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Farewell to Google Analytics Keyword Data
Posted on September 25th 2013
On 23rd September 2013, Google confirmed changes were coming in relation to the keyword data it provides in Google Analytics. They are currently working on encrypting all keyword search data, meaning that your 'Not provided' keywords will soon reach 100%, as no such data will be provided in Google Analytics.
Content marketers and SEO's are already familiar with the ever increasing number of 'not provided' keywords that Google Analytics was already reporting. Indeed, this has been the case since late 2011 when Google first started to encrypt the searches made by users logged in to Google.
Whilst this has had an impact, resulting in a rise in the number of 'not provided' keywords reported, this still accounted for a relatively small proportion of keyword searches, and a good amount of keyword search data was still available in Google Analytics.
Keyword searches will now be encrypted for all users
That has now changed however and Google now plan to encrypt searches for all users regardless of whether they are logged in and conducting searches via a secure SSL connection or not. Google claim to be protecting the privacy of their users in doing this, and whilst the change hasn't happened yet, it certainly sounds like it is imminent.
Why has Google decided to encrypt keyword search data?
As to why Google has made this decision, the reasons are currently down to pure speculation. The prevailing thinking is that the decision might have been made in an effort to block agencies such as the NSA. Earlier this year, Google was accused of cooperating with in order to provide them with direct access to its search data, something Google strongly denied.
Another reason why Google might have done this is to force businesses into using Google AdWords. By paying for clicks on certain keywords, they in turn will have access to the keyword data that is set to be removed from Google Analytics.
Is There A Way Around This?
According to Search Engine Land, keyword data will still be available through Google Webmaster Tools, but I do speculate as to how long this will remain the case and believe it to be more than feasible that keyword data will also be removed from Webmaster Tools at some point.
The information available through Google AdWords whilst not perfect, is excellent when you consider the fact it is free. Perhaps this was an inevitable step, taking away access to more data forces businesses to go down the paid routes of either PPC and Google Analytics Premium.
Whilst reducing free features in many ways is understandable, it is worth considering the fact that not all businesses have the budgets available to compete effectively in paid search and all but the biggest global brands will be able to meet the absurdly high annual fee for Google Analytics Premium (which if you are wondering costs £90,000).
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I think they are really moving towards developing analytics and search on G+ and hashtags.
See this latest GoogleUpdate from Zaheed Sabur of Google: A feature they will have for Google.us and Google.ca for next 48 hours.
Efforts like these may seem altruistic, but they're a good investment because they'll help people use the internet more, which means more Google use, which means more advertising revenue.
I agree that this will impact smaller businesses that do not use Adwords, but I would argue that they are probably not using this feature anyway. Unless they are using someone like me to do their analytics for them, I believe it is unlikely to create a problem. I do think Google will introduce another route to this data later on, probably one that will have a cost associated with it. Associating it with G+ may help them with expanding that strategy, too, as it has limited impact so far. Great post, thanks for provoking the thoughts!


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Saracens centre Brad Barritt will miss England's second Test with South Africa due to an eye injury.
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Sarries fly-half Owen Farrell scored four penalties in England's 22-17 defeat.
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IEEE has announced that IEEE P2030, a proposed standard for smart grid communications, is nearing sponsor ballot within IEEE, a major milestone toward ratification as a standard. Work will continue at the IEEE P2030 Working Group meeting, today and tomorrow in New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Sierra "AirPrime" modules are designed to support a complete embedded application framework for M2M application development. Remote management is also supported thanks to AirPrime Management Services, a set of device management capabilities.
Vodafone (London) and Intel (Santa Clara, CA, USA) will co-develop a new kit that will allow companies to embed M2M functionality into products. The kit will be built around Intel's "Atom" class processor, and supported by service from Vodafone's network.
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I strongly disagree with you, Wendy. Fiercely. On two crucial points.
1) I can think of one woman in a capital city who is holding down a high-profile commercial AM shift by herself – Amanda Blair.
But, as I can only think of that one example – which unfortunately kind of strengthens your point about the rarity of women in key commercial AM radio roles - I therefore must desperately resort to strongly, fiercely disagreeing with you on this other point…
2) Commercial AM radio is not the last bastion of blokiness in the media, Wendy. Such blokey bastions abound throughout the media. Take commercial FM radio, for example…
Since ancient times back in the '90s, as a bastion of blokey employment practices commercial FM radio hasn't progressed much.
Hasn't progressed much? Truthfully?
Okay. At all.
Casting aside my mock outrage, your article knocks loudly on the door of a far greater issue, one that continues to be gravely concerning. And there are no signs of progress being made in addressing the gender imbalance in the most significant on-air and off-air roles - those with the greatest impact on the audience. To use one specific example …
What is the gender ratio of Program/Content Directors in 2012 versus back in the medieval-'90s***? With two dozen commercial FM stations across the five biggest markets, by now you'd think roughly half those stations might have Content/Program Directors who are women. Staff turnover combined with the law of averages would give you, say … twelve women in those roles, give or take?
Not even close.
Quick shout out – name by name - to … every … single … one … of the capital city FM Content/Program Directors who are women, in major markets spanning 4,000 kilometres right across Australia:
Hi Irene!
Hi Donna!
To be clear: in roles that have the greatest impact on the audience - whether on-air or off-air, on AM or FM - it's not a slight imbalance, it's not even a major imbalance … there's just no semblance of balance.
(I would add that there's not an even balance of women vs men working in Engineering, either – but I'm gathering that's less of a reflection on gender imbalance and more a reflection of each individual woman's right to exercise her own free will).
And commercial FM radio hasn't progressed far in terms of key on-air roles, either…
Because, I must confess, I'm as guilty as one example from Wendy's article. When the press release came out announcing Chrissie Swan and Jane Hall as Mix 101.1's new breakfast show, several (female) clients phoned immediately, asking "what do you think of that?"
And I'm embarrassed that, like 2UE's Chris Parker, I also said "That'll be seen by the radio industry as a bold and a brave move." And it really shouldn't be seen that way. After all, it won't be seen as a bold and a brave move by the majority of the audience. It's not like women are Martians. Two Martians on Melbourne breakfast radio – that would be cutting edge stuff. Keep the two feisty Martians on-air together for a whole year and that's an ACRA for Best PD right there. Martians are notoriously difficult talent.
But two women? It shouldn't be seen as any more bold and brave than hiring two men.
Try explaining the industry perception to the audience. Ask a bunch of people who aren't connected in any way to the media to "name all the industries that would see hiring two women into prominent positions as a bold, brave move" … and see where on their list of blokey occupations they rank "presenting a radio show".
One serious response was "but their (women's) brains work different".
My jaw hit the ground and started dragging right alongside that person's knuckles.
Their response was appalling, even way back then when the French still did all their painting on cave walls. Yet, even though no-one is making statements like that out loud in 2012, it's not like any real change has happened in two decades, either.
And "but we've got some chicks in Integration / Promotions / Sorting Out The Prize Cupboard" is not a valid long-term solution.
Note: the Irene Hulme mentioned above is Content Director of Nova Adelaide. Read more about Irene here. The Donna mentioned is Donna Puechmarin, Content Director of SAFM Adelaide, and her ACD is the brilliant Alexis Kuchel. Donna, Alexis: my sincere apologies for not mentioning you originally, I really do mean it.
However, Dave Cameron is a smart-arse for pointing out my error in not mentioning them. In public, no less. Thanks, Snapperhead.
Without the radio industry being patronising in any way, it should also make a bigger deal of that fact that half the FM Content Directors in Adelaide are women. And, against the expectations of many in The Old Boys Club, that the sky has not fallen on our heads - and the Martians have not invaded and demanded the surrender of all humankind, plus some pretty outrageous contractual clauses around doing public appearances and OBs.
P.S: any finger-counting idiot who accuses me of being a feminist is entirely missing the point. Being able to divide 24 commercial FM stations by 2 genders to get 12 is primary school maths, not feminism.
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Say I'm given the sequence $\{a_1,a_2,a_3,\dots\}$. Does a subsequence have to be infinite? Or can it be finite too? For example, is $\{a_1,a_2,a_3\}$ a subsequence?
Yes the subsequence must be infinite. Any subsequence is itself a sequence, and a sequence is basically a function from the naturals to the reals.
Usually, this is the definition of subsequence.
Definition. Let $\{p_n\}_n$ be a sequence (in some set), and let $n_1<n_2<n_3<\ldots$ be a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers. Then the sequence $\{p_{n_j}\}_j$ is called a subsequence of $\{p_n\}_n$.
It follows that $\{p_1,p_2,p_3\}$ is not a subsequence of $\{p_n\}_n$, since $n_1=1$, $n_2=2$, $n_3=3$, but what is $n_4$? This is the common feeling for mathematical analysts.
However, we must be careful, since it all boils down to the very definition of sequence. In analysis, a sequence is a function $\mathbb{N} \to X$, or, more generally, a function $N \to X$, where $N \subset \mathbb{N}$ is such that $N$ contains all sufficiently large integers. In other disciplines, it might be useful to call sequence any function defined on a subset of $\mathbb{N}$, even a finite one.
A sequence in a set $X$ is a function $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow X$. Let $g:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ be a strictly increasing sequence, then the composition of $f$ and $g$, is called a subsequence of $f$. Thus the domain of a subsequence is always infinite, but the range can certainly be finite.
As an example consider the sequence $f(n):=n$ even $n$ and $f(n):=1$ odd $n$. Let $g(n):=2n+1$. The range of $f\circ g$ is equal to $\{1\}$, which is finite.
In my experience, the term subsequence has always referred to an infinite subsequence. I believe this is standard. If you want to consider finite subsequences, you should say finite subsequence, or if you want to consider subsequences that may or may not be finite, you can say possibly finite subsequence.
A subsequence can be finite. Note however, that you can always extend to an infinite sequence by $a_1, a_2, a_3, a_3, a_3, \cdots$


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1-star: 0
Adirondacks mountains: Unfortunately the cover got…
Design: 4 seasons
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: not hard
Weight: over 5 lbs
Price Paid: $450
Adirondacks mountains: Unfortunately the cover got ripped on the 3rd day of use. The conditions were severe. 50 mph winds, snow and rain, temperatures ranging from -5 F to 35 F. I believe a tree branch ripped through the tent. Not sure what caused it, because the tent was found blown from its original site.
Very tough. Strong tub floor.
Storm Resistance:
Tested in winter conditions. Rain, snow and wind. Never a leak inside the tent, even after the rain fly ripped.
The length and width is just adequate for two people under 6 feet tall. Backpacks need to be kept outside with two people.
Head space near the doors is about 4 inches shorter then the center. So don't expect to sit at the ends.
It's tight for two people. And at 5 F, touching the sides of the tent can feel very cold.
Ease of use:
Nothing especially difficult to set up.
Mountain Hardwear replaced the fly that got ripped, no charge.
The Annapurna is an improvement on the tried and tested…
The Annapurna is an improvement on the tried and tested Trango design. It is absolutely bombproof in the worst mountaineering conditions. Using a silicon coated fly, the Annapurna actually pitches tighter than a Trango and should hold up better in the long run.
It is slightly smaller than the Trango 2, but it's plenty roomy for even expedition length climbs. The doors are a bit small unless you dig a snow pit for the vestibule, but that's not really a significant trade off. The back window and vestibule are not all that useful, expecially compared to the Trango which has a back door.
I guess I'm still figuring out how to use this space well. As with all MH tents, you get thoughtful detail in the design, including lots of pockets, like the storage units in the roof.
My only complaint is that I wish MH could get the weight under 5#. The Annapurna is a reasonable weight, and far better than a Trango, but I'm getting old.
Great tent. Used it for a 5-day hike through Tasmain…
Design: 4 season exp free standing
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: easy
Weight: 3.4 kgs
Price Paid: $400 us
Great tent. Used it for a 5-day hike through Tasmain in Australia (a bit of an overkill for the conditions).
Handles rain and wind like a dream.
The only down sides are trying to take the tent down in the rain, and the condensation builds up if the tent isn't vented correctly.
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This thing can survive any storm-it won't even sag under the load of wind-drifted snow. Other cool features: pole clips for easy pitching, buckle-reinforced vestibule zippers, plenty of organizing pockets, and double-wall construction that keeps condensation at bay. Our tester says 'After 21 nights on Mt. McKinley, I had plenty to say about this winter fortress-all of it good.' - Men's Health Gear Fall 2005. 4 ultralight Easton 7178 T9 alloy poles keep the weight to a minimum while providing great strength. Factory-hot-taped floor and fly seams. Large front vestibule with full-length support pole; rear vestibule with zip access in tent canopy. Silicon-coated fly with UVX window in front vestibule. Two Tension Shelves for storage and added strength. Full-size door with mesh and fabric. Tapered floor design for easy setup in tight spaces.
The Annapurna? is a super light, expedition tent with a high strength to weight ratio and trim footprint for placement on ledges. This dependable, com...
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With a strong and durable four-pole structure, Annapurna's trim floor design is perfect for easy placement on narrow ledges and snow platforms. This is a two-person super-light tent, made strong for use in winter mountaineering-type conditions. Nylon taffeta rainfly features a polyurethane coating on the inside and a silicone coating on the outside for added tear- and UV-resistance. Large front vestibule with single entry is supported with a full-length pole; UVX, non-yellowing, clear film window allows light in and a view out. Single, full-size double D-shaped door gives you a choice of mesh for ventilation or ripstop nylon for four-season use. Rear pull-out vestibule with zipper access in canopy allows you to store gear and easily grab it from inside the tent. Pole clips save weight and allow superior ventilation between rainfly and tent; Gated Power Clips at pole intersections increase tent's stability. Two Tension Shelves™ provide increased tent strength, vestibule support and storage. Off-ground perimeter seam improves strength and tautness of pitch and forms a waterproof tub. Cantenary-cut seams create taut canopy and improve rainfly strength; back-tacked stress points add strength and durability. Water-resistant zippers are covered by stiffened zipper flaps to keep water out in all conditions. Zippers are bias-bound to keep operation smooth and snag-free with nice, even tension; zippers are less stressed so they last longer. Large stake out loops accept skis and snow pickets. Large pockets and webbing hang loops keep things organized inside the tent. Includes stuff sacks, aluminum Y-pegs, Seam Grip® and owner's manual. Average minimum weight specification is based on tent, rainfly and poles only. Closeout.
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Jane Austen Used Pins To Edit Her Manuscripts
"Before the word processor, before Whiteout, before Post-It Notes, there were straight pins. Or, at least that's what Jane Austen used to make edits in one of her rare manuscripts." Have a look.
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St. Paul Ballet Makes A Go Of It As A Dancer-Run Company
"A little more than a year ago, the company and school faced debt and considered cutting back on performances and even closing its doors. It reorganized as an artist-led organization, with dancers taking on administrative roles. Heading into the 2014-15 season, it looks like the dancers' dedication has paid off."
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This Soprano Is Morphing Into A Maestro (And She's Serious About It)
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The Other Wagner Great-Granddaughter
Nike Wagner, Wieland's daughter, pretty much knew that she'd never lead the Bayreuth Festival once her uncle Wolfgang took over. (The job went to his daughters, Eva and Katharina; Eva is now retiring.) So she's made her own way as a writer (including a predictably dirt-filled family tell-all) and dramaturg, and now she's directing the world's top Beethoven festival.
The Telegraph (UK) Published:08.15.14
North Carolina Ends Tax Breaks For Movie Production
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The Wall Street Journal Published:08.20.14
Why Isn't The Edinburgh Int'l Festival Pulling In Any Of The Huge Fringe Audience? Asks Incoming Head
Fergus Linehan "pointed out that the EIF has the biggest theatre audience in the world on its doorstep, but struggles to exploit it. … 'Why do we struggle to deliver an audience that looks like even a cross section of the people in this room, or even more, a cross section of people walking down the street?'"
The Stage (UK) Published:08.20.14
Clobberation: How Four Unwary Grad Students Created A Touring Show For Teens Without (Quite) Ripping Each Other's Throats Out
"We set out to create and establish roles to try and mitigate power conflicts. This worked for a short while, but we found that although we had divided ourselves into the traditional roles of Playwright, Set Designer, Sound Designer, Teaching Artist, Director, Stage Manager, and Education Director, those titles meant different things to each of us. Our roles became accusations."
HowlRound Published:08.17.14
Why Some People Really Grieve Over Celebrity Deaths
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Science of Us Published:08.18.14
Why People Fall For Fake News Stories (It's Not Just Irony Impairment)
"'This isn't about shortened attention spans. This is about an overabundance of decontextualized snippets of info.' Facebook headlines and Tweets simply don't consistently provide the cues one would need to distinguish weird news from fake news, 'unless the http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/08/why-facebooks-satire-tag-is-necessary.html is consistently ironic'."
Science of Us Published:08.20.14
Fluttering Passion: Vladimir Nabokov, Lifelong Lepidopterist
"The pleasures and rewards of literary inspiration are nothing beside the rapture of discovering a new organ under the microscope or an undescribed species on a mountainside in Iran or Peru. It is not improbable that had there been no revolution in Russia, I would have devoted myself entirely to lepidopterology and never written any novels at all."
Slate Published:08.18.14
Emperor Augustus's Stables To Be Reburied Because There's No Money To Restore Them
"The reinterring of the stables, which once hosted horses raced at the Circus Maximus, is another blow to anniversary plans after Rome failed to find funds in time to restore Augustus' mausoleum, a city block-sized monument which has been used as a toilet by tramps since falling into disrepair, and now stands mouldering behind fences in the centre of Rome."
The Telegraph (UK) Published:08.17.14
"Excellent Sheep": What's Become Of Students at Elite Colleges Today
William Deresiewicz: "They're 'excellent' because they have fulfilled all the requirements for getting into an elite college, but it's very narrow excellence. These are kids who will perform to the specifications you define, and they will do that without particularly thinking about why they're doing it. They just know that they will jump the next hoop."
The Atlantic Published:08.19.14
Joffrey To Live-Stream Rehearsal Of New Wheeldon "Swan Lake" Thursday
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One Thousand Choreographed Robots (Or, Flo Ziegfeld Meets The Roombas)
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Australia Council For The Arts Transforms Funding Model
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Give It Up Retired Teacher! For S-U-R-E your lecture on "better things" would be your mean-spirited, indecent, non-professional bully-campaign against Springboro parent Kelly Kohls!
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#25671 Jul 11, 2013
Here's a better idea. Rather than continuing to justify SEA greed, our BOE and district could use that money "for our kids'" education purposes.
Hey, that reminds me! Just a few years ago wasn't ..."For Our Kids"... NFSS's levy slogan?
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same!
#25672 Jul 11, 2013
There is no shame, no blame, on the five members of our
Springboro Schools Board of Education.
There is lots of appreciation, gratitude, respect and support for the good leadership of our board members heard throughout our Springboro neighboods! Everybody is talking that what we want in November is what we already have found successful -- And that is the Fabulous Five that we have working diligently for us right now -Kelly Kohls, Wendy Kuhl, Don Miller, David Petroni, Jim Rigano. Our board president is simply doing her job, as elected by the people, one voice-one vote in the free election of November 2009, with the same expertise and due diligence as our SEA president is doing his.
It is just ridiculous and extremely non-professional behavior of the SEA union activists to model such poor citizenship and disrespect with this hostile word of words against the BOE, with false accusations to personally attack, distort and discredit every leadership proposal made in the board room. And it has been relentless.... just because the SEA/union activists have never witnessed BOE members "get to work doing what's right for our school children and community of very generous taxpayers!"
But, there you go again, with your tired old status quo "name-calling and bullying tactics"...still trying to indoctrinate me, a responsible spender who knows HOW to think, based on facts of Children First budgeting; pushing, shoving your agenda, trying to teach me HOW to think YOUR tax and spend way of forced unionization! Not a chance!
Here's the deal for taking! A great employement contract offer of job security, safe and comfortable working conditions in facilities located in beautiful neighborhoods, great pay and compensation/benfits packages, great kids to spend your work day enjoying, supportive parents (many of whom testify publicly how educated and wealthy they are and how they are going to take back their BOE from parents who the SEA say are less thought of as being educated and wealthy)... lol!
What say ye, SEA, you have the deciding vote -- Is it "take it" or "leave it?"
#25673 Jul 11, 2013
Nobody said you should work for free, but to cry the blues that you are underpaid is a comical farce,
How many people would like to be earning between $29 and $65/hour? Underpaid, I don't think. so. And if you are on strike you are not getting paid, the money goes to Huffmaster. I think our weekly payroll is about $600,000 with benefits and retirement pay so we will probably break even.
#25675 Jul 11, 2013
To union owned and operated.. The rest of us will also have a new name. BROKE
#25676 Jul 11, 2013
Yes! We will be BROKE from repeat levys being shoved down our throats due to uncontrolled spending practices of tax-and-spend liberal slacker administrators!!
Does this sound familiar? If you've been here for a while, it should! Because, ladies and gentlemen, Springboro School District is headed backward by the speed of light to re-kindle the infamous DR. DAVID BAKER era !!
#25677 Jul 11, 2013
While I believe I already explained this...
If you set the top for the expected, the exceptional will not be able to shine as many hit the wall that is the top end of the score set.
#25678 Jul 11, 2013
What does that mean?
#25679 Jul 11, 2013
Would you please share with us what you believe to be a "fair" contract? As a mother of twins you must surely be called upon each day to determine what is fair for your children. Would it be too much to ask that you share your strategies with the reading public? Perhaps that would aid our school board in determining what the word "fair" means.
Thank you,
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Springboro, OH 45066
#25680 Jul 11, 2013
I lack the cognitive skills to dumb it down any further for you. Sorry.
#25681 Jul 11, 2013
It means exactly what it says. I'll use your terms instead.
If, say, a 85% is considered passing for you, then how do you differentiate the top of the class if dozens of kids are getting 95% or better? Have you seen some high schools' valedictorian list? Some schools have 15 kids all with 4.0 GPAs. Kind of diminishes the accomplishment of a 4.0. How to fix it? If it's the standardized test, make it harder so it's near impossible to get a 100%.
And when are standardized test ultimate decider in a student's fate? I know plenty of people who got less than impressive ACT and SAT scores who went on to very successful careers. Heck! One of my former employers used to be and Engineer and would instruct and manage newly graduated engineering students from top engineering schools while only having a high school diploma himself! There's more to life and success than standardized test.
#25682 Jul 11, 2013
You are quite correct that there is more to life than a standardized test, on that I concur.
However, these tests are not to determine the fate of the children as much as test the efficacy of our scholastic program. Are we or are we not teaching the children the basics in regards to education?
The fact that 80% of the children in our Junior High are unable to score better than a D or an F on a basic state math achievement test is cause for great concern.
I am for each child scoring 100%, that would mean that each child mastered these basic concepts. While that is in all likelihood impossible, I do believe that we should at a very minimum have our numbers reversed with 80% of our Junior High students passing a basic state math assessment test rather than failing.
Some will counter they have to teach the test if that were the case, I disagree. If we teach the material in the books we employ as resources, then the children will have a strong enough basis of knowledge to master the test. The hardest tests I ever took were the ones I was least prepared to take. The easiest, conversely, were the ones where I had the material down cold. If the children learn the material, the tests will be a breeze and take care of themselves.
If you need to review what is on these tests, the state provides sample and practice tests for each grade level. Please peruse them at your convenience and then let us know you think of them. You will find the practice and sample test, along with the answers, at:
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#25683 Jul 11, 2013
I must have missed the uproar when Mr. Harves pulled in a whopping 90 days on a work release program for absconding with $439,000 in checks he wrote to himself over the past seven years. That means he sleeps at the jail in the evening and on weekends when he is not working. Who says crime doesn't pay?
The state could only prove the past seven years because that is as long as banks are required to hold onto records. We just have to assume that the previous 15 years Mr. Harves was in charge of the checkbook no malfeasance occurred. A stretch of the imagination which I doubt few could attain.
It would seem that no past or present booster board member ever received, nor reconciled, bank statements with activities over the preceding 22 years. An omission our children, parents, donors, and taxpayers must now surely rue.
The state also could not prove that he was guilty of taking any of the uncounted wads of cash that passed through his fingers. This for the simple reason that controls were so lax no one bothered to count the money in the first place to know how much was to be deposited each time. We can only assume that a man of such uncommon character would not deign to dirty his fingers with bags full of cash sitting on the kitchen table for the weekend when he could simply write himself a a nice clean check.
Of course had the booster board at one time or another in the last 22 years bothered to institute cash controls that even a minimum wage Speedway clerk could master, this would have been uncovered a million or so dollars earlier. As it is now, that money is lost forever, along with the sweat, toil and tears it took to raise the funds.
You would have thought that the Athletic Director would have noticed the disparity in receipts from the activity at the games and the historical data he so assiduously coveted. The Athletic Director had the discrepancies brought to his attention, but attempted to waive them off as mere anomalies.
And where was the Principal who was over the Athletic Director. He was a man who diligently attended every event and spoke with everyone he came in contact with on a daily basis. How did it slip his notice over a 12 year period that the till seemed a little light? Given the Principal's standing in the educational arena and the community at large, why did he not bring that authority and influence to bear on the situation for the good of the children?
If regular community members could sniff this out in five minutes, why did our esteemed Principal and Athletic Director not do the same? After all, they had a much clearer view of proceedings from the inside than a regular citizen could ever hope to imagine.
Did Tom Harves act on his own accord?
Most likely would be my guess.
Were others in the program in a position of influence and necessary authority to protect the donations of time, effort, monies, and goods that our community members so selflessly offered?
Categorically, yes.
Why was it more important in the eyes of those with the influence and authority to maintain the status quo rather than to do what was right?
#25684 Jul 12, 2013
Springboro - We have found that one common sense citizen needed to join our elected reform minded board representatives, doing what's right for our schools and commnity!
Mr. Wiedeman, will you please consider serving your community as a candidate running for November 2013 election, as our next school board representative?
#25685 Jul 12, 2013
Springboro - We have found that one common sense citizen needed to join our elected reform minded board representatives, doing what's right for our schools and community!
Mr. Wiedeman, will you please consider serving your community as a candidate running for November 2013 election, as our next school board representative?
#25687 Jul 12, 2013
No raises in five years, not really. What the union means to say is that the base pay has not increased in five years. What the union fails to mention is that the teachers have an entirely self direct vehicle to raise their pay, the educational attainement step system. This system rewards teachers with more money that invest in themselves. The program is entirely self directed and some teachers take advantage of it and some don't.
At random I just spun my mouse and did not include any staff positions or special ed teachers and left out the ones who worked here in 2008 but were gone by 2013.
Jason Bromberg making $46,833 in 2008 making $52,528 in 2013 an increase of 11%
Kevin Gutekunst making $41,131 in 2008 making $51,577 in 2013 an increase of 20.3%
Mary Reese making $55,474 in 2008 making $59,519 in 2013 an increase of 7.3%
Mary Silles making $58,930 in 2008 making $63,010 in 2013 an increase of 6.5%
Kristin Sharkey making $37,846 in 2008 making $47,912 in 2013 an increase of 21%
Are all of these huge? I guess it depends on where you are standing when you look at them.
In a period when other people were making less and in some cases if you worked for one of the GM plants or its local suppliers, substantially less, our teachers were employed and for the vast majority gaining each year. The average income in Springboro is $62,000 and that is up from $60,500 or so in 2008. These have not been great financial times for the private sector, the value of our assets have shrunk as is noted by our home valuations for tax purposes and real sales in the free market. Companies in the private sector maintain their employee expense based upon a percentage of net profits. This keeps them focused on whether or not the business can support this many people productively at this rate given their relative position within the market in which they compete.
The base median income in Springboro has risen about a point or two, our teaching staff that utilized the opportunities afforded them saw increases many times greater than the community at large.
You too can see the same thing if you look on the school website and view the staff salary scale for the same time period.
#25688 Jul 12, 2013
This coming Monday, I too am very much looking forward to being amused by the now world famous Pickett & Kidd Dog & Pony Show.
Clearcreek Township Bldg
Bunnell Hill Rd & 73
Monday July 15th @ 5:15 PM
#25689 Jul 12, 2013
I second that motion!
#25690 Jul 12, 2013
So did Sonny make you proud last night?
#25691 Jul 12, 2013
Most certainly I understand a select, relatively small X% of the exceptional are always going to fly off the chart. So why not assign them individually a grade of A+ or A++??
Teachers increasingly are becoming resistant to assigning A-B-C-D-F grades to public school students because they're constantly being force-fed a bunch of liberal-socialism by union groups as well as the now completely jaded OSBA. The same liberal educators who constructed this OAA garbage are the same liberal educators who built the now out-of-control anti-bullying agenda that is working to further emasculate our young men.
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