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- Heroes of Baseball Pete Rose: "Charlie Hustle" - Associated Content
- Let’s honor our heroes of peace - Register-Guard
- Pauley Perrette Checks into NBC Web Series - The Celebrity Cafe.com
| Heroes of Baseball Pete Rose: "Charlie Hustle" - Associated Content Posted: 13 Sep 2010 09:30 AM PDT Pete Rose The Red Leg All Time Major League Hitter Heroes Of Baseball Pete Edward Rose was born on April 14, 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He grew up in a working class family and learned he would have to work hard for everything he received in life. Pet Rose got his chance to play baseball for the Cincinnati Reds in 1963. In spring training, Pete Rose received the name "Charlie Hustle" from Yankees manager Whitey Ford after Rose sprinted to first base after receiving a walk. The name stuck and Pete Rose was known as "Charlie Hustle" throughout his long Major League career. Pete Rose was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He has the most hits with 4256. Pete Rose has played in the most games which stand at 3562. He has the most at bats 14,053 and the most outs 10,328. Pete Rose hustled on the "Big Red Machine" and earned two World Series Titles. Pete Rose also won a third World Series Title in 1980 with the Philadelphia Phillies. Pete Rose has won numerous awards in Major Leagu Pete Rose became a national hero to many people during his Major League career. He was the man who came from a hard working family and took what he learned about working hard into the game of baseball. Pete Rose became one of the greatest baseball players of all time. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Let’s honor our heroes of peace - Register-Guard Posted: 13 Sep 2010 11:35 PM PDT As a retired high school history teacher, John Attig will often give the service club audiences he speaks to pop quizzes. "Name five American generals," he'll say, "from any war." The words have barely pinged from his mouth when the names pong back: "Washington, Lee, Jackson, Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, Schwarzkopf … ." "OK," he'll say. "Name five of the 24 American recipients who have won the Nobel Peace Prize." "Uh … ." "I've yet to come up with an individual who could name five," he says. Attig and others who share his passion are hoping to change that with their Nobel Peace Laureate Project, among the components of which is a memorial "peace park" within Alton Baker Park that would pay tribute to the 24. To that end, a gala fundraising dinner Sept. 24 at Lane Community College, featuring speaker Claes Nobel, great-grand nephew of Alfred Nobel, the original provider behind the money prizes, will kick off a 10-day "peace begins at home" emphasis. A concert series at the Shedd Institute will showcase music, dance and theater to "honor the idealism of what the Nobel Peace Prize stands for," organizers say. An online "teach peace" element to the project — the first of its kind in the country, Attig says — has been in place since 2008. I confess, when I first heard about the park idea a while back, I didn't dismiss it but neither did I embrace it with open arms. Do we really need a peace park? A photo of an unknown soldier changed my mind. He died Jan. 26, 2005, in Iraq. I don't even know his name, and yet every time I rearrange the decor of my workplace cubicle, I can't seem to part with that image. It was sent to me by the girlfriend of a soldier I'd sat next to on a plane and to whom I'd sent a copy of a war-related book I'd written. The photo was of the young woman's brother; "my hero," she'd written on the back. Why couldn't I toss it? Because, I've concluded, he died for his country — by proxy, for me. And he shouldn't be forgotten. Which got me thinking: If it's honorable to remember those who've died in wars — and I've argued numerous times in this column that it is — isn't it also honorable to remember those who try to maintain peace? I mean, wouldn't we all agree that peace, not war, is our preferred state of being? "You go to every community and you'll find at least one war memorial," says the 74-year-old Attig, who served a hitch in the Army. "It struck me that you don't find many peace memorials." So, he decided to explore the possibilities of placing one in Eugene. "Why here?" he says. "Why not? This would be the first one in the country that focuses strictly on American peacemakers." It would be funded entirely through donations. The two-acre site north of the duck pond in Alton Baker Park was unanimously approved by the Eugene City Council in 2007. The project has been endorsed by dozens of groups and individuals, including the city's current and three previous mayors. And the organizers already have nearly a third of the $100,000 they need, plus sizable in-kind donations from the likes of Knife River Corp. and Vik Construction. Attig believes that if the upcoming fundraising is successful, the Peace Park could be started next spring and completed a year from now. It would include an informational kiosk, plaques on pillars along a pathway, a serpentine stone wall, trees and flowers. "The Oxford History of the United States has only four of the 24 even in its index," says Attig, who spent 28 years teaching in Palo Alto, Calif., before retiring to Eugene in 1993. "In the typical U.S. history book, you'll be lucky to find eight or 10." Among the 24, which includes three organizations, are: President Teddy Roosevelt, who mediated negotiations that helped end the Russo-Japanese War in 1905; Secretary of State George Marshall, head of the U.S. Army in World War II who spearheaded the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe after the war; Emily Blach, who helped found the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom; and, of course, Linus Pauling, the 1922 Oregon State grad — and classmate of my grandfather — who argued against nuclear testing. Some, of course, will oppose the peace park idea for political reasons; they don't like some of the honorees, including our current president. Others will argue that war memorials honor people who died for their country, which is seldom the case for peace seekers. Nobody's asking to replace war memorials. Or to require that you and I approve of everyone on the list — any more than we're asked to approve of everyone on a list of those who died in battle. But if I value an unknown soldier who died, why wouldn't I also value those committed to keeping people such as him alive? Can't they both be heroes? The list of 24: bit.ly/baRzwx. Dinner gala reservations: 541-485-1604. Concert info: www.peaceparkevent.org. General info: www.nobelpeacelaureates.org. Welch is at 541-338-2354 and bob.welch@registerguard.com. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Pauley Perrette Checks into NBC Web Series - The Celebrity Cafe.com Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:32 AM PDT Is Pauley Perrette a blonde? Stephanie Allerdice NCIS's resident goth, Pauley Perrette, is checking into NBC's Web-based series, FCU: Fact Checkers Unit, according to TVGuide.com. The fact up for debate: Pauley Perrette's hair color. FCU follows fact-checking heroes Dylan (Brian Sacca) and Russell (Peter Karinen), who have already confirmed Karolina Kurkova's SPF preference, among other things. "Our producer told her that our Web series was going to be a huge stepping stone for her career. Thankfully and surprisingly, she believed him," says Sacca. Perrette says she has been looking forward to appearing on the Web series ever since she saw the original short, which starred Bill Murray. Perrette also says there should be more fact checkers in the world. "There are so many false stories, eventually you just kind of give up, especially with the Internet," Perrette says. "I am almost convinced that the only two things that are true on the Internet are the time and the date." You can check out the full episode of FCU, featuring Pauley Perrette, below and don't forget to watch her on NCIS starting Tuesday, September 21, at 8/7c. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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