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Musical Theater Watch - October Week Four
One of the things that the world knows NYC for is its amazing shows. If you’re one of those that loves a good musical, you’re pretty much guaranteed that something is going on every night of the week. Here are just a few of the shows that are showing right now.
Here Lies Love - Public Theater - Through Jan 4th
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'Science Set Free' Dept.
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Social commentary follows. Nothing mild about this one. :- ) As usual, we did make sure you also had pure baseball, one cubicle left. You're welcome. - Jeff
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Misterjonez sez,
Agreed regarding Hitchens' sophist tendencies. Too many times you see people construct self-defending arguments, and he was one of the worst at that. But there were times when he was discussing subjects relatively dispassionately (basically anything that was three steps removed from religion/theology) and he could produce thought gems at an impressive pace when doing so. When he got to rambling about his anti-theism positions, it really just became self-service and diatribe cloaked in pseudo-logic. Not saying he didn't have points buried in all the hate he was spewing, but I'm generally not interested in sifting through so much anger and vitriol when searching for wisdom.
Regarding posting here more often, I'm just a slacker :( Although in fairness I've had some pretty major network issues which often make it difficult to load the site from where I live in the Philippines. Sometimes it's been a Klat deal (it seems that is pretty much behind us now, thankfully) and more recently it's been a local ISP blockages.
Dr. D's Fortune 500 Forum: Tony La Russa
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New column! Fortune 500 Forum :- ) :: crowd goes wild ::
:: buried in crumpled Dixie Cups ::
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Ahem. :: taps microphone ::
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A Tale of Two Engines, Dept.
In the late 80's and early 90's, Boeing launched a critical new program, the one that produced the 777 jumbo jet. Only two engines, but transatlantic. Quality Assurance was critical, because the FAA wasn't going to sign off on two-engine ocean flights unless ... well, you get the idea.
With programs like this, there is just a leeeeetle bit more at stake than a 71-91 won-loss record. It isn't like Boeing execs have less pressure on them than does Howard Lincoln.
They put a bright young 30-something executive in charge of their sparkly-new Quality Assurance department. Think Keanu Reeves.
This bright young executive needed, in turn, an ideas man, somebody who could help him move QA into the next generation. That ideas man happened to be ... guess who? You got it. 'twas Your Humble Correspondent.
Keanu was not messing around, when he said he wanted to go next-generation. Before Keanu hired Dr. D, he put Dr. D through a long series of interviews. In these, Dr. D was required to demonstrate new ideas, respond to skeptical questions, and the like... one time Dr. D was asked to produce a list of 20 different process improvements to the QA system.
Something which, by the way, had Dr. D wallowing in white boards and dry-erase markers.
This bright young executive wanted real improvement. And so he wanted outside consultants, people who had NOT worked inside the system, people who could bring ...
*** FRESH PERSPECTIVE. ***
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We Been Putting Planes In the Air for 40 Years, Dept.
There are good reasons to hire from within. There are good reasons for groupthink. There are times when the priority is to get everybody on the same sheet of music. Sometimes you need to stop asking questions, and just get the final print into the can.
This, however, wasn't the time.
Social Impact of $240,000,000 salaries
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Today at BJOL:
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Everyone talks about average salaries; wouldn't median salary be a better indicator? Or is that what the media mean when they say "average," and they're just being sloppy? I expect the medial salary is quite a bit lower than the average, as it would take quite a few minimum salary players to balance out each ARod or Pujols, etc.
Asked by: DanaKing
Answered: 12/30/2013
A better indicator of what?
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As to large salaries for athletes and movie stars. I always thought it was better for the performers to get the money than the owners. No one has ever paid to see an owner hit a baseball, or captivate us on the screen. One possible solution is a 'super' tax bracket. Income beyond some huge amount, say $2MM per year gets taxed at a much higher rate than our current highest marginal bracket, which I believe is around 40%. Make that number around 65% and at least some good will come of it.
Asked by: 3for3
Answered: 12/30/2013
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How to help Typhoon Haiyang survivors
The record-breaking Typhoon Haiyang has devastated the Philippines. Here are some great ways you can help:
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Tagaytay
Located conveniently close to the
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The Resurgent Problem of Japanese Nationalism
A few weeks back, I wrote an article talking about
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