One of the two giant breast reactors at San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California was shut down yesterday after a “small leak” was detected in a “steam generator tube.”
A facility operator said there was no risk to the public or plant workers.
Fukushima.
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This magnificent building was located at 16th and Curtis Streets in Denver, built in 1881 for a then unheard of $850,000 ($19 million in today’s dollars) by one Horace A.W. Tabor, who made a fortune in silver mines. Look at this interior!
Cherry wood was imported from Japan and mahogany from Honduras, with 1,500 mohair seats facing a 72-ft. stage that was 50-ft. deep, with a giant painted curtain… seen here in glorious black and white.
The inscription on the curtain prophetically states:
“So fleet the works of man, back to the earth again.
Ancient and holy things fade like a dream.”
Here’s another view of the building…
The Tabor was remodeled in 1921 for movies, and operated for nine years as the Colorado Theater, before once again becoming The Tabor. The great acts of Vaudeville played the stage. It was sold in ’49 for a million dollars. By the ’50s, it was facing the threat of demolition as the population departed for the suburbs.
It was torn down in 1964. Its giant curtain, too large to be displayed anywhere, was stored for years and disintegrated, and was later hauled to a dump. Today, the site is this:
…the Denver branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Things fade like a dream.
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Lulz… saw this on the internets today and just had to share it.
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Fluffed and folded actor Nicolas Cage as seen during an Italian TV interview on Saturday (left), and Broadway belter Ethel Merman (right).
One played a soldier who thought he was Ethel Merman.
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Wooden nepostar Nicolas Cage (right) and his wax figure (left), as seen at the Musee Grevin in Paris on Monday.
One has the ability to create a character. I wonder how they made the hair… on the real one.
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Elton John being interviewed while in a queen costume for his Super Bowl ad for Pepsi, and Mickey Mouse in “Brave Little Tailor” as he addresses the king.
Nice floor on the left.
ty Steve H.
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Florence Arto of Houston Texas was born in 1895. Her husband was film director King Vidor, who put her to work in silent films in 1916 as Florence Vidor. They had a daughter, Suzanne. Flo divorced King in 1925 and married famed violinist Jascha Heifetz.
Her career ended with the advent of sound pictures. She died in 1977 at the age of 82.
Here’s a trailer for her lost film, Ernst Lubitsch’s “The Patriot,” the last silent film of the era to be nominated for an Oscar.
And here’s Jascha now with a little Tchaikovsky, ya slobs.
In memory of Ian Abercrombie
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Have you ever wondered how the Duchess of Alba always looks so fabulously beautiful? Probably not, but here’s how they do it.
These wild clippy things are attached to Cayetana’s hair, giving her that extra curl that brings out her sex appeal… making her appeal to her new husband for sex.
The effect is at once stunning and deadening in its utter magnificence!
for Janet Cunningham
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the original Callista Gingrich, was spotted handing out medals to Royal Navy personnel, while wearing this positively witchy ensemble.
That’s Billie Hayes as Witchiepoo on “H.R. Pufnstuf.”
for Porgy
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Newt and Callista… such a lovely couple.
The Florida primary is tomorrow… and I expect Callista to win.
photo via Sodahead.com
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"If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”
--Jimmy Buffett
