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The law of triviality is C. Northcote Parkinson's 1957 argument that people within an organization commonly give disproportionate weight to trivial issues. [1] Parkinson provides the example of a fictional committee whose job was to approve the plans for a nuclear power plant spending the majority of its time on discussions about relatively minor but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what ...
This "bicycle shed effect" is easily explained: true expertise on nuclear plants is rare, while everybody can have a say about bicycle sheds, and refreshments are clear and dear to all. Sadly, the "bicycle shed effect" can be noted on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and theoretically every Wikipedian is working to build it.
The Lincoln Highway in Omaha, Nebraska, runs east–west from near North 183rd Street and West Dodge Road in Omaha, Nebraska, towards North 192nd Street outside of Elkhorn. This section of the Lincoln Highway , one of only 20 miles (32 km) that were paved with brick in Nebraska, [ 2 ] is one of the most well-preserved in the country. [ 3 ]
The former Woodmen of the World Building in Omaha, Nebraska, was located at 1323 Farnam Street. Built in 1912 by the architectural firms of Holabird & Roche and Fisher and Lawrie, the building was the headquarters of Woodmen of the World (WOW) from 1912 until 1934. WOW relocated in 1934 to the Bee Newspaper Building at 17th and Farnam, also ...
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1415 Farnam Street No Yes Gottlieb Storz House: 1905 3708 Farnam Street Yes Yes Grossman Apartment: 1904 102-108 South 36th Street No Yes Havens-Page House: 1900 101 North 39th Street Yes No Hicks House: 1892 3017 Pacific Street No Yes Hicks Terrace: 1890 3005-3011 Pacific Street, 1102 South 30th Avenue No Yes Hill Hotel: 1919 505 South 16th ...
The Bronx man allegedly flew into a rage on a southbound No. 5 train approaching the Fulton Street station around 6:10 a.m. when the elderly victim stumbled over his foot, according to cops and ...
The Burlington Headquarters Building, also called Burlington Place, is located at 1004 Farnam Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska.This four-story brick building was originally designed by Alfred R. Dufrene and built in 1879 next to Jobbers Canyon.