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As healthcare marketers, we all know tracking and reviewing the right metrics is important. In a perfect world, through these metrics, we would see a direct line between the money we spend and the revenue it generates. This data would provide us with the information we need to stop doing the things that are failing and ramp up the things that make the most money.
There are healthcare marketing teams doing just that. But commonly, disparate data, organizational silos, and conflicting stakeholder priorities cause many teams to struggle with using metrics to tell the story of their marketing efforts.
Here are a few strategies and tools to consider in order to improve your process of metric tracking, review and analysis.
There are countless metrics we can watch that are tied to our marketing efforts. The key is to choose the ones that have a direct or supporting role in the creation of revenue. For simplicity, I generally categorize them as "macro" or "micro" metrics.
Start with things that have a measurable impact on your business. These "macro metrics" are top-level metrics, the outcomes that tie directly to revenue. Common macro metrics are patient acquisition cost, patient retention, appointments, new customers and payer mix. Macro metrics tend to fall at the end of the funnel and happen in relatively low numbers, so measuring impact on these metrics can sometimes be hard to track. They're important to define because they'll ultimately be the things we'll want to positively affect the business. Because macro metrics can sometimes be hard to tie directly to a campaign or piece of content, it's important to break them down into smaller metrics, known as "micro metrics."
Micro metrics, the outputs of your work, are the steps or milestones that affect the macro metrics, the outputs, or results, that impact your business. A few common micro metrics are page views, time on site, email clicks, blog subscriptions, leads, and social engagement. While not directly related to revenue, these micro metrics can be affected and analyzed to gauge their impact on revenue-producing macro metrics.
There are endless numbers of micro interactions we can track. This means picking the correct micro metrics can be a challenge. To narrow in on the most important ones, it helps to think about your customer's journey. What are the things your customers do that ultimately lead to a conversion? Depending on your organization's current level of measurement and analysis, you might have a clear conversion funnel defined. Looking at your funnel, and making note of the micro interactions happening in each stage that affect your macro metrics, will give you a list of things to watch.
Once your key metrics are identified it's important to consolidate your reporting methods. If data is difficult to track down, regular review and analysis will not happen. Pulling relevant metrics into an easy to understand and centralized dashboard ensures nothing will get overlooked.
Data for key metrics likely exist across different systems within your organization. Being able to show website, campaign, CRM, email, and social data all together is extremely powerful. A tool we use to consolidate data into easy to consume dashboards is DataBox.
Once data sources are consolidated it's important to make personalized views for individual stakeholders. Not all metrics are relevant to all roles. Simplifying the dashboards to only include relevant metrics helps ensure the report is targeted to the individual who needs to see it (just like your campaign!). Think of it as an opportunity to impress the C-Suite while providing a secondary report that gives your marketing, digital and content teams the insight needed to try new approaches. It's likely that your C-Suite won't need to see all of the outputs of the campaign, but they sure will be focused on the outcomes. You need a way to best serve up the information that proves your work. Consolidating things through a tool like DataBox helps you do that. What's more, to get at those macro level outputs that directly impact the business, another tool we use is Call Tracking. We set up call tracking on a campaign so, for example, if a potential patient calls for an orthopedic consultation because of an ad they saw, the individual taking the call at one of your health system's locations will be able to log that as a notable outcome of your campaign.
Even the best dashboards make no difference if they are ignored. And the best insights hold no value if they aren't acted on. So make it a habit as a team to look at your dashboards, analyze your micro metrics (outputs), and hypothesize strategies for positively affecting the metrics that seem to be lagging.
Disparate data, organizational silos, and conflicting stakeholder priorities may stand as barriers to truly telling the whole story of your marketing efforts in your organization. But using these few basic strategies and tools can start to break down these barriers and gradually draw a more direct line between marketing spend and revenue generation. True data driven decision making doesn't happen overnight, but with a ongoing focus forward progress is possible.


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After a busy first day that saw hundreds of orders for new aircraft placed, the Paris Air Show continued Tuesday.
Boeing received an order for 100 737 Max 8 jets from aircraft lessor AerCap. Valued at $10.7 billion at current list prices, the deal is the single biggest contract by volume at the show.
Korean Air will purchase 30 737 Max and two additional 737-300ER jetliners from Boeing in a deal valued at $3.9 billion that includes options for an additional 20 737 Maxs.
The Chicago-based plane maker also announced a deal with SMBC Aviation Capital, also a lessor, for 10 737 Max 8s. Last year, the company placed what was the largest ever single order for 737 Max jets by a lessor, putting the total number it has on order at 90.
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Both have several similarities in their outlooks, insights and methods. Both are involved in the study of individual and his behaviour in the environment. Psychology is the scientific study of mind and how it influences behaviour. The knowledge of Psychology is needed for the study of human behaviour in society and politics. Political Sociology essentially needs some knowledge of human psychology foe studying the political relations and interactions of the people in society.
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To demonstrate noninvasive visualization of aqueous outflow (AO) structures in the living human eye in two (2D) and three (3D) dimensions using the commercially available Spectralis spectral-domain optical coherence tomographer (SD-OCT).
AO structures, including Schlemm's canal (SC) and collector channels (CC) of both eyes, were imaged by SD-OCT (Spectralis; Heidelberg Engineering) during one setting in a healthy subject. The panning camera head coupled with TruTrack active eye tracking and simultaneous dual-beam imaging allowed for maintained and optimal 360 degree radial orientation of OCT scans during image acquisition. To enhance image quality and diminish noise, frame-averaged mean images were created with the Automatic Real Time (ART; 8) mean function. Twelve volume scans (161 B-scans; 10 x 15 degree scan angle covering a 5.5 x 8.3 mm region at the limbus) using the anterior segment module on high-resolution setting were obtained centered on each clock hour. Axial resolution of each A-scan was 3.9 um with a lateral resolution of 11 um and distance between B-scans of 35 um. In one clock hour, for each 2D slice, the tissue was discriminated from noise, and SC was detected based on intensity distribution (lower intensity values compared to nearby tissue) and location (in the vicinity of intersection of sclera and iris). Then CC and outflow pathways were detected based on intensity distribution. All identified SC, CC, and outflow pathways regions were fused to create 2-D object slices (Matlab; Mathworks). This information was then compiled as a stack with cropping, re-sizing, surface mapping polygonal reconstruction, and 3D manipulation (Imaris; Bitplane).
SC and CC were readily visible on both the 2D (Figure 1; red box = region of interest; blue boxes depict automated detection of SC and CC) and 3D (Figure 2) images. The 3D image also provided visualization of SC discontinuations. CC branching directly from SC could be visualized with downstream Y-shaped aqueous veins noted.
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Faith. According to Hebrews 11:1, faith gives certainty regarding things hoped for and in things we cannot see. The first, hope, intimates a future result or occurence. There are times certainty can apply to the future and we base this on experience. Things unseen can apply to future events, too, and this certainty is not based on experience but what has been taught (scripture, ecclesiastical leadership, personal inspiration).
But is certainty the right concept, especially with regard to the future?
Are you certain?
I opine you're forgetting all the times faith failed, all the times prayers were not answered, all the times certainty disappointed. Selective memory, fueled by confirmation bias, is probably the source of this forgetfulness. Spend some time recognizing this phenomenon. It's got to be a weekly occurrence, if not a bit more common. Be honest with yourself.
At length, you'll come to realize faith is faithless.
Or, you'll explain it away as the will of god (kind of a god of the gaps scenario).
This is where common sense should take over and hold sway.
Unfortunately, common sense is no longer so common.


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United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division
April 18, 2019
Robert Bradley Baker, Plaintiff,v.The Boeing Company, Inc., Defendant.
Richard Mark Gergel United States District Court Judge.
the Court is the Report and Recommendation ("R &
R") of the Magistrate Judge (Dkt. No. 35) recommending
that Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 33) be
granted and Defendant's motion for summary judgment (Dkt.
No. 32) be denied. For the reasons set forth below, the Court
adopts the R & R as the Order of the Court, grants
Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment and denies
Defendant's motion for summary judgment.
a former employee of the Boeing Company, Inc.
("Boeing"), brings this employment discrimination
action under the Americans with Disabilities Act and alleges
that Boeing unlawfully terminated his employment after he
developed a disability that precluded him from working in a
non-office environment. (Dkt. No. 14 at 1.) On June 13, 2018,
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued Plaintiff
a "Right to Sue" letter notifying Plaintiff that
any lawsuit arising from the charge must be filed within
ninety days of Plaintiff s receipt of the letter-Friday,
September 14, 2018. Plaintiff filed his pro se
original complaint on September 18, 2019. The sole issue on
the parties' cross motions for summary judgment is
whether equitable tolling should apply to excuse the untimely
filing of Plaintiffs original complaint.[1] The Court
outlines the facts relevant to that issue:
September 7, 2018, Plaintiff telephoned the clerk's
office at the U.S. District Court in Charleston to inquire as
to whether he should file his complaint in federal or state
court. Plaintiff was advised to review the Court's
website for pro se litigants and was advised that he
could file the complaint in federal court in person for a
$400 filing fee. (Dkt. No. 32-2.) On September 12, 2018,
Plaintiff again telephoned the Charleston district
courthouse, but received a pre-recorded message advising that
the courthouse was closed from September 11, 2018 until
further notice. Plaintiff left a voicemail stating:
My name is Robert Baker. I have a claim to file. This is a
Right to Sue. I had a 90 days from date of receipt. I had
intended to bring that in this week, but since you are closed
I cannot do that. I want to make sure that I am on record as
having attempted to meet that, but the courthouse was closed.
Please call me as soon as you can at [home telephone number].
(Dkt. No. 14 at 3.) On September 16, 2018, Plaintiff twice
telephoned the Charleston district courthouse, at 4:13 A.M.
and 5:08 P.M., but again received the pre-recorded message
each time. On September 17, 2018, Plaintiff twice telephoned
the Charleston district courthouse; his 10:39 A.M. call went
unanswered and his 2:19 P.M. call was answered, during which
he was advised that the courthouse was open. Plaintiff
contends that he did not file his complaint in person after
this 2:19 P.M. conversation because there "was not
sufficient time for me to conduct the final review of the
complaint, my files, the enclosed bullet points, print and
sign it, and get form my home in northern Mount Pleasant . .
. [to] downtown, find parking and file the complaint. As
described in my complaints, I have some difficulty with
vertigo and balance, which sometimes affects walking.
Accordingly, I filed the complaint the next day." (Dkt.
No. 33-1 at 2.) On September 18, 2019, Plaintiff filed his
original complaint pro se in person at the
Charleston district courthouse. (Id., Dkt. No. 1.)
Plaintiff thereafter filed an amended complaint through
counsel on December 11, 2018. (Dkt. No. 14.)
Legal Standard
Review of the R & R
Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this Court
that has no presumptive weight, and the responsibility to
make a final determination remains with the Court. See,
e.g., Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270-71 (1976). The
Court may "accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in
part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate
judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). Where there are
specific objections to the R & R, the Court "makes a
de novo determination of those portions of the
report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to
which objection is made." Id. In the absence of
objections, the Court reviews the R & R to "only
satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of
the record in order to accept the recommendation."
Fed.R.Civ.P. 72 advisory committee's note; see also
Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199 (4th Cir. 1983)
("In the absence of objection ... we do not believe that
it requires any explanation.").
Motion for Summary Judgment
judgment is appropriate if a party "shows that there is
no genuine dispute as to any material fact" and that the
movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(a). Therefore, summary judgment should be
granted "only when it is clear that there is no dispute
concerning either the facts of the controversy or the
inferences to be drawn from those facts." Pulliam
Inv. Co. v. Cameo Props., 810 F.2d 1282, 1286 (4th Cir.
1987). "In determining whether a genuine issue has been
raised, the court must construe all inferences and
ambiguities in favor of the nonmoving party."
HealthSouth Rehab. Hosp. v. Am. Nat'l Red Cross,
101 F.3d 1005, 1008 (4th Cir. 1996).
party seeking summary judgment has the initial burden of
demonstrating to the Court that there is no genuine issue of
material fact. See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477
U.S. 317, 323 (1986). Once the moving party has made this
threshold demonstration, the non-moving party, to survive the
motion for summary judgment, must demonstrate that specific,
material facts exist that give rise to a genuine issue.
Id. at 324. Under this standard, "[c]onclusory
or speculative allegations do not suffice, nor does a
'mere scintilla of evidence'" in support of the
non-moving party's case. Thompson v. Potomac Elec.
Power Co., 312 F.3d 645, 649 (4th Cir. 2002) (quoting
Phillips v. CSX Transp, Inc., 190 F.3d 285, 287 (4th
Cir. 1999)).
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A man in South Korea has been accused of setting his apartment on fire and stabbing his neighbours as they tried to escape the burning building.
The 42-year-old man poured petrol in his living room and set newspapers alight to start the blaze in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
He then knifed fellow residents as they fled the apartment block in Jinju - killing five people and injuring six others. A further seven victims have been treated for smoke inhalation.
The Korea Herald said one of those killed was a 12-year-old girl - and reported that two sashimi knives were used in the attack.
Despite the fire, some residents reportedly ran to the roof of the building so they would not be stabbed.
Only identified by his family name Ahn, he reportedly told police that his neighbours had provoked him by dumping rubbish and insects in his apartment and spying on him using secret cameras.
The suspect - who is said to have had a history of schizophrenia - also said he was angry at society and former employers, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
Detectives said knives of 34cm and 24cm long were used in the attack, and that he had bought the fuel used in the fire at a petrol station four hours before.
The man's neighbours told Yonhap he had behaved erratically before - and claimed he had thrown human excrement in the lifts and in nearby properties.
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon has criticised police for what he said was a failure to properly monitor a person known for past violence.


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'The best way to tell our Australian wine story and turn international wine influencers into advocates is by bringing these influencers to Australia to taste our wines in the regions where they're made, to meet the people and see the places behind our wine brands.' The visit began with guests from mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Taiwan meeting in Perth. The members of the group were drawn from markets which reflected the strong export figures for Australian wine to Asia in 2015. China, now Australia's third most valuable export market, saw 66 per cent value growth to A$370 million while Hong Kong is now our fifth most valuable wine export market up 22 per cent to A$132 million. Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, India and Taiwan also experienced value growth in 2015. After meeting in Perth the guests headed to the Margaret River region. Margaret River has been a key influence in the evolution of Australian wine, building an international reputation as a true home of fine wine in a little over 40 years. Highly regarded as a producer of powerful - yet elegant - Cabernet Sauvignon, the region has also forged a great reputation for its white wines notably Chardonnay and Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blends. Guests met the grape growers and winemakers, tasted the wines and experienced all that this world renowned food and wine destination has to offer. From Margaret River the group flew to Adelaide, visiting the historic wine regions of the Barossa and McLaren Vale. In McLaren Vale, the group were excited to taste the evolution of Australian Grenache and meet Australian wine legends such as Chester Osborn from d'Arenberg. In the Barossa they were keen to learn more about a place that is home to some of the world's oldest vines. 'This was the most engaging group of guests from Asia I have seen in many years,' said Geoff Schrapel of Bethany Wines. The visit also had an impact on the local media, with local newspaper the Barossa Herald interviewing several of the guests for a feature on the visit and the positive figures for Australian wine exports to Asia in 2015. From the article, "Buying and brand manager Ben Cheung, Hong Kong, took up the buyer role for Australian and New Zealand wines in 2015, overseeing a total of 70 brands, 50 of which are from Australia. Mr Cheung said one of the most important messages he would take home was the Barossa's regional diversity. "We need to tell people about the diversity in the region," he said." Final stop on the trip was King Valley region in Victoria's high country. King Valley is one of Australia's largest premium wine regions producing the full spectrum of wine styles, with a strong Italian farming and grapegrowing heritage shaping the vibrancy and direction of the region. Guests experienced this heritage through the delicious food and wines shared by the community during the visit. Prosecco, Pinot Grigio, Sangiovese and Nebbiolo wines were matched with exceptional local cheeses, cured meats and pastas highlighting the region's Italian heritage and its claim as being the home of Italian varietals in Australia. A perfect way to showcase the evolution of Australian wine and the diversity of our fine wine offering. Wine Australia's Head of Market China, Willa Yang added, 'This is the sixth year we've hosted wine influencers from Asia and again every guest has been impressed with the wines they've tasted and the regions they've experienced.' 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There are a lot of performance indicators in datasheet, such as switching bandwidth, switching capacity, forwarding rate, backplane...
But there is no description of each indicator.
So I don't understand what it means, just plausible guessing.
Please let me know about definition of indicators and how to calculate it.
Here is the list.
- Throughput
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Michael Moore recently confided in Brian Williams and the five people who watch MSNBC who he thinks can beat President Trump in a 2020 election show down. Michelle Obama is the horse that Michael Moore would bet on in the next race to the White House.
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The Chicago Bears on Sunday officially became the ninth team in 10 seasons to go from worst to first and win their division just one year after finishing in last place. It was a monumental turnaround for a team that posted four consecutive seasons with double-digit losses from 2014 to 2017. In January, the Bears will host a home playoff game for the first time since the 2011 postseason, which ended with Caleb Hanie futilely trying to lead the Bears to a comeback victory over Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.
The Bears had beaten a healthy Rodgers only once in 11 tries over the ensuing seven seasons before Sunday, when they held the future Hall of Famer to a 68.9 passer rating in a 24-17 victory. The 10-4 Bears were given 8-1 odds to win the division before the season, and the Raiders reportedly chose to trade Khalil Mack to the Bears (and not the 49ers) because they wanted to acquire selections from a team that was likely to be picking toward the top of the draft. Oops.
Naturally, it's going to be tough for the Bears to stay atop the mountain. The NFC North has had a repeat winner only seven times in 17 seasons under the current four-team format, and those worst-to-first teams have struggled to sustain their pace. Barring an unlikely run to the playoffs by this year's Eagles, the last team to go worst to first and make it back to the playoffs the following year was the 2011-2012 Broncos, who were able to replace Tim Tebow with Peyton Manning.
Can the Bears and some of 2018's other surprise teams and players keep it up in 2019? And is there an obvious candidate to follow in their footsteps next season? Let's run through them, starting with the newly crowned division champs:
Chicago Bears
The Bears didn't exactly come out of nowhere, of course. When I wrote about the Rams and their own massive turnaround this time last season, I identified the Bears as the most likely team to go worst to first this season. In July, I wrote about how advanced metrics suggested the Bears were one of the six most likely teams to improve in 2018.
All of that was before Sept. 2, when the Bears made one of the highest-profile additions of the offseason in Mack. You know what happened next. Mack has more sacks than the entire Raiders team combined despite missing two games. The Bears will be without their first-round picks in 2019 and 2020, but they're not regretting the Mack deal anytime soon.
Will they do it again in 2019?
Chicago can make the playoffs again in 2019, but the formula will probably have to change, at least subtly. The most reasonable comp for the 2018 Bears is the 2017 Jaguars. Both teams made similar leaps in defensive DVOA; the 2016-2017 Jaguars improved from 12th to first in defensive DVOA, while the 2017-2018 Bears leaped from 14th to the top of the DVOA charts heading into Week 15. The Jags' pass rush was buoyed by the offseason addition of veteran superstar Calais Campbell, while the Bears added Mack. Both teams fired their defensive-minded coach but retained their defensive coordinator, with the Jags firing Gus Bradley in midseason and retaining defensive coordinator Todd Wash, while the Bears fired John Fox but kept Vic Fangio.
There are two other key elements to both teams' success during their breakout seasons. The 2017 Jaguars were remarkably healthy on defense, with their 11 starting defenders combining to miss just three games all season. The 2018 Bears haven't been as remarkably fresh, but before nickel corner Bryce Callahan went down with a broken foot in Week 14, their starting 11 had missed a total of just ... three games. Callahan's injury will bring that number to six, and if Eddie Jackson sits out the final two weeks after injuring his ankle while intercepting Rodgers on Sunday, the Bears would be at eight missed games from their defenders.
It's virtually impossible to get a defense to stay that healthy year after year. What's interesting about the Jags is that they've actually pulled it off this season; While they cut starting safety Barry Church last week, their 11 starters had combined to miss a total of ... yes, three games. The Bears have veterans such as Prince Amukamara, Leonard Floyd and Danny Trevathan, who have a track record of struggling to avoid injuries. It's unlikely the Bears will stay under 10 missed games on defense in 2019.
An issue that has haunted the Jags, though, has been missing turnovers. In 2017, Jacksonville was second in the league with 33 takeaways. Jalen Ramsey & Co. forced opposing quarterbacks to throw interceptions on a league-high 4.1 percent of their passes and generated a total of 21 picks. With the same secondary and core of talent returning, fans would have expected the Jaguars to keep the takeaways coming.
They haven't. The 2018 Jaguars have picked off 2.3 percent of passes, which ranks 20th in the NFL. In Sunday's loss to Washington, they failed to intercept Josh Johnson once in 25 tries. The Jags have recovered just four of the 13 fumbles they've forced on defense this year, and have just 14 takeaways in 14 games, leaving them on pace to halve their turnover figures from a year ago.
The Bears, meanwhile, have been a takeaway factory. I wrote in July that the Bears were likely to improve on their 29th-ranked 1.5 percent interception rate from 2017, and Chicago's 4.8 percent interception rate leads the league, as Jackson & Co. have forced takeaways on 20.7 percent of opposing possessions this season. No other team has topped 16.7 percent in that category. Fangio's defense has forced 35 takeaways, five more than any other team in the league.
It's not impossible for that to happen again, but it's extremely unlikely. Jackson (seven) and Kyle Fuller (six) have combined for 13 interceptions. Over the past 30 years, 270 defenders have racked up six or more interceptions in a given season. Just 32 of those players -- 11.9 percent of those defensive backs -- have managed to repeat the feat the following season. Just 27 sets of teammates have managed to pick off six or more passes in a season, and none since the Fangio-led 49ers defense did it with Dashon Goldson and Carlos Rogers in 2011. The 2000-2001 Buccaneers and the 2008-2009 Packers are the only defenses in the past 30 years to have two six-pick players in multiple seasons.
The Bears will still likely have a good defense again in 2019, but it probably won't be as dominant as it has been this season. Their hope, then, has to be to get more out of their offense. The Jaguars weren't able to pull this off, as Blake Bortles collapsed and Leonard Fournette wasn't able to stay healthy. Chicago has a wildly creative playcaller in Matt Nagy and an inexperienced, improving quarterback in Mitchell Trubisky; they have a better shot of staying atop the NFC North than the Jags did of keeping themselves atop the AFC South this season, although it's more likely they fall back to somewhere around 9-7.
Which team could emulate them as a surprise in 2019?
If we're looking for a middling team with a young quarterback and a solid defense that might take a leap forward in 2019, the obvious fit seems like the Cleveland Browns, who entered Week 15 ranked 10th in defensive DVOA before winning an ugly game against the Broncos on Saturday night. Cleveland will likely hire a new coach this offseason, although new offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens has been working wonders with Baker Mayfield since taking over, and general manager John Dorsey will have $80 million or so of cap space with which to work. The only issue is that the Browns don't have a takeaway spike in them, given that their 30 takeaways are second in the league behind Chicago.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Of course, the Jaguars are one of the biggest surprises of this season in their own right. Even if you didn't think they were going to improve on their 10-6 mark from a year ago (which, sadly, I did), I don't think many people expected the collapse we saw from the Jaguars. After losing to Johnson and an injury-riddled Washington team on Sunday, the Jags have fallen to 4-10. They've fired offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, and coach Doug Marrone might follow him out the door this offseason. Bortles, who was benched months after the Jags signed him to an ill-advised extension, also seems likely to leave this offseason.
Will they do it again in 2019?
I think the Jaguars will be better, but their ceiling might be capped below their 10-6 mark from a season ago. The 2018 Jags have been a bit unlucky, as Sunday's loss took them to 2-6 in games decided by seven points or fewer. Marrone's team has recovered just 12 of 35 fumbles in their games, which ranks among the lowest rates in football and is unlikely to recur. The Jags' minus-12 turnover margin, the third worst in the NFL, probably will be better in 2019. They also probably won't have as many injuries on offense, where they were down to a fourth-choice tight end and left tackle at different points.
The issue is that the Jags find themselves in tough financial straits after years of big spending in free agency. Jacksonville already has more than $200 million in cap liabilities for 2019, and that's before giving Yannick Ngakoue and possibly Ramsey new extensions. The Jags can cut Bortles to free up space, but they'll probably need to part ways with at least one of their veteran defensive linemen, with Malik Jackson and Marcell Dareus the most likely candidates.
The point is that Jacksonville will have a limited budget to work with in terms of looking at possible quarterback solutions. The good news is that there should be a limited market of teams going after new starters; the Jags will likely be competing with only Washington and the Giants for veteran options, although teams such as the Dolphins and Raiders also could move into the market if they move on from their incumbents at quarterback.
Assuming team president Tom Coughlin still has final say on personnel, the most likely candidate is probably a traditional pocket passer like Joe Flacco. The Ravens have suggested that they would consider trading Flacco, but it seems extremely unlikely that the former Super Bowl MVP will have much of a market on a contract with an $18.5 million base salary in 2019, let alone figures of $20.5 million and $24.3 million in the two subsequent seasons. Flacco is probably looking at something closer to the three-year, $54 million contract signed by Bortles this past offseason.
Flacco's floor is higher than Bortles', but the chances of the Jags winning 12 games with Flacco as their quarterback are relatively slim. Unless they find a way to go all-in for someone like Justin Herbert in the draft and nab a franchise quarterback on a rookie deal, Jacksonville is probably going to be somewhere in the 7-8 win range in 2019.
Which team could emulate them as a disappointment in 2019?
I don't think the Bears will fall to a 4-10 record through 15 weeks next season, even if I think their defense shares some similarities to the 2017 Jags. If I'm running through the list of likely playoff teams that might fall off and struggle to make it back to the postseason in 2018, the most plausible option would be the Dallas Cowboys, who are now 8-6 with a point differential of plus-7 after being shut out by the Colts on Sunday. The Cowboys have been better on offense with Amari Cooper, of course, but they're not going to go 6-2 in one-score games again, and they remain one of the more top-heavy rosters in the league. They also won't have a first-round pick to improve their roster after sending it to the Raiders in the Cooper swap.
Amari Cooper, WR, Dallas Cowboys
Which allows us to easily transition to the next surprise: Cooper and his blistering start with the Cowboys. The Colts held the former Alabama star to four catches and 32 yards Sunday, but even with that modest day factored in, he has been dominant in a Dallas uniform.
Since joining the Cowboys for their Week 9 game against the Titans, Cooper has racked up 44 catches for 674 yards and six touchdowns. He ranks fourth in the league in receiving yards over that time frame and is tied for the league lead in touchdowns. Dak Prescott has targeted Cooper 60 times, and the 2015 fourth overall pick is bringing in 73.3 percent of the throws in his direction. The Cowboys wanted a No. 1 receiver to help develop Prescott and try to win the division, and barring an enormous collapse over the final two weeks, they're going to get exactly what they wanted.
Can he keep those numbers up in 2019?
Probably not. Prorating Cooper's performance would amount to a line of 101 catches for 1,541 yards and 14 touchdowns. No receiver managed to hit those marks in receiving yards or touchdowns last season, and they basically would lock in Cooper as a top-two receiver in the NFL this season. Cooper can hit those numbers for a few games at a time, and he's still just 24 years old, but projecting anyone to be a first-team All-Pro-caliber wideout over a full season is a dangerous game. Everything has to go right, and it's more likely that Cooper's catch rate slips or he misses a game or two because of injury.
Who could benefit from a change of scenery in 2019?
Dealing for wideouts toward the end of their rookie contracts can be dangerous; Cooper has worked out for the Cowboys, but the Bills didn't get much from Kelvin Benjamin after dealing for him under similar circumstances. Given how little there is to work with on the free-agent market, though, teams are going to take shots on wideouts making a relative pittance in the hopes of stumbling onto a contributor.
One logical option might be DeVante Parker, who was on the trading block earlier this season before delivering a six-catch, 134-yard game against the Texans just before the deadline. Since then, Parker has racked up a total of 122 yards over six games while struggling through yet another injury, this time to his shoulder. Parker is due to make $9.4 million for the fifth-year option of his rookie deal in 2019, but given the likely price tag for wideouts like Devin Funchess in free agency, Parker might seem like a more palatable lottery ticket and could dominate if he stays healthy in the right scheme.
A better candidate looms at a different position. The Raiders traded Cooper after two 1,000-yard seasons to start his career because Cooper's production sagged and his likely contract demands were deemed to be too high. The Falcons might find themselves in a similar situation with Vic Beasley Jr., who led the league with 15.5 sacks as a sophomore in 2016 but has just 10 sacks combined in 2017 and 2018.
Beasley's fifth-year option sees his salary balloon from $705,000 to $12.81 million in 2019. The Falcons might prefer to lock up Grady Jarrett this offseason and let Beasley leave for greener pastures before having to make a long-term decision on his future. This is considered to be an excellent draft for defensive linemen, but would a team in need of edge-rushing help like the Raiders or Giants prefer to trade for Beasley and take a shot on a former NFL sack champion?
J.J. Watt, DE, Houston Texans
Speaking of sack champs, it was unclear what Watt had left in the tank after missing most of the 2016 and 2017 seasons to various injuries. The future Hall of Famer had racked up 69 sacks over a ridiculous four-year span from 2012 to '15, but after he missed 24 games and recorded 1.5 sacks in eight contests between 2016 and 2017, it was fair to wonder whether we were ever going to see the "real" Watt again.
Fourteen games later, we have our answer. Watt has been back to his old tricks, racking up 14.5 sacks and 24 quarterback knockdowns for a resurgent Texans defense. Even if Watt isn't quite at the Aaron Donald-esque level we saw from him during that four-year run, he's a lock to make the Pro Bowl and should be one of the runners-up for Defensive Player of the Year. Not bad for a guy who was essentially sidelined for two years.
Can he keep those numbers up in 2019?
I'd expect a slight drop-off. There are always going to be concerns about Watt's health, and while he has stayed upright this season, any projection system would give Watt a significant chance of missing meaningful time in any given season from here on out. Watt also has been lucky in terms of turning hits into sacks, given that the usual rate for pass-rushers is about 45 percent, which would put Watt at 10.8 sacks.
It's tempting to give him a superstar rate, but Watt has typically underperformed his hit rate as a pro. The Wisconsin product racked up 50 knockdowns during his last star-level season in 2015, which would peg him for an expected total of 22.5 sacks. Instead, Watt had to merely settle for a league-high 17.5 sacks. What a slacker.
Who could emerge from the injury wilderness to break out again in 2019?
The obvious candidate just made his comeback in Week 15. After tearing his Achilles in Week 1 of the 2017 season, Eric Berry sat out 15 games last year and then missed the first 13 games of 2018 with a Haglund's deformity in the heel of his other foot. The three-time first-team All-Pro made his return during the Chiefs' loss to the Chargers on Thursday night. Berry took 30 defensive snaps during the first half but subsequently sat out the entire second half, as planned before the game.
Berry might play well enough to make an impact in 2018, which would disqualify him as a Watt comparison for next year. The more plausible case is that we see the old Berry on a regular basis for the first time in 2019, which would make him a perfect comp for Watt. Another candidate here might include Chargers corner Jason Verrett, as the former Pro Bowler has played just five games since the start of 2016 after suffering various injuries.
Patrick Mahomes, QB, Kansas City Chiefs
There has arguably been no bigger surprise in football this year than Mahomes, who has emerged after a year (mostly) in waiting and is now the favorite to win league MVP. In a season reminiscent of Dan Marino's 1984 campaign, Mahomes is on pace to throw for 5,192 yards and 51 touchdowns, which would make him the second 5,000-50 quarterback in league history after Peyton Manning in 2013.
Can he keep those numbers up in 2019?
I'd hesitate to put any limitations on Mahomes, but remember that Marino set passing records as a second-year pro in '84 and never topped his totals of 5,084 yards and 48 passing touchdowns over the remainder of his career. And as we all know, if Mahomes wins MVP, virtually anything he does in 2019 short of a 16-0 season and a Super Bowl victory would be construed as a disappointing campaign.
It will be extremely difficult to keep up this level of play for another season. For one, Mahomes has thrown for touchdowns on 8.7 percent of his attempts, the fourth-highest rate since the AFL-NFL merger of 1970. It's tough for anyone to keep up that sort of touchdown rate, and I would expect that a few more red zone scores will go to whomever replaces Kareem Hunt as the Chiefs' primary running back next season.
Who could emerge from the bench to post a career year in 2019?
There's no real candidate. Mahomes' first year as the full-time starter goes down with the likes of Marino in 1984 and Kurt Warner in 1999 as the best full-season debuts in NFL history, which is tough to recreate. Each of the five rookie first-round picks will see significant action in their debut seasons, while Mahomes played one meaningless game in Week 17 against the Broncos in 2017.
Mahomes is a brilliant talent, but he's in the perfect place with an incredible offensive coach. The closest comparison there would be if Drew Brees or Ben Roethlisberger retired and were replaced by Teddy Bridgewater or Joshua Dobbs, and even those comparisons are far off. Mahomes is not quite sui generis, but after Marino and Warner, he's a once-in-a-generation breakout.
Philadelphia Eagles
Although the Super Bowl LII champions kept their postseason hopes alive with an upset victory in Los Angeles on Sunday night over the Rams, the 7-7 Eagles would need a series of breaks to go their way to sneak back into the playoffs. It has been a frustrating season for Doug Pederson and his Eagles, who have suffered through frustrating losses to the likes of the Titans, Buccaneers and twice to the Cowboys. Philly began its season without Carson Wentz and appears likely to end it without him, too, given the status of Wentz's injured back.
The Eagles have a 28.8 percent chance of making the postseason, and while they're left with a pair of winnable games against Houston and Washington, I'm not sure that the formula we saw Sunday is something Philly could sustain into a long playoff run. They were able to hold a frustrated Sean McVay to 23 points on five red zone trips, as Jared Goff struggled to hit open receivers and made naive decisions with the ball. They won the turnover battle 3-1, which is going to be tough to do week after week with Nick Foles at quarterback. Pederson seemed to struggle to get the aggressiveness balance right yet again, but the Eagles managed to pull out the game when the Rams lost one possession on a fumbled punt and were stopped in the red zone on their subsequent try.
The issue, as I've written about earlier this year, is that the 2017 Eagles might have set expectations too high. Those Eagles were hoping to get by with a patchwork set of cornerbacks, but they actually thrived. They were beaten up by injuries that would drag down a typical team, but somehow, Philly actually overcame and played its best football in the playoffs after losing Wentz and Jason Peters. Pederson wasn't just aggressive on fourth downs, but he was wildly successful when he chose to get aggressive. All of those things were likely to regress toward the mean this season.
Will they remain enigmatic in 2019?
I think they should be better than enigmatic and win the NFC East in 2019, if only because they'll likely get more Wentz. If the 2016 second overall pick doesn't return this season, Wentz will finish the year with 11 games played and 401 pass attempts. I'm not incredibly concerned about Wentz's durability yet, in part because the injuries (a torn ACL and a stress fracture in his back) are so different. Wentz's numbers declined in some unsurprising ways this season, but Wentz remains a top-10 quarterback with MVP-level upside in any given healthy campaign.
As for the team around him, it depends on how the Eagles tiptoe around a difficult cap situation. Philly already has $191 million in liabilities and would likely need to restructure veteran contracts to create room or give him an extension. The Eagles have a habit of giving out contracts to star players long before their contracts expire, as they gave Lane Johnson an extension basically as soon as legally possible after the tackle's third year in the NFL.
Could this season's Super Bowl winner take a step backward in 2019?
Absolutely, although the nature of that step depends on the team. The New Orleans Saints are ESPN's Super Bowl favorites, and indeed, they could very well either see Brees retire or age. A defense that looked lost for a good chunk of the first half could get lost again. The Kansas City Chiefs are getting career years out of pass-rushers Dee Ford and Chris Jones, and aren't likely to get as effective of a season from Mahomes in Year 3. The New England Patriots could be without a retired Rob Gronkowski. The Los Angeles Rams' offensive line could slip. You get the picture: Every team is going to look much better in the glow of a Super Bowl win than it does the following morning. The Eagles are no exception.


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Sweater and Cardigan in Sirdar No.1 (8148)
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Keith Olbermann, Eric opined:
David has been rightly chiming in on the Keith Olbermann business. It's kinda like observing a train wreck.
But I have to tell you that I look at this situation and have to wonder if there isn't a connection between his sudden dismissal…. (OK, suspension, but you and I both know we won't be back… What would you call an indefinite suspension without pay? )… and the historic repudiation of the Obama White House by the voters, last Tuesday.
Sober people can not take seriously any so-called news commentator who is Howard Beale all the time.
Eugene Robinson and the race card, Robinson, Washington Post can not get past seeing the tea party movement as racist:
I ask myself what's so different about Obama, and the answer is pretty obvious: He's black. For whatever reason, I think this makes some people unsettled, anxious, even suspicious – witness the willingness of so many to believe absurd conspiracy theories about Obama's birthplace, his religion and even his absent father's supposed Svengali-like influence from the grave.
The unwashed tea party rednecks just elected two blacks to Congress. So suggest some alternative reason for Dumbo's debacle. To wit, Obama is stupid, arrogant, lazy and a socialist to boot. Obama bitterly clings to his failed ideas Obama Care, Cap and Tax, more spending and higher taxes.
Tsunami machines, Eric featured this quote from Stuart Rothenberg:
"Big changes in the House require a political wave. You can cherry-pick your way to a five- or eight-seat gain, but to win dozens of seats, a party needs a wave. Recruiting better candidates and running better campaigns won't produce anything like what took place in 1980, 1994, 2006 and 2008, when waves resulted in huge gains for one party. The current political environment actually minimizes the chance of a near-term wave developing. The problem for Republicans is that they aren't yet in the position — and won't be in one by November of next year — to run on a pure message of change, or on pent-up demand for change. Waves are built on dissatisfaction and frustration, and there is little in national survey data that suggest most voters are upset with President Barack Obama's performance or the performance of his party." That was written in April of 2009.
While it is true that the United State is right of center nation, under t he normal flow of election cycles is would take years to restore the natural republican majority. However Barack Obama incompetence and over raech combined with Mrs. Pelosi hard left objective together created a electoral tsunami.
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Koukas also sued the chief of the Greek Police (ELAS), Kathimerini said it was told by sources it didn't identify but it was unclear whether it was brought against outgoing ELAS chief Constantinos Tsouvalas or of his replacement, Aristides Antrikopoulos.
The move came two days after the head of the island's municipal council, Miltiades Atzamoglou, was beaten up outside a bar in Myconos town which has seen a jump in robberies, burglaries and drug dealing and where tax inspctors said tax cheating is essentially unstoppable.
Earlier this month, Koukas and Nikos Zorzos, the mayor of even more popoular Santorini but has seen a crime jump, asked Prime Minister and Radical Left SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras to add police, as Koukas now has in an appeal to Interior Minister Panos Skourletis, who took over the citizen's protection duties when Toskas quit after the July 23 wildfires near Athens that killed 96 people and for which he and other government officials were blamed for not having a disaster or evacuation plan in place, not alerting citizens of the destroyed seaside village of Mati of the danger and with the response to the fires said to be confused and chaotic.


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Over the past few weeks, companies have been reporting their quarterly earnings. The news has been a bit mixed for the overall economy. But, what are the specific signals for LED lighting and perhaps energy efficiency generally?
First, lets look at the macro picture. The bad news: top-line revenue has been flat or only slightly up and there is little sign that the employment picture will improve soon. The good news: profits are up as companies are using fewer resources to drive the top line and cash positions are increasing.
To understand how this affects LED lighting, we need to look at specific verticals and companies, and make some generalizations about the overall market conditions. It is instructive to think of the LED value chain as composed of four primary parts – from the components to the end customers:
- Component and Equipment suppliers. The clearest information comes in this part of the value chain since there are specific names that are close to pure-plays in LED components and equipment (e.g., Cree, Rubicon, Veeco, etc.). When I last wrote about this trio, I noted that they were up a collectively 600% since I joined Digital Lumens at the beginning of 2009. That piece was written at the beginning of the summer and in the intervening months, the trio is off 13% — not surprising given the tear they have been on. What can we learn from earnings? All three continue to surprise on the upside. However, there is growing concern that the equipment revenue is going to flatten as manufacturers bring the capacity online to meet increasing demand and LEDs trend toward commoditization.
- Solution Suppliers. There are no pure-play LED lighting companies so it is difficult to use earnings to get a bead on adoption. In fact most of the lighting market is controlled by large industrial entities that make it difficult to look at traditional lighting, no less LEDs (think GE, Philips, Cooper Industries). And, of course, LEDs still make up only a small portion of their overall revenues – despite the buzz they create. Meanwhile, smaller names like Nexxus and Dialight are reporting results that are probably more indicative of specific company challenges and opportunities rather than broader market trends.
- Channels. This category includes the various avenues for getting LED lights into the hands of consumers, businesses and municipalities, and includes everyone from Home Depot, which just announced a $20 LED bulb for the general consumer, to companies like Lime Energy, as well as the ESCOs (e.g., Ameresco), which generally service municipalities. As with the Solution Suppliers, very few of the channels are exclusively focused on LEDS so it is difficult to see through their earnings how much impact LEDs are having. However, it is worth noting that lighting is a very profitable product category.
- Customers. For consumers, LED education will be the key to adoption. For larger companies, there is a growing drumbeat from the market urging them to turn their cash holdings into capital purchases or jobs. My belief is that capital purchases are going to happen more quickly than new hiring. The reason? There continues to be uncertainty in the recovery, but the ROI/TCO of capital purchases is more tenable than new employees. This should bode well for energy efficiency since many projects have great paybacks with TCOs that drive down operating costs and increase profitability.
Those in the LED market and those who follow it all believe that LEDs are rapidly approaching the tipping point, but the next 12 months will be pivotal. The expected LED education campaign from the U.S. Department of Energy, combined with the massive energy savings opportunity, utility incentive programs, and the broader availability of LED products to consumer should make widespread LED adoption a reality in the near future. That would make for a very rosy picture for all the players in the chain, for sure.


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TROY, Ala. — Neal Brown and the Troy Trojans are hoping they're better equipped to handle success this time around.
The Trojans (8-2) have followed up their best Division I season with another run at the Sun Belt Conference championship, along with one of the biggest wins in program history.
The question now is will they finish better? Troy matched Colorado for the biggest turnaround in FBS last season, going from 4-8 in Brown's first year to 10-3.
The Trojans even earned the Sun Belt's first Top 25 ranking only to flop in a 35-3 loss to Arkansas State and lose to Georgia Southern two weeks later before closing with a win over Ohio in the Dollar General Bowl.
"We were burdened with expectations, and it's a positive burden, maybe before as a program we were ready for them," said Brown, at 37 the sixth-youngest head coach in FBS.
They're in the same position again. The Trojans knocked off LSU 24-21 in late September, thrusting the program briefly into a national spotlight more often reserved for Alabama and Auburn in this state.
They responded poorly again, getting upset by struggling in-state rival South Alabama and playing, Brown said, "embarrassingly bad." Troy has won four straight since then.
"It's like now have we matured enough to be able to finish the year on a really good run?" Brown said. "It's not been one of those years where everything just comes together. We've kind of had to grind out some wins."
The former Kentucky offensive co-ordinator made some tweaks to everything from summer conditioning to managing fall camp, open weeks and in-season practices trying to position his team for a strong finish.
The Trojans, who host Texas State on Nov. 24 and close at Arkansas State, are tied with Georgia State and Appalachian State for the league lead at 5-1. Arkansas State is 4-1.
Troy had won at least a share of five straight league titles from 2006-2010, but didn't post another winning record until last season.
The rapid turnaround at a program that had fallen on tough times has led to Brown's name getting floated for bigger head coaching jobs.
Brown insists he hasn't paid any attention to that talk, mostly staying off social media since the loss to South Alabama and spending his down time with family. With three young kids, he said he's more likely to listen to Kidz Bop radio than sports talk.
"I know it's out there," Brown said. "It's not really something I've had to deal with so far. There's a lot of movement out there right now. If I get some attention, I think that speaks well probably to what we've done collectively as a program over the course of three years."
Brown received a contract extension through the 2020 season in March and is making about $800,000 this season. His buyout would be nearly $3 million, according to USA Today's salary database for college coaches.
Troy is set to finish a $24 million football facility and new video board next spring.
"We feel like as a program's we're positioned to be really successful," Brown said.
Athletic director Jeremy McClain knows that the dominoes will start to fall in the coming weeks with more job openings.
"Neal's done an excellent job and that's why his name is in the mix, or being rumoured, if you will," McClain said. "That's the way we want it. There are probably only 10 programs in this country that don't have to worry about losing their football coach."
Veteran defensive co-ordinator Vic Koenning, who has built the Sun Belt's top defence, says Brown is one of his few bosses who often gets in before he arrives at 5:30 a.m. and is still there when he leaves about 9 p.m.
Brown has studied the programs of coaches like Ohio State's Urban Meyer, Alabama's Nick Saban and Minnesota's P.J. Fleck, Koenning said. A stack of 11 books on coaching and leadership rests on a corner of Brown's desk.
"He does an immense amount of research and reading," Koenning said. "He spends a huge amount of time in trying to see how other people do things. Probably the first coach that I've worked for where he's outworking me.
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Hey! New to the forum. Glad to be here. Two quick questions.
1) I take lots of nightclub photos and I dislike using a flash. I would a digital that takes good photos in low-light. Oh yeah, movement is also a problem. People are dancing and stuff, so a slow shutter speed is not a good option. Any suggestions for the appropriate camera?
2) I would also like a small, pocket-sized camera that I can easily carry with me at all times. I am looking at the Exilim line, but was wondering if anybody has any suggestions. It doesn't have to be really high quality, 2mp is fine, just something that takes good shots with a quick reaction time.
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Unfortunately technology isnt at the point you need. The closest you could get might be a Canon G1 from Ebay. It isnt a pocket camera but the smallest thing I know of with an f2 lens you might be able to pick up anywhere near your price range. And even that isnt really going to let you take pictures of things in motion inside a club without a flash.
The G1 does have a hot shoe for when you realize you probably cant take the shots without a reasonably powerful flash.
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For the kind of conditions you specify, you need ISO in the thousands, while virtually all digicams--and certainly all in the pocket size range--have noise trouble with ISOs over 200-400. My advice would be to get a film camera and use high-speed film (ISO 3200 or whatever's available), and then scan the photos if you need them electronically. Otherwise--flash is about all there is.
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Whoops! I was unclear. My point 1 and point 2 are for two *different* cameras. I am planning on getting one "good" camera to take the dark and action shots, and then, in addition to that, one pocket camera to carry with me all the time for candid life shots.
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The fastest lens I know of on a prosumer type camera is f2. That isnt going to get indoor action shots at a club. You could consider a pricey DSLR with a very fast lens. Even then it would be marginal.
Another approach for low light photography is stabilization. Stabilization allows you to take handheld shots in fairly low light but does nothing for subject movement. The available current cameras with stabilization are the Canon S1, Minolta A1 and A2, and the Panasonic FZ10.
What I would recommend is a Canon G3 or G5 and a Vivitar 285HV flash. With that camera the zoom flash will reach out to about 70 feet. That is a non-dedicated flash unit and relatively inexpensive for the power.
I wouldnt switch to digital until I could get enough pixels to compete with 35mm, so I wouldnt personally get a point and shoot 2Mp pocket camera. The Pentax S4 recently came down enough in price with a rebate because of the release of the S4i that I went down a Mp for the smaller camera and carry that now. 4Mp is marginal for me, but the little camera is really nice.
Another alternative for you to consider is the Sony V1. It is marginally pocketable and the smallest camera I know of with a hot shoe. You could get a smaller non-dedicated flash unit for the clubs and have a carry everywhere camera. With the Vivitar 285Hv you would have to go to ISO200 to get the full 70 feet, but you can get to probably 50 feet with ISO 100. If you dont need that flash range a smaller flash unit would be more appropriate for that small camera. Pick one up in a store and decide whether it is small enough to fill your small camera requirement. It has the terrific Sony holographic focus assist for low light, so anything within about 10 feet will be easy to focus on. You can also frame it in very low light.
There isnt a magic technology that is going to allow you to take indoor action shots without a flash in limited light though.
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Cool, thanks for the info! Yeah, I realize that I can't have everything, I am just looking for my best options. Like I said, I am looking for two separate cameras. One that takes as good low-light photos as is possible at a decent price. I am not worried about its size or anything like that. I dislike using flashes in clubs because you tend to lose a lot of the background color in the club lights. Plus, it is harder to take action shots that way. People see it happening and pose, or get self-conscious.
Then I am also looking for a second camera, a small pocket-sized one. It need not be maximized for dark pictures, I'm just looking for which one is the best deal. I would like one that has a good reaction speed, so when I turn it on, or hit the button, there is not a lot of delay.
Thanks for all your help!
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I am currently on maternity leave and I am appealing the decision to reject my flexible working application for the hours I want when I return to work. I now have two children. My eldest has special needs and we are going through the process of applying for DLA which I have been told we should get. I suggested different patterns of part-time hours (3- or 4-day week) or a couple of job share options. All of which they say will not work. There is a responsive element of my role which they say needs someone there full time/real time, but this is covered by other team members when I am on leave/off sick. I also used my annual leave in the run up to maternity leave to have a 4-day week for nearly 3 months. Nothing was said about any adverse impact this was having at the time. They say that for continuity reasons the job isn't suited to part time or job share, but have provided no evidence just stated that continuity is an obvious and key principle of the role. I suggested a trial period in my meeting, but this has not even been acknowledged in the rejection stating why it is not possible. Another reason for rejecting a job share is that there are elements to my role, the responsive part, which has a sporadic pattern and a development and support role which complements and fills up the rest of the time. Their argument is it would be difficult to recruit and sustain a part-time member of staff. There are two people from the team seconded to cover these parts of my role and one has expressed an interest in job share and would be able to develop skills for the support part of the role. I learned that part of the role by doing it. I work for a University and staff in other departments seem to have no trouble working out flexible working arrangements. However, I work in a male-dominated department and as far as I'm aware no flexible working application has been approved in the last few years. Am I being unrealistic in asking for a trial period. If they refuse again not to trial a working pattern do I have any further grounds after the appeal process?
I understand that you are currently on maternity leave with your second child and you have submitted a flexible working application, which has been rejected. I understand that you suggested different working patterns, including 3 or 4 days per week and job share options. Your employer has rejected your flexible working application.
When you submit a flexible working application, your employer should deal with this application through a set procedure. For example, within 28 days of receiving your flexible working request, your employer should arrange to meet with you in order to discuss your application. Within 14 days of the date of the meeting, your employer should then write to you either to agree to the new work pattern and set a start date, or to provide grounds for the rejection of the application and set out the appeal procedure. You can then appeal the rejection of a request, but must do so within 14 days of the request being rejected. Within 14 days of receiving the appeal notice your employer must arrange a further meeting in order to discuss your grounds of appeal. Finally, within a further 14 days after the meeting your employer must deliver the appeal decision to you.
If your employer wants to reject your flexible working application, it can only do so based on eight specific grounds, which are as follows: –
· The burden of additional costs.
· Detrimental effect on ability to meet customer demand.
· Inability to re-organise work among existing staff.
· Inability to recruit additional staff.
· Detrimental impact on quality.
· Detrimental impact on performance.
· Insufficiency of work during the periods the employee proposes to work.
· Planned structural changes.
It is not clear from your email whether your employer has actually specified any of the prescribed reasons for rejecting your flexible working application. If your employer does not comply with the prescribed timetable set out above and/or uses a business ground for rejecting the application, which is not included in the list above, you may have a claim under the flexible working regulations. Any such claim should be presented to the tribunal within three months of the procedural breach or within three months of the date on which you were notified of the appeal decision.
You may also have a sex discrimination claim based on your employer's rejection of your flexible working application. This would depend on its reasoning for rejecting the application and how it has treated similar cases. You suggest that your employer has not approved any flexible working applications in your department in the last few years. If your employer has a policy of rejecting flexible working applications, this will be discriminatory unless it can objectively justify its behaviour. Any sex discrimination claim must be submitted to an employment tribunal within three months of the discriminatory act.
You also mention a trial period in your email and state that your employer has rejected this. Unfortunately you cannot insist that your employer agrees to a trial period. However, your employer's failure to agree to this may add weight to your argument that your employer has behaved in a discriminatory way by not considering other options to rejecting your flexible working application outright.
My advice would be for you to submit your appeal against your employer's decision to reject your flexible working application. You should again suggest that your employer should give you the option of a trial period. If your employer rejects your application again or does not comply with the prescribed timescale for handling requests, you should submit a grievance outlining why you consider your employer's actions to be unfair/unlawful. Depending on the outcome of your grievance you could then consider submitting a claim to the employment tribunal for breach of the flexible working regulations and/or sex discrimination. You may also be able to resign with immediate effect and bring a constructive unfair dismissal claim however you should take further legal advice before taking this route.
Please contact Tracey Guest on 0161 975 3823 if you would like further advice in relation to this matter.
Hi I have been working for food production company since last 4 years in afternoon shift as a team leader now I my circumstances changes I had a 15 month daughter and my elder 15 years daughter my children want me to work in morning shift that I can spend more time with my children in the evening my husband working in morning shift in the same company so I need to a write a covering letter to change my shift to personnel department as there is a vacancy for team leader in the morning shift can you please give me dome idea what to write in my covering letter so that I can convince them to change my shift from afternoon to marking thanks
Editor: The covering letter should just spell out your qualities for the job – see https://www.workingmums.co.uk/advice-and-support/career-toolkit/101267/how-to-write-a-compelling-covering-letter.thtml