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Aligning Forces for Quality: The Regional Market Project
The Foundation's initiative, Aligning Forces for Quality, was designed to improve the quality of health care that Americans receive. Through this initiative, targeted communities across the country are working to lift the overall quality and value of health care in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care, and provide models for national reform. Greater Kansas City LINC, Inc., is one of the communities working toward the program's goals to improve the quality and value of health care. In this last phase of the initiative, the participating communities will build upon their previous successes and lessons learned so that improvement in the quality of care starts to become clear, evident and measurable. Communities will use the tools of performance measurement, public reporting, quality improvement, consumer engagement, and payment reform to help drive change. They will also continue to focus on reducing the costs of care to promote not just high-quality, but also high-value health care. Communities have each included plans for sustainability.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $1,000,000.00
Awarded on: 4/29/2013
Time frame: 5/1/2013 - 9/30/2013
Grant Number: 70933
Greater Kansas City LINC, Inc.
3100 Broadway Street, Suite 1100
Kansas City, 64111-2425
Catherine L. Davis
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Luxury residential opportunists count rewards
Global luxury residential markets are always interesting. It really does indicate where the wealthy are hanging out, migrating to and moving away from. The never-ending search for safe haven investments keeps pushing prices up, in spite of stock market blips and financial crisis fallout. It seems you just need nerves of steel and the courage to jump in at the bottom. Whatever happened to the dreadful doom and gloom in the US property market only a few months back? Last week in New York all anyone could talk about was how it was simply too expensive to live in town any more. Formerly cheap arty areas like the lower East side are cheap and full of artists no more. Where the artists have gone is anyone's guess but it's wall to wall city suits now. New Yorkers are scathing about the bridge folks, those who have been hounded out of Manhattan to places like New Jersey by property prices, but that's reality. With them have gone the Mom and Pop shops and rerstaurants, driven out by the escalating rents. New Yorkers are having exactly the same conversations as we are here in Hong Kong.
Meddling governments achieve little
Growing global wealth has kept governments active, trying to limit price growth and stop bubbles developing but their efforts seem cosmetic at best. A certain strata is getting richer and is prowling the planet looking for real estate investments.
Knight Frank's latest Wealth Report shows a polarised global market, with a third of the locations in their Prime International Residential Index showing prices rose during 2012, despite mixed economic fortunes.
But they found half of their reported locations showed negative growth, not surprisingly in Europe. Particularly in the second-home hubs, although even there, less greedy prices have begun to attract new investment.
Asia-Pacific remained the poster boy for positive news in the luxury residential sector in 2012, with, Knight Frank found, five of the year's top 10 growth markets. First came Indonesia led, with stunning performances in both Jakarta (+38%) and Bali (+20%). Jakarta was fuelled by continued strong GDP growth, which has topped 6 per cent for five out of the past six years, boosted by stellar growth in middle-class wealth. Increased access for overseas buyers could keep the market afloat this year. Thailand did well at 9.4 per cent growth last year in Bangkok and 4.7 per cent in Phuket, buoyed by low supply and rising investment interest, according to Knight Frank. Imagine if you had had the courage to buy just after the 2006 tsunami in those locations - you'd be laughing now.
Last year's Wealth Report highlighted the importance of the Chinese housing market to the global economy because of the booming construction sector driving commodity demand. But in 2012 the prime Chinese centres saw mixed fortunes, with double-digit growth in Guangzhou and Shanghai set against significantly lower growth in Beijing.
Beijing, and other big cities are grappling with government intervention to cool the market, such as limits on multiple home ownership, mortgage caps and, in some places, a crackdown on non-resident buyers. But in spite of this, the amount of money chasing prime property in Shanghai and Beijing has kept prices rising in both cities during 2012. It's mirroring Hong Kong, where chief executive CY Leung's 15 per cent stamp duty for non-permanent resident buyers, Knight Frank observes that price growth still nearly doubled from 4.6 per cent in 2011 to 8.7 per cent in 2012. Though in fairness, this did not kick in til the latter part of the year. So where else should investors look for safer property havens? The Middle East, it seems, with Dubai standing out with 20 per cent hikes the price of luxury villas during 2012. Things could not have not looked more gloomy than in Dubai during the global downturn between 2008 and 2009, so it just shows those brave and patient enough to jump in a t the bottom of cycles come out on top.
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While the achievements of Luke Donald, Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy will rightly play a big role in this week's BBC Sports Personality of the Year, there is another Englishman who should not be forgotten. Lee Westwood was huge-odds-on to win his fourth title of the year this season and in terms of passing financial milestones he has left that trio trailing.
But then, they are not the only ones. Last Sunday, the 38-year-old became not only the leading career money-earner on the European Tour (leapfrogging Ernie Els), but he also became the first Briton to break through the £25m mark in on-course earnings. As Westwood said: "Not bad for a lad from Worksop."
From that down-to-earth town in Nottinghamshire, Westwood has risen to become one of Britain's highest-earning sportsmen. With his record in the majors recently (six top threes in the last four seasons) he understandably believes there is plenty of the journey still to travel, but he is prepared to take a pit-stop to reflect on where he started.
"I thought I'd had a good first year when I finished 45th on the Order of Merit and won £125,000," he said, thinking back to 1994. "I had a good week the first week, when I won about £2,500 in Madeira. After that I bought a car I couldn't really afford – a Vauxhall Calibra, silver. I was in my early twenties and I think the insurance was more than the car itself."
The Vauxhall has since gone, but a few dents remain. He may have been the world No 1, and he will return to world No 2 with a top-two placing here at the Amata Spring Country Club today, but until he wins a major, the doubters will always question his standing. "I'm sometimes amazed when I get criticised," he said. "I look back at my career and I think I'm an over-achiever. I've always worked fairly hard. I've won 36 tournaments in five continents."
One of the charges he and his fellow multi-millionaire colleagues often face, however, does not concern the contents of his trophy cabinet, but instead his bank account. "We play for a staggering amount of money, no doubt about it and I've always stressed we are very very fortunate," he said. "I think we are paid too much money – compared to police and teachers and nurses. But then compare it to footballers. I think the only thing you can probably justify it by is that when golfers have a bad day, we don't get paid anything, but when we have a great day we get paid a lot. It's part of the pressure involved. There isn't a wage as such."
Westwood claims not to be motivated by money and certainly not the career-earnings charts. "When you first come out on tour, you play for the money because you need a certain amount to keep your card," he said. "But gradually as you win more, get exemptions and things like that, you get more confidence in your ability and you turn up to tournaments with the mindset of trying to win the trophy... you know the money's just going to come along with it."
Yet in golf it is not the worst barometer of success. For as Westwood pointed out, much depends on how much a golfer wins for what he can enter or qualify (eg Ryder Cups). Where putts for second place are sometimes worth hundreds of thousands it is too glib to say all that matters is winning. "Careers are defined by major championships. I get constantly asked about it so they must," he said. "And I'd love to win a major; it's the reason why I keep practising and driving myself on. But the security of my family, my kids means more to me than that. I wouldn't sacrifice all I had for a major, no."
Yet Westwood is prepared to sacrifice plenty as he has proved here this week. While many of his competitors have been enjoying the charms of Bangkok, he has stayed on the mineral water and weights. Such discipline helped him forge a 11-shot halfway lead at 20-under, but yesterday Charl Schwartzel dared to eat into this outrageous advantage. Indeed, by the time they teed up today there was but four shots separating them following Schwartzel's 66 to Westwood's 73. Westwood took it all in that pragmatic way of his. "After a 60 and 64, you have to be a bit realistic unfortunately," said Westwood. "A lot of people are going to think you're going to shoot 60, 62 and 64 every day but I'm afraid golf is not like that. A four-shot lead into the last round is a good position to be in. I'd have taken it on Thursday morning, that's for sure."Reuse content


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MLB: New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals
NFL: Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers
NBA: Detroit Pistons
NHL: Detroit Pinkwings
College Football: Michigan, USC
College Basketball: UCONN, Texas, Michigan
Let's make some noise!
MLB: New York Yankees (although I had a hard time hating them when they had O'Neill, Torre, Pettite and a generally classy group of players in 1998-01). I also root against the Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers. I hated the Oakland A's teams of 1972-75 and 1988-90, but I no longer hate the A's. Ever since barry Bonds joined the Giants, I have rooted against SF.
NFL: San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons.
NBA: Most of the league.
NHL: I don't care.
College football: Michigan, Louisville, Auburn, Miami (Florida and Ohio), Georgia, Stanford, Notre Dame
College basketball: North Carolina, U. Conn.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
I really don't like saying that I "hate" these teams, so I'll just say I dislike them with the intensity of a thousand burning suns.
MLB: New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs
NFL: Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ratbirds
NBA: Couldn't care less about any of them
NHL: Don't know enough about it to choose
College Football: Pitt, Penn State
College Basketball: Kentucky
Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
MLB: Braves.
NFL: Ravens and Steelers.
NHL: Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings.
NBA: Not a big fan, but I'll go with the Lakers if I have to choose.
NCAA: West Virginia Mountaineers, Cincinnati Bearcats, and Miami Redhawks.
MLB: Cardinals, Cubs
NFL: Pretty much everyone(although I enjoy watching Carson and Chad)
NBA: Almost every team
NCAA basketball: UCLA
NCAA football: UCLA, Ohio State, LSU
I'm guessing you don't like the city of Boston, eh?Originally Posted by RedFanAlways1966
MLB: Cardinals
NFL: Toss up between Steelers, Browns and Ravens
NCAA BB: Kentucky
NCAA FB: Michigan
MLB: Yankees, Cubs, Astros. Used to include the Braves but I don't have them as much as I used to for some reason.
NFL: Cowboys, Giants
NBA: Lakers
NHL: meh.
NCAAF: Tennesee, Miami
NCAABB: Kentucky
University of Kentucky basketball. Good to see those arrogant you-know-whats struggling, for once.
The seven most magic words in all the land...
"If, in the opinion of the referee,..."
I can't believe you left the Dodgers off your list.Originally Posted by RFS62
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
NFL: Colts, Cowboys, & Jags
MLB: Cubs
NHL: All of them
"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
Yankees, Cubs, Cardinals---MLB
Denver Broncos---NFL
MLB-Chicago Cubs
NFL-Carolina Panthers or the Steelers.
NCAA football and basketball- UNC Tarheels. I hate them more than all other teams in all other sports combined.
NHL-Doesn't matter.
NBA- Don't know and don't care.
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Meet the Career Center!November 13, 2013
We're excited to start featuring all the wonderful people and opportunities that pass through our office- but first, let's introduce ourselves… We've asked Career Center staff members to weigh in with some helpful career tips, plus their favorite Career Center candy.
Stay tuned next week for more tips and favorite treats from the Career Center- plus more staff bios!
Recap: Careers in Social Justice Panel, October 2013November 6, 2013
Julia Moen '14 discusses the "Careers in Social Justice Panel" that happened several weeks ago.
Star Tribune Touts Pathways ProgramNovember 3, 2013
The Sunday, November 3 edition of the Star Tribune featured a front-page story on Carleton's new "Pathways" program, which helps students prepare for life after Carleton by exploring how certain classes and majors could lead to potential careers, internships and off-campus study programs. It also leverages Carleton's existing relationships with alumni, parents and friends of the College, allowing students to network and find out how those people's experiences could help them find their path after Carleton. All of this happens within the framework of Carleton's faculty advising process, tying the initiative to the core mission of the College. "Carleton does a great job of educating students," Louis Newman, associate dean of the college and director of advising, says in the article. Reporter Maura Lerner write "But last year, as part of a strategic plan, officials decided they could do more to help students 'prepare for life after Carleton'." The Pathways project, Newman says, was the response: an all-purpose website to help students explore the careers that might interest them. "So they don't get to the end or middle of their senior year and say, 'Oh, what now?' " Visit the Pathways website for more information, and make sure to check out the career-path visualization, created by Carissa Knipe '14 (Cupertino, Calif.), a studio art and computer science double major.
Chronicle of Higher Education Mentions Carleton's New Pathways ProgramOctober 1, 2013
The Oct. 1 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required) made a note of Carleton's new "Pathways" program in its article entitled "Career Centers Stretch to Fill New Roles." The Chronicle notes that Pathways was started as a result of discussions during the recently-completed strategic planning process, listing as one of its priorities this goal: "Prepare students more robustly for fulfilling post-graduation lives and careers." The Chronicle writes "Carleton believes in its approach to a liberal-arts education, says President Steven G. Poskanzer, its president. Still, he says, "we are not keeping faith with students and families if they graduate from Carleton and then spend the next three or four years floundering." Pathways is an outcome of that planning to more intentionally shape the College's advising program, has started a new Web site to provide information on popular career fields like health and wellness and arts and communication, and is doing more to tie academics and outside activities together."
Carleton Receives Gift To Create Will Internship Fund in Social EntrepreneurshipSeptember 17, 2013
Thanks to a gift from Eric '66 and Mimi '66 Carlson P'97, Carleton College has announced the establishment of the Robert E. Will '50 Endowed Internship Fund in Social Entrepreneurship. Administered by Carleton's career center, the fund supports 8-10 domestic or international internships per year at up to $5,000 each for students pursuing social entrepreneurship. The fund honors Bob Will, the Raymond Plank Professor of Incentive Economics, Emeritus. A 1950 Carleton graduate, Will earned his PhD at Yale University and taught at Carleton from 1957-93. He championed the importance of a liberal arts education, and each year the Robert E. Will Economics Prize is awarded to the senior economics major or majors who demonstrate excellent academic achievement and breadth of intellectual interests in the best tradition of a liberal arts education. Professor Will remains a resident of Northfield and is very involved in community activities.
On the JobAugust 6, 2013
Kimberly Betz '91, who was a program coordinator and an associate director in the Career Center from 1996 to 2000, has returned to Carleton as the new director of the Career Center.


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Conservative Jewry in the United States: Evolution Through Denominational Switching
By Sidney Goldstein, Alice Goldstein
Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, 1997
In this paper we use the 1990 NJPS data first to describe the denominational composition of American Jews, and then to assess the switching that has occurred into and out of Conservative Jewry.
Topic: Demography, Religious Denominations
Name of Publication: Jewish Population Studies (Papers in Jewish Demography)
Volume/Issue: 29
Page Number(s): 295-316
Genre: Report
Coverage: United States
Language: English
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Goldstein, Sidney. Goldstein, Alice. Conservative Jewry in the United States: Evolution Through Denominational Switching. Jewish Population Studies (Papers in Jewish Demography). Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry. 1997: 295-316. http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=2920
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Whether or not the Chrome OS from Google is going to become a stable of the computing world is still up for debate but one company is banking on it becoming a success by launching the world's first desktop running the cloud-based OS.
A couple of weeks after we saw the launch of a couple of Chromebooks, Xi3 has launched the Chromium Modular Computer which will run Chrome OS as standard but has been designed to be easily adapted to run any other x86-based operating system. The ChromiumPC is encased in an aluminium chassis, which holds three small but interconnected modules: one processor module and two I/O modules. The press release from Xi3 even goes so far as to give step-by-step instructions on how you would go about modifying your ChromiumPC with different I/O modules. Xi3 indicated that these different I/O modules would be available later this year and that some third-party developers were even developing their own proprietary modules. "The Xi3 Computer Architecture is designed to support any x86-based operating system, including Windows, Linux, Unix, and other open source-based operating systems," said Jason A. Sullivan, president and CEO of Xi3 Corp.
Xi3 are betting the house on cloud-based operating systems becoming the norm in the coming years, believing that "people have become more and more comfortable with using Web-based applications and storing data away from their computer." The ChromiumPC processor module will house a single- or dual-core 64-bit, x86-based processor as well as the computer's memory. The small form factor and shiny chrome finish will appeal to those looking to replace the hulking black mass of plastic currently residing in the corner of the living room, but convincing the general public to use a computer without local storage is another thing entirely. Of course we've already seen the desktop PC shrunk down in the shape of the Sapphire Edge nettop.
The ChromiumPC is due for release on 4 July, allowing customers "to declare their independence from the built-in obsolescence of other computers." No pricing has been announced yet but we would hold that considering the lack of many 'standard' PC components, it will be relatively affordable.
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Not one of the director's very greatest films on desire (see Letter from an Unknown Woman and Lola Montès for those), Ophüls' circular chain of love and seduction in 19th century Vienna is still irresistible. Embellishing Arthur Schnitzler's text with metaphors that are entirely his own (a carousel; an omniscient/omnipotent narrator/MC, with Walbrook at times actually seen splicing the celluloid stories together; and that perfect expression of the Ophülsian circle, the waltz), Ophüls almost manages to make you forget that the performances in the first half (Signoret, Reggiani, Simon, Gélin, Darrieux, Gravey) are much better than those in the second. And there are more than enough moments of cinematic magic to excuse the occasional longueurs of talkiness.
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Serge Reggiani
Simone Simon
Daniel Gélin
Danielle Darrieux
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Where to Get Home Remodeling Help
More seniors are opting to age-in-place rather than move to a retirement home or assisted living center. This aging-in-place trend means that there are many seniors living in homes that are too big for them to properly maintain. Beyond basic maintenance issues you also have the need to renovate rooms to make then safer and more accessible for the aging owners.
More seniors are opting to age-in-place rather than move to a retirement home or assisted living center. This aging-in-place trend means that there are many seniors living in homes that are too big for them to properly maintain. Beyond basic maintenance issues you also have the need to renovate rooms to make then safer and more accessible for the aging owners.
An Ounce of Prevention
Recognizing these issues before they become problematic is the best game plan. A Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) can help you determine what design issues you may face with your current living arrangement. CAPS are trained to help the population aged 50 and above make home modifications so that they can live safely and independently in their own home as they age. The National Association of Home Builders along with the AARP developed the CAPS program to help seniors find simple solutions to common dangers and household obstacles.
The National Association of Home Builders is in charge of training and accrediting designers and builders as CAPS. The NAHB requires that persons with the CAPS designation take continuing education courses every three years. They also encourage CAPS to earn some of their continuing education hours through public service initiatives. For list of Certified Aging-in-Place Specialists go to NAHB.org and search for the CAPS directory.
When Things Get Out of Hand
Sometimes seniors do very well on their own for many years and then the house suddenly becomes to large or their health takes an unexpected turn. Clutter, landscaping, even minor repairs can become too much for the homeowner to handle. Before too long the home is nearly inhabitable, has become dangerous to the inhabitants and the cost of necessary repairs is skyrocketed well beyond the owners' income.
Should you find yourself of a loved one in this situation it is important to know that there are avenues that can help you find the assistance you need.
- Local and national charity organizations like Rebuilding Together. This charity's Safe at Home Initiative is focused on helping with home repair and remodeling issues that left unattended would make a home unsafe. Rebuilding Together is a strong advocate for seniors and multi-generational families as well as the disabled. To find out if there is a local chapter in your state visit the organization at RebuildingTogether.org.
- PACE (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) is an organization open to citizen over the age of 55 that are eligible for a nursing home, but can also live at home with the help of the community. Funded almost entirely by Medicare and Medicaid, PACE helps to keep seniors in their own homes. While home maintenance is not a specific goal of this organization it is still a good point of contact as many social services are covered.
- Elder villages collects membership fees in exchange for access to discounted services like transportation and home repair. Elder villages may also provide some free services to its members including social events.
- NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities) is a unique opportunity available to some seniors. The definition of a NORC is a neighborhood or apartment building that eventually grows into a community of older adults as the residents age. The neighbors then organize themselves into a retirement community with the assistance of a government agency. As a NORC the neighborhood can expect to enjoy services like meal delivery and home renovations tailored to aging in place as well as and recreational opportunities. NORCS.com is a great place to learn more about this national initiative and see if your neighborhood fits the model.


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Michigan Stadium Map | Michigan Stadium Seating Chart
Michigan Stadium Food & Beverage Map
Automated Teller Machines
Automated teller machines are located at the north and south ends of the stadium.
Baby Changing Areas
Changing tables are located in all family restrooms at Michigan Stadium and most men's and women's restrooms on the public concourses. This symbol can be found on the signage outside of all restrooms with changing tables.
Bag Check
Michigan Stadium has a Bag Check area for guests who may have items that will not be allowed into the stadium (see the Prohibited Items list). The Bag Check area is located inside the south entrance of Crisler Center off of Stadium Way. Guests must take their prohibited items to their vehicle or to the Bag Check area. A claim check will be issued to them that should be retained to claim their checked items. The following items may not be checked: Cash, Alcohol, Illegal Drugs, Food, Video Cameras, Cameras and Weapons. By using this service, you assume all risk of loss for checked items. Items must be picked up within 45 minutes of the end of the football game. If not claimed within the 45 minute time-frame, please call Crisler Center at (734) 763-1659 the Monday following the game to claim your item. Items not claimed within 10 days will be discarded. Please note that fans are advised to leave prohibited items at home to avoid the long lines at the Bag Check area.
Cameras and Video Equipment
Single-frame flash photography is allowed, however, cameras with lenses longer than six (6) inches will not be allowed into the stadium. All forms of video and motion-picture cameras are strictly prohibited. Guests are also forbidden to use lighting or camera support pods at Michigan Stadium.
Child and At-Risk Adult ID Wristband Program
The University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security offers a Child and At-Risk Adult ID Wristband Program during large-scale events held at Michigan Stadium. Important information, such as a contact number and seat location, can be written on the wristband. This program helps security and law enforcement personnel to reunite a loved one if they become separated from their parent or guardian. Wristbands are available at gates 1, 2, 4, 8 & 9.
Full service concession stands are available around the stadium concourse. Concession services are managed by Sodexo, Inc. The locations of concession stands around Michigan Stadium are indicated on the stadium map. For a complete list of food and beverage options, check out the food and beverage map.
Student Section
» Water available for purchase in Student Section for $2 via walking vendors
» Mobile phone charging stations located at Gate 9 and the south end of the stadium directly outside of Gate 3
Crisler Center
Public restrooms on the concourse level of Crisler Center will be accessible through the Northeast Entry off the Blue Lot. M Den Stores in Crisler Center are located inside the Northeast Entry (off the Blue Lot) and the Southwest Entry (near Gate 2). Crisler Center and M Den Stores open as follows:
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Directions to Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium 1201 S. Main St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3722
Google Directions/Map
From Detroit Metro Airport or Points East: Take I-94 West to Ann Arbor-Saline Road exit (#175). Turn right. As you travel north, Ann Arbor-Saline Road will turn into Main Street. Michigan Stadium is located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Stadium Boulevard.
From Chicago or Points West: Take I-94 East to Ann Arbor-Saline Road exit (#175). Turn left and follow Ann Arbor-Saline as it turns into Main Street. Michigan Stadium is located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Stadium Boulevard.
From Toledo or Points South: Take US 23 north to I-94 West. Follow directions above from Detroit Metro Airport.
From Flint or Points North: Take U.S. 23 south to I-94 west. Follow directions from Detroit Metro Airport.
Michigan Stadium has 14 elevators available for use by guests holding tickets to premium seating areas (Suites and Club Level) as well as by guests with a disability. The locations of the elevators are indicated on the stadium map.
Guests are not permitted to leave Michigan Stadium and return on the same ticket. Re-admittance to Michigan Stadium will be allowed only in the case of an emergency. Those needing to exit Michigan Stadium for this purpose must see the Gate Supervisor through which they exit/re-enter prior to exiting.
Family Restrooms
Family restroom locations are indicated on the stadium map.
Fan Conduct
Guests using or displaying foul language or obscene gestures or appearing inebriated will be ejected from Michigan Stadium. Any fan entering the field of play or throwing objects in the stands or onto the field will face arrest and prosecution. A fan's season tickets may be subject to termination if they or the persons holding their ticket are found to be the cause of these problems. Any fan behavior that directly or indirectly interferes with the enjoyment of the game will be promptly addressed and may result in revocation of the ticket license and removal from the venue. If someone is interfering with your enjoyment of the game, please contact a Michigan Stadium Event Team Member for assistance.
First Aid
Emergency medical technicians, doctors and ambulances are at Michigan Stadium during all games. Should you require medical assistance, please see a Michigan Stadium Event Team Member or go to the First Aid building, located west of Gate 9. In addition, medical personnel are also located throughout the stadium seating areas and are available for assistance.
Gate Openings/Closing
We highly recommend getting inside the stadium gates in plenty of time to enjoy pregame festivities and avoid the typical congestion near kickoff. Arriving early and becoming familiar with your surroundings will best ensure that your gameday experience is a great one. We recommend entering the gates at least 60 minutes prior to kickoff. Michigan Stadium gates open as follows:
|General Public
|Gates 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10
|Perimeter of Michigan Stadium
|2 hours prior
to kickoff
|1 hour postgame
|Students Entrance
|Gate 10
|NE corner of Michigan Stadium
Greene & Keech
|2 hours prior
to kickoff
|1 hour postgame
|East side club
and suite level
|Jack Roth Stadium Club Entrance
|Off Blue Lot
North of Gate 1 and tunnel
|2.5 hours prior
to kickoff
|1 hour postgame
|West side
suite level
|Ross Tower Lobby
|Off Main Street
South of Gate 8
|2.5 hours prior
to kickoff
|1 hour postgame
Guest Services
Guest Services Teams are available in select parking lots and throughout Michigan Stadium on game days to answer questions, address concerns and listen to suggestions. Remote Guest Services kiosks can be found in the Blue and Green Lots, and north of Gate 10 from four hours prior to kickoff until the game begins. Once inside, the stadium's four Guest Services kiosks are located at Gates 2, 4, 8 and 10. Guests can also visit our main Guest Services Building located at Gate 9, as well as our Guest Services and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Tent at the south end of Michigan Stadium.
Lost & Found
Game Day: Found items can be given to a Michigan Stadium Event Team Member, a Police Officer or taken to Guest Services at Gate 9. Anyone wishing to inquire about a lost item may do so at Gate 9 Guest Services.
Subsequent to Game Day: Items of value (cameras, wallets, cellphones, etc.) are collected postgame and taken to the University of Michigan Police Department. Persons who have these types of lost articles may email the UMPD at firstname.lastname@example.com. For less valuable items (keys, IDs, M-Cards, glasses, hats, gloves, etc.), please email email@example.com. These items will be kept for a week and then discarded.
Media Entrance/Will Call
Both Media Will Call and Photographer/Videographer Will Call will open three hours prior to kickoff. The designated entry point for media as well as Media Will Call is located at the Levine Tower Lobby (southwest tower) located off of Main Street just north of Gate 4. Photographer/Videographer Will Call is located on the east side of the stadium near the football tunnel just north of Gate 1. All media entering the stadium will have their bags checked and tagged outside the Levine Tower or at the media field access entrance north of the stadium tunnel.
MHSFCA Hall of Fame Display
The Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame display is located on the lower concourse at the southeast tower as indicated on the stadium map. This display recognizes past and current inductees in the MHSFCA Hall of Fame.
Parking & Courtesy Shuttle Information
A limited number of (cash only) single game parking passes for persons needing accessible parking will be available in the Green Lot on game day on a first-come, first-serve basis and requires a State-Issued Disability Parking Placard or license plate. Access to game day/cash sales parking is available on a weather permitting basis at the University of Michigan Golf Course from three locations: State Street, Stadium Boulevard/Green Lot and Main Street. Game day/cash sales parking is also available at Pioneer High School from Main Street, Ann Arbor Golf and Outing from Stadium Boulevard, Maize Lot from State Street just south of the Varsity Tennis Center and the University of Michigan Driving Range from South Main Street. For a more detailed list of parking lots, rates, availability, location and courtesy shuttle schedules, please visit Parking Information for Football Game Days.
Premium Seat Entry Points
Designated entry points have been set up for club and suite level ticket holders on both the east and west sides of the stadium. The east side entry is located at the Jack Roth Stadium Club entrance off the Blue Lot parking area (just north of Gate 1 and the football tunnel). The west side entry is in the Ross Tower Lobby located off Main Street just south of Gate 8.
Programs & Merchandise
Official souvenir programs are available at remote Guest Services kiosks in the Blue and Green parking lots and north of Gate 10 until kickoff and from vendors inside the stadium gates through the end of the 1st quarter. Officially licensed University of Michigan souvenirs (including game programs) are available at M Den Stores located around the stadium concourse, in Crisler Center and outside the gates.
Safety at Michigan Stadium
For emergency procedures, instructions for maintaining a safe environment at Michigan Stadium, and lists of permitted and prohibited items, visit the Safety at Michigan Stadium page.
Seat Cushions
Seat cushions are available for lease on a season basis. Please see wolverineseats.com for more information.
Smoking and E-Cigarettes
The University of Michigan is a smoke-free campus. Smoking is prohibited in ALL areas of Michigan Stadium. In addition, guests wanting to leave and smoke may NOT re-enter the stadium. It is the responsibility of all fans to observe the no-smoking regulation.
While prohibited in the seating areas of Michigan Stadium, the use of e-cigarettes is not prohibited in lesser congested areas of the venue (e.g., concourse and circulation spaces).
Student Entry and ID Policy
Students must enter Michigan Stadium, and the student section, through Gate 10, which is located on the northeast corner of the stadium at the corner of Greene Street and East Keech Avenue. To gain entry into Michigan Stadium on game day, a student ticket and a valid student ID must be presented at Gate 10 or a validation sticker must be purchased and affixed to the student ticket. No one shall use the ID of another student to gain entry. Validation stickers are sold during the week at the Michigan Ticket Office and the Michigan Union, and are also available on game days at the Michigan Union from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. On game day, validation stickers are sold at Student Will Call (located at Gate 9 at the north end of the stadium), but advance purchase is recommended to avoid long lines. Please visit ID Policy for U-M Football Student Tickets for more information.
Guests needing to make a phone call should visit Guest Services at Gate 9 to use the Stadium Courtesy Phone.
Tickets and Admissions
Michigan Stadium gates will be open two hours prior to kickoff. Suites and Club Level Areas open two and one-half hours prior to kickoff. Suite and Club Level ticket holders may access these areas at that time through their designated entrances on the east and west sides of the stadium. Tickets cannot be refunded or replaced if lost, stolen or destroyed. Children of all ages must have tickets for admission. Please hold on to your ticket stub at all times.
Traffic Postgame
In order to expedite the high volume of vehicles leaving Ann Arbor following all football games at Michigan Stadium, traffic on Main Street from Stadium Boulevard to I-94 is one way southbound.
Public transportation is available through the AATA Football Ride (theride.org).
Water Fountains
Water fountains are located throughout the public concourses at Michigan Stadium. Please ask any Michigan Stadium Event Team Member for their nearest location. In addition, free cups of water may be obtained from any concession stand with soda dispensing capability.
Will Call
Please see below for all Will Call locations as well as close times for each. All Will Call locations open 2.5 hours prior to kickoff.
|General Public
|Crisler Center -
Northeast Entry
|Off Blue Lot
|Start of
3rd quarter
|Gate 9
|North end
of Michigan Stadium
|Start of
3rd quarter
|East side club
and suite level
|Jack Roth Stadium Club Entrance
Forbes Family Lobby
|Off Blue Lot
North of Gate 1 and tunnel
|End of game
|West side
suite level
|Ross Tower Lobby
|Off Main Street
South of Gate 8
|End of game
"Welcoming Our Wolverines" (W.O.W.) Fridays
Michigan Athletics would like to welcome fans and visitors to Ann Arbor and Michigan Stadium on select Fridays prior to home football games by providing an opportunity for them to purchase official game programs, take their picture with one of the well-known landmarks at Michigan Stadium, and ask any question they may have prior to game day. Guest Services Team Members will be available outside Gate 10 (corner of East Keech Avenue and Greene Street) and the Northeast Entry of Crisler Center from Noon - 6 p.m. on select Fridays.
September 2*
September 9
September 16
September 23*
September 30
October 21
November 4
November 18
* Tours will not be held on September 2 and September 23.
In addition, 60-minute tours of Crisler Center and select areas of Michigan Stadium will also be available on Fridays prior to home football games for a fee of $10 per person. Tour tickets will be available for purchase at the Crisler Center Ticket Office located just inside the Northeast Entry beginning beginning at 1 p.m., with tours beginning at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased online up until 10 a.m. on the day of the tours. [ Buy Tickets ] The tours will begin in the Hall of Honor, travelling around the concourse of Crisler Center to the east side of Michigan Stadium. There will be an opportunity to have photos taken inside the stadium, and officially licensed University of Michigan souvenirs will be available at the M Den Store located on the northeast concourse of Crisler.
Parking permits are available for purchase at the northeast entrance of Crisler Center for W.O.W Fridays. The cost is $5 and guests can park in the lots surrounding Crisler Center on this day only.
Please email any questions about W.O.W. Fridays to firstname.lastname@example.com. For information on other guided tours of Michigan Stadium and Crisler Center, please visit facilityrentals.ath.umich.edu.


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In exchange for 10 Medals of Honor, after completing the Battle for Lion's Arch. See the LionGuard in the western part of the Keep.
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I ordered a sportline 335i with a manual trans almost three weeks ago and have yet to get a production number. Am I out of luck for getting a 2012 MY?
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Just to give you an idea of the time it takes. I ordered on 02/25 and production started 03/29 and shipped 04/18.
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Don't sweat it man a lot of us are waiting a long time for custom 335 orders. I placed my order on 3/10 and didnt get a production number until 3/26. Production begins 4/30 in Rossyln SA.
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If your dealer had an available allocation they gave you, you should be able to walk out with a production number the day you ordered the car. If they have not given you a production number yet, I would be suspicious they do not have an allocation to give you and they are waiting for one in the coming month(s). You need to call your dealer now and press them on this issue for a straight answer.
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How high of a tax rate are you willing to pay to pay for all of that?
I'm willing to keep paying the 30% I'm paying now, but have it spent differently. That, and to roll back the Bush and Reagan tax cuts for the top 2% so they pay more than the 15% they pay now. That's how much. And it would cover it.
Actually, what Bush borrowed to pay for Iraq would have covered most of it for the same amount of time. The research has been done. The facts are out there. $2 TRILLION he indebted us to to go to Iraq, when we could have used that money here. It did nothing to catch Bin Laden. It did nothing to avenge 9/11. It did nothing to slow terrorism. The Islamic Jihad is now stronger than ever thanks to our invasion.
You guys crack me up. We can model our public assistance programs, for example, after several other countries, that REQUIRE you to do public service work in order to get your assistance check. You can't just sit home and collect. You work, or you go to school. And they don't require on a BOOMING, private, FOR PROFIT, prison industry to take in billions of dollars using free labor to the same work.
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text: Amen! I want UM to do well. I think DAntonio is the right guy for the Spartans. I am sure deep down they want to beat a UM team that is not hobbled by scandals, issues etc. This will make the in-state rivalry so much better. "It's going to be hard for some people, especially the people that were recruited by (former Michigan coach) Lloyd Carr," McGuffie said. "They were used to a certain way of how Lloyd Carr went about things and running Michigan. I believe Rich Rodriguez has a different approach to how he wants Michigan to be known." While he's an Owl now, it's clear McGuffie still wants the best for his former school. "They're going to get things worked out," he said. "After last year, going 3-9, people are going to try to take shots in any way they can to get Rich-Rod and Co. either out of there or just try to keep them down. Anybody who knows anything about Michigan knows they won't be down long. "They'll find a way to put Michigan back on top." Quote: Sam McGuffie: Rice Owls! Rice Notebook: McGuffie keeps mum on Michigan | Rice Athletics | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle


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'St. Anger' Is Jimmy Page and Jack White's Favorite Metallica Album
You won't find many Metallica fans who list 2003's St. Anger among their favorite of the band's albums, and producer Bob Rock understands why — but he also knows of a couple famous rockers who disagree.
"There's two people on the face of the earth that took the time to say how much they like that album," said Rock during his recent appearance on the Talk Is Jericho podcast. Going on to describe a morning when he was eating breakfast at a hotel and found himself a couple of tables away from Jimmy Page, he continued, "I know Jimmy … He got up and walked over to me, gave me a big hug, and said, 'It's great to see you,' blah blah, 'I love the St. Anger album.'"
Rock's other pat on the back occurred at a screening of the documentary It Might Get Loud, which co-starred Page. "I was at the premiere, and Jack White came over — he says, 'I'm Jack White.' I said, 'I know.' He says, 'That's my favorite Metallica album.' So," laughs Rock, "I'm okay with those two."
Still, Rock points out that he gets the various knocks on the album. "It's a very odd record," he conceded. "But it is — it's the truth. It's the raw truth about them at that time."
That rawness extends to St. Anger's sound, which is owed to a variety of factors, some of which Rock delved into during his Talk Is Jericho appearance. For example, there's the story of how the band arrived at Lars Ulrich's drum sound, which was different by design.
"People comment about the sound, but when we went in, I said to them, 'I can't set up the drums exactly the same way. I can't do that.' It's like, why does metal music have to have this certain sound before it's metal? So I kicked the can a bit in that way. We could talk about this for a long time, but really, the sound of the drums on that, I got the first set that [Ulrich] ever used when they rehearsed in the house in Oakland, when they first got together. I set it up and Lars stared at it, right? For, like, months. And then one day he sat down and played, and it was ringing and it was raw, and he said, 'This is it.'"
Rock also discussed the famous "no solos" edict that punched up the pace of the record at the expense of a huge part of fans' expectations for a Metallica record. As Rock remembers it, "Lars said, 'No guitar solos.' And [James Hetfield] and I are going, 'But … that's what [Kirk Hammett] does.' So every song, Kirk comes in and plays a solo, and if it doesn't make the song better, we're not using it — and we went through the whole album like that."
Perhaps most crucially, bassist Jason Newsted quit the group prior to the start of the recording sessions, which led to Rock filling in for the record while they looked for a permanent replacement. "The band was falling apart. It wasn't a band for awhile at all," Rock said. "I was part of the process of keeping them alive."
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In Mississippi, NASA's $350 Million Tower of Pork
Early this year, NASA will complete work on a $350 million tower to test rocket engines at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. When it's finished, the 300-foot steel-frame facility will stand unused—because the agency doesn't need it. The engines it was supposed to test were part of a Bush-era space program that was canceled in 2010. And NASA isn't developing any new rockets that would require the A-3 tower for testing. You might think congressional leaders scouring the federal budget for fat would have welcomed such an obvious, painless cut. Instead, its funding survived thanks to Mississippi Republican Senators Roger Wicker, who wrote an amendment to a 2010 NASA bill requiring the agency to wrap up the work, and Thad Cochran, who advocated for the spending from his seat on the Appropriations Committee.
With more than 5,000 workers, the Stennis Space Center is the largest employer in Hancock County, on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. The A-3 tower is the first major test structure built at the center since the 1960s. Stennis "is a magnet for public and private research investment because of infrastructure projects like the A-3," Wicker wrote in an e-mail explaining his efforts to continue funding it. "I authored an amendment to require the completion of that particular project, ensuring the Stennis facility is prepared for ever-changing technologies and demands."
It's not clear how the tower will accomplish that. A relic of President George W. Bush's Constellation program, it was intended to test engines for rockets that would carry U.S. astronauts back to the moon and beyond after the space shuttle's retirement in 2011. President Obama proposed ending the program in 2010 following rising costs and delays. At the time, NASA already had spent $292 million on the A-3 structure. Since then, it's spent an additional $57 million to keep building it, according to a February 2013 report by the agency's inspector general, Paul Martin. Testifying before the House space subcommittee in September, Martin highlighted the A-3 as an example of how lawmakers, looking to keep federal dollars flowing to their states, can block efforts to cut unnecessary spending. "The political context in which NASA operates often impedes its efforts to reduce infrastructure," he said.
The tower, built to support liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen tanks weighing as much as 320,000 pounds apiece, is made of millions of pounds of steel and includes chemical steam-generator units that would have been used to simulate an engine's ability to power a rocket to altitudes up to 100,000 feet. NASA isn't going to let all that unused equipment turn to rust. Spokeswoman Karen Northon says the agency will maintain the unused structure, in case it's needed in the future. That will cost taxpayers a mere $840,000 a year.
The bottom line: Mississippi senators kept millions in federal dollars flowing to the state for a rocket-testing tower NASA doesn't need.


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SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, The Haunting in Connecticut charts one family's real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant …Read More »
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SYNOPSIS: After a group of 54 school girls commit suicide simultaneously at a train station, police start investigating their deaths and try to connect the seemingly unrelated suicides that had been plaguing Japan. With the help of a woman who identifies herself as 'The Bat' and set to the music of a girl band called 'Dessert' detectives dive head first …Read More »
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - True to their reputation as Hollywood nonconformists, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen are bucking 80 years of Oscar tradition with a rare joint nomination for directing "No Country for Old Men."
Having swept the film honors of Hollywood's major talent guilds, including the Directors Guild of America, the Coen brothers are clear favorites to clinch the Academy Award for best direction when the Oscars are given out this Sunday.
They would become only the second pair of credited filmmakers to share a directing Oscar, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for the 1961 musical "West Side Story." Warren Beatty and Buck Henry also were nominated jointly for the 1978 fantasy "Heaven Can Wait" but did not win.
The support for "No Country" from Hollywood's guilds, which comprise a large and influential constituency of Oscar voters, also makes the Coens front-runners to win the best picture Oscar as producers on the film along with Scott Rudin.
Oscar wins for best picture or directing would give the ultimate seal of Hollywood appreciation for Joel, 53, and Ethan, 50, two auteurs who have built a loyal cult following as film industry outsiders.
"No Country" marks both a departure -- their first film based entirely on a novel -- and a return to form for the pair with its tale of highly idiosyncratic characters caught up in events unleashed by nefarious plans gone horribly wrong.
Blending and bending elements of the thriller and western genres, "No Country for Old Men" is a tale of fear, despair and moral decay wrapped in a terse and violent chase film. One of the Coens' darker offerings, it stands as their biggest commercial success, grossing more than $92 million worldwide.
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text: I'm sorry if this has been talked about already, but I just want to know what y'all think about smg's seeming to be the go to/easiest weapons in the game. Even when you take out the factors like the small map size and the speed at which you run and ads with it, the smg's seem like the thing that most players use. For me, I don't like it. Taking out the fact that I like using semi-auto, high damage ARs and snipers, because I didn't have this problem until MW3 and BO2. My main problem is simply the recoil. Now, I can already hear people saying that it's just easier to control, that there's still recoil, so let me just tell those people this. Smgs shouldn't be controllable. They should go bonkers whenever you press 'fire,' but they also shouldn't act like you're using a sniper and holding your breath. You shouldn't be able to control it because you can shoot/kill fast, especially in BO2. Other issues like the fire rate and mag size are in my head, but I could justify those if Treyarch had tried to balance them. Another reason why smgs shouldn't be the best or most used weapon category, is because that right goes to ARs. Assault rifles are supposed to be the general "jack of all trades, master of none," item. They should mostly be able to handle a small distance fight, to a relatively long distance fight effectively. They should have an average amount of ammo, and their rate of fire should be quick, but not too quick. An example of what I'm trying to say is that from short range supremacy to long range supremacy it should be: shotguns, smgs, ars, lmgs, snipers. Now, while you can have varying levels of a specific gun, like a slow shooting but high damage smg or a semi-auto sniper, this should be, for distance effectiveness, how the guns work. However it seems almost like for BO2 the list is this: shotguns, smgs, smgs, smgs, snipers, and even then the snipers only have like 2 or 3 maps where they can be used for long range battles. That's basically my gripe with smgs. Tell me your ideas about this whole "smg excellence" that is so prevalent in the game.


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|December 9th, 2005, 04:16 PM
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how much $$$ do plow drivers make
I saw a sign today looking for plow drivers offering $75 per hour. With your own truck of course. I was looking to see how much the guys that plow on here make. My cousin says one of his naeighbors at his cabin in whitecloud has the contract to plow the wall mart in Big rapids and i think he said he makes like $40,000 for just doing wal mart ? Is this BS ?
|December 9th, 2005, 04:28 PM
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For me it depends on what type of lots.
I started contracting for this current company middle of last year. I get paid $60.00 an hour.
My cousin plows for the same company and makes $75.00 but has worked for him about 5 yrs.
This is for commercial, large lots.
The largest stop on my route is Oak Ridge Market at 11 and Ryan, about the size of a K Mart parking lot.
I used to make more but it was plowing condo's, small driveways. They suck big time. Wasn't worth it.
Can't help you on the 40k for Wal Mart. But I'm sure he also salt's the lot. That can run into some very large money.
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When I plowed I got $75.00 an hr. no salting or shoveling. I have plowed personally, comercialy, and by contract. I will only plow with my own vehicle anymore. That is where the $$ is at. Yep it figures the year I get rid of my plow and start to cut up the truck. We end up with a couple good snows already. Hopefully for those that are plowing this year. The pennies fall plenty from above.
|December 9th, 2005, 05:41 PM
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I worked for my brother-in-law's company and made $30 an hour in cash when I had to work. He went all by contracts, and I don't know how much he made on the contracts.
|December 9th, 2005, 05:54 PM
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excavating companies get the big lots up here , K mart walmart and so on . Trying to plow drive ways is a waist of time . Every tom dick and harry have a plow and thell do drives for 10 to 20 bucks .
I run an 8' plow on the dually but i plow only my drives :gman:
|December 9th, 2005, 06:38 PM
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Let me think about this $20 per drive 6 drives an hour minimum thats $120 an hour. I would think that is where the money is at. So grease monkey you got $30 an hour? That was using someone else's truck or your own? $40,000 a year to contract Wal Mart does not seem out of line from what I have been hearing. I would think that there is probably some kind of front end loader time involved in that money also and they are real expensive to lease or hire. And yes I have plowed plenty of snow. Plowed 25 years than took a few off and started again this year.
|December 9th, 2005, 06:51 PM
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6 drives per hour , hold the phone . First find some one that wants to pay at all . Now put 10 or 20 miles between the drives your doing . the fuel spent , use of truck and maybe 3 drives an hour .
Up here its not worth it . Remeber there isnt a house every 100 ' up here , there miles between
The operational cost of a pickup today , total of all expenses , figuring depreciation maintence ins fuel blah blah is $2.55 per mile
If i ran 20 miles to do 3 dirves i make 60 bucks . honest cost is 51 bucks , ye ha i made 8 dollars profit .
44 business's fail every minute do you know why ? They lack the ability to know there own true cost of ops and under charge there service or product .
Fact is i own the only towing company in west branch that has stood the test of time . Those that under cut my rates there a temporary aggrevation . They do not calculate the funds needed to replace trucks do proper maintenece and so on . In time they go belly up . I can think of 5 other companies that have come and gone druing my time in towing just in our area .
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Our driveway is about 500' long. A few years back it would run me $20 to have it plowed. Last year the price had risen all the way to $50. Screw that. We have 3 4x4 vehicles. We'll just drive through the snow this year.
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Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Grand Rapids. 20 miles between driveways? It takes a couple years to get most business to get going but if you do not live in the sticks why would it be 20 miles between jobs. The problem is everybody thinks that they are going to make a killing the first year. Even the big plowing companys took a few years to get that way. I had at least 7 spots where I had 4-7 jobs within a mile of each other. Total travel for my whole route was not over 25 miles and when it was snowing hard I was doing 90-100 drives a day and working a regular 8 hour job.
So if you drove 20 miles to make $60 you think that it is more expensive and harder on the equipment than driveing back and forth in a parking lot continous for an hour for that same $60. I still think the driveways and the 20 mile drive will be way easier on equipment for the same money.
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Plowing wouldn't be a bad gig...as extra income.
I'd hate to have my means of making a living relying on whether we get a good winter or not.
I had some guy tell me if i put a plow on my truck he would pay me $30 an hour to plow for him. Now wait a minute, spend 3-4k on a plow(i think), beat the crap out of my truck, and wake up at 2:00AM to go plow lots, then go to my real job at 7:30. Doesn't seem very practical to me.
But if you were getting better money like your own contracts and you had a flexible schedule like Stan it would be a really good way to justify driving a big diesel truck every day.
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for residentials close together thats not much. We get about 25$ for the easy drives that only take a few minutes to do. in our neighborhood we have about 15 driveways and they dont take more than an hour so yah, you can do the math.
And to factor in gas, I plowed for 14 hours yesterday and only used 3/4 or the tank in our TJ and as for maintenance we havent put any extra money into the plow since we got it in 98. The air shocks are kinda needy, only on our second set though.
bottom line if you have your own vehicle 75$/hour isnt that great you can make much more on yer own. Im sure you could make more than that driving around after a snow, im always gettin people askin me to do theirs, since I really dont need them i just give them an outrageous price, and youd be suprised what people will pay for 5 minutes of work
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