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Archive for April, 2010

A/PA Heritage Festival

A/PA Heritage Festival Source: capaonline.org Food – Come sample the finest appetizers of Indonesian sate skewers, Chinese spicy home style noodles, and other dishes from the Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Cambodian, Vietnam and Indian cultures.     CAPA Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival this Sunday – back at Union Square! http://capaonline.org/eventschedule.htm    

There's Only One Dining Pass that Any Cost-Conscious Visitor to Las Vegas Should Consider on Arthur.

There's Only One Dining Pass that Any Cost-Conscious Visitor to Las Vegas Should Consider on Arthur. Source: www.frommers.com In a city whose prices for meals have been steadily ascending, a new eat-'til-you-burst promotion by the chain of Harrah's hotels has suddenly brought about a welcome method of reducing those costs. It's …     How's this for [...]

The Morgan Library & Museum – Current Exhibitions – Magna Carta

The Morgan Library & Museum – Current Exhibitions – Magna Carta Source: www.themorgan.org One of the earliest original manuscripts of Magna Carta dating to 1217 is on view through May 30, 2010.     Check out a real Magna Carta manuscript while it's here!    

Conan O'Brien & *Special Guest* Sing Superman (It's Not Easy)

Conan O'Brien & *Special Guest* Sing Superman (It's Not Easy) Source: www.youtube.com Conan O'Brien sings “Superman (It's Not Easy)” with Jim Carrey for “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour” on 4-25-10 in the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk The Lowest …     This week's soundtrack – it's not easy!    

Sony To Stop Manufacturing Floppy Discs After 30 Years

Sony To Stop Manufacturing Floppy Discs After 30 Years Source: techcrunch.com Remember Floppy discs? In case you haven't noticed (like I didn't), Sony is actually still making and selling those discs. But soon it's time to say goodbye, as the company now said [JP] it will stop production in March next year. Sony rolled out [...]

Air Travel: Disappearing airlines: Implications for safety, design and culture

Air Travel: Disappearing airlines: Implications for safety, design and culture Source: www.salon.com Say goodbye to Air Jamaica and its perfect safety record. And, will aviation's most beautiful emblem ever return?. Articles about Air Travel     Air Jamaica closing down, taken over by Carribbean Air (former Bwee) – end of an era    

Slate Magazine – Editorial and Political Cartoons, Comic Strips

Slate Magazine – Editorial and Political Cartoons, Comic Strips Source: cartoonbox.slate.com Clay Bennett was born January 20, 1958 in Clinton, South Carolina. The son of a career army officer, he led a nomadic life, attending ten different schools before graduating in 1976 from S. R. Butler High School in Huntsville, Alabama.     Spray Tan – that's [...]

Because We’re Lawyers and APA’s – Good News!

Hooray: Judge Denny Chin has been finally confirmed for the 2nd Circuit!  (and in an article on the Chin news, it’s also reported that Loretta Lynch was also confirmed as US Attorney for Eastern District of NY (for a 2nd time)). NAPABA has a press release on the news; wow, Chin’s the first APA appellate [...]

Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are still dead.

Beginning of the month, on 4/2/10: I saw a roving “Hamlet” at the World Financial Center (going on from 4/1/10 to 4/18/10)  – great stuff!  Presented by the New York Classical Theatre. (for anyone interested, Columbia University’s own King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe is going to do a roving “Measure for Measure” on campus, April 29-May [...]

Senate Confirms Federal District Judge for Appeals Court – City Room Blog – NYTimes.com

Senate Confirms Federal District Judge for Appeals Court – City Room Blog – NYTimes.com Source: cityroom.blogs.nytim… Denny Chin, who sentenced Bernard L. Madoff, rises to the Court of Appeals, where he will be the only Asian-American to fill an active judgeship.     Congrats and About time!