Tag: Donald Scarinci
Whitney Museum to Debut New Building This Spring
The Whitney Museum of American Art has come home to Greenwich Village. The new Whitney Museum building is located at 99 Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District within walking distance from its original home at McDougal Alley. Founded in 1930 by sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the museum features one of the most impressive collections of […]
April 27, 2015
How To Pick A Power Cable For Your Audio System
In order to make a noticeable improvement in sound quality with a power cord you should expect to pay not less than $500 for a 1 meter cord. Cords to consider at this price point are the Audioquest NRG 10, Audience PowerCord SE or a PS Audio AC-10. These are all good power cords that […]
April 20, 2015
Imagine in High Resolution Blu-ray
It is not always the case that a high resolution 96kHz/24bit sounds better than a CD at 44mHz/16bit. More often than not, the remastering matters more than the bit rate. This is one of those times. The high resolution Blu-ray and, presumably, the digital download available on HDTracks is taken from the 2010 remaster overseen […]
April 13, 2015
Royal Mint Unveils New Queen Elizabeth II Effigy
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II continues to age gracefully both in life and in coin. The Royal Mint recently unveiled the fifth effigy of the monarch, who has spent more than 63 years on the throne. The new design will be used on British coinage as well as on colonial and Commonwealth nation’s coinage around the […]
March 30, 2015
Bill of Rights on Display at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center
Visitors to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia now have the opportunity to view three key pieces of American History all in one place. The National Constitution Center recently opened a new exhibit that includes one of the twelve surviving copies of the Bill of Rights. The “Constituting Liberty: From the Declaration to the Bill […]
March 23, 2015
Six Things Lawyers should Do on LinkedIn™
LinkedIn™ is the world’s largest business social network and it continues to grow. Research shows that forty percent of LinkedIn™ users check their accounts daily, which makes it an important part of every lawyer’s marketing strategy. Here are a few tips: Keep your profile current. It is important that all of the information on your profile is […]
March 16, 2015
Yes, Close to the Edge, in 5.1 Surround Sound
Billed as the “Definitive Edition CD,” Steve Wilson’s remaster of Close to the Edge,” by Yes is exactly that. It is perfection—the final version of a classic album. Many people who were listening to music in the 1970s own more than one copy of Close to the Edge. It was initially issued as an LP […]
March 9, 2015
Martindale-Hubbell on Life Support
Those big books that list just about every major law firm in every state could be found in every law firm’s library. Martindale-Hubbell charged big money to buy them and even bigger money for law firms listed in them. Like everything else today, the only format that sells is on line. The future of Martindale-Hubbell […]
March 2, 2015
Teach Business in Law School
Good writing is not enough to make a good lawyer. Law practice is a challenging business with thin profit and law students remain unprepared for it when they graduate. Some law schools are beginning to incorporate more business-oriented classes and seminars into their curriculum. As The New York Times recently reported, Brooklyn Law School offers […]
February 23, 2015
Maria Carmela Colaneri Received the Krause Lifetime Achievement
Maria Carmela Colaneri of Italy’s Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato received the Krause Lifetime Achievement Award in Coin Design at the World Mint Director’s Conference held in Berlin on January 31. She accepted the award in Italian to great applause. Maria Carmela Colaneri is best known as the designer of the Krause Coin of the […]
February 17, 2015