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in its original american broadcast secrets of a successful marriage finished forty @@ third in the ratings for the week of may 16 to may 22 1994 with a nielsen rating of 9 @@ 8 the episode was the second highest @@ rated show on the fox network that week following melrose place
since airing the episode has received positive reviews from television critics the authors of the book i can 't believe it 's a bigger and better updated unofficial simpsons guide warren martyn and adrian wood thought it was a confident finale to the fifth season which had seen the series become progressively more surreal and self @@ aware dvd movie guide 's colin jacobson wrote that he thought the episode ended the season with a high note and that homer s insensitive gossiping about his relationship presents lots of good bits it completes this excellent year well jacobson 's favorite line of the episode was this is a place of learning not a house of hearing about things which homer tells his class after they demand him to reveal more secrets about him and marge patrick bromley of dvd verdict gave the episode a grade of a − and commented that episodes focusing on the relationship between homer and marge can never fail and there are numerous opportunities for some classic homer @@ isms in the episode bill gibron of dvd talk gave the episode a score of 4 out of 5 one @@ time simpsons writer and comedian ricky gervais named secrets of a successful marriage his fifth favorite episode of the show and commented that homer 's line to marge i know now what i can offer you that no one else can complete and utter dependence is so sweet because he 's right it was placed at number seven on msnbc 's top ten the simpsons episodes list they felt the episode embodied homer 's qualities of being stupid good @@ natured and mildly pathetic [ ] from his conversations with his brain [ ] to his final proclamation that the one thing he can give marge that no one else can is ' complete and utter dependence '


= the boat race 1877 =

the 34th boat race took place on 24 march 1877 the boat race is an annual side @@ by @@ side rowing race between crews from the universities of oxford and cambridge along the river thames the race ended in a dead heat the first and only time the event has ended in such a fashion despite the formal declaration of a tie oxford believed that they were the victors the controversy surrounding the result led to significant changes to the way in which the race was conducted including the introduction of finishing posts and former blues as umpires

= = background = =

the boat race is a side @@ by @@ side rowing competition between the university of oxford ( sometimes referred to as the dark blues ) and the university of cambridge ( sometimes referred to as the light blues ) the race was first held in 1829 and since 1845 has taken place on the 4 @@ 2 @@ mile ( 6 @@ 8 km ) championship course on the river thames in southwest london the rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities it is followed throughout the united kingdom and as of 2014 broadcast worldwide cambridge went into the race as reigning champions having beaten oxford easily in the previous year 's race however oxford held the overall lead with 17 victories to cambridge 's 16
oxford were coached by reverend william sherwood ( who rowed for oxford in the 1873 and 1874 races ) and edmund warre ( who represented the dark blues in the 1857 and the 1858 races ) cambridge 's coach was james brooks close ( who rowed for the light blues in the 1872 1873 and 1874 races ) cambridge had practised at putney a fortnight before the race and were initially the bookmaker 's clear favourites oxford 's practice rows a week later impressed and brought them back into contention
the race was umpired by joseph william chitty who had rowed for oxford twice in 1849 ( in the march and december races ) and the 1852 race while the starter was edward searle chitty was assisted by honest john phelps who acted as the finishing judge phelps a professional waterman was over 70 years old and reportedly blind in one eye

= = crews = =

the oxford crew weighed an average of 12 st 3 @@ 875 lb ( 77 @@ 8 kg ) 4 @@ 125 pounds ( 1 @@ 9 kg ) more than their opponents the cambridge crew featured seven former blues including the cox george latham davies and number four william brooks close both of whom were participating in their third boat races oxford saw four blues return j m boustead tom cottingham edwards @@ moss and h j stayner and h p marriott all of whom had rowed in the previous two races

= = race = =

the race started on saturday 24 march 1877 at 8 27 am oxford had won the toss and elected to start from the middlesex station handing the surrey side of the river to cambridge the dark blues took an early lead and were ahead at the mile post but by the crab tree pub the crews were level cambridge pulled ahead and held a quarter @@ of @@ a @@ length lead by hammersmith bridge which they extended until the crews arrived at chiswick reach where oxford re @@ took the lead at chiswick steps the dark blues were leading by half @@ a @@ length and by barnes bridge they were clear experiencing strong head winds and rough water cowles the oxford bow man suffered serious damage to his oar nullifying further contribution to the race described by an oxford undergraduate watching the race suddenly oxford staggered and stood still in a mass of foam the bow @@ oar cowles had struck the top of a big wave in feathering and broken his blade clean off almost immediately cambridge took the advantage but were held off by a determined oxford crew who spurted magnificently and drew up steadily inch by inch so that it was a near thing as they passed the post

= = reaction = =

in the official centenary history it was noted that it is too perhaps too much to expect even from the stoical discipline of old blues a unanimous acquiescence in a verdict of dead @@ heat for no conclusion could be more unsatisfactory to the competitors themselves oxford firmly believed that they had won the race by feet but following a subsequent meeting in a law court with representatives of both universities and the umpire chitty the official result was declared as dead heat punch declared oxford won cambridge too w w rouse ball a fellow of trinity college cambridge writing in a history of the first trinity boat club suggested that the broken oar was the deciding factor but for this oxford would have won a correspondent writing in the sydney mail said both teams should consider themselves lucky that they did not lose and speculated that the race would be looked back as the great gooseberry year

= = legacy = =

this was the last year that the result was judged by a professional waterman and the controversy resulted in the introduction of the finishing posts they remain as of 2014 113 metres ( 371 ft ) downstream of chiswick bridge and are engraved with <unk> for university boat race the controversy also led to the selection of a former blue as the umpire selected by one university from a shortlist drawn up from the other and alternating each year
phelps himself was replaced as finishing judge by e h <unk> phelps died on 5 december 1890 his great @@ great @@ great @@ great @@ nephew richard phelps umpired the 2014 race which also ended controversially cambridge lost five strokes after a clash of oars oxford won by 11 lengths ( the biggest margin for more than 40 years ) and phelps declined an appeal from the light blues for a re @@ row


= mycena cinerella =

mycena cinerella commonly known as the mealy bonnet is an inedible species of mushroom in the family mycenaceae it is found in europe and the united states where it grows in groups on fallen leaves and needles under pine and douglas fir the small grayish mushrooms have caps that are up to 1 @@ 5 cm ( 0 @@ 6 in ) wide atop stipes that are 5 cm ( 2 @@ 0 in ) long and 2 @@ 5 mm ( 0 @@ 10 in ) thick its gills are grayish @@ white and adnate with a tooth that runs slightly down the stipe the fungus has both two and four @@ spored basidia as its common name suggests it smells mealy

= = taxonomy = =

first called agaricus <unk> by finnish mycologist petter karsten in 1879 he transferred it to the genus mycena that same year in his 1936 flora <unk> danica ( agaric flora of denmark ) jakob emanuel lange referred it to the genus omphalia omphalia cinerea ( p karst ) je lange is now a synonym mycena <unk> was named and described as a new species distinct from m cinerella by hintikka in 1963 who thought it to be unique due to its narrowly acute cap that lacked brownish or yellowish tones decurrent gills and two @@ spored basidia however intermediate forms of it have been found and some authorities like dutch mycena specialist maas geesteranus believe it should be treated as a synonym of m cinerella
the mushroom is commonly known as the mealy bonnet the specific epithet cinerella means somewhat ashy color

= = description = =

the cap of m cinerella is white and small with a diameter typically ranging from 0 @@ 5 to 1 @@ 5 cm ( 0 @@ 2 to 0 @@ 6 in ) initially hemispherical obtusely conic and then convex it expands during maturity developing visible grooves on the surface that correspond to the gills underneath the cap the cap has a broad flattened umbo the cap surface is smooth and moist with a slimy margin that is initially pressed against the stipe with age the margin becomes notched and sometimes scalloped turning translucent the cap color is dark gray to pale gray somewhat hygrophanous fading to ashy white or brown when dry the flesh is thin gray cartilaginous and tough with a strongly farinaceous ( mealy similar to raw potatoes ) odor and taste if crushed or chewed the whitish to grayish gills are moderately broad ( 2 3 mm ) with a spacing that is close to subdistant and 18 26 reach the stipe interspersed with two or three tiers of lamellae ( short gills that do not extend fully from the cap margin to the stipe ) the stipe attachment is adnate or arcuate but later develops a pronounced decurrent tooth the decurrent tooth occasionally separates from the stipe and forms a collar around it the stipe is 2 5 cm ( 0 @@ 8 2 @@ 0 in ) long 1 2 @@ 5 mm ( 0 @@ 04 0 @@ 10 in ) thick equal in width throughout hollow cartilaginous and brittle the stipe surface is smooth or polished with the apex initially faintly pruinose ( as if covered with a fine whitish powder ) the base of the stipe is sparsely covered with sharp straight stiff hairs and is the same color as the cap or paler the mushroom is inedible

= = = microscopic characteristics = = =

the spores are 7 9 by 4 5 μm ellipsoid smooth amyloid ( reaction very weak in some collections ) the basidia ( spore @@ bearing cells ) are four @@ spored or occasionally a combination of two and four @@ spored the four @@ spored forms have clamp connections that are absent in the two @@ spored forms the pleurocystidia ( cystidia found on the face of the gills ) are not differentiated the cheilocystidia ( cystidia found on the edges of the gills ) are embedded in the hymenium and inconspicuous measuring 22 36 by 5 11 μm they are roughly filiform ( like thin filaments ) with numerous contorted branches or protuberances and club @@ shaped with finger @@ like prolongations the flesh of the gills is homogenous and turns vinaceous @@ brown when stained in iodine the flesh of the cap has a well @@ differentiated pellicle with a differentiated but not very well @@ developed hypoderm and hyphae that are 10 20 μm wide

= = habitat and distribution = =

mycena cinerella is a saprobic fungus and derives nutrients by decomposing leaf litter and similar detritus converting it to humus and mineralizing organic matter in the soil the fruit bodies grow in groups on needles under pine and douglas fir typically in the late summer and autumn in the united states it has been collected from michigan washington oregon and california in europe it has also been collected from the great britain norway poland and sweden


= the beverly hills hotel =

the beverly hills hotel also called the beverly hills hotel and bungalows is located on sunset boulevard in beverly hills california one of the world 's most iconic and best @@ known hotels it is closely associated with hollywood film stars rock stars and celebrities the hotel has 208 guest rooms and suites and 23 bungalows each designed in the peachy pink and green colors which are a trademark of the hotel
the beverly hills hotel was established in may 1912 before the city 's existence the original owners were margaret j anderson a wealthy widow and her son stanley s anderson who had been managing the hollywood hotel the original hotel was designed by pasadena architect elmer grey in the mediterranean revival style from 1928 to 1932 the hotel was owned by the van noy railway news and hotel company in 1941 hernando courtright the vice president of the bank of america purchased the hotel with friends including irene dunne loretta young and harry warner courtright established the polo lounge which was for many years the premier dining spot in los angeles hosting luminaries such as the rat pack humphrey bogart and marlene dietrich courtright paid for a significant renovation in the late forties during which the hotel was first painted its famous pink color in 1948 to match that period 's country club style the following year architect paul williams added the crescent wing
the strict resident owner of the beverly hills hotel from 1954 until his death in 1979 was former detroit real estate magnate ben l silberstein in 1986 marvin davis bought the hotel from silberstein 's sons @@ in @@ law burt slatkin and ivan f boesky on december 30 1992 the hotel closed for a complete restoration reopening in 1995 since 1996 it has been run as part of the prestigious dorchester collection in 2012 the hotel was named the first historic landmark in beverly hills and two new presidential bungalows were added

= = history = =


= = = early history = = =

in early 1911 margaret j anderson a wealthy widow and her son stanley s anderson who had been managing the hollywood hotel ordered the construction of the beverly hills hotel in close proximity to the burton green mansion burton green an oil tycoon and real estate developer president of the rodeo land and water company had purchased land in the foothills of the santa monica mountains which had once been owned by the mexican government he had begun building mansions on the land including his own residence investing some $ 500 @@ 000 but was having difficulty selling them he hired anderson to build a hotel which he named beverly farms after his home in massachusetts believing that it would attract people to the area billing it as halfway between los angeles and the sea the hollywood film industry was taking off at the time and investors were looking to develop the area a may 11 1911 edition of the los angeles times announced the news that a huge mission @@ style hotel was to be built by anderson with the motto that her guests were entitled to the best of everything regardless of cost
the hotel opened may 12 1912 before the city 's existence margaret and stanley took up residence within the hotel grounds by 1914 hollywood directors actors and actresses such as mary pickford and douglas fairbanks charlie chaplin gloria swanson buster keaton rudolph valentino and will rogers had purchased homes in the area transforming bean fields surrounding the beverly hills hotel into prime real estate the city of beverly hills was established the first five bungalows of the hotel were built in 1915 in 1919 douglas fairbanks bought a lodge above the hotel and expanded it with his wife mary pickford which became known as pickfair according to one publication a star would know they would finally made it when they received a dinner invitation from pickfair gloria swanson resided in one of the bungalows of the hotel during her divorce
in 1915 the andersons donated a portion of the hotel 's original grounds to the community of beverly hills it was used to create the community 's first public park originally known as sunset park it is now will rogers memorial park an early tradition was the annual easter egg hunt put on for the children of the guests and employees silent film star harold lloyd was an early hotel patron and in 1921 he decided to film a scene at the hotel for a sailor @@ made man from 1928 to 1932 the hotel was owned by the van noy railway news and hotel company van noy had to close the hotel during the great depression years although he leased the bungalows out as properties with bank of america funding the hotel reopened in 1932

= = = the glamour years = = =

during the 1930s the beverly hills hotel became increasingly popular with hollywood film stars fred astaire took a shine to the hotel and enjoyed reading the daily variety and the hollywood reporter by the pool cesar romero and carole lombard were pictured together at the hotel in 1937 in 1938 the sand and pool club was established at the hotel it proved extremely popular with white sand imported from arizona which made the pool area look like a beach the following year it began hosting fashion shows sponsored by local department stores such as bullock 's wilshire in 1940 one of the hotel 's long @@ time patrons marlene dietrich was instrumental in bringing about a change in policy in the polo lounge which had made it compulsory for women to don skirts which she refused to wear
in 1941 hernando courtright the vice president of the bank of america purchased the hotel with friends irene dunne loretta young and harry warner also became owners of the hotel as a result of their investment with courtright courtright established the polo lounge in honor of a celebrity band of polo players who toasted victories at the restaurant after matches in the bean fields in 1942 howard hughes bought up half a dozen of the bungalows and lived there on several occasions throughout the decades the hotel accommodated his eccentricities including his request for roast beef sandwiches delivered to a nook in a tree the beverly hills hotel underwent significant renovation in the late forties when the porte cochere was expanded and painted in stripes in 1947 courtright opened the crystal room and the lanai restaurant later called the <unk> the building was first painted its famous pink color in 1948 to match the country club style of the period and it became known as the pink palace the following year architect paul williams added the crescent wing the fountain coffee shop also opened at this time
in 1954 detroit real estate magnate ben l silberstein bought the hotel for $ 5 @@ 5 million courtright later became hotelier at the beverly wilshire hotel the reputation of the beverly hills hotel as a leading luxury hotel with glamorous patrons took off during the 1950s and attracted eminent guests such as the duke and duchess of windsor princess margaret and lord snowdon king albert of belgium the crown prince of monaco and grace kelly john wayne and henry fonda elizabeth taylor one of the hotel 's best known guests would stay with her numerous husbands in the bungalows and spent six of her eight honeymoons there her father owned an art gallery on the ground floor of the hotel the polo lounge became associated with frank sinatra dean martin and the rat pack where they held heavy drinking bouts in 1956 the pool of the hotel and cabana club was a filming location for designing women starring gregory peck and lauren bacall marilyn monroe and yves montand stayed at the hotel during the production of george cukor 's let 's make love monroe 's favorite bungalow was no 7 george hamilton and rex harrison enjoyed sunbathing at the hotel harrison would sunbathe in the nude in cabana one and answer the door wearing just a handkerchief over his private parts
in 1963 the comedy picture who 's been sleeping in my bed starring dean martin elizabeth montgomery jill st john and carol burnett was shot at the hotel in the 1970s john lennon and yoko ono hid out in one of the bungalows for a week richard m nixon 's chief of staff hr haldeman and presidential aide john ehrlichman were eating breakfast in the polo lounge when they were informed of the watergate in 1972 in january 1976 peter finch died of a sudden heart attack while sitting in the hotel lobby two months later he was posthumously awarded the academy award for best actor for his role as howard beale in the film network his co @@ star faye dunaway stayed at the hotel after winning the academy award for best actress for the same film in one memorable photograph she was seated by the hotel pool lounging back in a chair surrounded by newspapers and her oscar trophy the exterior of the hotel was featured on the album cover art of the eagles 's lp hotel california that same year two years later california suite was filmed at the hotel

= = = later history = = =

owner ben silberstein died in 1979 and passed the hotel to his two daughters muriel slatkin and seema boesky wife of stock trader ivan boesky in 1986 marvin davis bought the hotel from silberstein 's sons @@ in @@ law burt slatkin and ivan boesky boesky had bought the outstanding 5 of stock for a reported fortune and decided to sell despite slatkin 's desire to keep the hotel less than a year later davis sold the hotel to the sultan of brunei hassanal bolkiah for $ 110 million
on december 30 1992 the hotel closed for a complete restoration said to be in the region of $ 100 125 million the project lasted two and a half years with the hotel reopening on june 3 1995 with upgrades to furniture and fittings the hotel is now managed and owned by the dorchester collection organized in 1996 to manage the hotel interests of the brunei investment agency the west coast regional director for the dorchester collection oversees the beverly hills hotel as well as the hotel bel @@ air in 2012 the hotel celebrated its 100 @@ year anniversary and began to remodel its lobby with the polo lounge pool cabanas and cabana cafe and guest @@ rooms and suites to be renovated by 2014 the hotel was also named the first historic landmark in beverly hills in september 2012

= = = controversy and boycott = = =

the sultan of brunei 's stake in the ownership of the hotel drew controversy in april 2014 when he initiated the first phase of a three @@ phase plan to adapt brunei 's legal system to include aspects of sharia law implicating his approval of the persecution of homosexuals in the complex legal system there ( a two part system involving separate courts and legislation for islamic and non @@ islamic citizens ) in protest a united states national lgbt advocacy organization the gill action fund canceled its reservation to hold a conference of major donors at the beverly hills hotel and demanded a refund of its deposit the hotel management responded by issuing a statement asserting that it does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation fashion designers brian atwood and peter som subsequently called for wider protests urging the fashion industry to boycott all of the hotels owned by the dorchester collection
meanwhile the boycott had attracted support from sir richard branson of virgin group as well as numerous hollywood executives and stars including jay leno and ellen degeneres in addition a string of organizations joined the boycott cancelling reservations to hold conferences and other high @@ profile events at the establishment travel industry firms likewise signed on to a boycott of all dorchester collection hotels others including russell crowe and kim kardashian have spoken out against the boycott crowe stated that despite his disapproval of the new laws in brunei it is unfair to punish the hardworking employees of the hotel similarly kardashian published a blog post voicing her criticism of the boycott and expressing her sympathies for the hotel workers hr magazine said that the protests are misguided and will not affect the government policy of brunei when the dorchester collection 's annual revenue is $ 300 million while the bia has over $ 30 billion in assets from oil and gas
by may 2014 the beverly hills city council passed a resolution urging the sultan of brunei to sell the beverly hills hotel lili bosse the mayor of beverly hills at the time welcomed the resolution and added that she had made a personal decision not to return to the hotel until the situation had been solved the decision was lauded by rabbi laura geller of temple emanuel where bosse is a congregant by then the jewish journal reported that more than $ 2 million worth of events have been canceled at the beverly hills hotel by dozens of groups dorchester collection chief executive officer christopher cowdray then responded to the controversy by asking the public to consider the issue at hand in a broader perspective citing the fact that many brands are backed by foreign investors sharia law exists alongside other normative systems and has been adopted by many other muslim countries including saudi arabia which has major investments in the american hospitality industry including the four seasons and fairmont hotel chains adweek declared that the bad press and protests have tarnished the glamorous image of the beverly hills hotel one of the most famous hotels in the world and added that such extreme brand damage will be difficult to repair

= = architecture = =


= = = exterior = = =

judith kirkwood of orange coast magazine has stated that the beverly hills hotel is such an icon that my friend gretchen and i wondered if it was a mirage when the taxi pulled up in the porte cochere and deposited us on a red carpet but realized that it was more like a peachy pink dream dusted with gold and green and white striped accents the original main building of the beverly hills hotel was designed by pasadena architect elmer grey in the mediterranean revival style built on a prominence above the main road below it resembled a white colonial palatial mansion or mission with verandas and arches fitted with wicker furniture and at the time was set in the countryside high above the main entrance are three domes two flanking the center which are smaller and lower in height with flags hoisted on them a trolley @@ stop pavilion was situated on the western side the iconic signage and the addition were designed by architect paul williams
the extensive gardens covering 12 acres ( 4 @@ 9 ha ) were designed by landscape architect wilbur david cook they contain bougainvillea banana plants hibiscus and other tropical flora svend petersen the danish @@ american pool manager at the hotel for forty @@ two years became a hotel ambassador in 2002 he had notably opened up the pool after hours for the beatles and taught faye dunaway to swim a 1940s freestyle crawl for her appearance in the film mommie dearest

= = = interior = = =

the <unk> of the hotel containing californian craftsman furniture provides vistas of the pacific ocean a room known as the crystal room was allocated for small private dinner parties the principal dining room could accommodate up to 500 people the children 's dining room which became the el jardin restaurant is now the iconic polo lounge the polo lounge was seen as the premier power dining spot in all of los angeles the lounge was renovated in 1974 and given a softer design with table lamps and flowers it is fashioned in peachy pink with dark green booths each featuring a plug @@ in phone the photograph behind the bar depicts will rogers and darryl f zanuck two lounge regulars playing polo the menu offers a classic neil mccarthy salad named after the polo @@ playing millionaire the hotel has its own bakery and herb garden makes its own vinegar and smokes meats the chef in 2003 was katsuo sugiura who cooked oak @@ grilled food with an asian flair in 2007 one large suite was converted into the bar <unk> the fireplace in the hotel 's lobby has a fire going every day of the year
a new wing was added to the east side of the main building in the late 1940s the crescent wing as it became known features mature plantings on the balconies

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