The World Series championship ring is one of the single most coveted awards in the world of baseball. It symbolizes a culmination of dedication and backbreaking hard work and its owners can boast in the fact that they are indeed some of the world's greatest.But what happens once your major league career comes to an end? The spotlight often dims on retired players instead … [Read more...] about Life after the Major Leagues
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Marshall Ford Part II
39 year old Marshall Ford puts rhymes and rhythms together. His stage name is massive and at 649 pounds this father of 3 and full time caregiver had no where else to turn.Massive decided he needed to make a life change that would live up to his big name and big size. Dr. Naim performed Massive's laporscopic sleeve mastectomy. It is a two hour operation where surgeons make a few … [Read more...] about Marshall Ford Part II
Hawaii & Tourism
THE POINT BREAK SURF SHOP HAS BEEN OWNED AND OPERATED FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS BY HAWAIIAN TONI BLANCHARD. LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE COME TO RENT AND BUY TOOLS TO SURF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. BECAUSE OF THE NATIONS ECONOMY BUSINESS HAS BEEN ROUGH.TOURISM IS DOWN THAT MEANS LESS MONEY FOR THE STATES REVENUE. TO GET PEOPLE TO SPEND BUSINESSES HAVE TO LOWER THEIR PRICES.LIKE OTHER LOCAL … [Read more...] about Hawaii & Tourism
Pepperdine mourns loss of Professor Roy Adler
Students and colleagues of Dr. Roy Adler are mourning the loss of an integral part of the business administration division admired professor of marketing and father of two sons.Adler taught at Pepperdine since 1984 and served as area coordinator for marketing since 1986. He went into cardiac arrest during a church fundraiser Saturday March 7 and died at Los Robles Hospital in … [Read more...] about Pepperdine mourns loss of Professor Roy Adler
Budget cuts force 50 layoffs
After months of anticipation Pepperdine announced Monday that it was laying off 50 university employees. President Andrew K. Benton said he expected the workforce reductions part of an effort to reduce the university's expenses and increase efficiency in the face of global economic troubles to be the last of fiscal year 2010.In addition the university will not fill about 50 … [Read more...] about Budget cuts force 50 layoffs