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16 Apr 2014, 5:26 pm
We need but refer to The Merchant Adventurers' Company, in the time of Edward IV, to The Russian Merchants' Company, to The Levant Company, The Virginia Company, The Turkey Company, The Greenland Company, The Hudson Bay Company, The Hamburg Company, The Great Dutch East India Company. [read post]
13 Feb 2022, 9:49 am
"From "A Smart, Playful Book About the Underappreciated Index/Dennis Duncan’s entertaining and informative 'Index, A History of the' moves from the 13th-century origins of the form to the world of digital search engines" by Jennifer Szalai (NYT).I'm going to buy this book when it's available, 2 days from now, and maybe you will too: "Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age. [read post]
31 Jul 2022, 6:20 pm
”▫️If you’re ready for an extraterrestrial adventure, you can board now, by clicking here: https://app.beem.xyz/v/5000-space-aliens_30001286, or by visiting @scottbateman (link in his bio).▫️(Please note: If you’re anti-alien, this movie may not be for you.)... [read post]
22 Nov 2017, 7:26 pm
Some passengers of the Mayflower were fleeing religious persecution; others were adventurers and tradesmen looking for a new life in a new land. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 3:00 am
I suppose a combination of work, some random adventures and plain old life have conspired against me. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 9:30 am
I covered her grand adventure here, and have kept up with the amazing shop since—even after her death three years ago. [read post]
17 Nov 2022, 6:09 am
But it sprang to mind when I saw a photograph — "A dugong, which is a notoriously elusive marine mammal, photographed in the Red Sea, near the Egyptian resort town of Marsa Alam" — submerged deep in the NYT Style magazine article "The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have/A pair of internationally minded writers, a chef, an architect and a landscape photographer made a list of the most extraordinary adventures a person should seek out. [read post]
5 Jul 2016, 7:56 am
My recent adventures in land use and zoning issues (don't ask) have made me more attuned to what makes a city neighborhood work. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 9:30 am
That is the conceptual adventure a reader embarks on when they begin a recent article on the Brennan Center website titled “Just Facts: Quantifying the Incarceration Conversation. [read post]
5 Feb 2018, 9:26 am
., Pasadena.Six hours of California minimum continuing legal education credit and six hours of credit for California Legal Specialization in Appellate Law will be available to lawyers who attend.There is no fee for the conference, but the organizers have requested that those planning to attend RSVP by Feb. 9 to hellman@frontier.netand indicate whether you will be attending for MCLE credit.The DJ also offers up February columns:PJ Gilbert presents Big Sisters are Listening about certain words… [read post]
6 Feb 2013, 11:04 am
For those brave / adventurous enough to have made their way to Office 2013 here is a great collection of Cheat Sheets from Microsoft: Links to Office 2013 Cheat Sheets, from Eric Ligman: Microsoft Small Business Community Blog: Yesterday I sent out a series of tweets pointing people to the various different Microsoft Office 2013 Quick Start Guides, which are printable guides that contain useful tips, shortcuts, and screenshots to help you find your way around. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 9:52 pm
Two days ago, another Canadian went overboard from the Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas as the cruise ship was sailing to San Juan. [read post]
8 Mar 2024, 1:15 am
Joined in his adventure by the audacious Princess Marguerite (Daisy Ridley), Leonardo attempts to uncover the answer to the ultimate question: ‘What is the meaning of life? [read post]
12 Aug 2016, 9:50 am
Here’s wishing you a terrific—and adventure-filled—weekend. [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 5:56 pm
We quibble with his use of Balzac (who describes not just rentier society but more particularly the struggles of would-be arrivistes), and then briefly note other 19th and 20th century literature that is also about adventurers and arrivistes, before briefly commenting on Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster, who is the true comic embodiment of rentiers' decline amid the mid-20th century Great Easing.This may, I am hoping, end up inspiring a book that, if it meets its objectives, will… [read post]
12 May 2022, 4:00 pm
Interestingly, this property reportedly provided granite for the Brooklyn Bridge and was the location for the filming of “Perils of Pauline,” which was introduced back in 1914.At the time, it was a popular bi-weekly silent film serial, which depicted an adventurous heroine who had a list of escapades she needed to complete prior to getting married -- like horseback riding and balloon rides. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 5:27 pm
The last time they did some thing adventurous it was in Afghanistan circa 1978-79. [read post]
24 Aug 2014, 10:46 am
Not to worry: a direct injection of copyright cases is already in sightWith the summer break close to an end, new copyright adventures are just about to happen at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for the joy of aficionados everywhere in the EU and beyond.While the first copyright decision will be that in Case C-201/13 Deckmyn (notion of parody under Article 5(3)(k) of the InfoSoc Directive) [here, here and here] on 3… [read post]
17 Mar 2013, 10:26 am
Drug laws in Florida are surprisingly harsher than in many other states, which unfortunately can ruin much more than just a Tampa Bay, Florida vacation for those who come for sunshine, adventure and fun.Marijuana or Absinthe? [read post]
4 Aug 2013, 9:30 pm
Second, it vests the legal title to the lands in North America in the European crowns and their successor American governments, elevating the Doctrine of Discovery (that the lands of non-Christian peoples, “discovered” by a European adventurer, belong to his monarch and the successor governments) from a generally, but not universally, accepted understanding in international law to positive domestic law sanctioned by the High Court. [read post]
