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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 5 – “What is Triage?”

Posted on February 17, 2023 by flybrand1976

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 4 – “Undesirable Effects in Multi-Project Environments”

Posted on February 16, 2023 by flybrand1976

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 3 – “Re-evaluating”

Posted on February 15, 2023 by flybrand1976

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 2 – “Can’t Miss the Due Dates”

Posted on February 14, 2023 by flybrand1976

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 1 – “The Big Picture”

Posted on February 13, 2023 by flybrand1976

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Untangling: What’s Happening in Chicago? How Much Is Violence an Issue?

Posted on August 17, 2022 by flybrand1976

A friend and I can’t tell the real impact of violence in Chicago – how can we describe what’s going on? Continue reading →

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Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan: Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter Summary and Review – The Very First Billionaire Space Race

Posted on April 2, 2022 by flybrand1976

An alien, Salo, stranded in Earth’s solar system manipulates humanity over eons to produce and deliver a much needed spare part. We learn of the plot through the eyes of Malachi Constant / Unk, who appears to be manipulated by Winston Niles Rumfoord, who himself is manipulated by Salo, who is a machine that lacks free will. Continue reading →

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Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan: Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter Review: Epilogue: Reunion with Stony

Posted on January 29, 2022 by flybrand1976

eatrice dies on Titan at age 74, Constant buries her and Chrono mourns her loss with a flock of Titanic bluebirds. Salo surprises Constant, who thought his repairs had not worked. Salo offers to take Chrono and Unk to Earth, Unk accepts. Unk is dropped off at a bus station in Indiana, where he dies. In Unk’s final visions – induced by Salo’s hypnosis – Stony Stephenson appears in a starship to reunite Unk with Beatrice in paradise. Continue reading →

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Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan: Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter Review: Chapter 12 – The Gentleman from Tralfamadore

Posted on January 11, 2022 by flybrand1976

carries the needed part in the form of his good luck piece. Humanity’s history was secretly guided to deliver the spare part, Salo is worried that WNR will find this out and be upset. WNR dies before Salo is able to divulge the secret message he is to carry for another 17 million years, his death drives Salo mad and he destroys himself. Continue reading →

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Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan: Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter Review: Chapter 11 – We Hate Malachi Constant Because …

Posted on December 30, 2021 by flybrand1976

Unk / Malachi Constant / The Space Wanderer is led in to the outdoor worship area constructed by Rumfoord, where he is sentenced to exile on Titan with his wife, Bee, and son, Chrono. Unk briefly thought he had a future on Earth and he yearns for his friend Sonny, who he learns he killed. Continue reading →

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