Official Great Works Draft (7 Viewers)

[Fennis]

40.20 First solo transatlantic flight and first non-stop fixed-wing aircraft flight between America and mainland Europe - Charles Lindbergh (wildcard)

41.01 Battlestar Galactica - TV Show (2004 version)

And it just keeps going!These were at the top of my lists for their respective categories.

You are welcome to quit your team and join Team Fennis.

Does this come complete with admission to The Romp™?

Team Fennis is very open-minded.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

You are welcome to quit your team and join Team Fennis.

Does this come complete with admission to The Romp™?

Team Fennis is very open-minded.

Check out my Hubble . . .

 

[Big Rocks]

SKIPPED

38.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

39.06 - Abrantes (autoskip)

39.10 - Thatguy

39.11 - El Floppo

39.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

40.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

40.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)

40.10 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

40.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

40.15 - Abrantes (autoskip)

41.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

41.06 - Abrantes (autoskip)

41.07 - BobbyLayne (timed out)

41.08 - Tides of War -- OTC

41.09 - Big Rocks -- on deck

41.10 - thatguy (autoskip)

41.11 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

41.12 - Team CIA (autoskip)

41.13 - Uncle Humuna

41.14 - Misfit Blondes

41.15 - Bob Lee Swagger

41.16 - Scott Norwood

41.17 - DC Thunder

41.18 - Genedoc

41.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

41.20 - Yankee23 Fan

 

[Doug B]

I plan on picking 41.05 in the a.m.

 

[Fennis]

You are welcome to quit your team and join Team Fennis.

Does this come complete with admission to The Romp™?

Team Fennis is very open-minded.

Check out my Hubble . . .

 

[krista4]

rodg/CIA, my first movie pick is listed on your spreadsheet as "8/1/2002".

 

[rodg12]

rodg/CIA, my first movie pick is listed on your spreadsheet as "8/1/2002".

Stinkin' Google auto-formatting. Should be fixed now.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Big Rocks post says

41.07 - BobbyLayne (timed out)

Sorry if I held it up, guess its hard to keep track with half the draft on autoskip.I am on autoskip for the duration of the draft; if I am around, I will post that a pick is coming.

Otherwise, move along, I'll catch up when I can.

Doing a writeup now, but if whoever (Big Rocks or Tides of War) is next has a pick ready, go ahead.

Hey Big Rocks/Rodg12 - I thought ToW timed out with his 40.13 pick. Shouldn't he be on autoskip? Or is this that special case deal where he wants be on autoskip during the day but not in the evening...'tis confusing sometimes keeping track of what is wat.

 

[BobbyLayne]

I believe we will have had around 60 (give or take) movie picks with this one.

Based on where this one usually ranks on Top 100 lists, pretty good value.

Based on my own experience viewing it, I'm thrilled that it fell to me - this is just a great, great timeless tale.

I cannot believe Bogie got gypped on this lead - not even nominated for an Oscar! - in one of his best performances IMO.

As for Huston, this is just quintessential stuff from one of the greatest directors ever.

41.07 (807th pick) - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Movie

Directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is John Huston's 1948 American feature film adaptation of B. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name, in which two American down-and-outers (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) in 1920s Mexico hook up with an old-timer (Walter Huston, the director's father) to prospect for gold. The old-timer accurately predicts trouble, but is willing to go anyway. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was one of the first Hollywood films to be shot almost entirely on location outside the United States (in State of Durango and street scenes in Tampico, Mexico), although the night scenes were filmed back in the studio. The film is quite faithful to the novel.

Story and historical setting

By the 1920s the violence of the Mexican Revolution had largely subsided, although scattered gangs of bandits continued to terrorize the countryside. The newly established post-revolution government relied on the effective, but ruthless, Federal Police, commonly known as the Federales, to patrol remote areas and dispose of the bandits. Foreigners, like the three American prospectors who are the protagonists in the story, were at very real risk of being killed by the bandits if their paths crossed. The bandits, likewise, were given little more than a "last cigarette" by the army units after capture, even having to dig their own graves first.

This is the context in which the three gringos band together in a small Mexican town and set out to strike it rich in the remote Sierra Madre mountains. They ride a train into the hinterlands, surviving a bandit attack en route. Once out in the desert, Howard, the old-timer of the group, quickly proves to be by far the toughest and most knowledgeable; he is the one to discover the gold they are seeking. A mine is dug, and much gold is extracted, but greed soon sets in and Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) begins to lose both his trust and his mind, lusting to possess the entire treasure. The bandits then reappear, pretending, very crudely, to be Federales, which leads to the now-iconic line about not needing to show any "stinking badges".

After a gunfight, a real troop of Federales appear and drive the bandits away.

But when Howard is called away to assist some local villagers, Dobbs and third partner Curtin have a final confrontation, which Dobbs wins, leaving Curtin lying shot and bleeding. However, as he staggers away through the desert, Dobbs is found and killed by some surviving bandits, who, in their ignorance, scatter the gold to the winds. Curtin is discovered and taken to Howard's village, where he recovers. He and Howard miss witnessing the bandits' execution by Federales by only a few minutes as they arrive back in town, and learn that the gold is gone. While checking the areas that the bandits dropped the gold, Howard realizes that the winds must have carried the gold back to the mountain where they found it. Instead of going back to the mountains to retrieve the gold, they part ways, Howard returning to his village, and Curtin returning home to America.

Cast

Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs

Walter Huston as Howard

Tim Holt as Bob Curtin

Bruce Bennett as James Cody

Barton MacLane as Pat McCormick

Alfonso Bedoya as Gold Hat

Arturo Soto Rangel as El Presidente

Manuel Dondé as El Jefe

José Torvay as Pablo

Margarito Luna as Pancho

A few notable uncredited actors appear in the film. In an opening cameo, director John Huston is pestered for money by Bogart's character. Actor Robert Blake also appears as a young boy selling lottery tickets. However, the most controversial cameo is the rumored one by Ann Sheridan. Sheridan allegedly did a cameo as a streetwalker. After Dobbs leaves the barbershop in Tampico (actually a set on a studio soundstage), he spies a passing prostitute who returns his look. Seconds later, the woman is picked up again by the camera, but this time in the distance. Some filmgoers and critics feel the woman looks nothing like Sheridan, but the DVD commentary for the film contains a statement that it is she. A photograph included in the documentary accompanying the DVD release shows Sheridan in streetwalker costume, with Bogart and Huston on the set. However, single frames of the film show a different woman in a different dress and different hairstyle, raising the possibility that Sheridan filmed the sequence but that it was reshot with another woman for indeterminate reasons. Many film-history sources credit Sheridan for the part.

Co-star Tim Holt's father, Jack Holt, a star of silent and early sound Westerns and action films, makes a one-line appearance at the beginning of the film as one of the men down on their luck.

Bruce Bennett, who plays a key role as a rival prospector, had portrayed Tarzan in Edgar Rice Burroughs's own 1935 film version, under Bennett's birth name of Herman Brix.

Stinking badges Quotation

The film is the origin of a famous line, often misquoted as "We don't need no stinking badges!" (homaged in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, also a Warner Bros. film). The correct dialogue is:

Gold Hat (Alfonso Bedoya): We are Federales... you know, the mounted police.

Dobbs (Bogart): If you're the police, where are your badges?

Gold Hat (Alfonso Bedoya): “Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges! ”

In 2005, the quotation was chosen as #36 on the American Film Institute list, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes.

Awards and honors

John Huston won the Academy Award for Directing and Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1948 for his work on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Walter Huston, John Huston's father, also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in this film, the first father-son win. The film was nominated for the Best Picture award, but lost to Laurence Olivier's film adaptation of Hamlet.

In 1990, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Director Stanley Kubrick listed The Treasure of Sierra madre as one of his top ten favorite films, and director Paul Thomas Anderson watched it at night before bed while writing his film There Will Be Blood.

American Film Institute recognition

1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies #30

2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills #67

2005 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes:

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" #36

2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) #38

 

[rodg12]

Big Rocks post says

41.07 - BobbyLayne (timed out)

Sorry if I held it up, guess its hard to keep track with half the draft on autoskip.I am on autoskip for the duration of the draft; if I am around, I will post that a pick is coming.

Otherwise, move along, I'll catch up when I can.

Doing a writeup now, but if whoever (Big Rocks or Tides of War) is next has a pick ready, go ahead.

Hey Big Rocks/Rodg12 - I thought ToW timed out with his 40.13 pick. Shouldn't he be on autoskip? Or is this that special case deal where he wants be on autoskip during the day but not in the evening...'tis confusing sometimes keeping track of what is wat.

You're right. I forgot that Tides timed out earlier. He is then on autoskip for his 41st pick per the rules.And, I'll remember to put you on autoskip for the remainder.

 

[rodg12]

SKIPPED

38.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

39.06 - Abrantes (autoskip)

39.10 - Thatguy

39.11 - El Floppo

39.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

40.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

40.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)

40.10 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

40.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

40.13 - Tides of War (timed out)

40.15 - Abrantes (autoskip)

41.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

41.06 - Abrantes (autoskip)

41.08 - Tides of War (autoskip after time out)

41.09 - Big Rocks - UP

41.10 - thatguy (autoskip)

41.11 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

41.12 - Team CIA (autoskip)

41.13 - Uncle Humuna

41.14 - Misfit Blondes

41.15 - Bob Lee Swagger

41.16 - Scott Norwood

41.17 - DC Thunder

41.18 - Genedoc

41.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

41.20 - Yankee23 Fan

 

[BobbyLayne]

Big Rocks post says

41.07 - BobbyLayne (timed out)

Sorry if I held it up, guess its hard to keep track with half the draft on autoskip.I am on autoskip for the duration of the draft; if I am around, I will post that a pick is coming.

Otherwise, move along, I'll catch up when I can.

Doing a writeup now, but if whoever (Big Rocks or Tides of War) is next has a pick ready, go ahead.

Hey Big Rocks/Rodg12 - I thought ToW timed out with his 40.13 pick. Shouldn't he be on autoskip? Or is this that special case deal where he wants be on autoskip during the day but not in the evening...'tis confusing sometimes keeping track of what is wat.

You're right. I forgot that Tides timed out earlier. He is then on autoskip for his 41st pick per the rules.And, I'll remember to put you on autoskip for the remainder.

Don't worry about it, almost impossible to keep track with so many on autoskips. I just don't to hold things up. Unfortunately, Abrantes and Tides (the guys on either side of me) are often on autoskip or not around, so its a bit of a bottleneck.

 

[Big Rocks]

Big Rocks post says

41.07 - BobbyLayne (timed out)

Sorry if I held it up, guess its hard to keep track with half the draft on autoskip.I am on autoskip for the duration of the draft; if I am around, I will post that a pick is coming.

Otherwise, move along, I'll catch up when I can.

Doing a writeup now, but if whoever (Big Rocks or Tides of War) is next has a pick ready, go ahead.

Hey Big Rocks/Rodg12 - I thought ToW timed out with his 40.13 pick. Shouldn't he be on autoskip? Or is this that special case deal where he wants be on autoskip during the day but not in the evening...'tis confusing sometimes keeping track of what is wat.

Sorry, that was the first time I did that and wasn't sure who was on autoskip and who wasn't. Keeping track of everything is more difficult than it appears.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Rodg12 has a much tougher task than I or anyone else in previous drafts. I would tell him (again) he's doing an awesome bang up job, but the last we did that the little ####er disappeared for hours.

 

[Big Rocks]

41.09 Chicago, play

Wiki link

Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice, and the concept of the "celebrity criminal." The musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she had reported on.

The original Broadway production opened June 3, 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre[1] and ran for a total of 936 performances. Bob Fosse choreographed the original production, and his style is strongly identified with the show. Chicago's 1996 Broadway revival holds the record for the longest-running musical revival on Broadway (not counting the revue Oh! Calcutta!) and is Broadway's seventh longest-running show in history. As of November 15, 2008, it has played for more than 5,000 performances. The revival was followed by a production on London's West End and several tours and international productions. An Academy Award-winning film version of the musical was released in 2002.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

41.13 James Dean as Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause (Acting Role)

 

[Tirnan]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.

I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

Holy freakin crap! Hope you fully recover bro.

 

[BobbyLayne]

41.09 Chicago, play

41.13 James Dean as Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause (Acting Role)

 

[BobbyLayne]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.

I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

Holy freakin crap!

Hope you fully recover bro.

WhoaDude...whatever...take care of yourself.

I don't pray but I'll find someone who does and ask them to.

Keep us posted.

Dang...that is some holy cow that could be me kind of stuff...feel better soon, man.

 

[Big Rocks]

41.09 Chicago, play

 

[thatguy]

Another makeup pick:

Taipei 101 - Structure/Building

World's tallest skyscraper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

 

[Abrantes]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

Holy freakin crap! Hope you fully recover bro.

Wish you a speedy recovery, man. That is nuts.

 

[timschochet]

Tirnan- hope you are okay! Best of luck to you.

 

[BobbyLayne]

41.09 Chicago, play

Hey, its entertaining - one of the favorite places out-of-towners like to drag me to go see. Loved the movie (esp. John C. Reilly), and I'm not a guy who enjoys musicals in general. Incredibly $uce$$ful franchi$e.I just don't think it ranks among the top 100 plays. However, I think musicals are pretty tough to rank in general - probably the hardest aspect of timschochet's judging.ETA: One positive thing I forgot about this pick - the 1975 musical is the classic example of Bob Fosse's mesmerizing "razzle-dazzle" choreography. Not everyone's cup of tea, but he looms large in American musicals.

 

[Big Rocks]

41.09 Chicago, play

Hey, its entertaining - one of the favorite places out-of-towners like to drag me to go see. Loved the movie (esp. John C. Reilly), and I'm not a guy who enjoys musicals in general. Incredibly $uce$$ful franchi$e.I just don't think it ranks among the top 100 plays. However, I think musicals are pretty tough to rank in general - probably the hardest aspect of timschochet's judging.

I just wanted to counter your thumbs down. I have no idea where it would rank, I don't even know what the play is about, since I have no knowledge of plays and truthfully don't give a #### about them.

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

Sorry to hear this. I hope you have smooth sailing during your recovery.

 

[BobbyLayne]

41.09 Chicago, play

Hey, its entertaining - one of the favorite places out-of-towners like to drag me to go see. Loved the movie (esp. John C. Reilly), and I'm not a guy who enjoys musicals in general. Incredibly $uce$$ful franchi$e.I just don't think it ranks among the top 100 plays. However, I think musicals are pretty tough to rank in general - probably the hardest aspect of timschochet's judging.

I just wanted to counter your thumbs down. I have no idea where it would rank, I don't even know what the play is about, since I have no knowledge of plays and truthfully don't give a #### about them.

I feel that way about scientific discovery and inventions. Man, we would have been an awesome ying-yang team.

 

[timschochet]

Chicago is a good musical. Just as The Sound of Music is not the best work by Rodgers and Hammerstein, neither is Chicago the best work by Kander and Ebb. And not a single musical from my list of top ten has yet to be selected.

 

[rodg12]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

WOW. Hope you have a full and complete recovery, GB. I'll say a pray for you.

 

[Mister CIA]

40.09 - Cloris Leachman as


, Acting PerformanceNo write-up, just watch the clip. Justifiably, she won Best Supporting Actress here.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Another makeup pick:

Taipei 101 - Structure/Building

World's tallest skyscraper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

PfftFor 3 more months.



Some pretty cool stuff in the Wiki entry:

Taipei 101 is designed to withstand the typhoon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area of the Asia-Pacific. Planners aimed for a structure that could withstand gale winds of 60 m/s (197 ft/s, 216 km/h, 134 mi/h) and the strongest earthquakes likely to occur in a 2,500 year cycle.[12]

Skyscrapers must be flexible in strong winds yet remain rigid enough to prevent large sideways movement (lateral drift). Flexibility prevents structural damage while resistance ensures comfort for the occupants and protection of glass, curtain walls and other features. Most designs achieve the necessary strength by enlarging critical structural elements such as bracing. The extraordinary height of Taipei 101 combined with the demands of its environment called for additional innovations on the part of engineers.

The design achieves both strength and flexibility for the tower through the use of high-performance steel construction. Thirty-six columns support Taipei 101, including eight "mega-columns" packed with 10,000-psi concrete.[13] Every eight floors, outrigger trusses connect the columns in the building's core to those on the exterior.

These features combine with the solidity of its foundation to make Taipei 101 one of the most stable buildings ever constructed. The foundation is reinforced by 380 piles driven 80 m (262 ft) into the ground, extending as far as 30 m (98 ft) into the bedrock. Each pile is 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter and can bear a load of 1,000 metric tons (1,100 short tons) - 1,320 metric tons (1,460 short tons).[13] The stability of the design became evident during construction when, on March 31, 2002, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Taipei. The tremor was strong enough to topple two construction cranes from the 56th floor, then the highest, and killed five people in the accident. An inspection afterwards showed no structural damage to the building and construction soon resumed.

Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers along with Evergreen Consulting Engineering designed a 660 metric tons (728 short tons)[14] steel pendulum that serves as a tuned mass damper, at a cost of NT$132 million (US$4 million).[15] Suspended from the 92nd to the 88th floor, the pendulum sways to offset movements in the building caused by strong gusts. Its sphere, the largest damper sphere in the world, consists of 41 circular steel plates, each with a height of 125 mm (0.41 ft) being welded together to form a 5.5 m (18 ft) diameter sphere.[16] Another two tuned mass dampers, each weighing 6 metric tons (7 short tons),[15] sit at the tip of the spire. These prevent damage to the structure due to strong wind loads.

Taipei 101's characteristic blue-green glass curtain walls are double glazed, offer heat and UV protection, and can sustain impacts of 7 metric tons (8 short tons).[12]

Dats amazin'.

 

[timschochet]

Chicago is a good musical. Just as The Sound of Music is not the best work by Rodgers and Hammerstein, neither is Chicago the best work by Kander and Ebb. And not a single musical from my list of top ten has yet to be selected.

Correction. I forget that Les Miserables was selected. It's #10 on my list.

 

[rodg12]

Skipped

39.06 - Abrantes (autoskip)

39.10 - Thatguy

39.11 - El Floppo

39.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

40.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

40.10 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

40.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

40.13 - Tides of War (timed out)

40.15 - Abrantes (autoskip)

41.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

41.06 - Abrantes (autoskip)

41.08 - Tides of War (autoskip after time out)

41.10 - thatguy (autoskip)

41.11 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

41.12 - Team CIA (autoskip)

41.14 - Misfit Blondes - UP

41.15 - Bob Lee Swagger

41.16 - Scott Norwood/Anborn

41.17 - DC Thunder

41.18 - Genedoc

41.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around - Get Better GB)

41.20 - Yankee23 Fan

 

[rodg12]

Another makeup pick:

Taipei 101 - Structure/Building

World's tallest skyscraper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

PfftFor 3 more months.



Some pretty cool stuff in the Wiki entry:

Taipei 101 is designed to withstand the typhoon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area of the Asia-Pacific. Planners aimed for a structure that could withstand gale winds of 60 m/s (197 ft/s, 216 km/h, 134 mi/h) and the strongest earthquakes likely to occur in a 2,500 year cycle.[12]

Skyscrapers must be flexible in strong winds yet remain rigid enough to prevent large sideways movement (lateral drift). Flexibility prevents structural damage while resistance ensures comfort for the occupants and protection of glass, curtain walls and other features. Most designs achieve the necessary strength by enlarging critical structural elements such as bracing. The extraordinary height of Taipei 101 combined with the demands of its environment called for additional innovations on the part of engineers.

The design achieves both strength and flexibility for the tower through the use of high-performance steel construction. Thirty-six columns support Taipei 101, including eight "mega-columns" packed with 10,000-psi concrete.[13] Every eight floors, outrigger trusses connect the columns in the building's core to those on the exterior.

These features combine with the solidity of its foundation to make Taipei 101 one of the most stable buildings ever constructed. The foundation is reinforced by 380 piles driven 80 m (262 ft) into the ground, extending as far as 30 m (98 ft) into the bedrock. Each pile is 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter and can bear a load of 1,000 metric tons (1,100 short tons) - 1,320 metric tons (1,460 short tons).[13] The stability of the design became evident during construction when, on March 31, 2002, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Taipei. The tremor was strong enough to topple two construction cranes from the 56th floor, then the highest, and killed five people in the accident. An inspection afterwards showed no structural damage to the building and construction soon resumed.

Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers along with Evergreen Consulting Engineering designed a 660 metric tons (728 short tons)[14] steel pendulum that serves as a tuned mass damper, at a cost of NT$132 million (US$4 million).[15] Suspended from the 92nd to the 88th floor, the pendulum sways to offset movements in the building caused by strong gusts. Its sphere, the largest damper sphere in the world, consists of 41 circular steel plates, each with a height of 125 mm (0.41 ft) being welded together to form a 5.5 m (18 ft) diameter sphere.[16] Another two tuned mass dampers, each weighing 6 metric tons (7 short tons),[15] sit at the tip of the spire. These prevent damage to the structure due to strong wind loads.

Taipei 101's characteristic blue-green glass curtain walls are double glazed, offer heat and UV protection, and can sustain impacts of 7 metric tons (8 short tons).[12]

Dats amazin'.

That's unreal. I was unaware of that until you pointed it out. You're right, dats amazin'.

 

[El Floppo]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

Holy freakin crap! Hope you fully recover bro.

Wish you a speedy recovery, man. That is nuts.

holy Dude... dunno what to say- take care of yourself.... healthy, safe thoughts and best wishes flowing your way.

 

[krista4]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

Oh my. Take care, GB Tirnan.

 

[Postradamus]

I'm going to end up a couple rounds behind. I had a heart attack Saturday morning about 30 minutes after I went for a light run.I'm only 39 years old and from everything the doc said, I gather it was or maybe it could have been a close thing. Total blockage of the Left Anterior Descending artery. I just got home. I'll catch up as I am able.

jebus, hope everything works out. best wishes.

 

[krista4]

40.09 - Cloris Leachman as

Nice out-of-the-box thinking. Truly a great performance, and one I wasn't thinking of.

 

[Mister CIA]

I started off with a bang selecting plays early, but the well is beginning to run dry (for me it is). Not sure how it will fare in the eyes of those judging, but there's no doubt it's well known.

41.12 West Side Story, by Arthur Laurents, Play

 

[flysack]

Another makeup pick:

Taipei 101 - Structure/Building

World's tallest skyscraper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

Absolutely beautiful building. I've always wanted to see this, the palm islands, and the new tower being constructed in Dubai. There's some amazing architectural wonders being made today outside the U.S.

 

[timschochet]

I started off with a bang selecting plays early, but the well is beginning to run dry (for me it is). Not sure how it will fare in the eyes of those judging, but there's no doubt it's well known.

41.12 West Side Story, by Arthur Laurents, Play

At last, a top ten musical! And though you mentioned Laurents, you should also note even more prominently the composer of the score for this musical: one of the great conductors and composers in American history, Leonard Bernstein.

 

[timschochet]

Who will be the judge for the plays and wildcards I select? It was going to be wikkidpissah, but who will handle this chore now?

 

[krista4]

Who will be the judge for the plays and wildcards I select? It was going to be wikkidpissah, but who will handle this chore now?

 

[TidesofWar]

My missing pick - 40.13 or whatever

Jesus Christ Superstar - Rock Opera Play - Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice

Timschochet = Tim Rice???

Now let Tim tell me why he hates it................................................

 

[TidesofWar]

I started off with a bang selecting plays early, but the well is beginning to run dry (for me it is). Not sure how it will fare in the eyes of those judging, but there's no doubt it's well known.

41.12 West Side Story, by Arthur Laurents, Play

At last, a top ten musical! And though you mentioned Laurents, you should also note even more prominently the composer of the score for this musical: one of the great conductors and composers in American history, Leonard Bernstein.

 

[BobbyLayne]

I started off with a bang selecting plays early, but the well is beginning to run dry (for me it is). Not sure how it will fare in the eyes of those judging, but there's no doubt it's well known.

41.12 West Side Story, by Arthur Laurents, Play

Nice one.This is great - read the genesis of the concept section.

In 1949 Jerome Robbins approached Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents about collaborating on a contemporary musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. He proposed that the plot focus on the conflict between an Italian-American Roman Catholic family and a Jewish family living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, during the Easter-Passover season. The girl has survived the Holocaust and immigrated from Israel; the conflict was to be centered around anti-Semitism of the Catholic "Jets" and resentment of the Jews or "Emeralds" (a name that made its way into the script as a reference). Eager to write his first musical, Laurents immediately agreed. Bernstein wanted to present the material in operatic form, but Robbins and Laurents resisted the suggestion. They described the project as "lyric theatre," and Laurents wrote a first draft he called East Side Story. Only after he completed it did the group realize it was little more than a musicalization of themes that had already been covered...

hehe - ah, yes...the lesser known "East Side Story".

Never knew that...its fun learning about this back story stuff.

 

[Chiwawa]

Tirnan, so sorry to hear about the heart attack and I wish you a full recovery.

 

[rodg12]

My missing pick - 40.13 or whatever Jesus Christ Superstar - Rock Opera Play - Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim RiceTimschochet = Tim Rice???Now let Tim tell me why he hates it................................................

You owe one for 41.08 too, GB.

 

[timschochet]

My missing pick - 40.13 or whatever Jesus Christ Superstar - Rock Opera Play - Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim RiceTimschochet = Tim Rice???Now let Tim tell me why he hates it................................................

My # 6 musical of all time. (West Side Story is #9, Les Miz #10). Also personally one of my favorite rock albums of all time.