Monday, July 16, 2007

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So, for 119 Harvard MBA students, the phone rings. "Buddy, you're not going to be admitted to the MBA program because you decoded a poorly written website and found out your admissions status too soon." [This means, of course, that for the next two years, you don't have to pay Harvard more than $150,000 in room and board and lost wages, and you can build your own business or join a non-profit or run for the Senate]. So what's the bad news? Plenty of handwringing about the ethics or lack thereof in this case (the media loves the turmoil) but I think a more interesting discussion is what a gift these 119 people got. An MBA has become a two-part time machine. First, the students are taught everything they need to know to manage a company from 1990, and second, they are taken out of the real world for two years while the rest of us race as fast as we possibly can. I get away with this heresy since I, in fact, have my own fancy MBA from Stanford. The fact is, though, that unless you want to be a consultant or an i-banker (where a top MBA is nothing but a screen for admission) amateur radio contest t's hard for me to understand why this is a better use of time and money than actual experience combined with a dedicated reading of 30 or 40 books. If this is an extension of a liberal arts education, with learning for learning's sake, I'm all for it. If, on the other hand, it's a cost-effective vocational program, I don't get it. Yes, I know what the Black Scholes equation is. No, I don't understand it.

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Here is the US Gold Cup roster: Goalkeepers (3): Tim Howard, Kasey Keller, Brad Guzan Defenders (8): Oguchi Onyewu, Carlos Bocanegra, Frankie Hejduk, Jonathan Bornstein, Jay DeMerit, Frank Simek, Michael Parkhurst, Jonathan Spector Midfielders (8): Clint Dempsey, DaMarcus Beasley, Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Benni Feilhaber, Pablo Mastroeni, Steve Ralston, Justin Mapp Forwards (4): Landon Donovan, Brian Ching, Eddie Johnson, Taylor Twellman Injuries kept several players off the roster, login e mail ncluding Steve Cherundolo, Jimmy Conrad, Chris Albright and Chris Rolfe. Some players who were candidates but didn't make the final squad include Michael Harrington, Bobby Boswell, Kenny Cooper, Brian Carroll and Kyle Beckerman. Bradley included veterans Frankie Hejduk and Steve Ralston, two older players who are in great form for their clubs and players who can help provide leadership for a pretty young team. Here is a closer look at the roster, with a breakdown of each position: FORWARDS Not too many surprises here. Donovan is the team's best player and Eddie Johnson is Mr. Potential. Taylor Twellman is on fire in MLS action and Brian Ching is finally fully fit and is still Donovan's best strike partner. Will we see a Donovan-Twellman pairing? It seems inevitable, especially if Ching's mediocre recent form keeps him from being an effective starter.

After watching the Joe Hurd segment on 60 Minutes , I was wondering how it was that he met Leslie Stahl so that he could offer her a classic Joe Hurd zinger , "If you want to measure productivity by, for me, for example, keeping the e-mails flowing, you know, multiple conversations going, then yes, the technology does facilitate that." So I asked him in email how he met Leslie Stahl, to which he replied, Long story -- but I took a page from the Adam Rifkin playbook : meet lots of people be nice mesothelioma law firm o everybody add value where you can; and good things tend to happen... :) Imagine my surprise when I realized that I have a playbook . And I didn't realize my playbook was good enough for 900 Seconds 15 Minutes of fame, let alone 60 !

After watching the Joe Hurd segment on 60 Minutes , I was wondering how it was that he met Leslie Stahl so that he could offer her a classic Joe Hurd zinger , "If you want to measure productivity by, for me, for example, keeping the e-mails flowing, you know, multiple conversations going, then yes, the technology does facilitate that." So I asked him in email how he met Leslie Stahl, to which he replied, Long story -- but I took a page from the Adam Rifkin playbook : meet lots of people be nice to everybody add value where you can; and good things tend to happen... :) Imagine my surprise when I realized that I have a playbook . And I didn't realize psiseminars y playbook was good enough for 900 Seconds 15 Minutes of fame, let alone 60 !

WASHINGTON - Lauding his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry as "sexy, stands trade show banner aucy, brilliant" , John Kerry kicked off a new issue campaign that aids say will highlight the "sexiness gap" between him and president George W. Bush. "When it comes to entwined lovers in the White House, America faces a stark choice," said Kerry, 60. "On one path lies a Republican future of darkened lights, granny panties and missionary positions. On the other, a bold, sexy vision of presidential love that isn't afraid of interesting appliances and oils, and isn't afraid to consult foreign advice like the Kama Sutra." Kerry declared that "America deserves a White House as cheeky and sexy as itself," and angrily challenged White House political director Karl Rove to "stop questioning my sexiness." When asked about her husband's remarks during a taped interview for CBS Evening News, Heinz Kerry giggled that "oh I'm cheeky, I'm sexy, whatever," and returned the complement to Kerry. "Oh, you should see John at Baden-Baden or Marienbad, strolling around the spa," she explained. "Every countess from Lichtenstein to Monaco is hungrily eyeing his shimmering Speedo, but I know he's coming home -- because only Madame Teresa can give bad little boys like John Kerry the special discipline they need." When visibly ill reporter Byron Pitts remarked that "I mean, like, aren't you like 78 years old or something?" Heinz Kerry replied that "age is merely a state of mind.

Here is the US Gold Cup roster: Goalkeepers (3): Tim Howard, Kasey Keller, Brad Guzan Defenders (8): Oguchi Onyewu, Carlos Bocanegra, Frankie Hejduk, Jonathan Bornstein, Jay DeMerit, Frank Simek, Michael Parkhurst, Jonathan Spector Midfielders (8): Clint Dempsey, DaMarcus Beasley, Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Benni Feilhaber, spyware nuker ablo Mastroeni, Steve Ralston, Justin Mapp Forwards (4): Landon Donovan, Brian Ching, Eddie Johnson, Taylor Twellman Injuries kept several players off the roster, including Steve Cherundolo, Jimmy Conrad, Chris Albright and Chris Rolfe. Some players who were candidates but didn't make the final squad include Michael Harrington, Bobby Boswell, Kenny Cooper, Brian Carroll and Kyle Beckerman. Bradley included veterans Frankie Hejduk and Steve Ralston, two older players who are in great form for their clubs and players who can help provide leadership for a pretty young team. Here is a closer look at the roster, with a breakdown of each position: FORWARDS Not too many surprises here. Donovan is the team's best player and Eddie Johnson is Mr. Potential. Taylor Twellman is on fire in MLS action and Brian Ching is finally fully fit and is still Donovan's best strike partner. Will we see a Donovan-Twellman pairing? It seems inevitable, especially if Ching's mediocre recent form keeps him from being an effective starter.

After watching the Joe Hurd segment on 60 Minutes , I was wondering how it was that he met Leslie Stahl so that he could offer her a classic Joe Hurd zinger , "If you want to measure productivity by, for me, tweakui 1.33 or example, keeping the e-mails flowing, you know, multiple conversations going, then yes, the technology does facilitate that." So I asked him in email how he met Leslie Stahl, to which he replied, Long story -- but I took a page from the Adam Rifkin playbook : meet lots of people be nice to everybody add value where you can; and good things tend to happen... :) Imagine my surprise when I realized that I have a playbook . And I didn't realize my playbook was good enough for 900 Seconds 15 Minutes of fame, let alone 60 !

Here's a Director's Commentary which is all about ingenuity. My previous Director's Commentary pointers about the Honda Ridgeline and the Nintendo Wii have been built around the theme of being human-centered in one's design process; this one is all about engineering a unique solution for a single human and his singular pursuit of gearhead gnarlyness. That human goes by the name of Jay Leno. Simply put, he has a custom hot rod powered by a vintage tank motor . wachovia online banking tank motor! If you're like me, you have no idea of the operating parameters of a tank motor. Well, here they are: weight: 2000 pounds swept volume: 1,790 cubic inches number of cylinders: 12 power: 810 hp torque: 1,560 lb-ft That, my friends, is a one huge motor. It's designed to accelerate heavy things quickly. But any hot rodder, particularly one like Jay Leno with some discretionary income, just can't leave well enough alone. So he took his tank car to the legendary Gale Banks and asked him to double the horsepower. DOUBLE THE HORSEPOWER. As in, 1,600 horsepower. Which is roughly equivalent to four Corvettes or six Camrys (yes, we live in the age of the overpowered Camry. I have a rant to write about this, but that's for another day). This Director's Commentary, then, is about the ingenuity and workmanship that goes into pulling off something extremely tricky from a technical standpoint.

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