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Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782435710592803335.post-51453270149809449292013-05-25T12:42:00.000-07:002020-05-23T08:32:40.186-07:00Unknown Soldier (A Tribute)<br />
World War II touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America. In those exceptional times, ordinary Americans became extraordinary heroes. My father, Samuel F. Satalic (318256*), was one of those extraordinary heroes.<br />
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When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, my dad immediately went to sign up with the Marines. They rejected him. Then he went to the Army, Navy, Air Force, even the Merchant Marines. Every one rejected him. He was branded 4F because of a heart murmur. My Aunt Wilma told me some years after he died in 1995, "Your dad felt so bad, so dejected back then. He just left our home in Chicago and started roaming." Where he ended up would change the outcome of the war.<br />
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As all his friends went off to war, my dad began “booming” around the country, working at the same trade his father Sam Satalic (81552*) knew— ironwork, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZJLrUa41Tw" target="_blank">skywalkers</a>. His path eventually led him to a sleepy little area known as Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a place that would forever change the world. But at the time, he wrote back home to his sister (my Aunt Wilma): “It’s just me and bunch of old men down here.”<br />
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At Oak Ridge, he was a top connector, an aerial acrobat risking life and limb bolting the steel structures together. This was no ordinary place, and these were no ordinary structures. Oak Ridge has been called the greatest industrial project in the history of the world. They were going to produce the crucial material for the world’s most fearsome weapon here—the Atomic Bomb. Because of security, my dad had to live on site in barracks, like any other soldier. The place was so secret even Vice President Truman did not know of its existence until after President Roosevelt had died. They called it the “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-GNMx6oHs" target="_blank">Secret City</a>,” and it had to be built on time because the Nazis were racing toward their own bomb and an invasion of Japan was looming.<br />
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My dad and those crews fought hard against the clock and finished way ahead of schedule. When completed, they were the largest buildings on earth. In them, they produced the high-grade elements necessary for the atomic bomb named “Little Boy.” Germany yielded before it was needed, but not so the Japanese. After they dropped the bombs, the Japanese finally surrendered, and perhaps as many as a million American soldiers came home instead of being slaughtered on the Japanese mainland.<br />
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My dad’s iron-working tools, his <a href="http://www.ironworkergear.com/-kleinhardspudwrenches-varioussizes.aspx" target="_blank">spuds</a> and <a href="http://www.ironworkergear.com/kleinroundsleeverbar24inx34india.aspx" target="_blank">sleever bar</a>, became his weapons, more powerful than any rifle he could have ever carried. He never talked about the war years. Like so many others from that generation at Oak Ridge, my dad was one of our unknown soldiers, a truly extraordinary hero.<br />
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<b>Author's Note</b>— I opened <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://t.co/6PATZ4GYEp" target="_blank">Return of the Falcon</a> (</b>one of my Joe Ganzer<br />
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"The war was finally over. It ended in an orgy of destruction and death unleashed by Fat Man and Little Boy, horrific creations of the new 'Atomic Age.'<br />
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Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782435710592803335.post-44112851450417580932011-12-23T10:22:00.000-08:002018-12-12T08:05:09.160-08:00The Night Before Christmas ...???<br />
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Clement Clarke Moore probably didn't write it (just like Shakespeare probably didn't write all those plays). Literary sleuth Donald Foster investigated the Christmas poem and decided that Moore was lying. Foster found out that it was first published as "A Visit From St. Nicholas," probably by an amateur poet named Henry Livingston, Jr. of Poughkeepsie, NY in a newspaper in Troy, NY, in 1825.<br />
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And like Shakespeare, the identity of the creator is wrong. To find out who wrote the Shakespeare plays and poems, read my essay <b>The Masque of William Shakespeare</b> on<a href="http://ow.ly/7jiVn"> Amazon Kindle</a> or<a href="http://goo.gl/GRQiX"> Smashwords</a> . Learn who really wrote the plays and why.<br />
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Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782435710592803335.post-53659469217228842452011-11-11T18:07:00.001-08:002013-03-11T08:39:17.552-07:0010 Reasons Why William Shakespeare is a FraudAlthough the little animations may rankle you, the reasons presented below are spot on. <i>Anonymous</i> used such inconsistencies but wound up fingering the wrong author of the plays.<br />
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The whole story is a lot more bizarre than what's presented in the movie<i> Anonymous</i>. For one thing, William Shakespeare was involved in the murder of his rival. My essay <b>The Masque of William Shakespeare</b> explains how William Shakespeare rose to prominence in the theater right after this murder.<br />
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Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782435710592803335.post-76305373836767538982011-11-05T17:01:00.000-07:002011-11-05T17:01:03.663-07:00St. Louis Experts -- Shakespeare Not Anonymous<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Bruce Longworth, h<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">ead of the performance program at Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts, who has directed the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' Kevin Kline-winning production of "Hamlet" in 2010, had this to say:</span></span><br />
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But so is William Shakespoeare, the writer. T<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">he real William Shakespeare had little or no education and never even owned a book. That's where the movie got it right--Shakespeare was most likely an illiterate baffoon. Common sense would say that the author of the greatest literature in English history needed a little education and surely should own a book or two. Doubts about Shakespeare have been expressed by Mark Twain and Sigmund Freud, to name only a few.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><i style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold;">The Masque of William Shakespeare</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"> is available on </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005XCLD4C"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Kindle</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"> and all other formats (IPad, Sony, Nook, amd most e-reading apps) at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95947"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Smashwords</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;">.</span></span></span></span>Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782435710592803335.post-59061039672108847462011-10-31T13:24:00.000-07:002011-10-31T13:24:11.040-07:00Who Was William Shakespeare...Really?<i>Anonymous </i>(the movie) claims it was Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. Well, if it was, then de Vere was quite the prodigy because he had to have written <i>Midsummer Night's Dream</i> when he was only nine years old. Not likely.<br />
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So, why the controversy in the first place? It started because the real William Shakespeare had little or no education and never even owned a book. Common sense would say that the author of the greatest literature in English history needed a little education and surely should own a book or two. Doubts about Shakespeare have been expressed by Mark Twain and Sigmund Freud, to name only a few.<br />
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My essay <b style="font-style: italic;">The Masque of William Shakespeare</b> implicates the real William Shakespeare in a twisted conspiracy that ends in murder. Carefully documented evidence presented in my essay identifies who actually wrote those plays and why.<br />
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<b><i>The Masque of William Shakespeare</i></b> is available on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005XCLD4C"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Kindle</span></a> </span>or on <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95947"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Smashwords</span></a>.<br />
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**(Get the whole story)**</div>Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782435710592803335.post-26860744302449669742011-10-30T17:11:00.000-07:002011-10-30T17:11:25.149-07:00Cast of Anonymous Defends Film<div style="text-align: center;">
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The film is controversial because it doesn't offer believable evidence that Shakespeare was indeed Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford. My essay <b><i>The Masque of William Shakespeare</i></b> gives compelling evidence that Shakespeare was part of an elaborate conspiracy that ended in murder.</div>
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**Read it at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005XCLD4C">Amazon Kindle</a> or <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95947">Smashwords</a>.**</div>
</div>Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782435710592803335.post-20082706119678198032011-10-29T18:34:00.000-07:002011-10-29T18:40:22.127-07:00Anonymous--The Reviews Are InThe reviews are in, and they're not altogether flattering. The Christian Science Monitor reports:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"Anonymous,"
set inside the nefarious political court of Elizabethan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">England</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, is about </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rhys Ifans</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">), the rightful author of the plays falsely attributed to
that nincompoop imposter </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">William Shakespeare</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sony Pictures</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> is reportedly distributing Shakespeare-debunking lesson plans for literature and history teachers. "A documentary by First Folio Pictures (of which Mr. Emmerich is president) will also be part of this campaign," writes Mr. Shapiro in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">The New York Times</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">. </span></div>
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Now, just for the record, de Vere died in 1604, so his ghost must have written "Othello" and "King Lear" and "The Tempest." (It is Halloween, after all.) The real problem is that de Vere had to write "A Midsummer Night's Dream" when he was 9 years old. Ridiculous.</div>
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When you read my article <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The Masque of William Shakespeare</span></i></b> on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005XCLD4C"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Amazon Kindle</span></a> or <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95947"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Smashwords</span></a> you will learn who really wrote the plays and why. It's thoroughly documented and more compelling than the movie.</div>
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**Click either of the last two links to read an excerpt.**</div>Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782435710592803335.post-32595493786803313842011-10-25T11:07:00.000-07:002011-10-25T11:07:02.365-07:00The Masque of William Shakespeare<i><b>Anonymous</b></i> (the movie) in theaters October 28th asks the question:<br />
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My article <i><b>The Masque of William Shakespeare (</b></i>now published on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005XCLD4C"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Kindle</span></b></a> </span>and at <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95947"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Smashwords</span></b></a>) offers an exciting answer. The movie gives one possible explanation, but my article offers compelling evidence that Shakespeare was much more than a fraud. Here is the description from Amazon Kindle:<br />
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* Click on either link above for a story more interesting and more enlightening than the movie.Satalichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190968341036418353noreply@blogger.com0