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Tech Professor Secures NSF Grant To Study Mechanics of Fault Zones, June 12, 2008
by Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., June 12, 2008 -- New Mexico Tech Associate Professor of Geology Gary Axen has secured a National Science Foundation grant to study the mechanics of an important and poorly understood type of fault zone.
Axen and doctoral student Amy Luther, along with researchers from the University of New Mexico, will study two dormant fault zones in southern California. The researchers will examine the textures and chemical composition of fault rocks – rocks brought to the surface during basin-and-range rifting – to better understand the geological forces at work.
The Tech team will spend at least three years studying low-angle normal faults, which dip 20 to 30 degrees from horizontal and along which the rocks below the fault move up relative to those below. Classic theory about fault mechanics posits that high frictional resistance should not allow them to slip, but geologic evidence shows that they do.
"These faults bring up rocks representing the entire earthquake-generating part of the fault zone," Axen said. "Instead of spending $20 million to drill a few kilometers to find these rocks, we have faults that are continuously exposed for 50 to 60 kilometers along the surface."
In some cases, such as the San Andreas Fault, which appears to share the same mechanical peculiarity, rocks on either side move horizontally past each other. Axen's current research project focuses on faults that have significant vertical movement – where geologic motions over millions of years bring deep fault rocks to the surface – some from as deep as 10 miles below Earth's surface, Axen said.
The $320,000 NSF grant will support three seasons of work collecting rock samples and analyzing data. By studying the chemical composition of the fault rocks, Axen expects to learn about the geological forces that precipitate fault movement and earthquakes.
"It's very common in science that there's an elegant theory and then people find facts that fly in the face of the elegant theory. Then you have to revise or change the theory," Axen said. "The elegant theory is that faults move by simple frictional slip with levels of frictional resistance like those measured in laboratory rock experiments."
New Mexico Tech Earth and Environmental Science Department Chair Rick Aster complemented Axen on his new award.
"It's indeed remarkable how complex fault zones are in the real Earth, and how much we still have to learn about how they create earthquakes as well as the mountains and valleys found in geologically active parts of our planet. This is cutting-edge research by very experienced field geologists that will make critical observations to help us figure this out," Aster said.
Axen has spent nearly 20 years proving that low-angle normal faults exist and are important to the evolution of Earth's continents. He theorizes that the laws of friction succumb to other processes at the geologic scale that are different than the laws observed in laboratory experiments.
"Existing simple theories of faults say they should not slip," Axen said. "But they do slip. The resistance of these faults to slipping seems to be much lower than the friction measured in lab studies. Friction is a universal property and we understand friction at an engineering level. In geological terms, maybe simple friction is the wrong model."
Axen first researched these faults as a doctoral student at Harvard University from 1987 to 1991. He continued his work as a professor at UCLA before coming to New Mexico Tech in 2005. His theories weren't widely accepted at first.
"It took a long time to get over the inertia of disbelief," Axen said. "There are still some people who don't believe these low-angle faults exist."
"When rocks slip past each other, they get crushed, chemically altered, and reconstituted into a new type of rock," Axen said. "We're doing a detailed set of electron microprobe and fluid-inclusion studies to understand the geologic evolution of these fault rocks."
Axen and Luther will use optical microscopy and the New Mexico Tech Bureau of Geology electron microprobe to examine the textures and chemical composition of fault rocks collected from in the southern California fault zones.
"We'll be able to understand what changes affected the original rocks to turn them into fault rock and what sorts of fluids were present in the fault zone," Axen said. "Gathering data from these two examples should allow us to modify the theory to understand how these faults work."


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To be fair, it's mostly Alcarin digging up said dead horse(this thread's beginnings), then trotting it around with a few kicks to the hind end, calling it, 'not as bad as it seemed,' and then trying to bury it again. I probably wouldn't've posted, if not for being brought up personally in all but name. All I did was maybe try and give said dead horse a few brief, kind words before patting the gravedirt, and maybe putting the shovel away in the shed. In the beginning, I already gave my opinions with a caveat; a grain of salt, if you will. Then I discovered the shaker'd been hefted up, and upended all over my salty opinions. Probably a bit needlessly, I felt. Let my previous posts be seen as the forum equivalent of telling someone 'when.'Matt wrote: Not talking about you bud. Talking about the guys that haven't played in a long while getting on the forums and beating a dead horse.
I don't troll people unless I can actively experience their reactions, and that's usually reserved for dear friends of mine. I'm not trolling. What is trolling--what literally -is- trolling, as in trawling-for-reactions trolling, etymogically speaking--is mentioning someone by name, or generally addressing them/their ideas, and then acting surprised when they respond. I think that's pretty well established. In short; don't call me out and I probably won't feel overly-inclined to address it. I feel that's pretty reasonable, and not particularly trolling. If someone decides to publicly say something, it's open for discourse.

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Ravens running back Ray Rice won AFC player of the week honors, and he didn't even have to convert a fourth-and-29 this time.
Rice had 158 combined yards in last week's win over the Giants (107 rushing, 51 receiving), helping the Ravens to a season-high 533 yards. He won the award previously for his late-game heroics against the Chargers.
Of course, if the Ravens had used him properly this season, they might not have had to change coordinators, or slouch so dramatically prior to last week's breakout game.


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June 2, 2008 -- Yves Saint-Laurent, one of the most influential designers of the last half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 71. He was perhaps most famous for democratizing fashion by making ready-to-wear clothing acceptable in haute-couture circles with his Rive Gauche line. He also popularized the women's pantsuit, and was the first major designer to show women in pants for evening wear with his famous Le Smoking tuxedo in 1966.
Saint Laurent was only 21 when he was put in charge of the House of Dior after the unexpected death of Christian Dior in 1957. In 1962, he left Dior to found his own house, YSL, which became an iconic couture fashion house, frequented by the likes of Jackie Kennedy and French actress Catherine Deneuve.
Inspired by beatniks and bohemians, Saint Laurent created clothing that was anything but typical haute-couture for the times, but has since come to define them. He created new looks for women inspired by menswear (trousers and jackets), and elegant, simple, and fragile feminine dresses.
Gucci bought the YSL brand in 1999, and Saint Laurent closed his couture house in 2002. His ideas, however, continue to influence countless students of fashion around the world.


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Beautiful feminine detailing and silhouettes in candlelit shades are some of the key details in Youlin's Fall 2012 collection. The designer uses traditional materials in non-traditional places like tulle straps and rosette appliques cascading down the backs of her dresses. Also included within the collection are five adorable couture flower girl dresses that are just as unique and feminine as Youlin's bridal collection.
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text: Today (May 26th) marks the 50th anniversary celebration of The Beatle's revolutionary album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The LP was the first released by the band following their retirement from touring after their final performance at Candlestick Park in 1966. Although The Beatles had already begun a steady transition from being a more traditional pop-rock group with albums like Rubber Soul and Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's has been hailed as their ultimate creative masterpiece, followed closely perhaps by 1969's Abbey Road. Released at the beginning of the Summer of Love, it set a new precedent for what a rock and roll record could be. The concept behind the album began following the exhaustion the group experienced after the whirlwind of Beatlemania. Paul McCartney came to Lennon, Starr, and Harrison with an idea that they would record an all new album under an alternative persona, which would free them from the weight of being the Beatles and usher in a fresh wave of musical creativity. Sgt. Pepper's not only ushered in a new era for the Beatles; it also marked the beginning of the psychedelic rock movement that would see new groups like The Doors, Pink Floyd, and Jefferson Airplane begin to climb the pop music charts. Now, 50 years later, Sgt. Pepper's is known not only for its conception and importance to 60s rock (and music in general), but also for the history of its production. Continue reading


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I (Tracie) will do a brief reading from Bulfinch's Mythology, for a passage on the Greek tale of Agamemnon and Iphigenia, as follows:
After two years of preparation the Greek fleet and army assembled in the port of Aulis in Boeotia. Here Agamemnon in hunting killed a stag which was sacred to Diana, and the goddess in return visited the army with pestilence, and produced a calm which prevented the ships from leaving the port. Calchas, the soothsayer, thereupon announced that the wrath of the virgin goddess could only be appeased by the sacrifice of a virgin on her altar, and that none other but the daughter of the offender would be acceptable. Agamemnon, however reluctant, yielded his consent, and the maiden Iphigenia was sent for under the pretense that she was to be married to Achilles. When she was about to be sacrificed the goddess relented and snatched her away, leaving a hind in her place, and Iphigenia, enveloped in a cloud, was carried to Tauris, where Diana made her priestess of her temple.
The earliest references to Agamemnon appear to date back to the 14th C BCE. The story of Iphigneia is reminiscent of the Binding of Isaac, told in the Biblical book of Genesis, which dates back to approximately the 5th or 6th C BCE. In both tales, a god demands the human sacrifice of an adherent's child, stays the execution, and then supplies a substitute sacrifice after the rescue. Iphigenia's tale has alternate endings, one of which expresses the maiden is actually killed. Likewise, scholars have suggested there is evidence the story of Isaac has a similar alternate ending that likely predated the modern tale in which he is ultimately rescued from death.
it is important to note that similarities in mythologies may or may not be evidence of prior cultural connections. And sometimes themes are simply "human" and follow a common thread, despite a lack of cultural connection. I have not researched connection in this case. I just read the story of Iphigenia this week, and was struck by the similarity to the Bible story from my youth. I found it interesting and wanted to share. If others would like to expand on research for either or both of these subjects in comments, I encourage you to do so.


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Boats help California residents escape flooding
Water began flowing into homes during overnight storm
Water began flowing into homes during overnight storm
Water began flowing into homes during overnight storm
Dozens of Hollister residents woke up to flooded homes as Pacheco Creek overflowed in the middle of the night, leaving many to escape in boats.
Residents were sleeping when water began flowing into their homes during the overnight storm.
Aerial video showed entire homes swallowed up by muddy waters, cars getting stuck, and horses and cattle being escorted to safety. A trio of cows perched on top of a small patch the dirt, the highest land they could find, while surrounded by water.
Office of Emergency Service Manager Kevin O'Neill said that at about 2 a.m. Wednesday, crews were called out to help rescue someone from a stranded vehicle off Lover's Lane and Highway 152. But first responders soon realized that there were dozens of people trapped in their homes.
Hollister fire trucks lined up to take people clad in their pajamas to higher ground. Deputies and firefighters knocked on doors to make sure everyone got out safely.
The Hollister area has received 2.37 inches of rain since Jan. 1, compared to 3.5 inches in 2008 and the historical record of 4.2 inches set in 1995. The creek likely flooded because of the local rainfall combined with the 8 inches of rain that fell in nearby Henry Coe Park.
No one was injured and more than 100 residents were displaced.
"Our family just got back from Mexico," said Bianca Vasquez, whose family was evacuated about 4:40 a.m. from their home on Lover's Lane. "The weather was opposite in Mexico."
She said her mother woke everyone up about 2 a.m. yelling, "Girls, girls, it's flooded." They opened the door to see water lapping at their doorstep. Firefighters carried them out.
Lovers Lane remains closed because it's still underwater.
The American Red Cross provided shelter and food for flood victims at Veteran's Hall.
Another storm system is forecast to bring widespread rain showers to the Central Coast late Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
Flood warnings issued by the National Weather Service are in effect for San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties.


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Okay, so you probably saw this coming, seeing as I haven't posted for almost three weeks. I've put off this post like you put off breaking up with a really, really nice guy.
It's not you, blogosphere, it's me.
Really, though, I do hope to continue this blog at a later date. I've thoroughly enjoyed it and all the awesome people I've gotten to [virtually] know because of it, but at the moment it's just the wafer thin mint that is going to make me explode Monty Python-style. In my other life, I'm attempting to:
– start a nonprofit from the ground up with no experience whatsoever
– teach creative writing to three different age groups once a week
– keep my garden from dying of heatstroke
– promote and build a fledgling photography business
– help my hubby minister at our house church
– write my graduate thesis
So blogosphere, as much as I've loved you, it just isn't in the cards for us right now, kid. But here's lookin' at ya.


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When an artist works with patterns- repositioning, repurposing and giving new context to his or her subjects- it is often in the interest of creating more from less, big from small. It's a way of demonstrating a well-worn flavor of creative vision, one that lets the world know that you not only can see the unseen, but you can create the bridge between that which exists, and that which, as of yet, does not. It's a way of asserting how smart you are (after all you're a step ahead of everyone else). This is a good way to be. But it doesn't take that much effort to be smart, to see the bigger picture. For many of us, it's really just a matter of opening our eyes. What's really special -what separates the thinkers from the human computers- is the ability to really understand your subject. And that's something that takes time and effort, not some abstract, bullshit self-assertion of 'creative vision'. What's really special is to use pattern to go inward instead of outward. To demonstrate not how one thing is actually a part of something else, but how certain elements make something not like something else. To highlight how some things are just inherently the way they are.
Take Ron Ulicny's recent work on view at Spoke Art in San Francisco: clever sculpture and belligerently patterned works that force you to really absorb the materials from which they're made. Ulicny's technique finds a way of getting inside the things that we usually use to make other things. A way of finding the small structures within the already small. Forced to confront his subjects in such a direct way, we begin to feel strangely acquainted with the work.


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Swank Foundation Makes Million Dollar Gift to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Funds Treatment, Education and Research for Cerebral Palsy
The Howard W. Swank, Alma K. Swank and Richard Kemper Swank Foundation, located in Wilmington, DE, has announced a gift of $1 million ($333,000 in each of three years) to establish The Swank Center for Neuro-Orthopaedics at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. The gift will advance the care of children with cerebral palsy and other neuro-orthopedic conditions. At an event at the hospital, representatives of the foundation and Nemours presented information about the new center and its impact on the hospital's ability to provide comprehensive care for children with cerebral palsy and emotional support for their families; educate and train practitioners in their care; use advanced technology and orthotics to improve daily living; and conduct research to develop new and better therapies and assistive devices.
The Swank Foundation was established through the generosity of the late Howard and Alma Swank, long-time residents of Wilmington. Denise Schwartz, the vice president of the foundation board explained: "We are focused on Delaware and on supporting organizations that treat neurological disorders and have the potential to impact many lives." She went on to say that the foundation was impressed with the physicians at Nemours and the range of services available to children with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders. "What they do is overwhelming. We are thrilled to be part of it," she added.
"This gift is exciting and motivating," said William Mackenzie, MD, Chairman of Orthopedics at the duPont Hospital for Children, home to one of the largest and most comprehensive cerebral palsy programs in the country. "We are extremely grateful for this opportunity to contribute to knowledge in the field, educate health care professionals and families, and improve patient care and satisfaction."
The donation will fund projects that include:
- A cerebral palsy registry and database, to obtain and centralize summary data on diagnosis, treatment and outcomes.
- Highly specialized orthotic devices for patients who could benefit from their use but do not have the financial means to obtain them.
- Family conferences and visiting professorships for experts in the field.
- Enhancements to the gait lab, used primarily to analyze the walking and movements of children with cerebral palsy in order to make treatment decisions and monitor progress before and after surgery.
- Enhanced psychological support for families of children with cerebral palsy and other neuro-orthopaedic conditions.
Christine Szwech, of Bensalem, PA recounted, "My daughter Paige was born with a condition known as Vacterl association and some life-threatening abnormalities. When we met Dr. Freeman Miller at duPont Hospital for Children, it was he who first told us that our daughter had cerebral palsy and it's also when things changed for the better for Paige."
Ms. Szwech added, "The atmosphere at duPont Hospital was amazing. Everyone was so helpful and friendly. Dr. Miller's medical secretary helped untangle insurance issues. No one had ever been that kind to us before. For once, I did not have to navigate the medical system by myself. Paige has had multiple visits and surgery and we have always been impressed with the skills and compassion of her care team."
Orthopaedic surgeon Freeman Miller, MD, commented, "The gift from the Swank Foundation allows us to build on our long-term commitment to partner with parents in providing the best care possible for children like Paige. Our neuro-orthopaedic programs assist parents and caregivers in helping children reach their maximum potential as they grow to become young adults. This gift allows us to increase support for families, enhance quality and build our knowledge base."
About Nemours
Nemours is an internationally recognized children's health system that owns and operates the two free-standing children's hospitals: the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Fla., along with outpatient facilities in five states, delivering pediatric primary, specialty and urgent care. Nemours also powers the world's most-visited website for information on the health of children and teens, KidsHealth.org, and offers on-demand, online video patient visits through Nemours CareConnect. Nemours ReadingBrightstart.org is a program dedicated to preventing reading failure in young children, grounded in Nemours' understanding that child health and learning are inextricably linked, and that reading level is a strong predictor of adult health.
Established as The Nemours Foundation through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, Nemours provides pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy and prevention programs to families in the communities it serves.


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March 17, 2012
Resurrecting Bayard Rustin
Happy 100th birthday to a man whose expansive justice work across multiple sites of oppression, earned him a marginal place in history, Bayard Rustin, our "Lost Prophet."
While we are on the topic of birthdays of awesome queer folk who have facilitated the arc of the moral universe in bending toward justice…Audre Lorde would have turned 78 on February 18th! Ellen had a birthday in January, so did Michael Stipe (R.E.M. anyone? anyone?)…eh hem.
Hey, I've got a birthday coming up in April and my partner's was in March! We are all part of this bending the arc of the moral universe thing. So, shout out some names of people who you know are ok with having their names shouted out and celebrate them and their presence on this planet!
Happy birthday to us Two-Spirit people and trans* folks and queers and questioners and same-gender lovers and bois and queens and kings and everybody else who has other words that I do not know because I just do not know everything. Our very existence is resistance!
"When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him." Bayard Rustin


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36 Bright High Schoolers Tracking Asteroids At Tech
SOCORRO, N.M. June 16, 2009 – Three dozen bright high school students are spending six weeks at New Mexico Tech tracking asteroids through the Summer Science Program.
Since 1959, the program has exposed teenagers to the world of astronomy, instrumentation, scientific analysis, astrophysics and a wide variety of guest lecturers.
The students arrived in Socorro on Sunday, June 14, and will live on campus for six weeks.
Director Richard Bowdon said the fundamental design of the program hasn't changed significantly over the last half-century. The instruments have changed. Students now use digital images and computerized telescopes; they also write software to characterize the orbit of an asteroid.
Bowdon enrolled in the program as a high school student in 1974. The Summer Science Program is the only such program that is owned and operated by its own alumni.
Working in teams of three, the students will first learn how to operate the telescopes at Etscorn Campus Observatory at New Mexico Tech. The observatory has eight telescopes, but the students primarily use a 4.5-inch Takahaski and a 14-inch Celestron. Both are equipped with digital photography equipment and computerized controls.
"They learn to find the asteroids, point the telescope, make an image and how to analyze the image," Bowdon said. "They will find stars of known position in the same image as the asteroid and use them to measure the position of the asteroid. Because asteroids are moving in the sky all the time, they don't know exactly where it is until the find it and measure it using specialized software."
Over a period of weeks, the students track their asteroid and make a series of observations. They then write their own software to calculate the asteroid's orbit.
"It's not original research because astronomers have been doing this kind of thing for a long time," Bowdon said. "But the observations are new and will be submitted to the Minor Planet Center to improve the orbit calculations for these asteroids. So, these students are applying classic astrophysics to an original data set."
The faculty team is Dr. Don Davis of the Planetary Institute in Tucson and Dr. Bill Andersen, physics professor from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. The Program also brings in four teaching assistants.
Dr. Dan Klinglesmith, affiliated with the Magdalena Ridge Observatory, provides technical support to the students at the Etscorn Observatory.
Throughout the six weeks, the students are treated to a series of exciting guest lectures. Seems like a contradiction in terms? Bowdon said program organizers select the speakers based on both a vibrant topic and an engaging style. Topics range from geomicrobiology and astrophysics to entomology and counterespionage at Sandia National Lab.
Students also take several interesting and educational field trips, including the Very Large Array and the Apache Point Solar Observatory. The students will also get to use the 2.4-meter telescope at the MRO. Those who finish their assigned project first, get the first chance at using the MRO facilities.
The Summer Science Program is highly competitive; more than 300 budding scientists apply for the 72 positions (36 in Socorro and 36 at the Program's other campus in Ojai, Calif. Most of the applicants already are qualified to conduct research, Bowdon said.
This year's class at New Mexico Tech represents 15 states and seven foreign countries. Eight students are from California, six from New Mexico and three from Florida. The foreign students are from Canada, England, Greece, India, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey.
"The program is fairly self-selective," he said. "Not every high school kid wants to spend the summer doing astronomy. We get very focused students."
The Summer Science Program first came to New Mexico Tech in 2003 when the program expanded from one site to two sites.
Board members toured New Mexico and received a warm welcome from Tech President Dr. Daniel H. Lopez and other top administrators.
"New Mexico Tech is an ideal location for our program and there aren't very many," Bowdon said. "Tech has, of course, all the scientific, computing and residential facilities that we could possibly ask for and more. Plus, here we have dark skies and a good campus observatory. We received such a warm invitation that we figured out a way to come here."
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NM Tech Still in Sunrayce, Despite Clouds, June 23, 1999
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 23, 1999 -- After the completion of the third day of the ten-day, solar-powered road rally, Sunrayce 99 is shaping up to become better known as "Cloudrayce 99."
Cloudy skies once again were a major factor yesterday on the 180-mile stretch between Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., with most of the solar-powered vehicles racing in Sunrayce 99 declining to even fire up their electric motors for the start of third leg.
New Mexico Tech's Corona was one of only 14 sunshine-powered vehicles to attempt the run, but only made it as far as 40 miles before its battery power gave out.
But even though New Mexico Tech had to tow its race vehicle into Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, Corona moved up a notch in the overall standings to 25th in the 29-car field.
Racing strategy takes on added importance during cloudy days in Sunrayce 99 since solar race teams must carefully consider the amount of energy available from the sunlight and their storage batteries, the distance being traveled, the type of terrain encountered on the prescribed course, and several other factors before determining how fast they'll run their solar-powered vehicles on any given race day.
Sunrayce 99 continues today with a 150-mile leg to Clemson University in Clemson, S.C.
From June 20 through 29, teams from universities throughout North America, including New Mexico Tech, are racing through five states, from Washington, D. C., to a finish at Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla. The team with the lowest cumulative time over the 10-day road rally wins the event.
The top three finishing teams will receive trophies and cash awards. Scholastic achievement awards will also be granted for technical innovation, engineering excellence, artistic talents, teamwork, and good sportsmanship.
The biennial solar-car race was created by General Motors and the U. S. Department of Energy in 1990 to promote educational excellence in mathematics, science, and engineering by offering students a unique and highly valuable "hands-on" educational opportunity. Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) joined GM and the DOE as a co-sponsor of the event in 1993.


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1. Am I eligible to apply for need-based institutional aid after I am admitted?
No. If you think you will need financial aid to attend Barnard, you MUST apply at the same time you apply for Early Decision admission and meet the required due date.
2. Is there a way to estimate my financial aid award?
Visit Barnard's Estimate Your Aid page to use the MyinTuition and Net Price Calculators to receive an estimate of the amount of financial aid you may be offered if you are accepted to Barnard. The Financial Aid Office will need to see all tax returns and requested documentation before reviewing a financial aid file to determine eligibility.
3. What financial aid forms are required for Early Decision?
You will find all required forms on our website at http://barnard.edu/finaid/early-decision
4. How can I track my financial aid application? How do I know if my financial aid application is complete?
You can track your financial aid application using the Financial Aid Checklist in your application portal.
5. How do I submit my documents to the Financial Aid Office?
The CSS Profile and FAFSA are completed online. All tax documents and supplementary forms can be uploaded into the application portal.
6. Will failure to meet the due date affect the possibility of receiving financial aid?
After the due date, there is no guarantee that funds will be available.
7. If I receive an offer of financial assistance in my first year, am I guaranteed assistance in all four years?
A student who is admitted to Barnard with a Barnard College Grant may expect grants in future years, provided that she continues to meet economic and academic eligibility and reapplies each year. Factors that may impact a student's eligibility in subsequent years include: the number of siblings enrolled in college, fluctuation of parent or student income and assets, and family size. Students who are admitted to Barnard without financial aid are not guaranteed College grants for future years. Awards are for the academic year only.
8. Are there merit scholarships at Barnard not based on need?
Barnard does not offer any merit, athletic or talent based scholarships. Barnard's institutional financial aid is based on financial need.
9. How is financial need determined?
All federal financial aid administered by Barnard College is based on demonstrated need as determined by the Federal Methodology formula. Need for institutional aid is determined using a Barnard Need Analysis formula which takes into consideration all sources of income and all assets, including home equity, as well as the number of siblings in college.
10. When will I be notified of my financial aid decision?
Assuming that the due date is met, Early Decision applicants will receive their decision letters in mid-December along with the Admissions acceptance letter.
11. Does my financial aid application have any bearing on my application for admission?
No. Admissions is need-blind.
12. Would I get a different financial aid package if I apply Regular Decision?
No. It makes no difference whether you apply Early Decision or Regular Decision. We use the same data and procedures to determine your eligibility for aid as an Early Decision or Regular Decision applicant.
13. My parents are divorced and my child support ends when I turn 18. Must my non-custodial parent still submit his/her information?
Yes. Barnard requires financial aid information from both parents regardless of when child support ends and regardless of what the divorce decree states. The College is not bound by family or court agreements when awarding our own institutional funds.
14. My parents were never married, so why must I submit both of their financial information?
Barnard's policy is to collect financial documentation from both parents, regardless of their marital or legal status. We do not consider unwillingness to submit financial documents as a reason to waive this requirement. Refer to Barnard's policy.
15. My parents live together but are not legally married. How should I submit their information?
If parents report that they are "Unmarried but Living Together" (Divorced, Separated or Never Married living together) or in a "Domestic Partnership", you must submit information from both parents. If parents file separate tax returns, income data must be combined when you complete your application for financial aid. Parents living together must report their information combined, regardless of their marital status or gender.
16. I cannot submit my Non-Custodial Parent information. What should I do?
On a case by case basis, the Office of Financial Aid will consider unusual circumstances that prevent an applicant from submitting information about the non-custodial parent. Applicants who wish to petition for a waiver of the non-custodial parent component of the application should email our office at email@example.com to request the Non-Custodial Waiver Petition. The completed form can be uploaded to the applicant's portal and it will be reviewed. Completing the form does not guarantee that we will waive the request for non-custodial parent information. There is no appeal process if a waiver request is denied.
17. How does the number of siblings in undergraduate college affect my financial aid?
The number of dependent siblings in undergraduate college is a major factor in calculating the parent contribution. If you reported on the CSS Profile and FAFSA that you have siblings enrolled full-time in undergraduate college, and they do not enroll as reported, there will be an adjustment to the parent contribution and the financial aid award.
18. Are siblings enrolled in graduate school or post-college programs considered when calculating financial aid eligibility?
Once a sibling has graduated from college, the institutional and CSS Profile formulas do not take into account any graduate school or post-college programs costs. Students in graduate school programs are generally considered to be independent students, per federal regulations.


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OMG, Marc, I feel your pain, couldn't stand getting "Declined" on JDate, some people are just rude! Even a polite "Sorry, we don't have enough in common" is better than that "Decline" feature.
- June 7, 2007 at 8:03 AM
In a weird way I prefer being declined than ignored. With a decline there's a finality. When they ignore you you wonder did they get my email/IM, are they not paying members, etc. But to decline you after contacting you is messed up.
- June 7, 2007 at 10:00 AM
I never once hit that decline button. Been declined a bunch, but could never bring myself to hit that button as disinterested as I may have been. Seems to coldhearted.
- June 7, 2007 at 10:38 AM
If the guy's a jerk and writes something sexually explicit or obnoxious,I'll decline. Otherwise, I just don't respond. Sometimes you get too many men contacting you to write a personalized rejection letter to each of them.
- June 7, 2007 at 12:22 PM
I once sent an IM to a woman. She insulted my haircut and then declined me.
- June 7, 2007 at 3:44 PM
there is a chance she was just declining from participating in an im conversation with you and not that she wasn't interested in you. she may have preferred that you email her. i know that i have a dial up connection, so i don't participate in jdate im simply because it doesn't work very well on dial up. so there is that possibility. good luck to you.
- June 9, 2007 at 3:09 AM
I think that's very wishful thinking. You don't decline someone you want to talk to. This woman clearly has issues.
- June 9, 2007 at 12:40 PM
Marc- just found this blog and love it. If I had not met and married my jdate husband, I'd have gone out with you. (ya know- pending a pic)
Just wanted to let you know, I use a MAC and was never able to reply to IM's. Don't know if they've upgraded the system but i'm pretty sure it would send decline messages after I tried to hit "reply" 2 dozen times.
I'd also sometimes get confused and forget to reply to people I'd meant to reply to after emailing 2 or 3 times... especially if they have a name like Dave or Michael or Marc... because sometimes there is more than one person with the same name contacting you at the same time.... I know it sounds lame, but it's true.
I'd be curious to see a study if guys like Willliam, Marcus and Nathaniel have more luck getting responses than Daves, Jons, Michaels... ( and for women, I know it's Rachel. My husband said he could not believe how many Rachels there were.)
- September 27, 2007 at 6:28 PM
- Mark said...
A little courtesy and consideration is nice. On the other end, some people get freaked out for no reason at all with online dating. You never no what the reason is for a sudden disconnect.
- November 29, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- african woman said...
I understand what you feel, well maybe she tend to flirt with you and then when you get interested to her she will just left you behind. Sometimes there are people like that specially in online dating wherein lots of people will send you messages and some flattery words so that you will really feel that lots of the girls out there is really interested with you but remember you are not the only member of that site. So don't be too assuming because there are people who are born to be rude and very mean.
- July 8, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- question to people said...
I loved this article! I like your point of view
- July 11, 2012 at 11:27 PM
- asian dating said...
Sorry to hear that but as an online dater, I've also encountered that one. Some people is really good in sending some flattery words but then again when you are eager to reply they just left you behind. Isn't it hilarious?I feel so sad about it but I have to move on and made some extra efforts.
- September 15, 2012 at 12:34 AM
- faraz ahmed said...
I love the blog. Great post. It is very true, people must learn how to learn before they can learn. lol i know it sounds funny but its very true. . . joeri
- March 20, 2013 at 3:23 PM
In addition to online etiquette, how about real life dating etiquette? To everyone else who's experiencing frustration in the dating world, here's a fun blog to follow. It's about a guy and all the "dating games" he's experienced with dating women and their lack of manners and courtesy:
While he's detailing the games women have been playing, I'm sure it's true of both sexes.
But either way, it's best at pointing out some of the basic manners that should be applied to dating, whether online or otherwise.
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|2012-11-07, 17:29
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I find it slightly amusing that they are saying this arc is avoidable, like the gap between the first and second season was spent trying to find a way to skip it.
I also hope the new characters are referring to the new characters that are introduced in the sister arc, or from season 1, and not brand new anime only characters.
I am curious how they plan to explain the Kamijou side of things in the anime.
Still slightly anxious about how this will turn out, but excited nonetheless.
|2012-11-07, 18:14
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|2012-11-07, 19:04
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They can't put filler if the start of sister arc is the next day. They specially show that date and time to say that next day is sister arc in season one but who cares. They will probably will still do fluffy moe blob stuff and no one is stopping them. They will probably show the ITEM side as an opening.
lol show Accelerator back story. If they can manage to do that then they are genius.
|2012-11-07, 20:17
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Hopefully JC staff gets some major backlash from this if they turn the sisters arc, one of the most, if not the most gore and drama filled arcs into a fluff filled POS story. To call it "Unavoidable" is an insult, They seem to think that Moe Blob garbage is better than a story with a great plot, great drama, very touching moments, and amazing fights. If they really feel this way than they have no right adapting a great series like this into an anime.
/end rant
|2012-11-07, 20:48
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/face palm
Are you people truly incapable of separating the two from your minds? That maybe, I don't- They're referring to the Sisters Arc AND some other fluff stuff that doesn't mix in together and are two completely separate things?!
I swear this is approaching NanoFate-ridiculous levels; It was stupid paranoia the first time idiots thought that the Sisters Arc would be skipped, and that line of irrational thinking continues to plague us today. I don't care if you all want to shit on Railgun, but for cry out loud at least use a legitimate reason so that it doesn't make us look like butt monkeys and give the other side something to shoot us back with.
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|2012-11-07, 21:25
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Yeah, I was also worried that they wouldn't do the arc but this is just ridiculous.
Let's put it this way: There is no possible way to make the Sisters Arc lighthearted. It's a story about a deranged serial killer/child soldier (depending on how you view him) killing thousands of women, which slowly breaks the main characters mind over the course of the story. That's not the kind of story that can be made happy.
If anything it'll just be worse because of the stark contrast between the Sisters Arc and the moeness.
|2012-11-07, 21:56
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Ohohoho~! I just read that "disturbing" line.
How naive you are guys, I don't even feel like wasting energy, with Nagay's team on this I never had any hope to begin with .
At least this will have some nice visual when moeAccelerator appears.
|2012-11-07, 22:35
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When a very successful show gets a sequel with the same staff at the helm, people should expect that it'll carry on in the model that made the first successful. But at the same time, they're going to cover the content that people are anticipating from the manga. This should normally be perceived as good news but, as you say, some people have an agenda to attack this show because it dares to be different from what they want it to be.
I don't see why we can't just have peace. I personally like both Index and Railgun, but I recognize they're two different shows trying to do two different things (that sometimes overlap). That's okay! It's a big franchise! By having two different styles, they can attract a wider audience overall. And if one of the two shows isn't done in a style that appeals to you, that's why there's the other one. Being able to gracefully accept things you cannot change is a sign of maturity, and I'd like to see more of that on this forum and in this thread.
(Besides, all this over-reaction because of one single unsourced fan translation that uses the word "unavoidable", as if the word used in Japanese carries all the same double-meanings that people are trying to apply to it.)
|2012-11-08, 02:24
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|2012-11-08, 07:18
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I'm taking it in stride. Besides, fluff first, gritty stuff later is a good formula in my opinion (for this show at least). It could be a good opportunity to tell those who started with the Railgun anime first without any followups to any other medium what the story is really like. Though I doubt that, as the human instinct to forget is a fearsome thing, and serves as a good rescue operandi in case someone's mind blue-screened because of seeing things they didn't expect from what I think they would think "a moe series."
|2012-11-09, 07:02
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|2012-11-09, 07:13
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well the way they do things. Just imagine that while someone is in despair, others are laughing and having fun of their lives. Its the same as in the real world so even if it sucks. Just bear with it.
goes back to workshop and readying my flamethrower.
|2012-11-10, 20:27
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Wishlist for R2:
Other than that, I'm fully expecting a JC STAFF adaptation, and I'm okay with it.
|2012-11-11, 07:49
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2 - I second that, there will definitely have to be new awesome bgms.
3 - Are 4komas even canon? I mean the ones relesed in those 4koma anthalogies are from different autors (not Kamachi) and the same goes for those two big set of 4komas released in Degeki Daioh. And I don't remember any 4komas being animated in the first season..
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William Styron didn't write in notebooks. He tried notebooks, but they didn't work for him. They do work for Paul Auster, though, so he writes in notebooks. He likes the ones with gridded lines, which he calls "quadrille lines — the little squares." When Auster's done with the notebooks he types everything up. He has a typewriter he bought in 1974.
What is that supposed to tell us? What does this reveal about Styron? What do we know or understand about Auster that we didn't before?
Joseph Heller wrote stuff down on 3×5 cards he kept in his wallet, which he called a "billfold" in '74. Gore Vidal writes fiction on yellow legal pads, but essays and plays on a typewriter. John Updike had a typewriter too and Jack Kerouac had two. Gay Talese wrote outlines in different colors of ink on the shirt boards he got when his clothes come back from the dry cleaners.
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The Nürnberg (Nuremberg) graticule is at latitude 49, longitude 11. It covers parts of the Regierungsbezirke of Oberfranken (Upper Franconia), Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) and Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) and contains most of the city of Nürnberg at its western edge and extends nearly to Regensburg in the south-east and up to Bayreuth at the north.
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42.58% Natural reserves 28.00% Fields 22.55% Forests 2.81% Roads 2.39% Highways 1.60% Settlements 0.08% Water
Local Geohashers[edit]
- peph.halmen on the western end of this graticule, will attend hashs around Erlangen
- BenJay want to attend hashes around Nuremberg/Forchheim (please let there be a Bierkeller!)
- Klaus was born in this graticule and still is in his home village in the north west part of this graticule from time to time.
- Nicole1338 wants to find geohashes around Nuremberg.
- Max attends hashes whenever and wherever he remembers there is a thing called geohashing
Neighbor graticule Geohashers[edit]
- Dawidi will go to hashpoints near the south-eastern corner that are reachable by bike from Regensburg.
Upcoming hashes, attendance plans[edit]
none currently
Past expeditions[edit]
Please look at Category:Meetup_in_49_11 instead, the list below is very incomplete.
- 2018-05-27 49 11 On the edge of a woodland between several small villages. Abandoned cottages as direct neighbors.
- 2018-02-27 49 11 Along the Nurnberg-Bamberg S1 tracks, between Forchheim and Eggolsheim.
- 2017-06-04 49 11 In the forest near the road between Aufseß and Draisendorf, Franconia.
- 2017-04-02 49 11 forest near Kremmelsdorf, Bavaria, Germany
- 2017-01-12 49 11 a few hundreds meter south from Hohenpoelz
- 2016-07-13 49 11 ???
- 2016-06-22 49 11 ???
- 2016-05-23 49 11 The roof of a parking garage
- 2016-05-05 49 11 between Laibaroes und Geisdorf
- 2016-05-04 49 11 between Lohndorf and Tiefenellern
- 2016-02-19 49 11 Danatar found deer in a field near Bayreuth.
- 2015-11-08 49 11 field between Hohenpölz and Brunn. Klaus went there.
- 2014-01-11 49 11 Open Field in Weidmannsgesees (near bus stop at crossing Rackersdorf); county Bayreuth, Fränkische Schweiz. frob were there at 4pm
- 2013-02-25 49 11 On Schlesierstraße in Feucht, a very short walk from Feucht Ost station.
- 2012-02-27 49 11 Thomcat walks around private property, but does not enter.
- 2012-01-15 49 11 in a forest east of Amberg. mojibake and dawidi went there by bike in the evening.
- 2011-11-20 49 11 in the forest west of Burglengenfeld. dawidi went there by bike on his way to Amberg.
- 2011-07-10 49 11 in a field near Moos, near Schlammersdorf, near Creussen. Llavids had a run in the field.
- 2011-06-19 49 11 in a field near Neumarkt. srs0 and Danatar walked from Pölling train station through a forest to the hashpoint.
- 2011-03-29 49 11 in a farmyard driveway. dawidi walked there from Deuerling station in the evening.
- 2011-03-02 49 11 in Eckental-Eschenau. Sp3pbn walked there.
- 2010-12-02 49 11 between Eckental and Beerbach. Sp3pbn had a nice walk through the snow.
- 2010-11-05 49 11 west of Schnaittach. Sp3pbn earned a no trespassing consolation and wrecked his bike.
- 2010-10-26 49 11 in the town of Simmelsdorf on a railroad crossing. Visited by sockenfresser and all people taking the train to Simmelsdorf on that day.
- 2010-09-27 49 11 north-east of Nürnberg in the Reichswald. Sp3pbn arrived there at about 5:30pm
- 2010-09-15 49 11 on a hill next to a flying field for model airplanes. sp3pbn was there at about 9:30pm.
- 2010-05-09 49 11 in a field east of Schwabach, visited by lyx and relet at midnight.
- 2010-01-16 49 11 in a field next to the Naab river, south of Ebenwies. dawidi, Tomcat and Hans were there around 15:30.
- 2009-12-24 49 11 on a sports field in Kallmünz.
- 2009-11-21 49 11 on a field beside a small road leading to a farm south of Neuhof.
- 2009-11-07 49 11 just below a cliff in the Laber valley northwest of Beratzhausen. Tomcat, Hans and dawidi were there around 16:00.
- 2009-10-27 49 11 in the forest on Greifenberg hill east of Etterzhausen. Tomcat and dawidi were there in the dark around 18:30.
- 2009-10-25 49 11 on a fenced, and therefore not accessible, meadow between the buildings of a farm near Horlach. Tomcat went there around noon.
- 2009-10-11 49 11 on a meadow south of Hemau. Hans and Tomcat went there by bike.
- 2009-07-21 49 11 in a forest south of Beilngries. Tomcat, Hans and dawidi were there in the evening (around 20:00).
- 2009-07-14 49 11 in the forest near Wolfsegg. dawidi and Tomcat went there by bike in the evening.
- 2009-05-13 49 11 on a track between fields near Pölling/Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Danatar came by train.
- 2009-03-20 49 11 in a small chunk of forest on a former military training range near Hemau, 20km west of Regensburg. Tomcat, Hans and dawidi went there by bike in the evening.
- 2009-02-18 49 11 on a boundary ridge near Thumhausen, above the Laber valley, between Eilsbrunn and Eichhofen. Hans, Tomcat and dawidi went there by car.
- 2009-02-05 49 11 under a tree near Schönhofen. Tomcat and dawidi walked there from Eilsbrunn in the later evening.
- 2009-01-28 49 11 on an access road between two shiny new business buildings in Amberg. dawidi went there by train (and bike) in the evening.
- 2008-09-29 49 11 in a field east of Eilsbrunn, very close to the south-eastern corner of the graticule. dawidi and Tomcat were there.
- 2008-06-15 49 11 in a field west of Amberg, near Siebeneichen, only dawidi was there (but didn't make it to the exact spot).


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Switching gears to another diversity issue, this time in education. Earlier this month we brought you the story of Amanda Machado. She wrote a piece for The Atlantic magazine called, "Why Teachers of Color Quit." And it addressed something you might have seen something in your own school where you might have gotten the feeling that there is more turnover among teachers of color. Machado wrote about her own experience of teaching two years of high school English to students who, like herself, were mostly Latino. She said she thought that shared background would make her job easier, but instead she said it made it harder.
AMANDA MACHADO: Coming from the background that I did, I couldn't keep race out of my head. I was always thinking about the very different racial and socioeconomic realities that our students have. And I felt a responsibility to them, which intensified the pressure and it made me hypersensitive to anything that didn't relate to their backgrounds.
MARTIN: But now we're going to hear another perspective. Teacher Victoria Kunzmann has a very different view. She is a high school English teacher in Arizona. She wrote about her experience on her blog My Redacted Journey. And she is with us now. Welcome, thanks so much for joining us.
VICTORIA KUNZMANN: Good to be here.
MARTIN: First of all, did Amanda's piece push your buttons?
KUNZMANN: It really did. Yes, it really did.
MARTIN: Which ones?
KUNZMANN: Well, about the fact that she had a similar background, I think that and the fact that she really knew what she was talking about after two years of teaching English.
MARTIN: So you are also of Latino heritage?
KUNZMANN: Yes, I am.
MARTIN: Did you grow up wanting to be a teacher?
KUNZMANN: Oh, absolutely. I've always wanted to be a teacher from day one, yes.
MARTIN: Because?
KUNZMANN: Because I'm good at it. I don't know what else to say about that. People ask me all the time but - I know how to get people to learn, I suppose is the best way to put that.
MARTIN: In fact, you say in your piece, I became a teacher because I knew I would be good at it, and I am.
KUNZMANN: Yes.
MARTIN: And more to your point, just as Amanda wrote in her piece, I grew up in a lower to middle-income family with non-immigrant parents, although generations back my ancestors did come from Mexico. And, you know, you talk about the fact that - didn't grow up with a lot of privilege, a lot of money, but you thought you'd want to do this and you have made in your career. So let's kind of talk about her argument. She cited three reasons.
One is she cited her colleagues saying, perhaps unintentionally, disparaging things about the students that they were teaching and about their neighborhoods. Like, when she mentioned that she lived in the same neighborhood a lot of her students come from, some of her peers would say things like, you live there? And also not wanting to learn more about the kids' backgrounds. So there was that. There was the - just the issue that she cites here, saying that she found it really hard to disengage. Did you feel any of those things? And how do you deal with those things?
KUNZMANN: Colleagues and other people who know where you work, they do have a tendency to look down upon that and you do wonder how they can teach these children if they do have that kind of attitude. So that part I do agree with her. However, I do say in my essay if I were to quit, my students would have no one else to look like them, to be the same as them.
MARTIN: Why else do you stay in teaching?
KUNZMANN: I know that I'm making an effort, I know I'm making a difference. I really do. I've been in teaching 13 years and I'm just now seeing the fruits of my labor. Students I taught 13 years ago have now come back and are getting in touch with me. And the computer is a wonderful thing because they tell me the effect I had. And not that I taught them nouns and verbs, but that I really taught them how to be a good person in the community - I'm just now seeing that.
MARTIN: Amanda Machado also wrote that - and this is something, you know, I do have to ask you about - she said that part of it was - the reason she quit was that teaching is not as prestigious as it once was. I mean, there was a time in the U.S. when teaching was one of the only professions that was certainly open to women and open to educated people of color. Now that that has changed, she said that, you know, she kind of felt that she owed it to all the people who sacrificed for her education to do something more prestigious. Now I can see where that would be kind of an ouch. But...
KUNZMANN: Oh, yes. Thank you. Yes.
MARTIN: But I have to ask, does any of that resonate with you?
KUNZMANN: Absolutely not. That's probably the part that really got me really - my fingers flying. The prestige I suppose that I see in this is from the children, is from my student. They think it's prestigious. I know that we should teach our children and our students to shoot for the moon, but in reality them shooting for the moon is just simply graduating high school sometimes. As far as prestige, I didn't go into this to be prestigious and I certainly didn't go into this to show everybody else how great I am. I really do have my heart in the right place. I went into this to make a better world. And I know as scripted as that might sound, I do want to create a better world and I think this is the way to do it.
MARTIN: Do you think that part of the issue here that - in fact you allude to this in your piece, which is quite polite but does have a bit of a cutting tone, in the sense that I think you kind of let your irritation come through a little bit, where you say that lack of prestige, low financial rewards, teaching is demoralizing - let me tell you something lady, your values are twisted. I have an abundance of prestige, but I seriously doubt it is the prestige you are looking for.
I have the respect and admiration of my students, present and former. They see my being their teacher as important and they certainly consider it an achievement. And as for low financial rewards, I went into this profession with a clear understanding that I would never become rich teaching. However, I raised four children on my teaching salary. So do you think - I wonder if part of the issue here is that - is expectations. It's that - do you think part of the issue is that kids going to programs like Teach For America have kind of out-sighted expectations?
KUNZMANN: I think one of the things that groups like Teach For America bank on is the fact that they're wide-eyed perhaps and they want to go out and save the world. Well, I want to go out and save the world too, but I'm a little bit more realistic in that I think that any job, be it teaching or broadcasting for crying out loud, you need to get more of an education about what you're doing then five weeks of summer training. It's just - it's not fair. And I think that it's misleading that people think that teaching is such a snap, such an easy thing to do and five weeks of summer training is going to make anybody a teacher.
MARTIN: You've been teaching for 13 years now?
KUNZMANN: Yes, I have.
MARTIN: Did you ever think of quitting yourself?
KUNZMANN: You know, right now.
MARTIN: Really, right now?
KUNZMANN: Actually this is my second career. I didn't obtain my degree until I was 36. So I was older, obviously, when I went into the field. And so I knew what I was getting into. I do have to say, had I gone into teaching in my 20s, I would never have made it. It is a tough gig and I've worked in some tough places. I've worked in a boys' prison so - and that still didn't make me quit. So I don't see me quitting anytime soon, though.
MARTIN: But you did say you thought sometimes about quitting now. Why is that? Do you mind if I ask, why?
KUNZMANN: Because right now, the way education in America is headed right now is something that really tears at my heart. I don't think teachers are valued. I know we're not valued. And we're talking about diversity here - there's diversity all across the United States. What works for kids in Tampa is not going to work for the kids in Tempe. And teachers who are in the trenches know this, but unfortunately the people that are in charge of education today, they don't know it and they don't agree with it.
MARTIN: The statistics that - you know, Amanda talked about her personal experience, but she did cite some data that suggests there is slightly higher turnover among teachers of color. And I just wondered if you had a sense about why that might be?
KUNZMANN: I want to know where these teachers of color reside. I'm not killing you because I see a lot of African-American teachers. I've worked with a lot of African-American teachers. But as far as the Hispanic community, the Latinas and Latinos, they're not out - I don't see them. I taught at a school that was 80 percent Hispanic and I was the only Hispanic teacher on staff. I came into this field thinking how can I get more Hispanics to the classroom to teach. And so the fact that the turnover rate is so high is very, very disparaging.
MARTIN: Do you have any thoughts that you would want to share - I mean, obviously, you have many thoughts. But for - if there are people listening to our conversation - this is a question I asked Amanda Machado - which is what advice from your vantage point would you give to policy makers who are looking at this and who believe that diversity is important in the teaching profession and also retention is important in the teaching profession, is there some advice that you would give them about how we can do better?
KUNZMANN: Oh, Absolutely. Absolutely. I think that looking at the diversity training. I really appreciated what Amanda Machado said in her piece about having diversity training. And there really is not enough of that. Expect the teachers and the paraprofessionals, the ones who help the teachers, to be in the meeting and to engage. I say that because paraprofessionals are the ones that are the minorities. And so making it important for the diversity training, and not to make fun. I really getting tired of being in the lunchroom and hearing names being made fun of or parents being put down or things like this. And I speak up, but I'm only one person.
MARTIN: It sounds like there are some things that you agree with Amanda Machado about.
KUNZMANN: Yes.
MARTIN: But I think - is the main thing you feel that people should stop being so romantic about teaching, that if they go into teacher recognize that it is a tough job?
KUNZMANN: Yes.
MARTIN: Would that be the bottom line?
KUNZMANN: Yes. I like that. Do not romanticize teaching because it is nothing like that. Nothing. You know, if you're going to save the world, you have to understand that - if you're going to save the world, one kid at a time and that kid's not going to come back to tell you until 20 years later.
MARTIN: Victoria Kunzmann is a high school English teacher. Can I - may I be the one to say today - to say thank you for teaching?
KUNZMANN: Absolutely.
MARTIN: Thank you for your hard work.
KUNZMANN: You're very welcome. I value my job and I value what I do. Thank you very much.
MARTIN: And she was kind enough to join us from her home office in Kingman, Arizona. Victoria Kunzmann, thanks so much for speaking with us.
KUNZMANN: Thank you very much.
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In my last post, we had a long comment thread where many folks chimed in about the price of ebooks.
I thought I would distill my thoughts into a new blog entry, and explain why I believe $2.99 is the new ebook standard.
There are a few ways to support this claim, but before I begin, we need some background.
It all starts with print.
Currently, the majority of authors are offered boilerplate contracts with fixed rates for print books.
Mass market paperback is 8% of the cover price (though some houses offer 6% or even less), After a certain number of books are sold, it can escalate to 10%.
Trade paperback is 7.5%.
Hardcover is 10% for the first 5000, 12.5% for the next 5000, and 15% for everything after that.
So, for a $7.99 paperback, the author earns 64 cents per copy sold.
For a $13 trade paperback, the author earns 75 cents.
For a $25 hardcover, the author earns $2.50 to start out, though it can get to $3.75 if it sells well.
It is worth noting that these royalty rates are low because there are a lot of costs built into a book sale. Besides the costs absorbed by the publisher (editing, cover art, marketing, advertising, factoring the the cost of returns, plus overhead from salaries, rent, utilities, etc.), there are also printing and shipping costs. The distributor gets a cut. The bookseller gets a cut as well.
But the time the writer gets their cut, there isn't very much left. That's why hardcovers are priced as luxury items. You spend twenty-five bucks to be entertained by something for eight hours--something that I spent months of my life working on--and I get $2.50.
Now let's take a small detour and discuss ebooks.
Ebooks are a tricky product. Their costs are much lower than their print counterparts. No printing or shipping, no distributor, and the bookseller cut is smaller. There is no need to inflate the cost to factor in returns, because returns don't require shipping, warehousing, or printing.
I'll also put forth that the marketing and advertising costs for ebooks are much lower, and fewer people are required to create an ebook, which means less overhead.
Bottom line: Ebooks cost less to produce.
This is a Good Thing. Especially because customers want ebooks to cost less.
There is an acknowledged bias against the worth of downloadable content. This bias is partly emotional, and partly fact-based.
Facts include:
Ebooks cost nothing to distribute or produce.
Ebooks are intangible--they don't exist in a hard copy.
Ebooks have restrictions like DRM and proprietary format, which makes them worth less because they can't be shared, copied, or transferred.
Emotional response to downloads include:
I get a lot of stuff for free on the internet, which must mean it is worth less.
If something can be copied, it has no tangible value.
Copyright is not enforceable in a digital world, so everything should be free, and intellectual property is worthless.
Bottom line: Ebooks cost less, customers know this, and customers want to pay less.
Ebooks should be a bonanza for publishers. They cost less, they require fewer people to produce, and entire wings of their business could be downsized or eliminated, saving a lot of overhead.
But I believe publishers have seen ebooks as a threat to their long-entrenched print book business. I've I've said before: publishers should be connecting writers and readers, but they seem more concerned about selling paper.
That means protecting their paper-selling business. They've done many things to ensure this.
-Push the agency model so they control the selling price of ebooks
-Window ebook releases until after the print version is released
-Keep ebook prices artificially high
-Refuse to release ebook versions of some books, or in certain markets, or for certain platforms
-Demand DRM, which consumers hate (iTunes no longer uses it for that very reason)
-Devote time and energy and money to combating piracy, which is a waste of time and energy and money
None of this embraces the future and prepares them for making fat ebook profits. Instead, it alienates their customers, angers their authors, and leaves them even farther behind as ebook domination draws closer and closer.
Bottom line: Ebooks cost less, customers want to pay less, publishers don't care.
So where are the authors in this?
The boilerplate for ebooks was 25% of the net sales receipts. Instead of basing it on the cover price, it is based on what the publisher receives from the seller.
So on a $9.99 ebook on Amazon (price set by the publisher) is sold to them for $7, which means the author earns $1.75.
Now compared to hardcovers and paperbacks, a buck seventy-five is a pretty good royalty.
At least, on the surface it is. But not when some other things are taken into account.
On a hardcover, and on a paperback, there are so many costs that the publisher earns very close to what the author earns--three bucks on a hardcover, about a buck on a paperback.
But on a $9.99 ebook, the publisher earns $5.25.
$5.25 for simply uploading it to Amazon? Sorry, that's way too much.
Not only that, but they do a lot less to bring an ebook to market, and pay a lot less to get it to market. Lower costs, lower overhead, but jack up the profit? I think not. A world where a publisher earns three times what the artist earns is simply messed up.
If I wrote the damn thing, I deserve the lion's share. A 25% royalty rate isn't fair. Especially compared to print.
It gets worse, though. We've established that ebooks should be cheaper, and customers want to pay less. They certainly don't want to pay ten bucks. So when a publisher prices a book that high, they're losing potential sales. No wonder there's a $9.99 boycott by readers.
My own sales have confirmed this, numerous times. The lower the price, the more money a book earns. This is because value has nothing to do with the list price, and everything to do with how much the author earns.
But it gets worse, still.
By working with a publisher, an author gets 17.5% royalty of whatever price that publisher sets the book at.
By self publishing, the author can get 70% royalty, plus set their own price.
I price my ebooks at $2.99, because I've found that to be the sweet spot. If I price them higher, I make more per sale, but have fewer sales so I lose money.
On a $2.99 ebook, I earn $2.04.
In other words, I earn three times more than I do on a $8 paperback, and almost as much as I do on a $25 hardcover.
And guess what? Ebooks are easier to buy and sell than paper books. Kindle owners can buy my ebooks and get them instantly, without going to the store, or without even turning on their computers. No hassle, no wait.
I like the $2.99 price for other reasons as well. A hardcover requires thought before buying. In this economy it's a big purchase.
$2.99 is an impulse buy. It's no-guilt. It's a bargain. It encourages people to buy, rather than discourages.
Bottom line: I can make more money selling $2.99 ebooks on my own than I can selling $7.99 paperbacks or $25 hardcovers with a publisher.
The fact that I keep the rights, control cover art and titles, and can release the book as fast as I can write it rather than waiting 12 to 18 months, is all icing on the cake.
So let's hear from the opposition:
1. Joe, don't you think books are worth more than $2.99? People have always paid more than that.
Joe sez: A book is worth what it earns the author. Selling a bunch of $2.99 books is more profitable than selling almost as many $25 hardcovers. The public believes downloads should cost less, and the author makes more than they would in print. I think $2.99 is a perfect price to satisfy everyone.
2. Joe, don't you think part of the reason you're selling so well is you're undercutting other authors with your low price?
Joe sez: This isn't a zero sum game. Kindle owners don't buy just one book. They read more than they did before buying their ereader, and if they seem happy to buy more ebooks if they cost less. It isn't a choice between my book or your book. Readers can afford both.
3. Joe, but what happens when publishers start selling at $2.99? Won't you lose sales?
Joe sez: I don't believe publishers are going to go that route for a while. But if/when it happens, I can easily see my sales going up. When people can buy the new James Patterson for $2.99 instead of $9.99, they'll have money left over to spend on me.
4. Joe, ebooks have been around for ten years, and they've always been priced higher than $2.99.
Joe sez: The past is the past. Currently, people want to pay less. I say, give the customer what they want.
5. Joe, books shouldn't be an impulse purchase. Many writers spend years toiling over their manuscripts. Books have integrity and gravitas, and people are willing to pay more for that.
Joe sez: Books are entertainment. We can spend a lot of money to be entertained, and we can also be entertained for free. If you feel your ebook should be priced comparably to a hardcover, or a Broadway show, or a Picasso, knock yourself out. As I said, it isn't a zero sum game. You're free to price however you desire.
6. But if I price my book high when everyone else listens to you and prices their books low, I won't sell very many.
Joe sez: Then write a Broadway show, or take up painting. Then you'll get paid what your masterpiece is truly worth.
7. Your books suck, and the only reason you sell so many is because they're cheap.
Joe sez: I've long stopped caring about what people think of my writing, good or bad. I get enough fan mail, and make enough money, to no longer be concerned about bad reviews, negative people, or the obviously envious. My ego and bank account are satisfied, and I'm lucky I can find an audience while doing something I love. Also, you're an asshat.
8. Aren't you worried about piracy?
Joe sez: No. I'll eventually post long term results to my piracy experiment, but so far I've concluded that piracy hasn't hurt my sales. The way to fight piracy is with cost and convenience. Three dollar ebooks that can be purchased and delivered with the press of a button are the ultimate in cost and convenience.
9. Don't you think publishers will eventually figure out what you have? Some smaller, independent publishers already have.
Joe sez: I erroneously group all publishers together under the "Big 6" banner. If anyone can adapt and survive in this brave new world, smaller publishers are much better suited for it. But if the brand is the author, all publishers, small and big, need to figure out what they can offer their authors to justify taking a percentage of royalties forever. It has to be more than a cover and editing, because authors can get those on their own, and pay one-time costs for them.
10. What happens when Amazon lowers the royalty rate for authors?
Joe sez: What happens when it starts raining acid and aliens invade our planet and the crickets stage a coup and win the majority of the seats in Congress? I'll worry about it when it happens. But if it does happen, we live in a capitalist society. Other businesses will spring up and offer authors more... which is why Amazon is currently taking authors away from Big 6 publishing.
11. The only reason this works for you is because you already have a platform and a lot of books. Other authors can't follow your example.
Joe sez: How many authors get rich, whatever path they take? Very few. A fraction of a fraction are able to make big money selling fiction.
It isn't a question of either selling 100,000 ebooks or selling zero. Everyone falls somewhere in between. This isn't a competition, or a sprint. It's a marathon, and the race is with yourself.
Set realistic goals, experiment, learn from mistakes, keep and open mind, and most of all, write a lot of good books. I believe 99.9% of writers have a better chance to make more money in this new market than they did in the old one.
If you do get offered a print deal, congratulations. But make sure that there is a clear reversion of rights clause if the publisher goes bankrupt before the book comes out (or during its shelf life.) Make sure there is clear language about what "out of print" means. Make sure you get a decent ebook royalty rate. And above all, crunch the numbers and compare what you could potentially make on your own, especially in the long term.
Also you have to remember that I'm just one man following my own path. Your results may vary. You can, and should, form your own conclusions based on your own experience.
I'm sure this is my future. You need to figure out what your future is, and act accordingly.
Friday, September 24, 2010
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So, you know I've had a scone 'thing' for a couple of months... well, I've moved on to a muffin thing now. This recipe is the combination of classic Blueberry Muffins with the crumbly top of a coffee cake. After stirring these together in 10 minutes on a Saturday morning (without even getting out your mixer...) you'll ask yourself- why don't I make muffins from scratch every day? I promise, they are so easy and so delicious.
the upgraded classic
1¾ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cups granulated sugar
2¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup milk
4 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 large egg
6 oz. fresh blueberries
½ cup + 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
¼ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoon cold unsalted butter
For the muffin batter, stir together flour sugar baking powder, soda and salt in a large bowl. Add melted butter, eggs and milk and stir just until combined. Fold in blueberries. With an ice cream scoop, scoop batter into a muffin tin lined with papers.
For the topping, combine flour, brown sugar ans salt in a medium bowl. Cut butter into small cubes and put it into the flour mixture. With a fork, work the butter into the dry mix until it is a crumbly texture. With your hands, crumble the mixture on top of each muffin.
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