-old resort and residential community in Sunset Beach had been experiencing financial difficulties for several years. In 2013, a Chinese investor known only as Mr. Pan, bought Sea Trail for $8.5 million.
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In May, my wife Mari-Lou and I were virtually going out the door on our trip to Russia when we got an email message from United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) requesting volunteers with skills and experience in gardening, composting and water filtration for a mission to Honduras with a group from Alabama Honduras Medical Educational Network (AHMEN).
Sunset Beach Town Council will have its regular monthly meeting Monday night, May 5.
A pre-agenda work session is at 6:45 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. at town hall at 700 Sunset Blvd.
Copies of the meeting agenda are available on the town website at www.sunsetbeachnc.gov.
Sunset Beach Town Council has also scheduled three budget work sessions during May.
The Carolina Shores Board of Commissioners will have its monthly workshop at 10 a.m. Monday, May 5.
Their monthly meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, May 8.
The sessions will take place at Carolina Shores Town Hall at 200 Persimmon Road.
For more details and agenda information, call town hall at 575-4877 weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
"Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted;
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry."
[Shakespeare, Henry VI (part 2)]
Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) has long been regarded as an effective means of controlling feral cat populations. I've been an active supporter and spayed and neutered hundreds of feral cats during the past 20 years. New research from Tufts University advocates Trap-Vasectomy-Hysterectomy-Release (TVHR) may be a better solution for wildcat populations, at least on a computer.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard that dogs only see in black in white. I've always explained dogs can see many shades of colors, especially blues and yellows. I can't tell you how many times I've then been told that, yeah, dogs see gray.
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