Month: June 2014
Jim Dwyer’s latest book False Conviction, Offers Gripping Insight into the Criminal Justice System
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jim Dwyer’s latest book, False Conviction, provides a disturbing yet necessary look at the flaws of the U.S. criminal justice system. His book is a technological as well as a journalistic masterpiece and is only available as an iBook. False Conviction takes complete advantage of the multimedia platform that internet books […]
June 30, 2014
Shimon Peres Congressional Gold Medal Makes History
The U.S. Mint will make history this week when it shows the world that it can produce the Shimon Peres Congressional Gold Medall from concept to finished product in just over one month. No private mint could have met the deadline set by Congress on May 22, 2014 when they authorized the award of a […]
June 23, 2014
Behind the Buzz: What Is High-Resolution Audio?
From records and reel-to-reel tapes to cassettes to eight-track tapes to CD’s to SACD and DVD-audio, the next generation of music delivery is digital. The standard for High Resolution Audio, the best quality digital sound available, has finally been set. After a long period of debate and discussion a definition and standards for High Resolution […]
June 16, 2014
Mary Lannin Joins CCAC
Mary N. Lannin, the newest member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), attended her first meeting in Philadelphia on May 19, 2014, where she reviewed designs for the 2015 March of Dime Commemorative, the 9-11 Congressional gold medals, and a Code Talker medal. The CCAC advises the Secretary of the Treasury on theme or […]
June 9, 2014
What Do Supreme Court Arguments and Opera Have in Common?
During the course of their tenures on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justices Antonin Scalia and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have engaged in many heated debates. But do they make good theater? Budding lawyer and musician Derrick Wang thinks so. He recently composed an opera entitled Scalia/Ginsburg, which features excerpts from the Supreme Court justices’ opinions […]
June 2, 2014