Category: school

02/18/12 08:09 - ID#56094

Estoppels

Two more estoppels:

Paternity by estoppel Once you say you're the dad of the kid, you can't disclaim the kid even if blood tests say it isn't yours. But if biological dad steps in and says that he'll take responsibility for the kid, you're off the hook.

Corporation by estoppel if you're dealing with an entity that you believe is a corporation (which would have limited liability) and you find out that it was defectively formed or isn't a corporation at all, you can't assert that the owner is then personally liable. This is only true if the owner didn't know that the corporate formation was defective and was in good faith holding it out to be real.

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Category: holiday

02/16/12 10:48 - ID#56069

Infringement!

Submit your proposals by May 1 for the 2012 Buffalo Infringement Festival July 26 - Aug. 5.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: weather

02/15/12 05:40 - ID#56066

No film noir

Our blinds aren't functional enough for the film noir setting (e:matthew) suggested.

Deflated lantern

Finally took a decent shot of (e:terry) for his QuickBooks ProAdvisor profile

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Category: holiday

02/14/12 11:46 - ID#56062

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm pretty anti-holiday in general but a certain person in my life loves holidays. These were waiting for me at the office this morning. Purple irises are my favorite flower. :-)

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Category: school

02/13/12 07:16 - ID#56060

Word of the Day: Subjacent

Equivalent to adjacent but underneath (sub). Image Salon is subjacent to our office.

Legal context: "Subjacent support rights are the rights of surface owners to not have their land subside from the activities of the owners of underground rights." Coal mining is a good example: as the miners are removing coal, they have to make sure that the surface doesn't collapse. The relation of the subsurface to the surface is "subjacent".

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 02/13/12 07:22

Category: weather

02/13/12 04:58 - ID#56059

Pretty shadows

(E:terry) was out at a client's all day while I sat in the office and studied, watching the street traffic and sunshine. We have pretty shadows from all our pretty plants. A client gave us the neat print of a main street painting.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 02/13/12 07:14

Category: ideas

02/12/12 09:56 - ID#56057

Bees & Cell phones?

(e:Terry) says he logged 48 hours of work this week; I was there for most of it AND I studied. I'm so sick of this. I slept through most of yesterday - took a little nap that lasted about six hours. At least we went to beer club on Wednesday. Next one is 3/14 - heads up to (e:MrMike) and (e:Uncutsaniflush)! Get your tickets early at Mr. Goodbar. March features stouts.

Did anyone else see this news?

Why a mobile phone ring may make bees buzz off: Insects infuriated by handset signals

Signals from mobile phones could be partly to blame for the mysterious deaths of honeybees, new research shows.
In the first experiment of its kind, a bee expert placed a mobile phone underneath a hive and then carefully monitored the reaction of the workers.
The bees were able to tell when the handsets were making and receiving calls, and responded by making the high pitched squeaks that usually signal the start of swarming.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: weather

02/10/12 10:58 - ID#56049

What...

Is this white stuff?

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 02/10/12 11:06

Category: pets

02/06/12 01:40 - ID#56033

Nisha & Bill

Nisha got scared of the office chickens so Bill protected her.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 02/06/12 02:40

Category: work

02/03/12 11:30 - ID#56015

Office elephant

Happy bamboo-munching elephant :-)

(e:Terry) tried to install the plant hangers but ran into trouble with it.

We got this fabulous whiteboard cabinet from Buffalo Business Interiors but it needs some special attention before it can be hung. I've been using it anyway, sitting on the floor making pictures & lists. It has corkboards on the insides of the doors and hooks for hanging big pads of paper. It's really my dream whiteboard.