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Giant flower dog….
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Puppy, the dog flower sculpture by Jeff Koons is a permanent installation at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Jeff Koons’ works incorporates imagery using painting, sculpture, and other forms, often in large scale. It was in the year 1992 he was commissioned to create a piece for an art exhibition in Arolsen, Germany and the result was Puppy, a forty-three foot (12.4 m) tall topiary sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier puppy created in a variety of flowers on a steel substructure. Again in 1995 the sculpture was put up at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sydney Harbour on a new, more permanent, stainless steel armature with an internal irrigation system. And it was in the year 1997 the piece was purchased by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and installed on the terrace outside the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain. Made of stainless steel, wood (at Arolsen only), soil, geotextile fabric, internal irrigation system, and live flowering plants, its something waiting to be admired!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/13/brent-celeks-captain-morg_n_356896.html
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Did anyone notice Philadelphia tight end Brent Celek’s celebration after scoring a touchdown against the Cowboys on Sunday night? The NFL sure did.
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Love it.
“Do Not Mess With Julian Robertson When He Has A Lot Of Free Time On His Hands
Posted by Jon Shazar, Nov 05, 2009, 4:35pm
“New York City” dayA few former employees are learning that it’s a bad idea to poke a Tiger cub. That applies ten-fold to the leader of the pack, the inimitable Julian Robertson.
The Tiger Management founder had a tough 2000. The then-68-year-old shuttered his legendary hedge fund because he didn’t understand those newfangled gadgets that everyone on the Street was going so crazy for. Then, the New York State Dept. of Taxation and Finance slapped him with a huge freakin’ tax bill, saying he’d spent more than half of the year living in the Big Apple.
Not so, J-Rob countered: He only spent exactly 183 days in the city that year. And he launched an all-out war to prove it. Robertson and his staff spent a ridiculously extraordinary amount of time trying to account for the big guy’s every step nine years ago. In the end, it came down to just four days, including, ironically, tax day, April 15.
Thanks to the reams and reams of evidence presented by Team Robertson, we now know some of Mr. Robertson’s pet peeves, as well as at least one of Mrs. Robertson’s (hint: it’s him). For one, the billionaire has no idea how to use voice mail. He hates LaGuardia Airport (who doesn’t), and his assistant hates him.
But it was all worth it: The Division of Tax Appeals ruled in favor of the Big R, taking 77 pages to do so, but keeping almost $27 million in his pocket. So those “meticulous efforts,” under which “any day the petitioner was physically present in New York City, even for five minutes, was a ‘New York City’ day unless he was in transit between two points outside New York City,” gave one crochety old man a very satisfying victory.
In Tax Case, 4 Days Save Robertson $27 Million [WSJ]
Julian Robertson Has Troubles With Car Service, Voice Mail, Wife [Daily Intel]“
Seriously…does WS really need more cross dressers? consider we already had tinkerbell intern last year.
Posted by Bess Levin, Nov 05, 2009, 9:39am
Allegedly! The part about them assaulting an officer of the law, not about them being dressed as women, that’s been pretty well established (and the faded lipstick and eye make-up seen at left don’t lie). According to the Boston Herald, HBS’ers Christian Huot and Dina Mustafa Sidna were thrown out of the “Priscilla Ball” going down at Tequila Rain on Friday night for “high level of intoxication and disruptive behavior.” The girls (for the night) were not happy about that, and it was after they were told they could not go back inside (supposedly to retrieve their belongings— purses, etc) that things escalated:
After the club’s staff told police they couldn’t find any inside, the officers advised Huot and Sidani to call management the next day, cops said, but Huot and Sidani refused to leave.Then, police said, Sidani called the cops racists, saying, “I’m a Lebanese citizen. I’m going to call the Lebanese Embassy,” while Huot stuck his arms out, saying, “Arrest me. I want you to arrest me.”
Naturally, the business leaders of tomorrow saw the potential dollar signs:
A crowd started to gather, and when one of the officers tried to escort him up Lansdowne Street, Huot allegedly grabbed him by the throat. The officers wrestled him to the ground and handcuffed him, police said, while Sidani tried to photograph them with a camera phone, saying, “This is going to get us a lot of money.”
Huot’s attorney, who represented the Craiglist Killer, is confident this can all be settled quickly, as it would be a shame to rob Wall Street of this up and coming star.
“Mr. Huot is a promising and talented business school student,” John Salsberg said yesterday. “This is a matter that can be successfully mediated, if all the parties are willing.”
UHHH right?
Posted by Bess Levin, Nov 04, 2009, 10:44am
Are you expecting to receive an obscene amount of cashola this bonus season? What one might characterize as perhaps an “ungodly” amount? Are you feeling slightly conflicted about it, ‘cause while you love all that ka-ching! on your face, you get the sense it might mean you’re going to burn in hell, sinner? Fear not. Barclays chief John Varley has spoken to Jesus and it is all good. He wants you to get paid:
John Varley stood at the wooden lectern in St. Martin-in-the- Fields on London’s Trafalgar Square last night and told the packed pews of the church that “profit is not satanic.”“Is Christianity and banking compatible? Yes,” he said in an interview after the speech in the 283-year-old church. “And is Christianity and fair reward compatible? Yes.”
I love the deal breaker..but seriously?
“Watch a Bunch of Financial Services Hacks Rearrange Each Other’s Faces Tonight
Posted by Bess Levin, Nov 03, 2009, 4:37pm
Tickets are sold out for tonight’s annual Corporate Boxing Challenge, which is lucky for you, as it’s not really the sort of thing you’d actually want to pay to watch (but failing to do so, given that it’s for charity, would make you look like a dick), especially given that a certain Golden Gloves contender who-never-was won’t be able to make it like usual. So now you can sneak in, guilt free, and watch people like this guy get in the ring.
Name: Khuong B. ChauNickname: Silent Thunder
Age: 33
Height: 5’8
Weight: 165 LBS
Employer: Tactical Wealth Advisors, LLC
What was one of the most challenging parts about training for the fight? And the most rewarding?
Wearing a cup. The most rewarding part was meeting my boo.What do you hope to take away from all of this by the end of training and fight night?
I can defend myself against Nijas in the Greenwich Village.What do you predict for the outcome of your fight?
A knockout during warm-ups.
What is your favorite workout song? “Let’s get it on” by Marvin Gaye.After the fight are you throwing in the towel or looking forward to next year?
I’m finished with boxing and starting a Bikram Yoga camp for overweight models.
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