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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 studio album Snakes & Arrows is the only one to feature multiple instrumental tracks: "The Main Monkey Business", "Hope", and "Malignant Narcissism". "The Main Monkey Business" clocks in at 6 minutes and 1 second, making it Rush's second longest instrumental, the longest being "La Villa Strangiato".
Jason Farnham (born 1975) is an American composer, performer, and record producer.He is best known for composing music for the Dr. Oz show (2009-2010 TV season), [1] his world peace song and its YouTube video, "Love Around The World", [2] and his contemporary integration of classical and electronic music. [3]
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A solo steel drum player performs with the accompaniment of pre-recorded backing tracks that are being played back by the laptop on the left of the photo.. A backing track is an audio recording on audiotape, CD or a digital recording medium or a MIDI recording of synthesized instruments, sometimes of purely rhythmic accompaniment, often of a rhythm section or other accompaniment parts that ...
"The Connick on Piano series will be purely instrumental, with all kinds of configurations: solo, big band, quartet, trio", Connick explains. The twelve Connick compositions on Other Hours was originally made for the 2001 musical Thou Shalt Not , which was the recipient of a Tony nomination for Best Original Musical Score (music & lyrics by ...
Homeownership has long been known as a tool for building wealth and lifting Americans into the middle class. But a new report highlights other ways in which renting burdens many households ...