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	"Written in the big wind" by Bob Shacochis (Harper's Magazine)
		While the prevailing winds carried the storm from east to west/northwest, the west-to-east rotation of the earth rubbed against the storm with a soft friction, like a flywheel or a gear set perpendicular to the heaped plate of the weather system, causing it to slowly spin counterclockwise in a spiral twist.
		As winds and enormous bands of rain clouds spiral inward and wall up into a monstrous chimney-like tower of weather, air pressure plummets to its nadir, shaving the full weight of gravity by 70 pounds per square foot for each inch subtracted from the barometer.
		The working-class towns of McClellanville and Awendaw, situated directly north of Hugo's eye, endured the worst—sustained winds estimated at 138 mph, peak gusts at 179 mph, a storm surge of 17 feet—and were the slowest to recover.
	www.harpers.org /WrittenInTheBigWind.html (5621 words)

	Written on the Wind (1956)
		Written on the Wind (1956) is generally regarded as the best of director Douglas Sirk's 1950s lush, vibrantly colorful melodramatic masterpieces.
		A faithless lover's kiss is written on the wind,
		On this twilight autumn evening in the ugly town of Hadley, Texas (population 24,554), the wind blows the dying leaves from trees.
	www.filmsite.org /writt.html (1438 words)

	Article-Written on the Wind - Criterion Collection
		The last film in Hollywood of director Douglas Sirk (Written on the Wind), the 1959 Imitation of Life--an adaptation of Fannie Hurst's novel--is an endlessly fascinating film that speaks volumes about the American journey toward materialism and the racial tensions that are insepa...
		"Written on the Wind" is described as a film in "lurid" Technicolour, and while that's an unusual way to describe it, the term fits and also matches the film's content.
		Over time, "Written on the Wind" has developed a delicious camp factor, and some of the best scenes occur when Marylee throws herself at Mitch (literally), and he coyly and prudishly denies her the thing she wants the most.
	www.minihttpserver.net /z_book/A_written_on_the_wind_-B00005BCK0.htm (1904 words)

	Written on the Wind - Criterion Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Based on a novel by Robert Wilder, Written on the Wind reprises a plot motif that had appeared before in Vincente Minelli's Undercurrent and Max Ophul's Caught, recounting the fate of a young woman who unwarily marries an unbalanced wealthy man probably modeled upon Howard Hughes.
		Looking at Written on the Wind almost fifty years later offers something of the voyeuristic pleasure of studying life in the dreary Eisenhower years through a telephoto lens-just as did the protagonist of Hitchcock's Rear Window.
		But Written on the Wind is no 1960s acid trip like Easy Rider or Performance, and Sirk inscribes his signature indelibly on every image in the film.
	www.interference.com /webstore/us/product/B00005BCK0.htm (1273 words)

	BBC - Action Network - Sustainable Small Community Wind farms
		On the whole I am against wind farms in that they seem to be placed as far from the the communities that need large amounts of power, ie cities, as it is possible to be.
		However some communities in the rural areas want windfarms because of the possibility of local employment and their views must not be seen as secondary to large landowners, walkers etc who do not live in the area.
		The idea behind our wind park is that the profits stay as local as possible, for use in community projects whilst the site also functions as a tourist site (by use of a viewing platform, from which the whole clyde valley will be visible).
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/actionnetwork/A5388429 (697 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- WRITTEN ON THE WIND
		WRITTEN ON THE WIND is a pretty steamy tale of jealousy, lust and murder, which certainly pushed the limits of censorship in 1956.
		The plot of WRITTEN ON THE WIND sounds like pure soap opera, but the script by George Zuckerman is well written and the performances are all first rate.
		WRITTEN ON THE WIND was filmed in glorious Technicolor and Sirk uses color continuously throughout the film to ramp up the audience's response to the story playing out on the screen.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd2/reviews/written-on-the-wind-dvd.htm (997 words)

	DVD Review: Written On The Wind(Criterion)
		The second of Criterion's recent releases of director Douglas Sirk's work (the other being "All That Heaven Allows"), "Written On The Wind" is another in the romantic melodrama genre that Sirk was famed for providing works for.
		The performances throughout "Written" are terrific - Malone even won an Oscar for her portrayal of the sexy Marylee.
		SOUND: "Written on the Wind" is presented with mono audio and, like "All That Heaven Allows", works well simply due to the fact that the audio quality remains noticably above-average in comparison to many other thin, hollow-sounding mono presentations of the era.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews2/writtenonwindccdvd.html (656 words)

	Wind Farms: 4 Apr 2005: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		As part of the planning process for wind farms in the UK, developers have to provide environmental assessments of their proposals which consider impacts on a range of factors, including those related to birds.
		The DTI advises wind farm developers to make early contact with these organisations as part of their preparatory planning for wind farm projects.
		Experience from other countries shows that badly sited wind farms can have impacts on birds, for example, Altamont Pass in California where there is extensive wind development and also a high year-round raptor use which has led to high bird mortality rates.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2005-04-04.224530.h (294 words)

	The answer is not written in the wind \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		One of the main drawbacks, however, is that sometimes the wind doesn't blow and at other times it blows so hard that the turbines have to be shut down.
		The more wind power you have, the more back-up you need, and if that back-up capacity is only being used part of the time it will be expensive to build and could be more environmentally damaging to run.
		In a forthcoming article for the Institution of Civil Engineering, he says wind power will "do nothing" to offset the inevitable loss of firm generating capacity, and £40bn-£50bn needs to be spent by 2020 on new generating capacity from a diversity of sources.
	www.guardian.co.uk /renewable/Story/0,2763,1599240,00.html (1122 words)

	News for a Synergic Earth :
		Wind power's ascendance has been so stunning that advocates are now rallying around an idea that would have seemed preposterous just a couple of years ago: that the wind could supply 12 percent of the world's electrical demand by 2020.
		One of the most important reasons is that clean, renewable wind power comes with a serious hitch: while conventional power plants yield a steady stream of electricity, wind turbines often ply turbulent gusts and therefore spit out an irregular stream of electricity that is tough for power grids to swallow.
		Not only are the technologies making wind power more palatable to grid operators, they are even making it possible for engineers to finally harness wind energy's tremendous potential in wind-swept, remote locales.
	www.synearth.net /2003/08/20.html (917 words)

	Written on the Wind - DVD Movie Central
		Written on the Wind is a superb tale of failure, frustration and fear in the confines of a wealthy oil family.
		The wind, as imbedded in the title, is clearly representative of things being stirred up, and it always makes its presence felt at the most crucial moments.
		Written on the Wind is a fitting film to commemorate the career and style of Douglas Sirk.
	www.dvdmoviecentral.com /ReviewsText/written_on_the_wind.htm (868 words)

	Wind Turbines: 9 Feb 2006: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		Applications for consent for wind farms submitted to the DTI are accompanied by an environmental impact assessment that includes details of the likely impact of the project in question on the environment and wildlife, among other things.
		This ensures that decisions on whether to grant consent for a wind farm are considered in the light of the best available information about its likely impacts.
		This has included a joint study with wind farm developers and DEFRA to collect data on the distribution of sea birds in the three strategic offshore wind farm areas, the results of which will inform decisions on the grant of consent for wind farm projects in those areas.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2006-02-09a.49603.h (357 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies :: Written on the Wind (xhtml)
		To appreciate a film like ``Written on the Wind'' probably takes more sophistication than to understand one of Ingmar Bergman's masterpieces, because Bergman's themes are visible and underlined, while with Sirk the style conceals the message.
		Sirk did not cast his films by accident, and one of the pleasures of ``Written on the Wind'' is the way he exaggerates the natural qualities of his actors and then uses them ironically.
		To appreciate the trashiness of ``Written on the Wind'' is not to condescend to it.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980118/REVIEWS08/401010373/1023 (1324 words)

	CGnetpage2
		Indeed, wind power can never close a power station of any sort, because when the wind does not blow wind turbines produce no electricity and need a back up from a power station matching their capacity if there is not to be a power cut.
		For these properties the wind direction is immaterial and the noise is constant and during summer nights it was not possible for the occupants to sleep with the window open due to the noise...
		Wind" farms" are such a recent phenomenon that it is hard to be certain of their long-term ecological impact.
	www.countryguardian.net /case.htm (11669 words)

	Written on the Wind (Daughters of Fortune, 1)
		In Written on the Wind, Cameron Hayes’ determination to distance herself from her famous father and establish herself as a journalist finds her back in her beloved Russia, now threatened by Hitler's greed.
		In "Written on the Wind," readers are instantly plunged into the intrigue that fills the lives of the Hayes sisters.
		Above all, it was unfortunate that while some of the history and geography in "Written on the Wind" was fascinating, some was simply overwhelming and boring.
	thegreatlands.com /store/0764226088.php (1040 words)

	AEI - Short Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A strong wind blew Democrats into Congress that year on a pledge to "save Social Security." In contrast, winds were calm in 1986.
		When the winds calmed in 1986, many of those new Republican senators were left at sea.
		The winds blew in an anti-incumbent direction: It was one of those rare elections in which incumbents of both major political parties tended to see their margins of victory diminish.
	www.aei.org /publications/filter.all,pubID.14275/pub_detail.asp (942 words)

	Written on the Wind Movie: Written on the Wind DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Written on the Wind Movie: Written on the Wind DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Douglas Sirk whips up a devastating maelstrom of melodrama in WRITTEN ON THE WIND, the explosive tale of the Hadleys, a wealthy Texas oil family whose debauched members are on a crash course for self-destruction.
		From the windswept drunken car ride and pistol shot opening the film, Sirk leads an artful backward glance at the misjudgments, cruelty and bad faith that led the Hadleys and their unfortunate hangers-on to the point of no return.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/715515011525IE (267 words)

	Sierra Club's Southern California Regional Conservation Committee Wind Energy Policy
		When this policy statement was written, wind development in California had been underway for four years and was at a frenzy that hasn't been seen since.
		Definition: wind energy conversion systems (WECS) are used to change the kinetic energy of the wind to useful mechanical energy, or by means of generators, to electricity.
		Develop those areas first which are rated as excellent (average wind speeds in excess of 14 mph) by the California Energy Commission to be sure maximum energy is produced to justify the large land areas required by windfarms, or where co-located with other energy or industrial facilities results in a net benefit.
	www.wind-works.org /articles/SCSCRCWind.html (1349 words)

	God's Judgment Written On The Wind
		The East Wind is the wind of the Lord.
		After the East Wind of God's judgment has blown upon the earth, the refreshing South Wind will blow upon those who have endured unto the end and are predestined to become part of the Kingdom of God.
		19.The West Wind blows from the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the sun and represents the _ _ _ of the age.
	www.newfoundationspubl.org /wind.htm (7436 words)

	Written on the Wind Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		A compelling chronicle of the last days of a Texas oil dynasty, Written on the Wind may be the ultimate Douglas Sirk movie.
		Marriage to cool-headed Lucy (Lauren Bacall) briefly arrests Kyle's decline; but after the newlyweds return to the Hadley homestead, things go downhill fast, thanks in part to the influence of Kyle's kid sister Marylee (Dorothy Malone), a fervent nymphomaniac with a desperate, futile yearning for Mitch and for her lost childhood.
		The DVD includes original trailers for Written on the Wind ("The most revealing study of human emotions ever attempted on the screen!") and for Sirk's All That Heaven Allows, which Criterion has also released on DVD.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=4602&LF=MRM&LF=MRP (853 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Written on the Wind at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		And although I am partial to 'Imitation of Life', this film 'Written on the Wind' is also worthy of consideration as a defining film of the decade.
		'Written on the Wind' begins with a title song (remember those?) written by Victor Young and Sammy Cahn and sung by the Four Aces.
		And is there a key to Mitch's bi-sexuality in 'Written on the Wind?' Ah, the color 'gaffe.' This is a big budget film Mistakes were not made.
	www.epinions.com /content_42145844868 (1185 words)

	Written on the Wind
		Orr, Christopher, "Written on the Wind and the Ideology of Adaptation," in Film Criticism (Meadville, Pennsylvania), Spring 1985.
		These are all clearly significant elements in Written on the Wind, where a highly authentic recreation of the "21 Club" is juxtaposed with ridiculous rear-projections and back-drops, and characters are surrounded by eerily coloured walls and mirrored surfaces.
		Such a reading of Written on the Wind was encouraged by Sirk himself, who worked with Brecht in the German theatre and believed in his principles (hinging on the idea of audience distanciation which results in detached intellectual analysis rather than emotional catharsis).
	www.filmreference.com /Films-Wi-Z/Written-on-the-Wind.html (1283 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Douglas Sirk on DVD
		Written on the Wind is an apt companion to All That Heaven Allows.
		Written on the Wind’s good girl should have been played by Doris Day, Jean Simmons, Deborah Kerr, Eva Marie Saint, or … anyone but Lauren Bacall.
		Written on the Wind is a bit slimmer, with a Sirk filmography that features rare production, publicity stills, behind-the-scenes photos, and lobby cards; and original theatrical trailers for both Heaven and Written.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /34/sirk.html (1457 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Written on the Wind
		When its director, Douglas Sirk, said Written on the Wind was “a film about failure,” he hardly did justice to the way pent-up, unfulfilled sexuality spills onto the screen and into the visual excess that has come to be considered his cinematic signature.
		Failure and frustration are the forces that drive Written on the Wind: Robert Stack’s Kyle Hadley drowns his sexual insecurity in alcoholism, and Dorothy Malone, as his sister Marylee, forgets her unrequited love for Mitch Wayne (Rock Hudson) with promiscuous pick-ups.
		In Written on the Wind, for instance, Sirk carefully color-codes his characters and their relationships.
	www.criterion.com /asp/release.asp?id=96&eid=104§ion=essay (691 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Blowin' in the Windl
		There is even a rumor circulating that Dylan did not write "Blowin' in the Wind," that it was written by a Millburn (N.J.) High student named Lorre Wyatt, who sold it to the singer.
		Svedburg brought up an old story that a high school student named Lorre Wyatt had written "Blowin' in the Wind" and sold it to Dylan for a thousand dollars and, while carefully avoiding saying Wyatt had written the song, she managed to sow a large seed of doubt by implication.
		Some would even put forth the theory that Dylan had coincidentally written a different song also titled "Blowin' in the Wind" at about the same time Wyatt wrote his version, and, finding Wyatt's composition to be superior to his own, Dylan secured copyright protection for that version in place of his own.
	www.snopes.com /music/songs/blowin.asp (1943 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		You wouldn't think that you could enjoy a book about such a terrible event, but Anne Dublin has written one that is exciting and scary enough to give you that delicious shudder up your back.
		The book is called Written on the Wind, and was published this year by Hodgepog Books.
		On Friday night after the Shabbat dinner, there was a strong wind, and Sarah's parents told her to stay on the porch, but allowed Michael - to Sarah's fury - to go to his friend's house.
	www.cjnews.com /pastissues/02/jun6-02/kidsandteens/kids.htm (498 words)

	Memo, leaders: the answers are blowing in the wind - Editorial - Opinion
		It may be, if not the winds of change, then a slight breeze, blowing through the corridors of power.
		There are two subjects written on the wind: Iraq and climate change.
		Yet he has been around long enough to know that "the political climate is always changeable … and he who doesn't take a raincoat or an umbrella in politics is being very unwise".
	www.theage.com.au /news/editorial/memo-leaders-the-answers-are-blowing-in-the-wind/2006/11/17/1163266779337.html (1083 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Written on the Wind: The Criterion Collection
		A crazy cross between George Stevens' Giant and the TV series "Dallas," Written on the Wind (1956) is a lush, satirical, yet ultimately serious melodrama about love and lust within a wealthy Texas oil family.
		Though Sirk's film is hailed in today's quarterlies as a great satiric poke in the placid '50s eyeball, at the time of its release the film was charged with bringing an unwanted frankness and honesty about intimate relations to the screen — which no doubt was the source of its great popularity.
		Supplements include the theatrical trailers for Written on the Wind and All That Heaven Allows, and liner notes by film theorist Laura Mulvey, which gives a brisk summary of the director and his place in history.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/w/writtenonthewind_cc.q.shtml (425 words)

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