Do you mean not seeing something in the filing, JMR? Yeah, could be a creative option for restructuring debt ...particularly if Bramson sees panache outpacing cash flow for awhile. Don't know, but we may need creative options in the next few years.
OFF TOPIC For any search engine wizards on the board with holiday time to kill ( me, I still have to shop)....a contest. The only one I can help with is " the vig"...a backgammon gambling term.
Scavengers, Start Your Search Engines
By Margot Williams
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 21, 1998; Page F19
Ready, set, search!
Networkings' second annual Extreme World Wide Web Research Hunt is on. Our professional news researchers hope to entertain you during the holiday break with a challenge to find answers to some favorite research queries for 1998.
Last year there was a great response from Networkings readers who went all-out on the scavenger hunt even though there was no reward but the satisfaction of research well done. This year, there's still no prize. Sorry.
In 1998 the volume of information on the World Wide Web has exploded and the pathways to it have multiplied. The search engines have gotten bigger and better -- but looking for that needle in the haystack isn't any easier.
Some of last year's Extreme Hunt participants tried to find all the answers through a single search engine, but this time I believe a more informed strategy will be necessary. The fact you're seeking may be hidden from search engines -- behind a graphic, inside a database or on a page created in the Adobe Acrobat format.
So you may need to use a subject directory, several hypertext jumps and a site's database search to get you where you need to go. Or maybe all you need is an informed hunch.
Here are the rules:
You must find what you seek on the Web. Our panel has sworn that all the answers are there, though they may be found elsewhere by more traditional or costly means.
Don't put out a message asking an expert electronic discussion to find answers for you.
The document, please: You must turn in the exact Web address (URL) or a printout of the Web page containing the answer.
Tell us how you found the answer. Which search engine did you use, or what other process?
Obviously, there are multiple places on the Web where some of this information can be ferreted out. In evaluating the returns, we'll give extra credit if you went to the source. To the best of your ability, find the answer from the site of the person or organization that created the information. Again, the opinions of the folks out in chat rooms, newsgroups and Web forums -- the electronic equivalents of barrooms and cocktail parties -- are not acceptable.
Here are your 15 tasks and questions, then:
1. Find information about the history of gingerbread and a recipe.
2. Name the five wealthiest people (or families) in Virginia.
3. Which National Football League team has the "best" fans?
4. What is the treaty of Montreux? Locate a copy of the text.
5. Where can you legally obtain absinthe?
6. What was President Truman's middle name?
7. Name the eight reindeer pulling St. Nick's sleigh.
8. Find a list of companies doing business with the state of Maryland in excess of $100,000.
9. Find the text of the Family Medical Leave Act.
10. Where can you get a copy of the sheet music for "Auld Lang Syne"?
11. What is the U.S. Senate procedure for impeachment of the president?
12. What is the origin of the slang word "phat"?
13. How much did mystery author Patricia Cornwell contribute to Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III's 1997 campaign?
14. What's the vig and how do you calculate it?
15. What were the names of U.S. military personnel killed in the Vietnam War who were from American Samoa?
The Extreme Research panel of experts who have contributed these questions include The Post's Richard Drezen, Bobbye Pratt, Bridget Roeber and Mary Lou White; Chris Roy of the Hartford Courant; Debbie Wolfe of the St. Petersburg Times; Arthur Smith of WGBH-TV in Boston; and your columnist, The Post's new research editor.
It's possible we will use your response in this column when we provide the answers on Jan. 11. By submitting answers, you're giving us permission to use them.
Send your entries via e-mail to williams@washpost.com by Dec. 31 and please include your e-mail address and daytime and evening phone numbers. If you do not have access to e-mail, send your entries to Margot Williams, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington D.C., 20071.
Good luck! Now, let the hunt begin.
Margot Williams's e-mail address is williams@washpost.com
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