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Even as a teenager I learned that, as a rule, the stuff which tasted great was bad for me, and the stuff which tasted like complete crap, was gonna do me the most good. What a ridiculous notion. What kinda weird-ass, nasty prank is that to play on a fat food-loving kid? So not fair. So not a lesson that I wanted to learn.

“Whaddaya mean, donuts don’t have the same nutritional value as vegetables? Let me see that research paper.”

As a somewhat resourceful (code for smart-ass) chubby thirteen year-old, I actually could have run workshops for the masses:

* Vegetable Evasion 101.

* 50 creative things to do with vegetables at the dinner table, other than eat them.

* How to create the ‘illusion’ of vegetable eating.

* Managing your fear of vegetables through cognitive disassociation.

* Developing your own vegetable allergy.

If the entire range of vegetables started and finished with potato, I would have been a vegetable-a-holic. I could, on occasion, stretch myself to carrots, but only to keep the Vegetable Police off my back momentarily. Peas were mushy crap, the asparagus smell was worse than my school bag (that’s saying something), brussel sprouts totally creeped me out, and I had re-occurring nightmares about broccoli; it reminded me of teeny, weeny trees. Didn’t look like food to me. Disgusting.

For the majority of my teenage years, my mother and I actually engaged in vegetable warfare.

Gotta say, in her thirties, she was quite the tactician. She needed to be; I could spot a hidden vegetable at thirty feet. Mothers do that you know; the vegetable ‘hiding’ thing. They’re trained in it by their mothers. And their mothers, mothers before them. We poor, simple men live in the dark when it comes to this stuff. I’ll write an article on that one day.

As I got older, she became more and more skilled and increasingly cunning. Not fair really, I was just a dumb kid. You grow up thinking that mothers are all ‘love and light’; they’re not. They are sneaky, resourceful, creative and extremely strategic adversaries. Sure, they look all cutesy and caring; it’s a complete scam. They are hard-core. They are simply vegetable pushers in frocks. Yep, many significant battles were fought at the Harper dinner table.

“I don’t care how long you sit there Mister, you’re not moving until you eat every last vegetable on that plate!”

“Cow” (in a feeble-under-my-breath whisper).

“What did you say to me?”

“Nothing.”

“I’ll give you some ‘cow’ around the ears in a minute, Mister backchat”

That’s another thing nobody tells you – Mothers having super-human hearing; it’s like some in-built, special survival mechanism, chick thing. It puts us kids at a biological disadvantage. What kinda lame-ass ‘level’ playing field is that? I wish I learned about the hearing trick earlier. Coulda saved myself a lot of heartache. It’s amazing how scary a tiny little woman, with cooking utensils can be.

Did I mention their unique propensity to bend the truth?

“Mum, does this have broccoli in it…?”

“Hmm, don’t think so..”

LIAR!

Your pants are SO on fire Mary Harper.

When it came to vegetables, she had absolutely no morals. She would lie, cheat and coerce those horrible things into my mouth. She would look at me with that innocent, ‘but-I’m-your-mother-why-would-I-mislead-you’ face and then proceed to lie her ass off. Even when I’d find the offending vegetable in my meal (hidden cleverly under the good stuff), she’d come out with “I don’t remember putting that in there!!”

No wonder I have trust issues.

It wasn’t until I hit my twenties, that I actually began to understand and appreciate the psychology and the motivation behind my mother’s sneaky little habits. And yes, I did reluctantly discover that broccoli is amazingly good for me. Even though it doesn’t come close to cheesecake, I consume it on a regular basis because it’s good for me. Now, if only someone could only create a cheesecake with the nutritional values and benefits of broccoli! Or conversely, maybe grow some broccoli that tastes like cheesecake. Now there’s a business idea.

I now use the ‘Broccoli Principle’ when I am working with people in the areas of personal and professional development. Even as adults, we are addicted to the ‘yummy’ stuff (metaphorically speaking). The stuff that’s easy, the stuff that ‘tastes’ good, the stuff that doesn’t challenge us, get us out of our comfort zone or cause us to become stronger and more capable. It’s also usually the stuff that doesn’t allow us to grow and be ‘healthy’ (psychologically, emotionally, developmentally). We ‘eat’ what we want, rather than what we need. We’re adults behaving like spoiled brats. And what we end up with, is stunted emotional growth and personal development scurvy. In order to ‘grow’ properly, develop our potential and create our own version of ‘amazing’, we need to eat the broccoli that life serves up.

Okay, I’m off to investigate that cheesecake flavoured broccoli thing…

About the Author:

Craig Harper (B.Ex.Sci.) is the #1 ranked Motivational Speaker (according to Google). He is a qualified exercise scientist, author, columnist, radio presenter, television host and owner of one of the largest personal training centres in the world.

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The Virginia Cavaliers are no newcomers to success or change. Some of their greatest victories lie behind them as an impetus to push them forward into the 2009 season. Whether it turns into a revival for this fantastic team or not remains to be seen. Many fans are reminded of the heroic victories accomplished over the years and are expecting nothing less from this team for 2009.

So far, the odds have stacked against the Virginia Cavaliers in games against TCU, Southern Mississippi, and William & Mary. However, with much of the season still ahead, there’s great potential for this fighting team to show their competition what they’re made of.

Looking for your favorite player by number? Here’s an alphabetical breakdown: Oday Aboushi (72), Mike Ahunamba (27), Danny Aiken (80), Tory Allen-Ford (46), Will Barker (61), LoVante Battle (37), Luke Bowanko (70), Landon Bradley (67), Chris Broadnax (21), Javaris Brown (9), Kris Burd (18), Denzel Burrell (45), B.J. Cabbell (65), Isaac Cain (75), Darnell Carter (57), Sean Cascarano (79), Daniel Childress (27), Darren Childs (49), Aaron Clark (41), Nate Collins (98), Matt Conrath (940, Chris Cook (2), Billy Cuffee (62), Jared Detrick (55), John-Kevin Dolce (59), Ras-I Dowling (19), Patch Duda (38), Terence Fells-Danzer (50), Paul Freedman (88), Jared Green (4), Steve Greer (53), Vic Hall (4), Kevin Harrington (95), Will Hill (93), Chris Hinkebein (11), Raynard Horne (44), Jimmy Howell (8), Quintin Hunter (15), Dontrelle Inman (81), Rashawn Jackson (31), Drew Jarrett (6), Brandon Jarvis (32), Nick Jenkins (96), Staton Jobe (22), Cam Johnson (56), Perry Jones (33), Dom Joseph (23), Ray Keys (86), Brendan Lane (2), Matt Leemhuis (34), Corey Lillard (29), Collin Lundgren (51), Torrey Mack 9225), John Maghamez (66), Jeremiah Mathis (58), Connor McMartin (51), Kyle McMartin (7), Rodney McLeod (28), Zach Mendez-Zfass (23), Ross Metheny (13), Matt Mihalik (71), Anthony Mihota (68), Max Milien (36), Lamar Milstead (69), Chase Minnifield (13), Corey Mosley (40), Brian Oden (39), Curt Orshoski (47), Mike Parker (43), Zane Parr (92), Austin Pasztor (63), Colter Phillips (89), Johnny Pickett (87), J.C. Poma (44), Mike Price (60), Robert Randolph (3), Nathan Rathjen (29), Justin Renfrow (54), LaRoy Reynolds (26), Kevin Royal (82), Buddy Ruff (91), Bill Schautz (47), Jameel Sewell (10), Ryan Shaw (46), Jack Shields (64), Mikell Simpson (5), Billy Skrobacz (37), Patrick Slebonick (74), Riko Smalls (3), Bobby Smith (85), Tim Smith (20), Jake Snyder (90), Matt Snyder (14), Logan Spangler (16), Javanti Sparrow (16), Hunter Steward (78), Brady Stovall (38), Aaron Taliaferro (52), Eric Thornton (28), Joe Torchia (83), Brent Urban (99), Aaron Van Kuiken (77), Marc Verica (6), Ausar Walcott (30), Devin Wallace (42), Dominique Wallace (21), Matt Weiler (33), Aaron Wilson (22), Tucker Windle (39), Trey Womack (1) and Brandon Woods (17).

Located at Whitehead Road and Alderman Road in Charlottesville, Virginia, Scott Stadium hosts all home football games that the Virginia Cavaliers play. Expanded several times to include grass hill seating and upper decks, this year Scott Stadium also received an upgrade of a larger video screen and new scoreboard to give visitors a better view and brighter tally of the game scores. If you follow tradition, then you should know that a visit to Scott Stadium to see the Virginia Cavaliers play means wearing orange if you’re a student and if you want to catch the Virginia Pep Band performing, you’ll have to catch them outside in the parking lot as they perform for the tailgating crowd only.

Scott Stadium is a u-shaped venue that provides an opportunity to get a seat from virtually any preferred location in the stadium to watch the Virginia Cavaliers play. If you like the up close action feel of a football game, you’ll want to take advantage of the 100s section that stretches around three-quarters of the field.

Boxes and club seating are limited but available in the 300s section of the stadium. Those who want to raise the roof and enjoy the elements of an outdoor game as well as keep their budget in tact can choose from a wide variety of seating options in the 500s section.

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Given the recent hurricane and flooding disasters in the country, homeowners, real estate lenders, and insurers are giving flood insurance a lot of attention. There are some basic questions you should ask, and facts you should know about flood insurance, before making any real estate purchase. A great resource for any related questions is the government sponsored flood insurance website at www.floodsmart.gov .

First off- if you have a federally backed mortgage, you are required to have flood insurance in high-risk areas. Also, lenders may require flood insurance on real estate properties in high-risk areas. If it’s not required, but the responsible thing to do in your area, here are the basics.

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Basic homeowner’s insurance won’t cover flood damage for real estate structural loss, furnaces, water heaters, air conditioning units, carpeting and flooring. Flood insurance does that. You can purchase additional flood insurance for furniture and personal items. The coverage is fairly inexpensive- visit the government website for an estimate based on your real estate holdings.

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