Trentino Region - Italy
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol[3] (Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige, pronounced [trenˈtiːno ˈalto ˈaːdidʒe]; German: Trentino-Südtirol;[4] Ladin: 'Trentin-Südtirol';[5] Austro-Bavarian: Trentino-Sidtiroul), is an autonomous region in Northern Italy. It consists of two provinces: Trento and Bolzano-Bozen. The region was part of Austria-Hungary and its predecessors, the Austrian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire from the 8th century until its annexation by Italy in 1919. Together with the Austrian state of Tyrol it is represented by the Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino.
In English, the region is also known as Trentino-South Tyrol[6] or by its Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige.[7]
Geography
Alpine landscape near the village of Stilfs
The region is bordered by Tyrol (Austria) to the north, by Graubünden (Switzerland) to the north-west and by the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto to the west and south, respectively. It covers 13,607 km² (5,253 sq mi). It is extremely mountainous, covering a large part of the Dolomites and the southern Alps.
The Autonomous Province of Bolzano has an area of 7,400 km2, all of it mountainous land and covered by vast forests. In Italy, the province borders on Lombardy in the west, Trento in the south and Veneto in the east. The climate is of the continental type, owing to the influence of the many mountain ranges which stand at well over 3,000 metres above sea-level and the wide valleys through which flow the main river, the Adige, from north to south and its numerous tributaries. In the city of Bolzano, capital of the province, the average air temperature stands at 12.2 °C (54 °F) and the average rainfall at 717.7 mm. The lowest pass across the Alps, the Brenner Pass, is located at the far north of the region on the border with Austria.[8]
The Autonomous Province of Trento has an area of 6,207 km2, most of it mountainous land (20% is over 2,000 m (6,561.68 ft) and 70% over 1,000 m) and covered by vast forests (50% of the territory). The climate is various through the province, from an alpine climate to subcontinental one, with warm and variable summers and cold and quite snowy winters. The region has always been a favourite destination for tourists, both in winter for skiing in the high mountains and in summer to visit the wide valleys and many lakes (the largest being Lake Garda) can be found.[9]
[edit] History
Trento, the belfry
The region of current Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol was conquered by the Romans in 15 BC. After the end of the Western Roman Empire, it was divided between the invading German tribes in the Lombard Duchy of Tridentum (today's Province of Trento), the Alamannic Vinschgau and the Bavarians taking the remaining part. After the creation of the Kingdom of Italy under Charlemagne, the Marquisate of Verona included the areas south of Bolzano, while the Duchy of Bavaria received the remaining part.[10]
From the 11th century onwards, part of the region was governed by the prince-bishops of Trento and Brixen, to whom the Holy Roman Emperors had given extensive temporal powers over their bishoprics. The rest was part of the County of Tyrol and County of Görz, which controlled the Pustertal: in 1363 its last titular, Margarete, Countess of Tyrol ceded it to the House of Habsburg. The regions north of Salorno were largely Germanized in the early Middle Ages, and important German poets like Oswald von Wolkenstein were born and lived in the southern part of Tyrol.
Francisco e Jacinta, pastorinhos de Fátima - Como viviam a Eucaristia
Francisco e Jacinta, dois meninos de tão pouca idade,
bem cedo começaram a viver a Eucaristia, de forma intensa.
Usavam muitas vezes para falar da Eucaristia, a expressão Jesus Escondido.
De facto, esta expressão, afirma que Jesus Se esconde sob as espécies eucarísticas do pão e do vinho.
Os seus pais comunicaram-lhes,
mesmo antes das aparições de Nossa Senhora, o gosto pela oração.
O Francisco e a Jacinta aprenderam a rezar todos os dias esta curta oração:
Bendito e louvado seja o Santísssimo Sacramento da Eucaristia,
Fruto do ventre sagrado da Virgem Puríssima, Santa Maria.
No Outono de 1916, apesar do seu intenso desejo,
nem o Francisco nem a Jacinta podiam comungar.
Mas o anjo que vem visitá-los pela terceira vez preparou-os divinamente.
Aliás, estavam em adoração, quando se aperceberam de que por cima deles estava uma luz desconhecida:
Erguemo-nos para ver o que se passava e vimos o Anjo, tendo na mão esquerda um Cálice,
sobre o qual estava suspensa uma Hóstia, da qual caíam algumas gotas de Sangue dentro do Cálice.
O Anjo deixa suspenso no ar o Cálice, ajoelha junto de nós, e faz-nos repetir três vezes:
Santíssima Trindade...
Depois levanta-se, toma em suas mãos o Cálice e a Hóstia.
Dá-me a Sagrada Hóstia e o Sangue do Cálice divide-o pela Jacinta e o Francisco, dizendo ao mesmo tempo:
Tomai e bebei o Corpo e Sangue de Jesus Cristo, horrivelmente ultrajado pelos homens ingratos.
Reparai os seus crimes e consolai o vosso Deus.
E prostrando-se de novo em terra,
repetiu connosco outras três vezes a mesma oração: Santíssima Trindade... e desapareceu.
Os pastorinhos receberam realmente o Sangue de Jesus,
e desde esse momento a vida dos dois mudou radicalmente.
Já não agiam por eles próprios, pois tinham Jesus em si.
O Francisco viveu esta comunhão no mais íntimo de si mesmo.
Um dia perguntou ele à Lúcia:
O Anjo, a ti, deu-te a Sagrada Comunhão; mas a mim e à Jacinta, que foi que Ele nos deu?
Foi também a Sagrada Comunhão- respondeu a Jacinta, numa felicidade indizível
Não vês que era o Sangue que caía da Hóstia?
Francisco disse então:
Eu sentia que Deus estava em mim, mas não sabia como era!.
A Jacinta sentiu nesse dia uma felicidade muito grande.
Quanto ela desejava receber sacramentalmente Jesus Escondido!
O seu desejo era tão vivo que lhe transformava o coração:
Não sei como é! Sinto Nosso Senhor dentro de mim.
Compreendo o que me diz e não O vejo nem oiço;
mas é tão bom estar com Ele!.
Mas o pároco nunca os autorizou a comungar.
A única vez que o Francisco receberá a comunhão das mãos de um padre, será como viático, na véspera da sua morte.
Mas ninguém os podia impedir de ir adorar o Santíssimo Sacramento.
Nunca se privaram disso, mesmo durante os tempos livres da escola:
A Jacinta gostava de, durante o recreio, ir visitar o Santíssimo; mas, dizia ela:
Parece que adivinham. Logo que entramos na Igreja, é tanta gente a fazer-nos perguntas!
Eu gostava de estar muito tempo sozinha, a falar com Jesus escondido; mas nunca nos deixam!.
Quando ela esteve em Lisboa, ia muitas vezes à tribuna da capela,
de onde via o Sacrário, e lá passava horas a fio, com os olhos amorosamente fixos no Sacrário.
Durante a sua doença, os seus pais não lhe proibiam que fosse à Missa a Fátima. Mas Lúcia dizia-lhe:
Não venhas, Jacinta. Tu não podes, hoje não é domingo.
Não importa
respondia a pequena,
que sentia uma verdadeira atracção para Jesus Escondido
vou pelos pecadores que nem ao domingo vão.
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How to Get International Driving Permit / License (IDP)- Valid Over 150 Countries
I show you where & how to get an International driving permit / license. Now i can drive in over 150 countries.
If you have a USA Drivers license you can go to any AAA (American Automobile Association)
National Auto Club (NAC) office and will be ready in 15 minutes. Cost $15. If you live in another country like the UK i believe the process is easy as well. Not sure for other countries. Even if you are currently abroad you can just send them some info and application and they can send your permit internationally too.
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Geographical Areas Which Honor International Driving Permits (Convention on Road Traffic, United Nations, Geneva 1949) as of September, 2013.
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Many governments accept the international driving permit (IDP), which allows citizens of a foreign country with a valid driver’s license to drive while traveling in a foreign country.
What Is an International Driving Permit?
The International Driving Permit (IDP) is a document that grants someone the privilege of driving a motor vehicle legally while abroad. It does not replace your government-issued driver’s license.
Essentially, an IDP serves as a basic translation of your driver's license. It is translated in 10 languages and features your:
Photo.
Full name.
Relevant driver information.
The following requirements and restrictions apply:
You must carry both your IDP and your driver’s license when driving abroad.
You must obtain your IDP in the same country that issued your driver’s license.
You can never use your IDP to drive in the country in which it was issued.
It is valid for up to 1 year (provided your driver’s license is valid for the full year).
International Driver’s License vs. International Driving Permit
You may hear the term “international driver’s license” or “IDL” used; however, this is an incorrect reference to the international driving permit.
When You Need an IDP
Many countries require drivers from other nations to hold an international driving permit to drive within their borders. Showing an IDP in these countries can prevent legal hassles such as fines and bail fees if you are stopped or in an accident and are unable to show proof of your eligibility to drive.
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A salvação eterna
A SALVAÇÃO ETERNA
Creio na remissão dos pecados é do Credo dos Apóstolos
O Tema sobre o qual vamos reflectir hoje
é o mais importante de toda a nossa vida:
a nossa Salvação Eterna.
Dele depende a nossa felicidade sem fim.
Não podemos deixar de nos interessar por ele.
Seria insensatez!
- Oiçamos, primeiro Jesus:
Ele percorria as cidades e aldeias, ensinando, a caminho de Jerusalém.
Disse-Lhe alguém: «Senhor, são poucos os que se salvam»?
Ele respondeu-lhe:
Esforçai-vos por entrar pela porta estreita,
porque muitos, digo-vo-lo Eu,
tentarão entrar sem o conseguir... (Lc.13).
Disse Jesus ainda:
Quão dificilmente entrerão no Reino de Deus os que têm riquezas!
Sim, é mais fácil que um camelo passe pelo fundo de uma agulha
do que um rico entre no Reino de Deus.
Os que O ouviram disseram: Quem pode então salvar-se?
Irmãos, todas estas palavras saídas da boca de Jesus Misericordioso são tão aterradoras!
Pensando nisso,
confesso-vos que muitas vezes fui tentado de imitar S. Francisco de Assis
e, com as Missionárias do Amor Misericordioso do Coração de Jesus e Colaboradores,
percorrer, como ele, as ruas e praças das nossas cidades e aldeias, e gritar para todos:
Irmãos, salve-se, salve-se quem puder!
Estou certo que o mínimo que nos poderia acontecer
era de sermos presos e levados para...o manicómio!!!
No entanto, só estávamos a avisar os nossos irmãos
para se precaverem do horrível perigo da perdição eterna.
S. Francisco conhecia bem este perigo.
Então, cheio de zelo apostólico,
enviava os seus 7 primeiros frades para as cidadezinhas
e aldeias dos arredores de Assis para lá pregarem a salvação eterna.
Dirigiam-se para a praça do mercado,
paravam e começavam sempre por cantar um hino que Francisco lhes tinha ensinado.
Oiçam:
Temei e louvai a Deus, louvai-O e celebrai-O!
Dai graças ao Senhor, Todo-Poderoso,
e invocai Deus Uno e Trino, Pai, Filho e Espírito Santo,
o Criador de todas as coisas!
Convertei-vos e que a vossa conversão dê os seus frutos:
pois deveis saber que em breve morrereis!
Confessai todos os vossos pecados!
Bem-aventurados os que morrerem convertidos,
pois irão para o Reino dos Céus!
Mas ai daqueles (continua Francisco) que morrerem sem se terem convertido,
pois serão para sempre filhos do demónio,
completarão a sua obra e serão lançados no fogo eterno!
Acautelai-vos e vigiai para evitardes todo o mal
e perseverardes no bem até ao último dia!
E não tardou que os frades se lembrassem das exortações
que Francisco lhes fizera ao separar-se deles.
As pessoas tomavam-nos por loucos, troçavam deles
e injuriavam-nos e atiravam-lhes com lama dos caminhos.
Outros roubaram-lhe até os fatos.
Outros ainda agarravam-nos pelo capuz
e arrastavam-nos como se fossem sacos de farinha.
Mas os «fradinhos», como homens verdadeiros evangélicos,
não tentavam sequer defender-se e continuavam o seu caminho semi-nus. .
Homens valorosos, sim! Só queriam ajudar os seus irmãos a salvar-se,
pois Jesus tinha dito «que havia de ser pregado, em Seu nome,
o arrependimento e o perdão dos pecados a todas as nações».
Irmãos, vou citar aqui uma Comunicação
do estimado Pe. Fernando Leite, Jesuita,
no 150º aniversário do Apostolado de Oração.:
Irmãos, meditemos nisto! É impressionante!
Dos seis biliões dos habitantes da terra,
a maior parte está submersa nas trevas.
A plena luz da fé só ilumina uns 900 milhões.
O facto de sermos baptizados bastará para a nossa salvação?
Quantos subirão pelos 10 degraus dos mandamentos que é condição indispensável
para a eterna bem-aventurança?
Disse Jesus: Se queres entrar na vida eterna, cumpre os Mandamentos (Mt.19).
A URGÊNCIA DA CONVERSÃO
Perante este confrangedor espectáculo,
será de estranhar que Nossa Senhora tenha dito,
na Aparição de 19 de Agosto, nos Valinhos em Fátima:
Vão muitas almas para o inferno?
Na Aparição anterior de Julho,
tinha mostrado às três humildes crianças o horroroso panorama
dos suplícios eternos, terminando com esta amarga confidência:
Vistes o inferno para onde vão as almas dos pecadores.
Conta Lúcia, na sua Terceira Memória,
que certa vez encontrou a sua prima Jacinta, sentada na cama, muito pensativa: -
Jacinta, que estás a pensar?
- Na guerra que há-de vir.
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The Great Gildersleeve: Leroy's Pet Pig / Leila's Party / New Neighbor Rumson Bullard
The Great Gildersleeve (1941--1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, first introduced on Oct. 3, 1939, ep. #216. The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s. Actor Harold Peary played the character during its transition from the parent show into the spin-off and later in a quartet of feature films released at the height of the show's popularity.
On Fibber McGee and Molly, Peary's Gildersleeve was a pompous windbag who became a consistent McGee nemesis. You're a haa-aa-aa-aard man, McGee! became a Gildersleeve catchphrase. The character was given several conflicting first names on Fibber McGee and Molly, and on one episode his middle name was revealed as Philharmonic. Gildy admits as much at the end of Gildersleeve's Diary on the Fibber McGee and Molly series (Oct. 22, 1940).
He soon became so popular that Kraft Foods—looking primarily to promote its Parkay margarine spread — sponsored a new series with Peary's Gildersleeve as the central, slightly softened and slightly befuddled focus of a lively new family.
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.
Military Lessons: The U.S. Military in the Post-Vietnam Era (1999)
The Vietnam War called into question the U.S. Army doctrine. Marine Corps General Victor H. Krulak heavily criticised Westmoreland's attrition strategy, calling it wasteful of American lives... with small likelihood of a successful outcome. In addition, doubts surfaced about the ability of the military to train foreign forces.
Between 1965 and 1975, the United States spent $111 billion on the war ($686 billion in FY2008 dollars). This resulted in a large federal budget deficit.
More than 3 million Americans served in the Vietnam War, some 1.5 million of whom actually saw combat in Vietnam. James E. Westheider wrote that At the height of American involvement in 1968, for example, there were 543,000 American military personnel in Vietnam, but only 80,000 were considered combat troops.
Conscription in the United States had been controlled by the President since World War II, but ended in 1973.
By war's end, 58,220 American soldiers had been killed, more than 150,000 had been wounded, and at least 21,000 had been permanently disabled. According to Dale Kueter, Sixty-one percent of those killed were age 21 or younger. Of those killed in combat, 86.3 percent were white, 12.5 percent were black and the remainder from other races. The youngest American KIA in the war was PFC Dan Bullock, who had falsified his birth certificate and enlisted in the US Marines at age 14 and who was killed in combat at age 15. Approximately 830,000 Vietnam veterans suffered symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. An estimated 125,000 Americans fled to Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft, and approximately 50,000 American servicemen deserted. In 1977, United States President Jimmy Carter granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all Vietnam-era draft dodgers. The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, concerning the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action, persisted for many years after the war's conclusion.
The Great Gildersleeve: Gildy Traces Geneology / Doomsday Picnic / Annual Estate Report Due
The Great Gildersleeve (1941--1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, first introduced on Oct. 3, 1939, ep. #216. The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s. Actor Harold Peary played the character during its transition from the parent show into the spin-off and later in a quartet of feature films released at the height of the show's popularity.
On Fibber McGee and Molly, Peary's Gildersleeve was a pompous windbag who became a consistent McGee nemesis. You're a haa-aa-aa-aard man, McGee! became a Gildersleeve catchphrase. The character was given several conflicting first names on Fibber McGee and Molly, and on one episode his middle name was revealed as Philharmonic. Gildy admits as much at the end of Gildersleeve's Diary on the Fibber McGee and Molly series (Oct. 22, 1940).
He soon became so popular that Kraft Foods—looking primarily to promote its Parkay margarine spread — sponsored a new series with Peary's Gildersleeve as the central, slightly softened and slightly befuddled focus of a lively new family.
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.
Dragnet: Homicide / The Werewolf / Homicide
Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from an actual police term, a dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Dragnet debuted inauspiciously. The first several months were bumpy, as Webb and company worked out the program's format and eventually became comfortable with their characters (Friday was originally portrayed as more brash and forceful than his later usually relaxed demeanor). Gradually, Friday's deadpan, fast-talking persona emerged, described by John Dunning as a cop's cop, tough but not hard, conservative but caring. (Dunning, 210) Friday's first partner was Sergeant Ben Romero, portrayed by Barton Yarborough, a longtime radio actor. After Yarborough's death in 1951 (and therefore Romero's, who also died of a heart attack, as acknowledged on the December 27, 1951 episode The Big Sorrow), Friday was partnered with Sergeant Ed Jacobs (December 27, 1951 - April 10, 1952, subsequently transferred to the Police Academy as an instructor), played by Barney Phillips; Officer Bill Lockwood (Ben Romero's nephew, April 17, 1952 - May 8, 1952), played by Martin Milner (with Ken Peters taking the role for the June 12, 1952 episode The Big Donation); and finally Frank Smith, played first by Herb Ellis (1952), then Ben Alexander (September 21, 1952-1959). Raymond Burr was on board to play the Chief of Detectives. When Dragnet hit its stride, it became one of radio's top-rated shows.
Webb insisted on realism in every aspect of the show. The dialogue was clipped, understated and sparse, influenced by the hardboiled school of crime fiction. Scripts were fast moving but didn't seem rushed. Every aspect of police work was chronicled, step by step: From patrols and paperwork, to crime scene investigation, lab work and questioning witnesses or suspects. The detectives' personal lives were mentioned but rarely took center stage. (Friday was a bachelor who lived with his mother; Romero, a Mexican-American from Texas, was an ever fretful husband and father.) Underplaying is still acting, Webb told Time. We try to make it as real as a guy pouring a cup of coffee. (Dunning, 209) Los Angeles police chiefs C.B. Horrall, William A. Worton, and (later) William H. Parker were credited as consultants, and many police officers were fans.
Most of the later episodes were entitled The Big _____, where the key word denoted a person or thing in the plot. In numerous episodes, this would the principal suspect, victim, or physical target of the crime, but in others was often a seemingly inconsequential detail eventually revealed to be key evidence in solving the crime. For example, in The Big Streetcar the background noise of a passing streetcar helps to establish the location of a phone booth used by the suspect.
Throughout the series' radio years, one can find interesting glimpses of pre-renewal Downtown L.A., still full of working class residents and the cheap bars, cafes, hotels and boarding houses which served them. At the climax of the early episode James Vickers, the chase leads to the Subway Terminal Building, where the robber flees into one of the tunnels only to be killed by an oncoming train. Meanwhile, by contrast, in other episodes set in outlying areas, it is clear that the locations in question are far less built up than they are today. Today, the Imperial Highway, extending 40 miles east from El Segundo to Anaheim, is a heavily used boulevard lined almost entirely with low-rise commercial development. In an early Dragnet episode scenes along the Highway, at the road to San Pedro, clearly indicate that it still retained much the character of a country highway at that time.
The Great Gildersleeve: Gildy Drives a Mercedes / Gildy Is Fired / Mystery Baby
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.
NYSTV - Where Are the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel Today The Prophecy of the Return
Is it the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel? Or 12? What were their origins? Where did they go? Where are they now? What is their connection to the Illuminati?
Are they destined to inherit the Earth? Or wander forever?
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Tortura Extrema de Pezones - Por Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere tortura cruelmente los Pezones de un hombre utilizando una caña de pescar
NYSTV The Forbidden Scriptures of the Apocryphal and Dead Sea Scrolls Dr Stephen Pidgeon Multi-lang
A goat herder near the region of Quaram, found ancient jars full of manuscripts which were eventually decoded to become the Dead Sea Scrolls.
(There was also a copy of the Book of Enoch that someone thought to include along with the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Book of Enoch might be the oldest book ever written).
The farmer ended up burning a lot of the pages for fire and a lot of pages were lost forever.
The pages that survived tells an interesting story. This interesting story is re-told by Dr. Stephen Pidgeon.
The following is taken from his website:
Dr. Pidgeon is a student of many languages, including Greek, Hebrew, Russian, French, Spanish and Italian. An avid reader and author, he has published over 30 books in the last several years.
In 2012 Dr. Pidgeon was a candidate for Attorney General for the State of Washington. He is the recipient of the 2008 Presidential Commission, the 2008 Reagan Congressional Commission, a two-time recipient of the Congressional Medal of Distinction (2006, 2007), and a designee for the 2006 Businessman of the Year award.
He has many topics of expertise, some of which are transhumanism, nano technology, Quantumn Computing, CERN, The Beast System, singularity and much more.
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