Britain had benefitted from the influx of Huguenot hatmakers from France following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1695 and a thriving hatmaking industry developed, centred on Southwark in London. Asleep by a frozen sea or a financial innovator? The Hudson's Bay Company, 1714-63 Amo...
In New York City, where nearly 200 different languages are spoken, the names people go by aren’t always as common as John, Mary, Jane or Steve. For those with less common monikers, mispronunciations of their names may come as frequently as train delays. Although this issue can be just ...
had onelast year(archived) ofTaste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionised Food in Americaby Mayukh Sen andThe Philosophy of Curryby Sejal Sukhadwala. She spends the entire review talking about curry, which probably irritated Mr.Sen, but if you’re interested in the subject it’s wel...
The featureless file of tutors, governors, maids, summoned thence on a private basis for my upbringing, had long since passed by. But before merging into the far-off type-image of a mentor-Esperantist in the neuter singular, in the most tedious of cases, the accusative, these modal creatur...
Dave Wilton of Wordorigins.orginvestigatesthe origins ofnerd; there are no firm answers, but it’s fun to see the various theories: Anerdis a socially inept, often highly intelligent—particularly within a narrow technical field— and otherwise thoroughly conventional person. The slang term makes ...
http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/entrepreneurshipquiz.asp This quiz is a promotional tool for the book "The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By." Sounds like it could be an interesting book, although if all it does is answ...
I'm not a good test case, given I need to review makers for this site. But any capsule wardrobe would never include more than one or two felt hats. (In the image above, the wind has caught the back of the hat rather - that's not the normal line of the brim.) ...
Whether or not you attended Red Hat Summit, however, the OpenShift Virtualization Roadshow is coming to a city near you! The roadshow features the lab that we just walked through, as well as an overview of the product offering and benefits it has to offer. ...
STAGE WITH HIM. MY QUESTION TO HIM WAS: “I HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR TWO DAYS AND HAVE SEEN THESE STRUGGLING FILM MAKERS TALKING ABOUT MONEY TO DO THEIR WORK. HOW DID YOU SYDNEY DEAL WITH THIS?” HE ANSWERED THAT HE WENT TO NEW YORK AND STUDIED, AND BECAME A TEACHER AT THE ...
MedSec introduced us to a new way to monetize vulnerabilities by influencing market makers. What does the future hold for this approach? Are there other ways to fix the dysfunctional market around product security. With a fireside chat, Chris Wysopal will ask Justine Bone about the MedSec and...