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WITCH-SLAPPED: Peaches Christ, Chad Michaels & Miss Coco Peru Talk The Witches of Eastwick

by Jason LeRoy (@jason_leroy)

When it was first released in 1987, the sly, sexually charged comic fantasy The Witches of Eastwick boasted one of the most star-powered casts of its decade—timeless screen goddesses Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer play a trio of unhappy Rhode Island women who gradually discover their witchy powers when confronted with the devilishly seductive Daryl (Jack Nicholson).

So, when the time came for midnight movie priestess Peaches Christ to give this classic film her inimitable stage-show treatment, she asked two of drag’s most celebrated leading ladies to join her in the cast: the iconic Miss Coco Peru, one of drag’s most recognizable faces thanks to her signature copper-red flip and hilarious appearances in movies and TV shows like Trick, Will & Grace, and Arrested Development; and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner Chad Michaels, a consummate drag professional and the world’s foremost Cher impersonator (guess which part he’s playing?). Add film and TV star Thomas Dekker (Backstrom, All About Evil) in the role of Daryl, and you’ve got the ingredients for an outrageus, irreverent stage spectacular. It all goes down at the Castro Theatre on March 21, with performances at both 3 and 8 p.m.

Below, we chat with Peaches, Chad, and Coco about the origins of this show, Chad’s evolving Cher character, Coco’s thoughts on Drag Race, and much more.

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FATHER CHRISTMAS: A Celebration of Bob Clark

By Michael Varrati

While it’s true that we’re a generally a non-traditional bunch, Christmas has always been something of a special time here at Midnight Mass HQ. Beyond the fact that the holiday signifies the birthday of Peaches’ most fierce relative, we tend to appreciate the season for its ability to bring people together to celebrate in warmth and good cheer.

However, you need not worry that we’ve somehow gone soft on you. We’re still very much a merry bunch of miscreants, and one of the reasons we love Christmas so much is for the overwhelming abundance of seasonal scare films. For regular devotees of both the site and Peaches’ live shows, it’s a well-known fact that the only thing we like better than a white Christmas is a bloody one. With past stage show extravaganza presentations of films like Christmas Evil, Edward Scissorhands, and The Shining, Peaches has given the denizens of San Francisco a bevy of gore-soaked holidays spectaculars to rival the Rockettes. Furthermore, in addition to participating in some of the aforementioned shows, I have (to a much lesser degree) attempted to carry on this celebration in an annual Christmas article highlighting some of horror cinema’s finer festive frights. In previous years, I’ve treated you to a Silent Night, Deadly  Night franchise retrospective, provided you with “the most comprehensive interview in existence” with Christmas Evil director Lewis Jackson (his words), and done a variety of re-caps of Peaches’ live holiday shows.

This year, I want to go back to basics and talk to you a little bit about a man who, for many, is the very embodiment of Christmas cinema.

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Peaches Christ’s Top 20 Female Movie Duos

by Jason LeRoy

On November 22 at the Castro Theatre, Peaches Christ will give her spectacular trademark treatment to one of the most beloved cult favorites of the ‘90s: the Mira Sorvino-Lisa Kudrow classic Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion! To celebrate this occasion, Peaches decided to count down her favorite onscreen lady-duos of all time.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: BenDeLaCreme Talks Hocus Pocus, American Horror Story, and Being a Najimy

by Jason LeRoy

From Baby Jane and Blanche to Beyoncé and Solange, show business has always loved a sister story. With that in mind, Peaches Christ Productions is inaugurating this year’s Halloween season with a can’t-miss production starring the leading siblings of the drag world: Seattle sisters BenDeLaCreme, fresh from being crowned Miss Congeniality on RuPaul’s Drag Race season 6, and season 5 champ Jinkx Monsoon, who previously collaborated with Peaches Christ on a sold-out touring production of Grey Gardens.

These two nellies of the northwest are teaming up with Ms. Christ for a tribute to one of the biggest cult favorites of the ‘90s, and arguably the gayest Halloween movie in history, Disney’s Hocus Pocus! Sinister shenanigans will run amok, amok, amok at the Castro Theatre on Saturday, September 27, with performances at both 3 and 8 p.m. Below, the “terminally delightful” BenDeLaCreme discusses what fans can expect from the show, ‘90s nostalgia, and the time Jinkx Monsoon gave a crystal to RuPaul.

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Peaches Christ’s Top 10 NC-17 Faves

by Jason LeRoy

Well darlins, it’s that time of year again—Peaches Christ is presenting her glorious annual tribute to the immortal apex of naked ambition, natural talent, and nuanced line readings known as Showgirls.  And since it’s the 17th year Peaches is erupting out of that iconic Cristal Connors volcano, she decided to christen it the NC-17th Annual Showgirls. Come on down to the Castro Theatre on Saturday, August 23, to witness an unforgettable stage show starring Peaches, her tragic and flawed sidekick Martiny, Lady Bear, Mahlae Balenciaga—and none other than original Showgirls cast member Rena Riffel! The festivities begin at 8 p.m. and tickets are available at peacheschrist.com.

Since it’s the NC-17th screening, Peaches decided this would be a great opportunity to count down her top 10 favorite films to ever get this notorious rating. The NC-17 was first introduced in 1990 to replace the X (which used to be an actual rating, not just boilerplate porn marketing language). While several classic films succeeded despite receiving X ratings—including Midnight Cowboy, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, and Last Tango in Paris—it gradually became synonymous with so-called “adult movies” during the home-video porn boom of the ‘70s and ‘80s. When several high-profile art films, including one listed below, were given the damning X rating in 1989, the MPAA finally lurched into action after years of complaints and created a new rating intended for films that have explicit adult content but aren’t pornography: the NC-17 rating, meaning “No Children Under 17 Allowed.”

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VISIONS OF OZ: A Cinematic Odyssey Over the Rainbow

By Michael Varrati

In this age of reboots, remakes, and reimaginings, it’s not uncommon to hear the modern film fan wax nostalgic for an era of cinema when all the ideas were fresh and new. While there is certainly merit to the nitpicks of these proud protectors of celluloid, often the righteous few forget that some of the silver screen’s most audacious, genre-defining moments were actually remakes or reimaginings of previous works.

John Carpenter’s The Thing comes to mind, adapted from Howard Hawks’ The Thing from Another World. Also, David Cronenberg’s definitive body-horror epic, The Fly, which originally hit the screens in an earlier, safer incarnation starring Vincent Price.

But perhaps the most beloved and popular remake of all time is one that many people may not even be aware is a remake. Now, I don’t mean to cause any disenchantment here, but the hard truth remains that the gem of 1939 and perennial classic The Wizard of Oz is not the story’s first filmic representation, and to the shock of gays everywhere, Judy Garland is not the first Dorothy. While it is an inarguable fact that The Wizard of Oz is a groundbreaking entry into the world of motion pictures, and its place in history is well-earned, it is certainly not the first comer to the land of Oz. Hell, it’s not even second or third.

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Sharon Needles on Loving the Wicked Witch, Hating Elphaba, and Being “the New Judy Garland”

by Jason LeRoy

When Peaches Christ and Sharon Needles first worked together in 2012, they played among the most iconic characters in movie history in THE SILENCE OF THE TRANS. Last year, they were ‘90s teen-angst witches in THE CRAFT. So for their third annual collaboration, it only makes sense that they’re embodying the most iconic witch story in history, not to mention the movie that single-handedly turned the entire country gay while WWII distracted its leaders.

That’s right: THE WIZARD OF OZ is finally getting the Peaches Christ treatment!

Peaches will embrace her inner Judy complex in the role of Peachy Gale, and Sharon—the high priestess of Party City herself—will go green in a totally non-environmental way (all that hairspray is hell on the ozone layer) as the Wicked Witch. It’ll be a tornado of excitement when we gather at another queer institution beloved by old queens, the Castro Theatre, on Saturday, July 12 at 3 and 8pm—ONE DAY ONLY!

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By Jason LeRoy

Are you tired of buying the usual dull Mother’s Day gifts? Well, your mom is tired of getting them. She’s had it with flowers and perfume and being taken out to lunch someplace boring where you know you won’t run into any of your tricks.

Since your fed-up mom is craving something different, why not take her to a celebration of the most hilariously lethal fed-up mom in movie history: Beverly Sutphin, legendarily portrayed by Kathleen Turner in cult-movie godfather John Waters’ 1994 classic Serial Mom!

For its 20th anniversary, Serial Mom is getting the full Peaches Christ treatment, including an all-new stage show inspired by the movie—plus Misty Sutphin herself, pop culture icon Ricki Lake, live and in person for a post-show Q&A (conducted by Ms. Christ) and merchandise signing.

Heads will roll at the Castro Theatre on Saturday, May 10, at 8 p.m. In the meantime, check out Peaches Christ’s handpicked list of the 20 greatest moms in movie history, including her commentary.

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By Michael Varrati

Just as hearing certain songs can instantly transport us to times gone by; there are some cinematic experiences that will always contain the stamp of the film’s initial viewing. However, it’s more than just remembering the first time you saw a movie. Some films carry with them attributes that are almost impossible to describe, an “it factor” that serves as a perfect culmination of the movie’s content and where you happen to be in your own life. It’s a little cinematic synergy, if you will, that makes that particular flick special to you in ways that aren’t always easy to put into available words. It just clicks. You know them when you find them, and, as the film geeks we are, you cherish them deeply.

For me, Amy Heckerling’s Clueless is one of those movies.

In the summer of 1995, my family had taken a brief respite to the small city of Flagstaff, Arizona. I remember distinctly that it was the month of July, because it was that long stretch of the season that tends to be almost creepily hot.  When I wasn’t spending my time by the pool or trying to raise money to buy a new Super Nintendo game, I was most typically glued to MTV. I know it may seem weird to the kids of today, but the once proud network had not yet slipped into the reality TV abyss and was still pumping out some pretty hip content. Even as a kid, I wasn’t particularly one to fall for ad campaigns or the latest trends, but somewhere in the midst of Road Rules reruns and Blind Melon videos, I started to take notice MTV was aggressively promoting this teen flick about a Beverly Hills mallrat.

After about a week of getting inundated with Alicia Silverstone (who I had previously only known as “that Aerosmith girl”), I caved and cajoled my mom into taking me to Flagstaff’s little theater to see the movie.

…and dare I say? It was love at first sight.

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AS IF: Willam Talks Clueless, Drag Race, and Aspiring to be Vanna White

by Jason LeRoy

After a prolific 2013 that saw collaborations with queens such as Jinkx Monsoon, Sharon Needles, and Alaska Thunderfuck, midnight movie priestess Peaches Christ is kicking off her 2014 programming slate by working with one of the most notorious RuPaul’s Drag Race girls of them all: the one and only Willam Belli, whose controversial appearance (and unexplained disqualification) on the show’s fourth season made him one of the most talked-about contestants in the show’s history. Not that Willam needed the scandal to make an impression—from his Barbie-pretty looks to his fantastically dry wit, he was always destined to be a contender.

Now Willam will bring those assets to Peaches Christ’s first tribute to the ‘90s mega-classic Clueless. In an all-new original pre-show called Get a Clue!, Willam will play a character based on Alicia Silverstone’s Cher, Christ will pay homage to Brittany Murphy’s hapless Tai, and Mahlae Balenciaga will embody Stacey Dash’s non-polyester-hair-wearing Dionne. Baldwins, Bettys, and—yes—even Monets can check it out at the Castro Theatre on Saturday, March 8, at 8 p.m. Here’s a full transcript of my chat with Willam, who was recovering from the RuPaul’s Drag Race Battle of the Seasons at the time of our conversation.

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If you're coming in from out of town for a Peaches Christ Productions event, by sure to stay at our favorite hotel, the Mark Twain!

Take a peek inside the main office over at Peaches Christ Productions. This short film stars all your favorites, including Martiny, Lady Bear, and L. Ron Hubby.

Ever wonder about how Peaches’ wigs are made? Or how she’s always able to keep up with the demand for her fabulous merchandise? What about this constant touring and relentless appearance calendar? How does she keep at it? Just who or what is behind the satanic machinery that is Peaches Christ Productions? What keeps it going? All these questions and more are answered in Children of the Popcorn. Watch, and become one of us!

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Ascent of Mount Everest on 1990-05-14

Climber: David J. Rhude

Others in Party:Peter Hillary
Gary Ball
Rob Hall
Mickey Rueterswald
Johan Lange
Oskar Khilborg
Rudy von Schneck
Karen Fellerhoff
Date:Monday, May 14, 1990
Ascent Type:Unsuccessful - Turned Back
Peak:Mount Everest
    Elevation:5791 m / 19000 ft

Ascent Trip Report

fly to Lukla airfield, meet up with xx from Switzerland and hike with local guide to Namche Baazar and on to Everest Base Camp.
Summary Total Data
    Elevation Gain:3048 m / 10000 ft
    Trailhead:Lukla  2743 m / 9000 ft
    Route Conditions:
Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail, Snow on Ground, Glacier Climb, Ice Climb
    Gear Used:
Ice Axe, Crampons, Rope, Tent Camp
    Nights Spent:60 nights away from roads
Ascent Statistics
    Time Up:12 Days
Descent Statistics
    Time Down:5 Days

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Ascent of Algonquin Peak on 2012-10-27

Climber: François Desaulniers

Others in Party:Louis
Date:Saturday, October 27, 2012
Ascent Type:Successful Summit Attained
Peak:Algonquin Peak
    Location:USA-New York
    Elevation:5115 ft / 1559 m
Summary Total Data
    Quality:8 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)
    Route Conditions:
Maintained Trail, Scramble
    Gear Used:
Ski Poles
    Weather:Cool, Windy, Overcast
Ascent Part of Trip: 2012 Iroquois-Algonquin-Wright

Complete Trip Sequence:
1Boundary Peak2012-10-27
2Iroquois Peak2012-10-27
3Algonquin Peak2012-10-27
4Wright Peak2012-10-27

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Peakbagging Page for Robert Bates

Personal Climb Logs

The links below take you to dynamically generated lists of Robert Bates's peakbagging activity.

  • Ascent List: List of Robert Bates's hikes, climbs, summits, and attempts.
  • Peak List: List of distinct summits attained, with peak statistics. Includes a peak's "Personal Isolation".
  • List of Lists: Peakbagging Lists that Robert Bates is pursuing, showing progress for each list by number and percent of peaks climbed.
  • Trip Report Index: Same as the main climb list, but only showing climbs with trip reports and/or GPS Tracks.
  • Unsuccessful Ascent List: A badge of honor for real climbers--lessons learned when turning back.
  • Multiple Ascents List: A listing of all peaks climbed more than once.
  • NEW! Progressive Peak List: Time-ordered progressive lists for eight different metrics.
  • Master Peak Map: Interactive worldwide map showing all peaks climbed, color-coded by elevation or prominence.

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Time-Period Summary Reports

These reports show number of peaks climbed, highest point reached, and other statistics grouped by year or month.

Quick Top 10 Lists/Peaks

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List% Complete
Canada 4000-meter Peaks3.6
Canada Peaks with over 7000 feet of Prominence3.3
USA/Canada Peaks with 7000 feet of Prominence1.5
North America Peaks with 2000 meters of Prominence1
World Top 100 by Prominence1
North America 14,000-foot Peaks1
USA/Canada Range4 High Points0.5
1500-meter Prominence Peak with Ascents0.2
World 1500 m (4921 ft) Prominence Peaks0.1
World 600 m (1969 ft) Prominence Peaks0
Highest Peaks Climbed
Mount Lucania17192Canada-YT
Most Prominent Peaks Climbed
Mount Lucania9974Canada-YT

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Washington State Triple Divide Points

Minimum basin size of 100 square miles

RankPeak Elev-Ft Basin 1Basin 2Basin 3Range (Level 5)Ascent Date
2.West Peak-Northeast Ridge7120QuinaultDosewallipsElwhaCentral Olympic Mountains
5.Mount Noyes6173QuinaultQueetsElwhaCentral Olympic Mountains
7.Bear Pass Peak5833HohQueetsElwhaCentral Olympic Mountains
6.Dishpan Gap North5892SkagitSnohomishColumbiaGlacier Peak-North Stevens Pass Area
1.Mount Rainier-Southeast Crater Rim14,200PuyallupNisquallyColumbiaMount Rainier Area
13.Columbia-Nisqually-Deschutes Triple Divide3800Deschutes [WA]NisquallyColumbiaMount Rainier Area
14.Lookout Peak-South Ridge3400ChehalisDeschutes [WA]ColumbiaMount Rainier Area
4.Del Campo Peak6610SkagitSnohomishStillaguamishMountain Loop Area
2.Mount Cameron-Middle Peak7120DosewallipsDungenessElwhaNorth-Central Olympic Mountains
9.High Divide-Soleduck Park5300QuillayuteHohElwhaNorthwest Olympics
8.Windy Gap North5520PuyallupDuwamishColumbiaSouth Cascade Crest
10.Meadow Mountain-Northeast Peak5125DuwamishLake WashingtonColumbiaSouth Cascade Crest
11.South Silver Peak5040SnohomishLake WashingtonColumbiaSouth Cascade Crest
12.Chehalis-Skokomish-Quinault Triple Divide4480ChehalisQuinaultSkokomishSouthern Olympic Mountains

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List Description

To be on this list, a peak must be the triple divide point of three basins of rivers that reach marine water, and the smallest of these basins must be over 100 square miles. This last condition excludes what could easily be hundreds of peaks that are triple divides that involve tiny coastal creeks. Even some relatively well-known rivers like the Hamma-Hamma have areas under 100 square miles.

Mount Rainier, if taken as single massif, is the triple divide of the Columbia, Puyallup, and Nisqually. But there is a small crater at the summit of Rainier that forms a small (35 acre) basin that neither drains to the ocean nor is over the size threshold. So the three triple divides on the Rainier crater rim (Puyallup-Nisqually-Crater; Nisqually-Columbia-Crater; and Puyallup-Columbia-Crater) do not make this list.

So, with Rainier excluded, the remainder of the list is almost entirely a bunch of very obscure and unnamed hills, points, and sub-peaks. Del Campo Peak is the only well-known summit on the list, and Mount Noyes in the Olympics the only other one that even has an official name. West Peak, a major Olympic summit, is very close to being a triple divide (the Olympic Climbers Guide says so), but looking closely at the map shows that the real hydrographic junction is a couple hundred yards northest of the summit.

For the jaded Washington peakbagger looking for a new challenge, this list might be a worthwhile objective—it has an innate geographic appeal to it, and a manageable number of peaks, most of which are rarely climbed or even known about.

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Man of Steel opened yesterday, a much-anticipated reboot of the story of Superman¡¯s origins. The title character is played by British actor Henry Cavill, who appeared at the June 12 U.K. premier of the movie in London sporting a Tom Ford suit and an Omega Seamaster wristwatch. It has been reported that in 2005 Cavill was a contender to www.attrinity.com play the new James Bond in Casino Royale, which hit theaters in 2006. Apparently, the producers found him too ¡°young¡± for the role at the time, and it was given to Daniel Craig. This is interesting because both James Bond and Daniel Craig are Omega ambassadors, though both of their model choices generally fall in the sporty Seamaster direction. The version of the elegant Omega Seamaster that Cavill sports includes an annual calendar function. This replica omega Seamaster addition to the automatic movement displays day and date, and will only need to be manually corrected on March 1 due to the differing lengths of February. One very notable thing about the Seamaster¡ªand every other movement now made by Omega¡ªis that it contains the Co-Axial escapement invented by Dr. George Daniels and serialized by Omega over the course of more than ten years to make it perfect for use in a wristwatch movement. The finely finished movement can be seen through the sapphire crystal case back of this officially certified chronometer¡ªwhich means that the movement has undergone a series of grueling tests performed by Switzerland¡¯s Contr?le Official Suisse de Chronom¨¨tres (C.O.S.C. for short), a non-profit organization established in 1973 in Switzerland to certify accuracy. The version that Cahill wears is housed in a 41 mm red gold case that is water-resistant to 100 meters. On a brown leather strap it retails for $23,900 in the United States.

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James Peak, Utah

Prominence: 2261 ft, 690 m

Elevation: 9421 feet, 2872 meters

Approx. Isolation: 8.94 mi, 14.39 km
Elevation Info:NAVD88 Elevation: 9425 ft / 2873 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)41° 23' 29'' N; 111° 47' 35'' W
41.39136, -111.792951 (Dec Deg)
433707E 4582507N Zone 12 (UTM)
CountryUnited States
County/Second Level RegionCache

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     Utah Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #66)

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     2009-06-19 by Dean Molen
     2010-05-08 by Eric Maughan
     2011-09-24 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)
     2012-07-24 by Dennis Barrett

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ProminenceKey Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2261 ft/690 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 2301 ft/702 m
  Key Col: 7160 ft/2182 m
Isolation8.94 mi/14.39 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Ben Lomond  (WSW)
Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.
RangesContinent: North America
Range2: Rocky Mountains
Range3: Western Rocky Mountains
Range4: Wasatch Range
Range5: Northern Wasatch Range
Drainage Basins
Great Salt Lake
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Great Salt Lake
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage
OwnershipLand: Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Topo MapJames Peak O41111d7 1:24,000

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Man of Steel opened yesterday, a much-anticipated reboot of the story of Superman¡¯s origins. The title character is played by British actor Henry Cavill, who appeared at the June 12 U.K. premier of the movie in London sporting a Tom Ford suit and an Omega Seamaster wristwatch. It has been reported that in 2005 Cavill was a contender to www.attrinity.com play the new James Bond in Casino Royale, which hit theaters in 2006. Apparently, the producers found him too ¡°young¡± for the role at the time, and it was given to Daniel Craig. This is interesting because both James Bond and Daniel Craig are Omega ambassadors, though both of their model choices generally fall in the sporty Seamaster direction. The version of the elegant Omega Seamaster that Cavill sports includes an annual calendar function. This replica omega Seamaster addition to the automatic movement displays day and date, and will only need to be manually corrected on March 1 due to the differing lengths of February. One very notable thing about the Seamaster¡ªand every other movement now made by Omega¡ªis that it contains the Co-Axial escapement invented by Dr. George Daniels and serialized by Omega over the course of more than ten years to make it perfect for use in a wristwatch movement. The finely finished movement can be seen through the sapphire crystal case back of this officially certified chronometer¡ªwhich means that the movement has undergone a series of grueling tests performed by Switzerland¡¯s Contr?le Official Suisse de Chronom¨¨tres (C.O.S.C. for short), a non-profit organization established in 1973 in Switzerland to certify accuracy. The version that Cahill wears is housed in a 41 mm red gold case that is water-resistant to 100 meters. On a brown leather strap it retails for $23,900 in the United States.

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Heartbeat Peak, Colorado

Prominence: 391 ft, 119 m

Elevation: 12,251 feet, 3734 meters

Approx. Isolation: 2.05 mi, 3.3 km
Elevation Info:NAVD88 Elevation: 12,257 ft / 3736 m
Peak TypeUnofficially Named Peak
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)39° 52' 52'' N; 105° 41' 54'' W
39.88108, -105.698231 (Dec Deg)
440296E 4414792N Zone 13 (UTM)
CountryUnited States
County/Second Level RegionGilpin

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ProminenceKey Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 391 ft/119 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 391 ft/119 m
  Key Col: 11,860 ft/3615 m
Isolation2.05 mi/3.3 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    James Peak  (SSE)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
RangesContinent: North America
Range2: Rocky Mountains
Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains
Range4: Front Range
Range5: Central Front Range
Range6: James Peak Area
Drainage Basins
Gulf of California
Pacific Ocean

South Platte
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
OwnershipLand: Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: James Peak Wilderness Area
Topo MapEast Portal O39105h6 1:24,000
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Prominence: 1733 ft, 528 m

Elevation: 7425 feet, 2263 meters

Approx. Isolation: 7.14 mi, 11.49 km
Elevation Info:NAVD88 Elevation: 7429 ft / 2264 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)40° 37' 58'' N; 121° 2' 8'' W
40.63284, -121.035424 (Dec Deg)
666142E 4499855N Zone 10 (UTM)
CountryUnited States
County/Second Level RegionLassen

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  Key Col: 5692 ft/1735 m
Isolation7.14 mi/11.49 km
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Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.
RangesContinent: North America
Range2: Intermountain West
Range3: Great Basin Ranges
Range4: Northwest Great Basin Ranges
Range5: Modoc-Lassen Plateau
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Prominence: 0 ft, 0 m

Elevation: 11,200+ feet, 3414+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 0.29 mi, 0.46 km
Elevation Info:Elevation range: 11,200 - 11,240 ft
    (40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation: 11,205 ft / 3416 m
    (Range 11,205 - 11,245 ft)
Peak TypeSub-Peak, subsidiary to Webber Peak
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)44° 20' 37'' N; 112° 48' 38'' W
44.343636, -112.810554 (Dec Deg)
355680E 4911635N Zone 12 (UTM)
CountryUnited States
County/Second Level RegionClark (Highest Point)

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  Line Parent: Webber Peak
  Key Col: 11,200 ft/3414 m
Isolation0.29 mi/0.46 km
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    Webber Peak  (WNW)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
RangesContinent: North America
Range2: Rocky Mountains
Range3: Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains
Range4: Bitterroot Range
Range5: Beaverhead Mountains
Range6: Italian Peaks
Drainage BasinsSnake
Pacific Ocean
OwnershipLand: Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Topo MapScott Peak O44112c7 1:24,000

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Inquisitor Hein
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« Reply #480 on: 02-23-2014 19:15 »

haha.. I laugh ANND  get laid more than you smile

Well, this debate is going places. Somebody pass me a popcorn gif.

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« Reply #481 on: 02-23-2014 19:27 »
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@nugzi: Since Marc (the board's admin) saw fit to delete the portions of my previous post which served to point out your numerous technical errors in sentence construction and the use of language, I shall refrain from affording the same treatment to your response. All I shall say is that your posts are everything that I would expect from an ardent Family Guy fan (see my earlier point regarding unused mental capacity for clarification).

Since Marc is obviously monitoring this conversation, I would caution you to remain on topic, and relate everything you say to the discussion of which cartoon is the best (and by extension, why rabidly defensive fans such as yourself are generally assumed to be undesirable blights on the flesh of humanity).

I laugh ANND  get laid more than you smile

I fail to see what this demonstrates about the quality or sophistication of jokes within animated entertainment (and I somehow doubt that you get laid as often as Nibblonian Leader or Meerkat, never mind my glorious and unhumble self).

I'd imagine that you do laugh more often than I do, but by the same token I don't believe that you laugh as loudly or as long, or that your laughter is as personally fulfilling (see my comments regarding lowest common denominator humour and unused mental capacity, earlier).

You really are adorable Hubert.

So I'm told. But I'm not for you, Sparky. Unfortunately for you, I'm taken and am sexually satisfied enough that I feel no need to indulge in an affair. You must continue to admire me from afar, and to be unrequited.

The last guy who had a crush on me here was given some helpful advice as to how he could simulate the experience of a night in my bed though, and I'll repeat it to you just so that you don't find yourself driven to despair by the unconsummated passion burning within your loins (and it's also something that sounds like it could be a Family Guy sketch, so it's topically relevant - see my note above about sticking to the topic).

I suppose that you could pack your bags and go into the mountains one weekend to shag a bear. It'd be fairly similar to me in that it would be loud, hairy, smelly, grumpy, and likely to take exception to being shagged. It's pretty much as close as you're going to get, and it'll maybe help to give you a little closure.

With our combined strengths we can enter sophistication death match competitions.

I'm reasonably certain that diluting my strengths with your weaknesses would only result in a net decrease to my efficacy. Besides which, I have no burning need to prove myself in such a manner.

I can put you on my shoulders and they will call us Masterblaster

Oh. I see. You just wanted physical contact with my butt and to call me Master. As much as I should probably pretend to be flattered; no.

The fact is (and this is how the above is relevant to the topic, Marc), one's sophistication does not necessarily indicate superiority in any respect. I personally know some quite "unsophisticated" individuals without whom the world would be a decidedly less enriched place.

To pull this discussion back to the main point of the thread, enjoying things like "modern" Simpsons, or Family Guy, doesn't necessarily make one a total worthless buttweasel*. Nor does not having enough general sophistication to enjoy something a little more stimulating. It's just that a large proportion of people who love these things happen to be total worthless buttweasel, and will often go on to demonstrate this after having announced their love for recent episodes of The Simpsons, or Family Guy.

Often, they will then proceed to enumerate exactly why they don't believe themselves to be total worthless buttweasel, but when their "evidence" consists of easily fabricated statements such as "I engage in more frequent sexual activity than others", this itself is an indicator of why they were assumed to be a total worthless buttweasel in the first place.

*Note to Marc/other moderators: You'll see that I'm not actually calling anybody a total worthless buttweasel. Nor does usage of this phrase constitute a violation of the general board rules about remaining PG-13, and keeping things to a standard which would actually be allowable in Futurama itself. I've kept this post within the rules, it's on-topic (as opposed to comments and .gifs about popcorn), and as such I wouldn't expect it to be edited. If you feel the need to do so, perhaps you'd also consider letting me know exactly why, and how I can avoid such censure in the future.

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« Reply #482 on: 02-23-2014 22:11 »

haha.. I laugh ANND  get laid more than you smile  You really are adorable Hubert.
Hey, just a word of advice, saying things like 'I get laid more Ha-Ha' and 'You're old, therefore I am superior' won't get your argument anywhere, whether or not it's taking place virtually or in reality. What you should do in a discussion such as this one is bring up actual points that could encourage support of whatever cartoon you think is underrated. Unless you actually convince us that what you are supporting has legitimate upsides, nobody against you will ever side with you.

Then again, you are engaging in a 'mini-forum war', as I'll call it, So I think it's safe to assume that most of this advice will go straight over your head.  hmpf
Inquisitor Hein
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« Reply #483 on: 02-23-2014 22:32 »
« Last Edit on: 02-23-2014 22:43 »

Hey, just a word of advice, saying things like 'I get laid more Ha-Ha' and 'You're old, therefore I am superior' won't get your argument anywhere, whether or not it's taking place virtually or in reality.

The argument "I get laid, unlike you" also makes one suspect that the poster actually does NOT get laid, considers that a major failure, he wishes to impose his own percieved failure as (in his view) maximum possible insult upon others.

Also "You are old, therefore I am superior" makes even less sense.
The older poster will likely have more life experience, and already have been were the younger one is standing right now. (Of course this is a bit far fetched, as the experience regarding a single subject -e.g. knowledge about Futurama in the case in that forum- does not have to be proportional to age).

Anyway, the only place where a younger age -supposing it comes with a better physical shape- is an advantage would be in case of a "Put up or shut up" fight Uwe Boll style.
Not that I would acutally mind seeing one, but I guess the chances for a Peel box match as ultimate thread dispute settlement do approach the zero...
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TACOMA — The deteriorating ferry Kalakala — once the gleaming symbol of the Northwest's future — has a new owner.

But the boat's future isn't any clearer, and a host of federal and state agencies still fear it's a potential hazard in a Port of Tacoma ship canal.

At a quietly arranged lien foreclosure sale last week, Karl Anderson, the Tacoma businessman who owns the uplands on the Hylebos Waterway on which the Kalakala has been moored since 2005, took possession of the vessel in exchange for $4,000 he said Steve Rodrigues owed him in back rent.

“I have been totally unable to get any kind of cooperation from the former owner to try to resolve the issue,” Anderson told The (Tacoma) News Tribune.

“And so I came to the reluctant conclusion that the only way I could do anything about [the Kalakala] was to get control of it.”

Rodrigues was not at Thursday's foreclosure proceeding, which ends his personal effort to restore the Kalakala (Chinook for “flying bird).

His eight-year campaign deteriorated to the point that the Olympia-area developer has been drained of all his personal resources, including his home.

At one point early in his effort, Rodrigues tried to base his restoration campaign in Port Angeles — and moor the engineless vessel on privately owned harbor tidelands just east of the Red Lion Hotel.

He had a Lincoln Street Kalakala store that was overseen for a time by Cherie Kidd, who since was elected to the City Council and is now mayor.

The storefront closed due to lack of support, and Rodrigues focused elsewhere.

Although the ferry noted for its sleek art deco design enjoyed its heyday on Puget Sound in the 1930s and '40s — plus a brief resurgence during the 1962 Seattle World's Fair — it also has ties to the North Olympic Peninsula for its three years of runs between Port Angeles and Victoria.

The Kalakala in Port Angeles Harbor is depicted on a mural in downtown Port Angeles.

Retired as a state ferry in 1967, the vessel was towed to Alaska to become a fish processor and cannery building.

A Seattle artist, remembering the ferry icon of his youth, purchased the abandoned hull and had it refloated and towed to Seattle's Lake Union amid much fanfare in 1998.

Rodrigues acquired it in a bankruptcy proceeding in 2003 — while also acquiring the disdain of Lake Union residential and business neighbors of the Kalakala.

Rodrigues had it towed, with the Makah tribe's permission based on his promise of jobs, to Neah Bay in 2004.

It was towed to Tacoma at Anderson's invitation in 2005 after no jobs were developed and the Makah Marina pier sustained damage from a storm-tossed ferry hull.

News of last week's ownership change brought no apparent relief to the Coast Guard, one of a half-dozen state and federal agencies concerned about the dilapidated boat.

The Coast Guard declared the Kalakala a hazard to navigation last December after water began pouring in through holes in the hull, raising concerns that it would break free, sink and blocking the Hylebos channel.

“To us, it's a continuation of the process,” said Lt. Cmdr. Gretchen Bailey, the Coast Guard's chief of domestic vessels for the Puget Sound sector.

“We haven't really done anything except change the name of the owner. Now we're just looking at the new owner to continue correcting the problem,” she told The News Tribune

Anderson, as the new owner, said he has no specific plan at this point.

While he's not legally responsible for the Kalakala problem, Anderson said people are pressuring him to solve it — in part because he was the one who invited Rodrigues to bring the Kalakala from Neah Bay.

“This is not something I wanted to do,” Anderson said, “but people were in a panic about it, and they were beating me up over it.

“The reality was, I couldn't do anything about making the Kalakala go away without [Rodrigues'] cooperation, which I couldn't get. Any attempts to do that were met with hostility and outrage.”

The most obvious of Anderson's options is to find a way to move the Kalakala to an adjacent waterway, where he and his family own the Concrete Technology graving dock, one of a few places on the West Coast where large, derelict vessels can be scrapped legally.

But that's not what he wants to do, Anderson said, and even if he did, it wouldn't be possible for at least two years.

The graving dock is leased until then by Kiewit, which is using it to make pontoons for the new state Highway 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington.

The Tacoma site also was used to manufacture Hood Canal Bridge pontoons after a proposed state graving yard on Port Angeles Harbor was scrapped in 2004 by the discovery of the ancient Klallam village of Tse-whit-zen.

Salvage experts have said any return on Kalakala steel would be minimal because it's so badly deteriorated.

Anderson's first choice for the Kalakala, he said, is the same as it was seven years ago when he offered to let Rodrigues moor the boat in the Hylebos for free.

He'd like to see it restored.

“In the dream world, some Prince Charming would come up and say, 'I have the money, and I want to restore it,'” Anderson said.

“Once the dust settles and our ownership is secure, we'll start looking at what can we do with it,” he said.

“Some of those people might appear. Who knows?”

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Your comments: Should municipalities of a certain size be required to employ a police force? By The Patriot-News
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As a part of his proposed 2012-’13 budget, Gov. Tom Corbett wants municipalities covered by state police to give up thousands of dollars each year that these townships and boroughs receive as their share of traffic fine revenue.

Under current law, 50 percent of money collected for traffic fines goes to the municipalities covered by state police. The rest is sent to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Under Corbett’s proposal, the 50 percent now going to the municipalities would go to state police.

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"It is interesting that the township officials are generally positive about the change in reimbursement. One indicates that he is relieved - because what should really happen is municipalities that chose to not have local police should be charged for local police protection by the state police that all of us fund through taxes - even when 75% of the population of the state also pays for local police. At a minimum municipalities with a certain population or above - say 5,000 - should be required to pay if they chose to not employ their own police. No one wants higher taxes but the time has come when second class townships (mostly) begin to share the burden with the rest of us that pay for our own protection while we pay for theirs. If they want the idyllic rural setting while permitting residential, commercial, and industrial growth then they should share in the cost of services."

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Boston Marathon bombings: Slain MIT officer ID'd as 26-year-old Sean Collier

Watertown, Mass. manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect
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BOSTON — The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead and his brother on the loose, authorities said Friday as thousands of officers swarmed the streets in a manhunt that all but paralyzed the Boston area.

Authorities said surveillance tape recorded late Thursday showed Suspect No. 2 during a robbery of a convenience store in Cambridge, near the campus of MIT, where a university police officer — 26-year-old Sean Collier — was shot to death while responding to a report of a disturbance.

From there, authorities said, the two men carjacked a man in a Mercedes-Benz, keeping him with them in the car for half an hour before releasing him at a gas station in Cambridge. The man was not injured.


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Iowa has the way to prevent gerrymandered election districts: PennLive letters

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on May 14, 2013 at 2:08 PM, updated May 14, 2013 at 2:22 PM

In response to John L. Micek's "Taking the politics out of legislative redistricting is no easy task":

Taking the politics out of legislative redistricting could be a ridiculously easy task: Do what Iowa has done for years. Let a computer draw the lines, based solely on population, with a law that specifically prohibits political or even demographic considerations. Then, the elected officials can accept or reject the result . . . but they can't "tweak" it. If the map is rejected, it goes back into the population-driven, and politically-blind process. Rinse and repeat as needed, but never, ever let the parties who stand to gain draw the lines.

Look at the nice, neat, logical map of the 2011 Iowan congressional districts. Not one hint of gerrymandering.

The only tough part is getting enough people to demand it, and that will take a constitutional convention.

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Penn State coach Bill O'Brien believes eight-team playoff is best to crown 'a true champion'

Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien can't understand how unbeaten Ohio State should be excluded from competing for a national championship. And that's exactly what's going to happen if both Alabama and Florida State win out and maintain their places at Nos. 1 and 2 in the Bowl Championship Series standings.

The Buckeyes sit at No. 3, ahead of one-loss SEC teams Auburn and Missouri. It appears the Buckeyes can maintain their right to first opportunity, should either the Crimson Tide or Seminoles falter. Of course, Ohio State still has to take care of business in their season finale against Michigan and the Big Ten title game against Michigan State.

O'Brien and Penn State got blown out by the Buckeyes, who are now 23-0 in two seasons under coach Urban Meyer. Ohio State's performance this season, highlighted by wins over then-No. 23 Wisconsin and then-No. 15 Northwestern, merits a place in the championship conversation, according to O'Brien.

"How can we not allow Ohio State, if they win out, how can they not compete for a national championship? It makes no sense to me,” O'Brien told's Jeremy Fowler.

So goes the system for at least one more season.

In 2014 and beyond, college football will turn to a four-team playoff aimed to combat the exclusion of unbeaten teams. But even that system might not go far enough in some seasons, including this one with Ohio State (11-0), Auburn (10-1), Missouri (10-1), Clemson (10-1) and Oklahoma State (10-1) all on the outside looking in.

But there's a delicate balance between protecting the regular season, rewarding deserving teams and limiting the impact a lengthy schedule can have on academics and player health. The BCS as we've known it has been marred in controversy on more occasions than not, but extending too far can jeopardize the importance of regular-season games.

O'Brien believes another an eight-team playoff represents the ideal mix.

"I would prefer a final eight," O'Brien told "If you go more than that, it's too much. If it's a final eight, it's more along lines of crowning a true champion."

What do you think? Should college football adapt a model that goes to eight teams, and perhaps beyond?


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Idol Showdown!

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And then there were two. The American Idol season six finale week kicks off Tuesday at 8PM EST live on Fox, when über-teen Jordin Sparks of Glendale, Arizona and slick-tongued beat-boxer Blake Lewis of Bothell, Washington face off. Who will voters crown the next American Idol?

On Tuesday's telecast each contestant will sing three songs: one picked from the American Idol song-writing contest; one new song of their choice; and one they've previously performed. Then on Wednesday the top twelve season six Idols will reunite for the live two-hour results show (9 PM EST) and rehearsals are already underway.

But Sparks, 17, and Lewis, 25, took time out of their hectic schedule before the big Kodak Theater extravaganzas to talk about their Idol experience, winning the competition and what their futures hold.

Jordin Sparks

How have you changed since being on American Idol?
I feel like this whole experience has made me stronger and a better person. I can handle so much more than I thought I could.

Why should you win?
I'm not really sure! I came into this competition and I do want to win but at the same time it's not going to be the end of the world. I would be happy if I won and I would be happy if Blake won. I'm happy I got to be a part of it and that I made it this far.

You're making some money now. What can't you wait to splurge on?
I think I might save it and I might put it towards a really nice [sound] system in the car I drive. And I'll give my brother [P.J.] a couple bucks and let him buy some shoes.

How do you do to deal with stress?
When I get stressed I love to read. Reading is one of my favorite things. I love pickles! That's my comfort food. I could eat a whole jar.

Did growing up with a famous father help you deal with your own burgeoning fame?
We took pictures a lot; my dad did interviews all the time. I was constantly watching him and he actually told me the other day when he would sign autographs I would just be watching so intently and he said it was really weird because he was watching me do it the other day and how it's all turned around. I think it has helped me, so thanks, Dad!

What's your advice to aspiring singers out there?
Don't give up. I didn't think that I would make it at all. Trying out? You'll never know if you don't try. Now I'm here and I can't believe it. I was too scared [during auditions]. If you want something, just work hard at it. It's been amazing to take my own advice.

What's your strategy going into the finale?
Blake and I are two totally different singers. He's an amazing performer and he's so entertaining. I feel really honored to be in the finale with him. I don't have any strategy. I know it sounds so cliché, but give all that I can give. I'm going to try and do my best and hopefully people like the songs that I pick and whatever happens on Wednesday happens. I'm just going to give it my all and leave it all out there.

Blake Lewis

Now that you've been on American Idol you're no longer Shorty from Bothell.
I will forever be Shorty from Bothell! I'm now Blake Lewis to the world, but I'm still Shorty from Bothell.

You have been arguably the most fashion conscious male contestant ever on the show. How do you describe your style?
I am really into bright colors mixed with chic stuff. My old roommate was a stylist. I guess people think I have some style because I don't wear jeans. I like to wear the grandpa slacks with cool patterns.

Why should you win American Idol?
I've never looked at it as a competition. I've tried to represent myself, be true to myself the whole time. The support on the show and the fans have seen that. I've never looked at it as a competition so I think I've won regardless. I won when I got into the top ten. Win or lose I think I'm a winner on this show already.

Win or lose, it sounds like we've only just begun with Blake Lewis. What kind of album do you want to put out?
It would definitely have more of a dance vibe to it. I love electronic music. It's going to have a dance flair and then I have a softer, jazzy side. I have been writing music for the past seven years so it will have kind of a pop-electro feel to it.

What do you think of Jordin?
Jordin and Gina were my picks in the beginning to win this whole thing. She's 17 and she's already a woman. She performs, she's good looking, she's got a fantastic personality. It reads really well on camera. Regardless of the finale she's already won it in my mind.

So what's your strategy for the finale?
I never thought I'd be on the show in the first place. For the finale I don't know about an edge. I'm going to stay true to myself.
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Picks and Pans Review: Verdi: Falstaff

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originally published 04/20/1981 AT 01:00 AM EST

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

At the February 1893 premiere of Falstaff, composer Giuseppe Verdi (still slim and vibrant at 80, with kindly eyes and bushy white beard) opened the door of his Milan hotel suite and beheld a virtual garden of bouquets, a huge mound of telegrams and a bronze crown propped on an easel, a gift from the hotel's owner. None of this offended Verdi because he considered the masses the supreme judges of his art. An innkeeper's son, he proudly called himself a "contadino," or peasant, all his life. Falstaff, Verdi's last opera, has always delighted audiences with its broad comedy and satirical insights into vanity, lust, jealousy and honor. It took time, though, for its true genius to be appreciated. As music, Falstaff is prophetically innovative. In place of formal arias, Verdi shaped his bounteous melodies to enhance and comment upon each line of Arrigo Boito's almost conversational libretto (adapted from Shakespeare). The result is, by operatic standards, unusually naturalistic and lifelike—and also the kind of melodic banquet ideally served by records. This 128-minute version boasts immaculate digital sound and an impeccable cast headed by Giuseppe Taddei as the rascally knight Falstaff. If von Karajan's studied pace sacrifices some of the ebullience that marked Leonard Bernstein's 1967 rendition, it lets one savor—rather than gulp—the glories of the score.

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Eva Longoria: I Was 'Very Lucky' to Find Eduardo Cruz

Eva Longoria Dating Eduardo Cruz; Says She's 'Very Lucky' to Find Him
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11/28/2011 AT 10:15 AM EST

This Thanksgiving, Eva Longoria knew exactly what – or rather, whom – to be grateful for: her boyfriend of almost a year, Eduardo Cruz.

The Desperate Housewives star is counting her blessings after finding love again following her divorce from Tony Parker.

"Love did not work with that person. But it can work with another," the actress tells Spanish Vanity Fair in a new interview. "The only thing I will say is I was very lucky to find Edu."

Longoria, 36, and Cruz, 26 – the younger brother of actress Penélope Cruz – have been dating since last winter. This past week, they took their romance coast to coast, with stops in Miami and California.

Longoria filed for divorce from Parker, an NBA star, last November after three years of marriage. Despite that breakup, the actress says she still believed in the power of love.

"There's a reason I fell in love and got married. I believed in it," she says. "Supposedly I should be angry, resentful and disillusioned about relationships. But I'm not."
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Special Las Vegas Edition

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Things Are Looking Up
Donald Trump fired off plans this week to erect what he calls the tallest building in Las Vegas – the 64-story, $300 million Trump International Hotel and Tower – just off the Strip on Fashion Show Drive (New Frontier owner Phil Ruffin is Trump's partner in the venture). But what of the 1,149-ft. Stratosphere Tower, home to an observation deck, restaurant, roller coaster and banquet space – isn't that Sin City's tallest building? "That's not a building," said Trump, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Speaking of Billionaires ...
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban – whose ABC reality series, The Benefactor, debuts this fall – recently dropped $1,765 on a bottle of St. Emilion Chateau Cheval Blanc at the Palms' N9NE Steakhouse. Seems like a lot of dough, right? Not for someone who spent tens of millions on a private jet ... on eBay.

Toned Down, and Toned
Elton John has been going easier on President Bush during his current engagement at Caesars Palace, where he's filling for Celine Dion while she is on a break. Our spies report that he no longer introduces his band by "going to the far left, unlike your president." Sir Elton is also lightening up physically: He told one recent audience that he has hired a personal trainer to make him as svelte as Dion, saying, "When the cat's away, the mice will diet."

The Show Must Go On
A power outage left most of the new Westin Casuarina hotel in the dark for several hours over the weekend, but comedian David Brenner went on anyway – though only about 40 fans found their way to the theater. "I got more people saying goodbye when I leave home," he told the crowd. (Notably, Brenner was one of the few performers who took the stage on Sept. 11, 2001.)

Get Real
The producers of The Restaurant are taking a gamble that reality TV and Las Vegas will bring them luck, as their new show The Club is set to begin filming at nightspot Ice. The series debuts Oct. 12 on cable's Spike TV.

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Recently Spotted in Sin City:
• Spidey himself, Tobey Maguire, placing 24th in the Mirage Poker Showdown (part of the World Poker Tour) and winning $16,201, while Welcome Back, Kotter's Gabe Kaplan – considered a poker pro – came in third with $256,519.

• Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley, dining with four pals at Charlie Palmer Steak House in the Four Seasons.

Party of Five's Scott Wolf, waiting near the women's restroom at Light nightclub in the Bellagio.

• Recently separated singer Kenny Loggins, enjoying a performance by the Blue Man Group at the Luxor.

• Former Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil, hobbling around on crutches at the Hard Rock pool.

• Hollywood uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with a group of pals including Cuba Gooding Jr. and director Michael Bay, at the Bellagio's ultra-modern Fix Restaurant. The eatery recently has also attracted the likes of Chelsea Clinton, Tommy Lee and Bruce Willis (though not all together, unfortunately).

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Meet a Member: Ada Nieves's Talented Chihuahuas Lead a Hollywood Life

Meet a Member: Ada Nieves's Talented Chihuahuas Lead a Hollywood Life

10/13/2009 AT 02:40 PM EDT

The five tiny Chihuahuas belonging to member Ada Nieves (teamchihuahua) have resumes that would be the envy of any top model. They've appeared in the pages of Vanity Fair and GQ, and on television shows such as Good Morning America, The View, The Martha Stewart Show and the Today show. "I wasn't looking for it," Nieves says of her dogs' foray into show business and her own venture as a celebrity dog-treat chef. "It just kind of happened."

It began in 2002, when Nieves got her first two Chihuahuas, naming them Salty and BonBon. "I love Chihuahuas," says Nieves. "They're lap dogs and great companions." Sadly, Salty passed away when she was just 1, leaving Nieves alone with BonBon. Nieves's husband, seeing his wife upset, bought her another Chihuahua named Vanilla just two days before leaving for Iraq. By the time her husband, a National Guardsman, returned, Nieves had completely fallen in love with the breed. "My husband got me Tequila and Tabasco as Valentine's Day presents," says Nieves. And Mojito, a 5-month-old Chihuahua, is the fifth and most recent addition to the family.

Soon her coterie of Chihuahuas was famous, thanks to one fateful party in 2004. A photographer at a shower for Vanilla invited Nieves and the pup to a photo shoot at the Ritz-Carlton hotel near Central Park. "Vanilla ended up being on the cover of New York Dog magazine," says Nieves, who – at the same party – made a name for herself thanks to her dog treats. "Everybody wanted to know where I had bought the doggy birthday cake and cookies," says Nieves, who had made the goodies herself using a blend of chicken and cream cheese. People began ordering the freshly baked pastries for their own dogs, leading Nieves to start a business making customized doggy birthday cakes and cookies. Celebrity dog owners Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Beyonce chose Nieves to make cakes and cookies when they threw a joint birthday party for their dogs.

Naturally, Nieves next dipped a paw in the fashion world. After the 2005 Academy Awards, Nieves – now one of the first graduates of the Fashion Institute of Technology's Pet Product Design and Marketing certification program – made exact replicas of the periwinkle blue dress worn by Kate Winslet, a strapless red gown worn by Renee Zellweger, and the yellow dress with a giant bow bustle worn by Penelope Cruz. Photographs of her dog Vanilla – the only female Chihuahua of the bunch – modeling the gowns appeared in the New York Post. The morning shows started calling, including Good Morning America and Today. "Back then, none of the things in doggy fashion that you see now were happening," explains Nieves. "I was a curiosity."

From there, things took on a "domino effect," says Nieves. She began getting calls for her Chihuahuas to appear in everything from TV commercials to print ads for Nordstrom Department Store and Reebok. Three-year-old Tequila is the exclusive fit model for Ralph Lauren's line of dog clothing. "If you go into a store and see Ralph Lauren dog clothes in 'extra-small,' those are based on Tequila's measurements," says Nieves. Tequila's wedding to a Chihuahua named Coco was even featured on the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, while Vanilla's nuptials in Central Park to member and doggy socialite, Eli was reported in local newspapers.

Her Chihuahuas are so busy and in demand that each of them has their own agent to manage their careers. "My dogs love the attention they get when they're working," says Nieves.

Each has its own distinct personality, says Nieves. Mojito, who weighs a whopping 1-lb., is very loving and loves to run and play, she says. Vanilla is very much a diva, BonBon is the most obedient, Tequila the most stubborn, and Tabasco, the only champion Chihuahua in New York City, can't be bothered when he's not in front of the cameras, but is the most professional at work. Two years ago, Tabasco qualified to show at the venerable Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the most prestigious purebred dog competition in the country, but broke his leg just two weeks before the event.

Her youngest pup, Mojito, hopes to follow his siblings' careers in show business and will be appearing on shows for the cable network, Animal Planet. "They love getting praise; it makes them happy," Nieves says of her dogs. "I don't know if they know they're 'modeling,' but they do know they get treats for what they do."

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Screenshot Saturday – Nick the Robot Giant

For #screenshotsaturday this week, we have a new giant for you! Nick is our first robot giant. He is the in-house engineer who has the ability to build and remove traps, repair buildings, roads, bridges…etc. He might not be the strongest giant around, but if you need a construction job done, he’s your guy!


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Sunday 6 September 1663

(Lord’s day). My pill I took last night worked very well, and I lay long in bed and sweat to get away the itching all about my body from head to foot, which is beginning again as it did the last winter, and I find after I am up that it is abated. I staid at home all day and my wife also, whom, God forgive me, I staid along with me for fear of her seeing of Pembleton. But she and I entertained one another all day long with great pleasure, contriving about my wife’s closet and the bedchamber, whither we intend to go up she and I to-day. We dined alone and supped also at night, my brother John with us, and so to prayers and to bed.

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dirk  •  Link

"she and I entertained one another all day long with great pleasure"

L&M transcribe "enjoyed" in stead of "entertained" -- a subtle difference?

Robert Gertz  •  Link

Twas his fun day...His "I don't have to run" (even to church) day.

Hmmn..."I staid along with me..." Since when has Bess been so anxious to visit church alone that she had to be "staid"?

"Since never." our good lady notes with smile. "Until I realized that with Mr. P hanging about St. Olave's, a sudden expressed desire to tend to my soul was my ticket to a one hell of a good Sunday."

"Bess..." Sam frowns.

"Wasn't so bad for you, either." grin.

"True, true..." judicious nod.

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"...My pill ..." 1628 T. VENNER Baths of Bathe 15 A *Pil-boasting his ill-qualified and preposterous Physicke, incurred an incureable and mortall lapse of his stomacke and Liuer.

4 versions of nouns and 3 verbs,1: Pool 2 pill like in peel

3 a lump of matter. etc.,
some extracts.
a : local:A tidal inlet on the coast, a small creek or bay; a pool, spec. one in an inlet or at the confluence of a tributary stream. UK west coast.
c1630 T. RISDON Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1810) §272 282 Whereby the sea shooteth up with many branches, men call them piles, very commodious for mills. for confusion>
pill yawl n. now rare a sprit-rigged, three-masted boat used in the Bristol Channel
Earlier existence of the word is perh. implied by the first element of Old English pills pillula (Florio)).
The Middle English form pillem (which occurs in MS Hunterian 95 (?a1425)) is unexplained.
With sense 1c cf. French pilule (1957; 1934 denoting an abortifacient).
With to gild the pill (see sense 3b) cf. French dorer la pilule (1668).]
1. a. Originally: a small compressed ball or globular mass containing a medicinal substance, intended to be taken by mouth and usually of a size convenient for swallowing whole. Later also: any of various other solid forms of oral medication (tablet, capsule, etc.).
Pills were originally made by mixing the drug with an inert substance and rolling it into a spherical shape.
blue, female, Holloway's, liver-, morning-after pill, etc.: see the first element.
1607 E. TOPSELL Hist. Fovre-footed Beastes 375 If it be in winter, purge him with these pilles.
c1696 M. PRIOR Remedy worse than Dis. i, He felt my pulse, prescrib'd his pill
b. slang. In pl.: the testicles; (fig.) nonsense (cf. BALL n.1 15b).
Freq. (in early use) with punning allusion to sense 1a.
1608 T. MIDDLETON Famelie of Loue II. i. sig. B4, Master Doctor should (indeed) minister to her: to whose pills she is so much accustomed, that now her body looks for them as duely, as the Moone shakes off the ould, and borrowes new hornes.

1678-80 My Dog & I in Pepys Ballads IV. 229 If any Maiden troubled be, With overgrown Virginity, I quickly can two Pills apply.

c. slang. A bullet; a shell, cannonball, grenade, or bomb; (in pl. also) ammunition.
Freq. with punning allusion to sense 1a.
c1626 Dick of Devonsh. (1955) 465, I have halfe a score pills yet for my Spanyards better then purging Comfitts
3. a. fig. A remedy or solution, esp. one which is unpleasant but necessary; (more generally) something unpleasant which has to be accepted or endured.
1644 (title) A medicine for malignancy: or Parliament pill serving to purge out the malignant humours of men disaffected to the Republic. 1660 Hist. Charles II 83 Those hard Covenant Pills which the Kirkmen made him swallow.
b. [From the former practice of gilding a bitter pill so that it may be more easily swallowed.] fig. to sugar (also gild, sweeten) the pill and variants: to disguise, or offset with compensatory benefits, the nature of something unpleasant.

[3. a. trans. To remove the hair from (a person or animal); to make bald. Also: to remove (hair). In early use occas. with away. Obs.
tr. Benvenuto Passenger I. iv. §16. 265 Tell him that I will pill his beard, hair by hair. 1648 R. HERRICK Hesperides 33 Doe they first pill thee, next, pluck off thy skin?

II. To rob, extort, pillage; cf. PEEL v.1 I.

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On the one hand we have Sam sweating to get rid of his itch and the other hand we have our couple frolicking the day away - wouldn't have thought of a nice hot bath followed my an aromatherapy massage - could have incorporated all the day's activities nicely I would think.

Pity it takes a bit of jealousy to make Sam spend a whole day with Bess - I can't recall the last time he did that.

So, they dined "alone" but supped later than night with "John the Gooseberry" - what an education that boy is getting, bet he can't wait to get back to school.

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Well, today John's certainly had a lesson in why Sam will always back Bess in the family quarrels.

"'Pon me soul, Bess. This left-over leg's tender as..." shrewd look at Bess' leg.

John blinking at brother and sis-in-law who both for some reason can't seem to stop.

"So, Johnny. Were you at church today?" Sam tries a little more solemn subject.

"We weren't..." Bess cuts in. "To our...ummn...Shame." Hee...Giggle.

"Yes, after today Hell definitely looms before us, milady." roguish leer.

"Worth it..." Bess grins.

"Indeed, yes." Ha-ha-ha...hee.

I think I like them better when they're angry at each other, John sighs.

"You should be getting to bed, John. Young scholar like you needs his rest." Bess gives solicitous glance.

"Indeed, brother. Early to bed, a good vow for any worthy young fellow."

"You never go to bed before midnight." Bess eyes Sam...

"Well, tonight, Mrs. Pepys, I shall profit by my own advice. Are we all finished?" "Oh, yeah!" Bess hops up.

"Good night, brother."

John staring at his half-finished plate.

"Can we read the next chapter in my new novel together? If it's good as the last one it'll blow your stockings off..." He hears Bess as she and Sam head up stairs.

"Required reading, Mrs. Pepys." Giggle from Bess.

"Sam. Carry me. Oh, stone cut. Piggy-back then."

"Just a beast of burden is one Samuel Pepys." groan from Sam, heavy clumping on stairs...Giggling.

I could probably get lots done for the next semester if I headed in early tomorrow, John thinks.

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The Rev. Josselin's diary today:

"God good to us in manifold mercies, in the season, sabbath, my heart warmed in the sense of gods mercy wherein my soul delights. fears of famine ride in plenty(,) corn falling much again. being Monday I ploughed myself Sprigs marsh , god in mercy bless the plough."

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John Evelyn's diary today:

"Our Doctor preached on 2. King: 18. 9. against a new sect, that cal’d them selves Perfectionists: I received the B: Sacrament."

"And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and
besieged it."
[I think Evelyn got his verse wrong here: I can't see any relevant subject matter for a sermon in this verse?!]

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A letter from Daniel O'Neill to the Duke of Ormond

Whitehall [?], 6 September 1663

"Reports of incidents at Court; relating chiefly to Lady Castlemaine; to the Duke of York; and to "an unhappy dispute between the Queen's dressers and the Duchess [of York]'s maids for precedency, ... which breeds a very ill understanding between the Queen & his Highness". The writer prays God that the breach may not do the like "between their husbands".

The Carte Papers, Bodleian Library

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Thanks Dirk:"...fears of famine ride in plenty(,) corn falling much again...:
Samuell can afford the freightage [not be fright].

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A letter from Daniel O’Neill to the Duke of Ormond.

Dirk’s letter above shows Daniel O’Neill giving information to Ormond. It gives one example of the way the Post office was used to gather information. In 1663 O’Neill had been appointed Postmaster-General, being a more acceptable Royalist, after a purge of the Republican elements of the Post Office.

For a way of opening letters see background to Morland…

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Nobody discovers the code that O'Neill used to complain that there be no monies left to run the system, as Palmer has purloined all the loose change."...A letter from Daniel O’Neill to the Duke of Ormond..."

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"Nobody discovers the code that O’Neill used to complain that there be no monies left to run the system, as Palmer has purloined all the loose change." In addition to O'Neill's code Clarendon and Ormonde wrote in code about similar issues. It seems Lady Castlemaine was a hot topic in the land of coded letters.

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Timeline Tuesday: Get Inspired by Groovy 60s Hairstyles

Timeline Tuesday is a continuing series, looking back at hairstyles and trends of the past, to draw inspiration for the future. Check in every Tuesday for style ideas that build on retro looks to create new profiles, and get how-to instructions and tips every Thursday.

Without a doubt, the 1960s were the biggest decade of change in American history. The Vietnam War and protests, the counterculture movement, the Civil Rights movement and legislation – everything in the country seemed to get turned upside-down. This is no less true for fashion and hairstyles; the hairstyles of the 60s showed the same revolution, as stylists nationwide picked away at the status quo to create more audacious new looks. Here are some of the most iconic styles of the era, and the women who wore them:

The Beehive

At the beginning of the decade, beehive hairstyles were all the rage, as were other sky-high, structured coifs. Mothers, working women, and singing sensations alike all rocked the beehive updo in some form or fashion.

The Bouffant

The same as a beehive to the untrained eye, a bouffant is actually a very different style. Whereas a beehive is actually an updo – all of the hair is swept up into the style – a bouffant is more flexible, and does not actually have to require the hair to be pulled up into a bun or ponytail of any kind. Probably more aptly described as a “hump,” the bouffant adds height and drama to many styles, and can be created in a number of ways. First Lady Jackie Kennedy, one of the leading style icons of the era, sported hers lower and more demure than others, with a short, face-hugging snip, while pop singers like the Supremes styled theirs toward the stars.

The Flip

Somewhat of a holdover from the 50s, the flip was a staple hairstyle for women of all races as they went about their everyday living, working, and studying. While many photos from the 60s show that most women combined styles – say, for example, their flip had a bouffant top – the basis of the flip is super-simple and easy to translate into the modern day: the only requirement is that the ends of the hair turn upwards, instead of downwards. Vary the definition and size of the end curl for a more or less retro feel.

Hippie-Dippie ‘Dos

By now, it’s obvious that a good number of 60s hairstyles were fairly conservative and structured, framing the face tightly and using lots of hairspray to hold curls in place. However, on the other side of the political aisle, a whole ‘nother hair world was developing. Peace and Civil Rights activists, college students, and a good deal of the youth embraced a much looser, more relaxed style. Inspired by musicians like Janis Joplin, these so-called hippies let their hair flow free, loose, and long, something that had – surprisingly – never been a big hit on the style scene before. The hippies’ all-natural locks, parted down the middle and usually accessorized with a headband, became a symbol of freedom, as women showed that straight, simple hair could be beautiful, too.

Pixie Snips

We couldn’t possibly discuss 60s hairstyles without mentioning British supermodel Twiggy’s super-short crop. From its first appearance on magazine covers, Twiggy’s snip put short hair styles more and more in demand all over the world, and especially in the United States. With the women’s movement just starting to spark, and more and more women working to support themselves, the ease and glamour of short-yet-still-pretty hair led many women to make the chop.

Coming Thursday, get turned on to how to style your hair in one of these styles, with a modern twist. Can you guess which one?

Take care of yourselves,

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