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Northwest NEWS
une 8, 1998
Six receive Excellence Awards
by Deborah Stone
Features writer
From dozens of nominations, twenty-seven recipients were selected to receive the 1998 Professional Excellence Awards from Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University. The awards were established in 1985 to honor educators and citizens who have made exemplary contributions and have been positive role models in the fields of education and human services.
The recipients recognized for this year include six individuals from Northshore School District: East Ridge Elementary language arts specialist
Janet Shannon
, Inglemoor High School English teacher
Geoff Gilmore
, Home School Coordinator
Karen Fineide
, Northshore Jr. High math teacher
David Dwyer
, civic leader
Barbara Cothern
and school volunteer
Debbie Amble
Both Geoff Gilmore and David Dwyer are passionate about their subject areas and challenge their students to elevate their skills to a higher level. Gilmore is known for the work he has done with gifted students, and Dwyer was instrumental in establishing the Math Olympiad program in all Northshore junior highs and elementary schools.
Karen Fineide created the Northshore Home School Program by utilizing parent volunteers, enlisting community support and developing outreach programs. The program began with twenty-two students and currently has more than 400.
Barbara Cothern was a member of the district board of directors from 1987-1992 and won a seat in the State House of Representatives in 1992, becoming chair of its education committee. She has a reputation as a strong educational advocate.
Debbie Amble has been active in local and state PTAs and serves on a number of district committees. She also provides staff development for the employees, teachers and parents of the district in the use of educational technology.
Janet Shannon has contributed to many community reading programs in Northshore, including Reading in the Mall, Young Authors Conference and a program that encourages young mothers to read to their babies. After twenty-five years in the district, Shannon is retiring. A past president of the Northshore Reading Council and recipient ot the council's Literacy Award, Shannon has been active in instituting the Phonological Awareness program and a reading fluency program at East Ridge Elementary where she has been since 1991. She has also trained many parents to help her implement these programs. Of all her accomplishments over the years, Shannon is most proud of helping children connect to reading. She says, "The joy of seeing kids click with reading is the most rewarding. Seeing them gain self-confidence and experience the desire to read is a pleasure." Retirement for Shannon will include spending more time with her grandchildren, traveling, gardening and eventually building a future home on property in Twisp. She says she will miss the friendships and relationships that she has had with staff, parents and mostly the children. "It is the children who will remain the most memorable to me," says Shannon.


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When Rutgers coach Dick Anderson returns to State College for tomorrow's 1 p.m. game against Penn State, it will be rare opportunity to see his son, Jeff, during football season.
Jeff Anderson was a freshman linebacker candidate at State before he broke his leg in preseason.
"This is actually the second time I've been up here this season," Dick Anderson said. "When I came up here to scout Cincinnati, I got a chance to walk through campus and visit the dorms again. When it comes to family and football, I've always tried to separate the two. I don't want to get caught up with the competitive aspects, so that every time we play State it's a fight."

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Research of the past several decades, through enlightened public support, has profoundly advanced the understanding of life processes. A new biotechnology of extraordinary promise has emerged. While much of great importance remains to be learned at the most fundamental level about living organisms, applications of present knowledge can be foreseen that are likely to be of far-reaching benefit to people everywhere. These useful applications may well improve health, enhance food and energy supplies, improve the quality of the environment, and reduce the cost of many industrial processes and products.
With such beneficial possibilities at least dimly foreseeable, it becomes a matter of urgent concern to take constructive steps toward their fulfillment. Most of the basic research which made these applications possible has been done in universities in the United States, mainly with federal government funding. The development of these findings into useful processes and products is already vigorously under way
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Deanna Durbin: Ephemeral fame (image: Deanna Durbin in 1981)
[See previous post: "Deanna Durbin: 'Sweet Monster.'"] Unlike Greta Garbo, whose mystique remained basically intact following her retirement in 1941, Deanna Durbin's popularity faded away much like that of the vast majority of celebrities who were removed – or who chose to remove themselves – from public view. Despite the advent of home video and classic-movie cable channels, Durbin remains virtually unknown to the vast majority of those who weren't around in her heyday in the '30s and '40s.
Yet, although relatively few in number, she continues to have her ardent fans. There are a handful of websites devoted to Deanna Durbin and her film and recording careers, chiefly among them the appropriately titled "Deanna Durbin Devotees."
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Charles David, Deanna Durbin's husband of 48 years, died in March 1999, at the age of 92; Institut Pasteur medical researcher Peter H. David is their only son. Durbin also had a daughter, Jessica, from her marriage with Felix Jackson. Concern for her daughter's emotional welfare, in fact, was one of the reasons Durbin opted to leave Hollywood for good.
Felix Jackson died age 90 in December 1992. Durbin's first husband, Vaughn Paul, died in June 1999, at age 83.
Joe Pasternak would call Durbin whenever he was in Paris: "Are you still happy?" "Yes." "Damn. Well, I'll try again next time." Pasternak, who continued producing movies until 1968, died in 1991, six days before his 90th birthday. Henry Koster, whose last directorial credit was The Singing Nun (1966), a Debbie Reynolds star vehicle that could easily have gone to Deanna Durbin a couple of decades earlier, died at age 83 in 1988.
Slim, 'always smiling' Deanna Durbin
In an October 1979 column, The Glasgow Herald's Gordon Irving wrote that Deanna Durbin lived "modestly in her small estate where the flowers come alive in the summer," was a Barbra Streisand fan who at times sang Streisand and Beatles songs, and remained "beautiful (if now somewhat plumpish)." Durbin's weight gain seems to have been the general (mis)perception at the time.
In the picture above, Durbin proves herself to be anything but "plump." Charles David took the picture in 1981 and sent it to film archivist William K. Everson. According to several online reports, around that time another Durbin photo was published in Life magazine – only poor reproductions are available online – showing the world that the former Universal star, who continued to do quite a bit of exercise (see quote below), had not turned fat. To the best of my knowledge, these two are the most recent Deanna Durbin photographs made public.
Also in his column, Gordon Irving quoted a Neauphle-le-Château resident who explained:
"To us she's not Miss Durbin but Madame David. She walks the quarter mile to the shops in the village.
"She's still beautiful, blue-eyed, always smiling."
Deanna Durbin: 'The Last Rose of Summer'
Wrapping this up, below is Deanna Durbin singing Thomas Moore and John Stevenson's "The Last Rose of Summer" to Charles Winninger in Three Smart Girls Grow Up. (The song was also used in Michael Moore's 2009 documentary Capitalism: A Love Story.) And below that, is Turner Classic Movies' moving, classy "TCM Remembers" segment in honor of Deanna Durbin's passing.
"Escape from reality" or no, "synthetic" Universal Pictures concoction or no, watching – and especially listening to – Deanna Durbin in the clip below, it becomes crystal clear why those familiar with her work have remained devoted admirers throughout the decades.
Deanna Durbin movies
Every Sunday (1936 short), with Judy Garland; Three Smart Girls (1936), with Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady, and Ray Milland; One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937), with Leopold Stokowski and Adolphe Menjou; Mad About Music (1938), with Herbert Marshall and Gail Patrick; That Certain Age (1938), with Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper, and Nancy Carroll; First Love (1939), with Robert Stack; Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), with Charles Winninger, Robert Cummings, and William Lundigan.
Also: Spring Parade (1940), with Robert Cummings; It's a Date (1940), with Kay Francis and Walter Pidgeon; Nice Girl? (1941), with Franchot Tone and Robert Stack; It Started with Eve (1941), with Charles Laughton and Robert Cummings; The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943), with Edmond O'Brien and Barry Fitzgerald; His Butler's Sister (1943), with Franchot Tone and Pat O'Brien; Hers to Hold (1943), with Joseph Cotten.
And: Christmas Holiday (1944), with Gene Kelly; Can't Help Singing (1944), with Robert Paige; Lady on a Train (1945), with Ralph Bellamy; Because of Him (1946), with Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone; I'll Be Yours (1947), with Tom Drake and William Bendix; Something in the Wind (1947), with Donald O'Connor and John Dall; Up in Central Park (1948), with Dick Haymes and Vincent Price; For the Love of Mary (1948), with Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, and Jeffrey Lynn.
Deanna Durbin article sources
Besides the sources previously mentioned in this multi-part Deanna Durbin article (Part 1: Deanna Durbin: Remembering One of Hollywood's Top Stars Ever), the following were also helpful: Clive Hirschhorn's The Universal Story, Colin Larkin's The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage and Film Musicals, Ed Gould's Entertaining Canadians: Canada's International Stars, 1900-1988, and various undated / untitled articles found at Deanna Durbin Devotees.
And last but certainly not least, a big Thank You to Anthony Slide for the Deanna Durbin quotes found in her letter in reference to his Films in Review article.
Slim Deanna Durbin 'today' photo via NYU's William K. Everson Collection.


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The government launched the National Youth Solidarity Week today. The week will be observed every year during December 5-12.
Volunteers are the people who make a difference, and today they highlighted their activities on a field in Langa. Tembisa Sokabo (21) has volunteered her free time to train as a fire fighter, fighting a scourge that kills scores in the Cape shack lands.
"It is dangerous but I want to help the community," added Sokabo. Nicole Jacobus (15) a volunteer in Cape Town's Disaster Management team said: "One day I want to be a doctor, it helps you with the school work and what you want to be one day." For the government, volunteering epitomises the African spirit of Ubuntu, and it is vitally necessary in the fight against poverty and disease.
Koleka Mqulwana, the MEC for social services in the Western Cape, said: "There are so many challenges facing us, we need all of them to be directly involved."
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The first issue of As-Shamikha (The Mighty One), a self-described "Islamic jihadi magazine for women," has been released by Al-Fajr Media Center, an online distributor of Al-Qaeda materials.
Released in March 2011, a majority of the articles in the inaugural issue of the Arabic-language magazine emphasize the essential role women should play in the jihad movement, and employ anti-American and anti-Semitic narratives to inflame passion for their cause.
The magazine cover depicts a smoking AK-47 machine gun under headlines which include: "Interview with the Wife of a Mujahid (jihad fighter);" "Pages from the Notebook of a Mujahida (female jihad fighter);" as well as the starkly contrasting title, "Therapeutic Steps for Clean Skin."
An editorial introducing the publication describes the central role of women as "the vanguard of the struggling ummah (Muslim nation)," calling for a Muslim woman to be "the educator of the next generation…the sustenance, the aide, the support of today's opportunity for the men of Islam."
The articles detail in greater depth the possibilities for women striving to be part of the jihadist movement. One piece, "Pages from the Notebook of a Mujahida," is informally offered as a conversation a female jihad fighter had with herself one night. She argues that participation in jihad is a pivotal part of her "Islamic duty." In her notes, she explains:
The woman is an important element in the conflict, and she must be present with all her capabilities and her sentiments, and her presence is not an accessory to the conflict, but her presence is the cornerstone of victory and continuity on the path.
As part of the feature story, "Interview with the Wife of a Mujahid," a mother intimates in detail how she watches videos of the mujahideen fighters from the battlefront with her children, "particularly the one with the leader Khattab." Ibn Al-Khattab fought with Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan against the Soviet army and later with Chechen rebels.
Relating the children's curiosity and enthusiasm about the men, the mother notes that at the end her son expressed how much he wants to be a mujahid fighter as well. She then manages the conversation as a segue to tell him about his father's death. Her role is depicted by the interviewer thus:
She said to him 'you love the Mujahideen' and spoke to him about martyrdom, making him long for it more. She told him about her desire that his father would become a shaheed like Zarqawi or Khataab…Then she informed him of the news, and he was very pleased, she had improved his state of mind. His brothers understood the matter and received it with the same happiness.
Not surprisingly, intense anti-American sentiment is also part of the magazine's effort to appeal to Muslim women. In an effort to stoke the anger and passion of the readers, it casts the U.S. has having "smashed and demolished" thousands of locations all over the world. The mujahideen are those who "paid the price with their blood and their souls – for the sake of God (i.e. as martyrs) – to protect the land of their Ummah."
While militants fighting jihad are rendered heroic in action, American leaders are depicted with degrading and offensive imagery:
The Mujahiduun who cut – with the help of Allah – the oxygen from Petraeus' (General David Petraus) brain …until he fell in the center of his people. (The American people) are the ones who made America choose a black slave for the first time in the hopes of rescuing (themselves) from the cowboy who brought them peril and destruction.
Jews are portrayed as the incarnation of the enemy, both through the use of historic Islamic narratives as well as via contemporary events. In the "Interview with the Wife of a Mujahid," the female interviewee recounts the story of Sufia of early Islamic history, naming her as the first woman to engage in physical jihad when she killed a Jew who was hovering around her.
Another article recalls a battle against a Jewish tribe in the Medinan period, waged "for the sake of one Muslim woman after an evil Jew exposed her private parts, and she sought aide from the Muslims."
A short article under the section on current events characterizes Israelis as having "black hearts," that are incapable of recognizing the "white flags" of surrender. Reporting an incident in which a Palestinian woman was killed during the Gaza Operation of 2009, the article reads: "…this incident is fixed in the dossier of the Jewish occupation army – which includes thousands of crimes against humanity which the Jews launched during the War on Islam."
The magazine is not without a warning for those women who are not "where they should be." One article features a missing persons poster with the head of a woman covered in the black abaya (long black robe with a headscarf and/or veil). She symbolizes, according to the corresponding article, those women who have lost their way on God's path and need "a strong blow with a shoe on the bulls eye of the cheek!"
The last page of the magazine notes that female readers will soon read articles on "The Electronic Mujahida" and "Jihadi recreation." in the next issue. No date for the release of that issue is provided.
As-Shamikha is part of a larger effort by terrorist organizations to encourage women to play a more direct role in the global terrorist movement. For example, in a statement disseminated online in January 2010, Umaymah Hasan Ahmed Muhammed Hasan, the wife of Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri, delineated the role of women in the movement. Hasan encouraged women to keep themselves "in the service of the Mujahideen (jihad fighters)," and argued that women "should fulfill whatever they ask of us, may it be through monetary aid to them or any service or information or suggestion or participation in fighting or even through a martyrdom operation." Throughout her statement, Hasan praised the "many sisters" that have carried out "martyrdom operations" and asked Allah to allow her and other Muslim women to follow them.
Reports also surfaced in 2010 that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al Qaeda's affiliate based in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, had formed a brigade of non-Arab women who carry Western passports. The women were reportedly recruited to carry out suicide attacks against American and Western targets in the region. Al Qaeda members in Iraq have also allegedly recruited women to carry out suicide attacks.
The number of American women charged for their involvement in terrorism activity has grown in the past few years. In addition to planning terrorist plots, these American women have allegedly raised funds and provided material goods to foreign terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups.
American Women and Terrorism: A Growing Trend
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Timerman comments on the Falkland Islanders and Jewish settlers 'offend' MPs
British Member of Parliament Alun Cairns, and a member of the All Party Group on Argentina, said he was offended by some the comments made by Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman during their meeting to discuss the Falklands issue on Tuesday in the House of Commons.
"Effectively, he (Timerman) dismissed the right of self-determination to the Falkland Islanders on the obscure reason that it's a territory rather than a country or a nation said MP Cairns.
The Conservative Tory MP for the Vale of Glamorgan and Welsh Assembly member also said he took offence at Mr Timmerman's comments comparing the Islanders with the Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
Dismissing the referendum as illegal Timerman said "it is something that doesn't mean anything because if you ask the colonial people who came with a colonial power and replaced the people who were living in the Islands, it is asking the British citizens of the Malvinas Islands if they want to remain British".
Timerman likened it to asking only new Jewish settlers in the Occupied Territories if they want to remain Israeli.
The Argentine minister also surprised the MPs when asked about developing relations with the Islanders as a way of reaching a settlement. "I don't have to persuade them. The United Nations says there is a conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina. I don't have to persuade anybody. We have to apply international law and accept the resolutions, if not the UN becomes a body that is only useful when it backs the powerful."
Likewise he said that "nobody is interested in changing the way of life for the inhabitants of the Malvinas, adding that "what we do believe is that the 5-thousand square kilometers that are in dispute should be resolved and they (the British government) shouldn't continue to put off talks or make excuses over who should be seated at the table."
Timerman had been due to meet with Foreign Secretary William Hague, but last week Timerman refused to accept that Falkland Islands representatives should be present if the Falklands' issue was to be considered in the talks.
Hague later declined Minister Timerman request for a one-on-one meeting, and insisted on bringing in members of the Falkland Islands Government, which Argentina does not recognize as legitimate


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Playing the par-72 River Course at Sevierville Golf Club in a group that included hall of fame college and Olympic coach Billie Moore, television analyst Debbie Antonelli and former Lady Vol basketball player Lisa McGill Reagan, Pat Summitt aced the par-three, 112-yard No. 17 with a seven iron.
Jeremy Cason, an assistant pro at the course provided confirmation, adding that Summitt's drive was over water to what he described as "an island green."
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In this book the author is for self-development, flexibility, individuality, commitment, courage, and love. He is against tyranny, vested interests, deadwood, inflexibility, moral decay, morbid pessimism—and sin. Moreover, the book deals with some rather general ideas, concepts and abstractions such as "society," "self-knowledge," and "creativity" which are almost innately soporific. In short, it should be pretty dull reading—but it is not. Rather, this very short book is thought-provoking, often very amusing, and continuously interesting.
It is reviewed in these pages because so much of what is said has relevance to what is perhaps the most important determinant of the quality of medical care—the continuing self-renewal of the physician. Parts of this long essay deal with the factors which further or impede innovation in society and these comments have application to the problems of adapting our systems of medical education and medical care to fit the changing society they serve. Of
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Food Stamp DenialsUPDATED 10:47 PM MDT May 21, 2014
The federal government says people are only supposed to wait 30 days to get food stamp benefits.Video Transcript
SUPPOSED TO WAIT 30 DAYS TO GET FOOD STAMP BENEFITS. BUT TONIGHT, WE'RE HEARING CLAIMS, THAT SOME NEW MEXICANS ARE BEING FORCED TO WAIT MUCH LONGER-- IN A STATE WHERE NEARLY A THIRD OF CHILDREN DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. NEW AT TEN, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER EXPLAINS HOW THE STATE IS SCRAMBLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NEARLY HALF A MILLION NEW MEXICANS DEPEND ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR SNAP. BUT SOME ARE HAVING TO WAIT...AND WAIT...AND WAIT, TO GET THEM. reporter: are families going hungry because they aren't getting those benefits? Hager: absolutely families are going hungry SOVEREIGN HAGER IS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE NEW MEXICO CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY. SHE SAYS MANY FAMILIES ARE WAITING FAR LONGER THAN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. HAGER ALSO SAYS SOME ARE BEING DENIED BENEFITS ALTOGETHER, BECAUSE OF A BACKLOG. THE CENTER TOOK THE STATE TO COURT--AND THE STATE HAS BEEN TOLD TO FIX IT. we are hopeful the state will do what the judge has ordered and work and process the expedited emergency food benefits THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OVERSEES THE BENEFITS. IT SAYS IT SAW A SPIKE IN APPLICATIONS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT. when you go from over 16 thousand applications in september to 60 thousand applications in march, that will really put a strain on the system. the state says it working to fix the problem. It's hired 75 more people to help process claims along with calls centers and a new website to help speed up it all up THE STATE EXPECTS EVERYTHING TO BE BACK ON TRACK IN A FEW MONTHS. we're working toward coming to full compliance with the order from the judge. OFFICIALS DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED MIKE SPRINGER, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. THE STATE HAS TO UPDATE THE COURT EVERY MONTH ON ITS PROGRESS. IT ALSO HAS TO STOP ITS COMPUTER SYSTEM FROM AUTOMATICALLY CLOSING AND DENYING CASES.
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Vegetarian Journal 2008 Issue 3
I am the parent of a vegetarian college student who has terrible acne. Can this be related to her diet? M.T., via e-mail
ANSWER: Food's role in acne is a controversial topic. There is no evidence that foods like chocolate or pizza affect acne, although some individuals notice that there is a connection for them. One possible explanation is that many students eat more pizzaand chocolate during times when they're stressed (such as exam week, maybe). Stress, for some people, can trigger an outbreak of acne, so while it may look like pizza and chocolate are the culprits, it may actually be stress.
There are a couple of studies that support a role for certain foods in acne. One recent study did find that there was a connection between drinking cow's milk and acne. ¹ Girls who drank two or more glasses of milk a day had a higher risk of acne than did girls drinking less than a glass of milk per week. This held whether the milk was whole, lowfat, skim, or chocolate. Soymilk was not studied.
Another recent study found that avoiding foods that can cause a sharp increase in blood glucose (blood sugar) levels could help with acne. ² These foods include sodas, candy, sugar, white bread, and pasta. Replacing these foods with higher fiber and/or whole grain foods led to fewer symptoms of acne. Higher fiber foods would include fruits, vegetables, and dried beans, while whole grain foods would include whole wheat bread and whole wheat pasta. Of course, if your daughter notices that certain foods do make her acne worse, she should avoid those foods.
Different foods, as well as different situations, can affect people differently. According to the National Institutes of Health , acne can be made worse by a number of factors. One of these is changes in hormone levelsmany women have outbreaks of acne around the time of their periods. Cosmetics or hair products that are very oily or greasy can lead to an outbreak of acne. High humidity or sweating can also make acne worse, as can some medications. Your daughter may want to discuss these possible triggers and her symptoms with her health care provider.
In addition, your daughter might want to schedule a visit to a registered dietitian to help her determine if her diet is nutritionally adequate or if it needs to be improved. Many colleges and universities have dietitians in the student health center.
1 Adebamowo CA, Spiegelman D, Berkey CS, et al. 2006. Milk consumption and acne in adolescent girls. Dermatol Online J 12(4):1.
2 Smith RN, Mann NJ, Braue A, et al. 2007. A low-glycemic-load diet improves symptoms in acne vulgaris patients: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr 86:107-15.
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Gary "Litefoot" Davis, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and current President and CEO of the National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) is raising more eyebrows with his role as BIA Notable Michael Frost in the second season of House of Cards, a political drama starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, on Netflix. Davis recently took a few minutes to discuss his character, his career and how Native actors and filmmakers might benefit from the success of projects like House of Cards.
How was it being a part of the House of Cards cast?
It was a real joy to work with those folks -- it is an A+ production that they have. These guys absolutely know what they're doing. There is no difference from anything I've seen done right in Hollywood Or on a network show that was a full production. I saw great attention to detail, with the same production value and organizational skills that would go into any full-scale production.
It was a first-class group of folks, and the end result -- the product that they put out, House of Cards -- reflects that.
How is your character Michael Frost involved in the plotline of the story?
I play a high-ranking official in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the episode I'm in revolves around folks who are trying to pursue an agenda that may or may not be in line with policy out of the Bureau. Of course I am not an official representative nor do I speak on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This is a TV show and I'm certain they take liberties artistically.
What scenes does your character Michael Frost play in?
My scenes were with Michael Kelly, who plays the chief of staff for Vice President Underwood in the film. I worked for a few days with Michael Kelly and Moses Brings Plenty.
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This topic has come about because of the talk about getting the girls from Africa. This led to me explaining that they are coming from Africa not Russia. We were talking about how Nolen, Hadley, and Liana's mothers were unable to take care of them so Jesus chose us to be their new family. Sounds okay, right? Not to a three year old. Sadie then wanted to know where she was from, Russia or Africa? After explaining to her that Jesus placed her in my tummy to grow. She asked if I was her first mommy. I said yes, and I told her that I am her only mommy. The response that followed was not one that I expected. Immediate terror came across her precious face. She said hold me, love on me. I became a bit confused until she explained why she was so scared. Sadie told me that she did not want to have to get a new mommy like her brothers and sisters. She become scared that she is going to be adopted.
Oh my sweet Sadie, how I love you and will never leave you. If only I could get her to understand that.
As difficult as it has been to see her upset over the matter it has been a good lesson for me. This has made me think about how terrifying adoption must be for the children. Hadley and Liana do not know we exist. They do not know they will be moving to America and getting a new family. While we all have had time to prepare for their arrival they have no idea. One day a family that they have known for a short time will take them away from the home they know. Can you imagine how scary this must be?
Please keep the girls in your prayers this week. My prayer is for this transition to be as least scary as possible. I pray for comfort for them throughout this process.
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TERRAL, Okla. (AP) - Police were pursuing a pickup Friday believed to contain four North Texas jail escapees, including two people convicted of killing an Oklahoma high school cheerleader.
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The search for the escapees focused on the Terral area after a home in the small southern Oklahoma farm town was burglarized.
"There's a high likelihood these escapees were involved in it," said Tim Cole, district attorney for Montague County, Texas.
Missing from the home was a .22-caliber revolver and some other items, Cole said.
Police were pursuing a 1975 Chevrolet blue and white pickup with Oklahoma license plate, JFP383. The truck had a cattle feeder in the bed stolen from the home.
Authorities believe the four were connected with the burglary because the people who live at the home were acquaintances of escapee Curtis Gambill before he was sent to prison in 1996 for the shotgun killing of Waurika cheerleader, Heather Rose Rich.
"Also, since there a weapon missing, we thought that was the first thing they would look for would be a weapon," Cole said.
The burglary occurred between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Friday when the residents were gone from the house. Terral is about 20 miles northwest of Montague.
Earlier, an expanding manhunt found few clues to the whereabouts of the four inmates, who escaped Monday from the Montague County Jail.
Two of the escapees - Gambill, 24, of Terral, Okla., and Joshua Luke Bagwell, 23, of Waurika, Okla. - are under life sentences for killing the cheerleader,
They escaped shortly before 11 p.m. Monday with Chrystal Gale Soto, 22, and Charles William Jordan, 30, both of Bowie, Texas, who were awaiting trial on capital murder charges in the killing on Thanksgiving of an elderly couple on whose land they were living.
Police also investigated a reported sighting of the escapees Wednesday at a truck stop in Duncan, Okla., about an hour north of the Montague County jail.
Terral is about 40 miles south of Duncan.
A motorist told the Stephens County, Okla., sheriff's office that he saw Bagwell, an acquaintance from high school, at a convenience store in Duncan. He said Bagwell and two other men were slumped down in a red Dodge Neon being driven by a woman matching the description of Soto.
Gambill and Bagwell, both of Oklahoma, were brought back for further proceedings in the case and were awaiting transfer back to state prison when they escaped.
The prisoners escaped after taking a guard hostage with a handmade knife, then forcing another guard to open an outside door to the facility.
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"Steak and Eggs and Eggs and Steak, that's what you should have for breakfast (delicious)." - All I could think of afterwards.
As a practitioner of the fine art of pugilism, I won't stand to have its wonderous name sullied by the likes of you, scalawag! Raise your dukes, for we fight as men of old.
As a fun aside, there's also the Canne de Combat/Bartitsu, the art of wailing on each other with walking sticks, and let's not forget about Pankration, the glorious art of naked man love/hate.
Seriously, in Pankration, if you killed the opponent, it meant that he was a bigger bad ass than you, and therefore was the winner.
Remember, even if it uses a weapon, so long as it's a system of fighting with formal rules, it's a martial art. ;) Fencing? Martial art. Archery? Martial art. Greco-Roman wrestling? Martial art.
There is also La Savate, and the sub arts with La Baton and Le Canne.
You know, the French have a martial art based on slapping and kicking.
Mustaches are funnier than armour, but swordplay is more glamorous than boxing. You probably chose the better martial art to focus on in a comic strip.
No, there is another.
Why is it a secret?
It's French.
No, it's bartitsu. You really must check out the mustache on the Wikipedia page.
I can't say it enough -- you really must.
Note from Scott: Oh captain, my captain!
For some reason, I've always been amused by the pose you are doing in panel two. I think it should be called "Apologetic Nazi Scott".
Thank you Allen K.
Bartitsu is truly impressive. It is both amazing and great and the facial furniture involved is a revelation.
And thank you, Scott, for revealing that rank is indicated by moustaches. It certainly explains some of the physiognomical
fungus I've seen on 'American Chopper' and 'Duck Men'.
There is also bataireacht, the Irish art of shillelagh fighting.
Doesn't pugilism involve blows to the head? Risking brain damage is less popular than it used to be.
Wait a minute, what's that "oh captain, my captain" thing about? I'm pretty sure we British don't have it, so what does it mean?
Yes, I'm aware that google exists. I just want Scott to notice me! :D
There is also, according to "The Goodies" canon, the ancient Yorkshire art of Ecky Thump.
Okay, I didn't get this one at all. Yes, I know the definition of the word pugilism, but the bit about Mister Pringles and strip malls...no idea. I suppose I could google it, but if you have to do that to get the point of a joke, it's already too late.
I think you forgot Joseph Pujol aka Le Petomane, Grand Master from France. My dad practiced this form and was one of the top rated in the state for his age bracket.
On my first glance at panel 2, I thought Scott was giving Rick an up-close demonstration of the white man's martial art.
The main reason "white guys of European descent" don't have a famous unarmed martial art would be that there was no concerted effort to disarm them all, which is what provided the impetus for nearly all Asian martial arts (that and Bodhidharma's application of Zen (enlightenment pursued through bodily activity without thought) as he made his way East).
Otherwise, you might consider all of the original Olympic games, all of which were applications of military training to non-military contexts, as well as all of the sword schools of Europe.
In short, funny comic, and based on a fundamental misrepresentation of the facts.
Don't forget Fencing. The oldest continually contested sport in the Olympics. Although the Asian teams are catching up, it's still dominated by Europeans.
My understanding is that Europeans did have various forms of fighting styles that could all, in one form or another, be summarized as martial arts. The reason why no one hears about this these days is that these martial arts were abandoned many centuries ago with the advent of (drum roll, please) gunpowder in modern warfare. Since Asia and other areas of the world did not start using gunpowder in warfare until *much* more recently, everyone else's forms of martial arts were mostly able to survive historical memory.
Hey, no love for western martial arts? It's a thing. And it involves swords. There's "sport" fencing, but there's also historical fencing - generally italian rapier and german longsword are what I tend to see when you can find it at all, and it usually involves other weapons and fighting styles of the time period, included unarmed (grappling). It's a bit of an art form to try to reconstruct these fighting styles, but they're every bit as good as the more famous eastern martial arts.
Bartitsu must be way cool because Sherlock Holmes was a master of it. Also pugilism (he was presumably granted a mustache dispensation because he was undercover) and singlestick fighting, the subtle art of turning your ever-present gentleman's walking-cane from a fashion accessory into a surprisingly deadly weapon. Sadly Dr. Watson doesn't mention if he could beat people up with his pipe, but I'm guessing he probably could. And look how things worked out for Sherlock Holmes - it took him a century or so of quietly dogged perseverance, but eventually he turned into Iron Man! Which in my opinion beats a measly black belt any day. I mean, could Bruce Lee throw a tank? I doubt it! I rest my case.
Fisticuffs. Mano e mano. We kill each other like civilized human beings.
Lilly and McCoy were shy of a hundred and forty pounds.
In 1842 they went a hundred and eighteen rounds.
They begged McCoy to cash it in, he said that he would not.
Got up and fought one more round then died right on the spot.
He knew the game of fisticuffs, he knew the game of fight.
But no one knew the game would come and take his life that night.
-Primus, "Fisticuffs," from The Brown Album
Yeah, there's actually a whole bunch of european martial arts. A good number of which are quite well known and widely practised. But tend to be forgotten by many people, because they consider them just another sport and something completely ordinary, while eastern martial arts for example are strange, exotic and mystical to them.
Not exactly european, but not far : the turkish wrestling where men rub themselves with oil then try to catch each other's genitalia.
As a WMA (western martial arts) practitioner, I can tell you that we whiteys have a lot more than Greek Lube Rubbing (pankration), Shirtless Face Massage (pugilism), and Foil Slapping (modern fencing).
Manuals were written in the 1500s on "fencing" with: broadswords, longswords, even halberds. Many of these manuals have survived to the modern era, and the arts contained therein are in practice today under the broad general term "WMA". Additionally, there are arts like Jogo do Pau, singlestick, and Spetznaz that have been in continual practice for hundreds of years.
Also, Sambo. As long as you consider Russkies European.
"You know, the French have a martial art based on slapping and kicking."
This made me think of the fish slapping dance by Monty Phython.
There is also the age old martial art Whyioughta. It mostly involves circling each other while muttering "Why I oughta..."
That settles it: Never mess with Mr. B, the Gentleman Rhymer.
Scott, don't you think it's time to trot out your annual public service announcement about copyrights? You need an incentive? Okay.
"Hey, Scott, your copyright notices still say 2012. Dude, it's 2013. Time to change the calendar."
I'm a Viking reenactor who fights with sword and shield. It's pretty martial (and facial hair is encouraged, if not compulsory)
While Boxing still seems to be pretty popular, I think the white guy martial arts that are most representative are various forms of shooting eachother - and animals, and birds, and clay discs, and large machines, and just about anything else - with firearms.
Anyone who has ever seen the scene in the first Indiana Jones movie when he shoots the guy with the scimitar understands why.
Nah, the Western style of martial arts is the Ka-chak! The pumping of a shotgun.
Well, this is certainly relevant:
A 2012 copyright date! I challenge you to a duel in the "white man's martial art!" Do not be intimidated by my handlebar mustache! Though it is not waxed yet. I must only use other hair styling products until Sensei says I am ready.
(Yes, I saw your yearly PSA, but I just couldn't help it.)
On an unrelated note - I notice your brothers also sport facial hair. You mother must be quite proud of her sons' skills. I'm sure there was seldom a dull day in the Meyer household.
Sadly, it appears they may outrank you: http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2011/6/5/how-to-reminisce.html
AllenK: thank you!! I can now claim I have a martial art named after me. My stock just went up!!!
I cant believe no ones mentioned shooting the hell out of each other, a western martial art since the 1600's.
Bartitsu was a westernisation of jujitsu (and possibly the first MMA due to adding from boxing etc) so realy has to go in the eastern box.
Courtesy of Monty Python, we also have the secret Welsh art of Llap Goch.


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From Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Dr. Keteyian: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202.
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Dr. Cooper: Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 10018, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892.
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In the 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, countless books, articles, and movies have tried to recreate the events of November 22, 1963, attempting to answer the questions surrounding that fateful day.
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Fake IDs are a problem among the not-old-enough-to-drink crowd, especially in a college town such as Ames.
Main Street Ames is full of bars where an underage college student could try to use a fake ID. Police said those fakes are easy to obtain with a click of a mouse and a credit card.
Zach Wayne, manager at Blue Owl Bar, said he is always on the lookout for minors.
"It's definitely a problem in a college town, especially with the high school here," Wayne said.
Wayne has seen his share of minors at the Blue Owl, which is a few blocks away from Iowa State University's campus.
"We have people when they can't come in through the front door, they'll try to come in from the side door," Wayne said. "They'll give us fake IDs."
Ames Police Lt. Jeff Brinkley said it's not hard for an underage student to get a hold of a fake ID.
"People go to the Internet, upload a photo, a few days later in the mail after they make their credit card payment they get a fake ID that looks close enough to a government issued ID that an uneducated, untrained eye, they would probably miss it and probably accept it," Brinkley said.
Brinkley said the majority of minors who try to sneak into bars use real IDs, borrowed from people they know.
Kels Morrissey, a bouncer at Charlie Yoke's on Lincoln Way, said they make sure to ID people.
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Plano police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect involved in the burglary of a drive-thru restaurant earlier this month.
Police were called to the restaurant in the 2400 block of Avenue K in Plano at about 9:45 a.m. May 20. The police investigation showed a man forced his way through the drive-thru window earlier that morning and stole an undetermined amount of money from the restaurant.
The suspect was caught on surveillance camera. He is described as a light-skinned male, approximately 5'10", with a medium build, and shaved head. Several tattoos can be seen on both arms as well as a large one on his lower-back that appears to spell "Independent." He was last seen wearing a brown shirt, blue jean shorts, and white shoes.
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Archie Norman
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|William Hague
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|Succeeded by
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Archibald John Norman (born 1 May 1954) is a British businessman and politician. He is, at present, the only person to have been a FTSE 100 chairman, and an Member of the House of Commons (MP) at the same time.[1] On 18 November 2009, Norman was announced as the new chairman of ITV plc. He took up his post in January 2010.
Born as the second of five sons of two doctors,[1] Archie Norman was educated at Charterhouse, the University of Minnesota, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and (after a short period at Citigroup), at Harvard Business School, where he obtained an MBA.[2]
Business career[edit]
Norman joined McKinsey & Company on graduation, where William Hague (future British Foreign Secretary) was one of his protégés.[3] He then held directorships at Geest and Railtrack, before becoming group finance director at Britain's then largest retailer, Kingfisher plc at 32. Within five years he was group chief executive of Asda and by 42, he was chairman.
In December 1991 he applied for and gained the Chief Executive's position at Asda, the only applicant for a near bankrupt business.[4] From 1991 until 1999, Norman was Chief Executive and then Chairman of Asda, the large supermarket chain, and with Allan Leighton is credited with turning it around and making it the second largest in the United Kingdom before its sale to Wal-Mart in July 1999.
In November 1999, he stepped down from the chain.[5] From the early nineties, Norman was also chairman of The Children's Trust and in 1998 was succeeded by Sir Brian Hill.[6]
Political career[edit]
In 1996, on the advice of Francis Maude, Norman decided to apply for the Conservative safe seat of Tunbridge Wells, soon to be vacated by Sir Patrick Mayhew. Norman was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells in England, in the 1997 General Election, with a majority of 7,506.
After the heavy Conservative defeat in the 1997 Election, Norman supported William Hague's bid for leadership, becoming Chief Executive of the Conservative Party, and then served as a shadow minister for the environment in 1999. A year later he was promoted to the Conservative frontbench as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions, where he was up against John Prescott on the Labour front bench.
In September 2001, after leaving the Shadow Cabinet, he founded the think tank Policy Exchange with Francis Maude. In July 2002, Norman became Chairman of Energis, having led a consortium of banks in the purchase and refinancing of the United Kingdom arm of Energis Plc from the administrators. In May 2005, he stood down as MP in the general election.
Return to business[edit]
On leaving Parliament, Norman set up Aurigo Management, a private equity firm primarily focussed on retail/consumer industries. In July 2007, Aurigo bought tool hire retailer HSS Hire for £310 million, from 3i.[7] In November 2007, Norman advised Wesfarmers on the acquisition of Coles Group, and has since overseen the turnaround of Coles in Australia. On 18 November 2009, Norman was announced as the new chairman of ITV plc.
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Norman sits on the Board of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. He is on the Board of the NIESR, has an Honorary Degree from Leeds Metropolitan University, was a Director of the Judge Institute, has been elected to the Marketing Society Hall of Fame, and been voted Retailer of the Year and Yorkshire Businessman of the Year. In December 2010, he was granted the Institute of Turnaround Professional Lifetime Achievement Award.[8]
Personal life[edit]
Married with one daughter, he has homes in Yorkshire, London, and the small island of lismore on the west coast of Scotland. His interests include farming, opera, fishing and tennis.[4]
- ^ a b "Exclusive MT interview: Archie Norman". Management Today. 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ "If anyone understands the perils of modernising the Conservative Party it is Archie Norman". BBC News. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ Roth, Andrew (20 March 2001). "Archie Norman". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ a b Mathiason, Nick (11 June 2006). "Norman to the rescue - again". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ "Norman quits Asda". theguardian.com. 10 November 1999. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Andrew Ross, Emmanuel College Magazine (2012-2013), pp 83-86
- ^ Verjee, Neelam (13 June 2007). "Archie Norman agrees to buy HSS for £310 million". The Times. London. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ "Archie Norman to be ITV chairman". BBC News. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
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The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced Friday the initial listing of the lesser prairie-chicken as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, raising the stakes for multiple groups trying to prove they can rebuild the species in the region without federal intervention.
"We are encouraged by current multi-state efforts to conserve the lesser prairie-chicken and its habitat, but more work needs to be done to reverse its decline," said Dan Ashe, director of the agency.
The agency will take public comment and make a final decision within one year.
The outlook is not entirely bleak as a recent aerial survey surprised researchers, showing the bird's numbers have stabilized and in some cases increased.
Sean Kyle, wildlife diversity biologist at Texas Parks & Wildlife and chairman of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Interstate Working Group, said finding more than 37,000 prairie-chickens in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, eastern New Mexico and Kansas was especially surprising after the worst single-year drought in history.
Environmental Defense Fund is developing a program called Wildlife Habitat Exchanges to allow industries to pay for credits to allow them to continue to do business, and that money would go to landowners who make their property attractive to the birds.
"We don't have a certain number of birds we want to see," said Eric Holst, senior director of the group's Working Lands Program. "Our goal is to bend the curve back to a growing population."
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners also is working on a plan for the oil and gas industry.
It has been collaborating with similar industry groups around the region on a system to issue certificates of inclusion that wildlife service representatives are reviewing. Some of the provisions outlined in the Panhandle Producers' newsletter include a cap on noise during the birds' courting and breeding season, limiting the disturbance of the land surface, providing ways for birds to escape manmade water features and marking fences near places the birds gather. There also would be conservation fees to be paid.
On another front, the Interstate Working Group has a plan that involves a conservation agreement binding a landowner to a promise to improve prairie-chicken habitat on their land in exchange for protection from harsher regulation in the future.
For details on the conservation agreements, call 806-665-3494.


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"He looks exactly like his father. He throws like his father, he runs like his father, he fields like his father, he bats like his father—and his father was the best ballplayer I saw in my career."
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Growing up in Puerto Rico as the son of a baseball legend, Roberto Clemente Jr. had a nearly idyllic childhood. "One of the things I remember is our house in San Juan, where my father had a glove and I had a glove," Roberto, 18, recalls. "He would roll me the ball and I would run after it. When I was 5 he would begin to throw it to me and I would play catch. I was so happy. I was always getting ready for him to play with me so I could catch the ball."
The days of catch came to a sudden, tragic end. In 1972, 7-year-old Roberto Jr. lost his father, an All-Star outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Clemente's chartered DC-7, loaded with medical supplies he was taking to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, went down in the ocean off San Juan. Eight months later Roberto Clemente Sr., a hero in Puerto Rico and the world of sports, was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after the five-year waiting rule had been waived. His widow, Vera, and her three young sons, after a period of intense mourning, set to work preserving his memory. They began planning Roberto Clemente Sports City, now the athletic hub of the island, in San Juan.
Today, 12 years after his father's death, Roberto Clemente Jr. is trying to make the big leagues himself. This spring, along with 125 other young hopefuls, he walked into the Philadelphia Phillies training camp in Clearwater, Fla. carrying his glove, his hopes and one of the most famous and honored names in recent sports history. "The recognition is always there," says Roberto Jr., and it is heightened by an uncanny resemblance. At 5'10", 180 lbs., he stands squarely at the plate, arms raised high in the characteristic Clemente stance. Like his father, he also runs fast—so fast that fans back in Puerto Rico have nicknamed him "Bambi." But like many young ballplayers, Roberto Jr.'s potential gets dramatically different ratings. "We saw him extensively," says Jon Neiderer, assistant director of scouting for his father's old team. "We didn't think he was a major league prospect. It may be a harsh thing to say, but he didn't come close to the abilities of his father." The Phils don't agree. "We all thought the Pirates had him in their pocket," says Jack Pastore, the Phillies assistant minor league director. "But we watched him because he had this desire." Last year, after Roberto Jr. graduated from high school, they signed him. He is now with the Sarasota Phillies in the instructional league in Florida, and he will play winter ball in Puerto Rico. His future depends on what he does in both places.
It is early but so far he is doing all right. After 14 games he is batting .400 and has six stolen bases. His manager, Ramon Aviles, likes his "good glove and good attitude." Still the comparisons remain. "He's coming up with a lot of pressure," says Elmer Valo, a Phillies' coach and former As' outfielder. "It's that name of his."
Roberto seems to have made his own peace with that. "The last few days I was in Puerto Rico I was watching films of my father," he says quietly. "I was watching every night. Every night. And he was so fine. I have never seen an arm like that, fielding like that, in all the major leagues. How can I do better than my father? I am just human. I am proud of my father. But all I can do is the best I can. I love baseball: the hitting, the fielding, the running. But I am not my father. I am me. And I must play like me."
Roberto Clemente Died a Legend in Baseball and in Puerto Rico: Now at Bat, Roberto Clemente Jr.
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