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Gabor/UNF Foundation Award honors employees who have demonstrated exceptional
commitment to the University of North Florida.
year's recipients are no exception. Kellie Woodle, an associate director in the
Center for Academic Excellence, won the award in the Administrative and
Professional category and Rosalyn Gilbert, the executive secretary in the
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, won in the Support Personnel
category. Both were singled out by their supervisors and peers as outstanding
members of the UNF community who strive daily to make the University a better
place to study, work and live.
is one of my favorite duties each year," said UNF President John Delaney. "I
get to help recognize employees who make this a great place to work. I once
knew a guy who was completely miserable at work. He hated going in each day and
it was largely because no one said thank you. That, to me, is a horrible
situation to work in. The Gabor Awards allow us the opportunity to say thank
you for all you do each day to make UNF great. We are a family here."
said she was surprised to win the award. The morning of the ceremony, while
coordinating schedules with her husband, she asked him to pick up their
daughter from school so she could attend the ceremony. She joked that she might
be late because she might win an award but quickly amended that statement by
telling him, "But I am not going to win. I have been nominated before and I am
so not going to win."
she did and no one was more surprised.
was very humbled and shocked," said Woodle, who has worked at UNF for the past
19 years, ever since she graduated from UNF with a degree in broadcast
communication. "I was nominated several years ago and just seeing what the
people who actually win it do for the University is very inspiring. It is
humbling to be regarded in that same kind of esteem. It is hard to put into
said she loves what she does and thinks having the opportunity to help students
each day is incredibly rewarding. She said she welcomes the chance to work with
students and help them navigate through the choices, the courses and the
policies at UNF so they will be successful academically and later in their professional
said she was thrilled to win the award, but really could have done without all
the attention that went along with it. "It feels good to know someone
recognizes the fact that you are working hard and that someone thinks you are
doing a good job, but I am very shy and introverted. I don't like doing
interviews or having my picture taken."
has worked at UNF for 25 years — 23 as a full-time staff member — and said that
she very much appreciates the fact that the University makes an effort to
recognize staff members through awards such as these.
Hardy, an admissions evaluator in the Enrollment Services Processing Office,
was runner-up for the Gabor/UNF Foundation Award for Employee Excellence for
University Support Employees. Shannon Italia, manager of the Career Management
Center for the Coggin College of Business, was runner-up for Administrative and
Professional employees.
the inception of the Gabor/UNF Foundation Employee Excellence Awards in 1992,
they have recognized employees for outstanding job performance,
professionalism, participation in professional development, dependability,
contributions to the campus community and exceeding job requirements.
University Support Personnel Association Staff Affairs Committee, which may
include past Gabor/UNF Foundation Award winners, evaluates USPS employees
nominated for the award to select a winner and runner-up. The Gabor/UNF
Foundation Award Committee, Administrative and Professional Association executive
officers and two past award recipients, determines the award winner and
runner-up from the A&P employees nominated.
and Italia each received $600, a reserved parking place for a year, a plaque
and a framed certificate. They also were photographed with UNF President John
Delaney. Gilbert and Hardy each received $300, a plaque, a framed certificate
and a photograph with Delaney. The Gabor Agency, UNF's supplemental insurance
provider, and the UNF Foundation fund the awards.
Gabor Awards are a point of pride at the University and a wonderful way to
recognize the hard work of our employees," said Jeff Durfee, director of
Information Technology Security and president of the Administrative and
Professional Association, which sponsors the awards. "Each year, it gets harder
and harder to choose our winners – there are so many who are deserving of the
a war zone, the time it takes to cross-match blood types can mean the
difference between life and death for a wounded solider. What once took more
than an hour and wasted precious time was reduced to just 20 minutes by a
University of North Florida professor while serving in the U.S. Navy.
Patrick Monaghan, a professor in UNF's School of Nursing, was recently honored
with the U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Services Blood Program Lifetime
Achievement Award. He is only the third person in the award's history to be
Monaghan, a Yulee resident, was
presented the award by Surgeon General of the U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Eric
Schoomaker Oct. 9 in Baltimore, Md., during the 2010 annual meeting of the
American Association of Blood Banks and Cellular Therapy and Transfusion
Medicine Expo.
am overwhelmed to receive this honor," Monaghan said, back on the UNF campus.
"But what meant more to me were the cards the students in my classes gave me.
The award is wonderful, but the cards in which the students took time to write
something personal are what I will go back to over the years and read."
the two cards given to him by his students are displayed prominently in his
office in the Brooks College of Health. The award and medal are laid across the
seat of a visitor chair.
award recognizes a retired member of the military blood-banking community who
has made exceptional, transformational contributions to the Armed Services
Blood Program (ASBP) for more than 20 years.
learned about the award with a phone call early one Monday morning from the
U.S. Pentagon. "That is a wake-up call," he said. "I thought for a minute they
were calling me back to active duty."
was not the case, however. He soon learned he had been selected to receive this
prestigious award for his lifelong service to blood banking. "It blew me out of
the water," Monaghan said.
a UNF professor since 2006, teaches in the Anesthesiology Nursing Program in
the Brooks College of Health and is also a professor in the Department of
Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science
Center at Shands Jacksonville. He previously served as the assistant dean for
Graduate and Continuing Education at the F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine
and as a tenured full professor at the Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences.
are so fortunate to have Dr. Monaghan as a faculty member," said Dr. Li Loriz,
director of UNF's School of Nursing. "This very prestigious recognition by his
peers is a testament to the value he brings to UNF and our students, in
addition to the impact he has made to the health care of our military."
He had a 27-year career in the U.S. Navy
and for 18 years, served as a Commissioned Officer Ensign through Commander in
the Medical Services Corps. In the early '70s, Monaghan was selected from the
Navy to receive specialty training in the Triservice Blood Bank Fellowship
Program and was later chosen to attend post-graduate school and successfully
earned both master's and doctorate degrees in immunohematology from Bowling
Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
was then assigned to the National Naval Medical Center, where he served for
nine years as the director of the Blood Bank and Transfusion Service and
managed a comprehensive department with a large blood donor center, blood
components section, patient compatibility assessment unit and special procedure
section to identify antibodies and perform workups. He also performed clinical
research projects and was extensively involved in education and training
serves on the board of directors for the Biomedical Research Institute and the
Association of Entrepreneurial Sciences. He served six years on the American
Association of Blood Banks, Inspection, Education and Accreditation committees
and was an active member of the National Blood Policy organization, tasked with
improving the provision and quality of blood products on a national basis.
is as busy today as he has ever been with his two teaching positions, his
supervision of graduate-level research and mentoring the next generation of
nurse anesthetists. And he has no plans to give it all up any time soon,
to the photos of his students on the bulletin board over his desk, he said, "I
would miss all these people. This is gratifying work and intellectually
stimulating. The teaching is rewarding and the students are wonderful."
Janice Nowak, who has been employed by UNF longer than anyone
else, has decided to leave the nest.
Now director of Enrollment Services, Compliance, Technology and
Training, Nowak started working for UNF in November of 1970 as a secretary for
the controller. She later made her way to Financial Aid and served as director
of the department for nearly 19 years. After more than 40 continuous years of
service to the University, Nowak is finally leaving UNF this month, with her
official retirement beginning Feb. 28. It will undoubtedly be a bittersweet
departure for her — and for those remaining at UNF who worked with her over the
When she came to UNF, Nowak had never intended to start and finish
her career here, but that's essentially what she did. After earning a two-year
degree in secretarial science from what was then Florida Junior College, her
first job out of school was working for a moving company that ended up being
sold, leaving her without a job shortly after starting there. She heard from a
friend that there was a new university coming to Jacksonville, so she
immediately applied for a secretarial position.
"After I came in for an interview, I got a phone call and was told
that they had selected another person who was older than I was and had more
experience; I was 21 at the time," Nowak said. "The following Monday I got
another call and was told the person they'd offered the job to had gotten
another job offer making more money, so they asked me if I was still
interested. I really wasn't the first choice to come to UNF, but somebody had a
plan for me to be here. I always say once I got here, they couldn't get rid of
Nowak laughs as she recalls her time at UNF before the campus
opened, back when employees worked in makeshift offices in a building on the
Arlington Expressway shared with the Chamber of Commerce. Desks were set up in
the corridor, with spaces partitioned by wooden doors and old metal bookshelves
that came from the prison system. Nowak said there were few electrical outlets
in that area so they had to string long lines of extension cords along the
walls and under desks and chairs. And each time new employees were hired or a
new shipment of library books was delivered, their workspaces would shrink by a
couple of feet.
"And there were only enough chairs for each employee to have one,"
she said. "When we hired student workers from the community college, anytime
you got up to do anything you'd come back to find somebody sitting in your
chair," Nowak joked.
By the time campus opened in 1972, Nowak had already been promoted
a time or two, and she kept moving her way up from there.
"I started out as Secretary III and then I was promoted to
Secretary IV before I became a staff assistant for Dr. Darwin Coy in Student
Affairs, who was at that point considered the dean of students," she said. "I
also worked on going back to school and getting a four-year degree, so once I
did that, there was an opportunity to go into Financial Aid, so I moved into
that department as an assistant director."
Nowak said she has really enjoyed each position, but her favorite
was when she served as director of Financial Aid. Although the job was laden
with myriad challenges, from keeping up with rules and regulations regarding
financial aid funding — and having to prepare federal financial reports on
handwritten ledger sheets — to dealing with difficult students, it had its
"The part I enjoyed the most was being able to do something to
make sure the students were successful. I spent a lot of hours personally
staying after to make sure the students were getting paid [financial aid
funding] when they needed to get paid," she said. "I hope there are students
out there who are successful because I played a role in helping them get
through college. You don't always know it when you're in the middle of trying
to help them, but some of them would have never made it through to get their
degrees if they hadn't had the personalized services we offered to them."
It's that level of caring and commitment that undoubtedly led to
Nowak's longevity at UNF — and it's also probably why so many people really
like her. Everett Malcolm, associate vice president of Student Affairs, got to
know Nowak in 1975, when he interviewed for his first position at UNF as the
director of the University's first Child Development Research Center. "It was
Janice who gave me my campus tour as well as my orientation to the division and
the University," he said. "The one thing that I can tell you about Janice's
contributions to UNF is that she has always done all within her ability to
serve UNF and has always made our students her No. 1 priority."
Martha Warner, who was hired by Nowak in 1990 as a receptionist
and is now a senior financial aid officer in Enrollment Services Processing,
remembers her former boss as one who wasn't afraid to push up her sleeves and
get "down and dirty" in order to solve problems. "There was nothing she
wouldn't do, even as the director," she said. "Should I mention the 'lost'
files that other staff couldn't locate? By the end of the day or week, she
would always be the one to find them."
Warner said she's grateful for the advancement opportunities Nowak
gave her over the years, and even though they're no longer in the same office,
the two remain good friends. "I'm going to be selfish and hate seeing her
leave, but she does deserve time now to be Grandma," she said.
Malcolm shared a similar sentiment. "I have mixed feelings about
Janice's retirement. I'm happy that she will be able to enjoy the many years to
come, but I'm saddened that this founding employee is leaving our UNF family,"
he said.
Nowak said it's the people who have kept her at UNF all this time.
"I like working here! I really like being around the people who are here," she
said. "I have always had bosses who have allowed me to grow and they've always
given me opportunities to try new things. It's most definitely the people."
Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services Deb Kaye, who has worked
with Nowak in several capacities throughout the past 13 years, is Nowak's
current boss. As a final way of saying goodbye to Nowak, Kaye prepared an
extensive final annual evaluation that was, to say the least, very impressive.
Glowing, really.
"To say Janice has had a significant impact on our institution is
truly an understatement," Kaye wrote. "She evolved as a professional throughout
her tenure here, developing from an office assistant to a director, mentoring
countless staff members along the way. I consider myself one of the fortunate
ones she mentored. Lacking training in financial aid, my position required that
I supervise that unit and, luckily for me, Janice was the director who tutored
me patiently over the years so I could muddle through the complex system she
had mastered. Many, many others share an experience similar to mine."
Kaye's report listed 14 objectives Nowak attained in the previous
year, 16 examples of professional development opportunities seized by Nowak and
a whopping 14 future objectives to be accomplished in her final year. Most of
those objectives centered on achieving a smooth transition in anticipation of
Nowak's impending departure.
Nowak is most certainly checking off each of those final
objectives as she prepares for her final few weeks at UNF, while having mixed
emotions of her own about leaving and starting a new chapter of her life. She's
looking forward to spending more time with her two granddaughters, who are 2
and 4, her husband and her parents. She's also planning to do a lot of
volunteer work.
"I'd like to go into high schools to encourage students to go to
college, whether it's at UNF or somewhere else, to help school counselors reach
out to those students who sometimes slip through the cracks," she said.
Her biggest concern is that she'll have too much time on her hands
once she leaves the working world for good. "For 40 years I've been coming here
every day, keeping busy with work, so I won't have that rigid schedule
anymore," she said. "I've been told I'll be surprised how quickly I'll fill up
the days with activities. The nicest thing is I won't have to worry about is
getting up in the mornings or what to wear!"
Nowak's retirement party is scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 8, in the University Center. All faculty, staff and students are invited
to attend to say farewell to the longest-serving employee at UNF. Nowak hopes
to see both new friends and old friends show up at what will surely be one of
the biggest farewell gatherings in UNF's history.
"While I certainly wish Janice only the best as she begins her
retirement, I cannot help feeling selfish for myself, Enrollment Services and
the entire University as we realize we're about to say goodbye to a most valued
and trusted colleague and friend," Kaye said. "Simply put, Janice's retirement will leave a gaping hole at
UNF that no one will be able to fill."
Nowak will be leaving behind an ever-dwindling group of founding
faculty and staff who are still employed at UNF, including: Dr. Dale
Clifford, associate professor and chair of the History Department, hired
8/16/72; Richard Crosby, associate vice president of Administration and
Finance, hired 8/28/72; Dr. Louis Woods, professor for the Economics Department,
hired 9/16/72; Joseph Capitanio, laboratory specialist for the College of
Education and Human Services, hired 10/27/72; and Richard McAuslin, locksmith
supervisor for Physical Facilities, hired 12/15/72. After 38 years at UNF,
Crosby is currently on leave in preparation for his own official retirement in
the coming months.
'Tis the season to be
jolly — and there are plenty of festive events happening at UNF (or nearby) to
remind us that the holiday season is in full swing. Here are a few you might
want to consider as you plan your holiday schedule:
Handel's "Messiah"
Dr. Cara Tasher and the
UNF Chamber Singers, UNF Chamber Players and student soloists will perform in
small ensembles in UNF's second student-only performance of Handel's "Messiah."
For more information, contact Ashley Earles-Bennett at (904) 620-2864.
Friday, Dec. 3
7 p.m.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church (4129 Oxford Ave.)
$10 for adults; $5 for students
5th Annual Feast of Carols
This concert features the
UNF Chorale, Women's Chorale, Men's Chorale, the UNF Orchestra and the UNF
Brass Ensemble with special guest ensembles from the community. Feast of Carols
is UNF's annual event where UNF groups and local school and community ensembles
share holiday music and perform together in a collaborative "Hallelujah" chorus
from Handel's "Messiah." Dr. Cara Tasher will conduct this concert you won't
want to miss. For more information, contact Ashley Earles-Bennett at (904)
Date: Saturday, Dec. 4
2 p.m.
Lazzara Performance Hall
Cost: $10 for adults; $7 for youth and
seniors; free for UNF students with ID
Inaugural Holiday Scholarship Showcase Concert
Come hear UNF
Department of Music faculty members and student ensembles perform for a great
cause — raising scholarship funds for talented students in need. For more information, contact Ashley Earles-Bennett
at (904) 620-2864.
Order tickets at www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/Buy.asp?EventID=58258.
Saturday, Dec. 4
7:30 p.m.
$30 for adults; free for UNF students with ID
UNF Jazz Ensemble 1 Christmas Concert
The UNF Jazz Ensemble
1 will perform a Christmas concert at Christ the Redeemer Church in Ponte Vedra
Beach. The ensemble will perform the music of Count Basie and Thad Jones, as
well as holiday favorites, all in a Big Band/swing format. Admission is free,
but canned goods will be collected for the homeless and donations will be
accepted for JE1. For more information, contact Ashley Earles-Bennett at (904)
Date: Sunday, Dec. 5Time: 7 p.m.Location: Christ the Redeemer Church
(190 S. Roscoe Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach)Cost:Free, but donations will be accepted
Big Orange Barbershop Chorus Holiday Concert
The Big
Orange Chorus will perform traditional Christmas music as well as contemporary
Christmas favorites at UNF Dec. 11. Appearing as featured guest stars will be
central Florida's famous Liberty Voices, renowned soprano soloist Tiffany
Coburn and a new men's quartet, Throwback. It will be a star-studded evening of
wholesome family entertainment that music lovers won't want to miss. Tickets
can be ordered online at www.bigorangechorus.com
or by calling Bill Vockell at (904) 287-1896.
Saturday, Dec. 11Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.Location: Lazzara Performance HallCost: $25
Diaries" at MOCA
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, a cultural resource of UNF, will
present "The Santaland Diaries," a one-act play by David Sedaris Dec. 15-18.
This contemporary cult classic, adapted for the stage by Joe Montello and
featuring Ian Mairs, returns to the museum for its sixth year. In this one-act
show, the irreverent and disgruntled Crumpet the Elf provides his own festive
commentary and wicked mirth giving the audience an opportunity to celebrate the
season with their favorite alternative holiday tradition. Tickets may be
purchased online at mocajacksonville.unf.edu
or by calling (904) 366-6911. Make an evening of it by having dinner at Café
Nola beforehand and make your reservation by calling (904) 366-3911, ext. 231.
Priority seating for the play will be given to those who have eaten dinner at
Café Nola beforehand.
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 15, through Saturday,
Dec. 18
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: MOCA Theater (333 N. Laura St.)
Cost: $10 for premiere performance Dec. 15;
$15 for MOCA members and $20 for non-members Dec. 16-18
UNF Alumni Third Thursday Social
Join UNF alumni for a
monthly get-together at Seven Bridges Bar & Grille. To spread the holiday
cheer, Alumni Services will offer everyone who attends the December event one
free drink.
Thursday, Dec. 16Time: 5:30 to 8 p.m.Location: Seven Bridges Bar &
Grille, 9735 Gate Parkway North, JacksonvilleCost: Free admission; cash bar
For a complete list of UNF-sponsored events happening on campus and
beyond, check out UNF's online calendar of events at http://www.unf.edu/calendar
UNF President John Delaney launched the public phase of a $110 million capital
campaign last October, the University had raised about $65 million during the "quiet"
phase of the campaign. The Power of
Transformation campaign is now closing in on the $75 million mark despite
the slow economic recovery.
Dr. Pierre Allaire, vice president of Institutional
Advancement, said the campaign has made remarkable progress considering the
economic circumstances facing the Florida and the national economies. "It
testifies to the commitment of our donors who believe in UNF and the work we
are doing each day to transform the lives of our students," he said.
Since the launch of the public phase of the
campaign, a number of prominent donors have stepped forward to announce major
gifts. Included among these gifts are two that will eventually result in an
infusion of more than $1 million to the First Generation Scholarship program.
gifts of $250,000 from EverBank Financial Corp. and the PGA Tour Inc. were
announced at the annual First Generation luncheon in March. Eventually, they
will generate $500,000 in state matching funds, resulting in a total of $1
million flowing into the program over the five-year commitment for both gifts.
The money will fund scholarships for students who are the first in their
families to go to college.
8,000 donors have made gifts since the public phase of the campaign was
announced and more than 3,300 of these donors are new donors. This means 18,667
donors have made gifts in the public and quiet phases of the campaign,
resulting in $74.1 million being raised.
It includes two $1 million gifts from the campaign
co-chairs, W. Radford Lovett II and Russell B Newton III. Both of the lead
gifts will be devoted to scholarships and transformational learning
opportunities, which are among the main goals of the campaign.
The Power
of Transformation campaign is
building on the success of Access to
Excellence. That campaign from 1997 to 2003 set out to raise $65 million
for the University. The campaign eventually raised more than $100 million from
11,000 donors, including 25 gifts of $1 million or more.
However, The
Power of Transformation campaign is providing significantly more
scholarship assistance at a time of great need among students.
"These scholarships are important because we need
to increase the number of Florida residents who have a four-year degree,"
Allaire said. "These scholarships are critical if Florida is to take its place
in a knowledge-based global economy."
Allaire emphasized much work remains for the
campaign to achieve its various goals. "We are confident that with our
outstanding volunteer leadership, UNF will ultimately succeed in this ambitious
undertaking," he said.
Name: Jin-Suk Byun
Department: Childhood EducationJob title: Assistant ProfessorYears at UNF: A little more than 3
What do you do at UNF? Describe your job duties.
I teach TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers
of Other Languages) courses both at the undergraduate and graduate level in the
College of Education and Human Services.
Tell us about your family.
My wife and I celebrated our 20th
anniversary in November 2010 and we have two teenage children, Joanna and Paul.
Joanna is 18 years old and planning on flying away for a university and Paul is
a 10th-grader now.
What is your favorite thing about
working at UNF?
I love teaching, especially teaching TESOL and
Second Language Acquisition. UNF is giving me exactly the opportunity. I love
it! In addition to that, my students are good. I enjoy watching them being
prepared to become great teachers who will make a difference in the future
education of America.
What is your favorite way to blow an hour?
I love fishing. So I may be fishing at the
What is the proudest/happiest moment of your life?
One of the happiest moments of my life passed
when my wife and I celebrated our 20th anniversary. I thank my wife
deeply for giving me the moment.
Tell us something that would surprise
people to know about you.
When I was studying TESOL in my undergraduate
program in Korea, my English was so poor that my classmates did not understand
me when I spoke in English.
What are you most passionate about?
I try my best to love others and help people
around me.
What's the last book you read?My faith is
very important in my life, so I read the Bible every day.
Q: From Joel
Jones (human resources specialist in Human Resources) -- Why doesn't UNF
advertise like other colleges? I've seen television, print and billboard
ads for FSCJ, Phoenix University, even UWF and UF, but nothing for UNF.
A: From Sharon Ashton (assistant vice
president of Public Relations) -- My office is responsible for marketing that enhances UNF's
public image. UNF does have an integrated marketing plan that includes a public
awareness campaign called "Did You Know?" This ongoing campaign includes, among
other forms of advertising, signage inside the Jacksonville International
Airport, where 14 million people a year see the ads promoting UNF. Also, in an
effort to stretch University funds, we rely heavily on what's called "earned
media," essentially convincing the news media to do positive stories on UNF.
Between TV, newspapers, radio and news websites, UNF is in the news an average
of 17 times a day, every single day. News coverage is considered better than
advertising because it comes with the credibility of a news organization.
A: From John Yancey (director of
Admissions) -- My office has a modest marketing budget that is entirely
focused on the recruitment of UNF students as we work to meet our enrollment
targets. To do so, we advertise on websites associated with CollegeView.com,
Collegeboard.com, and other educationally focused websites. Most of the
advertising you mention above is generally used to build brand recognition (or
in the case of FSCJ, promote a significant change in a brand) and in the
Jacksonville area, the UNF brand is relatively strong and recognizable.
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Milestone Anniversaries
Congratulations to the following employees who will celebrate a
milestone anniversary at UNF in December or January:
30 Years:
John McEldowney, Associate Professor,
Accounting & Finance
25 Years:
David Crabtree, Associate Director of the
Student Union, Student Government
Alan Mead, Parking Attendant, University
20 Years:
Judith Purcell, Travel Representative, Training
& Services Institute
15 Years:
Michael Legg, Senior Telecomm Technician,
Telephone Services
Debra Lenahen, Assistant Director and Adjunct,
Disability Resource Center
Michael Weglicki, Assistant Director of Sport
Facilities, Teaching Gymnasium
10 Years:
Beverly Colfry, Senior Accounts Payable
Receiving Rep, Continuing Education
Melonie Handerson, Coordinator of
Administrative Services, President's Office
Dennis McNulty, Program Assistant, Auxiliary
Jan Meires, Associate Professor, Nursing
Annette Robinette, Senior Academic Adviser,
Academic Center for Excellence
Valarie Robinson, Adjunct and Coordinator,
Career Services
Five Years:
Enrique Barquinero, Adjunct, World Languages
Imeh Ebong, Assistant Vice President of
Research, Academic Affairs
Adel El Safty, Associate Professor, Civil
Timothy Hunter, IT Support Manager,
Information Technology Services
Phillip Kearney, Law Enforcement Officer,
Campus Police
Tiffany King, Administrative Secretary, Urban
Diane Landschoot, Adjunct, College of
Education & Human Services
Wesley Maas, Coordinator of Academic Support
Services, Athletics
Mahreen Mian, Program Assistant, Child
Development & Research Center
Shari Naman, Academic Adviser, Academic Center
for Excellence
Susan Schlieben, Executive Secretary,
Administration & Finance
Scott Schroeder, Adjunct & Head Coach,
Christopher Sletten, Adjunct, Psychology
Nancy Soderberg, Faculty Administrator,
Political Science & Public Administration
Theodore Wallman, Adjunct, Criminology &
Criminal Justice
The following employees were either hired by UNF or were promoted
from OPS positions from mid-October to mid-November:
Tellis Blunt, Groundskeeper, Physical Facilities
Benjamin Bryan, Auto Equipment Mechanic, Physical
Kathie Carswell, Office Manager,
Civil Engineering
John Cooper, Graphic Designer, University Housing
Michelle Davis, Administrative Secretary, Biology
Drew Dyr, Coordinator of IT Support,
Information Technology Services
James Hancock, Maintenance Support Worker, Physical
LaZarios McClain, Enrollment
Services Specialist, One-Stop Center
Cathleen Schultz, Adjunct, Brooks
College of Health
Jenay Sermon, Coordinator of Research & Program
Services, Florida Institute of Education
Il-Seop Shin, Assistant Professor, Electrical
Brandi Tuccillo, Adjunct, Brooks
College of Health
Earnest Vickers, Groundskeeper,
Physical Facilities
Michelle Green (Coggin College Dean's Office) will graduate from UNF Dec. 10 with
a B.S. in communication.
Marie Mobley (COEHS Office of Educational Field Experiences) announces that
her daughter, VaShawn Guice, married Tony Veal Oct. 15 in Las Vegas. VaShawn
received her master's degree in criminal justice from UNF. The couple
honeymooned in Hawaii. They live in Washington, D.C. (photo)
Job satisfaction is how happy you
feel when you assess the nature of your job. Dr. Paul Fadil, a management
professor, answers a few questions about job satisfaction and its importance.
What is the definition of job
satisfaction and why is it so important?
of the most researched areas of management is job satisfaction. Simply put, job
satisfaction describes the happiness or contentment an individual feels when
he/she assesses the nature of their job. Every day doesn't have to be heaven,
but if you truly enjoy and value the job you have, then you are considered to
have a high level of job satisfaction. In today's economy of just being lucky
to have a job only motivates someone to work hard enough just to keep it. When the
employment situation picks up, employees who are dissatisfied tend to look for
jobs they believe they would enjoy more. Therefore, job satisfaction should be
something that both employers and employees aspire to attain.
Do employers need to keep their
workers happy because of the notion that when workers are satisfied with their
jobs performance improves?
and not without trying, the management field has never been able prove this. Actually,
the satisfaction performance link is inconsistent at best. The management
discipline has been trying for years to show that this is a viable
relationship, but the research evidence has just not been there. So,
unfortunately, happy workers do not necessarily make higher-performing workers.
What does research say about
job satisfaction?
they found strong evidence for the reverse relationship. Researchers found that
when someone discovers that they are very good at something (performing a task
at a high level), then they begin to like it. So, if there are certain rewards
that come with performing a job at a high level, such as a high salary, more
power, being viewed as leader, and those things that are important to you, you
almost rationalize loving something that you may not even like. Remember, job
satisfaction deals with being satisfied and enjoying the job itself, not what
the job brings you. A high salary, for example, is the benefit of being a CEO. Being
excited to go to work because you have an important meeting or negotiation –
that is being satisfied with your job. These two concepts must be separated to
truly understand job satisfaction.
What are some things
organizations can do to help their workers be more satisfied with their jobs?
things that can be done to increase levels of job satisfaction include
increasing the worker's autonomy; providing appropriate training; providing
constructive feedback; increasing job variety; and explaining where the
worker's job fits in to the overall organization.
Is there one thing out there
that affects job satisfaction to a greater degree than anything else?
Research has shown that 70 to 80 percent of your job satisfaction is directly
related to the relationship you have with your immediate boss. One of the things
I always tell my students is that if you take the time to cultivate and develop
a positive professional and personal relationship with your boss, you can
directly affect your own happiness in your job.
Ask UNF runs monthly in
Inside and The Florida Times-Union, promoting the expertise of faculty and
staff. If you have questions about this topic,
contact Dr. Fadil at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Do you go
nutty over munching a handful of almonds or peanuts? Well, you should, because
they provide an important source of nutrients for our bodies. Dr. Lauri Wright,
a nutrition professor, discusses the myths and facts about the crunchy nut.
Myth: Nuts are bad for you.
Fact: Nuts are high in fat but they contain a healthy
type of fat that promotes heart health. The Iowa Health Study found that women
who ate nuts more than four times a week were 40 percent less likely to die of
heart disease. The heart-health benefits of nuts were also found among men. The
Physician's Health Study found that men who consumed nuts more than two times a
week had a reduced risk of sudden cardiac death. In fact, the Food and Drug
Administration has approved a heart-health claim for almonds, hazelnuts,
peanuts, pecans, some pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts.
Myth: All nuts are the same.
Fact: Each nut has its own claim to fame. Walnuts, for
example, have the highest amount of omega-3 fats, which help lower
triglycerides in the blood and slow down the growth of plaques in the arteries.
Almonds, on the other hand, are high in heart-healthy fats but also contain antioxidants
such as vitamin E. In fact, recent studies have found that not only do almonds
help reduce high cholesterol but they also help with weight management. Though
cashew nuts are not as heart healthy as walnuts and almonds, they are a great
source of iron, which helps to build red blood cells and prevent anemia.
Myth: If nuts are good for me, then I don't need to
worry about how many I eat.
Fact: Nuts are very high in calories – 15 cashews, for
instance, deliver 180 calories. On top of that, it's very easy to overeat these
tasty snacks. What's the solution? Try to restrain yourself to an ounce or two
per day to obtain the health benefits but avoid excess calories. Also try
substituting nuts for foods high in saturated fats. For example, use nuts when
making cookies rather than chocolate chips.
Myth: Nuts don't contain anything else healthy.
Fact: Nuts are one of the best plant sources of
protein. They are rich in fiber, phytonutrients and antioxidants, which can
help prevent cancer. And of course, nuts are high in monounsaturated fats,
which have been shown to lower cholesterol and triglycerides. It goes without
saying that nuts shouldn't be eaten by anyone with an allergy to them. Bottom
line: eaten in moderation, nuts can be a part of a healthy diet. So go nuts!
Black Walnut Pesto
pine nuts, garlic and herbs make a delicious pesto sauce that may be used on
pasta or as a dip.
Size: 1/4 cup
Analysis: 108 calories, 6g protein, 4g fat, 2g fiber, 142 mg sodium
If you have questions about
nuts, you can contact Wright by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. "The Goods" monthly
column runs every third Thursday in the Taste section of The Florida
Times-Union, promoting UNF nutrition faculty and featuring myths and facts
about various foods.


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Created in the game The Sims 2, The Simitation Generation blurs the line between our virtual life and reality, allowing the individual to live out their dreams and desires as Creator in the simulated world. We as humans are constantly yearning for a greater sense of purpose and control over our destiny. Generation Y has come to expect instant and virtual gratification as they attempt to vicariously escape the problems of the world by 'playing' games. My work begs to ask the question 'Who really is in control?'


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[picappgallerysingle id="9459407″]The Chicago Cubs haven't had a real opening at first base since the transition from Mark Grace, to Hee Seop Choi. When Choi couldn't live up to expectations, the Cubs traded for Derrek Lee who went on to be a very good player for the Cubs over the next several years. Well, the Cubs traded Derrek Lee in a "mini firestorm" to the Atlanta Braves for 3 minor league pitchers, and as it stands- first base is going to be a revolving door until a major move goes down.
It's hard to say where the Cubs are leaning right now, and all I can do is make an educated guess based on options. Right now, the options are Micah Hoffpauir, Russ Canzler, Tyler Colvin, or Xavier Nady if he's resigned.
Much to most people's dismay- Micah Hoffpauir is NOT going to be our starting first basemen this year because frankly- he's a below average major league player. Sure he drops bombs in triple A- but he's consistently over matched against major league pitching (mainly the fastball on the inner portion of the plate). If he's our first basemen next year…well my hopes of any playoff chances are immediately dashed.
Russ Canzler is an interesting name to throw out there because he's very unknown. However, I have him rated as the number 10 prospect in the organization because of his ability to drive the baseball. The 24 year old could very well be a sleeper pick in 2011 to maintain first base.
Tyler Colvin has also been rumored to take first base next year. The Cubs like his left handed stick in the middle of the order, and if he moves to first full time- it'll allow the Cubs to potentially bring up Brett Jackson and platoon him with Kosuke Fukudome. I'm not completely sold on this move from both an offensive standpoint and a defensive standpoint. It seems to be the cheap way out. I wouldn't be that upset if they tried it- but I wouldn't force the square piece into the round hole if it just doesn't work out.
There are a couple names outside the organization that you could say would be a good pick up. Lyle Overbay is a guy who hits left handed, would come fairly cheap, and would be a nice defensive guy. Don't expect all star numbers. 1 year deal worth around 4 million would be the most I would want to give him. You can throw Adam LaRoche in that category as well.
The 2 big guns I would want to potentially make a run at. Adam Dunn, Victor Martinez or Adrian Gonzalez. Adam Dunn is a free agent and is looking to make bank this off season. It remains to be seen if the Cubs are going to want to throw that kind of money around this off season, but Dunn would be an outstanding pick up as long as the contract doesn't exceed 4 years. He loves to hit at Wrigley, he was an okay defensive first basemen, and would serve as a monster left handed hitter in the middle. If the deal exceeds 14 million per season annually- I would pass.
Victor Martinez is a real interesting name. He's likely not going to be resigned by the Red Sox, so he'll hit the open market as…a catcher? Well I can see him now transitioning over to first base to save his legs. He's getting older, but his bat is still valuable. I think he would get max dollars as a first basemen anyways. The switch hitting Martinez would serve any lineup well. There are some questions about him being a little injury prone- but I'd be willing to take a shot if it's reasonable dollar wise.
Adrian Gonzalez. This guy is no stranger to the trade rumor. He's been dealt twice already (Marlins to Rangers, Rangers to Padres), and he'll likely be traded a third time. The Padres definitely cannot pay him so it makes sense to settle for a ton of prospects from their standpoint. When he is 100% available- I expect the Cubs to be all in on Adrian. I think they should do whatever they have too to acquire the all star slugger. He's not only an outstanding offensive presence, but he's a gold glove caliber defensive first basemen just entering his prime years. He's worth any price, and any prospect. If you trade for Adrian Gonzalez- you now have one of the better offenses in the national league if that's all they do.
First base is a huge question for the Cubs. How will they answer it? We'll find out this winter.
As it stands- I give the Cubs a D+ grade in terms of whose on the roster at this very moment. I'll happily change my stance as the moves come and go. Come back tomorrow as I go over the early outlook on the Cubs middle infield.


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This is a professional looking acrylic box that is just the right size for the Glass Box Prediction effect. A clear box that is 4"x 4"x 3.5" the exact size that Devin Knight recommends in his new book. Why search for this in local stores when you can get one ready to go?
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We recently posted a Challenge with the Consumer Electronics Association and the Environmental Defense Fund as part of our EDF/InnoCentive EcoChallenge Series. The Challenge seeks financially viable, environmentally-beneficial business models based on the repurposing of recycled Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) glass from used televisions and computer monitors. We spoke with Walter Alcorn, Vice President of Environmental Affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association about the Challenge and the importance of solving this critical environmental issue.
Hi Walter – thanks for agreeing to talk with our Solvers today. Your Challenge, New Uses for Recycled Glass, specifically calls for new uses for CRT screens, once the standard for televisions and other types of monitors. How big a problem is used CRT glass for the environment?
The disposition of used CRT glass is a serious resource conservation and recovery issue. Although used CRT glass is inert while still intact as old TV and monitor tubes, CRT glass contains a significant amount of lead that could be released into the environment if processed inappropriately or mismanaged.
Safe recycling is a big deal for my industry – the consumer electronics industry. Last April we announced the eCycling Leadership Initiative with an ambitious Billion Pound Challenge to more than triple the amount of electronics recycled annually by our industry from 300 million pounds in 2010 to one billion in 2016.
These billions of pounds of recycled electronics need to be recycled responsibly and the materials put back into productive use. By weight, more than half of all collected consumer electronics are old televisions and computer monitors, and the heaviest component of most of those products are CRTs. For decades, CRT was the technology of choice in the display industry but during the past decade, demand for CRTs has dropped drastically as newer flat-panel technologies like LCD and plasma have become affordable and widely available. Until now most CRT glass collected for recycling was cleaned up and recycled into new CRT units, but the market for new CRT displays is now nearly gone. Uses for CRT glass with lead (e.g., funnel glass) is particularly challenging.
Why did you choose to pose this Challenge to the InnoCentive Solver Network?
We needed raise the visibility of this situation beyond the recycling industry. New applications for CRT glass, and potentially new processing technologies are needed to appropriately recycle this material. We are excited about the encouraging response from the Solver community with more than 250 project rooms opened in the first 2 weeks. Hopefully this is a sign that economically and environmentally viable uses for CRT glass truly exist.
What will you do with the solution once it has been selected? Are you hoping to take it forward and would you consider working with the Solver to further develop the solution?
We are a trade association so our capability for direct participation in the solution is limited, but our plan is to make the winning solution(s) public and raise the awareness of both the problem and identified solution(s) to help create market demand for used CRT glass.
Are there other problems that might benefit from the solution to this Challenge?
New uses for CRT glass will reduce the demand for use of virgin materials and extractive activities such as lead mining, thereby providing an additional resource and environmental benefits. There might also be solutions that could be applied to other materials recovered from consumer electronics, or more likely relevant to other materials recovered from products in other industries. We'll just have to see!
Once you have a solution to this Challenge, what's the next issue you'll be tackling?
Given the pace of technological change in the consumer electronics industry we will continue to keep an eye on markets for recycling old electronics. The CRT challenge stands above all others at this point.
What would you like to tell Solvers who are thinking about participating in this Challenge?
We are looking for creative solutions that work both economically and environmentally. There are at least 2 billion pounds of old CRTs still in use or ready for recycling in the U.S. alone, and globally several times that amount. Thank you for helping us find good uses for all that old CRT glass!
Sounds great - thanks Walter, and good luck with your Challenge!


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Union fight divides workforce at DoubleTree
An effort to organize employees at Hilton's DoubleTree Suites has turned the hotel near the Charles River into a workplace that is sharply divided. On one side are housekeepers and other staff members fighting for more affordable health care and a collective voice. Resisting their efforts are administrative workers, restaurant servers, and others who don't want to lose benefits offered by Hilton, which they say is a generous employer.
Both groups say they are in the majority.
As the standoff persists, the atmosphere has become increasingly tense, workers say, with members of the opposing factions avoiding one another in the cafeteria and each group pressuring the other to see their side.
The dispute escalated two months ago, when Unite Here Local 26,which represents about half the hotel workers in Boston, started a boycott of the DoubleTree Suites.
Organizers have been walking picket lines with workers and visiting employees at their homes, and guests have been approached by union supporters in the lobby and have had fliers slipped under their doors. Over one weekend in early May, a push to get groups to cancel room reservations accounted for more than $30,000 in lost business, according to workers who reject calls for a union.
Last week, the union sought to enlist the help of Facebook executive and "Lean In" author Sheryl Sandberg while she was in town to speak during commencement activities at Harvard University, which owns the hotel property. When Sandberg declined a meeting, hotel workers distributed leaflets championing their cause during her speech.
With the pro-union workers gaining publicity, other employees took the unusual step of speaking out publicly against what they say is Local 26's campaign of "misinformation and propaganda" to boost union membership while threatening their livelihoods.
"They're trying to wear us down until we roll over and say, 'OK, let's go with [a] union,' by destroying business," said Olivia Kennedy-Long, a waitress for 11 years at the hotel's Green Room restaurant who has a degree in applied math and theoretical physics.
Employees who welcome union representation — many of them immigrants who wash sheets and make beds — say the effort is already empowering them to speak up for their rights, such as telling managers that there aren't enough people on a shift or that working conditions are unsafe.
"That's why we have to keep going," said Victor Bernabe, who has been vacuuming hallways and stocking linen closets at the hotel for 11 years.
"Before, we couldn't say anything," said housekeeper Sandra Hernandez, a 21-year employee.
At a recent meeting with union representatives, housekeepers described being worked like "animals" and being given warnings if a single hair was found in a bathroom. Under the union, Hernandez and her fellow room attendants would be required to clean about half as many rooms per shift as they do now, according to Local 26.
Maintenance workers and housekeepers stand to benefit more from collective bargaining representation because it can limit their workloads, compared with front office employees who don't perform manual labor, said Gary Chaison, a professor of industrial relations at Clark University in Worcester,
That is why union fights are often divided along class lines, Chaison said. Immigrants with limited English and lower-skilled workers who believe their prospects of moving into supervisory positions are slim tend to support joining a union, while clerical workers and others who tend to identify more with management often don't want to take the risk.
"It's really asking who has more to gain by work rules?" Chaison said.
Hotel employees opposed to a union, some of whom work part-time, say more than half of the 133 non-managerial DoubleTree workers have signed a petition stating they want to remain non-union. All they want, they say, is for Local 26 to file a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a secret vote to determine whether a majority favors the union.
Hilton Worldwide, which operates the DoubleTree, told the Globe it also supports a secret ballot, but it declined to comment further.
Local 26, however, prefers a process called a card check, which calls for workers who support a union to sign cards saying so, instead of going through the NLRB. Local 26 has used the card check method to organize all 15 Boston hotels that voted to join the union in the past decade, said Brian Lang, the local's president, because there is less bureaucracy involved.
"What's democratic about a process that can get tied up in the courts for 5 to 10 years and the ballot box doesn't get opened?" Lang said of a secret ballot. "It's a litigation-laden path, and it's exactly where the employer would prefer to go."
Local 26 has been increasing its unionizing efforts around Boston recently, and currently has a handful of campaigns underway that it hasn't yet made public.
The union says 70 percent of DoubleTree workers signed a petition last year asking for a fair process, an agreement that allows employees to discuss joining a union without retaliation from the company.
But DoubleTree doesn't need a union, the group against it contends. Workers receive raises every year, have a 401(k) plan with a 4 percent employer match that is immediately vested, and can choose from a wide variety of health insurance plans. They also average more than four weeks of paid time off a year and get free computer and English classes.
The hotel has a 3 percent annual turnover rate, remarkably low for the industry, according to hospitality analysts. Hilton says half of non-managerial employees have worked at the hotel for more than nine years.
But Local 26 has negotiated higher wages and considerably lower health care costs for workers at Boston's 29 union hotels. These workers also have a pension plan, get a $10,000 grant to buy their first home, and have access to free legal aid.
The pro-union group says managers are intimidating workers by telling them a union could mean an end to benefits like free meals and parking. But the anti-union coalition says people are being "brainwashed" by Local 26, and the campaign is hurting the hotel's reputation.
The anti-union group is also convinced that two relatively recent hires are union plants; the pro-union side says those workers voluntarily joined the fight, and that one has been subject to retaliation through fliers labeling him a "mole."
"All we are asking is for a democratic way out of this hole," said Afrim Hoxha, an administrator in the hotel's sales department who supports the status quo. "We want this agony to end."
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The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an Internet marketing group with a sideline in preventing animal cruelty, says Mazda6 owners suffering from spider infestations can donate their vehicles to the group, and the spiders will be humanely removed.
PETA says its only trying to be helpful, just like that one time a PETA member saw a mouse in her brand-new Jeep and decided to donate both the mouse and Jeep to the cause.
Wouldn't it be ironic if someone donated a Mazda6 with the optional leather interior?


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Fresh details have emerged today for the mode that will add even more simulation-like elements to a shooter that already contains destructible buildings and cover, and accurately simulates stuff like the range, velocity, and caliber of small arms. Apparently, Hardcore mode was created because "some organizations that use other Atomic training systems" were interested "in using a modified version of Breach as a training aid for their operatives." Hardcore indeed.
The January-due Breach will be a $15 download for PC and Xbox Live Arcade. You can check out our (pre-Hardcore mode) hands-on preview of Breach, here.
Here are some of the key components of Breach's Hardcore mode:
- Hardcore Mode:
- New "Sole Survivor" Game Type: Each player is given only one life and no re-spawns, causing them to move and shoot with much more care and precision in this Team Deathmatch-like competition.
- Minimal HUD experience: Aiming reticule and other items turned off, while certain other items are left in as real life affords greater situational awareness.
- Disabling of Mini-Map radar system: Removes the ability to use the radar to track enemy and friendly forces; players must be more aware of their surroundings.
- Disabling of ammo counter and weapon fire-mode display
- Disabling of Kill Cam system: No longer gives you a hint about the person who killed you or where they were located -- keeping your effective kill locations hidden.
- Modified Damage Settings creating a more lethal experience: More realistic damage from all weapons, making direct fire fights highly lethal. Use cover to gain the upper hand.
- Hardcore mode can be applied to any of the existing maps and Game types: Creating a unique twist for the serious gamers across the board.
- Filter match searchers by normal or hardcore to match your play style


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by Rose A. Valenta
Yesterday, I took old Mrs. Russo shopping at the Italian Market in South Philadelphia. She was buying seafood. I had my goal list all ready:
• Olive oil, prosciutto, capicola and imported pasta from Claudio's
• Olive salad and cheese from DiBruno's
• Lamb, pork roasts and ground beef from Esposito's
• Locatelli and fresh produce from Giordano's
• Spices and coffee from the Spice Corner
• Some pastry from Isgro's
I was looking forward to a refreshing walk while enjoying the sights and smells of the South Philly marketplace and do some Christmas shopping.
I was asked to pick Teresa up at her sister's house.
Teresa Russo has been a friend of our family for years. She went to school with one of my aunts. She was born and raised in South Philadelphia. Her temperament is a bit surly, but expected, as she grew up in a tough neighborhood. She doesn't get around much by herself anymore, so taking her shopping was my idea and good deed for the day.
I decided to take her to Pat's Steaks for lunch.
When I picked her up, I noticed that the jacket she was wearing was wrinkled and out of shape.
"What's up with the jacket?" I asked, as she got into the car.
"Flak jacket underneath." She answered. "I got it from Louie 'The Nose."
"Come on, Teresa, you're 80 years old. Who's going to mess with you?"
"Hey, they let that Gambino guy off. You know, John 'junior' Gatti. Now, they call him 'Teflon John.' He don't have friends in South Philadelphia. Two guys came down from New York last week and started something near the Sports Complex. I smell trouble like we got the malocchio or something. Maybe we shouldn't go today."
"Teresa, people don't believe in the 'evil eye' anymore. You shouldn't be so superstitious. Of course, we should go shopping. Those guys all hang out in a different neighborhood."
"Yeah? What are we gonna do if they decide they want to eat something at Mama Mia's and start a fight?"
"Teresa, they don't mess with old ladies. Besides, we're going to eat at Pat's."
"Speak for yourself, I'm not old." She said.
When we got to the Italian Market and parked the car at the three dollar lot on Washington Avenue, we were approached by some guy, who looked like Alec Baldwin, saying he was from the Trump campaign and was taking a poll. Teresa broke his pencil and told him to get lost.
"OK," I said. "I take back what I said. They don't mess with NICE old ladies."
"Statazete! (Shutup)" she snapped. "We should have stayed home. That guy was a pickpocket. Check your wallet."
"I have it" I said. "Nothing is missing. Will you just relax and enjoy yourself? Put on your happy face, that should confuse everybody."
Everything went smoothly until Teresa spotted a black limousine driving up 9th Street. She dove under a vendor table and about 50 live blue crabs and two dozen oranges went scurrying and rolling in all directions. Crustaceans were everywhere. I saw one of them booking down Montrose Street. You could hear the screams for blocks.
"What, are you on somebody's hit list, or just crazy - are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm sorry." She said.
"Yes, what? Yes, you're crazy or yes, you're OK?"
"Alright already - both!"
The guy, who rented the vendor table, was furious, cussing in Italian, and running around with tongs trying to gather up the runaway crustaceans before they pinched someone.
"Che cazzo...?" he shouted, "C'è un casino della Madonna qui." (Meaning "What the hell…?" and his vocabulary went down-hill after that.)
After we paid him for the crabs that were still missing in action, I swore to myself that I would never do another good deed like this again. What started out as a fun shopping trip had turned into a total nightmare.
We never got to Isgro's.
On the way home, Teresa apologized for her behavior all day. She told me she is into Ronny 'The Rat' for $100 to pay for the exterminator.
Apparently, while she was Spring cleaning two weeks ago, she found mice running around in her basement. Ronny had threatened her. She was supposed to pay him $125 by yesterday, or he would import a hundred mice and set them loose in her house. So, for the rest of the week, until she pays him on Friday, Teresa is spending nights with her sister.
"Ronny is a spostata (jerk)." She said.
"Teresa, the next time you need money, call me. I will lend it to you, no mice and no interest, capiche?"
I went home, poured myself a Chianti, and listened to a little Lou Monte.


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On 4 December 2012, the chairman of the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Michael J. Garcia, who is also the head of the investigation conducted by the Ethics Committee into Mohamed bin Hammam, notified Bin Hammam of the completion of the investigation and informed him that the final report, together with the investigation files, would be submitted to the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee for examination. On the same day, all of the documents were sent by Garcia to the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber, Hans-Joachim Eckert.
Together with the final report and all of the investigation files, Garcia requested the imposition of provisional measures against Bin Hammam in accordance with the first sentence of art. 83 par. 1 of the FIFA Code of Ethics (FCE). Garcia stated that the request was not based on the necessity to protect an ongoing investigation, but rather that it was necessary because, given the extraordinarily complex nature and the considerable scope of the present case, it appeared highly unlikely that a decision on the relevant issues may be taken early enough within the meaning of article 83 par. 1 of the FCE. Given the seriousness of the violations of the FCE as alleged in the final report, Garcia said in his letter to the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber that it was imperative that Bin Hammam remained banned from football during the pendency of any decision on these charges.
On 6 December, having examined the final report and investigation files, Eckert deemed that the final report was complete and decided to proceed with adjudicatory proceedings in this case, in accordance with art. 69 par. 4 of the FCE. At the same time, Eckert established a deadline for Bin Hammam to respond.
Based on the report, the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber has decided to provisionally ban Bin Hammam given that a breach of the FCE appears to have been committed and that a decision on the main substance of the case may not be taken early enough.


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"It's just not fair" how investors are treating Apple, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Thursday, a day after Apple reported earnings that beat Wall Street estimates but saw disappointing revenue numbers.
Analysts are struggling to figure out how to value the company. On Wednesday, Apple's stock price dipped to its lowest level in a year in after market trading. When Cramer spoke just before the market opened Thursday, it was trading in the $450 range.


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Daniel Danger will release his posters for At The Drive-In and American Horror Story tomorrow. ATDI is a 15″ x 30″ screenprint, has an artist edition of 100, and will cost $60. AHS is a 12″ x 24″ screenprint, has an A/P edition of 50, and will cost $40. These go up today (Friday, April 27th) at 2pm Eastern Time. Visit TinyMediaEmpire.com.
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that atdi poster is so good. homage to that old live "classroom" show.
moar like American Horry Story amiright?
got the atdi poster! super psyched, first +1 in awhile!
Was there a limit on how many could be purchased?
Had it in the shopping cart, paid with paypal then it says it's sold out. BS
whew +1 – stage 3 of the process timed out twice but i got a conf so should hopefully be good
hopefully its a thick ole uline tube for transatlantic travel – yazoo ftw
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I'm sad that the unusually late Mondo drop made me miss this. Turns out I could have gone for this after all and I still would have had another hour to wait for Mondo to drop the next wave of Avengers prints.
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Arrived in Salt Lake City on a warm Tuesday afternoon of 27th of April 2010 to attend the annual conference of the National Genealogical Society Conference. The actual location of the conference is the Salt Palace Convention Center adjacent to the Radisson Hotel. I am told the registered attendees number between 2,000 and 2,500. Genealogists from around the world convened to hear lectures as well as mix and mingle with their fellow researchers. There was appropriate time allowed between programs for the visitors to browse through the vendor tables in the large vendor hall containing books, genealogy programs, and all sorts of items of interest to the genealogist.
I was in the vendor hall a great deal of the time because I have the opportunity of managing the booth for the Association of Professional Genealogists (http://www.apgen.org/). The booth is staffed by my fellow APGers who happily greet anyone who might be interested in learning what APG is all about and very capably help complete member applications for anyone interested in joining this organization. Our booth was in one of the best locations to have plenty foot traffic passing by at all times.
One of the local television stations spent some time videotaping activity at our booth and it got to be a part of the evening news on ABC-4.com. The camera gave a good exposure of the APG booth as well as interviewing APG member Bobbi King of Lakewood, Colorado. Bobbi is a well known genealogist who owns "Miss Congenealogy" and lectures around the state of Colorado and at convention gatherings such as NGS and FGS (Federation of Genealogical Societies).
Based upon my several trips around the vendor area I was able to stop and talk with technology folks such as FamilySearch with their high tech means of searching the internet. They had a bank of about 75-80 computer terminals connected directly to FamilySearch online services at no charge to the users. Other vendors were Hewlett Packard and their latest computers, printers, and scanners; Sprint and their high tech telephone communications essential to good genealogical research.
This NGS convention ends on Saturday afternoon, May 1st when things draw to a close for the vendors and all of the genealogists, both professional and hobbyists head back home. A good time has been had by all.
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VATICAN CITY — The pope will travel "abroad" next year to the tiny republic of San Marino. I say "abroad" because even though the 24-square-mile republic is located inside Italy, it's an autonomous European nation. The Italian eastern coastal resort, Rimini, is about 10 miles away.
A Vatican source today confirmed reports saying Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to spend the day June 19, 2011, in the diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro. Montefeltro, however, is on Italian territory. How often does that happen, that a diocese spans two countries?
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I am a firm believer in a free press, but the press, even in a small-town newspaper, has a duty to cover both sides of a story and print the truth.
I was contacted by many of my supporters and other citizens of Lancaster after Sunday's editorial concerning my vote and a possible charge of an ethics violation. I would like to set the record straight.
As for my Oct. 10 vote to approve back pay for my position as the legally elected city council member, let me explain what occurred.
I was in a place the other day where I had to show all my ID cards. And I thought I had put my cards back in my purse.
Well, later I looked in there and they were gone.
Panic isn't a strong enough word for the way I felt. I really went crazy! "Where the poot is my cards?!" I yelled.
Oh Lordy, I do not do well in a situation like that. Cool, calm and collected, I am not! These are the cards no one should ever lose – driver's license, Social Security, Medicare!
After reading Phil Noble's column in your Sept. 29 paper, I think he needs to get back to reality and read up on our history.
First, Franklin Roosevelt didn't pull us out of the Great Depression. His leftist programs and ideas caused a depression to become the Great Depression. What pulled us out of the Great Depression was World War II, which he led us into by sacrificing thousands of lives at Pearl Harbor.
Second, Harry Truman might have desegregated the military, but it was segregated during Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's term.
I was in a local discount store today to buy groceries. A couple there had a dog in their basket. According to the manager, they are powerless to do anything due to the Americans With Disabilities Act.
It would seem to me that animals in shopping carts in grocery stores or animals in restaurants are a sanitation issue.
Too many people are going online and purchasing "service animal" items and claiming their dog is a service animal. This is wrong. Service animal permits should be regulated with paperwork, just as handicapped parking permits are.
The elite left and Hollywood have finally shown their true faces together, even though the cover-up has been ongoing for over a decade.
Harvey Weinstein, a big shot in tinsel town, has been exposed (excuse the pun) as a sexual predator. He stands accused of harassing, groping and even raping women for years, and the left and their perverted twin Hollywood helped him along the way.
Our local Habitat for Humanity chapter needs your help for a project that our Critical Home Repair Team has taken on in the Promise Neighborhood area.
David Cox, construction coordinator for the Promise Neighborhood effort, contacted us about Peggy Martin's home on Cunningham Street, which was badly in need of a new roof. Our repair team did some eave and soffit repairs, and A+ Masonry, one of our partners, removed an unused chimney. And H&S Roofing of Charlotte donated materials and labor for the new roof.
I am writing because of Ms. Linda Blackmon requesting $6,750 in back pay.
The only way you can get back pay is that you worked. Well, excuse me, but she didn't work during that time. So no work, no pay.
There is a problem somewhere when our so-called elected officials are able to vote to give themselves this back pay.
I currently work for the PCI Group on Harrisburg Road. I tell you this to inform you that I travel this road at regular intervals.
For the last month, a steel plate has been sitting on Harrisburg. Not beside the road. Oh no. This plate stretches across Harrisburg from white line to white line. This is used to cover up a ditch that has been dug.
Thanks to Richard Band's letter to the editor, we now know some of the hazards that patrons of our library will face if it is moved.
Can you imagine a mother with small children walking from the parking area up to the library? What about teenagers and adults walking alone or senior citizens with limited walking ability?
Have any of the council or library board members walked the distance?
Probably not, or this decision would not be under consideration. Why can't the library be improved where it is?
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Lessons: Stories that connect from Stories Connect
By Sally Flint
People's lives have been changed not only by reading and discussing literature, but by writing creatively too. In Exeter, England, this has culminated in publishing a book of linked short stories and poems. This book is Lessons and it comes from Stories Connect—a community project, similar in format to Changing Lives Through Literature, that takes place outside prisons to help ex-offenders, substance misusers and other vulnerable people get over difficult times in their lives.
In 2011, after reading Alan Bennett's Talking Heads and Andrea Levy's Small Island, discussions centred on the significance of characters in storytelling, how our lives interconnect, and how perceptions of one another can be very different according to our individual experiences. Rather than read more texts to illustrate this, both the participants and facilitators of Stories Connect began a collaborative writing experiment.
Each person invented a character—then got to know his imaginary person through answering a questionnaire which not only detailed a physical description and obvious things such as what the character did for a job, but also smaller things such as what the character kept under his bed. Once each character was firmly established in each writer's mind the group discussed how the characters' lives might overlap and be brought together. Part of the success of this collection is that each writer firmly took ownership of his own imaginary character and stepped into his character's shoes.
However, to bring the characters together it was decided something more was needed—an event. Parties and weddings and all sorts of other occasions were brainstormed and somehow, out of talking about school reunions, the idea surfaced that the characters would all attend a memorial service for a recently retired headmaster, Keith Simon Lung.
Everyone discussed, debated and created—then each person wrote his character's story in a way that linked to the headmaster and his memorial. The stories took months to shape, edit and bring together as an anthology. This process fostered an environment of trust and commitment. It motivated both participants and facilitators to further improve their communicative and observational skills. Everyone worked hard to make each story stand alone, while ensuring there are many intriguing links to be made across the whole collection and questioned by the reader.
Some of the contributors had never written a story or poem before while some had read and written lots. Perhaps what this book reveals best, and why the group wanted it published, is to show how the process of writing brought them together. The result, Lessons, proves that stretching imaginations and the practice of storytelling unites people at all levels, regardless of age, background, ethnicity or past histories. In the process of creating, the group encountered the unexpected and overcame challenges and, it has to be said, they all laughed lots!
"This is a consummate piece of group story-telling, a feat of cooperation and collaboration," writes poet and broadcaster Matt Harvey in the book's forward. He supports and works with Stories Connect.
Lessons is published by Dirt Pie Press, University of Exeter: www.riptidejournal.co.uk
For more information, e-mail either:
Dr. Sally Flint, facilitator and publisher: firstname.lastname@example.com
Louise Ross, Stories Connect co-ordinator: firstname.lastname@example.com
Dr. Sally Flint joined Stories Connect in 2007. She is a publisher, writer, and, creative writing teacher. She also co-edits Riptide Journal.


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OK, the movie which has to be mentioned in a debate like this is of course Brazil.
And Terry Gilliam does not only demonstrate in this movie, but nearly every of them that an ending is a very subjective thing and should always be put in context, so most Happy Endings seem a bit forced.
For instance I like Cast away for not putting the Protagonist together again with his girlfriend but let him decide what to do next with his life or Butch Cassidy and the sundance Kid for not coming out alive but stay true to their characters.
It's not that I would always choose a sad ending but without them some films are rather stale.
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I would say there are more kinds of endings than just the "happy" and "sad" ones. The ending to the director's cut of Blade Runner, for example, is ambiguous: we're left to wonder what'll happen to Rick and Rachael next. The ending of Clockwork Orange is happy for the bad guy, but not so much for anyone else. In a way, it's a "lesson" ending: evil as this young hoodlum was and is, his new political friends are even worse; in other words, don't let this happen to your country!
I'd also say that whether an ending is appropriate depends on whether it's consistent with the direction the rest of the story was taking. Some of the Grimm's stories do end very badly, but in many cases the ending is actually rather happy for the good guys--it's the bad guys whose torturous execution they describe in almost sadistic detail. (I think it was the evil queen in Snow White that they forced into red-hot iron shoes in which she had to dance until she fell down dead, for example.) A better example of a "sad" ending would be the one to The Thing; it was established throughout the film that this terrible creature from another planet was almost unstoppable. Having the good guys just win handily and waltz out of there would have downplayed their sacrifice. A pyrrhic victory is more fitting.
The ending to Clockwork Orange is likewise consistent: the film begins and ends with sick jokes that arouse moral conflict by making properly moral people laugh even as they also make them wince. The more light-hearted Death Race 2000's main character is more anti-heroic than villainous, producing less moral conflict in the viewer's mind, but the film likewise is one long tasteless joke, and ends consistently (with another tasteless joke). For a film that required a really bad ending, Requiem for a Dream is probably the best example. Sure, it's awfully depressing for everybody's hopes to be dashed, but then so is the whole film. Portraying drug addiction as enjoyable and morally uplifting would be a monstrous thing to do. (That's why Trainspotting gets less friendly reviews.)
As to whether sad endings sell... it depends, apparently. Grief and despair and forlorn feelings do seem to have some market for them, albeit a limited one. As early as in old Greek plays, people did have a liking for tragedy. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (on which Blade Runner was very loosely based) suggested that people like having a feeling of empathy for characters who suffer. It suggested a need for catharsis as well: in the book, Deckard and his wife have a mood organ that allows them to dial for any feeling or emotion they can imagine. At one point, he has an argument with his wife and wavers between dialing for acquiescence and dialing for more venom to win the argument. (He decides to drop the argument when she warns him that if he tries to win, she'll dial for more wrath as well.) At another point, he's astonished to learn that his wife has put four hours of self-accusatory depression on her dialing schedule. Her explanation for this is that she just can't face the silence and loneliness of their apartment sometimes and needs something to fill those hours. In our time, lacking so convenient a device as the mood organ, depressing films may serve something like the same purpose.
There's also the Jerry Springer effect. I recall that Conan O'Brian once interviewed Montel Jordan about his career as a moderately successful trash TV host, and asked him why anyone wanted to be on his show. The best answer Montel could give, having asked them the same question himself, was that after doing all the lewd and despicable things they'd done in secret for so long, his guests just wanted to let it all out. They knew full well they were going to be held up to all the audience's opportunistic contempt and ridicule, but apparently they felt it was worth it. They may even have been desiring a little of the audience's cruelty as punishment. A film that inspires self-flagellating empathy might sell a few DVDs to this kind of audience.
In all cases, though, I think what decides the ending is the consistency of the film with what people are looking to see in it. Nobody who goes to see a Care Bears movie wants to see it end with the Care Bears all dying cruel deaths; it's aimed at young children, young children want there to be justice and mercy and happy endings all around, and a feel-good ending is practically required. Those of us who are older might want to see a satirical film in which the Care Bears all die at the end, but this still requires a happy ending, albeit by being funny rather than morally uplifting. In Shrek 2, on the other hand, there's something for both crowds courtesy of the writers making the Fairy Godmother turn out to be a cruel and ruthless villain under all her saccharine charm and giving her a well-deserved comeuppance. Then, for adults who are looking for an ultra-realistic ending, there's Flight 93, which was specifically arranged to provide a false hope for a happy ending that is crushed with the foregone conclusion we already knew from the true story on which it was based. The monstrous injustice of it is exactly what we went to see; any morally uplifting effect it might have on you is something you arrange for yourself.
In short, what kind of ending a film has should be determined by what the advertising promised the audience. If the advertising promises an uplift, it had better deliver it. If it promises us crushing grief and sorrow, it had better deliver that. If it promises a shock, it had better deliver whichever ending is more shocking.
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Frequency of module offer: Winter semester 2008/2009
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Name of the professor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Schumacher
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The students are to learn the economic determinants and consequences of international trade flows. Based on the "classical" theories of international trade they are to understand the approaches of the "new" trade theories. Applying these analytical tools the students should be able to evaluate themselves recent developments in international economic relationships.
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Krugman, Paul R., Maurice Obstfeld, 2008: International Economics. Theory and Policy. Boston: Prentice-Hall.
Markusen, J.R., J.R. Melvin, W.H. Kaempfer, K.E. Maskus, 1995: International Trade. Theory and Evidence, McGraw-Hill.
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