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Mobile Fidelity Revives Jon Anderson’s, Olias of Sunhillow
While Jon Anderson is best known for his work with Yes, his first solo album, Olias of Sunhillow is his magnum opus. As if releasing a living thing that has been encased in amber for almost forty years, the 2014 re-master by Kevin Gray for the Mobile Fidelity SACD captures the texture and nuance of […]
March 17, 2014
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Spilling a hot drink from Dunkin Donuts made a New Jersey resident a millionaire. New Jersey resident Jennifer Fragoso’s lawsuit comes 20 years after McDonald’s Restaurants was sued by a New Mexico woman who suffered third-degree burns after spilling a hot coffee in her lap. A jury awarded her $2.86 million in damages. However, the […]
March 10, 2014
Grapefruit: How the Caribbean Can Help With Your New Year’s Resolution
Feeling cold and cooped indoors during this long, cold winter? Eat a grapefruit. While it is cold, dreary and constantly snowing in the Northeast this winter, it is grapefruit season in the sunny Caribbean. So if you cannot make time to hop on a plane for warmth and sunshine, unleash the heat with a fresh […]
March 3, 2014
Google Glass Legal Concerns
The much-hyped Google Glass may be banned before the general public ever gets to try them on. The revolutionary device is essentially a mobile computer with a head-mounted display. It functions much like a smart phone without having to use your hands; it can take pictures, film video and search the Internet. Many of the […]
February 24, 2014
How to choose a Caribbean Island
When temperatures in the New York area are in single digits and snowstorms cause work closings and three hour commutes in dangerous icy conditions, it is time to book a flight to the Caribbean. Here’s a few tips on how to choose a Caribbean Island. There are many Caribbean island destinations and travel agents offer […]
February 18, 2014
Lawyer’s Super Bowl Commercial Goes Viral
While the Super Bowl may be over, talk about the advertisements is not. For the general viewer, favorites likely included Budweiser’s “Puppy Love” and Doritos’ “Cowboy Kid.” In the legal community, viewers were buzzing about the Super Bowl commercial produced by a personal injury lawyer in Savannah, Georgia. While the ad only aired on television […]
February 10, 2014
Turks and Caicos Island Rated Top Ten
The readers of Conde Naste Traveler recently named the Turks and Caicos Islands one of “Top 10 Islands in the Caribbean & Atlantic.” The Turks and Caicos Islands consists of a string of islands, mostly uninhabited with a total native population of just a little over 10,000 inhabitants. The string of islands is protected on […]
February 3, 2014
New York City Not Showing the Love For Local Coffee Shop
New York City does not show the love when it feels its “I ♥ NY” trademark is threatened, even if the potential offender has gone so far as to emblazon a similar phrase on his knuckles. Sam Penix , the co-owner of Everyman’s Espresso, a local coffee shop, has had “I [coffee cup] NY” tattooed […]
January 27, 2014
E.L. Doctorow is back with, Andrew’s Brain
E.L. Doctorow’s latest novel, Andrew’s Brain, hit bookstores on January 14. The best-selling author’s latest work is already generating buzz as a thought-provoking and powerful look into the mind of a man who, more than once in his life, has been the inadvertent agent of disaster. In doing so, the novel offers a compelling commentary […]
January 20, 2014
New Survey Confirms Courts Hesitant to Embrace Social Media
While lawyers have begun warming to social media, courts are still hesitant to embrace the new technology. Half of the country’s court system currently do not use any form of social media, according to a recent report. The results are not surprising giving that social media comes with both risks and rewards. While twitter, Facebook, […]
January 13, 2014