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Federal health care law will cost state, secretary says
Madison - The state health secretary will tell Congress on Thursday that Wisconsin will pay more for its health care programs for the needy under the looming federal health care law but doesn't have hard financial figures yet on his claim.
Dennis Smith, the point man on health care for Gov. Scott Walker's administration, said Wednesday that he will argue that the federal law commonly called Obamacare will cost Wisconsin taxpayers more than it will save through an expansion of joint state and federal Medicaid health programs for the poor. That's because, according to Smith, it won't provide enough additional reimbursement to the state to cover the full number of people who will sign up for programs such as BadgerCare Plus in 2014. »Read Full Article(202)
Mining bill would give DNR 2 years to review proposals
The state Department of Natural Resources would get two years to review a mining application, under a series of streamlining measures reviewed on Thursday by a legislative committee controlled by Democrats.
The changes address timelines and the DNR's review of future mining projects, and stem from suggestions by a former mining executive and others who believe Wisconsin has to remove barriers that have kept the industry out of state. »Read Full Article(202)
Wisconsin Energy announces higher dividend, affirms profit forecast
Wisconsin Energy Corp. (WEC) will raise its quarterly dividend by 13% in the first quarter of 2013, the parent company of We Energies said Thursday.
The new dividend would be 34 cents per share, up from 30 cents currently. »Read Full Blog Post(18)
Marcus declares special dividend, accelerates quarterly dividends
Milwaukee-based hotel and theater operator Marcus Corp. declared a special cash dividend Thursday of $1 per common share, and has accelerated the next two regular quarterly cash dividend payments totaling 17 cents per common share.
The dividends are payable on Dec. 28 to shareholders of record on Dec. 17. »Read Full Article(3)
Northwestern Mutual office tower could reach 35 stories, $350 million
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s planned downtown Milwaukee office tower will likely be 30 to 35 stories, and the project costs could reach $350 million, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Schlifske said Thursday.
Schlifske made those remarks at a media conference following the story I broke Wednesday about Northwestern Mutual's plans. Schlifske told me yesterday that the tower could be over 30 stories, with an estimated $300 million price tag. »Read Full Blog Post(33)
PSC allows We Energies to buy Iowa County wind farm
We Energies won approval from state regulators Thursday to buy the Montfort wind farm in Iowa County for $27 million.
The purchase, from a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources Inc. of Florida, was approved in a 2-1 vote by the state Public Service Commission. »Read Full Blog Post(15)
Governor to propose funds to hire nurses at Veterans Home
Gov. Scott Walker plans to include money in his upcoming budget for the 2013-'15 fiscal years to hire 25 additional full-time registered nurses and almost 58 certified nurse assistant for the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, the governor's office announced Thursday.
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs's included the additional staffing in its budget request to ensure proper staffing levels and to increase capacity at the long-term care facility for elderly and disabled veterans. »Read Full Article(10)
New home construction permits rose 23% in November
Permits to construct new homes rose 23% in Wisconsin's five most-populated areas in November, continuing a slow but steady improvement in the state's home-building market.
There were 234 building permits issued for single-family homes and duplexes last month in the Greater Milwaukee area, Dane County, the Green Bay-Door County area, Fox Valley and the Racine-Kenosha area, new data from MTD Marketing Services of Wisconsin Inc. shows. That's up from 190 in November of 2011. »Read Full Article(1)
Roadrunner prices stock sale at $17.25 a share
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has priced a public offering of 3.5 million common shares at $17.25 a share, the Cudahy trucking and logistics company said Thursday.
Roadrunner, which went public in May 2010 at $14 a share, said it expects the stock sale to close on Dec. 11. The company expects to receive proceeds from the offering of $54.9 million after expenses. »Read Full Article(2)
Old Navy, Loft, other new tenants coming to Southridge
Old Navy, which closed at Southridge Mall this past spring, will return to a new location at Southridge in 2013, mall owner Simon Property Group Inc. announced Thursday.
Old Navy will open a store with just under 13,000 square feet near Macy's department store by June. »Read Full Blog Post(20)
Judge allows electronic poker at Ho-Chunk casino
Madison - A federal judge said the Ho-Chunk tribe can continue to offer electronic poker at its Madison casino.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled an arbitrator exceeded his power and did not have authority to ban the game. The dispute with the state is over how electronic poker is classified. The Ho-Chunk say it's Class II gaming, which the tribe can offer without a compact. The state says it's Class III gaming, which does require a compact. »Read Full Article(2)
Astronautics defers decision on headquarters relocation
Over the past few years, there's been discussion about the possible relocation of Astronautics Corp. of America's headquarters from Milwaukee's north side to the former Pabst brewery.
With executives at the low-key, family-owned company saying little, that talk has died down. I last mentioned Astronautics in an October 2011 article about the ongoing redevelopment of the Pabst complex, now known as The Brewery. »Read Full Blog Post(6)
Deadline nears for mortgage review program
Milwaukee mortgage holders who may have been victimized by improper lending practices have a chance to recover some of their losses through the Independent Foreclosure Review Program.
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A study to examine the cost and economic impact of adding two more lanes to sections of Route 106 will begin early next year, according to the state Department of Transportation. The study, which is being funded in part by the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, will also look at traffic volume to see if the widening is necessary.
"The track is definitely interested in Route 106, and we are interested in it because it continues to grow as a commuter corridor," said Bill Cass, director of project development for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
Route 106 runs from East Concord to Meredith, passing through Loudon, Belmont and Laconia along the way. The study will examine widening the road from Concord to Belmont, but the most detailed data collection will focus on the stretch from Concord to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, Cass said.
A similar study conducted in 1993 found that the road widening was economically and environmentally feasible, but not necessary given the traffic patterns at the time, he said.
Route 106 currently has one lane in each direction. It also has a middle turn lane and dedicated turn lanes at some intersections, improvements made after the 1993 study and compatible with future widening.
The Department of Transportation wants to freshen up the data from the earlier study and to re-evaluate the project in terms of new environmental regulations or concerns that may have emerged in the last 15 years, he said.
Jerry Gappens, executive vice president and general manager for the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, is pleased the Department of Transportation is moving forward with the study.
"We've had several meetings with DOT officials and Gov. Lynch," Gappens said.
"We've owned the track for two-and-a-half years. We got to looking into things and found that a lot of the right of way for Route 106 had been purchased for widening, but for some unknown reason, it got put on a shelf. We wanted to find out what needs to happen to get it taken off the shelf again," he said.
Cass said that the study is preliminary and only meant to collect information about Route 106. Study results, he said, would be shared with all the towns affected by the possible widening, so that residents and town officials could weigh in on if they thought it was a good idea.
Gappens said he believes that the Department of Transportation is serious about pursuing the widening. The study is the first step in making the project ready for construction if and when federal funds become available, he said.
The track has volunteered to pay for one-third of the cost of the study, which is being conducted by New York-based consulting firm McFarland Johnson for a total of about $300,000, Gappens said.
"There's a need for (the expansion) right now, for people who use the highway on a daily basis. There are backups at traffic lights during rush hour. It would also help in economic development and attract businesses to 106" he said. Plus, he added, the widening would be great for the big race weekends. More than 40,000 cars travel the state route on the Sundays of big race weekends, he said.
Roger Maxfield, chair of the board of selectmen in Loudon, said there is nothing wrong with looking into the widening to get more information, but there's not necessarily anything wrong with Route 106, either.
"I think everyone in Loudon tends to think that it's fine the way it is," Maxfield said.
He said that undertaking a road construction project like that would cost a lot of money and take several years to complete. He said he doesn't know if the state will back a project that big.
He also said he was concerned about the project's effect on Rocky Pond. Route 106 runs right near the pond's eastern side for about a mile. Wetlands, too, may be affected, Maxfield said.
James Martin, spokesman for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, said that the department was not aware of the study. If a project is announced, he said, the department will be involved in formal studies about environmental impact.
Tom Irwin, state director for the Conservation Law Foundation, said his organization had not heard of the study, either.
In general, he said, widening roads comes with a package of environmental concerns that vary depending on the project. Adding more pavement means more storm water runoff and flood threats, and runoff can often carry pollutants such as chloride from road salt and motor oil from cars, he said. Filling in wetlands, he added, is always controversial and is regulated at the state level.
Cass said that the public information sessions presenting the results of the study - including information about the traffic patterns and congestion, the cost and the environmental aspects - will begin as soon as next fall.
"We open it up to comment," Cass said. "We want people to let us know what we got right and what we got wrong."
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For Immediate Release
November 18, 2011
ISBE Proposes New Rules Including Student Growth to Evaluate Teachers/Principals
Draft rules result of months of extensive professional advice and public feedback
SPRINGFIELD —The Illinois State Board of Education today proposed new rules that will help transform teacher and principal evaluations in Illinois. The proposed rules will detail the ways in which districts must incorporate into their performance evaluations student growth and a research based instructional framework for reviewing effective instruction and leadership. The rules proposed by the Board will now undergo a 45-day public comment period before being finalized early next year.
"Illinois educators deserve more objective reviews, better feedback, and greater support aligned to their students' needs," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "These evaluation tools will provide teachers and principals a clearer understanding of how teachers and principals are impacting student learning and what's happening in their classrooms and schools, while improving opportunities for student growth."
The rules come in response to the Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010 (PERA) and its subsequent amendments in 2011 by Senate Bill 7, which together require new evaluations to address both professional practice and, for the first time, student achievement growth, and tie the results of performance evaluations to employment decisions such as tenure acquisition and reductions-in-force/layoffs.
As noted above, districts will be required to incorporate a research based professional framework to evaluate teachers for effective instruction. A recent study by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research showed a direct connection between teachers who scored highest in these frameworks and student growth, and that students in the study with the lowest growth were in classrooms led by teachers who scored lower on the frameworks. The Consortium study focused on the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching, which is the framework recommended by the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, a statutory body comprised of educators from across the State charged with advising the State Board of Education on the development and implementation of these new evaluation systems.
Today's proposed rules benefitted from the PEAC's extensive advice. PEAC held eight forums throughout Illinois in October and November, and gathered online input from the public. In all, more than 2,300 educators offered their views, which, among other things, helped convince the state board to propose a phase in of the minimum 30 percent student growth requirement over the next two years. Comments at the forums also led ISBE to propose that performance evaluations of school service personnel such as social workers, nurses and counselors need not include a student growth component.
"We were committed to having the voices of practitioners at the table in a meaningful way at the front end," said PEAC co-chair Laurence Stanton. "The rules will be much stronger and implementation will be much smoother since educators have some real ownership in the recommendations."
Highlights of the proposed rules include:
- Student growth must count for at least 25 percent of the evaluation for the 2012-13 and 2013-14, then at least 30 percent starting in September 2014.
- Starting September 2012, all teachers and principals/assistant principals must be rated as Excellent, Proficient, Needs Improvement, or Unsatisfactory
- Starting September 2012, all principals will be evaluated with the new system.
- New teacher evaluations will be phased in, starting with at least 300 schools in Chicago beginning September 1, 2012. The remaining Chicago schools must use the new teacher evaluations by 2013-14. All schools in the state must use them by September 2016.
- Tenured teachers will be evaluated at least every other year, however, tenured teachers evaluated as "Needs Improvement" or "Unsatisfactory" must be evaluated the following year.
- Starting in 2012-13, all evaluators must be pre-qualified and then retrained every five years.
In addition to these general rules, ISBE will develop a state model for teacher and principal/assistant principal evaluations, which districts may choose to adopt in whole or in part. PERA requires that student growth comprise at least 50 percent of the total evaluation in the state models. The Board will consider recommendations for the state evaluation models in December.
If local Joint Committees of teachers and administrators cannot agree on student growth provisions for teacher evaluations, they must default to the relevant growth section(s) of the state model. The default requirement does not apply to principal/assistant principal evaluations or to teacher evaluations in Chicago, where PERA stipulates that CPS can implement "its last best proposal."
Complete text of the proposed rules (Part 50 Evaluation of Certified Employees) may be accessed and the public may provide public comment at http://www.isbe.net/rules/proposed/default.htm .


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Probably win a playoff series.. or play good for more than just 4 games.. either way I don't really care what he has to say. It'll feel that much better if he continues to hate while we hopefully continue to prosper.
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Once again Barkley writes off the Knicks' success.
I am so tired of this guy dissing the Knicks. Does Jim Dolan have to give him his own tv network in order to persuade Barkley to say something positive about the Knicks?
I've never seen Barkley as a winning player and I don't think he really pays attention to what goes on throughout the NBA but many people look at his opinions as absolute truth and for him to criticize the Knicks the way he does makes him look stupid.
If I was Mike Lupica I would have asked him if he was still bitter about the Knicks not wanting him in the 90's and about the Patrick Ewing trade.
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Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
Probably win a playoff series.. or play good for more than just 4 games.. either way I don't really care what he has to say. It'll feel that much better if he continues to hate while we hopefully continue to prosper.
**** that old hag, who gives a **** what he thinks? were the top ranked defense, smacked the champs by 20, and the NBA's lone undefeated team, won all of our games by double digits, haven't allowed a team over 90 points 90 points yet, so excuse me for not caring what "analysts" or old hags who are mad they never got a title think about how good we are.
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who cares what Barkley has to say. just because he was a great player, doesn't mean he knows anything about basketball. he's nothing more than an entertainer for TV ratings
The argument is not whether the man is intelligent or not, it is evident that he says many things out of ignorance. The problem is that as an NBA analyst who is watched by millions of people he needs to give credit to the Knicks where credit is due despite his personal hatred towards them. No team gets disrespected more by the media than the Knicks do.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
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Truth be told, I think winning a title is the only way Barkley will ever eat his words, which would be the only meal in his life he doesn't look forward to. But this guy has a blatant bias against the Knicks, so we could continue to win games at this rate, have a dominant regular season, and still get no credit from him. Doesn't bother me though, that entire TNT postgame show is one big circus act anyway, I rarely take them seriously.
Barkley wouldn't give the Knicks credit if went 82-0 and swept every team in the playoffs
**** Barkley, he's the definition of a hater and says things for shock value


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SharkTums wrote:^Almost everywhere else, yes...but Royal Caribbean has a strict age limit of 5 years old.
SharkTums wrote:Oh goody! I get to ride the most expensive one on the continent this Winter!
EDIT - Isn't the one in Labadee, Haiti also a Weigand?
ernierocker wrote:SharkTums wrote:^Almost everywhere else, yes...but Royal Caribbean has a strict age limit of 5 years old.
Suck! I guess he could technically do the Ocho Rios one but then we wouldn't be able to use RCI for the excursion.
Ace Of Spades wrote:I think that there's one at both Park City's resort and Utah's Olympic Park...two separate, different rides. I don't know if Olympic Park's is a Wiegand though.
And for the record, Park City's is amazing. I think I hit 40+ mph in one of the helix's.
Gav wrote:If we're talking POVs, heres one I took of the tobbogan at the Plymouth Ski & Snowboard park in the UK:
(Video of alpine slide)
It was fun because it was raining and I was the only one using it. A wet track means your back wheels are able to slide sideways a bit more easily in the turns, so you can corner faster with less fear of a spill.
larrygator wrote:I only see an Alpine Slide (no coaster) listed on Olympic Park's website
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I went to the doctor yesterday and was told that I possibly have strep throat and was put on amoxicillin. My daughter, 7 months today, just finished a round of amoxicillin for an ear infection. I wanted to know if it would be beneficial for me to give her formula for a few days so she's not getting a double dose of antibiotics..also so I pass less germs to her. She's always been willing to go from bottle to breast pretty easily, so I'm not worried about that. I had to give her formula at 2 days old to save my sanity and she went right back to the boob.
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We have detailed demographic information about our readers, so one thing we know is that most of you reading this have fairly obscene and borderline illegal sex on an almost weekly basis. But no matter how nasty you like to get in your leather-studded Bone Chamber, there are multiple species of the animal kingdom who still put you to shame.
6The "Taking One for the Team" Beetle
Picture this:
You're a guy, and you meet a cute girl at a bar, only to find that she has an asshole boyfriend with her. You can't compete with that guy. Unless...
You come up with a plan. You leave and put on a wig, a miniskirt and smear on some makeup. You come back, looking 100% woman, in a dark room, anyway. You wait until the girl slips off to the ladies' room. But you don't approach her; you approach her man.
"Hey big boy," you huskily whisper to the douche boyfriend, "how about we go to the alley out back and I'll show you I'm all woman. And not a dude in a wig."
Also known as the "Bugs Bunny Stratagem"
So you lead the Kevin Federline wannabe out behind the dumpster, and allow him to make passionate love to you until he is exhausted from the effort. He's spent, and now the girl is yours!
This is how every date goes if you are a gamma male stag beetle. The alphas, with their big, scary pincers, protect the females and fight for the right to mate. The less masculine gamma beetles don't have a chance, so they use pheromones to convince the alphas that they're ladies. Then they seduce them.
Aww, yeah.
The whole point of seducing the male is to get his "little soldiers" out of the fray.
After the alpha male wastes his sperm on the transvestite beetle, he is uninterested in other females. With no sperm to compete with his and the alpha male passed out in post-sodomy afterglow, the gamma sneaks over to the female and has his way with her, knocking her up.
Totally worth it.
5Suicidal Bees
So you're a bee this time.
The good news is, you have a harem. The bad news is, they're all your sisters. Still, it's a pretty sweet deal--they feed you, clean you, and even protect you from burglars. You and your brothers are all unarmed, lazy, and helpless. Your sisters are a wonderful combination of bodyguard and maid.
Dude. Your sister.
But one day you hear a gorgeous princess is in town, flying through the air just waiting for some kind of awesome guy (like you!) to show her the time of her life. You win out over your brothers for the hand of the fine lady and eventually you're doing the horizontal Lambada. Things are going pretty well until it's time to pull out. You'll pull out all right...it's just your dick isn't going to pull out with you.
Instead, pulling out completely disembowels you. You're dead, but the lady doesn't care because--and this is where it turns into a goddamned Clive Barker novel--your dick stays inside her and continues banging her.
This mind-boggling horror is the sex life of the honeybee. The male's aedaegus (insect wiener) stays in the female, continuing to impregnate the princess so she can have like a million babies.
Some of you reading may be familiar with the fact that honeybee females only sting once, because the stinger remains in the victim. This is why males don't have stingers. The stinger on the worker bee and the penis on the male bee stem from the same basic developing parts. In both cases, penetration spells death.
Oh, and remember your brothers? The ones who didn't get laid, because you got to the girl first? When winter approaches, their sisters, all ten thousand of them, will kick their virgin asses out and let them freeze to death...or starve.
So, yeah, you still got the better end of the deal.


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- Crop damage from Irene apparently less than expected
- Southeast Virginia
Though there was damage from Hurricane Irene, the consensus is that agriculture in the Upper Southeast fared much better than expected.
Hurricane Irene subjected crops in northeast North Carolina and across the eastern third of Virginia to 6-8 hours of howling wind and up to 16 inches of rain.
Though there was damage, the consensus is that agriculture in the region fared much better than expected.
In Pasquotank County, N.C., Extension Agriculture Agent Al Wood says he feared catastrophic crop damage after being battered for 8-10 hours with winds that packed 60-75 mph gusts and torrential rainfall. "I was definitely expecting the worst when I went out to look at crops in the area," he says.
Severe drought had delayed crops and there was still an unusually high number of corn acres left to be harvested. Corn withstood the storm much better than expected Wood says.
How much damage to the remaining corn crop remains to be seen, but Wood says from first look it appears to be minimal.
There was also relatively little damage to cotton, which for the most part had few open bolls. Had the storm hit a few weeks later, with a high percentage of open bolls, the combination of wind and rain would have likely taken a much, much higher toll, Wood says.
Soybeans also benefited from late planting and late maturity. There were some soybean fields that had leaves stripped off and some were blown over by the high winds, but all in all, Wood says the soybean crop appears to have survived the storm much better than he expected.


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For Immediate Release
April 25, 2013
State Board of Education announces promising science students to attend national camp
Two Illinois High School students to serve as delegates to National Youth Science Camp
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education today announced that two Illinois high school seniors have been selected as this year's most promising young scientists. The two students, from schools in Hoopeston and Normal, will represent the Prairie State during the 2013 national Youth Science Camp this summer in West Virginia.
Michelle Seat from Hoopeston Area High School and Joelle Friesen from University High School in Normal will participate in the 50th year of the National Youth Science Camp, located near the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia. Alexander Lee, also from University High School in Normal, has been selected as an alternate.
"We're thrilled that two of our state's students can be a part of this camp's 50th season," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "These are two bright students who have each taken full advantage of four years of science and math courses at their schools. This opportunity will give Michelle and Joelle important experiences and insights into future careers."
Michelle Seat takes challenging courses, including Physics, Anatomy, Pre-Calculus/Trig and Statistics and is involved in Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) as well as sports, academic, arts, church and volunteer activities.
Johanna Thorndyke, Michelle's Anatomy teacher at Hoopeston Area High School, describes her as a student driven to succeed.
"She truly loves to learn and works hard to achieve her academic goals,'' Thorndyke said.
Michelle has been accepted into the chemical engineering program at the University of Illinois.
Joelle Friesen is involved in Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE), academic, sports church and community activities.
Thomas Holbrook, Joelle's AP Chemistry teacher at University High, said his student is also very driven and submits insightful and thorough lab work. Joelle intends to major in Biochemistry and attend medical school after college.
Michelle and Joelle have taken four years of math and science, including AP and advanced level courses at their respective high schools.
Established in 1963 as a part of West Virginia's Centennial Celebration, the National Youth Science Camp is an annual summer forum where two delegates representing each state exchange ideas with leading scientists and other professionals from academic and corporate worlds. Lectures and hands-on research projects are presented by scientists from across the United States who work on some of the most provocative topics in science today - topics such as fractal geometry, the human genome project, global climate change, the history of the universe, the fate of our rain forests, and robotics. Delegates to the NYSC are challenged to explore new areas in the biological and physical sciences, art, and music with resident staff members. Delegates also present seminars covering their own areas of research and interest.
The National Youth Science Camp's diverse academic program is complemented by an outdoor recreation program, which leverages the Science Camp's location in the Monongahela National Forest. The Science Camp's outdoor program offers backpacking, caving, rock climbing, mountain biking and kayaking.
Michelle and Joelle will fly to Charleston, West Virginia, on Thursday, June 27, and will return home on Saturday, July 20, after participating in this innovative educational program. The National Youth Science Foundation®, based in Charleston, West Virginia, covers all expenses, including travel. More information is available online at www.nysf.com and www.nysc.org.
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According to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by the Advance-Guard from the office of Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Susan Moore, Alex Guerra told GCSO investigators July 4 that suspects Torivio "Toby" Gutierrez Jr., Endalesio "Andy" Pompa IV and Louis Michael Flores repeatedly beat and kicked Garza. Guerra said the altercation stemmed from a comment made by Garza a few months earlier about Gutierrez's wife. According to Guerra, Garza made a remark about the woman being "hot."
Guerra said he heard Gutierrez say, "I'll get his --- later on, one day."
Guerra told investigators that he, Gutierrez and Pompa were at River Bottom Tavern in Goliad when they encountered Garza. Flores was working at the bar as a bouncer. Guerra said the men drank at the bar until midnight without incident.
All five men left the bar to continue drinking at Gutierrez's home at 1265 Warrick Rd. According to Guerra, Gutierrez soon confronted Garza, telling him, "You're the one talking ---- about my old lady," Guerra said. Gutierrez then punched Garza.
Guerra said Pompa and Flores joined in beating Garza.
"They were going at him," Guerra told investigators.
Guerra insisted he wasn't part of the assault.
"I don't want no part of this ----," Guerra told investigators.
Guerra said Garza fell to the ground and tried to deflect the punches and kicks by "covering up." Guerra said the three men continued to assault Garza. Guerra estimated the attack to last five minutes.
Guerra said Garza was allowed to get to his feet. Guerra said he last saw Garza staggering down the driveway that runs in front of Guerra's RV located at the residence.
Garza's body was found by GCSO deputies at approximately 5 a.m. on July 4.
According to the affidavit, Gutierrez told deputies that he was awakened by Guerra at approximately 4:30 a.m., telling him there was a man lying on the property. The report says Gutierrez told deputies he knew the man but did not know why Garza was on the property.
According to the affidavit, Gutierrez claimed Guerra "took off in a panicked state" after it was determined Garza was deceased. The affidavit states Guerra originally said he had no idea of Garza's death and said he was at a friend's house most of the night. Guerra adamantly denied Gutierrez's story.
Investigators later interviewed Flores on July 4. According to the report, Flores confirmed Guerra's statement about the five men being at River Bottom Tavern and all the men going to Gutierrez's residence.
According to Flores, Garza struck Gutierrez first, and Gutierrez retaliated by slapping Garza in the face. Flores said he tried to break up the altercation and soon left.
Flores denied involvement in the beating. According to the affidavit, Flores became visibly emotional when informed of Garza's death.
Later on July 4, Pompa voluntarily came to the GCSO stating he "heard you wanted to talk to me about what happened to Chris." Pompa claimed not to know anything about the altercation and did not provide much useful information, according to the affidavit.
An autopsy performed by Central Texas Autopsy in Lockhart revealed the probable cause of death to Garza was "complications from blunt force injury." The manner of death was listed as a homicide.
The autopsy revealed Garza sustained blunt force trauma to his left back, rib fractures, a punctured left lung and lacerated spleen. There were also "scattered areas of blunt force injury to his head, but there was no injury to the brain or skull."
Flores, 49, and Gutierrez, 40, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder on July 15. Pompa, 29, of Goliad was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on July 16.
All three suspects are being held without bond.


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Kendra says
You so pretty 🙂 I know you are wearing boots and tights but something about this just screams, "Don't worry! Spring is on the way!" Love it!
LOVE this outfit, Kate! I would have never thought to put all these colors together, but it looks awesome! Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
deannaarrington says
You are so photogenic! And beautiful! Thanks for all the tips! (Now if you could just give me some on "being photogenic"! Is there an art to that?)
Kate says
Many many many years of practice. MANY MANY photos (like usually 50-75 per shoot). You're likely to come across a decent one. 🙂
Claire Nettles says
Went shopping at the Loft with my little girl and had picked out a blue horizontal striped cardigan to try on. She (at 3 and a HALF…half important!) grabbed a blue cami with aqua dots and wanted me to wear it with the cardigan. Hmmmm…only because you chose it. SO CUTE! I think I have a fashionista on my hands. 🙂
Kate says
haha, thats so cute!
Jo & Ant says
Emma B. says
I would never have paired all of this together, but you pull it off so well – as usual! Funny how you and your sister sometimes have uncoordinated similar posts – you were both thinking stripes this morning!
Kate says
I know, we are always shocked by that!
Emilie says
At first glance, I thought the scarf was lavender. I absolutely love the scarf sweater combo.
Kate says
It's actually a pretty light lavender/grey 🙂
Carly says
I've been eyeing that skirt for awhile now, it's adorable on you!
I am confused by the links. The scarf link goes to a JCrew sweater and the skirt link goes to a previous post. Is that right?
Kate says
I'm having link issues. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll fix it right now!
Thank you!
Cari Thomas says
If only you could come to my house every morning and style me! You have such a knack for this! Gorgeous!
Rose says
Love it! The colors go perfectly together.
Amy says
gorgeous Kate, stripes and polka dots! whats not to love!!?!?!
Coffee Beans and Bobby Pins
Adrienne says
LOL, a bruise!
Too funny!
The purple is radiant on you 😉
Amanda Bumgarner says
I love the jacket! Super cute.
Kelly Edwards says
You look like Emma Stone in the first picture. 🙂
Kate says
thanks! 🙂
Heather Carson says
hahahah, love it, bruise outfit 🙂
pretty bruise!
xo – heather
This Life Is Yours Blog
kristinwithani says
absolutely love
Krista says
That's one beautiful bruise 😉 Looks great!
Kate says
hahaha! First time that sentance has ever been uttered. . . !
Stephanie says
I LOVE that outfit. Especially the jacket and skirt. So cute!
pretty little things says
love this! this has a similar look to the outfit I have on my blog today! xo
Love that skirt! Target had dresses in those same patterns last summer. I picked up two!
Nicki Parrish says
I love that outfit!
So cute!! LOVE it!
Valeska Mengert says
The Jacket is gorgeous!!!!
kristi says
I just ordered this skirt. Thanks!
Kristina says
I saw that skirt in the store but somehow didn't manage to try it on. It looks so cute on you, I may have to go back 😉
Dulcina Garcia says
This is such a beautiful blog, i wish there are more blog like this, you did a good job. I look forward to see you on my blog at callyourescort.blogspot.in Escort Barcelona or may be one in Escort Madrid ,
Brandi Sanders says
My BFF and I both follow your blog. One of these days she is going to call me out on being a copy cat of your style! LOL Today might be that day! I am wearing that purple sweater with the orange ruffle top. I would have never thought to put those two together, so THANK YOU for sharing!
Kayla Gilbert says
The bruise made me laugh! You look fabulous! : )
Emily H says
I love the jacket. This is a great outfit!
Diane Roark says
I really love the jacket. You always look amazing! I found the blog hop from Naptime review. I have not had a chance to stop by your blog lately because I have been working on changing my blog theme/design. Please check out my new blog theme and let me know what you think. Blessings to you! Diane http://www.recipesforourdailybread.com/
still being [molly] says
kate i absolutely LOVE this outfit. seriously. one of my faves.
Lexi says
You and your sister wore such matching-matching looking skirts!ha ha
Kacie says
I must have that skirt in my life!
Jen Carter says
I'm always nervous to mix and match black and brown… Of course YOU can pull it off. Adorable!
Inge Jane says
I think you look great in purple! And i really really like this striped skirt!
Cari says
I have been "stalking" your blog for a while now but this is my first time to comment. I forget how important it is to comment on blogs 🙂 Over the last couple of nights I watched several of your hair tutorials and they are great! Thanks for sharing your secrets. I regret not following my dream to go to cosmetology school and choosing the medical field instead. Love the outfit! Your adorable!
Ashley Jones says
I love the combination of the colors! Would never have thought to do it, but it looks great!
Rachel Lynne says
Obsessed with your boots! They are seriously amazing!
Carylee Shopsalot says
Love how rich that color of purple is! Looks great on you!
Shasta says
I would have never thought to put this together, it looks wonderful on you!
SH says
Love the colours – and the scarf!
Hope you had a great weekend!
Arslan Shamim says
Love the colours


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Get on your game, it's time for some new names
This video of my kids is called PUG INAUGURATION:
Emily, nice seeing another Rockies blogger on the front page of MLBlogs.com. Especially one that I read daily. That's freggin AWESOME !
I love it when the folks on my sidebar get their due props.
It's unfortunate that I can't always be one of the first people to jump in on the topic of the day. By the time I get home from working (around 1ish), the topic of the day has been done many times over. It seems like you have to cover the topic of the day early to get your link on the front page.
No worries, I don't need handouts. I like working my way to the top. You get more respect that way.
Beware of the guy who works 40 + hours a week and has children and a life. He'll be the guy who bumps you out of the top spots. So I guess that means you better work harder.
I haven't worked any harder and I'm creeping up on you, slowly but surely.
I'm not a writer and I don't have a book to throw in anyone's face. I don't live on the east or west coast, I don't support a team that made the playoffs last year. I live in a state where baseball is an afterthought. I don't have a partner to write with and feed off of. It's just me, my experiences and my twisted view of the world and the things that matter to me.
I'm just a guy with a funny hat and a great sense of humor who isn't afraid to tell it like it is,…ever.
So to the blogger who has been blogging here half as long as me, and made the cover of MLBLogs seven times to my one..Look out,…change is coming.
It's not a question of if I'll surpass you, it's only a matter of time. Don't get me wrong, I love it here, they treat the Ranter good. But it's time for a change at the top, and I'll make sure of that…If I can quit smoking there isn't a freggin thing in this world I can't do.
Don't mistake my competitiveness for anger, I f*cking hate when people do that :) Remember if your a writer then write, taking care of the pictures is for those of us who don't know how to write. Remember it's not your idea if you read it or saw it somewhere else.
Every time I write an entry I sit there with the little arrow over the publish button. It's kind of like the "reply to all" email thing. I always hesitate because I wonder if people will get the jest of what I'm saying or if I'll totally offend everyone and the Rant's run will be over.
The bloggers listed on my sidebar are in my eyes "original" their blogs are interesting, different, and you can learn something if you read them. For the most part, I don't read any other blogs, not because they're not good, only because a person with a job, family and who blogs regularly only has so much time.
However, if you take the time to read my blog and leave a comment here with a link to your blog, you have my word I'll take the time to read your's also. No guarantees on me leaving a comment. But I think I have a plan for that, I read the blogs on my sidebar daily, but honestly sometimes I just don't have anything bright to say.
So here's what I'm going to do. If you see a comment that just has a "D" and an url…It's me. It's my way of saying, I read it, liked it, but I but don't have much to say. Let me ask, is that rude? Or would you consider it polite? That way you know I stopped by and gave you some page hit luv??
Let me know, I'm playing around with this live blogging 2.0 thing..If you see it up, give it a try…Thanks reading the writings of a Rockies Ranter…D
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I added Rockpile Rant to my sidebar. It really is one of the best blogs and deserves #1 on MLBlogs. Baseball is so close!
23 days until pitchers and catchers!
You go D!!! Okay I live on the East Coast, but no book, no partner, yes to the kids & job – but I love having a place to rant and discuss baseball. Good luck moving up D! I'll be cheering for you!
JULIA-You know I'm not talking about you shoot, I wanna be like you…Will you share the top spots with me??..lol…D
ELLIE-Welcome to the Rant, you start out with nice comments like that and you and I are going to be good friends :)…D
Competitiveness is a good thing (usually). It's a big part of sports, so why not our sports blogs too! Better watch out for me, D. I'll be creeping up on you soon enough! 🙂
JEN-Believe me I know your creeping, things are changing round the old blogosphere, new year, new faces…I love it.
BLOGGERS- If your listed on the Rant's sidebar, you are immune from any of my rants. Anything that I spout out is not in any way directed at you. Except for the comment on the the blogging partners, (love your blog, you know that), but it's time you slipped down a few spots. It's amazing what a reality check can do for one's (or two's) writing.
Anyone else, if you think I'm talking about you, I probably am. Don't hate me because I'm right, hate me because I said it first…D
Hey D,
You're my #1 Blog! Oh yeah!
Your buddy Dan is the man. You guys are what's so awesome about Rockies fans. Can't wait to hang out with you guys this summer at Coors.
ELLIE-When you become a regular reader you'll realize I don't normally Rant on other bloggers (although nobody's safe). Most who blog here are really cool. I'll check out your blog today…D
R-LUV-Is it Saturday yet?…Cheers…D
OMG! The Pug Inauguration is great! (It didn't come up when I posted the last time until after I submitted) You're kids and dogs are adorable.
R-LUV-I was going to call it the Inauguration of the first black puggle. My kids write plays and do stuff like this all the time…D
D- Thanks for the props in your blog! It definitely means a lot. When I log on, I always look at the featured blog and hope that it would someday be me, and what ho? It is! Anyway, so, now that I have more confidence in my writing ability, expect some competition from me (hopefully) for a spot on the top 100, although, you've been here so long, I know you're no match for me.😉
I love the inaguation! That was really great! Your kids are adorable (and your dogs, too)!
EMILY-Thank you for your kinds word. I blog for the people who feel me, you don't have to agree with me. I'll just always give you another way to look at things.
KAYBEE-Thanks, they're cute, they get it from their mom…D


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Call-for-Posey talk can cool off … for now
Giants 6, Pirates 0
- The power that the Giants were hoping to see from Aubrey Huff when they signed the first baseman showed up on Wednesday. Huff belted his first home run, although it didn't come in the usual fashion. For the second time in three nights, Huff hit a ball deep into right center, normally where home runs go to die in AT&T Park. But this second-inning drive, hit off the No. 8 arch way and took a funky bounce back toward right field. By the time the Pirates got to the ball, Huff had rounded the bases and slid home for an inside-the-park home run. Huff also had a fly out to the warning track in center and doubled off the right-field wall on Wednesday.
- Brian Wilson struck out two while pitching a scoreless ninth. It was Wilson's first action since Friday's extra-inning win over the Braves. The Giants have not provided Wilson with a save-opportunity situation since the second game of the season. And that's a good thing. There have been a lot of comfortable wins.


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Freedom New Mexico: Liliana Castillo Contestants Caleb Christian, left, and Hayden Moore, talk as they watch their peers compete perched on a fence near the Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena. The row of seven friends come from as near as Farwell and as far as Lovington.
By Jenna DeWitt: Freedom New Mexico
Participants in this week's High Plains Junior Rodeo Association Finals are not only competing in their sport, many are training for their future careers.
Most live on farms or ranches where they use their rodeo skills to help with the family business.
Rodeos still hold great fun for the children and teenagers involved however.
Addi Harris, 7, traveled from Canyon, Texas, to participate in the HPJRA Finals at the Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena. She has been competing for four years. Her two older brothers compete in roping events, but she does barrel racing and pole bending.
Like many children and teenagers that compete, she said she races because it's what her family does.
Kellie Collier, 12, said she has competed since she was 3 years old and has won "about six or seven saddles."
"I even competed at nationals for junior high and I'm only in sixth grade," she said. With a pole bending score of 20.7, she said she competes because of "the horses I have and the fans I have. They all support me so much it makes me want to go do good."
She said her mom is her biggest helper.
Even though children in rodeo families are born into this wild west lifestyle, getting to this week's finals requires discipline.
"They practice all the time. You don't practice, you don't win," said Harris' grandfather, who grew up calf roping.
Kelvin Sharp of Levelland, Texas, and his 8-year-old son John practiced roping a calf made of PVC pipe near their RV set up Thursday at the Curry County Fairgrounds.
The family has belonged to the association for four years. As the president of South Plains College, calf roping isn't part of Sharp's work. But Sharp said he and his wife always felt it was important for their children to be involved in rodeo.
"Even when our jobs are not ranching or farming, we were interested in it," Sharp said. "We like the family focus of it, the parent involvement. The kids learn a sense of responsibility when taking care of animals."
The Sharp children, John and Lindsey, 11, spent up to three hours a day practicing since the middle of March.
Being on the road is a commitment. Organizers said past participants have gone on to earn college scholarships and compete professionally.
"Some of these kids have been on the road for three weeks straight, going from one finals to another finals to these finals," said Karen McDaniel, longtime coordinator of HPJRA Finals.
The season-ending event this week drew 135 entries, officials said.
"It's very family oriented. It's also a lot of work, these kids spend a lot of time on horseback," McDaniel said. "This is fun for them, but for a lot of them, this is what they do at home."
Trent Bilberry of Elida said his family has been involved with rodeo since his great-grandfather competed.
"It's a family sport, this is a group effort. We travel year round," said Bilberry, a leader in 16-19 year-old calf roping.
Wilma Fulgham, a former Miss Rodeo New Mexico, said rodeo has always been part of the cowboy and rancher culture.
"It's part of their heritage," Fulgham said.
Freedom New Mexico writer Liliana Castillo contributed to this report.


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Laurier Brantford YMCA celebrates students contribution
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Undergraduate students from Lauriers Brantford campus were recognized for their $3.6-million contribution to the new Laurier Brantford YMCA Athletic & Recreation Centre today. The celebration included a public skate in Harmony Square. Joining the students on the ice were local youth, YMCA volunteers, Brantford community members, senior officials at the university and the Golden Hawk, Lauriers mascot.
"It felt really important that students continue to positively impact a city that has been our home for many years, said Annie Constantinescu, president and CEO of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students Union. Were proud to make a contribution that will benefit not only future students of the Brantford campus, but the entire community for years to come. The Students Union is the collective representative of undergraduate students, which leads advocacy, service and programs to enhance student life at Laurier.
The new athletics and recreation facility is a joint venture between Laurier and the YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford. The facility will serve both Laurier students and members from Brantford, Brant County and Six Nations, strengthening both the physical and social health of the entire community.
"This contribution by our Brantford undergraduate students illustrates the important role community plays in students education, said Max Blouw, president and vice-chancellor at Laurier, who joined the students on the rink. This contribution is more than support of a new recreation complex. It speaks to our students commitment to the Laurier student experience, to our school and to the Brantford community. It is a transformative act in the history of our university and in the continued revitalization of Brantford.
The partnership between Laurier and the YMCA allows the two organizations to bring a much-needed athletics and recreation facility to downtown Brantford. The new complex will include an aquatic centre with two pools for teaching, fitness, competitions, therapy and leisure, multi-purpose spaces for group fitness classes, social, educational and cultural programming, a health and wellness centre with treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, weights and more, and a large gymnasium with retractable seating for 1,200 spectators for sport and recreation training, competitions and functions.
The Laurier Brantford YMCA Athletic & Recreation Centre will be built on the south side of Colborne Street, adjacent to Harmony Square. In addition to the Laurier students contribution, municipal, provincial and federal governments have pledged nearly $40 million to support the $58.4 million facility. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer.
Jim Commerford, president and CEO of the YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford, also expressed his thanks to the students.
This contribution will make a lasting impact for both the future students of Laurier and the community as a whole. Our university years are a brief, yet powerful period in our lives. Through your commitment, you have left a legacy for this community that will extend far beyond your time at Laurier.


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- Title
- Interfacial slip friction at a fluid-solid cylindrical boundary
- Author(s)
- Kannam, Sridhar Kumar; Todd, B. D.; Hansen, J. S.; Daivis, Peter J.
- Abstract
- Recently we proposed a method to calculate the interfacial friction coefficient between fluid and solid at a planar interface. In this work we extend the method to cylindrical systems where the friction coefficient is curvature dependent. We apply the method to methane flow in carbon nanotubes, and find good agreement with non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. The proposed method is robust, general, and can be used to predict the slip for cylindrical nanofluidic systems.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Molecular Simulation
- Source
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 136, no. 24 (Jun 2012), article no. 244704
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 02 Physical Sciences; 03 Chemical Sciences; 09 Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Boundary condition; Cylindrical systems; Fluid-solid interface; Friction coefficients; Interfacial friction; Interfacial slip
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- 0021-9606
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 American Institute of Physics. The published version is reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.
- Additional information
- The authors acknowledge support from the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing HPC Facility and Support Services, the Merit Allocation Scheme on the NCI National Facility at the ANU, and Lundbeckfonden as part of Grant No. R49-A5634.
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Hi CWD,
Unfortunately no ranking of CW Ph.D. programs has been possible thus far due to a lack of data, but I'm hoping that will change soon. Suffice to say that you can expect the programs at University of Southern California, University of Houston, Florida State University, University of Denver, and University of Illinois at Chicago to be in the top 10, and likely also (though with less definite assurance) University of Georgia, University of Missouri, and University of Utah. CW Ph.D. programs are slightly more likely to accept applicants with MFA degrees, I feel, so in that sense an MFA may be preferable to an M.A., but generally you're absolutely right--both are terminal degrees, and one doesn't need more than one terminal degree technically (though with today's CW job market it really couldn't hurt), so one could certainly get an M.A. if one wanted to go on and get a CW Ph.D (or as more and more folks are doing, get a terminal CW MFA and then a terminal non-CW English Lit Ph.D.). The question I'd ask, though, is this: Why get an M.A. over an MFA? Why not get the terminal degree instead, in the event something unexpected happens (for instance one hits one's own personal comfort "limit" as to student loan debt, one suddenly can't move from one's current location for personal/family reasons, etcetera)--that way, one would already have a terminal degree, whereas if all you're holding is an M.A. when additional schooling becomes impossible you now have zero terminal degrees. Also, graduate school admissions in CW work almost entirely off one's portfolio, and the MFA gives one more time, generally, to work on one's thesis (and thus, by extension, one's CW Ph.D. portfolio) than an M.A. does. So one's chances of ending up in a top CW Ph.D. are better, for that reason also, following an MFA. I think the reason many MFA grads get a CW Ph.D. is not because of some added practical value--there's no proof yet it really affects one's job prospects, and there are no signs the CW Ph.D. is becoming the new CW terminal degree as some say (there's been almost no growth in the number of such programs in the past decade, whereas there have been maybe 40 new MFA programs over that time)--but because it gives one more teaching experience, more time to write and publish, more time in a supportive community of fellow artists, and so on. And yes, in a "tie-breaker" employment-related situation it might break a tie between two job candidates. Hope this helps, and best of luck to your son! --S.
Seth - My son is a College Junior with a post graduate goal of getting his PhD in Creative Writing. I have to admit I am somewhat confused about the benefits of an MFA along with a PhD. From what I've seen, both of these are thought of as terminal degrees. So my question is - is it advantageous to get the MFA over the MA if the intention is to get your PhD? Also, there are only about 35 colleges in the U.S. that offer a PhD with a Creative Dissertation. Are there any rankings of these schools?
I am an undergrad, a really low undergrad (sophomore) and I want to get an MFA. Your rankings have helped me make a decision about where to apply and to know that I need an MA in something else. I am thinking of being an editor if I can't make it writing, because lets face it, few can. For an unbiased classical argument, I need as many facts as I can and your article helps. How much influence do you have on the rankings? This is a real help and as someone who lives below poverty level currently, I appreciate your rankings. Perhaps the naysayers have money that they can throw around but I struggle and your rankings have helped me decide. I also look for faculty and community. Those are my top criteria. But for anyone to say that they may dismiss P&W because of these rankings is missing the entire point of P&W. It is a side endeavor. And they should know poor folks like myself rely on such thoroughness.
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At that link, there's also a link to a listing of the additional 36 low-res programs in the U.S. and abroad. And if you read the methodology article (see sidebar) it covers low-res programs as well (there's a separate section). Plus these programs are mentioned in my articles in the print edition of the magazine. Hope you find them helpful! Best,
There is no doubt that you do great work with Full Residency MFA Programs. What about Low Residency? Don't they deserve some attention as well?
Seth, I first found your rankings last year, and couldn't wait for this year's. They are an integral component of my MFA quest. Thank you so much for the time and effort put into the database. Having so much useful information gathered in one place is an inestimable help.
Hi Sputnik,
These two links -- (http://www.pw.org/content/2011_mfa_rankings_the_top_fifty_0) and (http://www.pw.org/content/2011_mfa_rankings_the_additional_rankings_of_f...) -- together constitute the largest and most complete listing of domestic and international full-residency MFA programs (as opposed to M.St., M.A., or M.Phil programs) available online or in print. In fact, every full-residency MFA program domestically or internationally that advertises itself is believed to be contained somewhere on these two lists.
According to the magazine, somewhere on the website there's a complete listing of all MFA programs, domestic and international. Can't find it. What's the URL? Thx.
Sorry you feel that way. Be well,
The nonsense continues...And I really admired P&W at one time.
I'm sorry you feel that way, and sorry also for my long-windedness. This is a complicated issue, and I'll admit that I balk when folks approach it only superficially. Any good faith discussion of the subject would need to be more exhaustive than the sort of pith that finds favor in our drive-by online exchanges -- all too many of which, like your own note, are peppered with irrelevant personal attacks. (These don't help a single applicant.) If you're curious about my poetry I hope you'll check it out, it's readily available -- and I can assure you, from personal experience, that there's more than enough time and space in the world for both writing poetry and providing a public service for young, under-resourced applicants to MFA programs. Cheers,
It's unfortunate that P&W would continue to back flawed methodology and a writer whose logorrhea is well-documented (just check out Abramson's responses to pithy statements in this comment section). The first word in the title of the magazine is "Poets" (which Abramson professes to be!) but this ranking and the sheer amount of insecure writing done to back up the ranking (funding...funding...funding...) is so far removed from anything poetic, or even useful to a writer or human being. Yes, this article, this ranking, this comment thread will get the clicks and eyeballs that P&W wants (and probably needs), but it is worth it?
If you believe that the best writers always make the best teachers; that the aesthetics of a writer determine his or her in-class pedagogy; that an artist of one aesthetic inclination is temperamentally incapable of working productively with an aspiring artist of an entirely different bent; that applicants can conclusively determine, through sheer force of will, which poets and writers (all of whom are individuals they've never met) will be most helpful to their future development as artists... in that case, yes, David's argument might have some purchase. But we'd have to assume that you also cared little about accruing crippling student debt or attending a program with a strong cohort of artists, weren't at all interested in how large, how long, how student-teaching-intensive, how studio-intensive, and how focused on faculty teaching (cf. student-to-faculty ratio) your prospective program would be, and had time to research 200+ programs in grave detail rather than relying on massive online communities where others charitably contribute, for free, such intelligence. Granted, I don't know of any MFA applicant who fits this description--and I've had contact with literally thousands since 2006--but if I do come across any I will pass along the link. The point is, the rankings are the product of a community, and implicitly promote that community; David's comments mention some undoubtedly important considerations in choosing an MFA--and I endorse such considerations wholeheartedly--but nowhere can one find better discussions of such considerations than the polling locus used by the P&W rankings. It's not a coincidence. In any case, hopefully at some point in the future there'll be a possibility of discussing this more responsibly and decently (cf. "this guy"); David knows, I think, that the views he's attributed to me are not mine, and that I've said, from the start, and quite publicly, and repeatedly, that it would be foolish for any person to make an application or matriculation decision purely or largely on the basis of rankings. The difference between me and David is that I think artists are fiercely independent-minded enough to actually do this; meanwhile, David's concern on this score has somehow morphed into A) a categoric opposition to rankings (don't misunderstand his comments; at the time AWP vehemently opposed the very methodologies David's now implicitly endorsing, i.e. those of USNWR and The Atlantic), and B) a brand of advice -- as mystical as it is misleading -- which endows MFA applicants with powers of perception and prediction not even the best artists among us could possibly lay claim to. Be well, Seth
AWP's got an even better explanation for why you shouldn't listen to this guy.
Hi Samuel,
You're absolutely right in thinking that the values of the (total) annual national applicant pool are not those of the nation's largest (or, really, any) online community of MFA applicants; the article above (pp. 1-2) emphasizes this point several times and in several different ways. The goal of the polling, which is only one portion of the ranking system as you know, is to measure only the attitudes of those who pool their resources and knowledge when applying to MFA programs by participating in a community of fellow applicants -- those less likely to do so are also less likely to enjoy positive outcomes with respect to the first of the primary goals of the rankings (pg. 1, above: "Specifically, the goals of these rankings and their methodology are the following: Less overall student debt among MFA graduates, more transparency in the promotional materials and public disclosures of existing MFA programs, and greater access, for applicants, to the wealth of conventional wisdom in the MFA applicant community about which programs and which program features are most conducive to a memorable and valuable MFA experience"). You're also absolutely right to say that polling can never offer a complete picture of program quality--that's why the article above says (pg. 1) that the matriculation decision "will finally be made, and must be made, using the rankings as only a secondary resource," why it does not attempt to measure "faculty and community" (two unmeasurables both you and the article agree are not quantifiable) directly but uses applicants' application decisions as an indirect reflection of word-of-mouth about both, and why a good portion of the rankings are assessments of publicly-announced, hard-data program features like funding, selectivity, and postgraduate placement. The first measure is aimed at helping applicants avoid unnecessary, crippling debt, which was rampant among applicants before programs' funding information received national release via a single ranking methodology, and the second two hard-data measures aim at helping applicants gauge prospective cohort quality (an imperfect science, one reason the rankings are often cited as "unscientific" in the article above; still, "cohort quality" being one vital element of "community," this does strike at the heart of what you've termed the key to the MFA application/matriculation decision). I know you went to Columbia, as I'm familiar with and enjoy your work, and I think the key for you, as for anyone, is to simply ask whether you enjoyed your experience there and found it, on balance, worthwhile--if so, and I've no reason to think or guess otherwise, the rankings are admittedly of no relevance, as they're not aimed at/toward current students or graduates but only future applicants whose MFA years may still lie ahead. The hope is that future applicants to Columbia (or anywhere else) will be able to use the rankings to get hard data on funding, selectivity, and postgraduate placement, even if they decide the polling portion of the rankings is not helpful to them--though as the article above details (pg. 1) the correlation between what the hard data tells us about program features that affect real lives, and what applicants are saying about where they want to apply, is intimately linked. This suggests that applicants are now able and inclined to use information to make application and matriculation decisions, rather than rumor and guesswork. I can't imagine willingly going back to a time when such an important decision was made without the benefit of even the "secondary resource" of information. If you (I mean the generic "you" here) didn't decide where to attend college without the benefit of information, why apply to an MFA that way, especially when it's an unmarketable degree that it's financially dangerous to go into debt for, unlike the B.A.? The response to the rankings among applicants has been overwhelming--more than 98% positive. Those who are not applicants may tend to misunderstand the rankings because, at base, the rankings are not geared toward meeting the needs or interests of those who are not applicants (i.e., whose futures in no way depend on or involve an MFA-related decision). It is much easier to dismiss all the research and information contained in the rankings when one does not need that research or information; those who do need it are saying, en masse, that it is enormously profitable for them to have it, and that's why it keeps getting national release. Again, read pg. 1 above if you have any additional questions about the underlying principles behind, and/or the aim of, the rankings. It's spelled out fairly explicitly there. In any case, I'm glad you wrote in, because these are important questions and concerns. And (side note) congratulations on your recent book! Best wishes, Seth
Dear Poets & Writers,
I can't believe Poets & Writers is going to keep publishing these ridiculous rankings. First of all, doesn't it occur to anyone that the values of a group of people who frequent an MFA blog might not be the same values of the general MFA community? There's no way to tell how good a program is going to be by staring at a hundred program websites and comparing their funding packages, which is what a group of people answering polls on a blog are doing. You shouldn't apply to an MFA program in order to become a person funded by an MFA program; you should apply to an MFA program to become a better writer. And this emphasis on "time to write" is flawed. I'm from Hartford, CT. You want time to write, move to Hartford. You can rent a one bedroom for $250 dollars a month, and write all the time. Good teachers. A good community. These are what a person should look for in a MFA program, and Seth Abramson is never going to point you toward that. Please stop legitimizing his preposterous internet fetish. Let's go back to when we admitted that this was something you couldn't rank.
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A stately knob of ginger, white and light brown sugar, seltzer, vanilla ice cream (the good stuff). Not pictured: vanilla extract. We do what we want.
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A 1/2 cup of brown sugar, resolutely packed.
We peel ginger with a spoon, like so.
Like a defeated heap of dominoes.
Begin countdown to ginger syrup.
15 minutes later, it looks murky yet inviting.
Thanks for your service, ginger.
Sticky amber syrup with a whole lot of ginger kick.
And that's how you make ginger ale! Naturally, Amanda uses her new pet SodaStream.
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It's Christmastime! Just kidding. It's 100 degrees out. Good time to bust these out: peppermint extract, dark chocolate, brown sugar, cocoa powder, milk, egg, cream, sugar, salt, a starlight mint, and a Nabisco's Famous Chocolate Wafer.
These mints are doomed. Doomed, I say!
Amanda gets aggressive. The recipe calls for these mints to be chopped, but that wouldn't be nearly as much fun (or therapeutic), would it?
Peppermint debris.
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We fell in love with this pinky golden tone the milk took on as the starlight mints dissolved.
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Nice and thick and no scrambled bits! Into the machine it goes.
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