Extreme weather patterns seem to be part of the mix. Many others are saying the same thing. Some good advice within the article about your car insurance.
You may want to read the Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA)'s article 'Climate Change Indicators: Weather and Climate'. It states weather patterns such as heat waves are increasing.
This was a music show in Escanaba. Come on out next time. Lots of fun things going on!
This is interesting and timing is peculiar. Leaves you with a few unanswered questions that we are likely to answer over time as more information makes it way to the public. Remember this is a war zone so I would keep a skeptical eye on the information.
1. Was he actually on board? Maybe just a roster or maybe not.
2. What was the cause? Mechanical or other.
3. Will someone find him living on a Beach in Cuba or somewhere a few years from now?
Time answers all questions.
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| The Spirit of Education 1934 Norman Rockwell Representing how support and role modeling can often help in the education process. Education supports democracy and liberty. |
What I will say is that there are advantages that come from attending an Ivy league school. Wealthier kids do regularly get more opportunities than others and that is pretty normal in almost any society. They have money, they have good benefits, strong teachers, and lots of recreational activities. They also have parents that are typically successful so they have home based models that help them. Lots of times more supportive networks of higher education (When I started graduate school people used to tell me I was too educated . In hindsight I can see some truth in that but not the way they saw it. I'm thinking about how education changes perceptions and often your social circles and responsibilities. Many students similarly don't have all the great support so when they do succeed, it is because they overcame many other social factors and economic problems. In other words, they were tested by live life with few resources but still had an upward trajectory. Can't get more elite in education than that! They know the details of how that works in a way that can't always be taught.)
There are other differences we should consider as well. The way in which the schools use language, orient their work toward a particular role level in society and set the culture expectations through a right of passage identity influences open doors (Remember most upper level jobs are filled by people within one's social and work networks. I think I read that statistic somewhere. Somewhere around 75% of professional jobs are filled without going to the general public.).
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| The Problem We All Live With 1964 Norman Rockwell Representing the need to for education to our population and the struggles some face that others never deal with. |
Think of it this way. All societies must change and adjust to succeed in the long run. Typically this occurs on a much slower pace such as generation to generation as each generation overcomes the challenges of their era (i.e. Industrial Era, Digital Era, etc. are often spurred by world happenings and a need to meet those challenges.) That is naturally fostered through the ability to encourage motivated striving in society. This is also why I push "over the horizon" thinking that leads to novelty and better performance through consistent change.
As with all things in life, there is a balance to everything as we need stability as well as adaptability that requires knowing the optimum change-stability mix. How we approach opportunity is often deeply embedded into our society and each society will have an approach even if they do not know it (i.e. their culture is deeply embedded into economics). The U.S. could capitalize on having a strong flow of new wealth and opportunity from each of the layers of societal stratification (You don't have to take from the currently wealthy but you do need to put diversity and human capital to work to expand the opportunities.)
If you went to an Ivy league school you should be happy for the blessing in your life. Also consider the other places where people learn and develop their skills. The doors may not be as open as we would like, yet we still grasp that different perspectives are what creates an opportunity to craft more effective strategic options. Diversity of thought and perspective fosters new and unexplored avenues for this country. Other options to the top should be fostered for those of us who are not so blessed (I learned that through the school of hard knocks. In may ways life is a school but we can discuss later.)
To me, its helpful to ensure that our form of capitalism fosters as many opportunities to improve oneself and obtain goals as possible. Furthermore, it also helps to create broad based motivation that helps to encourage people to enhance their human capital based on our sociological historical lines of thinking. There are "go getters" in our country who when given a pathway can exceed just as much or more than our more polished members society (Both are needed in a growing system. Both can have high performers but the pathways are different and the rewards are not always well balanced based on merit alone. Tea anyone?).
In other words, to have higher performing society to compete with other nations, then there should be a balance in the top positions between the elite and the nonelite. We need enough diversity to grease the wheels of ideation and put those ideas to good use for the nation. Elite education is helpful to the whole system but only will be helpful if there is a balance of freshness of thought and people to ensure circulation (There are sociological potential benefits to socialized eliteness as a communication and shared perspective for decision making. However, if there are not new people those advantages can dissipate when decision making capacity becomes culturally too narrow to find new solutions. Lack of diversity at thought can cause societal problems if the general system is not sufficiently overcoming environmental challenges). Stepping back can realize the value of both and help in finding the balance.
Performance of preparation (education) and performance of actuality (actualized) are different. The best and brightest are not confined only to the halls of elite schools (They are good schools and most of the time they are also good quality. Can't take that away. There is a reason why they persisted throughout the generations.) but higher performance can come from any common man or woman on the street when given half an opportunity. I'm ok with elite schools as long as elite performance is defined by more than brand. Good quality is the name of the game. (That is not my opinion on elite schools. I like some and not others but find them to be another way to learn. However, who your learning with sometimes defines what types of jobs you get. I make no judgment on that because there are many ways to look at the same issue. You have to make your own judgement. I think of the strategic and systems aspect of it).
New Study Investigates Why Elite Colleges Favor Rich Kids
*These articles are for learning and discussion purposes. They are not really written only for opinion but also because they provoke thought. Provoking thought allows people to move deeper. Sometimes people get furious when you say things they don't agree with so these are meant to provide an alternative explanation to things. They are not necessary facts or falsehoods. They are left to your personal perception.
Heading back to the boat after a hurricane we got pulled over by the local police. I mentioned to my friend that he was being tailed for a few miles just in case he wasn't aware. Sure enough we rounded the corner and he was pulled over. The interaction with police was professional and it was appropriate (As far as I can tell it was a net positive experience). My friend had an expired registration tag on his car and it made sense as to why he was pulled over (I mean he didn't say it was the air freshener or something.) It is logical and I understand that.
(Unfortunately, its his wife's car and he doesn't drive it much. He found the insurance, old registrations and the smog test for an updated registration but couldn't find the actual updated registration document. In general, his wife was good about those things and keeps her car up to date.)
However, despite him being upset at the ticket the behavior of the police were in general appreciated and they did their jobs appropriately. While I'm not excited about my friend getting a ticket while he was giving me a ride, I understand the overall reasons why he was pulled over and issued the ticket. They were transparent and everyone just communicated until they told him what was going to happen and everyone moved on.
(In my mind, it makes sense to be very nice and polite when you get pulled over. It is also ok to ask questions but do so in a polite manner. If your in the moral right just let everyone make their own choices and deal with it later. Its not pro or anti police or anything comment. Because we know the good and bad guns can do, I'm always a little nervous when anyone has them around me because I don't always trust people's judgement. We don't need the frontal cortex to get activated and derail rational thought; as a general rule for everyone. Move slow and move deliberately and communicate what your doing if you sense any tension and/or body language postering. The goal is to deescalate and lower the temperature. Civilians and police can do a better job at that during interactions. It should be a relatively neutral or positive experience. In this case, there was no need overall but its just good advice to keep in the back of your mind.)
In this case, and many other cases, this is what police were supposed to do and they offered a level of honor to their profession (Positive and negative interactions add up to create a PR impression of policing and protestors alike. If people are complaining on a large scale what we are saying and what we are doing might not be the same in all incidences. The brand imagery and the customer experience are sometimes different; assuming they know who the customer is. So let us make sure everything is in alignment to reduce those tendencies.). This is one reason why I once thought about joining the policing profession a long time ago (That and I think they can help people because of their important role in society. I also believe they can sometimes be shady and corrupt if there is societal confusion of their role and the parameters of that role.). I think I would have been a good investigator. :) In my lifetime I have found corruption, helped police nab bad guys/gals, got a drug operation evicted, stood up to bullies, and lots of other stuff that includes having empathy for the essential needs of protestors, and lots of other things that people don't generally understand (Also why hate narratives mislead.)
(If you really think about what protestors want and what police want they have similarities. From a biological, psychological and social level we seek alignment with different aspects of society. That may mean a policy, narrative or culture is out of balance. Some of these issues are with departmental management, a general distrust in some of the public, and probably many other things that create dissonance. Politics likely the biggest culprit but not the root cause of the issue. We might consider asking ourselves these two questions...1.) Are we treating all Americans as having value in all of our institutions? 2.) Do we have an environment that fosters the type of leadership that can create shared similarities between different perspectives (i.e. On a universal level there are shared desires of protestors and police to foster safe communities, fair treatment/justice, opportunities to engage, standard of living, stop violence, etc..)
(btw...I'm not a protestor either. I just want to understand.)
I generally take a neutral approach to police and encourage people to do so as to avoid the hyped up rhetoric. When they do good we praise them and speak about it, when they do bad we correct them and report them. This is how problems are resolved, it sets the expectation socially what is appropriate, and it creates and environment where good police are highlighted for advancement and poor police are eventually discovered and if continues removed (Also why I like the idea of a vetted complaint button on the main webpage of every department. Good interactions should have some influence on departmental policy if there is an essential goal to serve the public. Too many complaints with merit it starts to highlight troubled areas for improvement, training, investigation, etc.).
The same can be said at other times and locations where I heard complaints but then found later found out the police behaviors are appropriate for the circumstances. Meaning they did nothing I can tell wrong. I've written about when I think police are doing the right thing and I write about what might happen if they do the wrong thing. As a society we have freedom of speech so we may learn collectively and set the expectations (In most places we do have freedom of speech in some areas we do not so its not universal across the land yet.). Stifling that freedom for political, religious, ethnic or clan reasons means we don't have a feedback loop, have no way of addressing troublesome issues, that when they go on long enough could derail the entire system if not detected or corrected early. It is irresponsible from a systems stand point to not want feedback loops to stop small problems before they become big problems. i.e. retaliation would be another silencer of free speech.
In this case, I have no complaints. I feel bad for my friend but it is what it is. Don't be all this or all that in anything in life. Police are not good or bad as they are imperfect people (They have bad days too.). They work within a larger system that hasn't yet always grasped the importance of building the best police we can! (From what I understand much of it is more political than practical). Most are good people trying to do the right thing who have lives much like the rest of society. They get ground down by the negatively of their jobs and sometimes departments are good or toxic and that exacerbates other issues. My conservative thoughts are 100% Police, 110% Civil Rights and the propensity to do good or bad is 80% good, 19% shady, 1% criminal in nature. Ask me tomorrow and I might change my opinion. Your opinion is more accurate? That is great! Keep it, share it, throw it, makes no difference. Just don't create a toxic environment from it! We all have to find a way in this world together. 💁
*These articles are designed to improve our society and encourage greater middle path critical thinking on issues. Please feel free discard if you already have better solutions.
You can watch a video on an economist that discusses the need to think about saving your money and not going into more debt as consumers. I don't necessarily advocate for counting every penny because you have to live life and society in general needs a certain about of dollar circulation, but I do recommend financial balance with a reasonable amount consistently going into savings (I know I got two kids in college with their hands out. It is what it is!). Putting away money into a saving account, retirement and living within your budget does make sense (Bank of American put together an article, '8 simple ways to save money'
Here is the article that discusses prices, inflation and debt. US economist warns Americans to ‘hunker down’ and ‘save your pennies’ as economy overheats
