Under this model, the state is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with the powers associated with the other branches. The typical division of branches is into a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary. It can be contrasted with the fusion of powers in a parliamentary system where the executive and legislature (and sometimes parts of the judiciary) are unified.
Gein served as a model for several book and film characters, most notably such fictional serial killers as Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs) and Bloody Face (American Horror Story).
By his own count, he killed 4,280 head of buffalo in seventeen months. He is supposed to have won the name Buffalo Bill in an eight-hour shooting match with a hunter named William Comstock, presumably to determine which of the two Buffalo Bill s deserved the title.Beginning in 1868, Cody returned to his work for the Army.y his own count, he killed 4,280 head of buffalo in seventeen months. He is supposed to have won the name Buffalo Bill in an eight-hour shooting match with a hunter named William Comstock, presumably to determine which of the two Buffalo Bill s deserved the title.