Washington Redskins Defeat Packers With Offensive Fireworks
Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins won their second straight game coming out of a bye week. It was a great game from the team.
The Washington Redskins really needed a win on Sunday night to keep pace in the Wild Card race. The New York Giants had won earlier, meaning that a win would leave the team in third place in the NFC East. They sit there now with a 6-3-1 record after a 42-24 win over the Green Bay Packers. The Skins have the inside track to get the Wild Card spot.
Kirk Cousins was absolutely stellar during the game. The Redskins quarterback put together his best performance of the season, going 21-for-30 for a whopping 375 yards and three touchdowns against the Packers decimated secondary. He made countless great throws, but none were more impressive than the touchdown to Pierre Garcon. Cousins launched a 70 yard bomb into the wind that landed perfectly in Garcon’s hands. He put it one step in front of the defender, and Garcon was able to waltz in for the score.
Cousins’ performance bodes well for the team moving forward. He could end up becoming a catalyst for their team, especially given his likeable personality and on field ability.
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Garcon was Cousins’ favorite receiver during the contest, and he put together the best performance of his season. He had six catches for 116 yards. A good chunk of that came on the 70 yard score, but that was a great play in and of itself. Garcon should be the top option for the team, especially with DeSean Jackson limited by his shoulder injury.
In the running department, Robert Kelley once again carried the load. He had a tough time doing much against the Packers stout front early, but he broke through late. He scored three touchdowns, and had a key 66 yard burst late in the game to really solidify the Redskins win. Kelley looked more explosive as the game went on, and his physicality made him a huge weapon.
Jay Gruden deserves some credit for his play calling. He came in with an aggressive mindset and went for two a couple of times. Both conversions failed, but he trusted himself which was huge.
Perhaps his biggest call came with just six minutes left in the game. On fourth and inches on their own 40, Gruden elected to go for it as opposed to kicking into the wind. Cousins snuck forward for a yard and that allowed the team to lead the game winning drive.
On the second to last offensive drive, Cousins was able to find an open Jamison Crowder for a huge gain. The speedy receiver made it to the one yard line where Fat Rob would later punch it in. That gave the team a 11 point lead with just over four minutes left. That was too big of a comeback for the Packers to make. They turned the ball over on the ensuing possession and that allowed the Redskins to score and truly put the game out of reach.
This was a big time win for the Redskins. Now, they have a short turn around as they take on the red-hot Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving. We will have all the coverage you need here at Riggo’s Rag throughout the week.


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Return of Defeated IS Fighters 'Real Threat' to Russia
Former militants from “bandit units” in Syria are now a real threat after the defeat of Islamic State, as many of them may be now planning to return to Russia, the RIA news agency cited the head of Russia’s FSB security service as saying on Tuesday.
The FSB head, Alexander Bortnikov, also told a meeting of Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee the security service had uncovered an underground cell of extremists from Central Asia planning to carry out “terrorist acts” during the New Year and Russia’s 2018 presidential campaign in the Moscow region.
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The operator and the New Zealand Government have agreed to extend the long stop date for the completion of the project from 2 January 2025 to 15 December 2027, SkyCity announced today.
The company is still targeting completion in late 2024, but says the additional time allows a buffer between the programme date and the long stop date under the New Zealand International Convention Centre Project and Licensing Agreement (NZICC Agreement).
“SkyCity’s obligation under the NZICC Agreement to operate the NZICC will also be extended based on the date when the NZICC is completed. The regulatory concessions granted to SkyCity under the NZICC Agreement are unchanged,” SkyCity noted.
“SkyCity and Fletcher Construction remain committed to completing the NZICC in accordance with the requirements of the NZICC Agreement. SkyCity will continue to work with Fletcher Construction to complete the project as soon as possible.”
SkyCity will provide a further update on the project on 25 August 2021 when it releases its FY21 financial results. The company added that there is no material change to previous guidance for the total project costs, which are around AU$750m (US$560m).


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Welcome to the first issue of Darker Matter – the online science fiction magazine so many worlds have been waiting for.
We lift off this month with a brilliant new short story by 2006 Hugo Award winner David D. Levine and an exclusive interview with Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This interview feature is based on recently rediscovered tapes, recorded in 1979 and never before made public. It's one of the earliest interviews Adams gave, and offers a glimpse of his life and opinions at a time when the spoils of fame meant being able to get a £20,000 mortgage to buy a flat.
We also go to extremes with brand new stories from Edward M. Lerner and Bud Sparhawk – one so short and tightly written that you blink and you'll miss it, the other a substantial novelette with plenty to get your teeth into.
There's a new take on warfare from Duncan Long, and a provocative tale from Ken Brady that cries out to be turned into a movie. Plus an intriguing look at exoplanets, dispelling some of the myths about planetary bodies outside our solar system.
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Cosplayer Imari Yumiki > Costume of Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Pattern and hand sewn the top. Design is hand drawn on. Necklace is lightweight sculpy. Yes I wore the wrong type of shoes and pants, but this was impromptu for Fanime last minute. In other words, pants not included. :D
- Personal Thoughts:
- I don't have to lose my clothes, I can lose my boxers- I mean. A version where I can show off my manly chest, yes please. Last minute things happened, I had most of Gray in my suitcase so why not?
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|Publication number||US3192455 A|
|Publication date||Jun 29, 1965|
|Filing date||Dec 6, 1960|
|Priority date||Dec 6, 1960|
|Publication number||US 3192455 A, US 3192455A, US-A-3192455, US3192455 A, US3192455A|
|Inventors||Bergeson Raymond L|
|Original Assignee||Honeywell Inc|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (6), Classifications (10)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
June 29, 1965 R. L. BERGESON 3,192,455
LEVEL GAUGE CAPACITOR WITH ELECTRODES OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS Filed Dec. 6. 1960 FIG. 2
INVENTOR. RAYMOND L. BERGESON BY M 37w 2 N O o o o 0 o E00 2 00 I00 I00 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ATTORNEY sional distortion and capacitance errors.
7 same material.
United States Patent 3,192,455 LEVEL GAUGE CAPACITOR WITH ELECTRQDES OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS Raymond L. Bergeson, St. Paul, Minn., assignor to Honeywell Inc., a corporation of Deiaware Filed Dec. 6, 1960, Ser. No. 74,109 4 Claims. (Cl. 317-247) This invention relates to an improved capacitor which is capable of maintaining a relatively constant value of capacitance over a wide temperature range and more particularly relates to a fluid level sensing capacitor operable to sense low temperature liquids or cryogenic liquids without appreciably changing its basic capacitance value due to dimensional distortion.
A typical fluid level gaging capacitor comprises a pair of metallic electrodes arranged in concentric relationship and having air as a dielectric. The gaging capacitor is adapted to be mounted in a container of fluid so that the fluid replaces the air as a dielectric to an extent depending on its level and since the fluid normally has a greater dielectric constant than air the gaging capacitor varies in capacitance in accordance with the level of fluid in the container. A suitable circuit connected to measure the capacitance of the gaging capacitor may then be used to provide a useful output indicative of fluid quantity. Inrecent years there has been increasing activity in the field of cryogenic fluid utilization as for example liquid oxygen which is utilized in rocket fuels and for pilot breathing. It has become increasingly important to accurately measure quantities of such low temperature fluids with capacitance type fluid gaging apparatus but it has been found that the sensing capacitor if constructed according to the teachings of the prior art, will undergo dimensional distortion from the temperature at which it is calibrated to the low temperature at which it is used. This distortion causes relatively small but important and undesirable errors in the system. Furthermore, when in use and as the cold fluid drains, the upper portion of the capacitor exposed to air or gas may be at a much higher temperature than the lower portion in the liquid thus creating a temperature gradient accompanied by dimen- The prior art sensing capacitors have generally been constructed with at least two concentrically arranged electrodes having substantially the same length and being constructed of the Such capacitors operate satisfactorily during normal temperature variations but when subjected to extreme temperature variations the length of the electrodes and their diameters will change. However, the ratio of the diameters will not change. The equation for the capacitance of concentric cylinders is:
C: 02416L log 0 D2 where C is the capacitance in micro micro farads of the coaxial cylinders, L their length in centimeters, D the diameter of the outer cylinder in centimeters, D the diameter of the inner cylinder in centimeters, and K the dielectric constant of the material between the electrodes. From this equation it is seen that with the ratio of the diameters constant the capacitance of the sensor will vary as the length changes due to temperature.
The present invention overcomes this problem by causing the ratio of the diameters to change in such a manner as to compensate for the change in length due to temperature. The ratio of the diameters is caused to change by constructing the inner and outer electrodes of the sensing capacitor from two metals having different coefficients of thermal expansion. The metals are so chosen that their "Ice coeficients of thermal expansion are different by an amount necessary to cause the log D /D to vary with temeprature in the same manner as L.
A more complete understanding of the invention will be gained upon examination of the accompanying specification, claims and drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a cross sectional view of a sensing capacitor constructed according to the present invention,
FIGURE 2 is a simplified schematic representation of the capacitor of FIGURE 1, and
FIGURE 3 is a graph showing the variation of percent dry capacitance change with temperature for various combinations of materials.
Referring to FIGURE 2, an outer cylindrical electrode or plate It} and an inner cylindrical electrode or plate 11 are shown in concentric relationship. Electrode 10 is shown having a length L and electrode 11 is shown having a length L It is seen that L is somewhat greater than L for purposes to be explained hereinafter. Outer electrode 10 is shown having a diameter D and inner electrode 11 is shown having a diameter D The length L L and diameters D and D are representative of the dimensions of these electrodes when the capacitor is at a relatively high temperature. Also shown in FIG- URE 2 are dashed line electrodes representative of the same electrodes at a relatively low temperature. Dashed line electrode 10 is shown having a length L and a diameter D Inner electrode 11 is shown having a length L and a diameter D Lenthgs L and L and diameters D and D are shown considerably smaller than the corresponding lengths L and L and diameters D and D indicative of the contraction which the capacitor undergoes from relatively high temperatures to relatively low temperatures. The amount of contraction has been shown greatly exaggerated for purposes of clarity.
In FIGURE 2 electrode 10 has been shown greater in length than electrode 11 because in this embodiment the coefiicient of thermal expansion of the material used for electrode 19 is greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion for electrode 11. Thus, electrode 10 will contract a larger amount than electrode 11 for the same temperature change. If these electrodes had been made of the same length, the outer electrode would be shorter than the inner electrode at low temperature. Since the outer electrode is longer than the inner electrode, the actual effective length of the capacitor will be slightly larger than the inner electrode on account of the fringe effects of the capacitor.
The effective length of the capacitor at a high temperature has been shown in FIGURE 2 as L. At low temperature the inner electrode 11' is still shorter than the outer electrode 10' and again the effective capacitance of the capacitor will be slightly larger than the inner electrade 11. The effective capacitance of the capacitor at low temperature has been shown in FIGURE 2 as L. Although the fringe eliects change slightly from high temperature to low temperature, this change is negligible and the effective change in length of the capacitor is substantially equal to the change in length of the inner electrode. The inner electrode may thus be called a control electrode since the change in its length has the dominating influence on the change of length of the capacitor. Of course, the outer electrode could be made the control electrode by constructing a capacitor in which the inner electrode was longer than the outer electrode. This would be desirable where the coeflicient of thermal ex- I pansion of the metal used to construct the inner electrode was greater than the coeflicient of thermal expansion of aiaaase (a materials used and the result which it is desired to achieve. This will be better seen with reference to FIG- URE 3.
FIGURE 3 shows a plurality of curves each representing the percent change of dry capacitance of a sensing capacitor with temperature and each utilizing a different combination of materials for the electrodes. The capacitance at about 32 F. was taken as nominal dry capacitance and the percent variation in capacitance calculated by comparison of the capacitance at the various temperatures with the nominal value.
Curve 50 represents a capacitor constructed with both electrodes being aluminum as was heretofore common in the art. It is noticed that variation in temperature from about l50 F. to about 300 F. resulted in approximately .4% change in capacitance. Although this may seem to be a rather small error, where extreme accuracy is desired the error is still undesirable.
Curve 52 represents a capacitor made with titanium as the inner electrode and stainless steel as the outer electrode. In this case, titanium had a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than did stainless steel so the inner electrode was made longer than the outer electrode in a manner opposite to that shown in FIGURE 2. It is seen that the percent change in capacitance has been greatly reduced over the same temperature range and that using this combination of metals produces less than .05% change in capacitance.
Curve 54 represents a capacitor constructed with stainless steel as the inner electrode and aluminum as the outer electrode. Since the coetlicient of thermal expansion for aluminum is greater than that for steel the inner electrode was made smaller than the outer electrode like the capacitor shown in FIGURE 2. It is seen that this combination of metals produces even better control of capacitance change over the same temperature range.
Curve 56 represents a capacitance constructed with titanium as the inner electrode and aluminum as the outer electrode. Here again since titanium had a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than aluminum the outer electrode was made the control electrode opposite to that shown in FIGURE 1. It is seen that with these metals some improvement has been made over a capacitor constructed only of aluminum but that the characteristics of curve 56 are not as good as those of curves 52 and 54.
Other materials could be used which might provide even greater accuracy than the stainless steel aluminum capacitor of curve 54 but for purposes of explaining the invention it is sufficient to note that significantly greater accuracy has been provided utilizing a capacitor such as shown in FIGURE 2 wherein stainless steel comprises the inner electrode and aluminum comprises the outer electrode. In order to establish proper metals for use in the improved capacitor, the aforementioned equation for concentric cylinder capacitors can be used. Ideally, of course,
D ic should be constant, but with practical considerations such as cost of materials and the like it is usually sutficient to minimize the variation using fairly common materials like the aluminum and stainless steel of the preferred embodiment. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the materials can be obtained from a standard reference publication and the change in length as well as the change in ratio of the diameters can then be calculated for various temperatures. It has been noticed that the coefficient of expansion of various metals frequently change by small amounts f om one temperature to another so that for accurate analysis the different coefficients of thermal expansion should be taken into account when establishing lengths and diameters.
The mounting structure necessary to place the fluid level sensing capacitor of the preferred embodiment in a tank of fluid to be measured may be any standard mounting arrangement except that the electrodes must be allowed to move axially with respect to each other and the slight change in diameters must be accommodated. FIGURE 1 shows a sensing capacitor wherein an outer electrode 11d and an inner electrode 111 are mounted in concentric relationship by apparatus suitable for a connection to a container. The outer electrode has a first flange 115 and a second flange 116 fixed near its lower end. An insulative member 117 is placed between and positioned by the flanges 115 and 116. A washer shaped member 12% abuts the lower surface of insulative member 117 but is placed so as not to contact outer electrode 11% or flange 116. A three legged mounting member 122 is connected to the washer shaped member by welding or the like and has an upper extension which forms around the insulative member 117 but is placed so as not to contact outer electrode 110 or flange 115. Each leg of the three legged mounting member has a foot 125 which is provided with a hole 126 for connection to the container. Near the upper end of the capacitor an insulative member 128 is placed which may be connected to the container to provide lateral support for the capacitor. Insulative member is not so connected to the outer electrode 116) as to prevent expansion and contraction but is only present to prevent the upper end of the capacitor from moving laterally. This may be accomplished by providing a loose fit between insulative member 128 and outer electrode 110 as shown. Of course if the capacitor were relatively short, no upper support would be necessary. Inner electrode 111 is fastened to outer electrode 110 by means of an insulative pin which extends through both inner electrode 111 and outer electrode 11%. A strap 162 is connected around outer electrode 110 to prevent pin 160 from moving. A plurality of insulative spacers 165 are placed between inner electrode 111 and outer electrode 110 throughout the length of the capacitor. Conductors 167 and 168 are provided which electrically connect the inner electrode 111 to the remainder of the system.
The inner electrode of the capacitor shown in FIG- URE 1 is connected to the outer electrode by pin 160 as described. Changes in dimension caused by variations in temperature will be measured from this pin, that is, since the inner electrode 111 and the otuer electrode 11%"? are only joined rigidly together at pin 160, contraction or expansion of the electrodes with respect to each other will be towards or away from pin 16th The length of inner electrode 111 and outer electrode 110 may be so chosen that at the lowest temperature to which the capacitor is subjected the bottom of inner electrode 111 is slightly above the bottom of outer electrode 110. This will help keep the fringing effects the same over the range of temperature.
Since the diameters of the inner and outer electrodes change by different amounts, the spacers 165 which normally space and maintain the electrodes in concentric relaionship may be under some stress. As explained above, however, the actual contraction of these electrodes is so small that the slight deformation involved does not injure most standard spacers or change the accuracy of the capacitor. The spacers may be made of material having some flexibility if the stress becomes great, or they may be made of material having a coefiicient of thermal expansion which is near the average coefficients for the inner and outer electrodes to minimize stress.
While the present invention has been described in terms of the preferred embodiment it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that many changes and substitutions can be made within the scope of this disclosure. For example, while only two electrodes have been shown it is clear that the teachings of this invention could be applied to a multiple or ganged electrode capacitor. While pin 160 has been shown near the lower edge of the electrodes, alternate locations are possible. Also the unit of FIGURE 2 may be inverted or mounted at an angle in certain specific applications. Furthermore, while it has been shown that the combination of stainless steel and aluminum provides greatly improved capacitance, stability, it should be realized other combinations of materials could be used to obtain adequate stability for particular use or better stability than tha shown by stainless steel and aluminum within the teachings of the present invention. I therefore do not intend to be limited by the specific disclosure used with regard to the description of the preferred embodiment but intend only to be limited by the following claims.
1. A capacitive fluid level sensor for use over a range of temperature comprising in combination: a first closed cylindrical electrode having a diameter D at one end of the range of temperature and a diameter D at the other end of the range of temperature; a second closed cylindrical electrode having a diameter D at the one end of the range of temperature and a diameter D at the other end of the range of temperature; means mounting said electrodes in concentric relationship so as to form a capacitor of length L at the one end of the range of temperature and a length L at the other end of the range of temperature, the capacitance of the capacitor being given by the equation at the one end of the range oftemperature and given by 0.241611 0 DJ/DZ" at the other end of the range of temperature, said first electrode being entirely composed of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion over the range of temperature and the second electrode being entirely composed of a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion over the range of temperature, the first and second coeflicients of thermal expansion being so related that L L log D /D l0g D 70, is less than would be the case if the first and second coefiicients of thermal expansion were equal.
2. A cylindrical capacitor comprising in combination: a first closed cylindrical electrode member having a first length, a first diameter and being comprised of a single material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion; a second closed cylindrical electrode member mounted in concentric relationship with respect to the first electrode member, and having a second length greater than the first length, a second diameter and being comprised of a single material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than the first coefiicient of thermal expansion, the first and second coeiiicients of thermal expansion being such that the rtaio of the first and second diameters changes with temperature in a way to at least partly compensate for the change in the first length with temperature.
3. A fluid level gaging capacitor for use with cold fluids comprising, in combination: an outer homogeneous electrode in the form of a closed cylinder having a first length and a first diameter; means connected to said outer electrode for mounting the outer electrode in a container of fiuid; an inner homogeneous electrode having in the form of a closed cylinder a second length less than the first length and a second diameter less than the first diameter; said inner and outer electrodes being com posed of materials with difierent coetiicients of thermal expansion so that the inner and outer electrodes contract by different amounts upon insertion into the cold fluid; and means mounting said inner electrode in concentric relationship with said outer electrode comprising spacing means between said inner and outer electrodes to maintain the concentric relationship, and holding means connecting said inner and outer electrodes at one position so as to allow relative axial movement between said inner and outer electrodes.
4. A cylindrical capacitor for use over a range of tem peratures comprising, in combination: a first homogeneous, closed cylindrical, electrode member and a second homogeneous, closed cylindrical, electrode member having different diameters, different lengths and comprising materials of different coefificients of thermal expansion; and means mounting said members in concentric relationship so as to allow relative axial movement therebetween, said members changing length and diameter when subjected to the range of temperature and the coetficients of thermal expansion being so chosen that the change of capacitance due to the change in lengths is at least partly compensated by the change in diameters.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,100,412 11/37 Scott 3l7248 2,103,457 12/37 Hansell 317--248 2,271,983 2/ 42 LaRue 3 l7-247 2,448,887 9/48 Huckleberry 317-248 2,982,895 5/61 Exon 3l7-246 LARAMIE E. ASKIN, Primary Examiner. SAMUEL BERNSTEIN, JGHN F. BURNS, Examiners.
|Cited Patent||Filing date||Publication date||Applicant||Title|
|US2100412 *||Feb 9, 1935||Nov 30, 1937||Bell Telephone Labor Inc||Temperature-compensated device|
|US2103457 *||Jun 21, 1935||Dec 28, 1937||Rca Corp||Frequency control line and circuit|
|US2271983 *||Nov 30, 1937||Feb 3, 1942||Rca Corp||Capacitor|
|US2448887 *||Sep 14, 1944||Sep 7, 1948||Bendix Aviat Corp||Capacitor|
|US2982895 *||Mar 4, 1957||May 2, 1961||Honeywell Regulator Co||Liquid level sensor|
|Citing Patent||Filing date||Publication date||Applicant||Title|
|US3460011 *||Apr 20, 1967||Aug 5, 1969||Simmonds Precision Products||Temperature compensated liquid quantity capacitor|
|US3876916 *||Jan 8, 1973||Apr 8, 1975||Stoakes Donald S||Capacitor for sensing contaminated oil|
|US4924702 *||Mar 10, 1989||May 15, 1990||Kavlico Corporation||Liquid level sensor|
|US5103368 *||May 7, 1990||Apr 7, 1992||Therm-O-Disc, Incorporated||Capacitive fluid level sensor|
|US20110290013 *||Feb 9, 2010||Dec 1, 2011||INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonym e)||Motionless liquid level gauge having three electrodes|
|WO1990010848A1 *||Mar 9, 1990||Sep 20, 1990||Kavlico Corporation||Liquid level sensor|
|U.S. Classification||361/282, 361/278, 73/304.00R, 361/276|
|International Classification||G01F23/22, G01F23/26|
|Cooperative Classification||G01F23/268, G01F23/263|
|European Classification||G01F23/26B, G01F23/26B6|

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Obamacare's California "Home Run" is Actually a Total Whiff: Individual Premiums Rising Big Time
By now, you've probably heard all about the latest California miracle being touted by Obamacare defenders. Based on newly released rates for individual insurance premiums on the state's exchange that was created as part of the Affordable Care Act, supporters have cried victory. Rates are low, they say, both in terms of earlier predictions and existing policies.
Except they're not cheaper than what's currently available, as Peter Suderman noted here yesterday. That directly relevant point is totally obscured by phony claims that "it is difficult to make a direct comparison of these rates to existing premiums in the commercial individual market."
The chart above is from Avik Roy at Forbes. Here's more:
"The rates submitted to Covered California for the 2014 individual market," the state said in a press release, "ranged from two percent above to 29 percent below the 2013 average premium for small employer plans in California's most populous regions."
That's the sentence that led to all of the triumphant commentary from the left. "This is a home run for consumers in every region of California," exulted Peter Lee.
But this is fantasy baseball. As Roy explains, the Obamacare folks are comparing significantly different products: "[Lee is] comparing apples—the plans that Californians buy today for themselves in a robust individual market—and oranges—the highly regulated plans that small employers purchase for their workers as a group."
When you compare, say, the new catastrophic plans being offered to similar ones that are out there right now, the supposed Obamacare price advantage strikes out faster than Dave Kingman in the clutch.
Under Obamacare…if you're 40, your cheapest option is the bronze plan. In California, the median price of a bronze plan for a 40-year-old male non-smoker will be $261.
But on eHealthInsurance, the median cost of the five cheapest plans was $121. That is, Obamacare will increase individual-market premiums by an average of 116 percent.
This is a point worth stressing, especially as the Obamacare p.r. machine starts cranking up. When you compare similar products to similar products, you see just how much premiums—now mandatory, due to the indivdiual mandate—are increasing.


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LAIRD Opens First Brick-and-Mortar Store in Southern California
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles talking about LAIRD Apparel and its roots in fitness lifestyle. Last time we discussed the launch of a women’s line, GABBY. This time, we’re talking with CEO Jennifer Arrache about the company’s next growth step: opening a brick-and-mortar retail location in Southern California.
Wow, it’s a big step to add your own retail. Let’s start by talking about why you decided to open your first brick and mortar store.
LAIRD Apparel CEO Jennifer Arrache: Our direct-to-consumer channel has been an exciting opportunity to connect with people around the country. However, we were eager to engage with our customers on a more intimate level, as well. To meet them face-to-face. To tell and hear stories. To build a location where our athletes, friends, and neighbors could congregate. While we are building an apparel brand, we are also building a community.
What Laird and Gabby assortments will consumers find there? Will you test products here before releasing them for distribution?
Jennifer Arrache: All products will be released in the store to start. While I don’t expect products to be tested in the store per se, we will certainly enjoy the real-time customer feedback. I am also really looking forward to seeing customers engage with the products, to tell them more about each of the items and why we chose them for the LAIRD collection.
You see the store as a fitness community center. How will that play out for consumers?
Jennifer Arrache: This is the part I am most excited about. We have been so fortunate to build a brand that has drawn inspiring athletes and adventurers from around the world. From professional volleyball players to surfers to martial artists to lifeguards to rugby players. We will now have a clubhouse of sorts for them to congregate and share their projects and their passion for fitness and adventure.
Why did you select Manhattan Beach for your first store?
Jennifer Arrache As a fourth-generation Angeleno, I love Southern California. I am particularly drawn to Manhattan Beach as it represents many of the things we stand for: enthusiasm for outdoor activity, passion for sport and surf, and a strong sense of community. The downtown area of Manhattan Beach is particularly appealing due to the walkability, the proximity to the pier and great food and shopping options.
Last time we touched on the future of the company, so we have to ask: will there be more Laird retail locations?
Jennifer Arrache: Only time will tell. But, we are certainly exploring opportunities around the country. Wherever there is passion for adventure, there is a space for LAIRD.
Click here to learn more about Laird Apparel and the story behind the brand.

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by Ryland Walker Knight
If Gus Van Sant's last feature, 2005's "Last Days," can be understood as a cubist portrait of waning time, then his new film, "Paranoid Park," may be described as an impressionistic sketch of subliming memory's weight.
My Daily Cal review hit the stands (and the web) a little later than the rest of the blogosphere due to this whole marketing machine we find ourselves a part of: smaller films get rolled out slower to build word of mouth. But, you know, like, whatever. This is about the work. I hope to see the picture again on a big screen because, even though the film is thin, it's lovely; and Christopher Doyle's photography should be seen as big as possible. Plus, Gus Van Sant's sound design is funny, curious; and his editing is only getting better, more affective. It's not quite Last Days quality -- they are altogether different kinds of films -- but it's better than Elephant and a possible sign that Milk may be pretty excellent. The great thing about Paranoid Park, really, is that, despite the death at its center, the film is about living, not dying. Sure, you could argue that the "Death trilogy" is about living, too -- all art is, right? -- but all three of those end with some death; this picture ends with a boy waking up and moving in the world. You can read my take on Paranoid Park by clicking here.

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The Republic of Austria has 8.3 million inhabitants and covers an area of 84,000 square kilometres in the centre of Europe. It shares borders with eight other countries, namely Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Austria's per capita GDP in 2008 was USD52,126. Austria's social market economy, which postulates not only economic freedom but also social justice and environmental protection, is arguably a fertile ground for CSR. An important part of what is today called CSR, including labour issues and industrial relations, has been addressed through Austria's political tradition of ‘economic and social partnership’ since the end of World War II. This partnership involves employers and employees being in constant dialogue through their representative organisations about economic and social policy issues, resolving disputes, and engaging in collective bargaining about income and wage levels.
The World Guide to CSR: A Country-by-Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility The World Guide to CSR is the first book to provide comparable national profiles that describe the evolution and practice of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR) for 58 countries and 5 global regions. Each regional and national profile includes key information about the relevant CSR history, country-specific issues, trends, research and leading organisations. The purpose of the book is to give CSR professionals (including managers, consultants, academics and NGOs focusing on the social, environmental and ethical responsibilities of business) a quick reference guide to CSR in different regional and national contexts. This unique resource will be an essential acquisition for all organisations who need to benchmark their CSR strategies throughout different regions and cultures and want the best possible intelligence on the key issues and concerns relating to corporate social responsibility in all of the markets in which they operate.

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Presenter: Terry Croy Lewis, PhD, Executive Director, Colorado Charter School Institute
Date: March 18, 2021 10:00 am
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The Land of Oak & Iron
The Land of Oak & Iron Landscape Partnership was formed in 2016 to conserve, enhance and celebrate the unique heritage of the Derwent Valley. Historically, the area was in north-eastern County Durham, but the modern boundaries locate part of it in rural west Gateshead and southern Northumberland.
The River Derwent flows for 35 miles, from Blanchland in County Durham to Derwenthaugh, where it enters the Tyne. The origin of the name of the river is from the Celtic word derw, meaning oak and -went, a suffix meaning river valley. At one time, Gibside estate boasted vast ancient oak forests which caused one visitor to exclaim that she expected to meet wolves! Stoney Bowes was responsible for the loss of large portions of those forests: he had them felled and tried to sell the timber. The story of Gibside's woods and woodmen forms a chapter in A People's History of Gibside.
The rich natural resources of the lower Derwent Valley made it an ideal area for developing industries, and the advent of Ambrose Crowley and his ironworks in 1691, probably sponsored by Sir William Bowes, marked the beginning of the industrial revolution in the area. The enlightened nature of the working conditions of Crowley's employees and their families had profound social repercussions that echo down the centuries. To learn all about the history of the Land of Oak & Iron, please visit the Local History Portal.
It seems to me that oak and iron are perfect metaphors for the people of this area. In My Name is Eleanor, George Bowes wishes for his daughter 'a heart of oak and a will of iron', so when I was planning a way of telling the story of Gibside from 1800 and the death of Mary Eleanor Bowes to 1872 and the creation of the Bowes Museum, it was marvellous synchronicity that I was simultaneously involved in the project. The estate workers, miners, farmers and tenants play a vital role in My Name is Eleanor, and it was always important to me to portray the lives of the people on whose efforts these great estates were built: now I was learning much more about the social history of their valley.
It soon became clear that what was going on in the Land of Oak and Iron in the C19th was far too fascinating to be kept in the background. Because the heroine of Molly Bowes is fictional, her story begins when her baby goes missing in the chaos of the Peterloo Massacre: she comes to the north-east in search of help from the powerful family to whom she believes she is related. In the wake of Peterloo, there was a large demonstration on Newcastle Town Moor: 'Crowley's Crew' were there, led by Joseph Cowen, and Molly is destined to become entangled in the radical activities of his son, the Blaydon Brick. Her story moves between the cultured world of Newcastle's artistic and literary society and the lives of the miners, ironworkers and chartists of Blaydon and Winlaton.
For the Land of Oak & Iron, I worked with another volunteer to produce a new paperback edition of the definitive work about Crowley's, Men of Iron by M.W. Flinn, which had long been out of print.
The area is rich in stories, so we followed that by making a new edition of Tales of Derwentdale including researching and writing a memoir of the extraordinary J. W. Fawcett. The book is beautifully illustrated with prints from the wondrous woodcuts of Thomas Bewick as well as photographs from Fawcett's astonishing life.
The Landscape Partnership came to an end in 2020, and out of it was born The Land of Oak & Iron Trust, to carry on the work.
And so back to Gibside: coming full circle, I brought my focus back to the history of the estate, the land, the woods, and most importantly to the working families of the estate. A People's History of Gibside is the result.

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I’m originally from Nottingham and now share my time between Nottingham, London and Stoke-On-Trent. For the last year I have been writing with new artists on the scene while working on my own debut album. I have enjoyed writing with artists such as Liam Bailey. Liam had a top ten single ‘Blind Faith’ with Chase and Status in 2011. I wrote ‘It’s Not the Same’ with him which was no 1 in the playlist of one of LAs biggest radio stations KCRW over Christmas. Zane Lowe commented that he ‘loved’ it and that it was ‘proper, modern soul’. Live I’ve been gallivanting at venues such as the Half Moon, The Rhythm Factory supporting Pete Doherty, The Bedford, the Electro Acoustic Club and the Borderline. BBC radio 6’s Tom Robinson was nice enough to say that one of my songs was ‘absolutely gorgeous’ and said it was good enough to sit easily on a ‘Ray Lamontagne’ album.


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Volumes 1 to 57 of the Memoirs of Museum Victoria can now be accessed at the Biodiversity Heritage Library-Australia (BHL), the digital literature component of the Atlas of Living Australia.
The links immediately following link to the corresponding volumes on the BHL website; for links to abstracts of the articles within each of these volumes on the Museum Victoria website, please use the second list of links on this page.
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The Rays decided against cashing in on their starting pitching depth over the winter and will enter spring training with six realistic candidates for five spots. David Price, James Shields, Jeremy Hellickson and top prospect Matt Moore are essentially locks for the rotation at this point, which means Wade Davis will compete with Jeff Niemann for the final spot.
Davis, who posted a 4.45 ERA and 105/63 K/BB ratio over 184 innings last season, has never pitched in relief as a pro and told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times earlier today that he has no interest in doing so.
“I’m a starter,” he said. “I don’t see any reason for me to be in the bullpen. I understand they’ve got to do certain things, but we’ll see. … I definitely want to be a starter and stay a starter forever. And that’ll be my mentality.”
Niemann, who had a 4.06 ERA and 105/37 K/BB ratio across 135 1/3 innings, at least appeared to be more open to the possibility.
“Right now, I think we’ll just deal with that when we have to,” he said. “I’m just looking forward to going out there and building up (innings) the way we normally do it and see how things play out. It’s just an unknown, a definite unknown.”
Topkin notes that Davis “wouldn’t have much leverage to force a trade,” so the reality is that he’d have no choice but to accept a bullpen role if Niemann begins the year in the starting rotation.
Davis, 26, signed a four-year, $12.6 million extension with the Rays last season which will pay him $1.5 million this season, $2.8 million in 2013, $4.8 million in 2014 and includes club options for 2015 and 2016. Niemann, who turns 28 later this month, will make $2.75 million this season and remains under team control through 2014. Depth is certainly a nice luxury to have, but it’s unlikely the Rays will keep both pitchers for the long haul.
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This morning as I walked along the shore, I felt extremely sad and wondered where my joy had gone. The past few days, I haven’t been very joyful even though joy has been a recent theme in my writing. I wondered how I lost my joy and what I needed to do to get it back.
I returned from a visit with family reminded of how fragile life is. My elderly aunt, who was always vivacious, is suffering from dementia. Large pieces of the person I remember and love aren’t there anymore. Another loved one is dealing with cancer. I arrived home to the news that a 63-year-old friend dropped dead of a massive heart attack. He was active and looked to be in perfect health.
Fear has been a companion for as long as I can remember. I deal with it better now, but as I contemplated how fragile life is, fear engulfed me once again. Fear was drowning my joy. Joy cannot coexist with the regret of yesterday, nor the fear of tomorrow. Joy can sit with sadness and grief, and walk hand-in-hand with hope and gratitude. It doesn’t need a smile to exist. Joy is not happiness. They are two entirely different things. Happiness depends on outside circumstances, but joy is an inside job. Joy is embracing peace and hope in the midst of chaos.
I wondered what I needed to do to once again discover my joy. I walked over to a park bench to sit and meditate awhile. Families contribute many of the benches in memory of loved ones. I rarely pay attention to the inscriptions, but as I sat on the bench, the words there seemed to jump out at me. They were my answer.
“Do what you love to do,” what brings you joy. Follow your passion. Find a purpose. Create. Walk in nature. Listen to joyful music. Joy blooms through connections. Spend time with joyful people and watch your own joy blossom.
Joy is a choice. It is deliberate and intentional. It doesn’t just happen. Joy is a choise to make today and every day. It is this moment; every moment. Joy is ready to be dived into, to be surrendered to. The Bible says “Joy comes in the morning”. With the dawn of each new day, you have a choice to make. Choose joy, hope, and gratitude. You can live with fear and miss out on joy, or do what you love, embrace joy and plan to live. Joy brings life to life.


The iPad 10 was launched in October 2022, and about two weeks ago, I went to nearest Apple store and used it around 3-4 hours. So, today, I will share my experience and review of the iPad 10 and let you know whether you should buy it in 2023 or not.
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The design of the iPad 10 has undergone a noticeable upgrade, featuring a similar appearance to other iPads with a reduction in bezel size at the top and bottom, the removal of the home button, and a flat back instead of a curved one.
The updated iPad 10 now boasts a modern design with rounded corners, squared edges, and equally sized bezels all around.
Those who have seen the iPad Air 5 will observe that the iPad 10 bears a striking resemblance to it. However, it is important to note that the iPad 10 is slightly thicker and heavier compared to the iPad Air 5.
For biometric authentication, since we don’t have the Home button, the iPad 10 uses the newer Touch ID system, which is incorporated into the power button. This is a much better implementation, and it also means that we can have a larger display in the same footprint.
A Beautiful Display
In comparison to the iPad 9, which had a 10.2-inch display, the iPad 10 features a larger 10.9-inch screen.
The iPad 10’s display has undergone two significant improvements: the adoption of a Liquid Retina display and an increased resolution of 2360×1640. However, other display features such as a 500 Nits brightness level for SDR content, a fingerprint-resistant coating, a 60-hertz refresh rate, and an sRGB True Tone display, have remained the same.
Now, just like the iPad 9, it has a non-laminated display, which means there is an air gap between the cover glass and touch layer. So if you’re watching movies, playing games, or surfing the web, this display is very good. But when you use the Apple Pencil, you will feel the difference.
One of the advantages of a non-laminated display is that in case of a scratch or a crack, only the cover glass is usually affected, which is less costly to repair or replace than the entire display assembly.
For an entry-level iPad, the display quality of the iPad 10 is considered to be very good. The image is sharp, and the colors look great, even though it does not have a P3 display, which technically means it cannot reproduce colors as accurately as higher-end models. However, most users may not notice a significant difference, so it’s not a major concern.
The New Speaker System
Similar to the iPad Air 5, the iPad 10 has four speaker grilles but only has two speakers, one on each side. Unlike previous models where speakers were located on the bottom and would only play sound on one side when in landscape mode, but this design change features audio from both sides, resulting in a noticeable difference in sound quality.
Users who watch movies, listen to music, or play games on their iPad without headphones will be pleased with the new speaker system. However, it’s important to note that the iPad 10 no longer includes a headphone jack, unlike the iPad 9.
The iPad 10 features a more powerful rear-facing camera than its predecessor. It now includes a 12-megapixel camera with a wider aperture, which enhances low-light performance, Smart HDR 3 for photos, 4K video recording capability, and higher resolution slow-motion capture. Additionally, users have the option to shoot slow-motion videos at 240FPS.
One of the significant changes to the camera system is the relocation of the front-facing ultra-wide camera to the longer edge of the iPad. This change is particularly useful for users who mostly hold their iPad in landscape mode as it enhances their video calls or photo-taking experiences.
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Performance & Battery Life
The iPad 10 runs the current version of iPadOS and is expected to receive software support for approximately six to seven years.
The iPad 10 is powered by the A14 Bionic chip, which is the same chip used in the iPad Air 4. This chip delivers better performance than the previous model for both single-core and multi-core tasks, which is good news for users who demand a high level of performance from their device.
Compared to the iPad 9, the iPad 10 features a significant jump in GPU performance, which is great for tasks such as gaming or graphics-intensive applications.
The iPad 10 performs very well in multitasking, thanks to features such as Split View, Slide Over, and all the new multitasking features available in iPadOS 16. These features allow users to seamlessly switch between apps, work on multiple tasks simultaneously, and increase their productivity on the device.
The iPad 10 does not have Stage Manager, but it does support Sidecar, allowing users to use their iPad as an additional wireless display for their Mac or MacBook.
The iPad 10 provides a smooth and lag-free gaming experience. It is equipped with 4GB of RAM, an improvement from the 3GB on the iPad 9. The device can handle all types of games without any issues.
Sure, having a powerful device is great, but battery life is also equally important. The iPad 10 boasts an impressive battery life that can last you through most of the day on a single charge. This means you won’t have to worry about carrying a charger with you all the time.
As I mentioned, I was at the Apple store and was able to test it for only 3 hours. During my testing, I did web surfing, played some games, made some sketches, and watched 3-4 videos on YouTube. After doing all this, only 38% of the battery was consumed, which is quite impressive.
Magic Keyboard Folio
Apple has designed the Magic Keyboard Folio specifically for the iPad 10, which is a keyboard case that provides a great typing experience with its excellent keys.
One of the advantages of this keyboard case is that you can detach the keyboard while still protecting the back of the iPad if you prefer to use it in tablet mode. You can also flip the keyboard and reattach it in a way that the keys are not exposed, which prevents accidental key presses.
However, it’s worth noting that the Magic Keyboard Folio comes at a premium price of $249, which some may find too expensive for an entry-level iPad accessory.
The Major Problem: Apple Pencil
Apple has made an upgrade to the port on the iPad 10 by switching to USB-C, which offers more capabilities. This allows for support of more powerful accessories and hubs, and eliminates the need to worry about Lightning ports on an iPad.
Although the iPad 10 has been upgraded with a USB-C port, it is important to note that it is not compatible with the second-generation Apple Pencil. Instead, it still only supports the first-generation Pencil which requires a Lightning port.
Now, I will have to purchase a USB-C-to-Lightning adapter to charge my Apple Pencil. And if I travel somewhere, I will have to carry this extra accessory with me.
The iPad is so powerful that you don’t have to worry for 5-7 years, and first-generation Apple Pencil does not have latest features. So, if you want to use an iPad with an Apple Pencil, you can either buy the iPad 9 to save some money or get the iPad Air 5 to have all the latest features.
A better approach could have been to ensure compatibility of the iPad 10 with both first and second-generation Apple Pencils. This would have allowed existing first-generation Apple Pencil owners to continue using their device, or upgrade if they desired. New owners could have the option to purchase the second-generation Pencil, which would be compatible with the iPad 10. Such an approach would have been more convenient for users.
Price & Storage Options are Weird
The base model of the iPad 10 is priced at $449, which represents a significant increase of over 36% from the iPad 9, which starts at $329. Despite the attractive new color options, the 64GB of internal storage included in the base model may not be sufficient for long-term use, especially considering the potential lifespan of a tablet, which could be as long as five to seven years.
I think 128GB and 512GB would’ve been much better options for a device that’s released towards the end of 2022. And in the US, you can find used or refurbished iPad Air 4 models available at a similar price point, which feature a superior display and support for the second-generation Apple Pencil.
What should I get instead of the iPad 10?
iPad 10th Generation (2022) $449
Performance & Battery
Apple Pencil & Keyboard Case
I think the iPad 10 is great, but it does not fall under the mid-range segment. The design changes and the larger display size are great, but they removed the headphone jack. They also replaced the Lightning port with a USB-C port, which has the advantage of being able to connect more accessories, but the disadvantage of not being able to directly charge the Apple Pencil. Additionally, the iPad 10 is $120 more expensive than the iPad 9, and its keyboard case costs $250, which is quite expensive for the mid-range segment.
- I love the design
- Great Display & Camera
- Amazing Performance
- Improved Battery Life
- Cellular upgraded to 5G
- $120 expensive than iPad 9
- Only Support 1st Gen Apple Pencil
- Magic Keyboard Folio is too expensive
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Congratulations to ATC Alum, Rachel Brosnahan on her Golden Globe win for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Midge Maisel in Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”.
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Neighborhood Environments: Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods in the U.S.
This comprehensive review examined 54 studies that evaluated neighborhood access to food outlets, the types of foods available in stores and restaurants, dietary information and weight status. The review found that individuals who have better access to supermarkets and limited access to fast-food restaurants tend to have healthier diets and lower rates of obesity. Individuals living in low-income, minority and rural neighborhoods are most often affected by poor access to supermarkets and healthful food while the availability of fast-food restaurants and high-fat, unhealthy foods tends to be greater in lower-income and minority neighborhoods.
The healthfulness of foods and beverages found in retail food stores differs widely across the United States, both by location of the store as well as by store type. Some communities have limited access to stores that carry healthful staple foods such as fruits and vegetables, whole grain-rich foods, and … More
To address public health concerns about the negative impact of children’s fast food consumption, some of the largest U.S. fast-food restaurants – McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Wendy’s, KFC, and Dairy Queen – have pledged to remove sugar-sweetened fountain drinks from menu boards and/or offer healthier drinks and side dishes with … More
This study aimed to examine whether a newly opened supermarket in the Bronx, NY, changed household food availability and consumption of healthy and unhealthy food items among families who lived within half a mile of the new supermarket. Participants were recruited through street intercept surveys, with a subset of respondents … More

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Systems Theory of Management - Explained
What is the systems theory of management?
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What is the Systems Approach to Management?
The Systems Approach to management theory, commonly viewed as the foundation of organizational development, views the organization as an open system made up of interrelated and inter-dependent parts that interact as sub-systems. Thus the organization comprises a unified singular system made up of these subsystems.
For example, a firm is a system that may be composed of sub-systems such as production, marketing, finance, accounting and so on. As such, the various sub-systems should be studied in their inter- relationships rather, than in isolation from each other.
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Internal and External Factors in Systems Theory
The system as a whole is affected by internal elements (aspects of the sub-units) and external elements. It is responsive to forces from the external environment.
Effectiveness of Systems
Generally, the systems approach assesses the overall effectiveness of the system rather than the effectiveness of the sub-systems. This allows for the application of system concepts, across organizational levels in the organization - rather than only focusing upon the objectives and performances of different departments (subsystems).
Organizational Success in Systems Theory
Organizational success depends upon interaction and interdependence between the subsystems, synergy between the sub-systems, and interaction between internal components (closed system) and external components (internal system).
What is the Effect of Systems Theory?
The systems approach implies that decisions and actions in one organizational area will affect other areas. For example, if the purchasing department does not acquire the right quantity and quality of inputs, the production department wont be able to do its job.
This approach recognizes that an organization relies on the environment for essential inputs. Further, the environment serves an outlet for its outputs.
What are the Characteristics of an Organizational System?
The following are the chief characteristics of the System Approach to Management:
- Sub-Systems - Each organization is a system made up of a combination of many sub-systems. These sub-systems are inter-related.
- Holism - Each sub-system works together to make up a single whole system. Decisions made in any subsystem affect the entire system.
- Synergy - The collective output of the whole system is greater than the sum of output of its sub-systems.
- Closed and Open Systems - The whole organization is an open system made up of a combination of open and closed sub-systems.
- System Boundary - The organization is separate from the external environment made up of other systems.
What are the components of an Organizational System?
The system approach envisions the organization as made up five components:
- Inputs - Raw Materials, Human Resources, Capital, Information, Technology
- A Transformational Process - Employee Work Activities, Management Activities, Operations Methods
- Outputs - Products or Services, Financial Results, Information, Human Results
- Feedback - Results from outputs influence inputs.
- The Environment - These components make up internal and external factors that affect the system.
What Is a Closed System?
Closed systems are the internal sub-units of the organization that do not interact with the external environment.
What is an Open System?
An open system is one in which an organization receives varied forms of inputs from other systems. Open systems can also be internal sub-units that interact with other systems (or sub-units within other systems) that are outside of the organization.
For example, a company receives supplies, information, raw materials, etc. These inputs are converted to outputs that affect other systems.
What is a General Management System?
The general systems approach to management is mainly concerned with formal organizations and the concepts are relating to technique of sociology, psychology and philosophy.
What is aSpecific Management System?
The specific management system includes the analysis of organizational structure, information, planning and control mechanism and job design, etc.
Advantages and Disadvantages of a Systems Approach
The advantages of the systems approach include:
- It assists in studying the functions of complex organizations
- It is probabilistic rather than deterministic.
- It has been utilized as the base for the new kinds of organizations like project management organization.
- It is possible to bring out the inter-relations in various functions like planning, organizing, directing and controlling.
Negative attributes of the systems approach include:
- This approach is somewhat abstract and vague.
- It can be difficult to apply to large and complex organizations.
- It does not provide any tool and technique for managers.
- It is not a prescriptive management theory, as it does not specify tools and techniques for practicing managers
- It does not address power and social inequalities and their causes.
- It does not specify the nature of interactions and interdependencies.
Contributors to Systems Theory?
- Chester Bernard introduced the concept of Cooperative Systems in his book, Functions of an Executive (1938).
- Economist, Herbert Simon, introduced in his book, Administrative Behavior (1947), the concept of systems process in decision-making within organizations. Notably, he introduced concepts of bounded rationality and satisfying.
- Biologist, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, introduced principles of General Systems theory in 1950.
- Other contributors include: Lawrence J. Henderson, W.G. Scott, Deniel Katz, Robert L. Kahn, W. Buckley and J.D. Thompson.


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After 17 hours of negotiations, Greece and its creditors on Monday salvaged a deal for a third bailout that lessens the chance of Athens going bankrupt and needing to exit the 19-nation euro zone currency bloc.
But it's far from a done deal.
Greece must now go through a laundry list of actions and commit with concrete steps to reforms before the new 86- billion-euro (S$128.6 billion) bailout can be sealed. Failure at any of these key stages could see the whole deal unravel.
Here's a timeline of the key dates - and hurdles - ahead:
Wednesday, July 15:
The first and biggest hurdle: The Greek parliament will have to approve both the bailout package and an initial set of reforms, including tax and pension measures, that the government must implement to receive emergency funding - or the deal collapses.
The measures are harsher than those rejected by Greek voters in last week's referendum.
Thursday/Friday, July 16/17:
Euro zone member states must also agree to the plan for Greece's 86 billion euro bailout. This will give creditors a formal mandate to launch bailout negotiations.
At least seven other European nations - Germany, the Netherlands, France, Austria, Slovakia, Estonia and Finland - plan to hold parliamentary votes to seek approval for the bailout deal, with Berlin expected to vote on Friday.
The biggest tests are likely to come from Germany and Finland, two countries especially critical of Greece's handling of the crisis. Germany has contributed the most to Greece's loans.
Monday, July 20:
Two bond payments are due - totaling about 3.5 billion euros - that Greece owes the European Central Bank. Failure to make the bond payments could lead the ECB to withdraw the emergency funding that is the only thing keeping afloat Greece's troubled banks.
Athens must also submit plans for modernizing and reducing the costs of running the Greek government. It must also fully normalize relations with the creditor institutions, allowing them to return to Athens to conduct technical work and monitoring on the ground.
Wednesday, July 22:
A second set of reforms, including the setting up of a 50-billion-euro asset fund, will have to be legislated on by this date. Valuable Greek assets like ports will be transferred to the fund to be monetized through privatizations or other means.
By now also, the government must have started to overhaul the country's justice system, implementing new procedures that will accelerate the judicial process and ultimately reduce costs.
It must also adopt the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive - the "rulebook" used by all EU member states that outlines how countries must deal with failing banks.
uro zone leaders say Greece is likely to need an additional 5 billion euros in "urgent financing needs" by mid-August.
Supervisors from the ECB will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the Greek bailout programme after the summer, as it considers Greek bank funding.
Its creditors require Greece to have carried out its "ambitious" pension reforms by the end of this month."
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) involvement in Greece's financial aid is due to end, and the country will have to apply for further support from the fund after this date.
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Sunday evening saw the third and final Contemporary Chamber Players concert for the 2003 season. Perhaps the beautiful weather kept some potential audience members outside Mandel Hall, for the dismal attendance reflected neither the quality of the music nor of the performers. The limited audience, which mainly consisted of music department faculty and grad students (mostly composers, to be more precise), was also unfortunate, for the program balanced the challenging with the accessible and might have inspired even a conservative listener to an interest in new music.
The well-chosen opener was Erkki-Sven Tueuer's Conversio for violin and piano. (Notice: this Estonian composer's last name is Tueuer, first name Erkki-Sven. Now you will never humiliate yourself like I once did by calling him Sven-Tueuer.) The work begins consonantly, the violin softly repeating a single melodic idea made unpredictable by shifting accents. Gradually the repetition becomes more insistent, and the piano adds disturbing dissonances. Violinist Simin Ganatra's approach to the opening differs from Gidon Kremer's on the excellent CD From My Home, her tone airy as opposed to the glassiness of ponticello. Her more uniform tone color did not prevent Ganatra from achieving a slow dynamic build to accompany the increasing craziness of her and pianist Amy Dissanayake's parts. Eventually, the melody degenerated into jagged atonality, and then disintegrated into nothingness. As a prelude to the music to come, the piece was perfect, a journey originating in the immediately accessible and ending in the almost baffling, leaving the listener wanting more of the latter.
The next piece on the program, Jonathan Harvey's Song Offerings, benefited from this introduction. Harvey was present at the concert, and both he and conductor Cliff Colnot said a few words before the work's performance. Colnot shared with the audience the challenge of preparing Song Offerings: it arose not only from the work's rhythmic and polyphonic complexity, but from the rapid color and texture changes and dynamic nuances calculated to express the text. He also professed a joy in performing a work free from that plague of the twentieth century, the hegemony of the sixteenth note. His comments amounted, however, to a veiled disclaimer about the outcome of this performance, and were in no way reassuring. Though heightening the audience's awareness of the instrumental activity was certainly not a bad idea--I find it particularly difficult to follow both a singer's words and their accompaniment and usually end up listening to one or the other--Colnot might have drawn our attention to the instruments without informing us of how difficult it was to pull off. Or if he wasn't secure in his success, he should have let us listen to the soprano blissfully unaware of how much was missing.
Fortunately, the performance proved that Colnot's had nothing to worry about. Song Offerings sets four poems from Nobel Prize-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali, translated from Bengali by the poet himself, and is scored for string quartet, string bass, flute, clarinet, piano, and soprano. So much went on in the instruments to recreate the sense of an internal monologue about a woman's love, first for a man and then for a god, that I wished that soprano Tony Arnold had stood surrounded by the instruments, instead of to the side like a soloist. Except for a brief section in which Arnold hummed, turning her voice into an instrument that perfectly blended with the rest, her part seemed to be an external reference that unified the instrumental parts but existed separately from them--an impression that a rearrangement on stage might have changed. Harvey makes excellent use of tone color, and the combined sound of the instruments, while varied, was always attractive. Harvey's music is, however, challenging to listen to. His use of five-voice polyphony, a reference to religious choral tradition, when the woman's love turns to God is just one example of Song Offerings' complexity, which Colnot had not overstated. As a result of this complexity, the work's aftertaste was opposite to that of Conversio: instead of seeming to have more to say, the piece seemed to have said too much.
The second half of the program had no such dialogic issues. James Primosch based his Quartet No. 2 on a hymn tune known by the text 'Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence.' Primosch nearly achieved with four string parts what Vaughan Williams achieved with ten in Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. I tried to think of a work with luscious string writing that I don't like in order to prove that my enjoyment of this quartet was not solely based on the string sound. I failed.
Nonetheless, the piece is good for other reasons too. Primosch ingeniously weaves the hymn throughout while postponing its presentation in full so that one does not immediately realize why the quartet's beginning sounds so familiar. Primosch also ventures far from singable hymn into atonality. The Pacifica Quartet's polish undoubtedly played no small part in making even these potentially disjunctive sections cohesive and graspable. Their dramatic performance was the evening's highlight.
The concert concluded with piano music by Ruth Crawford Seeger. The six preludes that Jenny Lin performed conjured the image of Seeger's contemporary, Gershwin, performing at a piano on which the strings had been switched around so that entirely different pitches came out. The showy, rhythmically jazzy sections contrasted with less Gershwin-esque introspective sections. Lin performed both with the assurance and expressivity one would expect to find in a performance of romantic-era piano music. Lin finished with Piano Study in Mixed Accents, the quintessence of the sixteenth note's hegemony to which Colnot earlier referred, but not deserving of his derogatory attitude. Except for several dramatic pauses, the sixteenth notes never cease but are punctuated by "mixed accents," on varying parts of the beat. If all piano "studies" were as dazzling as this, no pianist would complain about having to play them.
In response to a question about how he does what he does, Harvey professed that a composer "must care desperately about every note" that he writes. This attitude came across in all four works Sunday evening, and while it is fortunate that a good many students of composition benefited from the concert, the music deserved to reach a wider audience. Hopefully, in the future Contemporary Chamber Players will be blessed by Chicago's more usual inhospitable weather.


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7th August 2016
When it comes to tax season stress and anxiety can run high. Every year most Australian taxpayers and their accountants do their best to leave no stone uncovered in order to submit a comprehensive and accurate tax return to the Australian Tax Office. But what about those who don’t quite get everything or try to get a little too much?
At the beginning of this year the Australian Tax Office (ATO) had somewhat of a crisis on its hands.
During the 2014-15 tax cycle it was estimated that false or ‘dodgy’ claims netted Australian taxpayers close to $3.5 billion in fraudulent refunds and deductions, costing the Australian government upwards of $800 million in turn. During the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the ATO performed about 450,000 audits and reviews of individual tax returns which lead to an adjustment of more than $1.1 billion in income tax.
However the blame of these false claims cannot and should not be entirely placed on the taxpayer. In most cases it was their accountant, perhaps looking to get their client a better return to boost return business, who falsely gave deductions where sufficient grounds to do so did not exist.
These claims often attempted to tie-in personal expenditures on vehicles, air travel, and office expenses, for instance. While mistakes and carelessness can and do happen within reason when it comes to filing taxes, experts point to the magnitude of the numbers as proof that the threshold of ‘honest mistakes’ has been passed and we are now in the realm of malfeasance.
The situation became so increasingly ubiquitous and out of control that many experts doubted what the ATO could do to stem the tide of dodgy claims made. The ATO appeared not to have the resources or the reach to bring the instances of ‘dodgy claims’ down.
That is until recently.
ATO assistant commissioner Graham Whyte recently announced that the ATO would take action against any individual or firm making falsified claims. The ATO has introduced new real-time checks of deductions for tax returns completed online which can be cross-checked with the claims of others with similar jobs, incomes, and living conditions to see if a claim is substantially higher. In addition each return will be assiduously examined using hi-tech tools and data analytics. This new technology would then identify and red flag any irregularities so they can be reviewed.
It should be noted that this is not meant to be a witch hunt to accuse, intimidate, or disrupt the honest taxpayers, accountants, or tax professionals in Australia. It is simply root out and discipline those who have taken advantage whilst sending a message that ‘dodgy claims’ will not be tolerated.
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With all our lights they are much happier outside. There is certain aspects indoors that will stop them from working, such as indoor lights, as any light that gets onto the panel it will assume it is daytime and will not come on. For lights that work indoor and outdoor please see our Shape light range.
The lights are designed to be hung with a metal loop just above the panel.


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Monatau Extreme is an anti-aging product that works on the cellular level. It rejuvenates cells and activates youthful activity that is lost over time. There is no other product on the market like this. It helps to speed up the communication between cells: cell to cell, cell to brain, brain to cell. It's a super conductor and a tremendous alkalizer. One of the strongest anti-oxidants known.
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- Monatau Extreme uses a blend of non-metallic rhodium and iridium, rare antioxidants that are known to work together to neutralize free radicals and trap toxins and heavy metals that can build up and cause any number of unwanted medical conditions. This product also contains Vitamins C and E, which are capable of neutralizing and eliminating radical oxygen molecules that attack healthy cells and cause aging. All of the ingredients in this product work together harmoniously to detoxify your body and eliminate toxic acids and waste.
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Every year, the Whistler Village Church at Millennium Place puts on two Christmas Eve services for the enjoyment of local and visiting Christians, or indeed for anyone seeking an experience of warmth and love at this special time of year. All are welcome. The 6:30 p.m. service, a Nativity service specifically for families and children, is particularly popular, and dozens of disappointed worshippers are annually turned away from the packed theatre.
Knowing the special place this service holds in people's hearts made it especially traumatic when we discovered last minute that our minister was unable to make it up the highway from Vancouver!
We are a small church, with a tiny roster of volunteers, and I would like to acknowledge the generous response of those volunteers, who responded with grace and humour to the daunting task of hosting the services alone. Thanks to them, all who attended enjoyed an experience that sent them out into the snowy night with a warm and happy anticipation for a wonderful Whistler Christmas.
Karen Wootton and Morgan Montgomery each did the work of 20 volunteers. Their unflagging dedication and unending good humour and patience were inspiring to all, and without them it is certain the services would have been cancelled.
Each year, Susan Shrimpton undertakes a Powerpoint accompaniment that is eagerly anticipated for its beauty and deeply moving content; forced to change and adapt the content at the 11 th hour, Susan rose to the challenge with her usual calmness and achieved a result that was acclaimed as her best ever. This meant however, that Susan could not undertake her additional role of “wardrobe mistress” for eager little angels and shepherds, and we must apologize to any disappointed would-be angels and shepherds out there!
Our team of young readers at the 6:30 p.m. service found themselves suddenly without a leader. But they stepped up to the mic and delivered their readings with a mature and professional aplomb that was a lesson to us all. For this, I would like to thank Natasshia, Kenneth and Jacquelin Pamintuan, Harrison, Samantha and Michaela Shrimpton, and Frazer and Morgan McGaw.
Thank you as well to our piano accompanist Rachael Lythe, for patiently accommodating the amateur and impromptu leadership of the services.
We were forced to cancel our Christmas Day morning service, and for this we offer apologies to any who were inconvenienced.
This experience taught me that the Christmas message of God's love can emerge in the most unexpected way, and that the Whistler volunteer spirit is alive and well at our church.


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London has been named the host city for the 2017 Paralympic Athletics World Championships, which will be held in the Olympic Stadium one month before the World Athletics Championships.
To mark nine years of a successful Aviva ‘On Camp with Kelly’, a special event was hosted this past weekend in London: A Celebration of Success.
UK Sport has announced that £347 million funding will be made available as part of the Olympic’s funding programme in the four year cycle to Rio 2016.
Jessica Ennis has been nominated for yet another award following her golden performance at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Watch our video interview with Team GB rowers plus the first public performance of I Wish For You The World, by the Games Maker Choir with Alistair Griffin – it’s pretty special!
Last month boxing star Amanda Coulson announced she’s hanging up the gloves for good to concentrate on her role as a coach and an Athlete Mentor for Sky Sports Living for Sport.
Another big step for women in sport came this morning with UK Athletics appointing Paula Dunn as their new Paralympic Head Coach; the first time the governing body has recruited a woman for a head coach role.
Jessica Ennis’s coach Antonio ‘Toni’ Minichiello, who helped train her to Olympic heptathlon gold in London, was last night honoured as Coach of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards.
Gabby White is to renew her on-court partnership with fiance Chris Adcock following a number of changes to the GB Badminton mixed doubles programme.
Could you be the next Jade Jones? GB Taekwondo certainly hope so as they have launched the first post-London 2012 talent ID campaign to find Rio 2016 Olympians.


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Bleachers is a full-service bar and grill where you can enjoy cold drinks, hot food, and good times.
Situated in the middle of Tiger Town, The Bleachers Bar and Grill is your place to watch the game and enjoy some hearty food with your friends. We recently renovated the interior, and with those changes come great service, a lively atmosphere, and a ton of chef-inspired pub favorites. Our menu of comfort-food classics is chock-full of dishes that go best with a fresh drink in hand, and we have plenty of those to go around, too. Next time you find yourself near campus and want to play some pool and enjoy a bite to eat, we hope to see you here.
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Downtown Bellevue Primary Care
Overlake Clinics Downtown Bellevue Primary Care has moved to a new location at 10223 NE 10th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004. We anticipate some ongoing exterior construction work through mid-June and appreciate your patience.
Your health is important, and your life is busy. That’s why our primary care is here to offer you both convenience and excellence. We also offer internal and family medicine.
You’ll find our clinics throughout the Eastside, close to where you live and work. Timing is important, too. We offer same-day and next-day appointments when you have more urgent needs. You can schedule your appointment by phone or online. Overlake Clinics also provide virtual visits with your primary care provider.
To add even more convenience, most of our primary care clinics offer laboratories and X-ray on site. Many are also adjacent to urgent care for those times you need to see someone immediately or later in the evening.
And to make sure nothing gets missed, your medical records are completely connected to our urgent care, hospital and emergency room, so you can move through our system easily. Through MyChart, you’ll also be able to request appointments, check your test and lab results, and send messages to your provider.
Our clinic offers a wide range of healthcare services including health maintenance screenings and labs, immunizations, annual physical exams, routine women's care and annual exams, acute care and chronic disease management. We also have in-house laboratory services available to ensure select results are available before the end of your visit.
Parking is free in our surface lot. The main entrance is not facing the street, but on the opposite side of the building. There are two entrances to the driveway to the clinic.


Schubert: Complete Works for Piano, Violin and Cello (David Golub, piano; Mark Kaplan, violin; Colin Carr, cello; Arabesque, 2 CDs).
Schubert`s total output for piano trio was not large, consisting only of two large-scale trios (Opp. 99 and 100, both dating from 1827), a single movement by the 15-year-old composer and a Nocturne thought to have been originally intended for the B-flat trio, Op. 99. But the two big works stand among the most important ever written for the medium and have achieved deserved popularity both in the concert hall and on recordings.


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Hickory – The Hickory Community Theatre’s upcoming production of the classic Shakespeare tragedy, MACBETH features two talented local actors, Madison Cole and Hunter Curtis, in prominent supporting roles. Cole plays Macduff, a rival to Macbeth and ultimately a major antagonist. Curtis plays Macbeth’s close friend and brother-in-arms, Banquo. Over the course of the play, both come to learn how far Macbeth will go to achieve his ambitions.
Curtis made his HCT debut earlier this year as Jack in BY THE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL SEA. His previous theatre credits include Dwayne in 9 TO 5 at the Green Room Community Theatre and Captain Phoebus in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME with Old Colony Players. He most recently made his directorial debut at Old Colony with CYRANO DE BERGERAC. When asked about this production, Curtis replied, “I love Shakespeare and jump on it any chance I get.”
MACBETH is Cole’s first show with HCT but this is not her first time on stage. Some of her most favorite, recent roles include Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID, Glinda in THE WIZARD OF OZ, Stepmother in CINDERELLA and Nurse Flynn in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST. “My favorite thing about HCT,” she says, “is the professionalism in the shows themselves. I like that my character is so serious and intimidating.”
Performances of MACBETH are October 14-29, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays, October 16th and 23rd at 2:30 and Thursday, October 27th at 7:30.
The HCT’s 74th season is sponsored by Paramount Automotive and Sunbelt Xpress. HCT is a funded affiliate of the United Arts Council of Catawba County. MACBETH is sponsored in part by Rob and Erin Hooks.
PHOTO: Madison Cole plays Macduff and Hunter Curtis plays Banquo in MACBETH, coming to the Hickory Community Theatre October 14 through 29. For times and tickets visit hickorytheatre.org or call the box office at 828-328-2283. Photo by Eric Seale.

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For the past 56 (!) years, the performing arts series of Alverno College, Alverno Presents, has been bringing some of the most rewarding art and artists to Milwaukee’s doorstep. Internationally celebrated dance, music, and performance have been the norm. In addition to that, the last decade has seen director David Ravel cook up and commission works from some of Milwaukee’s finest creators, too. One-time only shows like Nick Sanborn’s “Lend Me Your Voice,” Betty Blexrud-Strigens’ “Smith Uncovered” (a tribute to Patti Smith), Jordan Lee’s “Jones Uncovered” (a tribute to Quincy Jones), and Hello Death’s recent “Prince Uncovered” (a tribute to Prince) have been big, bold, and unmistakable highlights of their respective years. Toss in multi-media explorations of the meaning of life itself, dance performances in the Lynden Sculpture Garden, and, of course, the long-running Global Union festival, and you have an indispensable asset to the Milwaukee cultural scene.
Sadly, it appears Alverno’s current 2015/2016 season will be its last. And that, friends, really sucks. In a statement released today, Ravel explains the decision:
After 56 years, Alverno College is no longer in a position to continue its financial support of its performing arts series, Alverno Presents. The 2015/2016 season will be our last.
The attached video talks about what we do and why. Please take a moment to watch it.
Five shows remain. They represent the breadth of our interests and the depth of our passions. We are excited to share them with you, and we hope you will join us.
That Alverno Presents has connected powerful art to diverse audiences for over a half century is no small accomplishment. The vision and tenacity of the College, the School Sisters of Saint Francis, and especially Alverno Presents’ founder, Sr. Laura Lampe, inspire humility and awe. What Rory Trainor, Marielle Allschwang, Rollie Layman and I have accomplished happened because we could stand on their strong shoulders.
This year, we dedicated our Season 56 brochure to risk-taking in art-making, with the words “This Might Fail/Beauty” as two faces of the same pursuit. To ‘dare greatly’ while seeking out beauty is, for us, the worthiest cause of all.
One of my favorite writers, Rebecca Solnit, wrote the following in one of my favorite books, Hope In The Dark: “Virginia Woolf wrote in her journal, ‘The future is dark, which is on the whole, the best thing the future can be, I think.’ Dark, she seems to say, as in inscrutable, not as in terrible. We often mistake the one for the other. People imagine the end of the world is nigh because the future is unimaginable…We talk about “what we hope for” in terms of what we hope will come to pass but we could think of it another way, as why we hope. We hope on principle, we hope tactically and strategically, we hope because the future is dark, we hope because it’s a more powerful and more joyful way to live.”
I have great hope. I look forward to the new ways I will be working with artists I care about and connecting their works to the communities I love. I am excited for what comes next.
About the only good news, as Ravel mentions, is that the five remaining Alverno Presents shows in 2016 are still a go. Christopher Porterfield’s “How To Write A Popular Song” is set for January 30 at the Pitman Theatre, Okwui Okpokwasili’s “Bronx Gothic” February 12 and 13 at Pitman, the Boban And Marko Markovic Orchestra March 5 at Pitman, The Hinterlands’ “The Radicalization Process” April 8 and 9 at Pitman, and the Jones Family Singers April 30 at Pitman. According to the Journal Sentinel, two more “Uncovered” shows will take place next season at Turner Hall, under a new arrangement with the Pabst Theater Group. The arrangement may see the eventual return of Global Union as well.


First a bit of history. On my N46, my transducer would display random numbers in shallow water and or tied to the dock. I replaced the transducer, problem gone.
Now, my 2008 AT's Airmar transducer started displaying random numbers in shallow water and or tied to the dock. I do have a secondary, independent, glued-in depth sounder that seems to be accurate.
I had the diver clean the Airmar's face every time he did the hull, no change in reliability. This haul out, I checked the face of the transducer, clean as a whistle.
I had the Airmar transducer replaced. When I get back to the boat, I hope to discover, problem gone.
What I would really like is, a depth sounder forward of the engine room, for poking around in the shallows, knowing at other than minimum speed it would be not be accurate.
The meek will inherit the earth but, the brave will inherit the seas.