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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
CMS: Help us find teachers
From: cmscommunications
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:10
To: cmsmailall
Subject: Do you know someone who would make a great teacher? Refer them to TEACH Charlotte.
Do you know someone who would make a great teacher? Refer them to TEACH Charlotte today: www.teachcharlotte.org.
You made the choice to dedicate each day to supporting education in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. You probably know other outstanding individuals who are also looking for an opportunity to make a difference by becoming teachers. While CMS currently has an accomplished group of professional educators, the need for additional high-quality teachers is always great. The TEACH Charlotte program is an aggressive campaign to recruit local and committed professionals, community members, and recent college graduates who have the potential to become effective teachers, joining us in our efforts to increase student achievement in CMS classrooms.
TEACH Charlotte is a highly selective, innovative path for talented mid-career professionals and recent college graduates to become teachers and make a measurable difference in the most critical subject areas of math, science, EC, and Spanish as well as elementary, English, and language arts. The goal of TEACH Charlotte is to recruit, select, and train only the most outstanding candidates who have the potential to effectively increase student achievement in their classrooms. Candidates do not need to have taken courses in education or have prior teaching experience, but they should be committed to ensuring the academic success of our students and our schools.
TEACH Charlotte participants will:
Complete a rigorous summer training to develop their ability to affect student achievement as a new teacher in a high-need school;
Achieve significant academic growth with all of their students and hold themselves accountable by measuring student outcomes in their classrooms;
Complete lateral entry requirements through the TEACH Charlotte TNTP Academy during their first year teaching to earn North Carolina licensure.
Committed educators attract other committed educators; therefore, principals and current teachers are the key to helping us attract the community's brightest leaders to become teachers.
As soon as possible, refer any high quality professionals who you think would make great teachers to our website, www.teachcharlotte.org to apply to teach or help share information about this opportunity to others who might be interested in applying. The early application deadline is Dec.19.
We know that teacher quality is the most critical factor in raising student achievement for all students, regardless of background or socioeconomic status. TEACH Charlotte is committed to recruiting and preparing high-quality, effective teachers who will raise student achievement in the classrooms that need them most.
Feel free to contact Mallory O'Connell, TEACH Charlotte site manager, with any questions or suggestions.
TEACH Charlotte contact information:
980-343-5886 | email@example.com | www.teachcharlotte.org
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23 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I am so glad I found a spot for my child in a wonderful private school that values experienced, well-trained teachers.
- November 30, 2011 at 2:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is such a stretch by CMS. We cannot hire teachers , because we have a terrible reputation with teachers nationally. We are poorly run and its paying these dividends. Hiring some inexperienced "teach Charlotte" kid would be a horrible idea. WHo thought of this one Charlotte CHamber. What do the Spanglers and Bill Gates think we should do? How about Billy Anderson over with Meck Ed? Ridiculous as Teach For America is a failed model as we all know. Talk to a TFA teacher majority of them are terrible teachers and enter the program to have their loans paid off ~! This is CMS answer for the terrible way they have treated teachers?
- November 30, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
Is there any Party Planner jobs?
Ehh Latarja?
- November 30, 2011 at 6:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is an absolute JOKE? To ask an employee to help find potential teachers after they have lost so many colleagues is insane.So the TFA program is not working? Did anyone in a leadership position think about a bonus for the teacher who actually finds an excellent teacher recruit.In the private sector this is called a headhunter.Oh, that is just for the thousands of dollars we taxpayers are spending to try to find a superintendent.Is there any leader in CMS that thinks a hundred dollar bonus to find quality teachers is too much? All I constantly see is CMS wanting something for nothing. Keep trying to do more with less and see how far this gets you.Raleigh is now the NUMBER ONE stop for a teacher that wants to work in NC.
- November 30, 2011 at 6:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
It takes a lot of brass to send something like this out to CMS workers.At least the new HR director is trying to earn his exhorborant pay. Party Planner, now that is funny.
- November 30, 2011 at 7:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
Another CMeS leadership idea.Did the school board aprove this desperate plea for human capital? Give the current teachers a couple of black eyes and now kick them in the stomach with this insult.How much lower can you allow morale to go?
- December 1, 2011 at 1:50 AM
- Anonymous said...
First of all, I think it's pretty bad that a school district that has had huge layoffs is now in need of teachers. Someone's not making the right decisions here.
But second, for those of you who think that this kind of program couldn't produce some outstanding teachers, that's a ridiculous idea. I know several lateral-entry teachers that are amazing at what they do, and the TEACH program offers more initial training than these other teachers ever received. Do you honestly think that someone with a teaching degree will automatically be a better teacher?
I don't have a high opinion of Meck Cty Schools at all...but to say that anyone hired through this program couldn't be a good teacher is plain ignorant.
- December 1, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
"I know several lateral-entry teachers that are amazing at what they do..."
Ditto. Some even go on to be our Congressman.
- December 1, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
The same people that hate lateral entry teachers support the Gofather's Pizza guy for Prezedentin'
- December 1, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
speaking of teacher why is the disturber protecting a black evil killer scum pos of this innocent unc white female presidnt and not posting this like all other news media?
she was a teacher and planned to be one before they raped robbed kidnapped and murdered her
- December 7, 2011 at 5:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
CMS is such a lousy system that they can't even get "real" teachers to work there!!!
- December 14, 2011 at 1:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
UNC Eve Carson killer Atwater in Raleigh trial presently ongoing that the local racist media will not cover
- December 15, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Houston Home Security said...
Very cool post. I just recently started following your blog, but I look forward to contributing more in the future.
- December 26, 2011 at 3:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
Perhaps they wouldn't have to dig for teachers if they'd treat the ones that have properly.
- December 29, 2011 at 4:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
CMS may be having leadership issues, but this may be an option for so GIs returning from military service and looking for new opportunities.
- December 30, 2011 at 2:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
That is it interesting. I have my bachelor in Chemistry Education, bilingual and 13+ years of experience, great references, but they did not hire me, I did not "fit" the requirements of experience and credentials.
When I applied to CMS, the instructions in how to apply were confusing and the "advisors or specialists in HR" were so complicated and the only thing they did was refer me to the website.
They laid off 1,400 employees between teachers and assistants... ans then they are asking for help to find teachers?... what's wrong in this picture?...
- January 1, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
After little Petey Gorman laid them off kicked them around threatened their jobs and took the money and ran like the low life I said he was from the beginning now CMS wants what is left of their teaching force to help bring in new blood....
LOL thats nerve..
- January 4, 2012 at 12:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
NOOOOOO One in their right mind would go into education in NC. My roommate before marriage was a teacher and my wife is a teaching fellow....BOTH are counting down the days till they get out. It's been estimated only about 40% of teaching fellows that have graduated in the last 3 years will stay in teaching. Some even have quit early and paid the State back. Bev and her cronies have destroyed education in this State.
- January 4, 2012 at 3:53 PM
- blpadge2 said...
At Anon 3:35, you are right about politicians destroying education in this state, but it ain't Bev. The blame falls squarely on Art Pope and his Teabagging minions Thom Tillis and Phil Berger.
Don't believe me look at their midnight hijinks this morning, http://www.news-record.com/content/2012/01/05/article/house_meets_in_early_morning_to_override_dues_checkoff_veto
- January 5, 2012 at 5:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
i have applied to teach in cms for awhile and i have been on 2 interviews...one at crestdale and one at camel...those 2 schools were looking to hire white women. So i applied where i could and have heard nothing. Somebody is lying about hiring teachers unless the schools are 50% white and parents demand a teacher be hired. Otherwise...full time subs will do.
- January 5, 2012 at 5:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
blpadge2 hit it right on the nose! Bev has done everything she can to make teaching more attractive...puppet Thom Tillis and his fellows are the ones bulging their muscles only to spotlight how powerless teachers are over underinformed policymakers. I live it every day as a teacher in NC. I've NEVER counted down days to retirement like I have since Thom's been in office.
- January 13, 2012 at 6:02 AM
- Anonymous said...
"I am very suspect of early childhood education. I am very suspect of education in general."
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/07/2904213/should-we-laugh-or-cry-at-pols.html#storylink=cpy
When you have comments like this coming from the House Republicans (Tim Moffett Asheville) and budget cuts that eliminate programs like the teaching fellows program, the state of eductation is head south to Mississippi. Until we vote Thom Tillis and his buddies out we have bigger problems brewing than how CMS hires teachers.
- January 16, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
I wouldn't dare work for them! You would never get respect or the fair pay, not to mention job security. You would be better off working for Walmart.
- January 16, 2012 at 5:11 PM


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WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Junior guard Chris Dixon went 12-of-16 from the floor and made all four of his free throws for a career-high 30 points to power UNCW past George Mason, 82-74, early Saturday in Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball action at Trask Coliseum.
The Seahawks stopped a four-game slide and improved to 6-10 overall and 1-3 in the CAA with their first conference win of the season. Buzz Peterson's club also snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Patriots and moved to 6-1 at home this year.
The Patriots now stand 9-7 and 2-2 after having their two-game winning streak broken with their first loss in Wilmington in the last five appearances.
"This is huge for us," said a smiling Peterson. "This will give us some confidence. Our guys didn't give up and believed in themselves. I thought Chris Dixon was unbelievable…he made the big plays when we needed it."
Dixon led all scorers in the contest and topped his career-high of 20 points set on Dec. 8 at Georgia Tech. It was the first time a Seahawk reached the 30-point plateau since Adam Smith poured in 32 points at Wake Forest last season.
Reserve guard Tyree Graham chipped in 15 points off the bench for UNCW and senior forward Keith Rendleman added a double-double of 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Seahawks. It was Rendleman's eighth career double-double and the 30th of his storied career.
Junior guard Sherrod Wright paced GMU with 25 points and grabbed six rebounds. Freshman guard Patrick Holloway was the only other player in double figures for the Patriots with 11 points.
In the 71st meeting between the two clubs and the only one this season, UNCW inched out to a 36-34 lead at intermission, withstood an early second-half surge by GMU and used some clutch free throw shooting down the stretch to avoid an 0-4 start to league play.
The Seahawks trailed, 50-41, with 14 minutes remaining when Graham and Dixon triggered a 9-0 spurt to bring the game even. Graham started the outburst with a triple in the right corner and Dixon's jumper near the free throw line knotted the score with 12:10 on the clock.
The two teams traded buckets and the Patriots still led, 64-59, at 9:04 when Wright canned a pair of free throws. But reserve forward Shane Reybold sank a pair of free throws and Dixon scored two more buckets to give the Seahawks a 65-64 edge at 6:22. The push was part of a 10-1 run that increased the advantage to 69-65 and gave the Seahawks some breathing room.
GMU closed the gap to one possession, 75-72, on a dunk by Johnny Williams with 2:13 left, but UNCW scored 10 of the final 12 points to avenge a 75-69 loss last February to GMU in Wilmington. The Seahawks finished the game connecting on 24-of-31 at the charity stripe and drained 18-of-21 attempts in the second half to close out the win.
UNCW led, 36-34, at the break, but the Patriots came out inspired in the final period, scoring the first nine points of the half while the Seahawks were missing their first six field goal attempts. Wright scored on a reverse layup to tie the score he made another layup with a free throw to give GMU a 39-36 lead at 19:37, GMU's first lead of the game since the 16:02 mark of the first half.
The GMU lead ballooned to 43-36 before Dixon's layup broke the ice for the Seahawks at 16:17, a drought of 3:34 to open the period. The bucket brought the Seahawks within seven points, 45-38.
The Patriots stretched the margin back to 50-41 on a three-point play by Paris Bennett at the 14-minute mark, setting up UNCW's strong finish.
GMU scored the first five points of the contest and grabbed an 8-4 advantage at the first media timeout when Williams sank the second of two free throws near the 16-minute mark. UNCW used a 6-0 mini-run to take its first lead of the game, 10-8 when Dixon scored on a putback at 13:52.
After the Patriots chopped the deficit to one point, the Seahawks scored 10 of the next 11 points and Luke Hager's follow-up jam at 11:31 drew a timeout from GMU's Paul Hewitt and staked the Seahawks to a 21-12 cushion.
GMU fought back to narrow the score to 27-25 on Marko Gujanici's conventional three-point play at 5:44 before UNCW took a 36-34 lead into halftime after shooting just 37.1 percent from the floor and with leading scorer, Keith Rendleman collecting just three points without a field goal.
The Seahawks wrap up a two-game homestand Wednesday when Old Dominion visits the Port City for a 7 p.m. tip-off. The Patriots return to Fairfax to play host to James Madison on Wednesday in the first of two straight home games at the Patriot Center.
GAME NOTES: GMU leads the all-time series by a 40-31 margin….UNCW stands 20-11 vs. GMU at Trask Coliseum…Sophomore center Erik Copes (4.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg) did not play in the contest due to an injury…The Seahawks used the same starting lineup for the third straight outing…GMU skipper Paul Hewitt is 2-1 against the Seahawks since taking over the Mason program last season…Graham returned to the floor for the first time in three games and drained his first two triples…Dixon had 11 points and Wright scored 10 to lead their teams in the opening period….UNCW had 14 turnovers in the game and only six in the second period…Luke Hager chipped in a career-high seven points and seven rebounds…Each team had six three-point field goals…UNCW had 26 second-chance points in the win…Dixon played 32 minutes without a turnover at the point guard position for UNCW.
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My calculus book explained how to form macluarin polynomials but said nothing on why they work. Over the past couple days I've been turning it over in my head trying to figure it out. I haven't found a proof but its begining to make sense. I thought it might make an intresting discussion for anyone who has never seen the proof or is not advanced enough to understand it yet.
Say the nth derivative of a function evaluated at zero is 5. If it were a polynomial with a limited number of terms, the nth derivative could be 5 itself. Lets integrate to find the (n - 1)th derivative 5x + c. If the (n - 1)th derivative evaluated at zero were 7, then c would be 7.
OOH THIS IS FUN! Lets do it again! Integrate to find the (n - 2)th derivative, we get 5/2 x^2 + 7x + C. If at zero the (n - 2)th derivative is 14, then C would be 14. get So we've found the (n - 2)th derivative.
Now lets assume the n we spoke of had a value of 3, then the (n - 3)th derivative would be the 0th derivative, or the function itself. So lets integrate the (n - 2)th derivative, to get 5/6 x^3 + 7/2 x^2 + 14x + C, if at zero the function had a value of 17 then C would be 17. So the function would look like
5/2! x^3 + 7/2 x^2 + 14x + 17 if it were in fact a polynomial with n terms.
Ok, now lets look back at what happened. Instead of saying (n - 1), (n - 2) or (n - 3) for each scenario lets just say u for whatever derivative we're working with at the time. The u'th derivative evaluated at zero was always some consant "c" (where u is some number between n and 0) this term is integrated u times and appears in the final function. Anyone familiar with calculus can see that the this term would end up being ( c x^u )/ u!.
So the function of x would be Summation of the u'th derivative at (0) multiplied by (x^u) / u! from u = infinity (ideally) to u = 0. We could reverse the order of the sum (which won't effect the answer) and sum from u = 0 to u = infinity, we would end up with:
f(0)/0! + f'(0)x/1! + f''(0)/2! + f'''(0)/3! ......
Well what do you know? The macluarin polynomial! Like I said this is not a proof. We made a bunch of assumptions, assuming the function was a polynomial when it may not be. We just used the clues to "mold" a polynomial with similar characteristics, (or exact when evaluated at 0) but I suppose the numerous stipulations tie the curve down to various places, and kind of leave little room for the function to stray far from the other on the inbetween points. Also we assumed the nth derivatve was a constant when it may not be at all. The nth derivative could have been 5 cos(x) However, if the n is very very large then this mistake should have little effect on the final function. Why? Because the limit of a x^n/n! as n approaches infinity is in fact zero. (I forget how you prove this but I remember doing it. Hmm... gotta review) Anyway, that doesn't prove it converges but it would prove it diverges if if the limit was not zero. So its at least consistant.
Anyways, this doesn't fully explain or proove why they work, but I think it gives you a pretty good idea of HOW they work. Like peeking under the hood of a car. Doesn't reveal everything but helps you understand it at least on a basic level. Whoever this Mr. Maclaurin was, he was a complete and utter genius who could probably move things with his mind.
Last edited by mikau (2006-06-30 11:40:48)
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
To me the biggest mystery is still why its characteristics at f(0) can be used to determine its behavior anywhere if its approximated to enough terms. Like I said, if the function matches the behavior at zero to such a high degree, then its behavior for other numbers relatively close to zero can't be too far off. Still I'm trying to find an argument for why it works for other area's just because we matched its behavior in one particular spot. (0).
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Very interesting mikau. I like analogies and things that are not complete proofs because they help you to remember the equations and it's a big step toward understanding something. What is your favorite usage of maclaurin series? What is a usage of maclaurin that is too hard to use?
igloo myrtilles fourmis
I suppose my favorite usage would be for approximating sine and cosine, as I am always infatuated with trig functions.
What usage would I say is the hardest? All of them really. Differentiating and evaluating at zero gets really tediuous with some functions. Once I had a problem in calc that took me nearly an hour and a half to get right. http://www.mathsisfun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2367 Differentiating this expression multiple times and evaluating at zero was a NIGHTMAAAARE! WAY too easy to mess up on. So I guess the worse case scenario is when the differentials keep getting bigger or don't follow some obvious pattern.
Last edited by mikau (2006-07-01 11:07:41)
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Cool man, have a nice fourth in NJ. I'm in NH.
igloo myrtilles fourmis
I'm not in NJ, I'm in PA.
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
I'm in NJ! Cool, were all in about the same area (of the globe).
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
that must mean New Hampshire isn't far from pennsylvannia....
Last edited by mikau (2006-07-04 12:59:34)
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Yeah New York and Vermont separate NH and PA.
igloo myrtilles fourmis
Good Job, Mikau!
Well I guess we really have something in common. I self-studied calculus too. As I'm a helic believing proving instead of just trusting as you, I read many books and spent a good sum of time on that subject.
The proof on my book was complex, but I find something core- that is the polynomial should share from 0th derivative (the function value), then 1st derivative, ...,until nth derivative at the critical point with the function that it approximates.
This rule gives out 0!, 1!, 2!...n! coefficient.
On how well it approximates the function, I've no idea. And I'm very doubtful because Taylor Polynomials do not always converge.
I think my book stated the error is always less then or equal to the value of one additional term. (one term greater then the last term you used). I think this applied to all convergent series' as well but I"m not sure.
One thing I've noticed, you know how a polynomail function always have one less number of turning points as its degree? (makes sense since differentiating will decrease the degree by 1, and it will have exactly n - 1 solutions to equal zero) well when you create a sine or cosine function using maclaurins, understandably, adding an extra term creates another hump in the sine curve. In a sine curve, each hump appears every 180 dregree's (pi radians) so each additional term should increase the "accurate domain" by pi radians.
Another thing I've noticed is with alternating functions, ending with a positive or negative term has a great effect on accuracy (at least for approximations with less terms) I'd like to know a little more about knowing when this occurs and whether to end with a positive or negative term.
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
About the error I guess your book uses a limit proof. A limit proof itself implies locally being virturely the same- the numerator ( the error) is little enough to match the little denominator (x displacement), before both getting zero. So your book may give after the proof an example evaluating f(a+0.m) by macluarin series of f starting from a.
Here macluarin series play(s) a more accurate role than the derivative approach to approximate the value of a function near some point. And this role is regardless of convergence or divergence.
A more powerful application of macluarin series is to evaluate some function at any point, at any distance from the original point or critical point. For example to calculate Sin(10) from knowing taylor series of it. But this application requires the series to be convergent. Or simply put the taylor series from 0 at 10 should not goes to infinity when more and more terms are added. Our calculators use this application. And they may deal with tangents by equating them with sines devided by cosines, to avoid divergence of tan(x) taylor .
Yes the taylor of sine is very interesting, and you give a nice proof of how many times it would turn. Nice proof! I haven't investigated it though I saw the same miracle on a software.


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THE Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has dismissed as a ''try-on'' a Labor backbencher's letter asking federal police to investigate Liberal figures for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to topple the Gillard government.
Queensland Labor MP Graham Perrett wrote to the Australian Federal Police on Friday suggesting that Liberal figures including the Deputy Opposition Leader, Julie Bishop, frontbencher Christopher Pyne, the former Howard government minister Mal Brough and the Queensland Energy Minister, Mark McArdle, may have committed criminal offences by taking part in a ''political conspiracy'' to harm former speaker Peter Slipper and bring down the Labor government.
Mr Perrett wrote that the conspiracy involved using a ''fabricated'' sexual harassment claim by Mr Slipper's former staffer James Ashby to politically damage and humiliate Mr Slipper so badly that he would be forced to resign his seat. In the subsequent byelection, Mr Brough would be elected and would have supported a vote of no-confidence in the Gillard government, enabling Mr Abbott to be installed as head of a Coalition government, Mr Perrett said.
Asked about the allegations yesterday, Mr Abbott said Labor should move on.
''Look, the Labor Party has been hyperventilating about this for months now. They should get over it. They should accept that there has been no conspiracy here,'' he said in Sydney.
''They should understand that the only real issue when it comes to Peter Slipper is why did the Prime Minister ever think he was a fit and proper person to put in that job and, frankly, I think this is all a bit of try-on.''
Mr Abbott questioned whether public servants or ministerial staff had helped with the letter.
''Has any taxpayer money been used to prepare this letter? Have public servants been used to prepare this letter?'' he said.
Mr Perrett, who has been a solicitor since 1999, said he sought input from fellow MPs including the cabinet secretary, Mark Dreyfus, QC, as well as lawyers outside the caucus. He said he had not sought input from public servants or ministerial staff.
''This is the sort of thing that suburban solicitors put together every day,'' he said.
He said he had not sought permission to write the letter but had informed the office of the acting Prime Minister, Wayne Swan.
A spokesman for Mr Swan said: ''Mr Perrett's view is the view of the government: that senior federal Liberal MPs have serious questions to answer about their involvement with Mr Ashby and with this case.''
Mr Ashby's sexual harassment case against Mr Slipper was dismissed on December 12 in the Federal Court. Justice Steven Rares found Mr Ashby devised the claim for political and personal gain in combination with fellow Slipper aide Karen Doane, Mr Brough and Sydney solicitor Michael Harmer. Mr Ashby is appealing the Federal Court decision and announced on Friday that he would pursue his claim through Fair Work Australia.
Mr Perrett said the behaviour towards Mr Slipper could be in breach of laws against causing harm to a person in their capacity as a Commonwealth public official and against unauthorised access to restricted data and unauthorised disclosure of information by Commonwealth officers.


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Monday, November 07, 2005
Great Literature
Stumbled across this book online. Talk about the perfect stocking stuffer.
But just 303 Reasons? The author must have only been there for a very short amount of time, like for about 30 seconds. Or this must be Volume One...of a 10 part series.
In any event, allow me to help with a few more:
304: Their so-called fans will break out your car's windows if they see Michigan plates during the M/OSU weekend
305: Even elderly women will flip you off before, during and after the game.
306: The mascot guy with the big nut for a head will steal the Michigan banner out of a Michigan fan's hands then stomp on it right in front of him, thinking it's a hoot.
307: The chant inside the men's room at halftime is a chorus of drunken "F*ck Michigan!" cheers (but rarely "Go Bucks!").
308: The cops standing atop the stadium with their sniper rifles make the place look like a maximum security prison instead of a fun place for college football
309: White-trash rednecks pretty much suck in general
310: The glass place you call to fix your car's window after you woke up the morning of the game to find it busted out in the first place (even though you thought you were staying at a nice hotel a couple miles off the campus) will suddenly claim they're too busy to come out to replace the window when the "gentleman" on the phone finds out you're from Michigan.
311: Flying beer bottles aimed at anything Maize or Blue near the stadium on game days.
312: Spitting at our marching band as they enter the stadium.
313: Spitting at any Michigan fans as they walk near the stadium.
314: Having the Michigan team bus searched by bomb and drug sniffing dogs as they arrive on gameday...then lying and claiming they do it to everybody (which, of course, turns out to be false).
315: They justify all their boorish behavior by claiming, "It's the same for Ohio State fans when they're in Ann Arbor" when that isn't the case.
316: Sweater vests are for pussies.
Have a couple of your own to add? Please. Share with the class.
10 comments:
- LAGuy said...
They still think Woody Hayes got treated unfairly.
- November 07, 2005 3:50 AM
- DanDierdorf said...
This guy wrote one about Notre Dame as well. He is a HATER!!!
- November 07, 2005 9:25 AM
(I hate to start a post with) Seriously, (but SERIOUSLY) no one - not even a Michigan fan - should have to fear for his/her actual personal safety when attending a football game.
Snake Pit indeed,
P.S. Seriously.
- November 07, 2005 9:54 AM
- The King said...
Paul Finebaum is a very well known radio personality in Alabama, where he made his name ripping on the Tide. He put put this same book there as reasons to hate the Crimson Tide, then realized what a marketing opportunity he had, so he made versions of them for nearly every major program in the country.
So whil I can appreciate that there is an OSU version, it's not like this guy is a brother in arms who is finally showing the world what we've all known for our whole lives.
He's really kind of a dick. Don't give him your money.
- November 07, 2005 11:14 AM
- Yost said...
Oh, I didn't plan on buying his book, Loef. I have enough firsthand reasons of my own to hate Ohio State that I don't need some other guy to help me add to it.
Actually, I fogot one of the top reasons: On M/OSU game days, apparently going one over the speed limit in Ohio is a felony.
- November 07, 2005 11:23 AM
- IC said...
# 317 - They still worship that insufferable prick Wayne Woodrow Hayes for his toughness (ex. punching Clemson defender Charlie Bauman for having the audacity to intercept a tOSU pass in the 1978 Gator Bowl), his class (ex. throwing the sideline markers to protest a non-call during a 1971 loss to Michigan), and his old-school respect for the game (ex. "Because I couldn't go for three!" - WWH's response when asked why he went for two with tOSU up 48-14 in the 1968 Michigan game).
Who does Hell have on the schedule this week, Woody?
# 318 - Among their fans is the Julie-from-the-Love-Boat looking girl who gave me, a gullible undergrad in a Michigan sweatshirt, the index finger "come here" curl at closing time in a Columbus bar in November '88. Upon my approach, she wildly hurled a roundhouse right that I was able to dodge before fleeing the bar, undoubtedly leaving the poor, unsuspecting chap behind me with a badly-bruised sternum.
- November 07, 2005 2:06 PM
- IC said...
Yost, excellent use of "before, during, and after the game" (#305) in your original post. Along with the crunch of fallen leaves under walking feet, hearing the Big Ten coaches spew that line of hypocrisy is an unmistakable sound of autumn.
Also, great point about sweater vests, at least as it relates to Tressel. The more starched his tops become, the more obvious it is that he is overcompensating for his phoniness, corruption, and deep sense of inner shame.
Man, I can't wait 'til the 19th!
- November 07, 2005 2:20 PM
- Yost said...
LOL re: "Who does Hell have on the schedule this week, Woody?"
And I wish I could say I am surprised about the girl at the bar. But that's indicative of the entire game day culture down there: It's not simply one or two drunk frat guys that are the a-holes, it's more institutionalized than that. Hence the reason the president of the tOSU gave the public apology following the Texas game after the way Longhorn fans were treated in Columbus.
- November 07, 2005 2:29 PM
- The King said...
That's nothing, Gold. A buddy of mine saw his "Ohio State chick picked me up for a night of passion" dream actually come true (I would argue that only a total nitwit would have this fantasy but I digress), and she left him with some, shall I say, lifelong parting gifts.
- November 07, 2005 3:00 PM
- Yost said...
Lifelong parting gifts, Loef? You don't mean ABBA's Greatest Hits CDs, do you?
- November 07, 2005 5:10 PM


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John Merrick was a young face in the crowd at Riviera for so many years, dreaming of one day playing the fabled course on the PGA Tour.
On Sunday, he did better than that. He won on it.
Merrick hit two clutch shots that led to two pars in a sudden-death playoff and won the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles when Charlie Beljan missed a 5-foot par putt on the second extra hole.
Merrick, who closed with a 2-under 69, became the ninth player to make this tournament his first PGA Tour victory. It could not have come at a better place. Merrick grew up in Long Beach, attended the event as a kid, and went to school down the street at UCLA.
''I can't put this into words,'' he said off the 10th green, his eyes welling with tears. ''Growing up as a kid, coming out here, I just wanted to play this tournament.''
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Chris Smith, (D) - Fort Lauderdale, filed a senate bill revising Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law as a response to the death of Trayvon Martin earlier this year.
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""They've (Trayvon Martin's family) always maintained that it is asinine that you can pursue, be the aggressor, and then shoot and kill somebody and then say that you were standing your ground, to that end, they welcome legislation to address these issues," said Martin family attorney Ben Crump.
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The Malaysia stock market has closed lower now in five straight sessions, shedding more than 20 points or 1.3 percent along the way. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index finished just below the 1,580-point plateau, and now traders are expected to go hunting for bargains when the market kicks off trade on Thursday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is positive following upbeat commentary from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The Fed left interest rates at near-zero levels and also noted that further easing was a possibility, if conditions warranted. The European and U.S. markets finished firmly higher, and the Asian bourses are expected to follow that lead.
The KLCI finished slightly lower again on Wednesday following mild downside from the financial shares, industrial issues and plantation stocks.
For the day, the index eased 2.93 points or 0.19 percent to finish at 1,579.35 after trading between 1,578.68 and 1,585.93. Volume was 1.47 billion shares worth 1.53 billion ringgit. There were 405 decliners and 315 gainers, with 346 stocks finishing unchanged.
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D. McCarthy, S. K. H. How, C. Schoen, J. C. Cantor, D. Belloff, Aiming Higher Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2009, The Commonwealth Fund, October 2009.
The 2009 edition of The Commonwealth Fund's State Scorecard on Health System Performance finds deteriorating health insurance coverage for adults and rising health care costs, but also improved quality of care on dimensions of performance that have been the focus of public reporting and incentive programs. As reported in the inaugural State Scorecard in 2007, where you live within the United States makes a difference in your access to care, quality of care, and experiences with care providers. The findings of this report point to the urgency of comprehensive national health system reforms aimed at improving health system performance across the country, eliminating disparities, and enhancing and assisting states' efforts to address population health needs and ensure affordable access.
With a central focus on identifying opportunities to improve, the State Scorecard provides a framework for state and federal action to address common concerns as well as specific areas of need. It assesses states' performance relative to what is achievable, based on benchmarks for 38 indicators of access, quality, costs, and health outcomes. The findings highlight continued wide variability in performance across states. But they also show that all states face challenges posed by rising costs of care and poor care coordination. Although the scorecard does not yet reflect the impact of the economic downturn—given the two- to three-year time lag in data reporting—the deterioration seen in access to care across the country underscores the need for coherent reforms that would change the trajectory of costs, ensure access, and enhance value.
Overall, the 2009 State Scorecard paints a picture of health care systems under stress. Still, improvements made in certain indicators and in certain areas of the U.S. indicate that individual states have the capacity to do much better, especially when their efforts are supported by strong federal policy and national initiatives. In 2009, Vermont, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Maine, and New Hampshire lead the nation as the top-ranked states (Hawaii and Iowa tied for second place; Maine and New Hampshire tied for fifth). Their performance ranks in the top quartile of states on a majority of scorecard indicators. In particular, the reforms passed by Vermont in 2006 to cover focused on preventing and controlling chronic disease are providing a new model for other states.
Thirteen states—Vermont, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Nebraska—again rise to the top quartile of the overall performance rankings, outperforming their peers on multiple indicators. Conversely, states in the lowest quartile often lag the leaders in multiple areas. The persistent wide geographic variation points to the need for national reforms to ensure high performance across the country.
Following are some of the cross-cutting state findings and key trends gleaned from analysis of the scorecard results:
Since the beginning of the decade, insurance coverage in most states has been eroding for adults while increasing or holding steady for children. This divergence reflects the impact of federal action to expand coverage for children through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); rates of uninsured children in 2008 were the lowest since 1987. Nevertheless, high and rising rates of uninsured adults in many states underscore the need for comprehensive national reform to expand coverage in all states, and to further the gains made in Massachusetts, Vermont, and other states that have taken a lead in enacting reforms.
Distinct regional patterns and sharp differences in performance across states—with some persistent gaps even in the best-performing states—attest to the reality that our health care system fails to provide reliable access to the affordable, effective, patient-centered, coordinated care that everyone should expect, given the large and growing share of the nation's economic resources that are invested in the health care sector.
Leading states consistently outperform lagging states across indicators and dimensions; public policy and public–private collaboration can make a difference.
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Nebraska—again rise to the top quartile of the overall performance rankings. Though specific rankings shifted, these are the same
group of states identified as top performers in the first State Scorecard two years ago. Many have been leaders in reforming and improving their health systems—for example, by targeting efforts to reduce rates of uninsured adults and children.
Ten of the 13 states in the lowest quartile of performance—Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Texas, Nevada, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Mississippi—also ranked in the bottom quartile in the 2007 State Scorecard. Three others—North Carolina, Illinois, and New Mexico—dropped from the third quartile, while California, West Virginia, and Georgia moved up out of the last quartile. The 13 states in the lowest quartile lagged well behind their peers on indicators across dimensions of performance. Rates of uninsured adults and children are, on average, double those in the top quartile of states. Receipt of recommended preventive care is generally lower, and mortality from conditions amenable to health care is, on average, 50 percent higher in these states than in leading states.
Among the states that moved up the most in the overall performance rankings, Minnesota rose within the top quartile to become the fourth-ranked state, with significant improvement on multiple indicators. In three states—Arkansas, Delaware, and West Virginia—plus the District of Columbia, at least half of the performance indicators improved by 5 percent or more. Leading states set new benchmarks for 20 of the 35 indicators with trends. These patterns indicate that public policies, plus state and local health care systems, can make a difference. Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts, for example, have enacted comprehensive reforms to expand coverage and put in place initiatives to improve population health and benchmark providers on quality. Minnesota is a leader in bringing public and private-sector stakeholders together in collaborative initiatives to improve the overall value of health care—an approach that is gaining traction in other states. As New York and Utah have made concerted efforts to improve their performance in priority areas, these states' performance on key indicators has improved. Yet socioeconomic factors also play a role. Many of the states that ranked low on multiple performance indicators have high levels of poverty, making it difficult to provide affordable coverage without federal action.
Wide variations in access, quality, costs, and health outcomes persist across states.
Overall, the range of performance remains wide across states and across dimensions of performance, with a two-to-three-fold spread between top- and bottom-performing states on multiple indicators. On many indicators, the leading states have improved substantially since the 2007 State Scorecard—setting new benchmarks.
The divergence in performance is particularly wide when it comes to the following indicators: percentage of insured; diabetic patients receiving recommended care; mental health care for children; pressure ulcers in nursing homes; preventable hospital admissions; and mortality amenable to health care. To reach the level of top-performing states, bottom-performing states would need to improve by an average of 40 to 50 percent.
Improving the performance of all states to the levels achieved by the best states could save thousands of lives, improve access and quality of life for millions of people, and reduce costs. In turn, this would free up funds to pay for improved care and expanded insurance coverage—producing a net gain in value from a higher-performing health care system. If all states could match benchmarks set by the top-performing state, the cumulative effect would mean:
Geographic variations remain striking, repeating the same general patterns seen in the first State Scorecard. States in the Upper Midwest and New England continue to lead, and states across the South, the Southwest, and the Lower Midwest continue to trail those in other regions on overall performance rankings. This pattern generally holds for the access, quality, and equity dimensions, though western states tend to perform better on avoidable hospital use and costs of care and on the "healthy lives" dimensions. Yet exceptions also exist, especially where states and care systems have made a concerted effort to improve.
Improvements in key areas of health care quality are promising.
The State Scorecard also documents widespread improvement across states on selected indicators, especially quality indicators for which there has been a national commitment to reporting performance data and collaborative efforts to improve. Notably, for some indicators of hospital clinical processes, the average performance of the bottom-ranked states now exceeds the median state rate of three years ago, with virtually all states improving.
These indicators include treatment for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia, prevention of surgical complications, and provision of written discharge instructions for heart failure patients.
Publicly reported quality measures related to the delivery of patient-centered care in nursing homes also improved substantially across states. The average state performance on reported pain and use of physical restraints on residents improved by at least 5 percent in all states, and in the majority of states average performance improved by the same amount for a measure of pressure ulcers; the range of performance between states narrowed as well. One key measure of home health care quality—improvement in patients' mobility—also showed a 5-percent-or-greater improvement in most states.
Currently, all hospitals are required to publicly report selected quality indicators in return for payment updates from Medicare. Several public and private initiatives have further tied payment incentives to hospitals' improvement on such metrics. The rapid improvement in a relatively short time illustrates the importance of data in guiding and driving change, as well as the necessity of having incentives in place to foster higher performance. In contrast, hospital readmission rates and several quality indicators that generally are not publicly available at the delivery-system level failed to improve or evidenced mixed performance across states. A general trend toward lower rates of mortality amenable to health care, cancer deaths, and smoking is also promising, although most states' death rates substantially exceed rates achieved by the benchmark states.
Unfortunately, these large gains were not matched in other areas. For example, there were only modest improvements seen in preventive care for adults—and in only half the states. The majority of states failed to improve on multiple indicators of ambulatory care quality and access over the two-to-four-year trends typically captured by the 2007 and 2009 scorecards. Many indicators of avoidable hospital use and costs of care failed to improve or grew worse, especially hospital admissions and readmissions from nursing homes—highlighting the need for better coordination of care across care settings. It should be noted that the data related to access to care reflect the period prior to the current economic recession, which has likely worsened access for adults. Similarly, the data predate the extension of CHIP, which may be helping to offset the recession's impact on children.
On 20 of 35 indicators for which trend data are available, the median state rate (representing the middle of the range) failed to improve or declined by 5 percent or more. Only 15 indicators improved by 5 percent or more, mainly in the quality domain. Disturbingly, the range of performance across states widened on a third of indicators—often in tandem with a decline across states.
Making continual improvement the norm across all performance indicators and in all states will require national as well as state policies that ensure access to care, realign incentives, set targets, and make available the information needed to effect change. Robust measures of outcomes are needed as well to drive transformative system change; "process" indicators alone are not enough. It is also clear that improving care one disease or process at a time will not be an effective approach to achieving high performance across the board.
Symptoms of poor care coordination and inefficient or suboptimal use of resources point to opportunities to improve both quality and cost.
The State Scorecard points to evidence of gaps in care and fragmented care that reflects health system dysfunction: the failure to provide timely and effective preventive and chronic care; high and, in many states, increasing hospital readmission rates; and rising hospitalization rates for nursing home residents and home health care patients across most states. Despite improvement, rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations remain relatively high in many states. And the gaps in receipt of recommended preventive care such as cancer screenings and immunizations across states underscore the need for a stronger primary care infrastructure in the United States.
Annual costs of health care (average employer-group premiums for individuals and Medicare spending per beneficiary) vary widely across states, with no apparent systematic relationship to insurance coverage or ability to pay (as measured by median income). Moreover, across states there is no systematic relationship between scorecard indicators of the cost and quality of care across states. Some states in the Upper Midwest (e.g., Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) achieve high quality at lower costs. Although these states are exceptions to the rule, they provide examples for other states to follow in pursuit of both goals.
States with higher medical costs tend to have higher rates of potentially preventable hospital use, including high rates of readmission within 30 days of discharge (Exhibit 4) and high rates of admission for complications of diabetes, asthma, and other chronic conditions. Reducing the use of expensive hospital care by preventing complications, controlling chronic conditions, and providing effective transitional care following discharge has the potential to improve outcomes and lower costs.
Affordability is a growing concern throughout the states.
In most states, health insurance premiums have been rising faster than household incomes. Using average employer-sponsored insurance premiums (including the employee share) for individual employees as a proxy for average insurance costs in each state, the State Scorecard finds that by 2008, average premiums amounted to 16 percent or more of median household income in 37 states, compared with 16 states five years earlier (Exhibit 5). In 18 states, premiums amounted to 18 percent or more of median income for the under-65 population. By 2008, only three states (Colorado, New Jersey, and Maryland) had premiums averaging under 14 percent of median income.
This upward pressure on the cost of health coverage has led to erosion in the generosity of insurance benefits, which in turn has increased the number of "underinsured" individuals and caused others to lose their coverage entirely. Reversing these trends will require a dual focus on "bending the cost curve" as well as action to secure affordable coverage for all.
There is room for improvement across all states.
All states have substantial room to improve. No state ranked in the top quartile across all performance indicators. On some indicators, even the top rates are well below what should be achievable. In each of the states with the highest overall rankings, several indicators declined by 5 percent or more; each also had some indicators in the bottom quartile or half of performance. At the same time, in each of the lowest-ranked states, there were certain areas of performance that improved—some quite significantly.
While leading states such as Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Vermont have enacted policy reforms that are extending coverage, promoting community health, and building value-based purchasing strategies through public–private collaboration, this
has not been the case in the vast majority of states. Encouraging the adoption of systemic improvements will likely require Medicare's participation in state payment initiatives and will require collaborative federal and state efforts to develop the information
and shared resources infrastructure necessary to achieve high performance.
Key Findings and State Variations by Dimension of Performance
Prevention and Treatment
Potentially Avoidable Use of Hospitals and Costs of Care
Healthy Lives
In the midst of the current national debate on health system reform, the State Scorecard provides a framework for states to take stock of how they are currently performing and where they have opportunity to improve. The challenge for all states and for all private-sector health care delivery system leaders is this: to learn to use health care resources more effectively and efficiently, so that greater value and greater gains in outcomes can be realized. Achieving this goal will require incentives to improve and payment systems that support high-value care. There is also a need for greater integration of medical and public health interventions to help people adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles, as a means to counter the growing threat of obesity and prevent the development of chronic diseases—a major source of health care costs.
The erosion of insurance coverage (with the notable exception of a few states) and the high uninsured rates in many states underscore the need for national reform and federal action to extend affordable insurance and ensure access for everyone. Federal and national reforms also are needed to enable all-population data, spread the adoption and effective use of health information technology, and initiate payment reforms. The Medicare program, as the single-largest payer of hospitals and physicians, has the ability to serve as a national leader in the area of payment reform.
Wide geographic variations, as well as states' commonly shared concerns over care coordination and rising costs, further point to the need for national reforms that would stimulate and support state initiatives to improve performance. In the State Scorecard, those states that face the greatest health care challenges often have high poverty rates and more limited resources to invest in improvements. Moreover, the experience of the economic recession highlights the challenges of "going it alone"—even for states at the top of the scorecard rankings. State action is similarly critical. States play many roles in the health system: purchasers of coverage for vulnerable populations and for their employees; regulators of providers and insurers; advocates for public health; and, increasingly, conveners of and collaborators with other health system stakeholders.
State action is also key to improving primary care infrastructures and community-wide systems that facilitate access, improve coordination, and promote effective care. Hence, a cogent and congruent set of national and state policies is needed to move the country further on the path to higher performance. Disparities across states point to the importance of federal action that raises the floor on performance levels across all states and creates a supportive climate for state innovation and achievement. The Commonwealth Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System has identified five essential strategies for comprehensive reform. States can play an important role in fulfilling these aspirations as part of a broader national effort.
The State Scorecard shows that all states can aim higher in their health system performance. But without federal reforms to help states stem rising costs and provide more affordable coverage, access will likely deteriorate. At the onset of the current recession, 1.5 million more adults were uninsured in 2008 than in 2007 because of a drop in employer-sponsored coverage, while the rate of uninsured children declined to its lowest level since 1987—an accomplishment made possible by coverage gains under government-provided health insurance such as Medicaid and CHIP. Estimates have the number of uninsured climbing to 61 million by 2020, with millions more expected to be underinsured.
Such erosion in access and the ability to pay for care would exacerbate financial stress for families, overwhelm safety-net providers, and undermine the financial foundation of community health systems—putting quality care at risk for everyone. With rising costs putting pressure on families and businesses alike, it is urgent that states and the federal government join together to take action to enhance value in the health care system and ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate in it fully.
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enough of this three, four, seven, unlimited strikes baloney Bud
effective immediately
one strike = lifetime ban
starting with A-Roid
Cervelli?? Ryan Braun?? 20-30k in "consultant fees"..still no statement from Arod. The walls are closing in on all these guys. Lying at this point it seems will only sink them further.
Jeez. How bad was Cervelli before PEDs?
ARod, OTOH, is a slimeball. Even after his pathetic public display and passing the buck to his cousin, he still gives a brazen **** you to everyone. The more you see of this guy, the more detestable he becomes.


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We choose presidents of the United States on a mandated schedule. Brains are inundated and jawbones exercised with facts, semi-truths, questions and answers until we are nearly driven crazy. Being a good citizen can be hard work.
We choose presidents of the United States on a mandated schedule. Brains are inundated and jawbones exercised with facts, semi-truths, questions and answers until we are nearly driven crazy. Being a good citizen can be hard work.
The rigor of that decision pales next to the fortitude and mental capacity required to determine if the president of your small company should no longer be you. Entrepreneurs start businesses because they know how to do something, want control and have a vision. Ceding control to someone else is the last thing on their minds.
Some startup owners have the desire and ability to manage a business into infinity. Many have only one of those attributes, and some others have neither. Deciding that it's time for a change, or recognizing that you're in over your head, can be difficult. Solving the problem presents choices. The entrepreneur can decide to stifle additional growth, sell the business or hire a CEO/president. How can entrepreneurs turn over the reins to their "baby?" Ask yourself: Can I watch and work for someone running "my" business?
Wise entrepreneurs overseeing growth businesses recognize the problem before they reach the Peter Principle plateau (working beyond one's competency and thus being incompetent in the position). For their "baby" to stay alive, well and growing, they need to move over. Contributing to this difficult, if not heart-wrenching, decision is the lack of a mandated election schedule.
I temped for a few months at a wonderful company. The owner had grown an American dream. It started with cookies and an extra stove in the garage. When I was assigned to the company's accounts payable office we worked in a trailer appended to an outside walkway of a huge baking facility. Inside, hundreds of employees baked hundreds of cakes and pies simultaneously every hour of the day and night.
Quickly, other trailers appeared to hold new overflows of administrative employees. Multiple additions had maxed out the permanent structure. The owner soon bought the building next door, dramatically expanding floor space and gaining a huge parking lot to build more. It was very rapid growth in approximately 14 years.
Success was attributed to a bright, young, hardworking young woman with an outgoing personality. This young woman accomplished what few small business owners are able to handle — rapid and continual expansion. Yet, at the top of her game, she shocked her loyal staff by conducting a search to replace herself.
She chose a new leader. Apparently, she chose well to continue growing her "baby," as the company now boosts worldwide distribution of more than 400 different bakery products.
Charlene Maurer Finerty, owner of Plans and Profits, LLC, edits, teaches and writes custom business plans. Se PlansAndProfits.com. She also offers a Write-Your-Own-Business Plan class on DVD at BusinessPlanWritingClass.com. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Her column appears alternating Mondays.


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High school basketball
Brashear Tournament
-Novinger vs. Putnam JV. 6 p.m.
-North Shelby vs. Kirksville JV. 9 p.m.
-Knox County vs. Putnam JV. 4:30 p.m.
-North Shelby vs. Kirksville JV. 7:30 p.m.
-Milan @ North Mercer, 6 p.m.
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2009 Women's Soccer
Mt. St. Joseph 3, Bluffton 1
Bluffton has chances in 3-1 loss to Mt. St. Joseph
September 26, 2009
By: Josh Bruner, sports information assistant
BLUFFTON, Ohio -The Bluffton University women's soccer team was unable to take advantage of numerous scoring opportunities early in the contest, giving Mt. St. Joseph a 2-0 lead at the break, but the second frame was a battle as they each chipped in one goal. The Lions held on for a 3-1 win over the Beavers on Saturday, September 26, 2009. The Beavers now stand 5-3 (0-1 HCAC) on the season while the Lions jumped to 5-3-1 (1-0 HCAC).
The Beavers return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 29, when they travel to Oberlin. The contest is slated to start at 7 p.m.


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The lights are on
Looking for a survival Horror group? I was as well. Looking to reminisce about such classics as Eternal darkness, Resident Evil and Silent Hill? Why am I asking so many questions? Well then this is the group for you my friend!
Rule Of Rose is the second-best survival horror game I've ever played. It's right behind Silent Hill 2 for me. It's an expensive game to track down, but I emulated it, and it changed my life. Seriously. Besides SH2, it has the single most powerful narrative I've ever experienced in any video game ever. Now, the combat is another story entirely, but it's worth putting up with. The atmosphere is great the symbolism is thick, and the narrative is mysterious. Plus, after you beat it, there's practically an entire wiki that you can digest to further immerse yourself in the game's fascinating world. Highly recommended.
"Life handed us a paycheck and we said 'We worked harder than this!'"
@Andrew Ryan: HOLYCRAP. That sounds amazing. Going to emulate it now. How did you find out about it? Symbolism is one of my favorite things in games, I love it when videogame makers put intense and thoughtful ideas into their art.
Yeah, I'm a huge fan of that stuff as well. I can't remember the very first time that I heard about it, but a Youtube video of a cutscene and a peek at the wiki suggested it was right up my alley.
I actually have a copy of RoR, but I've barely played it. The intro is incredibly creepy, but not in a way you'd expect.
My only grip with the game is that the combat is terrible, which can be a fairly large gripe, but still, it was worth it. I loved that you never felt safe because opening a door often times caused Jennifer to jump and one of those kids to slam the door. Those always made me jump for some reason. The atmosphere can only be described as beautiful; it's like a Grimm fairytale, but more feminine.
Wow, I absolutely can't wait to play it now! Oh man, now I just gotta start saving up for a new PC, so many great games to play!
What's so bad about the combat btw?
Well, the combat is just about broken, since the enemies can hit you pretty easily, but your hit detection seems noticeably crappier. The thing is, though, that there are numerous exploits that people have found, where you can go into a hall several times and keep killing a single grunt and keep getting healing items, etc, so a little tolerance is needed to put up with the game's flaws, but if you really care about the narrative, which I certainly did, it will push you through to the end. Also, the most annoying enemy encounters happen a bit later in the game, so you'll already be absorbed by that point.
Yeah, that would be frustrating... what style of combat is it, is it turn-base or is it like Silent Hill/Resident Evil style?
Wow, I can't believe I've missed out on this title, it's always impressive to me when a game's story is SO good, you're willing to bypass the frustratingly poor combat. From the trailers I've seen and what I'm hearing, is sounds right up my ally!
When you compare games like RoR and SH to the games we have now, it certainly feels like the survival horror genre had declined over the years. I've always preferred disturbing over gory.
I had that way back when it first came out I think. Played it off and on can't remember if I beat it though. I wasn't too hot on the combat style but I'll take that over FF any day. It was a really cool story and game in general actually thought that they were making a movie when I seen the first teaser trailer for Cloverfield.
You too will come to understand fear, as I have. - Pious Augustus


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It's easy to forget that there's actually a football game going on during the Super Bowl, what with all the attention paid to the high-profile commercials and the big name acts that anchor the annual halftime show.
But Chevrolet is hoping that it can be a real Super Bowl stand-out despite General Motors much-publicized decision to yank its ads from the upcoming event. In a creative compromise with the NFL, the Detroit maker plans to place its all-new 2014 Corvette on the 50-yard line during the halftime show and present it to this year's celebrity performer Beyonce, sources tell TheDetroitBureau.com.
GM officials would not confirm for the record their involvement in the 2013 game, Chevrolet spokesman Mike Albano only noting that, "We've got a history of being involved with the Super Bowl."
That involvement was originally set to end, however. Last May, former GM global marketing czar Joel Ewanick announced that, due to rising costs he called unjustifiable, the maker would not advertise during Super Bowl XLVII.


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I read with enthisiasm the answer to the query "Enchanting Lyx" in LXF 161 Answers section. I run Lyx on a bunch of different computers, three of them running version 2.0.0, and one of them seems unable to activate a spellchecker, while the other two do fine. The rogue computer, and one of the good ones, runs Ubuntu 12.04 (the "bad" is using a KDE desktop, while the "good" uses LXDE).
I created the (missing) ~/.enchant directory, and the enchant.ordering file. Enchant is installed, of course, as well as aspell, ispell, and hunspell. That didn't work, so I dwelved in the configuration files for Lyx, hand editing the "preferences" file so it would match the spellechecker instruction in the "good" system, but that didn't work either. I did try to "Reconfigure" every time I chnaged somehting, but nothing changed.
By the way, any attempt to activate the spellchecker from within Lyx fails, since the "spellchecker engine" entry in the Tools > Preferences > Language Settings > Spellchecker is grayed out, and no cicking brings it up.
ANy suggestion would be greatly appreciated - I can move my files to a "good" sytem for spellchecking purposes, but it is a pain...


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Charlton have confirmed the sacking of manager Chris Powell - less than a week after he agreed terms on a new contract.
New owner Roland Duchatelet axed the popular 44-year-old former Addicks left-back following Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Sheffield United, and with the club lying bottom of the Sky Bet Championship.
Duchatelet, who took over at The Valley in January, is reportedly set to appoint Jose Riga, a former coach at Standard Liege - another club owned by the Belgian businessman - as Powell's replacement.
Powell, whose contract was due to expire at the end of the season, revealed last Thursday he had agreed financial terms on a new deal but was awaiting further assurances from the new owner.
Duchatelet said: "We have been working with Chris Powell and his representatives for a couple of weeks to try to agree a contract extension which would have seen us continue to work together.
"There was good progress, but we could not reach an agreement over the club's football strategy going forward
"The situation put a strain on the working relationship between Chris and the board. Therefore I think it is best for all parties that we part ways at this stage.
"I would like to thank Chris for his commitment and hard work over the past three years. The club enjoyed a number of good times under his leadership.
"However, given the club's position in the league and the number of important fixtures upcoming, I felt this difficult decision was unavoidable at this time.
"We will look to quickly appoint a replacement who we feel will give us the best chance of avoiding relegation from the Championship.
"I can assure supporters this was not an easy decision, but it has been made with the club's future in mind. Time will tell if it is the right decision."
Tuesday's news brings a turbulent campaign to an end for Powell, who had to deal with the ownership saga and the state of The Valley pitch which caused a spate of postponements during the winter and leaves them playing catch-up at the foot of the table.
The assurances the former England defender wanted surrounded the new recruitment policy after Charlton sold key men Dale Stephens and Yann Kermorgant in January and replaced them with a host of players on loan from Standard Liege.
Powell has only used those players sparingly since their arrival, for example preferring Ben Hamer in goal to January signing Yohann Thuram-Ulien, which may have tried Duchatelet's patience.
Many Charlton fans are unhappy at the new regime, fearing Charlton will become a feeder club, and are likely to make their feelings known during Wednesday night's home game against Huddersfield.
Powell took over at The Valley in January 2011 and guided them to the League One title the following season before they finished ninth in the Championship last term.
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LEWISBURG, Pa.— Student consultants in Bucknell University's Small Business Development Center work with local businesses each semester on projects ranging from product development and business plans to cost analysis and marketing.
In the past year, students helped refine playground equipment, develop an all-natural liquid soap, build mobile road barriers and refine technology for a baseball training mechanism, among other projects.
Juniors Jake Pedder and Li Xiaolong, for instance, partnered with product engineers at Playworld Systems Inc. in Lewisburg to find out why some of the rungs on their built-in, concave ladders were breaking after heavy use.
"We found that the supports were shearing in the weld's heat-affected zone if the crossbars were too long or the walls were too thin," said Pedder, a mechanical engineering major. "We used structural engineering as well as finite-element-analysis to create guidelines for future designs. We learned a lot about product design and development and gained technical knowledge."
Statewide engineering program
Bucknell's SBDC, one of 18 in Pennsylvania, offers free, confidential help to local businesses in Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Perry, Montour and Juniata counties. It also gives students hands-on experience with solving real problems companies face.
Housed in the College of Engineering, the Bucknell SBDC is unique in that it provides new product development, computer-aided design and analysis, prototyping and laboratory research, said Steven Stumbris, interim director and most recently assistant director for technical consulting. Muncy-based Telepole Manufacturing, for instance, boosted its annual sales by more than $450,000 through working with Bucknell student consultants on product improvement. The center receives funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Bucknell.
Chris Ivory, product and manufacturing engineering director at Playworld Systems, said his company's ongoing partnership with the SBDC has helped product engineers refine designs and improve products.
"We have materials we use over and over that have similar geometries," Ivory said. "The students were looking at how thin they could make the materials and still have them be strong. The partnership gives students the experience of working on product development. It also helps us refine our design process."
Cost analysis
Other projects focuses on different aspects of business. Jack Fornaciari, a junior economics major, for instance, conducted a competitive analysis for an entrepreneur considering buying a bed-and-breakfast business. He considered factors such as industry competition, occupancy rates and room prices to determine that the asking price was higher than what the business was worth.
Nathan Hill, a junior mechanical engineering major, helped Fromm Barriers Inc. in Shamokin design and build "mobile, rapid-deployment" barriers for use in law enforcement and secure facilities. The barrier prototype will be crash tested by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
"One thing I learned is that you really have to think about manufacturability as you design," Hill said.
A better swing
J.D. Hirst, a fifth-year student pursuing a combined bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and management, worked with Pittsburgh-area Swing Rep Hitting Systems on a baseball training technology to improve hand-eye coordination. He developed a prototype using a small motor and a laser indicator. The company has a patent pending on the product.
"I learned a lot about the design process from concept to prototype," Hirst said. "We had to look at consumer requirements, safety and usability and do patent searching."
Damon Vinciguerra, a fifth-year student pursuing a combined bachelor's and master's degree in chemical engineering, worked with a chemical engineering senior team on a project with Pompeii Street Soap Co. of Mifflinburg to develop an all-natural, liquid hand soap.
"I learned how to talk to a client, scope out a problem with them, and find out what they needed," he said.
Answering demand
Jessica Grill, the business owner, said the partnership allowed her to work on a new product her customers have been requesting.
"I do not have a lot of time for product development. We make everything, and we have over 100 products," Grill said. "Our specialty is bar soap, but we have a huge demand for liquid natural soaps. The students came up with a wonderful formula for my peppermint liquid soap. I am tweaking it now for shelf life and the type of packaging I need."
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Pictured: Jeff Cohen has scored three goals in each of his
first two games this season.
Photo courtesy: Gil Talbot Photography
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore attackman Jeff Cohen of the 11th-ranked Harvard men's lacrosse team has been honored on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, it was announced Thursday evening. Cohen is one of nine Ivy League players tabbed to the watch list.
The list is comprised of the top lacrosse players across all three divisions of collegiate lacrosse and are the early hopefuls for the 2010 Tewaaraton Trophy. Watch list nominees are screened and selected by two selection committees. The selection committees are comprised of college coaches, one committee for the men and one committee for the women.
"I am excited to announce this year's watch list," said Robert Sweeney, President of the Greater Washington Sports Alliance. "The committee has done an outstanding job at selecting the top contenders across the country. This year's list represents 35 institutions, over 13 conferences encompassing students from 14 states, Canada and Australia, so if this is any indication of what is to come, I believe we are in store for an electrifying and intense season ahead."
Cohen, a native of Syosset, N.Y., is tied for the Harvard lead in goal this season with six, earning hat tricks against Canisius Feb. 27, and Georgetown March 3. The NEILA Rookie of the Year last season, Cohen garnered All-Ivy League honorable mention status after pacing the Crimson with 41 points and 34 goals, including five on man-up opportunities.
Cohen's 34 goals last year ranks ninth on Harvard's all-time single season list. Cohen ranked third in the Ivy League and seventh in the nation with 2.62 goals per game was stood fourth in the Ancient Eight with 3.15 points per contest.
The Tewaaraton Award was formally established in August of 2000 and is the pre-eminent lacrosse award, which is given annually to the NCAA men's and women's lacrosse player of the year. Tradition dictates that each year the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six tribal nations of the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and the Tuscarora. This will be the 10th annual awards ceremony and is the "Year of the Seneca".
The award will be presented on June 3 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Cohen Named to Tewaaraton Award Watch List
Pictured: Jeff Cohen has scored three goals in each of his
first two games this season.