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Sydney Pollack directs this notable picturesque film in which a solitary man named Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) battles ruthless Indians, who use him as the target of a long-awaited vendetta, and the merciless elements of nature, in search of peace. Set in the mid-19th century, after the Civil War, the film centers on Jeremiah as he becomes disillusioned with the ways of his civilization and the ravages of war, and he sets out determined to survive in the Rocky Mountain wilderness by himself.
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Sydney Pollack directs this vast and beautiful wilderness adventure in which Robert Redford plays Jeremiah Johnson. Adapted in part from Vardis Fisher's novel MOUNTAIN MAN, the story pays specific tribute to the reality of the trappers who actually roamed the West in the 1850s. Shot on location in the stunning and desolate snows of Utah, the entire film was made for less than four million dollars.

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Happy Anniversary to us
So when I met DH, I was not sure I was ready for this thing called marriage. After all, I'd been on my own, and alone for most of 35 years. And I was really not sure how my son would like him (he's really protective of me, which is kinda sweet, considering the stormy relationship we had when he was a teenager). But the more I talked to Mike (we talked on the phone for about 2 months), the more I found that we had in common (we both have a really sick sense of humor, and that's really sexy to me, go figure). We think a lot alike, and have a lot of the same opinions about some things (and there are things we disagree on, but nothing major). So I took the plunge and set up an in-person meeting (did I mention he saw my personal ad on Yahoo?) at Mystic Lake Casino (I always meet someone new in a very public place with lots of people around, just in case). I have to tell ya, when I saw him, it was like love at first sight (and I didn't believe in that, at all). We spent the weekend together, walking around the place like a couple of teenagers, holding hands, making out in the elevator, goofy stuff like that (and at 50 and 52, it was fun). And talking, and talking, and talking. And he proposed, and I said yes. When it was time for me to go home, I didn't want to leave him (oh yeah, I had it bad). So I went home, and didn't tell anyone what had happened (I lived with my son and his wife at the time).
Mike and I made plans for him to come down and meet my son and his wife one weekend, and I was on pins and needles about it, I can tell you. But they actually got along, and I think what helped is that Mike likes to play euchre, and so do Jon and Tina, and we played, and they were beating us, and Jon handed Mike a box of tissues and told him we had plenty, so if he wanted to cry, he could (and we all laughed our asses off over it). And they did a lot of talking when Tina and I were busy, so I knew it was going pretty good. So when Mike left, he asked me if Jon liked him, and I said "Yeah, he talked to you and teased you. Believe me, if he didn't like you, he would ignore you."
Then I told Jon that Mike and I were going to get married, and he said that if Mike made me happy, that was cool with him. So we did, and he does, and we lived happily ever after....I hope.
My grandkids love him and call him grandpa, so that's kewl too, and Mike's step-kids like me (and that seems a little strange to me, since their mother is Mike's last ex-wife, but they're all adults with families, so it makes it easier that we can all get along). Mike's grandkids call me grandma, and that's cool (hell, my grandson's cousin calls me grandma).
So, on average, with all its ups and downs and in-betweens, life is good, and married life seems to be agreeing with me, the woman who thought she was a loner and didn't need or want a man in her life (just took the right one showing up to prove me wrong....roflol).
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Thanks everyone. It's been pretty good so far. We put up the Christmas tree and I added an ornament that I got for Mike. It's Santa on a forklift with a bag of presents on the forks (had to get it when I saw it since Mike has white hair and beard and everyone calls him Santa, and he drove a forklift at his last full-time job). I put our initials on it and the year, so it's a keepsake for sure.
We're having a pork roast, onions, potatoes, and broccoli/cauliflower mix for supper (been cooking in the oven most of the afternoon, house smells nummy).- Hilary (starsinthegutter.com)December 10, 2007 at 7:38 AM
Congratulations! Love always shows up so unexpectedly :).
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A superpower is a state with a dominant position in international relations and is characterised by its unparalleled ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale. This is done through the means of both military and economic strength, as well as diplomatic and soft power influence. Traditionally, superpowers are preeminent among the great powers (i.e., as the United States is today). The term first applied to the British Empire, the United States, and the Soviet Union. However, following World War II and the Suez Crisis in 1956, the United Kingdom's status as a superpower was greatly diminished; for the duration of the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union came to be generally regarded as the two remaining superpowers, dominating world affairs. At the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, only the United States of America appeared to fulfill the criteria of being a world superpower.[1][2]
Alice Lyman Miller defines a superpower as "a country that has the capacity to project dominating power and influence anywhere in the world, and sometimes, in more than one region of the globe at a time, and so may plausibly attain the status of global hegemony."[3]
Besides the British Empire, there have been many attempts by historians to apply the term 'superpower' to a variety of past entities.
Terminology and origin[edit]
The terminology of a superpower is not clearly defined and as a consequence they may differ between sources.[1] However, a fundamental characteristic that is consistent with all definitions of a superpower is a nation or state that has mastered the seven dimensions of state power; geography, population, economy, resources, military, diplomacy and national identity.[4]
The term was first used to describe nations with greater than great power status as early as 1944, but only gained its specific meaning with regard to the United States, the British Empire and the Soviet Union after World War II. This was because the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union had proved themselves to be capable of casting great influence in global politics and military dominance. The term in its current political meaning was coined by Dutch-American geostrategist Nicholas Spykman in a series of lectures in 1943 about the potential shape of a new post-war world order. This formed the foundation for the book The Geography of the Peace, which referred primarily to the unmatched maritime global supremacy of the British Empire and United States as essential for peace and prosperity in the world.
A year later, William T.R. Fox, an American foreign policy professor, elaborated on the concept in the book The Superpowers: The United States, Britain and the Soviet Union — Their Responsibility for Peace (1944), which spoke of the global reach of a super-empowered nation.[5] Fox used the word Superpower to identify a new category of power able to occupy the highest status in a world in which, as the war then raging demonstrated, states could challenge and fight each other on a global scale. According to him, there were (at that moment) three states that were superpowers: British Empire, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The British Empire was the most extensive empire in world history and considered the foremost great power, holding sway over 25% of the world's population[6] and controlling about 25% of the Earth's total land area,[7] while the United States and the Soviet Union grew in power in World War II.
According to Lyman Miller, "The basic components of superpower stature may be measured along four axes of power: military, economic, political, and cultural (or what political scientist Joseph Nye has termed "soft power").[3]
In the opinion of Kim Richard Nossal of Queen's University, "generally this term was used to signify a political community that occupied a continental-sized landmass, had a sizable population (relative at least to other major powers); a superordinate economic capacity, including ample indigenous supplies of food and natural resources; enjoyed a high degree of non-dependence on international intercourse; and, most importantly, had a well-developed nuclear capacity (eventually normally defined as second strike capability)."[1]
In the opinion of Professor Paul Dukes, "a superpower must be able to conduct a global strategy including the possibility of destroying the world; to command vast economic potential and influence; and to present a universal ideology". Although, "many modifications may be made to this basic definition".[8] According to Professor June Teufel Dreyer, "A superpower must be able to project its power, soft and hard, globally."[9]
Superpowers of the past[edit]
Besides the United States, the British Empire and the Soviet Union, there have been many attempts by historians to apply the term superpower retrospectively, and sometimes very loosely, to a variety of past entities. Recognition by historians of these older states as superpowers may focus on various superlative traits exhibited by them. Examples of these ancient or historic superpowers include; Ancient Egypt,[11] the Persian Empire,[12] the Greek Empire of Alexander the Great,[13] the Roman Empire,[14] the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman Empire , the Portuguese Empire, the Spanish Empire,[15] and the First French Empire of Napoleon.[16]
According to historical statistics and research from the OECD, before the start of Western imperialism in Asia during the 1700s, Ancient China and Ancient India accounted for the worlds two largest economies by GDP output.[17]
The Cold War[edit]
The 1956 Suez Crisis suggested that Britain, financially weakened by two world wars, could not then pursue its foreign policy objectives on an equal footing with the new superpowers without sacrificing convertibility of its reserve currency as a central goal of policy.[18] As the majority of World War II had been fought far from its national boundaries, the United States had not suffered the industrial destruction nor massive civilian casualties that marked the wartime situation of the countries in Europe or Asia. The war had reinforced the position of the United States as the world's largest long-term creditor nation[19] and its principal supplier of goods; moreover it had built up a strong industrial and technological infrastructure that had greatly advanced its military strength into a primary position on the global stage.[20] Despite attempts to create multinational coalitions or legislative bodies (such as the United Nations), it became increasingly clear that the superpowers had very different visions about what the post-war world ought to look like, and after the withdrawal of British aid to Greece in 1947, the United States took the lead in containing Soviet expansion in the Cold War.[21]
The two countries opposed each other ideologically, politically, militarily, and economically. The Soviet Union promoted the ideology of communism: planned economy and a one-party state, whilst the United States promoted the ideologies of liberal democracy and the free market. This was reflected in the Warsaw Pact and NATO military alliances, respectively, as most of Europe became aligned with either the United States or the Soviet Union. These alliances implied that these two nations were part of an emerging bipolar world, in contrast with a previously multipolar world.[citation needed]
The idea that the Cold War period revolved around only two blocs, or even only two nations, has been challenged by some scholars in the post–Cold War era, who have noted that the bipolar world only exists if one ignores all of the various movements and conflicts that occurred without influence from either of the two superpowers.[22] Additionally, much of the conflict between the superpowers was fought in "proxy wars", which more often than not involved issues more complex than the standard Cold War oppositions.[23]
After the Soviet Union disintegrated in the early 1990s, the term hyperpower began to be applied to the United States, as the sole remaining superpower of the Cold War era.[1] This term, popularized by French foreign minister Hubert Védrine in the late 1990s, is controversial and the validity of classifying the United States in this way is disputed. One notable opponent to this theory, Samuel P. Huntington, rejects this theory in favor of a multipolar balance of power. Other international relations theorists, such as Henry Kissinger, theorize that because the threat of the Soviet Union no longer exists to formerly American-dominated regions such as Western Europe and Japan, American influence is only declining since the end of the Cold War, because such regions no longer need protection or have necessarily similar foreign policies as the United States.[24]
The Soviet Union and the United States fulfilled the superpower criteria in the following ways:
Soviet Union | United States | |
Politics | Strong Communist state. Anti-colonialist movements and labour parties. Permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Strong ties with Central and Eastern Europe, countries in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Also had an alliance with the People's Republic of China up until 1961. Supported Communist and socialist countries around the world. | Strong capitalist federation/constitutional republic. Permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council plus two allies (France and Britain) with permanent seats. Strong ties with Western Europe, some countries in Latin America, the Commonwealth of Nations, and several East Asian countries. Supported democracies and anti-Communist dictatorships around the world. |
Media | Press explicitly controlled and censored. Promoted, through the use of propaganda, its Communist and Socialist ideal that workers of all countries should unite to overthrow capitalist society and what they called the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and replace it with a socialist society where all means of production are publicly owned. | Maintained constitutional guarantees for freedom of speech and freedom of press, though the ongoing Cold War did lead to a degree of censorship, particularly during the Vietnam War era and the Second Red Scare when censorship was the heaviest. |
Culture | Rich tradition in literature, classical music, and ballet. | Rich cultural influence in music, literature, film, television, cuisine, art, and fashion. |
Military | Possessed largest armed forces and air force in the world, and the second of the world's largest navies. Possessed bases around the world, Also held the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons for the second half of the Cold War. Founder of Warsaw Pact with satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe. Global intelligence network with GRU and the First Chief Directorate of KGB. Ties with paramilitary and guerrilla groups in the developing world. Large armament production industry with global distribution. | Highest military expenditure in the world,[25] with the world's largest navy surpassing the next 13 largest navies combined,[26][27] and an army and air force rivaled only by that of the Soviet Union. Possessed bases around the world, particularly in an incomplete "ring" bordering the Warsaw Pact to the West, South and East. Largest nuclear arsenal in the world during the first half of the Cold War. Powerful military allies in Western Europe (NATO) with their own nuclear capabilities. Global intelligence networks, the CIA, NSA and DIA. Ties with paramilitary and guerrilla groups in the developing world. Large armament production through defense contractors along with its developed allies for the global market. |
Economy | GDP of $2.9 trillion in 1990. Second largest economy in the world.[28] Enormous mineral energy resources and fuel supply. Generally self-sufficient using a minimal amount of imports, though suffered resource inadequacies such as in agriculture. Marxist economic theory based primarily on production: industrial production directed by centralised state organs leading to a high degree of inefficiency. Five-year plans frequently used to accomplish economic goals. Economic benefits such as guaranteed employment, free healthcare, free education on all levels formally assured for all citizens. Economy tied to Central and Eastern-European satellite states. | GDP of $5.2 trillion in 1990. Largest economy in the world. Capitalist free market economic theory based on supply and demand: production determined by customers' demands, though it also included rising income inequality since 1979.[29] Enormous industrial base and a large and modernized farming industry. Large volume of imports and exports. Large resources of minerals, energy resources, metals, and timber. High standard of living with accessibility to many manufactured goods. Home to a multitude of the largest global corporations. U.S. Dollar served as the dominant world reserve currency under Bretton Woods Conference. Allied with G7 major economies. Supported allied countries' economies via such programmes as the Marshall Plan. |
Demography | Had a population of 286.7 million in 1989, the third largest on Earth behind China and India.[30] | Had a population of 248.7 million in 1990, at that time the fourth largest on Earth.[31] |
Geography | Largest country in the world, with a surface area of 22.27 million km².[30] | Fourth largest country in the world (after the Soviet Union, Canada, China), with an area of 9,526,468 km².[32] |
Post–Cold War era[edit]
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 that ended the Cold War, the post–Cold War world was sometimes considered to be a unipolar world,[33][34] with the United States as the world's sole remaining superpower.[35] In the opinion of Samuel P. Huntington, "The United States, of course, is the sole state with preeminence in every domain of power – economic, military, diplomatic, ideological, technological, and cultural – with the reach and capabilities to promote its interests in virtually every part of the world."[36]
Experts argue that this older assessment of global politics was too simplified, in part because of the difficulty in classifying the European Union at its current stage of development. Others argue that the notion of a superpower is outdated, considering complex global economic interdependencies, and propose that the world is multipolar.[37][38][39][40] According to Samuel P. Huntington, "There is now only one superpower. But that does not mean that the world is unipolar. A unipolar system would have one superpower, no significant major powers, and many minor powers." Huntington thinks, "Contemporary international politics" ... "is instead a strange hybrid, a uni-multipolar system with one superpower and several major powers."[36]
A 2012 report by the National Intelligence Council said that America's superpower status will have eroded to merely being first among equals by 2030, but that the USA would still be the most important country in the world because of its influence in many different fields and global connections that the great regional powers of the time would not match.[41] Additionally, some experts have suggested the possibility of the United States losing its superpower status completely in the future. Citing speculation of the United States relative decline in power to the rest of the world, economic hardships, a declining dollar, Cold War allies becoming less dependent on the United States and the emergence of future powers around the world.[42][43][44][45]
Some people doubt the existence of superpowers in the post Cold War era altogether, stating that today's complex global marketplace and the rising interdependency between the world's nations has made the concept of a superpower an idea of the past and that the world is now multipolar. However, while the military dominance of the United States remains unquestioned for now and its international influence has made it an eminent world power, countries such as China, India, Brazil and Russia are inventing new ways to counter US military supremacy (namely space) and are making great strides in science, literature, soft power, and diplomacy.[37][38][39][40]
Potential superpowers[edit]
The term 'Potential superpowers' has been applied by scholars and other qualified commentators to the possibility of several states achieving superpower status in the 21st century. Due to their large markets, growing military strength, economic potential, and influence in international affairs, China,[46][47][48] the European Union,[49][50] and India[51][52][53] are among the countries (or political entities) most cited as having the potential of achieving superpower status in the 21st century. Many historians, writers, and critics have expressed doubts, however, whether any of these countries would ever emerge as a new superpower.[54][55] Some political scientists and other commentators have even suggested that such countries might simply be emerging powers, as opposed to potential superpowers.[56] More to the point, a country would need to achieve great power status first, before they could develop superpower status, and it could be disputed whether some of the countries listed above (e.g., India) are presently even great powers, emerging or not.[citation needed]
Besides those mentioned above, a limited number of observers have also discussed the merits of Brazil having the potential to emerge as a superpower, while some academics have argued that a resurgent Russia could have the potential to re-emerge as a superpower.[57]
The record of such predictions has admittedly not been perfect. For example, in the 1980s, some commentators thought Japan would become a superpower, due to its large GDP and high economic growth at the time.[58] However, Japan's economy crashed in 1991, creating a long period of economic slump in the country which has become known as The Lost Years. As of August 2012, Japan had yet to fully recover from the 1991 crash.[59]
A hyperpower is a state that dominates all other states in every sphere of activity,[60] and is traditionally considered to be a step higher than a superpower. British journalist Peregrine Worsthorne first coined the term in The Sunday Telegraph's the "Bush doctrine" on 3 March 1991.[61] After the end of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, some political commentators felt that a new term was needed to describe the United States' position (Pax Americana) as the lone superpower.[62][63][64] French Minister Hubert Védrine popularized the term in 1998, because from France's position, the United States looks like a hyperpower, although the validity of classifying the United States in this way is disputed.[65]
The term has also been applied retroactively to dominant states of the past. In her book Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - and Why They Fall, professor Amy Chua suggest candidates such as the First Persian Empire, the Tang dynasty of Ancient China, the Roman Empire, the Mongol Empire, and the British Empire as successful examples of historical hegemons, with the Spanish Monarchy, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and Third Reich as counters, and then reflects on assertions of the United States as a current modern hyperpower.[66] In a historical context, it is usually understood to mean a power that greatly exceeds any others in its political environment along several axes; Rome did not dominate India or China, but did dominate the entire Mediterranean area militarily, culturally, and economically.
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These new and improved appliances that were made to make us women's work oh so easy and such a joy!
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VERY hard to imagine using these things, that polisher looks soooo heavy. Housework really WAS work back then, doing the floors was an all day job, and looking at that wringer just makes my back hurt LOL!!!! And the thought of doing all this in a dress with 3 layers of underwear…….I would have to say we have it made now!
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12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and
said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other
12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which
he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with
his children; it did eat of his own food, and drank of his own cup, and
lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to
take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the travelling
man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it
for the man that was come to him.
12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he
said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man that has done this thing shall
surely die:
12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing,
and because he had no pity.
12:7 And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD
God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out
of the hand of Saul;
12:8 And I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into
your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that
had been too little, I would moreover have given unto you such and such
12:9 Wherefore have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do
evil in his sight? you have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and
have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword
of the children of Ammon.
12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house; because
you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be
your wife.
12:11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you
out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and
give them unto your neighbour, and he shall lie with your wives in the
sight of this sun.
12:12 For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all
Israel, and before the sun.
12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And
Nathan said unto David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall
not die.
12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have given great occasion
to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto
you shall surely die.
12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child
that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted,
and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise
him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with
12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died.
And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for
they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke unto him, and
he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we
tell him that the child is dead?
12:19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived
that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the
child dead? And they said, He is dead.
12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself,
and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped:
then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before
him, and he did eat.
12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that you
have done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but
when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread.
12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept:
for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child
may live?
12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him
back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her,
and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and
the LORD loved him.
12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called
his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and
took the royal city.
12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against
Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
12:28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and camp
against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after
my name.
12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,
and fought against it, and took it.
12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight
whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on
David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them
under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made
them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of
the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
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By Gordon Young
IN THE MID-1950s, Frank Lloyd Wright delivered a lecture at the University of California at Berkeley. As dean of the School of Architecture, Wurster provided a gracious and glowing introduction for the nation's most famous--and outspoken--architect. Wright responded in typical fashion by declaring: "Three words describe what is wrong with Bay Area architecture: William Wilson Wurster."
The cantankerous Wright regularly referred to Wurster as "Redwood Bill" or the "shanty architect" and ribbed him for having leaky roofs, an all-too-common criticism of Wright's work. "They tell me that after the first rains sometimes you don't come into the office for a day or two," Wright once kidded Wurster.
Donald Emmons, a partner at the architectural firm of Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons, explains that Wurster should have been worried if Wright didn't take a few jabs at him from time to time.
"Wright wouldn't have bothered to comment on Wurster if he didn't think he was someone to be reckoned with," Emmons says. "He would have just ignored him, which was worse."
Like architect Ralph Walker, Wurster was an outspoken supporter of Wright before the American Institute of Architects, an organization Wright never joined and frequently mocked. As early as 1944, Wurster called on the AIA to award Wright its prestigious Gold Medal. In a December 1947 letter to the AIA, Wurster called the oversight "grossly wrong" and declared, "It is time the institute becomes of a stature which recognizes greatness and honors itself by such recognition."
The AIA awarded Wright the Gold Medal for lifetime achievement in 1949. Wurster captured the same honor two decades later.
In his oral history, Wurster remembered getting a telephone call a few weeks before Wright died. "Well, Bill, we don't see enough of each other--not that I like anything you do, but I like you, and we ought to get together and talk architecture," Wright said.
"We certainly should," Wurster responded. "What about right now?"
"No," Wright said. "I'm on my way someplace, but I just wanted to say hello."
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Spring break was not only marked with an influx of college students and families visiting the area, but also lent itself to local homeowners getting caught up on spring lawn care with mowers echoing through every neighborhood.
An unusually warm February allowed many lawns to get an early start on growing and many yards are ready for their semiannual fertilizer treatment. Spring fertilizing is recommended early in the season once grass is actively growing, having been mowed at least twice at 7 to 10 day intervals. For many homeowners, their grass is ready.
If grass isn't growing, then a significant portion of nitrogen may be leached away without benefiting the grass. If weeds like clover are growing and your grass is not, then you might want to mow to allow more light penetration to the grass and then keep an eye on the actual grass growth. Once it greens up, then apply fertilizer in a couple of weeks.
Measure first: Before you fertilize, you need to know the area of application to determine the amount of fertilizer needed. Most homeowners will include both turf areas and flower beds in their measurements since the same fertilizer can provide nutrients to shrubs and perennials. When determining your area, you need to eliminate structures, sidewalks, patios, and driveways.
Know your numbers: Once you know the area of application, you have the ability to determine the amount of fertilizer needed. Most spring fertilizers focus on nitrogen which promotes rapid top growth. Nitrogen (N) percentage is the first number listed on every fertilizer bag, followed by percentages of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) aka potash.
The exact numbers are not as important as the ratios of N-P-K. Soil scientists recommend low phosphorus in heavy clay soils due to problems with micronutrient availability, especially iron. For that reason, most Coastal Bend homeowners want a bag with a high first number, an extremely low middle number, and a moderate third number. Examples may be 15-5-10 or 13-1-3.
To prevent over-fertilization and potential nitrate pollution to groundwater or estuaries, a rate of 1 pound nitrogen per 1.000 square feet is most commonly recommended for each application. A bag of 15-5-10 is only 15 percent nitrogen. That means you need to apply 6.67 pounds of nitrogen for every 1,000 square feet. An 8,000 square foot lawn would need about 33 pounds of fertilizer. If you are scared of the math, you can find a fertilizer calculator at http://aggie-turf.tamuhttpedu or ask for help from the Texas Certified Nursery Professional at your favorite full-service garden center.
Avoid weed and feeds: Most lawn experts will tell you that the convenience of a weed and feed product is often outweighed by the potential damage to broadleaf shrubs and trees in the landscape. Also, the formulation of many of these products do not address existing weeds such as burr clover, oxalis, false dandelions, horseherb, dollar weed, and nut sedge.
Micronutrients: Most balanced fertilizers have micronutrients including iron and zinc. Just check the label to make sure you have that extra boost of iron to give your lawn a quick green-up.
Watering: After you fertilize, make sure you water immediately afterward. Letting fertilizer granules set on grass blades may result in burning, especially in hot weather. You don't need to water a lot, just enough to wash the fertilizer off the grass blades and down to the soil level. Water cycles of 10 minutes in each area should be sufficient.
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You referring to that AK lookin' rifle pistol thing? lol
why do you want a milled reciever?? the reciever isnt the weak point in the ak47 and its kin's design. the problem point is the rear trunion and front trunion. the rear ones like to break under heavy use as do less commonly the front. the reciever itself doesnt matter if its stamped or milled. milled ak tend to have problems since they cant be bent to fit minor discrepencies in part dimensions. thats why you dont see many of them that work well.
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They are pretty solid good reciever, heavy barrels ... Only thing I dislike is the placement of the serial number aside from that their craftmanship surpasses the Draco's, IMO


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (CBS/AP) Deputy assistant attorney general Roland Corning said he was on his lunch break when a police officer found him with a stripper, a Viagra pill, and sex toys in his sports utility vehicle, according to Corning's boss.
Now Corning is looking for a new job. The 66-year-old former state legislator was in a secluded part of a downtown cemetery when an officer spotted him Monday, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act. As the officer approached, Corning sped off, then pulled over a few blocks away. He and the 18-year-old woman with him, an employee of the Platinum Plus Gentleman's Club, gave conflicting stories about what they were doing in the cemetery, Officer Michael Wines wrote in his report, though he did not elaborate. Corning gave Wines a badge showing he worked for the state Attorney General's Office. Wines, whose wife also works there, called her to make sure Corning was telling the truth. He then searched the SUV, where he found a Viagra pill and several sex toys, items Corning said he always kept with him, "just in case," according to the report. Corning and the woman were let go without charges. Wines' wife reported the call to her supervisor, who told Attorney General Henry McMaster. Corning was fired, McMaster said on Wednesday. "We received credible information about inappropriate behavior Monday afternoon," McMaster said Wednesday. "And by the close of business, he was no longer working here." Such a trip to the cemetery "would not be appropriate, at any time, for an assistant attorney general," McMaster said. There was no answer Wednesday at a number listed for Corning, who was a Republican legislator in the late 1980s and early 90s. He was hired in 2000 by the attorney general's office, where he worked on securities cases. South Carolina has had its share of scandal lately, most notably Gov. Mark Sanford's "disappearance" in June. His office told reporters he was hiking the Appalachian Trail, but he was really in Argentina visiting his mistress. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10...y5446886.shtml Pieces of **** like him put a lot of people in jail daily. Why are Republicans almost always caught in these types of scandals? Fuck him btw. |
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American Shakespeare Center Returns to Fairmont
The Fairmont State University School of Fine Arts and the Department of Language and Literature welcome the American Shakespeare Center's "Tempt Me Further Tour" to campus in March.
The Fairmont State University School of Fine Arts and the Department of Language and Literature welcome the American Shakespeare Center's "Tempt Me Further Tour" to campus in March.
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Under the direction of Grant Cooper, Artistic Director and Conductor, the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will perform at Fairmont State University on Thursday, Feb. 28.
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The Fairmont State University Marching Band will be performing a Stadium Review concert in the Colebank Gym on the FSU campus November 13, 2012 at 7:30 pm. The FSU Marching Band is directed by Dr. Valarie Huffman. Performance selections include Maroon & White and the FSU Alma Mater, arranged by Green, Let's Get Crazy, arranged by Barrett and Take on Me by the eighties sensation Ah-ha.
Mike Florio of NBC's "ProFootballTalk" "Best small collegiate marching band in the United States", October 12, 2012.
During November, the Fairmont community will have the opportunity to experience a timeless story with a twist, as the Fairmont State University School of Fine Arts and Masquers theatre group present "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder.
This will feature an hour-long concert of contemporary electroacoustic flute music followed by a flute masterclass.
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In this age of information, the reality of current events is distilled through numerous filters – social media, cable news, print and more. Sometimes the twisting of details creates societal paranoia. "Far Away," a poetic play by Caryl Churchill follows the life of Joan, a young woman who witnesses atrocities and is determined to make a difference.
Sponsored by the United Way of Marion County, an event on Sunday, April 19, will support the Sobrania Soup Opera, Mannington Food Pantry and the Salvation Army, providing needed nourishment for county residents. Empty Bowls Marion County also feeds the creative spirit of local potters.
The Fairmont State University Department of Music will present a benefit dinner recital at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at Noteworthy Sweets.
"Attendees will dine on a sumptuous feast while being entertained by Fairmont State's top musicians. This elegant benefit will help support an elaborate production of Handel's 'Messiah' this December, part of the Sesquicentennial celebration of Fairmont State University," said Dr. Sam Spears, Fairmont State Director of Choirs.


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He'll make it in, but it will be a long, long, LONG time before he does.
At some point, the voters will look back at his talent, his dedication to the Texans (rather than whoring around like Randy Moss did), and his overall contribution to the game of football--He is a BEAST, period--and they will vote him into the HOF.
But it will take a long time, maybe 20+ years. Seriously. It will be in a year where there isn't much for the voters to choose from. It'll be a "meh" consensus, which is appropriate since the Texans were a "meh" team for those 8 or 9 years of his career here.
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Issue 272 of SOCIALIST REVIEW Published March 2003 Copyright © Socialist Review
The 15 February protests were historic says Lindsey German, but now we must step up the pressure to stop Bush and Blair
Millions marched through London on 15 February |
It is still an incredible feeling to have been involved in organising the largest demonstration ever in Britain. That's what 15 February was. The Guardian poll of 18 February showed that at least one person from 1.25 million households came on this demonstration, so the figure we gave of 2 million is quite accurate. The Daily Telegraph estimated 4 percent of the population came, and an urban geographer put the figure at 2.2 million. There were another 30,000 in Belfast, and another 100,000-plus in Glasgow, so this is a huge proportion of the population. It means two or three adults from each street came on the demonstration.
The whole diversity of the demonstration is also significant. The idea that it was made up of predominantly 'middle England' is not true. There were two important elements to it. Firstly there were many first-time marchers who had not been on a demonstration before. Many of them were mobilised by the Daily Mirror. Also there were many people who have marched before but who may not have been on a demonstration for 20 or 30 years. They are sensing they can defeat the government and that they can make a difference. This is very important. Secondly it was also the beginning of the revival of the working class movement. The organised unions were there in force. In many working class areas shops and pubs have posters up which say 'No to war'. This reflects the mood of local opinion. So this march attracted many celebrities but it was also the authentic voice of working class people.
When you read the people interviewed in the papers you can hear an echo of some of the arguments we have put in all the meetings up and down the country. It reflects the fact that we have had an 18 month campaign which has created a body of people around the country who are the bedrock of the Stop the War Coalition who really do understand that this is a war for oil, and that there are double standards regarding Palestine. We are developing a level of consciousness that is incredibly high.
We were at the centre of initiating the international demonstrations as well. At the European Social Forum in Florence we had an argument about the centrality of the 15th. Two members of the Coalition went to a conference in Cairo where again we argued to widen it out, and people went to Porto Alegre and did the same there. The result was a whole number of demonstrations throughout South America. So it didn't happen spontaneously--there were a number of activists from the anti-capitalist and the anti-war movement and from the left who came together and argued this through and who created a Europe-wide then a worldwide day of protest.
Nobody can ignore these demonstrations--from Friday morning our time right through to Sunday night there were people demonstrating throughout the world, and that is an amazing achievement. The demonstrations were huge--especially against Aznar, Berlusconi and Blair, and also against Bush. The Spanish demonstrations were the biggest in terms of the proportion of the population that came. But then you had, for example, 100,000 in Stockholm, half a million each in San Francisco and Berlin, 50,000 in Uruguay, 50,000 in Budapest--virtually everywhere around the world people report that these are the biggest demonstrations that have ever taken place.
This is a tremendous challenge to the government. The movement has now become not just a movement against the war but about democracy itself. People are asking questions such as how does the system work, who makes the decisions, what is going on in the world. There is now a very great mood for change.
We are planning a people's assembly, or parliament, for 12 March, which will be an alternative to the palace of lies in Westminster. We will argue for delegates from across the country--representative of the march--to discuss the war.
We are also saying we want people to strike on the day war breaks out. There are obvious difficulties since it is supposedly legal for Tony Blair to go to war, but illegal for us to strike against it. Nonetheless, now there is a huge mood for it. The left union leaders are trying to get a recall of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which is very significant. Under a clause which was written in 1919 the TUC is supposed to recall its general council in the event of war to discuss its attitude to it and industrial action. There may also be spontaneous strikes in a whole number of places around the country. If the government goes to war there will be such an eruption of anger that the government will not know what has hit them.
Students are planning to occupy their colleges and to walk out of schools. There will be a students' and school students' strike on 5 March. In Westminster and Whitehall we are going to try and take over the whole area and make it impossible for the government to function when war breaks out. Demonstrations are planned for when war breaks out, but we are not leaving it till then. There were protests at the Archbishop of Canterbury's inauguration, the Welsh Labour Party conference, and there will be protests at MP's surgeries on International Women's Day.
The Labour government now has no legitimacy on this question. Blair talks about his moral right to wage war, but what he is saying is that we have to take one man's supposed morality against the wishes of the mass of people. Therefore if he goes to war he will not have a mandate and he will not be fit to be prime minister. If parliament either cannot or will not speak authentically for what people in this country think about war then people will have to do it elsewhere. The traditions of civil disobedience will be the traditions that people look to. They are not simply going to be prepared to say, we will kick Tony Blair out in two years time--they are keen to do something now in order to stop this war.
This is either going to break Blair or break the Labour Party, or possibly both. You cannot have a situation where there is such a discrepancy between what people feel and what the Labour government is doing. There has never been a time since universal suffrage when establishment politics has been so cut off. That situation creates very serious problems for Blair. He has no base politically inside the Labour Party and now he is its most unpopular prime minister. Whatever the outcome of the war people will not forgive him for what he has done.
The question many are asking is, what is the Labour Party for and why should we carry on funding the Labour Party--why should our MPs, who are supposed to represent us, be pro-war? There are many people who are leaving Labour and are tearing up their membership cards. Already over the last year there has been a lot of rumbling about the political fund. These questions will come up again and again and be posed more sharply as the drive to war continues.
Protests took place in many other cities throughout the world... |
We will look back at the Stop the War Coalition as one of the most important political phenomena of recent years. The press tries to say this is a movement without leaders but this is not true. We have a collective leadership of the Coalition which is democratically elected and organised. This would not have happened without the involvement of a wide number of forces--the peace movement and the left, the trade unions and the Muslim community.
Most of the arguments that the Coalition have put forward are now accepted by the majority of people in this country. We are not an isolated minority--we speak for the majority of people on this question. The arguments we have put over the last 18 months means we have built a core of anti-war activists throughout the country who are familiar with a number of key arguments about what this war is about. A whole range of different people are now on board and more are wanting to join the Coalition. This movement was built by the people on the ground. Local meetings are a wonderful cross-section of people: longstanding peace campaigners, school students, socialists, Muslims, Christians, trade unionists. These are the people who are now key to the Coalition, and they work together on the basis of mutual respect, united around this one campaign.
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This also has an implication as to where the future lies. Whatever the outcome of this war, people are not going to come out of the campaign and say, 'thank you and goodnight'. Rather people will say, what else are we going to campaign about, how do we change politics in this country? There is a new politics now and this is very much tied into the anti-capitalist movement. Florence was very important, so too was Genoa in terms of building the huge anti-war movement.
Ideas of socialism, and socialist organisation, are coming to the fore in this movement. Socialists were instrumental in initiating the Stop the War Coalition, and have been central to its politics. As people act to change the world, so they experience feelings of collectivity and solidarity which open them to socialist ideas. So the fight against war can also help produce the revival of the mass socialist movement committed to ending capitalism as well as war.


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For the first time, the government is doing a headcount of businesses run by members of the transgender community. The exercise is a part of the sixth economic census that counts the number of establishments in the country.
The issue had cropped up during national level discussions where some states and activists sought this data. The aim was to get a gender dimension of entrepreneurship, said a government official.
Male and female is a generic classification followed for a long time. It is required for a variety of purposes including parameters such as gender dimension of entrepreneurship. Coding systems have to include all possible responses, said T C A Anant, secretary, ministry of statistics and programme implementation.
Besides counting the number of establishments in the country, the economic census also collects data on the identity of the owner of the establishment. These include parameters such as gender, social group or caste Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, OBC and others as well as the religion of the owners.
Similarly, the census will also collect data on the gender of workers employed with all establishments by including a category for transgenders. Transgenders, according to the economic census, would include eunuchs and hermaphrodites, notes the census manual prepared for the survey.
The economic census takes ahead the initiative of the decennial census of 2011 that had a separate category of other in the gender section along with male and female.
The results of the sixth economic census started last year are likely to be released early next year. Field work in most states for collection of data is over. We will be starting with tabulation of data some time soon, said Anant.
The results of the economic census will help in analysing the economy for policy planning as well as planning to revisit the structure and parameters of national accounts, annual survey of industries, etc. The last such exercise was carried out nearly a decade ago in 2005.