IR Blog Post 1 - Curtain to Rise on ‘Spider-Man’

-The most expensive show ever to hit Broadway, $63 million, is premiering at 6:30pm this Sunday. Just about 1900 theatergoers have already purchased their tickets, expecting a fantastic show. This group of performers and technicians have yet to get through the show from start to finish once; constantly running into technical difficulties and lengthy scenery changes. At one point Spider-Man actually hovers over the crowd, adding an extra $4 million to the total cost because of the ceiling extensions needed in the theatre.

-Why go through such great lengths to make a show that looks like it will make no profit?

Why not make the show simpler in order to conserve money and minimize error?

-Actors and producers may feel inclined to give up before they get to deep into the process. Because of the high cost and high risk it is not worth it to stick with the show. http://www.nytix.com/Blog/broadwayblog/index.html

IR Blog Post 1 - Police: Pa. couple hid 5 children from society

-Over the weekend the police received and anonymous tip that there were 5 children located in an abandoned home. "They lived outside society, hidden from the world in a squalid row house with no heat, electricity or running water. They had no birth certificates, no schooling, no immunizations or evidence of medical care — nothing whatsoever to prove their existence." The mother, Louann Bowers, allegedly ran away from home when she was 16 in an attempt to get away from society. Unfortunately, those feeling stayed with her during the raising of her 5 children, ranging from age 2 to 13. The parents, while sitting in York County Jail, await their preliminary trial on Friday, December 3.

-Why do some people not have the human sense to know when they are doing wrong another human being?

Will these children ever mentally recover from being away from society all their lives?

-I think that any parent that abuses their kid to the point where they do not know the outside world should greatly consider the path of "divorcing" their parents. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/divorcing-your-parents/

IR Blog Post 1 - Manufacture Royale debuts $1.2 million Opera accordion watch

-In a time of a weakened economy, some manufacturers decide that it is a great idea to make a $1.2 million accordion watch. Sources state that only about a dozen of them are going on sale in the whole world. Why the high cost? Try 18k gold and sapphire crystals. Really, the only standout feature on the whole watch is the accordion making the time more easily visible. Personally I wouldn't think of this as an extremely expensive watch looking at it for the first time.

-Why do companies produce such a product that only a select few people can actually afford to buy it?

If you so happened to acquire a watch like this, would you even wear it?

-I think that it is absolutely absurd when companies make a product like this and it has to be imposible to get people interested. http://bigboardforum.com/blog/promoting-high-priced-products-on-the-internet/ This blog doesn't exactly support nor refute my claim however, it does give people a way to sell high priced products in a down economy relatively easily. Maybe it is possible that someone will buy one of these.

Online Reading

In today's day and age, just about all the reading I do is online. Whether is be the news or just for fun, it's all online. My most favorite thing to follow is engadget.com just because it has all of the latest technology all on one feed. I also am subscribed to several magazines online, one of them being Car and Driver Magazine.