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2014 Whitney Biennial: Curators As Artists
The 2014 Whitney Biennial ended this week. It is the last to take place in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s building at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street. The Museum is moving downtown to its new location in the spring of 2015. The Museum’s new building was designed by architect Renzo Piano and is […]
May 26, 2014
Boosting Enrollment in Law Schools Is Restoring To Drastic Measures
The legal profession doesn’t enjoy the same cachet it once held. The number of students enrolling in law school dropped 11 percent in 2013 and is down 24 percent from 2010 figures, according to the American Bar Association (ABA). This number is pretty shocking and many department heads are looking to into new ways of […]
May 19, 2014
Frieze Art Fair – A True New Yorker
Not only does New York steal some good theater from London, but the Frieze Art Fair has now become a New York art show and part of the established New York art scene. Direct from London, the Frieze Art Fair landed on New York Randall’s island from May 9 – 12, 2014 featuring over 190 […]
May 12, 2014
psb Speakers Enter Headphone Market On Top
I realized in the taxi to JFK en route to a 7 AM flight to Chicago to attend the AXPONA audio show that I had left my Bose QC3 noise cancelling headphones at home. After only one cup of coffee I had to endure the airport noise with my $15 spare workout ear buds attached […]
May 5, 2014
Axpona 2014: From Turntable to Hi Res Audio
At a show dominated by the excitement of High Resolution (HR) audio and the delivery systems that are becoming available to play it, VPI introduced a high quality but affordable consumer turntable which might be considered the first of its kind in the post CD era. The AXPONA audio expo in Chicago is one of […]
April 28, 2014
Do Digital Cables make a difference?
While there are still a few holdouts who say that power cords and analog connector cables don’t make a difference with sound or video quality, they are now a minority. However, the debate remains active about digital cables. Digital cable Naysayers point out that the digital signal is just a series of 1’s and 0’s. […]
April 21, 2014
Trip Advisor Names Grace Bay Beach Second Best in the World
Grace Bay Beach, which runs across the northwest coast of Providenciales, an island in Turks & Caicos, was named by Trip Advisor as the second best beach in the world. Trip Advisor is the largest travel website on the internet. Many seasoned travelers rely on it to plan their vacations. Visitors to the website can […]
April 14, 2014
Vermont Town Must Rescind Its Role in Patent History
The legend of a Vermont town being home to America’s first patent is no more. For decades, Pittsford, Vermont celebrated being the hometown of inventor Samuel Hopkins. On July 31, 1790, Hopkins received the first U.S. patent for an improvement in “the making of Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process.” […]
April 7, 2014
Providenciales Missionary Elevated To Bishop
Monsignor Peter Baldacchino, affectionately called, “Fr. Peter,” was taking out the trash when Archbishop Wenski called to tell him that he had been elevated to Bishop. “We do everything. We wash the plates, we wash the laundry,” Fr. Peter said as if annoyed by the interruption. “He’s been in the trenches. He’s not a bureaucrat,” […]
March 31, 2014
Caribbean Beer Offer Umbrella Drink Alternative
Let’s talk beer—Caribbean beer! A cold beer in winter might not be much of a treat on a cold March night in New York, but after a day on a hot Carribean beach, cold beer is the next best thing to an umbrella drink. But it needs to be Caribbean beer. Yes, the local Caribbean […]
March 24, 2014