Cluster

On paper, Sunday night's WrestleMania looked as if it could be one of the strongest installments in the event's 28-year history. In execution, it was anything but. I personally avoided Twitter and Facebook, so that the thoughts I would be sharing here would be as purely mine as much as possible. The show lacked the feel of WrestleMania; the first hour felt rushed and most of the matches seemed to be missing something. The show wasn't bad by any means, so I don't want people to misread what I am saying, but I expected more.

Neighbors of Fort Detrick were not diagnosed with cancer in greater numbers than the broader population of Frederick County during the period for which data are available, state health officials told the community Monday. But local activists said the state's analysis does not capture the history of cancer around the Army base because it does not take into account cases before 1992, when the state began compiling its cancer registry. Clifford Mitchell of the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said cases recorded in the Maryland Cancer Registry from 1992-2008 within two miles of Fort Detrick showed no statistically significant increase in any type of cancer as compared to the rest of the county.

On October 31, 2003, ELLEN CLUSTER (nee Powell); beloved wife of the late Norman Cluster; devoted mother of Noah Cluster of Hanover, PA; devoted sister of Jack Powell of New Jersey; loving grandmother of Benjamin and Alexander Cluster. Services and Interment will be held at Petach Tikvah Congregation Rosedale on Sunday, November 2, at 10:30 A.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her name to The American Lung Association of Maryland, 1840 York Road, Timonium, MD (21093) Family at home 2503 Blackhawk Circle (21209)

Harbor Hospital just took a step toward solving the old problem of wasting advertising dollars on people unlikely to respond. Wanting to promote its emergency department to neighbors and employees of nearby businesses, the Baltimore hospital launched an ad campaign on "smart," Internet-connected phones — but not just any smart phones. "Geo-targeting" filters sent the banner ads only to folks using phones in 20 nearby ZIP codes. Clicking the ad produced a website on which potential patients could plot turn-by-turn directions to the ER, for immediate use or future reference.

Ray Haysbert engineered a leveraged buyout before most people knew what it was. With a ton of debt and an ounce of equity, he bought Baltimore-based Parks Sausage from an affiliate of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1980, presaging the leveraged buyout craze of the 1980s and today's massive "private equity" deals. In corporate financing, as in other things, Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. was an outlier. As Parks' right-hand man in the 1950s, he helped build the company into a regional brand.

On September 29, 2005 MARGARET VIRGINIA (nee Mallory) CLUSTER; beloved wife of Charles E. Cluster; loving mother of Charles Thomas Cluster; devoted grandmother of Morgan Gabrielle Cluster and Colin Charles Cluster; loving daughter of the late Julia and George Mallory Sr; loving sister of George Mallory, Julia Bafford and the late Louise Mc Fillan and Robert L. Mallory. Also survived by many neices and nephews. Visitation to be held at the HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4107 Wilkens Avenue, on Saturday and Sunday, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., and where Funeral Services will be held on Monday, at 9:30 A.M. Interment in Loudon Park Cemetery.

H. RAYMOND CLUSTER of Baltimore, MD, and formerly of Truro, MA, died on Friday, January 21, 2005. Ray was a graduate of Baltimore City College, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard Law School. He was a practicing attorney in Baltimore. In his later career, he was a labor arbitrator concentrating especially on railroads. A compelling period in his life was his term of service in the United States Navy. He was the commander of an LCT, landing soldiers on Omaha beach in the first wave on June 6, 1944.

On June 24, 2004 JOHN W. E. CLUSTER, SR. beloved husband of Mildred E. Cluster (nee Boteler); loving father of John Cluster, Jr. and his wife Carla, Michael Cluster and his wife Kathy, and Jim Cluster and his wife Terri; cherished grandfather of Whitney Cluster Kidd, Joe, Cori, Nicole, Jimmy and Robbie; dear brother of James, Frank, Howard, Charles, Helen Phillips, Dorothy Holtman, and the late Lillian Girvin, Carolyn Gobel and Andrew. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at Evans Chapel of Memories-Parkville Monday at 10 a.m. Interment Loudon Park Cemetery.

On November 12, 2005, KALEB CHANCE MICHAEL-CLUSTER, the beloved infant son of George P. Cluster, Sr. and Michele Michael-Cluster, loved brother of George P. Cluster, Jr. and Noah L. and Logan K. Michael-Cluster. Also survived by grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Visitation to be held at the HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME INC., 4107 Wilkens Avenue, on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. and where funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 11 A.M. Interment in Holly Hill Memorial Park.

Since being selected in February to participate in a new partnership with the city, Brooklyn and Curtis Bay residents have reported housing violations, started an anti-prostitution plan and designed a summer program for children. "This is the best thing that has happened to us in a very, very long time," said Linda Bardo, 53, who has lived in the area her whole life. "We feel like we're going to get the attention we've needed for a long time." The Brooklyn and Curtis Bay area is one of six "clusters" selected to work with the city to develop what has become known as a Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan, or SNAP.

Ray Haysbert engineered a leveraged buyout before most people knew what it was. With a ton of debt and an ounce of equity, he bought Baltimore-based Parks Sausage from an affiliate of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1980, presaging the leveraged buyout craze of the 1980s and today's massive "private equity" deals. In corporate financing, as in other things, Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. was an outlier. As Parks' right-hand man in the 1950s, he helped build the company into a regional brand.

Albert T. Schmith, a retired career Army officer who later was dean of students at the Johns Hopkins University, died of respiratory failure Feb. 23 at his Havre de Grace home. He was 75. Mr. Schmith was born and raised in Providence, R.I., where he graduated from La Salle Academy in 1951. He enlisted in the Army in 1951 and through the ROTC earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1958 from Boston University and later a master's degree from George Washington University. Mr. Schmith, who was a graduate of the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., served two tours in Vietnam from 1964 to 1965 and from 1969 to 1970.

Despite neighbors' opposition, a plan to build 325 homes clustered on a portion of historic Doughoregan Manor was unanimously approved Thursday by the Howard County Planning Board. "It's one more step," said Joseph Rutter, the former county planning director who is guiding the project through the county's rezoning system for the descendants of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Some Carroll descendants still live in the mansion on the 892-acre Ellicott City property - once a Colonial estate of more than 10,000 acres.

Helen Mirren is portraying a tragic Greek queen. Cate Blanchett takes on the role of an iconic Southern belle. Laurence Fishburne plays an esteemed judge. Billy Crystal spins comic scenes of family life. But rather than appearing on movie or television screens, these stars are aligning along several blocks in northwest Washington. Though touring productions with big-name actors frequently stop in D.C., and stars try out productions there or perform at the White House, this year is different.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -They will meet at the first tee Sunday morning, shake hands and perhaps pretend to wish each other good luck. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, together at last, side by side as they stroll down the fairways for the final round at Augusta National. One problem: They are not in the final group. Or the second-to-last. Or the ... They will go off a full 60 minutes before co-leaders Angel Cabrera and Kenny Perry. That should tell you just how unlikely it is that either will need to supply his jacket size to Masters officials.

In his exciting new book, "Rebirth of the Corporation," Harvard Professor D. Quinn Mills boldly proposes a true, sweeping alternative to hierarchy: "the cluster organization." Mills argues for "dramatic change in the structure of the organization." Where hierarchy remains, he flatly states, "There cannot be any rethinking of the fundamentals of management."Enter the cluster. Mills defines it as "a group of people drawn from different disciplines who work together on a semipermanent basis."