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I thought of Lindsey Vonn when I posted that last message ... kudos to her for her extraordinary sportsmanship, she went above and beyond. She has my admiration and respect ...

 

I thought of Lindsey Vonn when I posted that last message ... kudos to her for her extraordinary sportsmanship, she went above and beyond. She has my admiration and respect ...

Sorry (playing DA here), she took a spot that IMO should have gone to a future hopeful. The odds of her getting hurt in completion were pretty high (suffering a ruptured (ACL) in her left knee just over a week ago) and she's older. Sure, she was there from earning the spot from merit but IMO she got a little greedy (not reckless) for something extra. It's human nature to push it to the limit and I wish her well in sports retirement.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/winte...t/news-story/79cc5c9239512349c2af228dc620df02
Lindsey Vonn breaks silence after horror crash as her dad demands she retires from the sport

The 2010 Olympic gold medallist remains in an Italian hospital, with her family, including father Alan Kildow, who declared she will not return to the sport if he has anything to do with it.

“She’s 41 years old and this is the end of her career,” Alan Kildow said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

 

Yeah, that's another way to look at it. Maybe she wanted to leave on a high note ... At least she showed determination. The line between perseverance and obstinacy is very thin indeed.

 

Yeah, that's another way to look at it. Maybe she wanted to leave on a high note ... At least she showed determination. The line between perseverance and obstinacy is very thin indeed.

Determination is usually central to misadventures.

 

Absolutely disgusting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/new...skegee-airman-oscar-lawton-wilkerson-bitcoin/
Trusted Chicago judge takes Tuskegee Airman's cash, then flips it into bitcoin for herself

Retired on her government pension and 300k of stolen money.

 

Absolutely disgusting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/new...skegee-airman-oscar-lawton-wilkerson-bitcoin/
Trusted Chicago judge takes Tuskegee Airman's cash, then flips it into bitcoin for herself

Retired on her government pension and 300k of stolen money.

Agreed. I've always believed that public officials, especially those in positions to exercise authority over other citizens for violating the law, should be held to a much higher standard of accountability. Yet the reverse seems to often be the case.

 

All leaders are expected to set an example for everyone to follow. That applies to justice, politics and spirituality. What's sad is that people often lose faith in either of those three areas because they do not understand that it has never been about the leader.

 

All leaders are expected to set an example for everyone to follow. That applies to justice, politics and spirituality. What's sad is that people often lose faith in either of those three areas because they do not understand that it has never been about the leader.

In many parts of the world there is no expectation that leaders are going to set a (positive) example for others to follow -- it is accepted and expected that they will be paragons of corruption. Of course, they are not in a vacuum and society as a whole reflects this reality and has adapted to be able to function (at least after a fashion) in the face of it.

One of the places where leaders have been traditionally held to a very high degree of accountability is the U.S. military (which is not to say that there haven't been issues there). Commanders, in particular, are routinely held accountable for failures in their command even when there is no reasonable way that they could have known about something or done anything about it. Doesn't matter -- the commander bears ultimate responsibility. It's also not the typical case of shuffling them off to another job until people forget, either. It is generally career-ending. This has traditionally applied to both professional and personal matters. In most of society, for instance, if a supervisor engages in inappropriate conduct with a subordinate and something comes of it, it is the subordinate that gets the axe. In the military, the clear expectation is that the superior is the one that will bear the bulk of any sanctions that result. This is particularly the case in the U.S. Navy, and especially the case for ship captains. Sadly, as seems the case across the board these days (both in the U.S. and in many other countries), this notion of extreme accountability appears to be being diluted.

 

Sure, that video will really work.

 

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After a smallpox outbreak began in Boston in 1721, his enslaver proliferated Onesimus's knowledge to advocate for inoculation in the population. This practice eventually spread to other colonies.

Recognition for Onesimus's contributions to medical science came in 2016, when the Boston magazine declared him among the 100 Best Bostonians of All Time. Historian Ted Widmer of CUNY's Macaulay Honors College noted that "Onesimus reversed many of [the colonists'] traditional racial assumptions... [h]e had a lot more knowledge medically than most of the Europeans in Boston at that time."

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http://imgur.com/a/zCmw7Io

 

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In 1945, German submarine U-1206 sank not from battle damage but from a bizarre accident involving its crew toilet. Submarines used complex pressurized systems for waste disposal, and when the captain improperly operated it, opening the wrong valve while submerged, seawater flooded the boat. The malfunction spread to the central battery compartment, disabling power and forcing the crew to surface. With enemy forces nearby, the U-boat was effectively lost. This infamous mishap remains one of the most unusual causes of a military vessel’s sinking in WWII history.

 

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In 1945, German submarine U-1206 sank not from battle damage but from a bizarre accident involving its crew toilet. Submarines used complex pressurized systems for waste disposal, and when the captain improperly operated it, opening the wrong valve while submerged, seawater flooded the boat. The malfunction spread to the central battery compartment, disabling power and forcing the crew to surface. With enemy forces nearby, the U-boat was effectively lost. This infamous mishap remains one of the most unusual causes of a military vessel’s sinking in WWII history.

As is so often the case, IE appears to have gotten major parts of this wrong. The captain was helping repair one of the engines when he was informed about the leak. Examination of the wreck years later when it was discovered indicate that the initial damage may have been caused by a collision with a prior wreck. The flooding itself was minor and power wasn't lost, but the seawater flowing onto the batteries created chlorine gas that forced the sub to surface, where it was attacked and the captain ordered it to be scuttled to avoid capture. I believe three crewman died during the episode, plus one that had died of illness previously. The rest, including the captain, were captured.

 

And why not show a picture of the toilet instead of the torpedo tubes?

coughAIcough

 

And why not show a picture of the toilet instead of the torpedo tubes?

coughAIcough

That's because the torpedo tubes were being used as the toilet....

just kidding, of course

 

 

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022503494146461851

 

And yet, IMO it's still a good investment. My girl can complete her degree (CS and physics) this year at PSU for about 10K total out of pocket. She's also getting paid by PSU to help manage online classes as her first job.

UPDATE: We just got our first financial aid award letter and it's pretty depressing.

Note that the following is for a IN-STATE public university.

Estimated Cost of Attendance: $37,126 ($32,632 direct)
Scholarships: $4,000
Subsidized Student Loan: $1,274
Unsubsidized Student Loan: $5,500
Parent Plus Loan: $27,626

Our family income this year will be about $70k, yet they expect us to go more than $34k in debt (this year alone) and are telling us that we should be pleased that they are awarding a generous $4k scholarship to a student that is a straight-A student, has gotten 5s on AP exams, has placed second in international music competitions, both individually and in small ensembles, and has made all-state orchestra every year of eligibility.

I sure hope the private schools are able to do a hell of a lot better!

We just got back from a three-city trip for her last in-person auditions (now the waiting begins). At the two private schools, it sounds like it might be a lot better, but we won't know for another month or so. She thinks she did well and a couple people we talked to at one of the schools said that, given the list of schools that granted her auditions, that she must be in the top-tier of high school violinists.