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by Jack Mayne
Tukwila City Councilmember De'Sean Quinn on Tuesday (Feb. 24) announced his candidacy for mayor of Tukwila.
Quinn has been on the Council for six years, now serving his second term that expires in 2017.
"My goal has been to improve the quality of life for Tukwila's citizens," Quinn said. "I am proud that my efforts have enhanced public safety measures, ensured that fiscally-responsible decisions were made, and improved the city's communication with its residents."
He said he learned he had to "put in the time to understand how city government works, and that leadership and progress is defined by your willingness to take action."
Quinn said he remains committed to protecting the quality of life, enhancing public safety, preserving open space and parks, and protecting Tukwila's environment.
He grew up in Seattle attended University of Washington, served as the community relations manager for former County Executive Ron Sims then became the King County Council's council relations director. He is currently a water quality planner and project manager with the county Department of Natural Resources and Parks where he works with community relations, public involvement strategies and represents the agency on various intergovernmental planning groups.
"My vision for Tukwila is a vibrant, creative and culturally-diverse community that is livable, affordable, safe, environmentally sustainable, and fosters growth and opportunity throughout its distinctive neighborhoods," Quinn said.
The King County Prosecutor's Office is reporting that Tukwila man was sentenced on Friday (Oct. 31) to nearly 11 years in prison for a multiple-vehicle collision on SR-509 in December 2013 that killed a 54-year-old woman (read our previous coverage here).
Prosecutors say the defendant, Christopher Wittman, 25, was impaired by a combination of alcohol and marijuana and was distracted by using a cell phone when he crashed his car through a fence and over an embankment onto Highway 509, where his car landed on top of the victims' vehicle.
Barbara Eakin died from her injuries, while her husband Clay Eakin was injured in the collision.
The driver of a vehicle that collided with the defendant's disabled car was also injured.
Several other cars were involved in the chain reaction collision and those drivers also received various injuries.
Wittman pled guilty last month to charges of Vehicular Homicide (DUI), Vehicular Assault (DUI) and Reckless Endangerment. The standard sentence range was nine to just over 12 years.
Wittman was sentenced before Judge John Chun at the Maleng Regional Justice Center.
The case was handled by Senior Deputy Prosecutor Amy Feedheim, paralegal Lindsey Thomas, and victim advocate Karen Kunde.
Below are some Tweets sent out about the tragic crash:
Photo of vehicle of subjects with the most serious injuries. pic.twitter.com/jWGBWcbcp5
— Trooper Chris Webb (@wspd2pio) December 18, 2013
Photo of the suspect vehicle. Subject was arrested by KCSO. pic.twitter.com/xcZw3RWAAx
— Trooper Chris Webb (@wspd2pio) December 18, 2013
The Hummer received the least amount of damage; a lost wheel. pic.twitter.com/kCVb7ULj4Y
— Trooper Chris Webb (@wspd2pio) December 18, 2013
Another photo. pic.twitter.com/twqUnDRrzM
— Trooper Chris Webb (@wspd2pio) December 18, 2013
Photo from this morning's incident SB I-5/SR 18. Photo is curtousy of Trooper John Pierce. pic.twitter.com/n9lIIpJMk0
— Trooper Chris Webb (@wspd2pio) December 16, 2013
Here's a pic of the crash scene Tweeted out by Noah Bond:
First image of the southbound 509 crash near 128th St in Burien. The road remains closed. pic.twitter.com/w07MZzu7i1
— Noah Bond (@noah_bond) December 18, 2013
South Sound Piano (SSP), a local piano school serving the South Seattle region, will be hosting an Open House event on Saturday, September 6, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Burien, as a grand opening following the total rebrand of the studio.
The rebrand allowed SSP to elevate their position within the local market and includes a site design that allows students of all ages to better pursue the academic study of piano.
This public event is one of only a handful that SSP directly hosts each year, and is an excellent opportunity for parents to explore musical education options. The studio space will be available to tour, and instructor Heather White will be available to answer guest questions throughout the day. Located next to Arbor Lake Park in Burien, SSP has served the local musical community since 2008, operating on a limited schedule to provide a high degree of attention and personalized instruction for each student. Attend the open house on September 6, register for lessons and SSP will waive registration fees.
Some testimonials:
"What I like most about studying piano at SSP is my teacher. I look forward to coming for my lessons as I am learning while having fun. And one thing I have learned about myself while studying piano is that practice makes the biggest difference."
– 2nd grade student
"As a parent, I like the caring approach SSP takes with my child, while maintaining a great level of professionalism and the learning platform that adopts to my child's learning. SSP was referred to us and we are always happily returning the favor to our friends and family."
– Satisfied Parents
"SouthSoundPiano has been a perfect fit for my daughter. She enjoys what she's learning, and her skills have improved dramatically. Ms. White knows how to motivate kids to accomplish more than they believed possible."
– Lisa, a parent
SSP is owned by Heather White, who has more than 20 year's experience providing quality piano instruction. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music at the University of Puget Sound and currently studies under Mark Salman. She is also an active chamber musician and accompanist.
South Sound Piano Studio is located at 12059 3rd Ave South in Burien.
- Email: email@example.com
- Phone: (206) 242–1093
- Website: http://www.southsoundpiano.com/
- Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1473398119595672/
by Jack Mayne
The recent Washington State Liquor Control Board lottery for a license to run the single retail store allotted to Tukwila has produced four candidates.
They are, in order of their ranking, Purple Dank, 18200 Andover Park West; Purple Haze, also 18200 Andover Park West; Ganja Haven, 344 Upland Drive; and Boyden Investment Group, 15015 Tukwila International Boulevard.
If Purple Dank, for any reason, fails the board's selection criteria – including the store site not be located near schools, day care facilities and other sensitive areas or have a criminal history, the next candidate will be vetted for the license and so on until a store is selected.
The liquor board is charged under voter approved Initiative 502 with regulating the retail sales of marijuana in small amounts to the general public. The board has allotted 61 stores to King County with one each in Tukwila, Des Moines, SeaTac, and Burien. Seattle will have 21 stores and there are 11 stores for unincorporated areas, including smaller cities.
When will licenses be issued in cities and areas with approved applicants?
"Hard to say," said a Liquor Board representative on Thursday (May 8). "Each application is unique and we have thousands to process."
After the state grants a license, the Tukwila city government must approve the applicant. The hang-up in many cities in King County, are laws forbidding the approval of any enterprise that violates state or federal laws. Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, although the present Obama administration has said it will not move to enforce the law in Washington state and Colorado, the two states where marijuana has been legalized for personal consumption
"One condition of the (state) license is that in order to operate an applicant must be in compliance with all of the local authority rules and regulations," said Liquor Board spokesman Mikhail Carpenter. "Essentially, that means that if they meet our criteria they get a license, but to operate they need to meet the city's criteria. That makes the issue of zoning, bans, moratoria a conversation between the applicant and the city, not the WSLCB."
Effectively, any individual Washington city can decide not to have pot sales.
The Liquor Control Board has said it hopes to begin issuing licenses in early July.
Story by Ralph Nichols
Photos by Scott Schaefer
Highline cities have weathered the recession and now their economic futures look bright, mayors of four area cities told members of the Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce on Friday, April 11.
Mayors and Jim Haggerton, Tukwila, Mia Gregerson, SeaTac, Dave Kaplan, Des Moines, and Lucy Krakowiak, Burien all said at the annual luncheon that city revenues are increasing as new economic development boosts their local economies.
Major strides were taken in removing criminal activity from Tukwila International Blvd. – improving its character and setting the stage for economic development, something he is "especially proud" of, Haggerton said.
Last August some 400 law enforcement agents converged on an area along the boulevard zoned as an urban renewal area, where they made numerous arrests and seized illegal guns and drugs. The city subsequently legally seized the properties where the illegal activities were taking place.
Now, as part of a city priority "to fulfill our vision," Tukwila is buying the seized properties, Haggerton said. They will then be demolished, "and we already have several good businesses that want to move" into those locations.
This area neighbors Tukwila Village at Tukwila International Blvd. and S. 144th St., a long-planned six-acre mixed use project for which ground is now expected to be broken this summer, he added. The development is a two-phase housing-condominium project that will be built concurrently.
Going up in the expanded Southcenter Mall area will be three new hotels, Haggerton said, including a 19-story story where Circuit City was located before the company went out of business.
And a nearby pedestrian bridge for both foot traffic and bicycles will be built over the Green River.
Haggerton is pleased with progress made by city staff in implementing the strategic plan of a 2012 task force that focused on ways to provide local services more efficiently and improve communications with the public.
Despite a growing city population, Tukwila has the same number of full-time employees today as 10 years ago, Haggerton noted. This has been accomplished by finding efficiencies to handle the added work load, including "cross-departmental teams to address many issues."
With many long-term city employees approaching retirement, Tukwila has begun a "succession plan" to replace them – something he encouraged the other mayors to consider.
Haggerton also recounted his recent sobering experience when he visited the Oso mudslide area and told local officials there that communities well south of them are supporting them in any way possible.
The beginning of Sound Transit's light rail line extension southward from the SeaTac/Airport station and the start of work on the Angle Lake light rail station at International Blvd. and S. 200th St. made this past year "eventful," said Gregerson.
As did the passage last November of Proposition 1, which mandates a $15 minimum wage for certain employees in SeaTac and requires city government to regulate the initiative's wage and benefit requirements.
"The increase in revenues and permit fees has been phenomenal," Gregerson continued. "All this economic development revolves around new infrastructure," which is largely financed by the Legislature's 2013 transportation funding package.
"Permits are also the result of our booming economy as we come out of the recession … 2013 was very successful with revenues almost recovered to pre-recession levels."
Gregerson said the Angle Lake light rail station, in addition to a large parking area, will feature a number of amenities including pedestrian- and bike-friendly facilities that link with the Des Moines Creek Trail, a variety of shops, and a public plaza.
Another significant transportation project that she noted, one that will "unlock five million square feet of land for economic development," is a new 24th Ave./26th Ave. connector – being developed in cooperation with Sound Transit and the Port – to provide vehicle access from the south to Sea-Tac Airport.
Enhancing SeaTac's designation as a Tourism Promotion Area – as a significant regional hub with the international airport, light rail, and Interstate 5 – is the addition of lodging facilities with a major expansion at Cedarbrook Lodge and plans to build the Hyatt Place, a new hotel.
She added that last year's merger of the SeaTac and Kent fire departments was a "seamless transition" that continues to go well.
"It's been a very eventful year," Kaplan declared. "Our best days are ahead."
Delayed time and again by the recession, the Des Moines Creek Business Park immediately south of Sea-Tac Airport "is now ready for development," Kaplan said. Ground will be broken for both the Phase I and "a lot of" the Phase II projects this year due to "strong tenant interest."
He expressed appreciation to the Port of Seattle, which owns the business park property, for its cooperation with the city in the development plans.
As Des Moines readies for this construction, the city's Gateway Project to improve highway access from Pacific Highway S. to the business park just off S. 216th St. is nearing completion and will be finished yet this year.
Kaplan said another major construction project, the five-star Artemis Hotel along Pacific Highway S., is on schedule with foundation work now done – and is expected to open in time for the U.S. Open golf tournament at the new Chambers Bay course near Tacoma in June 2015.
Highline Place Project, a transit-oriented development at Highline Community College adjacent to the planned Sound Transit light rail route, is in the planning stages.
For the first time, he continued, the City Council has selected a contractor to build "a five-acre prime waterfront development" at the Des Moines Marina. The five-story multi-use building will cater to senior living.
Marina expansion "ties in with renovated, historic Beach Park, Kaplan said, where the dining hall – a popular attraction – will be upgraded with an $850 million grant from the Washington State Historical Society.
Significantly, added Kaplan, local crime went down in 2013 and the police department in cooperation with other agencies is targeting human trafficking.
"Our budget improves as the economy improves," including a marked increase in sales tax revenues, Krakowiak said.
Ninety percent of the condominiums in the long-vacant Town Square condo-retail complex downtown have now been sold – and two new residential complexes, one for senior housing, are planned for development on vacant parcels in Town Square, Krakowiak continued.
"We have a great town center that's starting to come together," she observed.
Grant-funded construction of a major water retention facility immediately north of Sea-Tac Airport's third runway, the acquisition of adjacent properties, and planning for an off ramp from SR 518 to Des Moines Memorial Drive all are readying Burien's Northeast Redevelopment Area (NERA) for economic development there.
And the $10 million Phase II Seahurst Park Rehabilitation Project, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to restore the north beach to its natural state will be completed later this summer.
In addition, Krakowiak added, Burien has grown to the point where it can now bring its public works equipment and facilities in-house. Previously this was contracted with King County.
Of special significance, she also noted, Burien – with its strong arts community – is partnering with the Highline School District for an Arts in Education program.
Local Resident, Ernst and Young award winner and Venture Capitalist of the Year award winner Mary Fisher has brought ColoreScience to Normandy Park, and will be holding a Grand Opening on Sunday, March 30.
Fisher, a longtime Normandy Park resident, who also serves as CEO of Colorescience, has brought the Luxury Mineral Makeup Line to The Normandy Park Town Center.
Mary has more than 25 years in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, and headed the acquisition of Colorescience while she was the acting CEO of SkinMedica Skincare. With Fisher at the helm, it was noted to be the fasted growing medical skincare line for six years running, during the economic hard times when doctors hit hard by the economy were successful because she came along side of them ,to show them how to succeed. As the leader of the physician dispensed Skincare, it was acquired by Allergan in 2012. Fisher Continued on with Colorescience. Colorescience compliments great skin care products because it continues the efficacious ingredients through the makeup line, while protecting it from the Sun. It is especially effective for pre and post procedure while offering much needed calming, concealing and protection, so you can go about life as usual.
Colorescience performance cosmetics are a marriage of colore and science featuring good for you ingredients such as peptides, antioxidants, vitamins, zinc oxide and titanium dioxide in efficacious amounts. They were created to help you achieve a flawless, even complexion without using any bad for you ingredients. The pure minerals deliver protection from the damaging effects of the sun and environment with SPF 20, 30 and 50 in a unique to Colorescience self dispensing mineral brush that allows users to simply brush over their face every couple of hours as sunscreen should be applied. This has earned the Sunforgettable Sunscreen multiple Seals awarded by the Skin Cancer Foundation, more than any other brand.
WHAT: Colorescience will be celebrating its red carpet grand opening Sunday March 30, 2014 with makeup application appointments, Luxury gift Raffles and an appearance and performance by the Seattle Seagals.
WHEN: Sunday, March 30, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE: 19987 1st Avenue South, Suite 105, Normandy Park Wa 98048
INFO: Please call 206-592-6045 for an appointment; also visit their website here: https://www.colorescience.com
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, Seattle Southside Visitor Services (SSVS), the official tourism organization for the cities of Tukwila, SeaTac and Des Moines, opened a new Visitor Center in Westfield Southcenter, which will be able to assist and influence more travelers in the Seattle Southside region.
Complimentary Visitor Center services include restaurant recommendations; hotel reservation assistance and referrals; directions; brochures; maps and sightseeing guides; transportation guidance; advice on museums and entertainment – and details on how to get tickets; tour bookings; tips, suggestions and advice on area attractions and ticket information; and expert knowledge on local events, sports, festivals and activities.
Photo Credit: ELITECollective
Seattle Soutside also reports that 2013 travel impact numbers are increasingly positive, with tourist spending hitting a record $659.2 million in 2013:
The annual study compiled by research firm Dean Runyan Associates shows the best year on record for visitor spending, local and state tax receipts and tourism employment. Travel spending increased 5 percent from 2012 to 2013, marking the third consecutive year of strong growth in the Seattle Southside travel industry.
"It's extremely encouraging to see solid growth in the travel industry in Seattle Southside, despite the Washington State Tourism Office closing in 2011," said Katherine Kertzman, executive director of Seattle Southside Visitor Services. "We're now at pre-recessionary levels and expect to see continued growth thanks to the incredible partnerships that have been established in the Southside."
With 5,320 people employed by the tourism industry in Seattle Southside and $31.3 million generated in local tax receipts, this report shows how the travel industry is a key contributor to the economic well-being of the Seattle Southside region. As the fourth-largest industry in Washington State, tourism supports small businesses, strengthens local economies, creates jobs and brings in additional tax revenues.
The full Dean Runyan Travel Impacts report is available here (PDF file).
Highlights from the report include:
- Travel spending in Seattle Southside increased by 5 percent from 2012 to 2013 (preliminary).
- Earnings, employment and travel-generated tax receipts have also continued to increase.
- The overall trend in visitor volume corresponds to the trends in travel spending.
- Lodging sales have recovered to pre-recessionary levels.
- Almost three-quarters of all visitor nights in Seattle Southside are attributable to hotel/motel stays. This percentage is much greater than for King County and Washington state.
- Visitor air arrivals (domestic only) to SeaTac airport have also increased for the fourth year in a row.
- Day travel represents less than five percent of all visitor spending in the Seattle Southside.
For additional information about the Seattle Southside Visitor Services, please call 877-885-9452 or visit www.seattlesouthside.com.
About Seattle Southside Visitor Services
Seattle Southside Visitor Services (SSVS) is the leading tourism and marketing organization in South King County. The program offered jointly by the cities of Tukwila, SeaTac, and Des Moines, is responsible for competitively marketing the area as an ideal travel destination for tourists who wish to explore Western Washington. For more information, please visit www.seattlesouthside.com.


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. What goes around, comes around? You get what you pay for? Karma. [size=+4]Bullet makers can't keep up with demand[/size] NEW ORLEANS — Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition. Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because [highlight]they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation[/highlight] — even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks. [highlight]Gun sales spiked when it became clear Obama would be elected a year ago and purchases continued to rise in his first few months of office.[/highlight] ... Bullet makers can't keep up with demand | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle //
They can pass all the laws they want to but the American people will never give up their right to protect themselves and their families. The Gang Bangers have them, the Drug Dealers have them, the assorted scumbags have them and there is nothing that Stupid Obama or those other Democrat a$s holes can do to take them away from them therefore if the Swine & Savages can run around with them they sure as sh!t won't get my gun. If the Gang Bangers can shoot a little old lady on her front porch with a stray bullet in one of their Savage Drive By's then that little old lady should be able to "shoot Back" F-ck Obama he is a god damn wannabe dictator, the American people really screwed up when they put that clown in the white house.
From the article: "......in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation — even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks." What's new? ....and there are death panels.......and we're going communist...... Did it ever dawn on you that those people are simply idiots with a case of hysteria?
Have read where the gun lobby and manufacturers are fueling this hysteria, and they have done a good job with it... in fact there was a poster here who was a gun merchant, in Maine I believe, and he validated that information.
They (and more broadly, the Right) have learned the REAL lesson of 9/11. Fear is a psychological weapon that can be used immorally to make people do irrational things. What is clearly staed in that article link that Fogbuster provided is that this is happening despite all factual and emprical evidence........just like the death panel hysteria.......the commie hysteria, etc. The Right has learned that terrorism really isn't centered on violence, but on fear.
. Barack surrounds himself with Left Wing nuts, like Ayers, Van Jones, "Rev" Wright & Company, then he says he's going to create a "national security force, as strong as the U.S. military(!!!!)", and people are "surprised" by Americans buying guns and bullets like there's no tomorrow???? Sure, it's all the right-wing "whackos". They did it all. They put gun powder in all the water supply of America. :woohoo: :singing: //
"Rev" Wright. Bill Ayers. Eric Holder. Van Jones. ... the list goes on and on....... I know it's hard to face reality, but as BB would say: "it is what it is; deal with it." //
This could be good for the economy. Obama needs to not threaten to take away newly constructed houses, American cars... If he doesn't threaten enough industries we could end up with an economy growing at 20%
Oh yeah, you see all those guys hangin' around The White House - day after day after day, don't ya? Obama's just totally surrounded by those guys every time you see him. Never mind he's long ago cut even the most tenuous of ties with all of 'em. Something goes on and on around here, that's for sure.

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US defense policy: new muscle, but the same old plans for using it
More significant than the immediate debate over the size of President Reagan's defense budget may be the broader issue of military posture.
Do the proposed Pentagon programs fit together in a way that clearly outlines national security needs and the policies necessary to meet those needs?
As expected, US Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger's military policy and strategy report to Congress for the five-year period through 1987 is receiving mixed response.
The administration contends that its long-range plans take into account the realities of big-power confrontation and geopolitical instabilities. More spending is envisioned in all categories, but the conventional and strategic nuclear programs are carefully designed, officials say.
For all the rhetoric before and after the 1980 presidential election, Mr. Reagan's defense posture differs in degree rather than in major substance from that of President Carter.
''Seventy-five percent of what they're doing is an acceleration of what (former Defense Secretary) Harold Brown was doing,'' says William Kaufmann, an MIT political scientist who played a key role in formulating defense policy statements under five Republican and Democratic defense secretaries. ''In that sense, it doesn't represent any drastic departure from strategy and even force structure.''
Mr. Weinberger concedes as much when he says, ''We are, to a greater extent than we would like, the prisoners of our immediate past.''
When he writes that the first goal of defense strategy ''must bring to a halt the further expansion and consolidation of the Soviet military empire,'' he echoes Harold Brown's report of a year ago.
But a more muscular posture is assumed when Weinberger says: ''Even if the enemy attacked at only one place, we might choose not to restrict ourselves to meeting aggression on its own immediate front. We might decide to stretch our capabilities, to engage the enemy in many places. . . .''
Still, Weinberger insists that this will increase deterrence rather than provoke a fight: ''It is likely to increase the caution of the Soviet leaders in deciding on aggression.''
As detailed in the Weinberger report to Congress, major emphasis is to be given over the next five years to increasing conventional force strength and especially mobility. This desire to ''project power'' into many parts of the world accelerates Mr. Carter's effort to respond in such areas as the Persian Gulf.


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Planned Parenthoods closing immediately as Abortion Bill takes effect
POSTED: Thursday, July 18, 2013 - 3:10pm
UPDATED: Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 4:07pm
Tyler, Texas (KETK) —
With the signing on the abortion bill by Governor Rick Perry on Thursday, Planned Parenthood began closing its doors in Texas towns.
The measure bans abortions past 20 weeks of gestation, mandates abortion clinics become ambulatory surgical centers, tightens usage guidelines for the drug RU486 and requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic at which they're providing such services.
As a result of House Bill 2, Lufkin, Huntsville and Bryan will no longer have a community Planned Parenthood location.
The following statements were released by the Planned Parenthood organization in Houston Thursday afternoon:
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast has been providing high quality family planning and basic health care in Houston and Southeast Texas for nearly 80 years. Four decades ago the state of Texas asked Planned Parenthood to be a partner in bringing healthcare to the most underserved rural communities. With the generous support of individuals throughout Houston and Southeast Texas, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast has proudly cared for women and men in the underserved communities of Bryan, Lufkin, and Huntsville for nearly forty years. Planned Parenthood is grateful to the Bryan, Huntsville, and Lufkin communities for their decades of support and determination to ensure that high quality health care is accessible to all. It is a travesty that Texas politicians are stripping healthcare from women across the state, harming lives and unraveling the health care safety net that has taken decades to build. As voices in support of women's health continue to grow within the state and as the chorus of alarmed people nationwide focus their attention on Texas politicians, Planned Parenthood will continue to work strongly to eliminate these politicized barriers and to stand up for women in
Texas, no matter what. Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast remains committed to continuing to provide women with the
health care they have trusted from us for more than 75 years.
Those in support of the bill are rejoicing today after the the historical piece of legislature was signed.
Representative Dan Flynn (R-Van) was in attendance at the bill signing joined by other members of the Texas Legislature.
"What we have witnessed here at the Capitol is historic," stated Flynn shortly after the signing ceremony. "I am honored to have been a part of shepherding this legislation through the Legislature and am elated that Governor Perry and my colleagues recognize the importance of protecting the life of the unborn and the safety and wellbeing of mothers across our state."
Governor Perry joined other pro-life supporters in Austin saying, "This is an important day for those who support life and for those who support the health of Texas women. In signing House Bill 2, we celebrate and further cement the foundation on which the culture of life in Texas is built."
The governor has also fought to ensure Texas women get the health services they need, including $100 million in new funding to expand women's health services and creating the Texas Women's Health Program.
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Last time I took a few minutes to read the provision for free speech in the US Constitution, Texas was not excluded from the right of any US citizen to exercise this privilege...so, folks, understand one thing...though I know I am in such a minority in Texas, and especially right-of-right East Texas/Tyler, I am entitled to post my opinion just as you all are...no matter how deeply entrenched you are in your opinions, quit trying to trample on the rights of others.
Americans United for Life was behind this legislation, they're pushing for it nation wide at the state and federal level. There are only about 5,000 adoptions a year in the state. The rate of abortion has been about 75,000 a year. So what's the states plan to deal with these unwanted children? What does the christian community in Texas propose? I haven't heard anyone talking facts in this debate.
Best time for abortion is before conception......but with low morals or lack of self control it's really hard to do.
I am one of those white Baptist who is fundamentally dedicated to the spiritual needs of the unborn. I rejoice that more lives will have a chance to celebrate birthdays and fly the flag of America whose constitution guarantees LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. Let's shout this AMEN
from the mountain tops and from sea to shiny sea.
...and with these closings, women will seek back-street abortions, will not be able to get early life-saving breast and cervical cancer screenings, and will not be able to receive family planning/birth control services. Now rich, White, Baptist, fundamentalist holier-than-thou men and women in positions of power determine the most personal of issues for women who do not have the advantages those religious well-to-do folks have with private health insurance...unbelievable!!
Now rich, white, baptist.....WTH????? Snydergal, I'm so sorry to inform you, but when you began typing, you must have had your hands full with unused intelligence and you dropped your brain on the flooor to begin ignorantly commenting and typing. Don't make it about race or that someone is Baptist....that's ignorance at its finest. Make it about women/men needing proper healthcare or preventative medical treatment and counseling for potential pregnancies unwanted or otherwise. Jeez
...but then again, maybe it should be noted that it is immoral to kill babies because they are inconvenient. I cannot imagine how you are so blind to this atrocity. What weak arguments and accusations you present. Planned Parenthood has to close if they cannot continue to kill because they are not about those wonderful services that you list (which can also be received at many clinics in the city), their number one mission is abortion.
Your comments seem ill-informed. First of all, this bill has not prohibited abortions, only those after 20 weeks of gestation. What line of logic got you from that to women getting abortions with rusty coat hangers in a back alley? Another point: If Planned Parenthood was really about cervical and breast cancer screenings, why are these locations being closed? Isn't PP a non-profit? If PP's primary purpose was to provide health care, why do it with abortion money?


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Raising children is a difficult task. But balancing multiple personalities in a house can often push you over the edge.
To help keep the peace in your home and encourage the best from your child, look to his or her Zodiac sign for help. Knowing their astrological profile can save you from a lifetime of stress and regret. Each detail will help you understand your child's character, social behaviors, natural gifts and negative qualities.
Learn more about your child's personality from his Zodiac sign below.
Your Aries child's personality (March 21 – April 19)
Challenges with raising an Aries child include dealing with aggressive behavior, a hot temper and bossiness. Aries children are naturally assertive, but when their energy is misdirected, it can turn into aggression.
They're competitive and active, which means they're well-equipped for sports and other outdoor activities. However, some Aries kids are more suited for artistic endeavors such as writing, music or painting. If you notice that your child has a knack for building or destroying objects, find a local engineering, architecture or science program for kids.
An Aries child will keep you busy, and if you can't keep up, they'll find someone who can. Punishment will lead to rebellion because they're strong-willed.
Aries kids enjoy learning and doing new things, so keep the Aries' mind and body occupied. Remember that all Aries are dominant; they learn best through responsibility, and you must instill positive values while they're young.
Your Taurus child's personality (April 20 – May 20)
If your child is a Taurus, your challenges include dealing with sensitivity, introversion and adapting to change. Parents of Taurus children are lucky. These kids generally enjoy school, learning new things and reading. They're also well-behaved and calm.
Encourage your child to dance, use their voice or anything else that involves speaking up. These children are sensitive; you'll have to teach them how to control these behaviors in certain environments.
It's not unusual for Taurus children to know their career path at a young age. They don't adapt to change easily, but you can teach their inner Bull how to do so. They're earth-based humans who are sensitive to sounds, colors and smells.
If you provide your studious Taurus kid with stability, they'll blossom into practical adults.
Your Gemini child's personality (May 21 – June 20)
If you're raising a Gemini, challenges include dealing with a short attention span, indecisiveness and emotional detachment. Gemini children are intelligent and curious. Most have a natural affinity for writing, but others may prefer to read.
Engage your Gemini child's mind. As an air sign, they can easily adapt to change. Unfortunately, their mercurial brain can also soak up misleading information. Keep the Gemini child physically active too. Their short attention span and curiosity can lead to bad behavior. You must teach them how to make sound decisions.
When it comes to punishment, Gemini children will attempt to negotiate the terms. Be stern and direct, and they'll learn to obey orders. They're not very sensitive, and can be cold-hearted. Teach them how to be patient and emotionally connected to others.
Geminis are great with their hands, which can lead to success in the medical, engineering, publishing or administrative industries.
Your Cancer child's personality (June 21 – July 22)
Your challenges with a Cancer child include dealing with moodiness, emotions and isolation. These kids are naturally compassionate and kind-hearted. They require a lot of emotional attention. They have a good memory, but if opportunity presents itself, they'll goof off.
Cancer kids can be artistic and musical; these abilities may turn into a passionate career path. They can also be isolated, so encourage them to talk about their feelings and play with friends.
If the Cancer child is having a mood swing, let them calm down alone. Although they're ruled by a Cardinal water sign, it's difficult for Cancer kids to express their emotions. Don't let them harbor pain from the past, and teach them how to let go, relax and enjoy life.
If your Cancer child is too isolated or unenthusiastic, give them a pet or plant to care for. This will improve their social skills, enhance their natural nurturing abilities and provide a sense of responsibility.
Your Leo child's personality (July 23 – Aug. 22)
If you're raising a Leo, your challenges include dealing with rebellious behavior, immaturity and dominance. Leo kids are naturally dramatic and demanding. However, most of them will abide by their parents' rules.
These children are social, charismatic and generous. Teach them how develop their natural leadership abilities.
Leo kids can be resourceful and talkative. Once they understand their authoritative energy, they may try to use it against you. Be firm, and don't allow them to become argumentative. Explain the reasoning behind their punishment to avoid further conflict.
Always talk to the Leo child, as communication is key to keeping rebellious behavior to a minimum.
Your Virgo child's personality (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22)
If your child is a Virgo, your challenges include dealing with self-criticism, obsessive behavior and introversion. Whether it's animals or people, Virgo kids love to help others. They're also naturally detail-oriented and realistic, and can be effective communicators.
Although they're introverted, Virgo kids are disciplined, efficient and cautious. Encourage your Virgo child to play and spend time with other youngsters.
Virgo kids are practical and analytical; they might know their career path at a young age. It may be difficult for parents to find suitable foods for Virgo children because of stomach-related issues.
Virgos like to learn new things and genuinely enjoy reading books. Encourage your child to follow his or her dreams, and you won't be disappointed.
Your Libra child's personality (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22)
If you're raising a Libra, your challenges include dealing with indecisiveness, imbalance and diplomacy. Libra children are gentle and intelligent beings. They're independent and opinionated too.
Libras strive for perfection and hate to make mistakes. Libra kids may be too hard on themselves. Teach them how to accept and learn from their mistakes, losses and challenges.
They enjoy music, art, puzzles and books and are naturally attuned to verbal communication. Encourage this ability by giving your child word puzzles and a thesaurus. Don't allow the Libra child to become lazy, as they can become future master procrastinators.
Libra kids enjoy outdoor activities and sports. They're social, charming and polite, but they'll challenge anyone who disturbs their balance. Open communication is key to keeping your relationship positive.
Your Scorpio child's personality (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21)
If you're raising a Scorpio, your challenges include dealing with intensity, emotions and stubbornness. Parents of Scorpios should be gentle with discipline. Although Scorpio kids are head-strong, they're very sensitive. They easily become jealous if they feel other siblings are getting more attention.
Since Scorpios are ruled by water, they need to be emotionally and mentally stimulated. Once the Scorpio child finds something they love, they'll turn all of their focus on it. Scorpio kids are naturally confident.
Encourage them to be fluid to avoid sarcasm and volatile behavior. These children don't adapt to change well, so show them the importance of change and transformation.
Your Sagittarius child's personality (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21)
If your child is a Sagittarius, your challenges include dealing with reckless behavior, awkwardness and boredom. Similar to Jupiter, Sagittarius kids can be expansive. They love adventure and exploration. They prefer campouts to in-house sleepovers.
Sagittarius children are curious and intelligent. They can be argumentative and rebellious too.
Parents of Sagittarians will notice that their kids are independent, cheerful and non-traditional. Don't encourage their fiery nature by arguing with them, because they can be demanding. Provide a detailed and logical explanation to keep their fire calm when it's time for a punishment.
Sagittarius kids are friendly, but they also love drama. Keep them occupied and away from trouble as much as possible.
Your Capricorn child's personality (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19)
Challenges with raising a Capricorn include dealing with moodiness, curiosity and stubbornness. Parents of Capricorns will appreciate their child's everlasting thirst for knowledge.
They're obedient and practical, and they're social and like physical activity. It's not uncommon for a Capricorn child to be an athlete or dancer.
Capricorn kids can be too hard on themselves, which may cause anxiety issues. Encourage them to rest and enjoy alone time. Although they can be moody, they rarely hold grudges. They're strong-willed, natural leaders and responsible.
Capricorn children aren't emotional or sensitive, but they can be affectionate toward others.
Your Aquarius child's personality (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18)
If you're raising an Aquarius, your challenges include dealing with boredom, distraction and intensity. Aquarius children are polite, unique and innovative. They bore easily, and prefer puzzles and mysteries.
These kids can be dramatic and unpredictable. If given the chance, they can easily get under anyone's skin.
Aquarius kids are spontaneous, so planned activities might not be suitable for them. They become responsible adults, but they usually avoid strict schedules and making long-term plans.
Teach these youngsters how to stay focused. Give them freedom to experiment, and help them improve their intuitive skills.
Your Pisces child's personality (Feb. 19 – March 20)
If your child is a Pisces, your challenges include dealing with discipline, structure and sensitivity. Pisces kids are naturally magical and compassionate.
They're usually artistic when it comes to music, performance or painting. Sometimes you'll be required to keep them out of the fantasy world.
Pisces children are sensitive, so gentle discipline works best. They're frequently misunderstood, but aren't socially awkward. Although reclusive, they enjoy being outdoors.
Your Pisces child needs to learn how to keep the imaginary world and real world separate. Teach them how to be strong and confident, while using their imagination as a source of creativity.
Kelli Fox is a certified astrologer, co-founder of The Astrologer Inc. (
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BB: We seem to be moving right along this week. Maybe it's just me. This is the last full day of preparation now for Carolina. We'll keep working on all of the situational things that are so important to our game. Kicking situations. Down and distance. One play type of situations. Today is kind of the last rehearsal on that. We know we had a short week last week, so this is kind of the coming together of really our last big week in training camp before we get into the first regular season game preparation. We're looking forward to the trip down to Carolina. It's been, as it always is with a team like that, they're very physical, very talented and well coached. It will be a good opportunity for us to see where we are this week. I think we're looking forward to it.
Q: Do you grade where you are and how much progress you've made to this point here in camp? Like the offensive line is here, the wide receivers are here?
BB: Well, I think we definitely evaluate where we are. That's the most important thing – is where we are and what we need to work on and how to, either, the things that we're not doing well either improve them or get rid of them and the things that we're doing well, maybe, how to do more of them. That's really where it is. It's not so much about expectations or rankings and all of that. It's about where we are and what do we need to do to get better and that's a theme every day. That is our theme. That's all we're about really, is trying to find a way to improve our team and get better and do things better today than we did yesterday and prepare for the challenges for tomorrow.
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BB: Again, I don't know what the schedule is.
Q: For what you wanted to accomplish?
BB: What I want to accomplish is I want to be better than we were yesterday and there's certainly a lot of things that we need to work on. It's unrealistic to think that any team after four weeks of training camp is going to be where they were after six months of football at the end of the previous season. It's unrealistic. If you could do that, then you'd be so far ahead of everything else, but it's a process. It's a building process. It's a very long process. It starts in training camp and it goes through a 16 game regular season schedule, and if you do well, it goes beyond that. That's part of it. Right now we're just trying to be better than we were yesterday and be better than we were last week and try to improve when we go down to Carolina. They present different challenges than Tennessee did. Tennessee presented different challenges than Tampa does. The Giants will present different ones than Carolina. We're just trying to improve our football team on all of those fronts. Just because you do something well against one team doesn't mean you're going to do it well against somebody else, because the matchups are different, the schemes are a little bit different. You still have to work to have that overall level of execution no matter what side of the ball you're on or the type of play it is.
Q: When a experienced veteran gets released this late in camp, like a Jeremiah Trotter, an Artrell Hawkins, do you guys have a running report on each guy so you automatically know, 'Yes, we're interested in this guy or not?'
BB: Well, we have information on every player, not only every player in the league, but every player who would even be a consideration. The last couple of years, when you start adding all of that up, you're talking about guys who have been released from training camp, guys who have been out of football for a year or two or so forth. You're talking about well over 3,000 players. Now certainly some information is more updated and more current and more thorough than others. Every team we play, we evaluate every player whether they play against us or not. We also evaluate players on other teams, more so in terms of if we expect them to be available. Like if they're a restricted free agent, then we would evaluate him. Then in the following year if they become an unrestricted free agent, then we would build on those kinds of reports, then, if a player a year or two after that, then we'd certainly have all of that information. We kind of evaluate them coming out of college. We evaluate all of them, certainly, by their third year or fourth year in the league, depending on kind of what their individual situation is and then after that, in a timely manner, in addition to the fact that anybody that we play, again, this year it's the NFC East, last year it was the NFC Central. Within a year or two, or three, you pretty much hit all of those divisions. I don't want to sit here and say we do every player, every day or every month, but in a timely fashion we do every team in the league and I would say therefore that probably sees every player in the league within that cycle and then others players a lot more frequent. Any team that we play and compete against, then that would all be done, whether the player plays against us or not, even if he's a practice squad player or whatever. We would still have current information on all players. When anything happens, it doesn't make any difference who it is or what time of year it is or anything. When the waiver wire comes out and players are released, then we access that information on whoever that player is, whether he's a rookie free agent or a 10-year veteran. It doesn't make any difference. We kind of mentally go through a little checklist, 'Now that this player is not with any team, what are we going to do with him? Is this a player that we wouldn't want? Is this a player that we would want to actively pursue? Is this a player who we would want in an emergency situation? If we don't want him right now, but maybe if something changed we would want him. Is this a player that we have medical concerns about? Would we need to get a physical on him?' Whatever the specific circumstances of that player are and they vary obviously from player to player. That's how we handle it.
Q: Can you draw a comparison between Mike Vrabel and Adalius Thomas?
BB: Adalius has only played two games, so a lot of it is just from working with him. They're both big, physical players and they're both smart. They both have some versatility. It would be hard to really say that about Adalius in our system until we actually spend more time with him in our system. They're both linebackers that have played inside and outside and have some versatility and are smart players who've played in the kicking game. They have a lot in common from that standpoint.
Q: You've spoken about how Mike's versatility and how valuable it's been.
BB: It's been very valuable and Mike does a good job at the position that he primarily plays in, too. It's not like he's just a utility infielder. I think he actually plays his position very well when he just has to play the one spot, not that he has one spot, but you know what I mean, as an outside linebacker.
Q: I saw him with a Giants helmet on yesterday. Is there a story behind that?
BB: I'm sure if there is one, Mike can tell it.
Q: Are there things that you've worked on here in training camp that you don't necessarily want to show in these preseason games?
BB: There are some things that we will work on through training camp that we have already said we aren't going to run in preseason. I don't think it's a really long list. There's plenty of film on us. There's a lot of continuity in our coaching staff and what we do. We're not trying to reinvent the wheel or anything. I think that most things that we do, we've probably done at some point in the last year or two. There are a couple of things that we've changed from last year or modified, I don't know if change is the right word, but modified a little bit to take into account new things that we're facing or maybe a little different idea or wrinkle on a play or something. There are some of those that we probably wouldn't run in preseason. But again, I don't think it's nothing that anybody hasn't ever seen before. We're not to going to run the single wing or wishbone or something like that. I don't think you have to worry about that.
Q: When do you shift your focus from preseason to regular season mode?
BB: That's a tough question and a good question. I guess I would say though, we've thought about the opening part of our schedule, specifically the opening game, since the schedule came out. It isn't like we didn't work on those teams. In the spring, you look at your 13 opponents, three teams that we play twice, you look at those 13 opponents and you're mentally kind of doing work on all of them, but once the schedule comes out, you certainly prioritize the first half of the season opponents over the second half of the season because by the time you get to them you'll have a lot more information. When your schedule comes out, you start to do more offseason breakdowns and work on those early opponents as much as you can do. San Diego is an example where they had a coaching change. Some of that might be integrated into another team depending on where that coach came from, like it does with Norv [Turner]. Then as you go through training camp, as I've said all along, the two main goals of training camp are to prepare your team for opening day and to prepare your team for a 16 game regular season schedule. Those two kind of go hand in hand. As you play preseason games, those are steps toward those two larger goals, but then you have the short-term situation of playing the preseason game in that particular week and trying to improve your team during those practice and game opportunities. I would really say it's a transitional thing. You hit full stride after the last preseason game. You watch that tape and make the corrections and then you come in on your opening opponent. There's an element of transitioning into that from, I would say, all the way back into the spring. That's gradual.
Q: With Randy Moss not practicing, how does that set him back?
BB: I think all of the players, when they don't practice, what they have to focus on is to do what they can do and not what they can't do. That's true for every player. There are a lot of things that you can do mentally, in the meeting room and in a film study. The areas of the body that you can train, that are trainable, you train and the ones that aren't, then you rehab them until they are. I think that's really what the focus of every injured player should be, is to work on the things that he can work on and then try to treat whatever injury it is until he can get back on the field and fully participate with the group. That's what we try to do.
Q: Is it more important to have continuity on the defensive side of the ball?
BB: If you talked to the defensive coaches it would be. I think that continuity and experience are good wherever you have it. I don't think it's necessarily a prerequisite. We've seen plenty of new players come onto teams and young players come onto teams and be impact players. But anytime you have experience and anytime you have continuity, it's not a bad thing. It can be helpful, but I don't think that's any assurance that things are going to be one way or another. It gives you a little bit of an experience or continuity advantage. In the end, there's still the other 98 percent of it is probably a lot more important.
Q: We spoke earlier in the week on having competition in camp and how that pushes players to perform. Stephen Gostkowski hasn't had that this camp. Have you been happy with the way he's been able to prepare mentally for this season?
BB: I think that the kicker position is a little bit different than the other ones. In this particular case, we felt like given all of the circumstances and all of the things that we were dealing with, we were comfortable with that situation. I think Stephen has had a good camp. He works hard. He's a very mature and dependable guy. Really, I don't have any problems with what he's done in training camp. I think like everybody else, he has a ways to go with his game like all of the rest of us do. I think he's worked hard. I think he's improved and I think that he's kicked well through the overall course of camp.
Q: With the right tackle position, I know that you've moved guys like Ryan O'Callaghan and Nick Kaczur through that spot. Is there a point where you need to get that position settled and start those guys working together as soon as possible?
BB: I know what you're saying. I don't think there's any rule as to when somebody has to be part of a unit or not be part of a unit. I think as a coaching staff we make that decision when we feel like we know what the right decision is. Now sometimes you might not make a decision at a certain position until the first game or when you actually have to make it. Sometimes you make it before that if you feel like you have enough information and you feel like you're able to make the right one. I guess what I would say on any personnel decision like that is whenever you feel like you know what the right decision is, then you make it. If you, for whatever reason, need more time and you have that time, then you probably take it. If you don't have more time then you have to go with it even though you wish you had a little bit longer, but it's time to go and so you make it. To me, it falls into one of those three categories.
Q: Is that a tougher position to rotate guys in and out of there, in terms of how you would rotate receivers into different spots?
BB: I guess from that standpoint, you would like to keep that group as much intact as you can, but again, I think the flipside of that is if at some point it isn't intact, then at least you've had an opportunity to work with other people in there and it's not as big of an adjustment, those guys have never been without each other because if at some point that happens, then that's the way it's going to be. I think you take advantage of the opportunities that you have there, where you have competition and where you have a rotation and the guys are competing for a spot, then the other guys get used to playing with both of them.
Q: As far as assessing cornerbacks, is this a good opportunity for the coaching staff to do that against a receiver like Steve Smith on the other side of the ball?
BB: Sure. Every opportunity is a good opportunity. Every game is a good opportunity and Carolina has a lot of good players on both sides of the ball, and again, they have a very sound scheme. Yes, this will be a good opportunity to evaluate our players and our team, as were the other two preseason games, as our practices have been. Again, ultimately it's a cumulative decision. I think it would be a mistake to evaluate a player based on one practice or one game or just a couple of plays and say, 'Well that's really what that player is.' I think it's much better to look at a bigger body of work and evaluate him over a longer period of time against different types of players. There's a lot of players that I'm sure could go out there and get beat by Steve Smith who are still good football players and who could still help your team and you could still win a lot of games with. Not that that's what you want to see happen, but I'm saying realistically, it's probably the same thing with [Julius] Peppers. There's probably going to be a couple of plays where we don't get Peppers blocked, or we don't get Chris Jenkins blocked or we don't get [Mike] Rucker blocked. And there will be some plays where they don't get us blocked. That doesn't mean that those players aren't good players or those players can't play good football for their team or our team or whoever it is and you still can't win with them. Sometimes it's a matchup that you might need some help with. In a game like this, it's a question of how much game planning you want to do based on personnel and how much you want to just go out and let your players play and let their players play and understand that, hey, there's going to be some matchups in our favor and there might be some in their favor. We'll just live with those for right now rather than trying to game plan and scheme into them, even not knowing how much some of those players are going to play. That's a little bit of the challenge of preseason. That's okay. It will be good for us.
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A recently translated Dead Sea Scroll records a disciple asking Jesus, "Master, how can we get into the kingdom of Heaven?" Jesus answers, "Follow the birds, the beasts, the fish, and they will lead you in." A very strange saying. What does Jesus mean by saying, "Follow the birds, the beasts, the fish, and they will lead you in"? He means you have to be lost like the birds are lost - they don't have any self in them. The fish does not know that she is separate from the ocean: she is the ocean. The bird has no idea of any self, of any ego: when flying in the sky he is the sky. When alive he is life, when dead he is death. He does not cling, he does not hoard, he is not worried, he feels no responsibility. He is not: that's what Jesus means. If you want to know God you will have to disappear as you are.
That's what I mean by "the revolution": you will have to disappear as you are. You will have to become innocent, so much so that there is no self in you. When there is a self you are always cunning; the self is the root cunningness. With the self you cannot be innocent. If with the self you are innocent, that innocence will be nothing but a cultivated innocence, plastic, synthetic, false, a pretension, nothing but hypocrisy. Yes, you can pretend to be innocent, but that is not going to help you at all. The self can only pretend. When the self disappears you are innocent. Innocence is meditation, innocence is prayer, innocence is all.
Kabir calls his path the path of sahaj yoga, the yoga of spontaneity. He says be innocent, spontaneous, and totality will follow.
The stillness of God is not apart from the dance of our every day, it is at the heart of it. It is not by leaving the world that we come upon the heart of it, but rather by abandoning ourselves to the dance, by living fully and fearlessly at each and every stage of ourselves that we move to the next stage. Or rather, we find ourselves moved as the bud finds itself a flower or the ungainly caterpillar is suddenly a winged thing, a honey-taster, a wanderer in summer gardens.
These words have to be remembered: innocence, spontaneity - innocence like the bees and the birds, spontaneity like the fish and the flower. Utter selflessness.and you have arrived.
You have been told that if you seek you shall find. But I say unto you: don't believe he who claims to have sought and found, but only he who has found without seeking. Seeking is basically the self. If you seek, that means the self is functioning. The journey starts in seeking, but ends in a non-seeking mind. The journey starts with intention, but ends in spontaneity. You have to learn two things: first you have to learn a great intensity to search and then, very paradoxically, you will have to learn to drop that intensity and that seeking. Without intense search you will never move. And with that search and that intensity you will remain confined in the self.
So these are the two steps - paradoxical, but immensely valuable. And they have an inner consistency; from the outside it is not visible. First you have to seek and search. Jesus says: Ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you. This is the beginning of the journey: intensity, intention, search. But this is only the beginning.
The second step is, Lao Tzu says: Seek and you shall not find. Don't seek, and find. These are not two separate paths, these two steps are on the same path.


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