For the category of Artist, I choose the sculptor Donatello
Well, 3 of the 4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are off the board.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
I know, not very original since I picked him in a previous draft, but given my preference for small towns and Montana, not to mention my affinity for the bizarre, David Lynch is a no brainer!
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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Working as a copywriter for Esquire, he left in January 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. In 1953, he mortgaged his furniture, generating a bank loan of $600 (or $800—he cannot recall which) and raised $8,000 from 45 investors—including $1,000 from his mother ("Not because she believed in the venture," he told E! in 2006. "But because she believed in her son") - to launch Playboy, which was initially going to be called Stag Party. The undated first issue, published in December 1953, featured Marilyn Monroe from her 1949 nude calendar shoot.
Hefner remade himself as a bon vivant and man about town, a lifestyle he promoted in his magazine and two TV shows he hosted, Playboy's Penthouse (1959–1960) and Playboy After Dark (1969–1970). He admitted to being "'involved' with maybe eleven out of twelve months' worth of Playmates" during some of these years.
Radical and huge: In 1971, when Playboy Enterprises went public, the world was buying seven million copies of the magazine a month. Twenty-three Playboy clubs took the Playboy philosophy and served it with drinks. A shrewd marketing strategy had transformed the Bunny icon from a dopey adolescent idea (rabbits, see, they like sex -- lots of it) to an immediately recognizable symbol of sophistication and style. Hefner, feeling philosophically obligated to embody the full playboy lifestyle, hosted a regular TV show that dripped v-neck sweater swank while spotlighting the best new acts.
Playboy brought men indoors. It made it OK for boys to stay inside and play. Where other men's magazines -- Argosy, Field & Stream, True -- affirmed their readers' places in duck blinds and trout streams, Hef's took men inside to mix drinks, sit by the fire and play backgammon or neck with a girlfriend. In what would later become an ironic collusion with feminists such as Betty Friedan, Playboy critiqued the staid institutions of marriage, domesticity and suburban family life.
Suddenly bachelorhood was a choice, one decorated with intelligent drinks, hi-fis and an urbane apartment that put white picket fences to shame. Sophistication had become a viable option for men: The Playboy universe encouraged appreciation of "the finer things" -- literature, a good pipe, a cashmere pullover, a beautiful lady.
"Sex is the primary motivating factor in the course of human history," Hef writes in the book's foreword, "and in the twentieth century it has emerged from the taboos and controversy that have surrounded it throughout the ages to claim its rightful place in society."
Team U.S.Eh! Selects Jim Thorpe in the Athlete category
BIO
http://www.sporthaven.com/players/jim-thorpe/ Jim Thorpe’s date of birth has been subject some speculation, but the date that has been agreed on by most is May 28, 1888. He was born just outside of Prague, Oklahoma. He had a diverse heritage of French, Irish, and Sac and Fox Indian, and attended college at Carlisle Indian Industrial School. It was at Carlisle that Thorpe established himself as one of the greatest athletes in history.
Thorpe seemingly excelled at any sport he tried. At Carlisle he participated in track and field, football, baseball, and lacrosse. He was very successful at track and field, but his first love was football. At first, legendary coach Pop Warner did not want Thorpe to ruin his track and field abilities with the physicality of football. Coach Warner relented, however, when Thorpe displayed his fantastic football abilities. Thorpe was running back, defensive back, punter, and place kicker for the Indians, leading the team to 11-1 in 1911 and a national championship in 1912. Despite his amazing ability on the football field, it was track and field that turned Thorpe into a legend.
At the 1912 Olympic Games in Sweden, Thorpe captivated the games by easily winning both the pentathlon and the decathlon. Unfortunately, both medals were taken from Thorpe following the games because it came to light that he had been paid to play baseball for a minor league team. Eventually, both medals were re-awarded to Thorpe posthumously in 1982.
After his much storied Olympic exploits, Thorpe returned to playing football, this time professionally with the Canton Bulldogs in 1915. Over his career, Thorpe spent time with Canton, the Cleveland Indians, the Oorang Indians, the Rock Island Independents, the New York Giants, and the Chicago Cardinals. He led the Bulldogs to unofficial championships in 1916, 1917, and 1919. Considered a professional football icon, he was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1963. Thorpe also had a short career in professional baseball, playing in 289 career games with the New York Giants (baseball), Cincinnati Reds, and Boston Braves. His career baseball totals include a .252 batting average, 91 runs scored, and 82 RBIs.
Career Highlights
. Track and Field Hall of Fame
. College Football Hall of Fame - 1951
. Charter Enshrinee in the Pro Football Hall of Fame - 1963
. CFB All-America - 1911, 1912
. Olympic Decathlon and Pentathlon Champion - 1912
. AP Most Outstanding Athlete of the First Half of the 20th Century - 1950
. President - National Football League
Marilyn Monroe in the Hottie category.
Beautiful when being casual, breathtaking when being seductive, many women in the past 50 years have tried to emulate her and failed. Featured in the original issue of Playboy, Marilyn starred in many classic movies as well as print/television advertisements. Married to famous playwright Arthur Miller, as well as baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, Monroe never had children.
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (or Pachacutec) was the ninth Sapa Inca (1438-1471/1472) of the Kingdom of Cusco, which he transformed into the empire Tawantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. Most archaeologists now believe that the famous Inca site of Machu Picchu was built as an estate for Pachacuti.[1]
In Quechua, Pachakutiq means "He who shakes the Earth",[2] and Yupanqui means "With honor". During his reign, Cuzco grew from a hamlet into an empire that could compete with, and eventually overtake, the Chimu. He began an era of conquest that, within three generations, expanded the Inca dominion from the valley of Cuzco to nearly the whole of 'civilized' South America.
After his father's death Pachacuti became sole ruler of the Incan empire. Immediately he initiated an energetic series of military campaigns which would transform the small state around Cuzco into a formidable nation. His conquests in collaboration with Tupac Yupanqui (Pachacuti's son and successor) were so successful that the 9th Incan emperor is sometimes referred to as "The Napoleon of the Andes." When Pachacuti died in 1471 the empire stretched from Chile to the south and Ecuador to the north also including the modern countries of Peru and Bolivia as well as most of northern Argentina.
Pachacuti was a poet and author of the Sacred Hymns of the Situa city purification ceremony. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa attributed one poem to Pachacuti on his deathbed: "I was born as a lily in the garden, and like the lily I grew, as my age advanced / I became old and had to die, and so I withered and died."
This guy gave good ol' King George one of the biggest F U's in history when he did this.....
Hancock was one of the most prominent leaders of the revolution in the New World and was President of the Continental Congress at the time the Declaration of Independence was drafted. Legend has it that he signed the document and then proclaimed that King George could read that without his spectacles. Probably didn't say that, but it is a fun story nonetheless.
Hancock's bold signature, standing out from the rest, is a great symbol of rebellion in my mind. It is the mark of someone not afraid to stand up and say "I am against you".
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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SebCountry welcomes it's newest citizen, in the Monarch category, Cyrus the Great. Or perhaps, he welcomes it to his empire.
Cyrus founded the Persian Empire, and is considered by many historians to be greater even than Alexander.
For example: "In scope and extent his achievements ranked far above that of the Macedonian king,
Alexander who was to demolish the empire in the 320's but fail to provide
any stable alternative." - Charles Freeman in 'The Greek Achievement'
This is because Cyrus was able to win the hearts of his conquests. He would conquer a nation, and they would thank him for it. This allowed his empire to expand and persist long after his own death. He is also a worthy choice for military leader, and may be shifted there at a later time.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
SebCountry welcomes it's newest citizen, in the Artist Category, Claude Monet, the great French impressionist, for no other reason than I like his stuff.
Well, if this is over, I clearly won. Between Machiavelli, Lenin and Alexander the Great, you will have all been bamboozled, exterminated, or driven from the field of battle. I hear the lamentation of your women.
