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- Feb 17, 2009 - Minor interface improvements.
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- Jan 02, 2008 - Added biographies of the authors. Better support for languages other then english
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Random Person of the Day: Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson |
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Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson |
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Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. A former player for the New York Knicks, Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association. His reputation was established as head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 through 1998; during his tenure in Chicago, Jackson led Chicago to six NBA titles. His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won three consecutive NBA titles 2000-2002. In total, Jackson has won 9 NBA titles as a coach, a record shared with Red Auerbach. Jackson is known for his use of Tex Winter's triangle offense as well as a holistic approach to coaching that is influenced by Eastern philosophy, earning him the nickname "Zen Master". (Jackson cites Robert Pirsig's book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as one of the major guiding forces in his life. His fond admiration for the book is the source of his nickname "Zen Master.") He also applies Native American spiritual practices as documented in his book "Sacred Hoops" (see also: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/sports/jan-june00/jackson_6-16.html). He is the author of several candid books about his teams and his basketball strategies. Jackson is also a recipient of the state of North Dakota's Roughrider Award. Jackson leads the 2007 class of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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He has loved us without being loved.... We are bound to Him, and not He to us, because before He was loved, He loved us.... There it is, then: we cannot ... love Him with this first love. Yet I say that God demands of us, that as He has loved us with out any second thoughts, so He should be loved by us. In what way can we do this, then? ... I tell you, through a means which he has established, by which we can love Him freely; ... that is, we can be useful, not to Him which is impossible but to our neighbor.... To show the love that we have for Him, we ought to serve and love every rational creature and extend our charity to good and bad as much to one who does us ill service and criticizes us as to one who serves us. For, His charity extends over just men and sinners.
Saint Catherine of Siena
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