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St Benedict was a Roman. Like any good Roman he had a flair for organization, a concern for order, a respect for authority. Monastic life for him was to be structured; it was to follow a rule and a hierarchical chain of command. He was founding his monasteries at the time the Roman Empire was breaking apart, weakened by corruption at the center and barbarian invasion from the without. Benedict's monasteries were to be held together by a strong and responsible central leadership.
The Abbot or Abbess "holds the place of Christ" (Ch 2) however he/she was always accountable to the Rule and God. This center would not be corrupt and would recognize that it was part of a higher chain of command. As for barbarian invasions from the outside Benedict wanted his monasteries enclosed, all the necessities of life should be found within; "there should be no need for monks to roam outside," he writes, "because this is not at all good for their souls" (Ch 66).
Leaving the fortress of the monastery was spiritually unsafe. Journeys needed the Abbot's permission and the traveler "should not presume to relate to anyone what they saw or heard outside the monastery, because this causes the greatest harm" (Ch 67). Benedict was a man of his time.
How then do we relate to his rule? How much of it is culturally conditioned and a response to the situation of its time? Is it possible to distill from the rule an essence that is applicable to the different social and historical context of today? "Rule", like the word "Guru" in India, implies something that helps straighten the way to God, a guide that helps us avoid extremes and orientate ourselves in the right direction. What then are the basic principles or spiritual attitudes that Benedict's rule points us towards? Is it the need for authority, spiritual dependence on a father figure or an objective code of behavior? Is it the need for a highly structured life where nature and spontaneity is regulated by discipline and self-control? Is it fear of the world, hiding away from the onslaughts of barbarian secularity in a separate spiritual reality? I propose that all these are responses that suit particular times and temperaments, of history and our own life. They are not the essential orientation of the Rule. Benedict is not primarily concerned with the external ordering of our lives but rather with a genuine seeking after God. He is offering the soul a direction and a flat playing field so that "as we progress in this way of life and in faith, we shall run in the way of God's commandments" (Prologue). The shape and the form of the life can be changed according to circumstance (Ch 40). It is pragmatic rather than programmatic.
Can one then distill a spiritual essence out of the rule? Not in terms of a mystical treatise or a developed teaching on prayer, Benedict pointed beyond himself for that to the teachings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers (Ch 73). Benedict was concerned with the rudimentaries, the beginnings of monastic life. He wanted to give a practical framework on which the higher edifices of the spiritual life could be built.
Like in all the desert spirituality moreover there was for Benedict no split between the outer and inner, spirituality was lifestyle and the way you lived was the way you prayed (and visa-versa). So the best expression of an authentic relation to God was the way you related to your neighbour. Life in common was for Benedict the crucible of the spiritual life, both its testing ground and the place where their "zeal for God" expresses itself in patience, mutual obedience and respect (Ch 72). However I propose there are four principles or attitudes on which that common life is grounded and through which Benedict orientates his disciples to God: Obedience, Peace, Faith and Works together and Humility.
Obedience. Benedict calls those who would follow Christ to "the labor of obedience" (Prologue). This involves qualities of attentiveness, listening, readiness of response, cheerful generosity, laying down of one's own will, mutual respect and concern: "No one is to pursue what they judge better for himself, but instead, what they judge better for someone else" (Ch 5, 71, 72).
Peace. "Let peace be your quest and your aim" (Prologue). This involves an esteem for silence (Ch 6) especially at night and in the Oratory (Ch 42, 52), refraining from gossip (Ch 6), purity of prayer (Ch 20, 52), and "supporting with the greatest patience one another's weaknesses of body or behavior" (Ch 72).
Faith and Works always go together. "Idleness is the enemy of the soul" (Ch 69). Prayer is the "Work of God"; it comes before all else (Ch 47), and must be properly performed (Ch 45). "Work" includes manual labor, prayerful reading and the work of hospitality (Ch 48, 53). The tools of the workplace and kitchen are to be respected like the vessels of the altar (Ch 32, 46). Stability in the community and monastery is "the workshop" in which "the tools of the spiritual craft" are practiced (Ch 4).
Humility. "Not to us, Lord, not to us give the glory, but to your name alone" (Psalm 113:9 Prologue). The Twelve Steps of humility (Ch 7) undercut any false sense of complacency or self-satisfaction, they urge vigilance: We have to be continually on our guard against our own destructive tendencies. Humility is what keeps us connected, down to earth, real. It involves a true self-appraisal, not over estimating our strengths but recognizing that we are always in the presence of God. This 'grounding experience' often involves endurance, perseverance and long suffering.
These I believe are the qualities and orientations that Benedict hopes to foster in us. He is like a gardener removing the weeds so that the flowers can grow, the fruits of the Spirit. The Rule therefore acts like a garden hoe and watering can; clearing the space, tidying things up and then making sure the plants are well watered. At times like a secateur it prunes, at times like a lopper it removes what is incompatible with our spiritual growth.
That these principles are the true criteria for monastic life can be seen in Benedict's procedure for receiving new members (Ch 58): "The concern", he writes, "must be whether the novice truly seeks God and whether he/she shows eagerness for the Work of God, for obedience and for trails". Here are the four attitudes I see as key to the life Benedict envisions, attitudes which, in the rich meaning he gives them, are applicable to us today. They do not necessarily involve a hierarchical understanding of authority nor a seclusion from the world.
They don't necessarily involve changing the external form of our life except maybe giving adequate space for prayer. They do however challenge us to a conversion of manners, not what we do but the way we do things. Benedict's wisdom is timeless because it is the wisdom of the Gospel, yet has always to be newly envisioned so it can continue to be a guide to "the good life" (Prologue).
With much love,
Published in Via Vitae January 2006
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Eli Young Band Dish on 'Big Celebration' for James Young's Wedding
Earlier this year, Eli Young Band guitarist James Young was the final member of the group to walk down the aisle and say "I do." Young wed his sweetie in an intimate outdoor ceremony on Feb. 4, with his fellow bandmates close by his side.
"It was great," Young tells Taste of Country of his big day. "It was awesome. Luckily the weather cooperated. The weather was nice. I had all the band and crew there and all our close friends. It was really just a big celebration."
"We were at all four of our weddings and wedding celebrations," adds EYB's bassist, Jon Jones. "At this point, we have all the same friends, so it's like we share friends and family, too. It was special for all of us because we've been in all four of our weddings and this is the last one. It was a big celebration for all of us."
Now that every member of the foursome is hitched, the whistle is blowing to signify that it's time to get on the baby train. The band's lead vocalist, Mike Eli, and his wife have already gotten things rolling in that department, as they are set to welcome their first child sometime this summer.

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Medical myths
Two most prevalent medical myths are that America has the best health care system in the world and that tort reform provisions capping damages for medical malpractice has made medical treatment cheaper for the consumers of Texas.
P.T. Barnum of circus fame once said there was a sucker born every minute. Unfortunately, enough money can make suckers out of otherwise thoughtful voters. In fact, Texans have been sucker-punched more than once by the big money behind "tort reform," as they call it.
Texans were sold a bill of goods in 2003 when persuaded to vote for a constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to put limits on what damages doctors could be held responsible for when they committed malpractice. At the time, the PR folks hired by the insurance companies, doctors and others based their campaign on lowering the cost of medical care to all Texans — a strategy that they now deny. Even as Republicans in Congress in advocating national caps on medical malpractice are still predicting and stating Texas has proved placing caps on damages for malpractice will lower the cost of medical care for consumers and encourage more doctors to enter the medical field, medical group in Texas now claims they never promised having caps would benefit consumers directly. But that was the whole strategy in selling the constitutional amendment to the people as clearly stated by Gov. Rick Perry. He promised the measure would ensure "affordable heath care" in the state. A comprehensive study by Public Citizen published just recently proves the justification for allowing insurance carriers, doctors, hospitals and others to benefit greatly was a great lie.
The Public Citizen study has shown some costs have gone down significantly. Unfortunately, none of the cost savings have been passed on to sick people, the consumers of medical services. The actual study of the numbers taken from state agencies shows in 2010, seven years after the enactment of caps, doctors' premiums for medical malpractice insurance have dropped more than 50 percent. Studies of insurance payouts on claims for malpractice in Texas are now more than 70 percent lower than they were in 2003. But the cost to patients has not declined 1 percent.
Looking at the licensure in Texas, I notice the rate of doctors moving into Texas since 2003 has actually slowed compared to the numbers prior to 2003. Doctors come to Texas because Texas is one of the most populous states. Another benefit touted as a reason for the caps was to provide more doctors to rural areas. Licensure figures show most of the growth in numbers of doctors coming to Texas is in urban areas, not helping to solve the shortage of medical care in rural areas at all.Although premiums for doctors have declined by more than half, premiums for private health care insurance for ordinary people have risen faster in Texas than the national average. The percentage of Texans who lack health insurance has risen, making Texas No. 1 in something — We have the highest uninsured rate in the country. Per capita increase in the number of doctors practicing in Texas has been slower than previous years and Medicare spending in Texas has risen far faster than the national average.
What the caps have caused in Texas is a considerable amount of suffering and burden on middle class and poor Texans. Since the caps have been placed in 2003, it is virtually impossible for people injured at the hands of a careless doctor to even find an attorney willing to represent them. The Texas Legislature has declared that any non-economic damage in a malpractice case cannot exceed $250,000. In other words, if you don't have loss of earnings, you are elderly or retired, the most you can possibly obtain from a doctor in a lawsuit for carelessness is $250,000. I have seen numerous elderly people who are victims of poor medical practice theoretically entitled to compensation. An example is an elderly lady who was required to have a hip replacement because a doctor failed to recognize a fracture of her hip on X-rays. The doctor refused to pay when all the lady wanted was enough money to pay for her hip replacement. Filing a lawsuit was not a good option in that after paying for the medical expert required, paying a doctor to testify, paying out-of-pocket for depositions and giving a lawyer a share of the recovery for prosecuting the lawsuit, there would not be enough left to pay for the hip replacement or any for future medical treatment that might be necessary.
Even more egregious is the treatment man whom, through the carelessness of the doctor, was rendered impotent; in fact, part of his body was inadvertently amputated. Since the part of his body amputated had nothing to do with earning money, he was stuck with the value placed on his body parts by the Legislature — $250,000. I know of no healthy male who would have made the trade of his private parts in exchange for $250,000. Yet that's the value placed on it by representatives and senators in Austin who knew nothing of the facts and had never met the victim.
The second medical myth we hear every day in the United States is that America has the best health care in the world. This is another big lie promoted by medical societies, tort reformers, Republicans seeking office and insurance companies. I will concede the United States probably has the best advancements in medicine: better technology, better-equipped hospitals and perhaps even better trained physicians. However, all of this does not deliver to the vast majority of Americans the best medical care in the world. A new and independent report from a nonprofit group Commonwealth Fund has revealed that in the United States residents die more frequently than their counterparts in other countries. They die of bacterial infections, screenable cancers, diabetes and complications from surgery. As an example, during 2006-07 in the U.S., there were recorded 96 preventable deaths per 100,000 people. France, on the other hand, recorded 55 deaths per 100,000 people. Even Great Britain, most often condemned as an example of socialized medicine, the "boogie man" used by conservative politicians to frighten Americans, had lower mortality rates associated with health care than does the U.S.
There are many elderly adults in the United States who skip medical treatment or go without a prescription because of costs. This was documented in surveys done by nonprofit groups in this country. On average our spending on health care in the United States is more than twice what others in industrial countries spend. To me, all of the combined facts of studies such as those cited above send me the message the great opposition to the Affordable Care Act is more about whose pocket will be affected than the quality of health care for Americans.
Carl Parker has practiced law in Port Arthur since 1958. He is a 1958 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and the Senate in 1976, Parker continued to practice law while writing and spon


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The orange sands of the Wahiba desert ripple across Oman's Sharqiyah region for nearly 200 kilometres, a geological fact that was of little concern to me and my trio of friends as our four-wheel-drive vehicle teetered on the crest of a towering Wahiba sand dune. Switching gears, our grinning driver plunged the vehicle down the steep slope at an angle that seemed certain to overturn us. Somehow we stubbed bottom upright, and the driver loudly switched into a higher gear, sending us bumping against the slope of the next dune with a jolt that launched us toward the car roof.
Dune-bashing drivers are skilled at the wheel, though few get trained like our 20-something guide, who aimed for a career in the Omani air force and practised driving on flight simulators.
Excursions into Oman's sweeping desert can easily be arranged, whether day trips or extended stays at tiny luxurious resorts that pamper visitors while they await the morning sun's magic rise over the dunes. Taxi drivers in the capital and sole big city, Muscat, spontaneously offer to book tours, bargaining in the serviceable English widely used among Muscat's residents.
Frequented by growing numbers of Europeans but still largely undiscovered by North Americans, Oman offers long tracts of public and private sandy beaches, startling desert beauty, souks and bazaars, 3,000 years of rich cultural history and a stable political environment without the strife of its southern neighbour, Yemen, or the severe social restrictions of bordering Saudi Arabia. To be sure, foreigners to this Muslim country are expected to dress modestly, to refrain from elaborate public displays of affection and to respect Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who has ruled Oman with a velvet glove for more than 41 years.
Unlike Dubai, Oman has not sought to impress the world with skyscraper skylines. Instead, Muscat, a chain of suburbs amid hills linked by the four-lane Sultan Qaboos highway, largely retains a human scale. The predominant architecture consists of white-walled residences with pointed-arched windows in the Islamic style.
Government ministry buildings and embassies are stately and elegant.
In the mid-1980s, western-style hotels began to open, welcomed by the sultan, who wisely seeks to diversify Oman's predominantly petroleum-based economy (gas is so cheap that an SUV fill-up costs about $12). Some hotels are spectacular edifices with towering atriums such as the one in the 250-room Al Bustan Palace on the coast some 20 minutes' drive south of Muscat, or the Grand Hyatt, an over-the-top mix of African motifs and Arabian Nights fantasy in Qurum, the most modern part of Muscat and site of most big hotels.
The sultan himself supervised construction of two of Muscat's most magnificent buildings, the Grand Mosque, opened in 2001, and the Royal Opera House.
Non-Muslims may enter the white-walled compound of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque only in the morning and never on the Muslim holy day, Friday. A visit begins at a large gate that leads to geometrically arranged gardens of low shrubs, small trees and delicate fountains. A women's prayer pavilion serves as a prelude to the nearby main mosque, approached on wide expenses of spotless white marble.
As you step past the mosque's ornately carved doors of Indian teak, your eyes immediately rise toward the high dome where thousands of points of light sparkle from a Swarovski-designed chandelier - the world's second-largest. Together with smaller surrounding chandeliers, the mosque is a symphony of reflected light. Some Muslim faithful find the chandeliers too glamorous, a distraction for the thousands who fill the mosque on Fridays in silent prayer. But whatever one's beliefs, the harmony between chandeliers and dome is undeniably attractive.
The sumptuous Royal Opera House was opened just last year with a production of Puccini's T u r a n d o t f e aturing more than 300 foreign performers. The sultan admires western opera and dance (in November, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal performed there), but he rarely attends Opera House performances, preferring to watch a direct video feed at his palace in Old Muscat. Performances bring out a well dressed crowd, women in colourful, long, embroidered dresses and men wearing the ubiquitous square cap, the kumar, and the dishdasha, a white, floor-length robe with a small tassel at the collar for splashing a touch of frankincense, produced in Oman for thousands of years.
Bedouin still inhabit Oman's more remote desert areas, and day tours inevitably stop at a Bedouin tent for a tourist's view of desert life. While my friends and I sat on a rug thrown over the sand, our hosts offered tiny cups of coffee along with some celebrated Omani dates. Handmade rugs and met-alware were shown hopefully for sale. The visit was topped off by a ride aboard a skinny but game camel led on a rope by an intrepid lad of five named Said.
From the Bedouin tent we headed toward the hills an hour away where lay Wadi Bani Khalid, one of many attractive oases that dot Sharqiyah. The wadi is a series of linked pools embraced by limestone cliff faces. One merry couple jumped into the water from a 10-metre bank, swimming through a narrow pass into a grotto that led to yet another pool flanked by a sheer rock face. There lay Muqal Cave, where you must crouch to enter before proceeding under a flashlight's glow through chest-high water, bats lurking overhead, to exit on the other side.
Muscat has little nightlife outside the imported acts at big hotel bars or at the Royal Opera House, but you can spend some agreeable hours exploring the city's indoor bazaars, or souks, which remain open until 11: 30 p.m.
The largest souk is in Muttrah, opposite the docks where cruise ships lie at anchor. On quiet days, the souk offers an easy walk among stalls selling frankincense, Kashmir scarves and both machine-made and handcrafted kumars in scores of patterns. But you might find the exquisitely crafted silver-gold earrings that caught your eye were really designed in Italy.
The souk fills quickly when cruise passengers are in town. At such times, leave the tourist-filled lanes and explore the souk's back alleys. Here you'll find local women shopping for floor-length black robes or multi-coloured, sequined raiments. You'll find some gem stores, too. If you want a gemstone ring for that special someone, stand your ground and fix your price - you'll get a good deal.


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Likely Sales Price
His asking price, $7.1m, should really be reduced to $6.9m as buyers search in rhythms of ½ millions, and will most likely sell for the $5.9m he paid for it in 2001, as most real estate today is selling at the same prices as 1999 to 2001.While Mickelson has incredible views, a wonderful, sparkling blue pool with waterfall, separate spas, tennis courts, guest houses and a cul-de-sac locale, architecture has changed dramatically since his home was built. Buyers today, when looking for Trophy Properties, prefer to be on the water. Next, they want the latest in architectural trends, which happens to be cleaner lines and a softer palette. Out is ornate Mediterranean; in is a transitional contemporary look. The buyer will most probably not buy his furniture and antiques, which probably cost a small fortune, as the buyer will change the overall look of the interior.
13.3% California Income Tax
California's 13.3% onerous income tax and nearly 10% sales tax continues to impact high wage earners, except perhaps in Silicon Valley, and the exodus out of California, New York and other high income tax states continues. California was at one time the fastest-growing state in the nation and now it is losing more residents annually than any other state. In the past 10 years, nearly 2.5m residents have exited California.Phil speculated that his tax rate is 62-63%, meaning that the first 230 days of the year he works exclusively for both the United States and California governments. That means that around August 20, 2013 he can begin taking home his earnings.A typical Mickelson day requires 10-12 straight hours of planned, concentrated practice, day in, day out. Being a top-ranked player not only means you are great, but requires an unusual dedication honing your game into shape. It stresses the body, mind & soul.With the level of competition so keen today, the days of the old-timers staying out late, drinking and womanizing are long gone. That even caught up with Tiger last year!The demands of sponsors, grueling travel schedules, advertising photo shoots, charity work, autograph signing and dedication to family leaves the pro golfer with very few precious days off.
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Is California the next Greece?
California has long been the leader in deficit spending and unfortunately that has now caught up with it. Just as residents in the Northeast are leaving in droves for Florida, which negates any possible revenue increase for the state despite increases in the income tax rates, so too are California residents.
Passive Income v Earned Income
Mickelson is different from the hedge fund guy who is taxed at 15%, the oil companies with their depletion allowances, General Electric with its off-shore subsidiaries, etc. So Phil is on solid ground if he wants to move to Florida which dozens of high profile, high wage earners call home.
Phil saves $7.3m
Speculation has Phil earning $55m per year, so over a 10-year period, based on the 13.3% tax rate, Phil would save $7.3m by moving to Florida, more than the asking price of his current California house.
Where in Florida will Phil buy?
Where will Phil buy if he moves to Florida? Most probably the Jupiter Island area or a gated community like Admirals Cove, The Bear's Club, or Old Palm. Each of those will offer him the privacy and water features so desirable today.
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The internal conflict in Guinea Bissau, which broke out in June 1998 and lasted 11 months, caused infrastructure destruction, the collapse of administrative structures and the disintegration of the social fabric.It is ranked 175 out of 177 countries according to the Human Development Index(HDI) Report in 2007/2008.
Poverty, unemployment and social and economic problems aggravated by the crisis are causing nutritional problems among the most vulnerable population. Cereal production has decreased due to asset destruction, lack of seeds and fertilizers, and rice field (dykes and irrigation systems) deterioration or destruction.
The quality of roads, already poor before the crisis, has worsened, disrupting food marketing and availability in the country. Educational indicators, very low even before the crisis (rate of school enrolment 45 percent, drop out rate up to 66 percent, illiteracy rate among men 59 percent and among women 85 percent) worsened dramatically during the crisis. Poverty prevents families from sending children to school and educational infrastructure is insufficient and deteriorated.
WFP's main goals are to support the reconciliation process and reconstruction efforts of the Government in assisting the most vulnerable groups of the population, in the food insecure areas, in addressing the needs for agricultural rehabilitation.
The activities will contribute to improving access to health and education as outlined in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and the MDG. WFP will put specific emphasis on capacity building activities in order to assist the Government in laying down the foundation to shift from recovery to development.
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The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away.
But you'd be hard-pressed to find a campaign against the ACA as narrow-minded and dishonest as the one mounted by medical device manufacturers.
This industry, which encompasses makers of everything from tongue depressors to MRI machines, has been grousing from the outset about an excise tax of 2.3% the act imposes on sales of its products. The levy was designed to generate about $30 billion over 10 years, starting this past Jan. 1, when it went into effect. Certain "devices" customarily provided directly to consumers at
retail, such as eyeglasses, hearing aids, sterile bandages and wheelchairs, were exempted.
For reasons we'll get to in a moment, repeal of the medical device excise tax has been looked upon favorably on Capitol Hill far more than any other attack on the ACA. More interestingly, it's a bipartisan effort.


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More from the reunion to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 World Series champion Oakland A's.
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A few months before I came west to cover the A's in 1985, Carney and Debbie Lansford had a baby boy. It was their second. Their first had died in 1983 at age 2 after spending half his life fighting kidney disease.
Why the Lansfords chose me, the new guy on the beat, to tell their story is something I've never asked. It might be as simple as this: Carney was Santa Clara born-and bred, and I was the hometown paper.
The story ran on Father's Day 1985, with a wonderful photo of the Lansfords and their smiling baby boy, all of them beaming., and I can still recite the lead.
Even today, with the holiday upon him, Carney Lansford couldn't tell you that Father's Day always falls on the third Sunday of June.
It doesn't matter.
Every day is Father's Day for the A's third baseman now.
"‹That baby boy, Joshua, is now 30 years old. He has a brother Jared, 27. They both were exceptional ballplayers. Both were drafted by the A's. Jared got as far as Triple-A; Josh, Single-A.
Today they are teammates, pitching for the Long Island Ducks, an Independent League team in Central Islip, N.Y.
As a ballplayer, Carney's value is best told by this fact: The A's, after reaching the World Series three years in a row from 1988-90, slumped to an 84-78 record in 1991. That was the year Lansford missed after an off-season snowmobiling accident.
Lansford returned the following season, and the A's won 96 games and returned to the postseason.
He retired after the Game 5 loss in Toronto. I can still see him, sitting at his locker, ice bundled around his back, his elbow, his shoulder, his knees, the last guy in the room.
Dave Henderson was one of my go-to guys. I could always go to him with a question. He might not give me an answer, but he always was accommodating.
He called me Buddy LeRoux, the name of a former Boston Red Sox owner. Henderson's greatest moment had come in a Boston uniform, in probably the greatest game I ever saw in person: Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS. But he had many great moments after joining the A's for spring training in 1988 — on a non-guaranteed contract — including the two home runs he hit against the Giants in Game 3 of the '89 Series.
Henderson wasn't related to Rickey, except in style. He preened in the outfielder, holding pose after making a throw. He pranced on the basepaths whenever the situation allowed.
Early in Henderson's first season with the A's, I asked Tony La Russa, the no-nonsense manager, how he felt about all of Henderson's showboating. La Russa surprised me. He said he didn't mind as long as Henderson was consistent, as long as he did it winning or losing.
That he did.
I shared that story with Henderson last weekend and he said La Russa didn't like him at first. He said La Russa carried hard feelings because of a home run that Henderson had hit years earlier to beat the White Sox. Knowing Hendu's penchant for showboating, and knowing Tony's long memory, that's entirely believable.
One last Hendu: once, in the late '80s, I asked him why he wore No. 42.
"Are you kidding?" he replied, genuinely incredulous. "Really?"
I am one example why the retirement of Jackie Robinson's number, in 1997, was so important to the history of the game.
Tommie Reynolds spent seven years as bench coach for the A's, but I learned more about him in two weeks last year when I read a book called "Southern League." The book, by former big league pitcher Larry Colton, details the 1964 season of the Birmingham Barons. Reynolds was a star on that team; I knew that much. But I had only a vague sense of the racism he faced at that super-charged time in South, until I read the book.
"I'd get knocked down by a pitch, then get knocked down again," he told me last weekend. "And there was nothing you could do about it. You sure couldn't go out to the mound."
Not in 1964, not in Birmingham, not if you were black.
Todd Burns — With two outs in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the '88 World Series, Tony La Russa went to the mound to make a pitching change. There was no sense to it. Nobody was on base, nothing was at stake. The A's were losing 5-2 to Orel Hershiser, and they were going to lose this World Series. Even La Russa knew the odds of them scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth off Hershiser.
But he went to the mound and called for Todd Burns, not to keep the score at 5-2, but because he knew there might never come another opportunity for the kid to pitch in a World Series.
THAT is the kind of manager La Russa was.
(Burns pitched in two more World Series,)
Nobody was cooler than Rickey Henderson, and that hasn't changed. He strutted out from the center field tunnel Saturday, chillin' down the red carpet to join his teammates waiting at the pitching mound, mimicking his throwing motion, that little submarine flip he'd make from left field after a catch — a snap catch, of course.
Oh, and Rickey blew off the media session Friday. It was good to see that not everything, not everybody, has changed.
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In order to attract top talent, companies need to … retain the best employees. It's that simple.
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It's not about flashy offices, or over the top relocation packages (although those things help), but instead it's about the people inside those four walls. Think about it: hardworking, intelligent people tend to surround themselves with like-minded individuals. Therefore, good employees tend to be around other potential good employees. They refer their friends and family to the company. They speak positively about the company inside and out of the office, and they help create a positive buzz around the organization.
Take advantage of these top performing advocates and include them in the internal interview process. It's more effective to have the candidate hear from employees themselves how they've progressed within the company and why they enjoy working there, than from a C-level executive who can sometimes be unrelatable. Speaking with top performers allows the candidate to see and feel their enthusiasm, and helps them better understand the unique culture of the organization.
Top performers can more effectively and genuinely sell the company to the candidate. You want them to be excited about your company before you try to determine whether they're the right fit.
So once you've attracted top talent, how do you retain them? There are a few ways to accomplish this.
No. 1: Always have empathy. Once you begin to ask yourself, "If I were the employee," you begin to understand the real needs of your staff. Empathy creates understanding, and the result is a valuable relationship.
No. 2: Think: What keeps them happy? Everyone wants recognition for a job well done, but the medium of recognition is different for every employee. Set aside time regularly to meet with individual staff in order to discuss what motivates them. For some it's face time, for others it's outward recognition. In order to best retain employees, it's essential to know what keeps them happy and motivated.
No. 3: Get employees involved. Employees want to know that they are more than just a number and that their thoughts and opinions matter. Involving staff in important decisions demonstrates that you value their opinion. This can be done in a variety of ways; implement a staff council, meet one-on-one with team members or bring lower level employees into management meetings.
No. 4: Invest in them. Most employees want to continue to develop their skills while learning new ones. Offering training sessions and having employees attend webinars and conferences will feed their desire to learn while augmenting their skill sets. At the same time, push employees to achieve their potential. Trusting them with new and challenging tasks demonstrates confidence in their abilities and the new skills they have acquired.
Tom Gimbel is the Founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, a $35+ million staffing and recruiting firm based in Chicago. Founded in 1998, LaSalle has served thousands of clients and candidates, placing job seekers in temporary, temporary-to-permanent and permanent positions.


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London, Nov 21: English football club Chelsea sacked their coach Roberto Di Matteo Wednesday, six months after di Matteo guided the club to a Champions League title.
Di Matteo, who was hired on a permanent basis in June, was dismissed a day after a 0-3 loss to Juventus in Turin which left Chelsea on the brink of becoming the first defending champion to be eliminated from the group stage.
Chelsea is also struggling in the English Premier League, having picked up just two points from its last four games to fall to third place.
"The team's recent performances and results have not been good enough and the owner and the board felt that a change was necessary now to keep the club moving in the right direction as we head into a vitally important part of the season," Chelsea said in a statement, reported by the British media.
For the moment there is no replacement for the Italian di Matteo but according to media reports former Liverpool and Inter Milan coach Rafa Benitez has been heavily linked with the job. Pep Guardiola, currently on a break from coaching after leaving Barcelona at the end of last season, will also be a contender.
Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich, who is looking for a ninth manager since taking over at Stamford Bridge in 2003, is known to be a long-term admirer of Guardiola.
"The club will be making an announcement shortly regarding a new first team manager," the statement said.
Di Matteo took over from the fired Andre Villas-Boas in March initially on a temporary basis. The Italian led the team first to the FA Cup title and then the Champions League beating Barcelona in the semifinals and then Bayern Munich in the final.
Since taking over the club in 2003, Abramovich has sacked eight coaches including Claudio Ranieri (Sep 2000 to May 2004), Jose Mourinho (Jun 2004 to Sep 2007), Avram Grant (Sep 2007 to May 2008), Luiz Felipe Scolari (Jul 2008 to Feb 2009), Guus Hiddink (Feb 2009 to May 2009), Carlo Ancelotti (Jun 2009 to May 2011), Andre Villas-Boas (Jun 2011 to Mar 2012), Roberto Di Matteo (Mar 2012 to Nov 2012).


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Mormon Media Observer: Here's To Marie Osmond And Stephen Craig
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By Lane Williams
May 9, 2011
The biggest news story involving Mormonism this week besides the 14 Tony nominations for "The Book of Mormon" musical on Broadway, is, not surprisingly, Marie Osmond's third wedding.
Major news outlets carried details that she remarried her first husband, former BYU basketball standout Stephen Craig, in a private ceremony in the Las Vegas Temple. The news reported that she wore the same wedding dress that she wore on her first wedding.
Do a quick search in newspaper databases like Lexis-Nexis for the words "Osmond" and "Mormon," and you bring back hundreds of articles. The musical family may have the distinction of being the most famous Mormons over this period of more than 40 years since their breakout success on "The Andy Williams Show." Today, they're still making news for the church, and I admire them for doing it.
I know of people who began their quest to join the church because of the Osmonds. I appreciate that contribution. I am also aware of their many gifts to Utah and to children through the Children's Miracle Network. They deserve credit for those gifts, even though I sense they don't seek honor for it.
But for Marie especially, the public spotlight seems to have had more than its fair share of public setbacks in these long decades. A few minutes online, and you can be reminded of details of her two divorces; you can be reminded of public disclosure of eating disorders and of pressure from producers to lose weight as a teenager.
You can learn of her very public battle with postpartum depression. Once, she gave Tom Cruise a public rebuke over the issue. Another time, Marie was hospitalized with an adverse reaction to medication, and the tabloids screamed rumor and innuendo.
Marie fainted on live television. She suffers with asthma. Her children's visits to the hospital have made news. Cruel, contentious lawsuits have made tabloid headlines.
Even her most private pain, the death of her son, received prominent national attention.
In short, Marie Osmond hasn't had a perfect nor a private life.
It is not fair to Donny, Marie, Alan or Jimmy or any of the rest to turn them into icons representative of our wonderful faith. They have chosen to be in show business and don't deserve the extra weight of being national exemplars of Mormonism any more than any other nationally recognized Mormons do, any more than I wish such on myself.
But in a celebrity-obsessed culture, that is what they became in many ways, and I admire how they have tried to handle it.
Sociologists can tell us a lot more about the role celebrities play in our lives than I can, but this celebrity culture today seems to say much more about audience needs than about the foibles in the lives of the celebrities we might follow. Tabloid headlines of the failures of young starlets can seem to make us feel better about ourselves as we like to think we'd never make the mistakes they seem to make.
As such, celebrities can become scapegoats, and tabloid culture can sometimes gratify prurient pride. A focus on the motes in the eyes of the private lives of public people can allow us readers and viewers to ignore the beams in our own eyes. I'm not saying we as Mormons do this with the Osmonds, but I'm saying the culture seems unhealthy in too many ways for celebrities and for us.
This cruel culture is why I have grown to admire Marie Osmond and her brothers, even though I rarely listen to their music. Sure, they aren't perfect, but neither am I. They have soldiered on despite a withering attention for more than four decades. They still sing when the times seem not to call for it.
As I watched the video of Marie Osmond and Steve Craig happily leaving the Las Vegas Temple, I couldn't help think that I like much of what Marie's public story seems to teach about Mormonism as the years have gone by.
We Mormons don't always walk on sunshine. But through family loyalty, through effort and faith, and with the light of the Lord, we rise again. The public joy of the Osmonds and of the Craigs this week shows that Mormonism's story isn't about how perfect we members are, but about how perfect the atonement is and how perfect we strive to be, about how Mormonism at its best has always been about hope amid second chances. That's a story the world needs right now, and Marie Osmond's new marriage tells it well.
So here's a thanks to Marie Osmond and to Steve Craig for their public embrace of the best of our faith. Here's to many happy years and to many more songs for the Osmonds as they do their best to represent the faith they so obviously love.
Lane Williams teaches journalism and communication at BYU-Idaho. He is a former journalist whose scholarly interests include Mormon portrayals in the media, media and religion, and religion and politics.
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WILSONVILLE, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — October 17, 2013 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced a new version of the Nucleus® real time operating system ( RTOS) targeting high-performance, next-generation applications for connected embedded devices. The Nucleus RTOS introduces a lightweight and scalable process model that provides partitioned and protected memory regions for increased system reliability in safety-critical applications, including medical, industrial and aerospace. In addition, the Nucleus software trace technology has also been enhanced to include support for middleware stacks, enabling performance and power optimization.
"This new version of the Nucleus RTOS allows embedded developers to deliver advanced, sophisticated products with features that you would expect from more general purpose operating systems," said Rajeev Kumar, director of worldwide marketing and business development for Freescale's Microcontroller business. "Nucleus provides outstanding value by providing advanced system reliability in an affordable package — ideal for high-end devices using the Freescale i.MX family of processors."
System Reliability and Partitioning
The Nucleus software trace technology, built on the Mentor® Embedded Sourcery™ Analyzer tool, provides even greater system visibility with trace support for middleware stacks. The software also provides a common time reference to analyze variables and events across the entire system, the Nucleus RTOS kernel, application project, and middleware stack in order to optimize the full system for performance as well as resource utilization and power efficiency.
With the new Nucleus RTOS process model, embedded system developers can partition their device modularly and isolate software sub-systems in order to protect against faults that can bring down the entire system. Memory partitioning is also useful for field upgrades and optimizing resource utilization by loading only the files needed based on runtime requirements — as requirements change modules can be uninstalled and additional modules loaded.
"Our latest Nucleus release was developed to serve today's advanced and highly connected embedded devices with high-performance and cost-efficient networking, security and graphics requirements," said Scot Morrison, general manager of Runtime Solutions, Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division. "Nucleus delivers unmatched value by delivering robust system reliability with space partitioning and device optimization with cutting-edge system data visualization capabilities."
Middleware Data Visualization for Optimum Device Performance
Based on the award-winning Sourcery Analyzer technology, Nucleus software trace provides unparalleled data visualization capability in a system using a common time reference that correlates all aspects of the connected device. The Nucleus software trace tool associates Nucleus RTOS tasks, network IP activity, device activity, and power management metrics to allow system debug and device tuning for optimal performance using a single data visualization environment.
The Nucleus RTOS with Nucleus process model currently supports device families based on ARM MMU-enabled cores from semiconductor suppliers including Altera, Freescale, Texas Instruments and Xilinx.
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The Mentor Embedded Nucleus product is available now, with starting list price for the Nucleus source code at $6,000 (USD). To learn more and to download a trial version of this latest version of the Nucleus RTOS, visit http://www.mentor.com/embedded-software/nucleus/. For additional product information, contact a Mentor Embedded sales representative or call 800-547-3000.
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The Mentor Graphics® Embedded Software Division enables embedded development for a variety of applications including automotive, industrial, smart energy, medical devices, and consumer electronics. Embedded developers can create systems with the latest processors and micro-controllers with commercially supported and customizable Linux®-based solutions including the industry-leading Sourcery™ CodeBench and Mentor Embedded Linux products. For real-time control systems, developers can take advantage of the small-foot-print and low-power-capable Nucleus® RTOS. For more information, visit www.mentor.com/embedded.
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*Maximum of 250,000 Eligible Entries: A maximum total of 250,000 entries will be eligible to participate in the grand prize event (see below). If less than a total of 250,000 entries are received during the Registration Period, then all submitted entries that comply with these Official Rules will be eligible to participate in the grand prize event. If more than 250,000 entries are received during the Registration Period, then sponsor shall randomly select a maximum total of 250,000 entries from among all entries received to participate in the grand prize event. Only these 250,000 selected entries will be eligible to participate or win. All other entries will be disqualified and are ineligible to participate or win, regardless of the accuracy of their submitted number guess.
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1. Give a segment of code that will find the position, posLastZero,
of the last zero element among a[0], a[1], ..., a[n-1]. That is,
posLastZero should be the largest integer such that
a[posLastZero] is equal to zero. The value of n is given. If
there is no zero element among a[0], a[1], ..., a[n-1], the code
should set posLastZero equal to a negative one.
Example: n = 7 a[0] = 5
a[1] = 0
a[2] = 7
a[3] = 0
a[4] = 3
a[5] = 0
a[6] = 9
The code should leave posLastZero equal to 5 in this case, because
a[5] is the last zero element among a[0], a[1], ..., a[n-1].
This is only an example; your code must handle any case.
2. Copy the elements a[0], a[1], ..., a[n-1] into the array b[], but
rescale them by dividing them by a[0]. For example, if n=4,
a[0]=1.5, a[1]=9.0, a[2]=3.0, and a[3]=6.0 before the code is
executed, then afterwards the values of the elements of b()
should be b[0]=1.0, b[1]=6.0, b[2]=2.0, and b[3]=4.0.
Each element has been divided by the value, 1.5, of a[0].
This is only an example; of course your code must be general
and must handle any number of elements.
3. Given nA and a[0], a[1], ..., a[nA - 1], with the elements a[j] in
nondecreasing order (a[0] <= a[1] <= ... <= a[nA-1]), give a segment
of code that will "squeeze out the duplicates in-place" and
will set nA equal to the number of unique elements in a.
That is, if nA=5, a[0]=0.0, a[1]=0.0, a[2]=1.2, a[3]=2.3, and a[4]=2.3,
then after execution of the code the contents should be a[0]=0.0,
a[1]=1.2, and a[2]=2.3, and nA=3. The duplicate elements (the second
value of 0.0 and the second value of 2.3) have been eliminated from
the array.
(The final contents of a[3] and a[4] can be anything.)
This is only an example. Your code must be general and must not
contain any "magic numbers".
4. How should you declare your instance variables in a class?
5. Write a constructor for a class named Dog that has instance variables of
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Hernandez solid, but offense can't execute
CHICAGO -- Charlie Culberson did a Paul Bunyan ax slam of the bat into the dirt near home plate, then slammed his helmet in the same manner after umpire Gerry Davis ended Thursday's game with a strike-three call.
Culberson had just watched as Hector Rondon's slider sealed the Cubs' 3-1 win over the Rockies at Wrigley Field in front of 35,7239.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Charlie Culberson did a Paul Bunyan ax slam of the bat into the dirt near home plate, then slammed his helmet in the same manner after umpire Gerry Davis ended Thursday's game with a strike-three call.
Culberson had just watched as Hector Rondon's slider sealed the Cubs' 3-1 win over the Rockies at Wrigley Field in front of 35,7239.View Full Game Coverage
The called final strike came after Wilin Rosario struck out swinging in another 3-2 count. It all came with two on base, and it highlighted the Rockies' poor offensive execution, which is undermining the competent pitching they're receiving lately from whomever is on the mound.
"It was a strike," Culberson said. "That's how it goes. [Davis] looked at me a couple times and I said, 'That wasn't toward you.'
"I had a chance to tie the game up and I didn't do it. I was just frustrated."
The Rockies went into Thursday with the NL's best starting pitching ERA since the All-Star break at 2.66. Lefty Pedro Hernandez, whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Colorado Springs earlier in the day, threw 5 2/3 representative innings for Colorado. In fact, until he gave up three runs in the sixth, he was outstanding.
But the strikeouts of Rosario and Culberson brought the Rockies' K total to nine, and ran the count to 50 in the four-game series with the Cubs, who overtook the Rockies for the 14th-best NL record. The Rockies batted .204 with no homers in the series.
The ninth, when the Rockies wasted Nolan Arenado and Justin Morneau singles to open the frame, capped a day in which the Rockies' offense had few chances to execute, and didn't execute when it had the chance. The Rockies -- who own a Majors-worst 17-36 record on the road -- managed one hit in the first six innings against Cubs starter Jake Arrieta (6-2).
Arenado's RBI double with no outs in the seventh cut the deficit to two runs, and there were two on with no outs when Carlos Gonzalez flied to center and Rosario popped out in the infield. Culberson drew a walk, but DJ LeMahieu grounded out to short.
"It's been tough all year for us, getting in those situations where we can get runs," Rosario said. "That's the baseball game. You've got to keep going, get fighting."
Manager Walt Weiss, who touched on the team's offensive struggles in his pregame press conference, said it was not going to be easy in the ninth against Rondon, who earned his 14th save.
"It's not an easy assignment," Weiss said. "Rondon is throwing the ball well and he threw some tough pitches to Culberson. He looks like he's going to be pretty good."
In a year of starting pitching injuries, Hernandez became the Rockies' 14th starter this season. He started for the Twins at the end of last season, but patiently sat in Colorado Springs for his callup.
"It's a hard situation when you see a lot of new faces coming in, going out, but right now I'm here and I've got to keep going, doing the job," Hernandez said in Spanish, with Rosario interpreting.
Hernandez tossed five scoreless innings, but ran into trouble in the sixth. Arismendy Alcantara and Chris Coghlan singled, then Hernandez walked Anthony Rizzo, and pushed in a run by walking Starlin Castro.
Justin Ruggiano popped a sacrifice fly and Luis Valbuena drove in another run on a groundout.
Rockies lefty Yohan Flande, whose five starts included a 6 2/3-inning effort in the first game of the Cubs series, pitched scoreless ball in the final 1 2/3 innings. Flande was scheduled to start Saturday in Detroit.
That start could go to Tyler Matzek or Jordan Lyles, out since June 4 with a broken left hand. He made his second and presumably final rehab start for Colorado Springs on Thursday night. It's unclear if Lyles' return will put Flande, a career Minor Leaguer until this year, in the bullpen.
"It's possible, but we have some things to sort out and we have an off-day [Monday] coming up," Weiss said. "Flande has done a good job, too, and he's pitched better than his numbers indicate [5.72 ERA]. He looked good coming out of the 'pen today."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


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New York, NY (September 8, 2011) – Starting today, snowboarding and cinema fans worldwide will have the opportunity to share in the cinematic experience that nearly 3,000 fans enjoyed last night at the New York City world premiere of "The Art of FLIGHT," a film produced by Red Bull Media House in association with Brain Farm Digital Cinema. The premiere, held at the iconic Beacon Theatre, welcomed the film's entire cast and crew including pro snowboarder Travis Rice, celebrities such as Justin Timberlake, Mike Diamond from the Beastie Boys and Owen Wilson, the top surfers in the world, plus thousands of enthusiastic fans to fill every seat in the house.
"The Art of FLIGHT" mixes equal parts stunning action footage and harrowing adventure with the inevitable drama encountered along the way, presenting viewers with an exclusive opportunity to experience these endeavors virtually firsthand. Today this opportunity can be enjoyed nearly anywhere, anytime as the film comes out on DVD and Blu-rayTM, on iTunes or as part of the limited edition The Art of FLIGHT book.
The DVD/Blu-rayTM package and digital download are both now available at artofflightmovie.com/store. The film is also available at Zumiez, core snowboard shops and Quiksilver stores nationwide. Digital downloads of the film are available in the U.S., Canada, most of Western Europe and Japan. Within an hour of posting to iTunes, "The Art of FLIGHT" became the number one sports download with a five star review from the first viewers.
The Art of FLIGHT book will be sold on artofflightmovie.com/store or with purchase of a Lib Tech limited edition T.Rice PRO "FLIGHT" snowboard while supplies last. The oversized, photo-driven book, which also contains the film on DVD and Blu-rayTM, features stunning images captured and exclusive stories made while filming "The Art of FLIGHT" wrapped up in a collector's edition box.
The entire cast of "The Art of FLIGHT" including Travis Rice, John Jackson, Pat Moore, Mark Landvik, Nicolas Müller, Mark McMorris, Eero Niemela, Scotty Lago, Jake Blauvelt, Jeremy Jones, DCP and more gathered to celebrate the world premiere. Joining them were a group of the world's best surfers in town for the Quiksilver Pro.
The cast and crew now hit the road for a screening tour spanning over 20 legendary performance spaces across the U.S. and Canada including Denver's Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Boston's Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis' State Theater and Seattle's McCaw Hall. Throughout the fall, athletes will travel overseas to Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and 15 European cities to share "The Art of FLIGHT" with a global audience. Tickets for North American screening stops are now on sale at ArtofFLIGHTmovie.com.
The global screening tour will offer viewers the most premium way to experience "The Art of FLIGHT" using Dolby's digital cinema package file including the Dolby Screen Server DSS200 and Dolby CP750 Cinema Sound Processor used in major theater chains.
View the trailers, find your local screening stop, purchase the film and merchandise, and much more at www.artofflightmovie.com
Check the gallery to see some more pictures of the premiere and party!
About Red Bull Media House:
Red Bull Media House, founded in Austria in 2007, with a North America subsidiary since January 2011, has been producing and distributing content for over 20 years. Red Bull Media House develops compelling and innovative long-form programming and short-form content derived from its strong brand, events, and athletes. Through a network spanning 160 countries, Red Bull Media House develops stories that speak to a young, global audience captured in the highest quality for all media channels including television, film, print, mobile, and digital. www.redbullmediahouse.com
About Brain Farm Digital Cinema:
Brain Farm Digital Cinema is an independent, boutique production house focusing on the creation of action/adventure sport motion pictures, commercials and television programming of the finest quality. Headed by director/cinematographer, Curt Morgan, and working closely with professional snowboarder Travis Rice, Brain Farm continually pushes the caliber of its entertainment, raising the bar for the action/adventure sports world to follow. www.brainfarmcinema.com
About Quiksilver:
Quiksilver is committed to providing tools for uncovering, expressing and expanding your personal style. Our aim is to foster the sense of individual expression and excitement – the stoke that is the essence of boardriding*. We're also here to spread the word because the only thing better than finding stoke is sharing it.
*Boardriding is about timing and style. It's youthful, active, casual, and free flowing. There is no wrong way to ride a board. The goal is simply to learn, progress, improve, and give it your own interpretation. www.quiksilver.com


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Monastery of the Holy Archangel Michael (Cañones, New Mexico)
St. Michael's Skete, Cañones, New Mexico is an Orthodox Christian monastery for men under the omophorion of His Eminence Dmitri of Dallas and the South of the Orthodox Church in America.
St. Michael's Skete, founded in 1993, is set on approximately 15 acres located amidst the high desert foothills of the Jemez Mountains in northwestern New Mexico. The skete is blessed with a year-round natural spring that originates on the property, as well as a large stream that crosses the monastery grounds. It is also at some distance from major population centers, which is beneficial to a monastic community.
The life of St. Michael's Skete is centered around the daily cycle of services that are conducted in St. Michael the Archangel Monastic Church, consecrated on August 30, 2003. The main work of this monastic community is one of prayer and repentance; however, the brotherhood makes a living by providing hand-dipped pure beeswax candles to a number of churches. The skete also has a guesthouse, the Holy Archangels House of Ascent, and is available for visitors who call in advance.
Contact information
The daily cycle of services and other duties require frequent absences from the office. The brotherhood is pleased to hear from inquirers, but asks patience if not readily available. All correspondence should be directed to the Skete; unless it concerns the guesthouse, in which case it should be directed to Hmk John. Both can be found at: Post Office Box 38, Cañones, NM, 87516.
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A blog about random family happenings, recipe creations and occasionally a rant or rave about life in general.
That looks REEEAAALLY good. I'll have to try it. Thanks for sharing.
I think yours look GREAT too:-)
That looks great! Nice to know that both of you thought it was good. I'm like you and normally substitute stock for any liquor in a recipe (only because I usually don't have it on hand). Thanks for cooking along with FNCCC!
You guys have convinced me - I will have to try this dish. It looks great!
I think I'd prefer it with cilantro anyway. :-) Looks awesome.
Looks seriously delicious!!! Thanks for sharing!
This does look tasty! My recipe had you marinate first and THEN rub the spices in. You could try that next time =)


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Thousands of miles from its home in Japan, a Harley-Davidson FXSTB Softail Night Train was found washed up along the coast in British Columbia. Earlier this year, the motorcycle had floated all the way across the Pacific Ocean in a container that had once been part of a box truck.
The truck had broken apart after it had been washed out to sea during the tsunami that followed the T?hoku earthquake, and the arrival of the Harley-Davidson, along with countless other pieces of debris, was a stark reminder to the devastation that had occurred along the Japanese coast just a year prior, in 2011.
Bearing a license plate from the Miyagi Prefecture in Japan, many feared that the motorcycle's owner had perished in the earthquake or tidal wave, and that the Harley-Davidson would serve as yet another story of loss from the tragic event.
However, through the works of numerous parties, including Harley-Davidson and the Japanese consulate in Canada, the bike was identified as belonging to Ikuo Yokoyama. Found to be living in temporary housing in the Miyagi Prefecture, Yokoyama-san seemed set to be reunited with his Harley-Davidson, until something unexpected happened — the Japanese man refused to have the motorcycle returned to him.