Definitely a strong base, if they put another agent on her shoulders and a trench coat over them, they'd make a hell of a human shield.She's plenty wide though.
Definitely a strong base, if they put another agent on her shoulders and a trench coat over them, they'd make a hell of a human shield.She's plenty wide though.
The plane left the production line with missing bolts according to the NTSB.I plead guilty to reading books. But I had no idea what I wanted to hear. Books about how Musk, the Koch Bros. G.E., (in its heyday) and Iacocca did business were pretty instructive. That door that blew off the Boeing 737 never had the bolts installed at the factory! Think about how that can happen and who has to be involved. Yet Boeing can’t say how that happened to this day.
Size matters. As everything from trash businesses to engineering firms, to tech companies merge and get bigger, individual responsibility wanes. Systems take over and problems become systematic Committees make decisions not individuals.
Oh, small to medium sized law firms are different.
We have an absence of academic rigor throughout our system.It isn't our crappy educational system that scares me. It is the greatly improved educational progress of our global competitors, starting with the Chinese.
For example, my nephew's father-in-law set up a scholarship fund at Notre Dame to study nuclear physics some forty years ago. Much to his dismay few Americans applied for the scholarship with many of the applicants being Chinese.
Since then, over the years China has been slowly but surely expanding its own STEM programs to the point where it graduates far more students. Thus when you add the Chinese students taking advantage of opportunities both in the USA and the homeland the numbers are impressive.
Then when you consider that the Chinese are just naturally intelligent the total picture goes well beyond simply declaring our educational system as being a complete failure. The total picture goes to where we stand in terms of the global business market and the military threats both globally and in space.
That isn't what the January 2024 report stated. The report concluded that "[o]verall, the observed damage patterns and absence of contact damage or deformation around holes associated with the vertical movement arrestor bolts and upper guide track bolts in the upper guide fittings, hinge fittings, and recovered aft lower hinge guide fitting indicate that the four bolts that prevent upward movement of the MED plug were missing before the MED [mid exit door] plug moved upward off the stop pads".The plane left the production line with missing bolts according to the NTSB.
Wasn't this done by a third party maintenance contractor?That isn't what the January 2024 report stated. The report concluded that "[o]verall, the observed damage patterns and absence of contact damage or deformation around holes associated with the vertical movement arrestor bolts and upper guide track bolts in the upper guide fittings, hinge fittings, and recovered aft lower hinge guide fitting indicate that the four bolts that prevent upward movement of the MED plug were missing before the MED [mid exit door] plug moved upward off the stop pads".
The bolts were missing, Boeing's repair records and the production records show that the bolts were there, removed to address the issue with the rivets, then not put back on. That plane flew for a month without the bolts.
By Spirit, prominently mentioned as a part of Boeing's cost cutting in the article I linked.Wasn't this done by a third party maintenance contractor?
I don’t think so. The door assembly was damaged during production, repaired and reinstalled sans bolts. The plane left the line without the bolts.That isn't what the January 2024 report stated. The report concluded that "[o]verall, the observed damage patterns and absence of contact damage or deformation around holes associated with the vertical movement arrestor bolts and upper guide track bolts in the upper guide fittings, hinge fittings, and recovered aft lower hinge guide fitting indicate that the four bolts that prevent upward movement of the MED plug were missing before the MED [mid exit door] plug moved upward off the stop pads".
The bolts were missing, Boeing's repair records and the production records show that the bolts were there, removed to address the issue with the rivets, then not put back on. That plane flew for a month without the bolts.
We have an absence of academic rigor throughout our system.
See that's what you good ole boys never understand. DEI doesn't mean inexperienced or lower grades- it means making sure efforts are made to include under represented QUALIFIED people. This boogeyman is astounding
There's an anti-white animus among many promoting DEI. Given that there are good intentions among some other advocates, the intentions don't match the reality. How about 3 quick and obvious examples? 1. Kamala Harris selected as VP candidate; 2. the last president of Harvard; 3. the state of the Secret Service.
Boomers built things right.DEI, for example, does not put a premium on experience.
In a larger sense, I think the problem lies in emphasis on pedigrees and credentials not based on experience. That’s the real harm of elitism.
This is probably true. The NB Grillerz GenBoomers built things right.
They're retiring by the millions..
More students performing at grade level. More challenges to students. Less grade inflation. More reading programs like this.CoH, what is your definition of academic rigor ?
Lifetime learning is good. But it may or may not be rigorous.In other words, education is a lifetime experience with formal schooling only being part of it.
It does put a premium on experience. Just not the experience most think relevant to a lot of jobsDEI, for example, does not put a premium on experience.
In a larger sense, I think the problem lies in emphasis on pedigrees and credentials not based on experience. That’s the real harm of elitism.
I think people conflate DEI efforts and affirmative action. DEI goes beyond affirmative action.See that's what you good ole boys never understand. DEI doesn't mean inexperienced or lower grades- it means making sure efforts are made to include under represented QUALIFIED people. This boogeyman is astounding
Nope.DEI values experience as a marginalized or oppressed person. Not exclusively, but it is important.
I’m right about what I wrote. I’ve read more about DEI philosophy, I’d wager, than anyone on this board.Nope.
Incompetence and DEI summed up in one photo.
DEI is for elite institutions to believe they help marginalized people.
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The DEI philosophy probably sounds very appealing. The practice looks like many institutions fight over too few qualified. people of colorI’m right about what I wrote. I’ve read more about DEI philosophy, I’d wager, than anyone on this board.
Everything after “nope” does nothing to refute my point.
DEI philosophy is not logically sound, in my opinion, and rests on some assumptions that are unverifiable or easily refuted. I don’t want it’s current iteration anywhere near our schools @ IUCrazy.The DEI philosophy probably sounds very appealing. The practice looks like many institutions fight over too few qualified. people of color
To be effective DEI needs to start in elementary education. I’m not seeing much of that. In fact, education for marginalized kids, especially males, is getting worse.
Is DEI philosophy codified to that extent? I assumed DEI philosophy consisted of various writers expressing various views.DEI philosophy is not logically sound, in my opinion, and rests on some assumptions that are unverifiable or easily refuted. I don’t want it’s current iteration anywhere near our schools @ IUCrazy.
One of its axioms is that oppressed people have standpoint authority and may not be questioned as to their own oppression because of their lived experience under the oppression (contrasted with someone trying to criticize a view without that lived experience).
The underlying philosophy is CRT, pretty much.Is DEI philosophy codified to that extent? I assumed DEI philosophy consisted of various writers expressing various views.
Is DEI philosophy codified to that extent? I assumed DEI philosophy consisted of various writers expressing various views.
I don’t think the Socratic method is suitable for elementary school.I
CoH, think we are both fans of the Socratic method of teaching while admitting you are far more experienced in this method then yours truly.
However, still wonder when this approach in matters such as DEI is a good time to use in the K-12 curriculum as established by state legislatures.
Legislatures which have a majority controlled by one of our political parties. The same party which contends DEI is a threat to what makes America great.
I don’t think the Socratic method is suitable for elementary school.
In my view, DEI seems necessary only because of bad public education for minorities, especially minority males. We have huge shortages of well educated minorities. There are many reasons for this including the doom loop generational effects of poorly educated parents on offspring. It’s a tough problem. Poorly educated minorities feed preexisting prejudices. DEI seems like pablum for whites. Until we fix the education problems we won’t be able to fix the other problems.