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I ain't going there just yet.
Considering updating to Windows 7 on my one year old laptop ... funny how the MS updater gives no results as to whether it is compatible ... or not.
Feeling tired these days .. not used to working I guess!!??
lol
MondoRescue also calling me
Check out DROPBOX software if you use different OSes on your computer.
Slow rainy day here but all bankable!
Just started the "first" digi-novel that combines reading a book with Internet and film clips, and as I expected -- I hated it. I could be old fashion, but...
This is one of his best ones ...
http://www.gregiles.com/quiet.htm
At Tavern Auction Preview, a Hunt for Antiques and Nostalgia
By GLENN COLLINS
January 7, 2010
Dozens of potential bidders got a first look on Wednesday at the 25,000 treasures that were orphaned when Tavern on the Green in Central Park closed. The items, including the stained-glass ceiling fixtures, will be sold at an auction starting Jan. 13.
The three-day auction will include 1,000 lots of items that have been valued at $100 to $1.2 million (a chandelier). Decorative pieces from both inside the restaurant and from its gardens will go on the block.
They kicked the tires. Grandly.
For the first time, dozens of potential bidders for 25,000 orphaned treasures from Tavern on the Green were admitted to the shuttered and bankrupt landmark restaurant in Central Park on Wednesday. They previewed next week’s three-day auction of 1,000 lots of items that have been valued at $100 to $1.2 million.
“I’d like to buy something if I can afford it,” Arthur Ashendorff, a retired engineer from Manhattan, said as he made a flyby of offerings in the restaurant’s Chestnut Room. “Possibly something — ” he searched for a word — “small.”
He was in the advance guard of visitors, touring the large assemblage of candelabras, samovars, weather vanes, sculptures, murals, prints, lighting fixtures, silver and china place settings and other eccentric assets of the sprawling restaurant, which was padlocked early on New Year’s Day.
“Everything must go,” said Arlan Ettinger, president of Guernsey’s auction house, which is mounting the sale. He hosted the sprawling walk-through in the company of his inquisitive dog, Rascal, a mixed-breed rescue pup. Previews will be from noon to 8 p.m. every day through Tuesday. Then the three-day sale — in the Crystal Room of Tavern — is to begin with sessions at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on the following day.
Many visitors had a visceral connection to the restaurant. Elizabeth and Larry Becker — who arrived with their 24-year-old daughter, Beth — recalled their 1983 wedding reception in the Crystal Room and were hunting for a token that would remind them of the Tavern of yore. “We came here every Mother’s Day,” said Mr. Becker, a financial consultant.
Mr. Ettinger said he was optimistic about auction attendance, since some 20 million patrons visited Tavern during the 33 years it was operated by the family of Warner LeRoy — who, as its operator, reinvented the restaurant in 1976.
“It’s all here, and it’s all authentic,” said Michael Desiderio, Tavern’s chief operating officer, who admitted that “I’d like some of these things myself — but I can’t afford them.”
The preview of the sale — called a nonreserve auction because there was no presale estimate of the prices of individual objects — is expected to attract more than 1,000 visitors and, ultimately, many hundreds of bidders.
Although Mr. Ettinger declined to put a specific value on the offerings, a Sotheby’s appraisal of a portion of the LeRoy inventory a few years ago estimated the value at $8.17 million, including $1.2 million for the leaded-glass ceiling of Maxwell’s Plum that was eventually moved to the Russian Tea Room (both restaurants were owned by Mr. LeRoy) and $300,000 for the antique green-crystal chandelier that is the centerpiece of the Crystal Room.
Although many dealers critically gauged the preview merchandise hoping to resell it, Joanna Figlia, who lives in Manhattan, had a more personal connection: she and her husband, Peter, were married in Tavern on Oct. 18, 1998. “But I see some pieces that would be possible,” she said, for the shelves of her antique store in Huntington, W.Va., Hattie and Nan’s.
Of course, nostalgia was not foremost on the auction agenda. The sale could help placate a disquieted herd of more than 450 unsecured creditors — including butchers, bakers, balloon artists and a host of purveyors — who are trying to keep alive their hopes for repayment.
The assets of Tavern, a victim of the economic meltdown and changing tastes, are being contested in two federal courts. In dispute is even the ownership of the restaurant’s name, which was bestowed on the property by its landlord, New York City, in 1934.
But it was trademarked in 1981 by Mr. LeRoy, who died at the age of 65 in 2001, and now the city has given the 20-year operating license for Tavern, starting this year, to Dean J. Poll, operator of the Boathouse restaurant in Central Park.
Even the ownership of some of the items at the sale — including the rare chestnut paneling in the room of the same name — are being contested by the LeRoys and the city. A federal bankruptcy judge has suggested that the items be auctioned and their proceeds put in escrow until the disputes are resolved.
During the eight-hour preview, which began at noon, visitors meandered though a cornucopia of Tavern memorabilia. There was a fair amount of ooh-ing and ahh-ing. The artifacts “are a snapshot of a unique era,” said Dr. Gail Petrosky, a dentist in Manalapan, N.J. “I don’t think the workmanship in these pieces will be replicated.”
Closely examined were the restaurant’s animal-shaped topiaries and dozens of new or slightly used Japanese lanterns for the illumination of the summer courtyard. “I’d like to put the King Kong topiary on my terrace, but the cost is $50,000 and the co-op board might not approve,” said Jeffrey Levitas, a real estate broker at the Corcoran Group. “But I’m thinking these lanterns might work.”
On the restaurant tables, regiments of samovars stood at attention, along with nickle-silver chafing dishes, Champagne stands, candelabras and a silvery cake stand.
Also on view was Mr. LeRoy’s flamboyant wardrobe: racks full of his wildly patterned custom-made suits from Dunhill and from his tailor in Hong Kong — many worn but a few times.
Even his eyeglass collection was up for grabs — including a rainbow of sunglasses in exotic colors, not to mention a pair of spectacles embellished with little silver forks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/nyregion/07tavern.html?pagewanted=print
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all from a spectator!
Hundreds of dippers, thousands of spectators expected at Polar Dip
Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip for World Vision celebrates 25 years - proceeds benefit Kahi Water Project in Rwanda.
Is originunknown a spectator or a dipper? You decide. Either way, Merry Christmas!
Attention: Assignment Editor, City Editor, News Editor, Photo Editor
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO, MEDIA ADVISORY--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2009) - Hundreds of dippers are expected to brave Lake Ontario's icy waters at Oakville's Coronation Park again this year during the 25th annual Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip, which is Toronto's most supported New Year's Day charitable tradition. More than $420,000 has been raised to provide clean water in developing countries since the first dip in 1985.
The event, which began when local businessmen Todd and Trent Courage jumped into Lake Ontario in Burlington, is now Canada's largest charitable polar bear dip - attracting over 500 dippers and 5,000 spectators each year.
"We knew that clean water was scarce in many parts of Africa, but after visiting Rwanda this past summer, the realization of how difficult it really is for Rwandans has been life changing," says Todd Courage. "The image of watching hundreds of children carrying heavy yellow containers full of water, walking many miles to deliver it back to their villages and homes has been permanently etched in our minds - it's like a human pipeline - and that image is the motivation for us to raise more money this year than ever before imagined."
In celebration of the event's 25th year, the Courage brothers and friends hope to have their biggest event ever and surpass their $60,000 fundraising goal.
"Already there are indications that supporters are more committed than ever before and we are anticipating that this year's celebration of the event's 25th year at Coronation Park will be one to remember for years to come," says Todd Courage . "But most exciting of all, is that due to the increased support and giving, we can assure that clean drinking water is accessible in close to the villages allowing children more time to go to school rather than spend their days carrying heavy loads of water long distances"
The proceeds will be used to drill boreholes, install wells, collect rainwater for irrigation, and train the community how to protect their vital water resources.
Last year, the event's festival-like atmosphere, with live music, costumes and celebrities (last year Tom Cochrane was a special guest) drew more than 460 participants and 5,000 spectators to Coronation Park in Oakville.
"The Courage Brothers Polar Bear Dip is proof of what's possible when caring people come together for a meaningful cause--like clean water for Africa," says Michael Messenger, Vice President of World Vision. "The water projects funded by Polar Bear Dip supporters are delivering real and lasting change to some of the world's most vulnerable children and their communities. We're thankful for this incredible partnership, and proud--especially for the 25th anniversary-- to be affiliated with this important event."
WHEN: New Year's Day, Friday January 1, 2010
WHERE: Coronation Park, Oakville, Ontario (Lakeshore Road between 3rd and 4th Line)
WHAT:
12:30 p.m.
- Registration begins
- Live band performs on main stage
1:00 p.m.
- Regional Chair of Halton welcomes visitors
- Oakville Member of Parliament brings greetings
- Costume contest on main stage
1:30 p.m.
- Pre-dip interview availability (Todd Courage, Trent Courage, Michael Messenger of World Vision)
- Please register at media table to ensure interview
2:00 p.m.
- Polar Bear Dip begins
All Participants:
* With the $25 registration fee, will receive a t-shirt, and a membership certificate
* Who raise more than $100 will receive a Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip touque
* With every $100 raised, will receive a ballot for a chance to win prizes
* Will be eligible to win prizes for the best individual costume and the best group costume
/For further information: Further information on the Toronto area's largest and most supported Polar Bear Dip can be found at www.polarbeardip.ca/
IN: ENTERTAINMENT, INTERNATIONAL, RELIGION, SOCIAL, OTHER
For more information, please contact
Peter Turkington, Strategic Communications Solutions
Primary Phone: 905-901-9218
E-mail: pturkington@stratcommsolutions.ca
"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
-Oscar Levant
10 Commericals that are Exercises in WTF
http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/04/03/10-commericals-that-are-exercises-in-wtf/
MS Security Essentials is very good protection for your computer.
You are what you eat.
Definitely you know you are getting old when doctors start harassing you about sugar and cholesterol infested food ,,,,,
-59 degrees Celsius in Edmonton last night with the wind factor, second coldest place in the world...
Jennifer Tilly eliminating Tom Durrr Dwan from the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge was quite a thrill.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
-Dale Carnegie
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight, / But they, while their companions slept, / Were toiling upward in the night.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
James Whitcomb Riley
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
- Thomas Carlyle
Money grows on the tree of persistence.
- Japanese Proverb
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
- Hank Aaron
Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
- Thomas A. Edison
Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.
- Brian Tracy
Never, never, never, never give up.
- Winston Churchill
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
- Vincent Lombardi
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
- Benjamin Franklin
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
- Tobias Wolff
....exactly the same for me!
I saw this one on a Vista computer
Tess's daughter has Vista and it tried to do a popup but it didn't look like a Normal IE or Microsoft window so I just closed it down. Could definitely get into some scary stuff, especially if the programs are using your computer as a slave to run downloads through. I usually close Everything that pops up lol.
Have a Wonderful Week my Friend!
XPA Fraud Trojan tries to get you to download software because your OS is at risk .... DON'T!!! They mask themselves as MS software but don't believe it ....
I think it means that once you are a part of the file sharing community, you participate in the accessibility to large files by having your computer connected to the the network and allowing and assisting in the download of files. Kinda scary if you don't know the members of the community. Better have full virus-trojan-everything protection to play in this sandbox. Which may be why I am tempted to dedicate one computer alone to this activity.
I read some of it and still not sure lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_seeding#Content_delivery
Thanks! BTW, what the heck is seeding...
Sounds like a bad thing
Hope you get it figured out
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/a/torrent_search.htm
thanks bbgold ... I am now entering the treacherous world of bit torrents
Don't worry about the Economy
Take a Happy pill lol
Glad to have you back OU!
Defragged one year old laptop and it took 8 hours!
Ended up buying a Professional Frigidaire which hopefully will get delivered today. The borrowed bar fridge just isn't cutting it!!
Ugly Truth (2009) is a pretty awful movie.
After being gone a month I expected a wide choice of rentals, but this is all I came up in desperation. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 15% and that is about all it is worth.
Thanks for the reco!
Whirlpool. We have had ours for years with no problems.
Can anybody here recommend a good fridge brand? I need to buy a new one pronto and I just don't have the heart to start researching that now. I know that there is a wide variety of available options, but we want one with a freezer compartment and average height but no fancy icemaker ... thanks!!
Thanks!
Took 24 hours to get back home, but now all is well except the fridge died a few days ago!
I Wanna See!
Sounds like a Fantastic Journey Bro!
Glad you back Home safe and sound and Recharged for the New Year!
Europe trip almost over but short of a disaster in the next 24 hours everything went almost perfectly. Almost nothing I would change ... the weather was awesome and the accommodations and travel arrangements worked out beautifully 98% ofthe time.
Learned a lot about travelling cheaper and handling Internet and email requirements in Europe and Africa.
I already look forward to my next trip which I hope is either the Baltics or SA. Preparation time is very important. We saved huge amounts on flights and hotels by booking ahead of time.
Will post more on this subject if anyone is interested ... though I will spare you the 2000 pictures and 3 hours of video!!!!
ttys
ou
"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."
-Paul Fix
"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world."
-Michael Crichton
I didn't know if you remember him. I used to rush home from school everyday to watch him on the local station in NYC. White Fang, Black tooth and the daily weather on the radio. He was the Captain Kangaroo for kids who had outgrown the Captain.
All my childhood signposts are fast disappearing ...!!
Oops! Pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and BRAD CAIN, Associated Press Writers Steve Karnowski And Brad Cain, Associated Press Writers
41 mins ago
MINNEAPOLIS – The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says there was no fight in the cockpit, neither he nor the captain had fallen asleep and the passengers were never in any danger.
But in an interview with The Associated Press two days after he and a colleague blew past their destination as air traffic controllers tried frantically to reach them, pilot Richard Cole would not say just what it was that led to them to forget to land Flight 188.
"It was not a serious event, from a safety issue," Cole said in front of his Salem, Ore., home. "I would tell you more, but I've already told you way too much."
Air traffic controllers and pilots tried for more than an hour Wednesday night to contact Cole and the flight's captain, Timothy B. Cheney, of Gig Harbor, Wash., using radio, cell phone and data messages. On the ground, concerned officials alerted National Guard jets to prepare to chase the airliner from two locations, though none of the military planes left the runway.
"We were not asleep; we were not having an argument; we were not having a fight," Cole told The Associated Press.
He would not discuss why it took so long for the pilots to respond to radio calls, "but I can tell you that airplanes lose contact with the ground people all the time. It happens. Sometimes they get together right away; sometimes it takes awhile before one or the other notices that they are not in contact."
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, citing an internal Northwest document it said was described to the newspaper, reported that Cheney and Cole began what was to be a five-day flying stint Tuesday with a flight from Minneapolis to San Diego. The newspaper said the pair had a 19-hour layover before Wednesday's return flight.
A police report released Friday said the pilots passed breathalyzer tests and were apologetic after the flight. The report also said that the crew indicated they had been having a heated discussion about airline policy.
But aviation safety experts and other pilots were deeply skeptical they could have become so distracted by shop talk that they forgot to land an airplane carrying 144 passengers. The most likely possibility, they said, is that the pilots simply fell asleep somewhere along their route from San Diego.
"It certainly is a plausible explanation," said Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation in Alexandria, Va.
Unfortunately, the cockpit voice recorder may not tell the tale.
New recorders retain as much as two hours of cockpit conversation and other noise, but the older model aboard Northwest's Flight 188 includes just the last 30 minutes — only the very end of Wednesday night's flight after the pilots realized their error over Wisconsin and were heading back to Minneapolis.
Cheney and Cole have been suspended and are to be interviewed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators next week. The airline, acquired last year by Delta Air Lines, is also investigating. Messages left at Cheney's home were not returned.
FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro said in general, an unsafe condition created by a pilot could lead to the suspension of the person's pilot license and possibly a civil penalty.
With worries about terrorists still high, even after contact was re-established, air traffic controllers asked the crew to prove who they were by executing turns.
"Controllers have a heightened sense of vigilance when we're not able to talk to an aircraft. That's the reality post-9/11," said Doug Church, a spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said fatigue and cockpit distraction will be looked into. The plane's flight recorders were brought to the board's Washington headquarters.
The pilots were finally alerted to their situation when a flight attendant called on an intercom from the cabin.
Voss said a special concern was that the many safety checks built into the aviation system to prevent incidents like this one — or to correct them quickly — apparently were ineffective until the very end. Not only couldn't air traffic controllers and other pilots raise the Northwest pilots for an hour, but the airline's dispatcher should have been trying to reach them as well. The three flight attendants onboard should have questioned why there were no preparations for landing being made. Brightly lit cockpit displays should have warned the pilots it was time to land.
"It's probably something you would say never would happen if this hadn't just happened," Voss said.
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AP Airlines Writers Joshua Freed in Minneapolis and Harry R. Weber in Atlanta and AP Writers Joan Lowy in Washington, Amy Forliti in Minneapolis and Dave Koenig in Dallas contributed to this report. Cain reported from Salem, Ore.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091024/ap_on_bi_ge/us_northwest_airport_overflown/print
Soupy Sales, Flinger of Pies and Punch Lines, Dies at 83
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
October 24, 2009
Soupy Sales, whose zany television routines turned a pie in the face into a madcap art form, died on Thursday in the Bronx. He was 83.
Hisformer manager, David Usher, said Mr. Sales had died in a hospice after suffering from multiple health problems.
Cavorting with his puppet sidekicks White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie the Lion, transforming himself into the private detective Philo Kvetch, and playing host to the ever-present “nut at the door,” Soupy Sales became a television favorite of youngsters and an anarchic comedy hero for teenagers, college students and many adults as well.
Clad in a top hat, sweater and bow tie and shuffling through his Mouse dance, he reached his slapstick heyday in the mid-1960s on “The Soupy Sales Show,” a widely syndicated program based at WNEW-TV in New York.
Beyond the pie-throwing, Mr. Sales was especially remembered for one infamous moment. It came on New Year’s Day 1965, when he asked youngsters to go through their parents’ clothing and send him little green pieces of paper with pictures of men with beards.
Mr. Sales reported receiving only a few dollar bills, and he said he had donated them to charity, but Metromedia, the station’s owner, suspended him briefly after a viewer complained to the Federal Communications Commission that he was encouraging children to steal.
That stunt only heightened Mr. Sales’s appeal as a tweaker of authority. When he headlined a rock ’n’ roll show at the Paramount Theater the following Easter, as many as 3,000 teenagers were snaking through Times Square hoping for seats at the morning performance. “He’s great, he’s a nut like us,” a 13-year-old boy told The New York Times.
Mr. Sales was rumored to have told off-color jokes to his young listeners, but he denied that. As he put it in his memoir, “Soupy Sez!” (M. Evans, 2001), written with Charles Salzberg: “Kids would come home and they’d tell a dirty joke — you know, grade school humor — and the parents would say, ‘Where’d you hear that?’ And they’d say, ‘The Soupy Sales Show,’ because I happened to have the biggest show in town.”
By his own count, some 20,000 pies were hurled at him or visitors to his TV shows in the 1950s and 60s. The victims included Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis, all of whom turned up just for the honor of being creamed.
Mr. Sales had precise requirements on the ingredients for successful pie-throwing: “You can use whipped cream, egg whites or shaving cream, but shaving cream is much better because it doesn’t spoil. And no tin plates. The secret is you just can’t push it and shove it in somebody’s face. It has to be done with a pie that has a lot of crust so that it breaks up into a thousand pieces when it hits you.”
But the key to his comedy went beyond pie.
“Our shows were not actually written, but they were precisely thought out,” he explained in his memoir. “But the greatest thing about the show, and I think the reason for its success, was that it seemed undisciplined. The more you can make a performance seem spontaneous, the better an entertainer you are.”
Mr. Sales felt that his shows appealed to adults as well as the children who laughed at his antics. “Once I found out that adults were watching, too, I never consciously changed anything to play to them,” he recalled.
Soupy Sales was born Milton Supman in Franklinton, N.C., where his parents, Irving and Sadie Supman, owned a dry goods store. Neighbors pronounced his last name “Soupman,” so he called himself Soupy as a youngster.
Drawing on the physical comedy of the Marx Brothers and Harry Ritz, he entered show business after graduating from Marshall College in Huntington, W.Va. Working as a teenage dance-show host and D. J. on television and radio, he appeared on stations in Cincinnati and Cleveland, then began “Lunch With Soupy” in 1953 on WXYZ-TV in Detroit.
Mr. Sales, who had a large collection of jazz and big-band music at the time, invited leading figures in the jazz world, including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to perform live on his evening program in Detroit, “Soupy’s On.” He made Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” his theme song.
He took the name Soupy Sales in part from the old-time comic actor Chic Sale. After appearing on local TV in Los Angeles and on the ABC-TV network, he made his debut on WNEW in the fall of 1964. Mr. Sales was later a longtime panelist on TV’s “What’s My Line,” appeared on many other game shows and was a host for a variety talk show on WNBC Radio in the 1980s.
His survivors include his wife, Trudy, and his sons Tony and Hunt.
For all the staged mayhem on his shows, the truly unpredictable did occur. “I remember one time we were working with Pookie at the window,” Mr. Sales recalled. “He was doing a bit where he was breaking eggs and one of the eggs turned out to be rotten. My God, the smell was terrible! And I’m sure, watching us at home, everyone knew there was something wrong from the look on our faces.”
One episode remained etched in the Soupy Sales pie-throwing hall of fame. “One of my younger fans made the mistake of heaving a frozen pie at me before it defrosted,” he once wrote in The New York Journal-American. “It caught me in the neck and I dropped like a pile of bricks.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/arts/television/24sales.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&pagewanted=print
"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."
-Vince Lombardi
The Proposal 2009
Cute but some really dumb scenes I would have edited out for sure.
3 stars
lol
sounds like me!!
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