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Since taking the helm as the new
director of The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville in February, Dr. Marcelle
Polednik has been working to reshape the institution as an even more vibrant cultural
resource of the University of North Florida, a cornerstone in downtown's
revitalization and a nationally renowned arts organization.
Prior to joining MOCA, Polednik had
served as chief curator of the Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) in Monterey,
Calif., and as assistant curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New
York. Fluent in six languages, the 34-year-old native of Poland is a published
scholar who curated more than a dozen modern and contemporary art exhibitions.
She has a Ph.D. in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York
University. She had previously earned an M.A. from New York University in 2001
and a B.A., with honors, from the University of Southern California in 1999.
In addition to her experience as a
curator, Polednik has a background in fund raising. While at the Monterey
Museum and at the Whitney, she secured several grants, including two from the
highly competitive Henry Luce Foundation Fund for American Art. She also served
as a grants writer and researcher for Oxford University's North American
offices for four years.
Her experience, scholarly credentials,
fund-raising expertise, leadership and energetic foresight made her the right
person to lead the museum, said Dr. Debra Murphy, chair of UNF's Department of
Art and Design.
"MOCA has greatly benefited from the
generosity of the University, which has been invaluable to building our
strength and capacity," Polednik said. "MOCA is now poised to give back to the
University in a reciprocal way and it is my goal to create this equilibrium by
building the capacity of the museum as well as by forging more meaningful
collaborations with our colleagues, faculty, academia, administration and
She said planning exhibitions further in
advance will enable her to work more closely with professors to develop lectures,
classroom exercises, tours and even internship possibilities with greater
educational benefits and transformational learning opportunities (TLOs) to
Within her first few months, Polednik
began streamlining programming to improve the efficiency of her staff and provide
greater focus to the core initiatives of the museum while making them more engaging,
appealing and meaningful to the greater Jacksonville community.
Working with UNF's Division of
Administration and Finance, Polednik has been restructuring MOCA's accounting
system toward a project-based focus that more closely aligns with the
University's budget process and provides for improved budgeting cash flow
management and financial stability.
"MOCA needs to be more than stable. It needs
financial vitality and to become self-sufficient again," said Polednik. "We
have been faced with many of the same financial and fund-raising challenges
affecting non-profits nationwide since the downturn. However, we are optimistic
about achieving new levels of sustainability in the next few years."
To do that, she has begun developing
and implementing a three- to five-year plan that balances exhibitions with mass
appeal, those that add to the scholarly canon of contemporary art history and
expose people to new, more cutting-edge work than has previously been
During the next 18 months, she said major
exhibitions will showcase:
The private photography collection of Sondra Gilman and
Celso Gonzalez-Falla, considered by Art News as two of the world's most astute
collectors. The exhibit has been curated with Paul Karabinis, assistant
professor of photography, and will have a major publication by the prestigious
Aperture Foundation.
Emerging national artists Melanie Pullen, Gustavo Godoy and
Mark Licari are creating new installation projects to take advantage of the museum's
monumental five-story atrium.
Exhibitions highlighting the pivotal decades of the '60s, '70s
and '80s comprised of works from MOCA's permanent collection collection and loans
from other institutions and private collections. These important pojects will broaden
the First Coast's understanding about the history of contemporary art.
The shift to a project-based
accounting, the hiring of a development director in April and the creation of a
three-year exhibition plan are critical elements that have been missing, she
said, but now that they are in place she feels the tide turning. MOCA is
beginning to position itself to be more attractive to prospective donors and
funders and is taking the first steps on the road to receiving coveted accreditation
from the American Association of Museums, which, Polednik said, is any museum's
license to practice.
"Achieving AAM accreditation recognizes a museum's
commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards and continued
institutional improvement," Polednik said. "It is of vital importance to our
long-term strategies because it enables MOCA to get loans of major contemporary
art works from well-known institutions and secure greater funding opportunities
for things like acquisitions to our permanent collection or capital
improvements to the facility."
Her sights are also set on making MOCA
a key player in downtown's revitalization and to position it as a leader in the
arts community. She has met with several of her counterparts at cultural arts
organizations around the city and is a participant in the monthly Cultural
Council Roundtable to address issues affecting the growth of the arts in Duval
"Bringing cultural arts to the downtown
district is one of the leading forces of revitalizing and it can be a real
igniter of job growth, business development and community pride," she said.
As she looks to MOCA's future under her
direction, Polednik is equally proud of what the museum had achieved before her
"A great deal has been accomplished by this museum
and it's poised to accomplish a great deal more," she said. "I think it has the
right ingredients — and UNF is certainly among the most important of those."
Howard Taylor and his wife, Madeline, had both retired
about the same time and were looking for ways to keep physically fit and
mentally sharp when they discovered the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
(OLLI) at UNF.
In the two years the Jacksonville couple has been involved
in the program, they have taken part in more than 20 separate classes and
numerous organized activities ranging from a tour of the University of Florida
Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville to UNF jazz concerts.
Taylor is one of about 1,200 members participating in the
OLLI program at UNF. Thanks to a second $1 million gift recently announced by
The Bernard Osher Foundation, the program is expected to grow substantially in
coming years.
Osher Institutes, dedicated to individuals 50 and older,
are located at 117 colleges and universities across the country, with the UNF
program being among the fastest growing in the nation.
That growth — from 12 classes five years ago to 70 classes
this fall — was one factor in a decision by the Osher Foundation to make a
second $1 million gift to the University as part of The Power of Transformation campaign. The gift has been
instrumental in pushing the campaign closer to the $100 million level. The
campaign hopes to reach its $110 million goal sometime next year.
Taylor loves the variety of courses that are offered. He
and his wife have taken classes in bridge, photography, yoga and on a variety
of business topics. One such course, Too Big to Fail, which examined the
challenges facing the banking industry, was taught by a retired senior vice
president of the Federal Reserve System. "The instructors have been wonderful
and the curriculum is constantly changing. Some classes my wife and I take
together. Some we go our separate ways," he said.
The variety of programs was one factor in the
Osher Foundation's decision to extend funding. "The range and diversity of
educational opportunities the program offers is impressive," said Mary
Bitterman, president of the Osher Foundation. "The exceptional growth of the
Institute's membership over the past several years is certainly a testament to
the consistent strength and appeal of its engaging curriculum."
With $2 million provided by the Osher Foundation for the
Institute's UNF endowment, the outlook for the program is indeed bright, said
Continuing Education Dean Robert Wood. "This
extraordinary gift is an indication of the Osher Foundation's confidence in UNF
to offer the highest-quality enrichment program to the greatest numbers of
learners in the metro area," he said.
Wood also attributed the success of the
program to volunteers. "Our growth would not have been possible without the
passionate, committed volunteers who lead and the generous donors who support
our OLLI organization."
Volunteers are one of the program's most distinguishable
characteristics. The UNF program relies on more than 350 volunteers to staff
committees and also to act as instructors. Four committees keep the program
running, including a curriculum team, a membership team, a communications team and
an activities team. Volunteers are involved in every aspect of the program from
writing and editing the newsletter to planning trips and socials.
Since instructors are also volunteers, it has allowed the
program to keep costs affordable, said Jeanette Toohey, director of the
program. Member fees are $45 per
person per year with courses priced according to their length, from $7 to $85,
with most being between $20 and $40. "These affordable costs help broaden our
participation which in turn explains our growth and why we received the
additional $1 million," she said.
With the curriculum being determined by members, ideas are
limitless. For example, Taylor, an African-American, has proposed a history
course to explore what happened to the slaves after the Civil War. "I've
presented a concept to the curriculum committee and they are working on it for
next year."
"Courses come from what someone wants to learn and from
what someone wants to teach," said Billie Hayward, president of the Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute at UNF. Hayward took over the presidency recently
from the founding members who got the organization up and running. While
building on five years of progress, Hayward said special efforts will be made
this year to be more inclusive of all population groups while at the same time
breaking down some of the geographic barriers such as the St. Johns River that
appear to discourage more widespread participation.
Hayward said research has shown the extensive benefits of
life-long learning. "The people who join OLLI are not only keeping their brains
alive and alert but they are also giving back to the community," she said.
Most, but not all, classes are offered at UNF's University
Center. A number of classes are offered at Jacksonville senior communities
Fleet Landing, Glenmore, Vicar's Landing and Westminster Woods. This is
particularly helpful for seniors who are single but still interested in
participating in community activities, Hayward said.
One thing is clear in discussing the success of OLLI: the overwhelming emphasis is on members.
"The members are the heart and soul of everything we do. Members are our
greatest resource," she said.
That's a philosophy espoused by Bernard Osher, a respected
San Francisco business executive and community leader who created the Osher
Foundation in 1977. A native of Maine and a graduate of Bowdoin College, Osher
began his career when he assumed management of the family's hardware and
plumbing business. He later worked at Oppenheimer & Co. in New York before
moving to California where he became a founding director of World Savings, which
eventually was sold to Wachovia in 2006. He later purchased the fine art
auction house of Butterfield & Butterfield in 1970 and oversaw its growth
to become the fourth-largest auction house in the world. He sold that company
to eBay in 1999. The foundation Osher began seeks to improve the quality of
life through support of higher education and the arts.
Without a doubt, Bernard Osher would take great pride in
the work being done at UNF.
Name: Nuria Ibáñez Quintana
Department: Department of Languages,
Literatures and Cultures
Job title: Assistant Professor of
What do you do?
I teach Spanish Language, Literature and Culture. I am the
Director of the Semester Abroad Program at the Universidad de Cantabria, Spain and
I continue my research on my field of expertise, Spanish theater.
Years at UNF: This will be my fourth
What is the proudest/happiest moment of
your life?
I can think of many and hopefully many more to come. I
remember the day I defended my dissertation. I knew my family would be proud of
me and they were thinking about me. At the end of the defense, the chair of my
department brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers that my family sent.
Tell us about your family.
I am the youngest of seven wonderful brothers and sisters. I
also have six nephews whom I adore. All my family lives in Spain, except me. I have
a great partner that I feel fortunate to have met and to share my life with him. What is your favorite way to blow an
An hour (or two) on Skype with my nephews and my family in
What person
had the greatest impact on your life?
I think when you are the youngest of seven you have the
fortune of having several people that impact your life. My youngest of four
brothers and my oldest sister have had a significant impact as well as some of
my professors from graduate school, especially one of my mentors who introduced
me to Spanish women play writers. This is an area that I have since then worked
and have grown to love.
What are you
most passionate about?
Life, my family, my culture and my work.
What is your favorite thing about
working at UNF?
The students and my department. We are lucky to be on a
campus that is not too big and not too small and allows interaction with
students and the campus community in general. If you were not working at UNF, what
would you be doing?
Teaching, maybe in Spain, maybe
somewhere else. If you could choose any other career,
what would it be and why?
Probably something related to environment or ecology.
What would you like to do when you
I never thought of that before. Probably travel, relax, volunteer and try to live
a fulfilling life wherever I am.
What is the
best thing you ever won?
I have never won a lottery or anything like that.
If you won the
lottery, what would do with the money?
Buy a house in the mountains on the north coast of Spain.
What was the
best money you ever spent?
I think the best money I ever spent were the funds that my
parents and I invested in my Study Abroad program. The last year of my degree I
participated in the ERASMUS program, a European Student Exchange program. I
studied in England and also travelled around Wales, Scotland and Ireland. It
was a totally life changing experience that I believed made a lot of who I am
What was the
first concert you ever attended, and what was the most recent concert you
When I was a kid my parents used to take my brother and me to listen to the city
orchestra almost every Sunday afternoon. It was a kind of routine after church
and before Sunday lunch. Now it is a great memory. After that, my first concert
was Texas, a Scottish group that I love. I knew their songs by heart and they
helped me learn English. The last one was a Great American Jazz Series concert
on campus.
Who is the
most famous person you ever met? I guess it depends on what we consider
famous, I have met some of the play writers that I work on, they are famous
only in a certain context but for me it is a privilege to know them.
What do you hope to accomplish that you
have not done yet?
Many things! I will talk about them when I accomplish them. Last book read:
Two of them: a play, Polifonía; and a novel, La historia del rey transparente. I will
have the pleasure to present a paper on Polifonía
and introduce the play writer in a Theater Conference in the Fall. La historia del rey transparente, isone of those readings that once you
start you cannot separate from it until you are done.
has been around since 1992 and many consumers found the information difficult
to understand and implement in their daily lives. Dr. Catherine Christie,
associate dean and chair of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics,
discusses the new MyPlate, which was designed to be a quick, simple reminder of
what a healthy plate looks like and the proportions of different food types
that are recommended.
How does MyPlate fit with the 2010
Dietary Guidelines?
2010, the USDA released its 2010 Dietary Guidelines. This year they released MyPlate, which is intended to
be a visual cue that facilitates implementing the dietary guidelines. For
example,MyPlateillustrates the 2010 Dietary Guidelines, building a healthy plate
with recommended proportions of different food types and including advice to make
half a plate fruits and vegetables, make half your grains whole grains, avoid
oversized portions and enjoy your food but eat less. Most Americans don't eat
these recommended proportions of fruits and vegetables. Adding more fruits and
vegetables to the diet has been shown to reduce both blood pressure and heart
disease and help in diabetes control as well as weight management.
What else can I do to eat healthier?
2010 Dietary Guidelines also recommended some foods to reduce. For example,
drink water instead of sugary drinks and compare sodium in foods like soup,
bread and frozen meals, choosing the foods with less sodium. Sodium is most
often found in processed foods like chips, crackers, pre-prepared and packaged
foods plus restaurant meals. Table salt supplies about one-third of most
people's sodium intake. Fresh foods, like fruits and vegetables, are low in
sodium. Many Americans get extra calories through beverages. Soft drinks,
coffee drinks, juice drinks, many smoothies and alcoholic drinks all provide
extra calories without significant nutritional benefits. Drinking water and
limiting caloric drinks can make a significant difference in calories. Selecting
low-fat or skim milk and dairy products will also provide the protein, calcium
and vitamin D needed for health with fewer calories.
What about the cost of fruits and
fruits and vegetables are often costly, so are other foods like snack foods,
soft drinks and desserts. Increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables on
your plate means cutting back on these other foods to promote good health and
can actually result in cost savings. Buying fruits and vegetables at farmers'
markets, on sale and in the freezer section can also save money.
How does this relate to obesity
calories contribute to obesity, so eating less and eating less calorie-dense
foods can help. Also, increasing activity and spending less time sitting will
help to burn calories and prevent weight gain. New research indicates that
sitting actually changes the body's metabolism of foods we eat. Many of us
exercise a half-hour to an hour a day and then sit for most of the rest of the
day. Moving often during the day and getting up from the chair is important,
along with regular exercise.
What about whole grains?
order to make half your grains whole grains, choose foods such as whole wheat
breads, oatmeal or oat cereals, whole wheat pastas, brown rice and whole-grain popcorn
products that contain more fiber. It's often hard to do because bakery products
and even brown breads may not have whole wheat or other whole grains like oats
as the first ingredient. Checking the ingredient list, not the claims on the front
of the package, is the most surefire way to know if the product provides whole
"Ask UNF" is a monthly column that runs in The
Florida Times-Union, promoting the expertise of UNF faculty and staff.If you have questions about this
topic, contact Christie at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Brooks College of Health
Public Health: Drs. Elissa
Barr, Tammie Johnson and Michelle
Johnson Moore presented "Sexual Behavior of Middle School Students" at the
Society for Prevention Research's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in June.
College of Business
and Finance: Drs. Tom Barton and John MacArthur received a Certificate
of Merit for their article "For the Management Accountant: A New Hue of Green"
at the Annual Conference of the Institute of Management Accountants' national
meeting in June. The article appeared in the March 2011 issue of Strategic
Drs. Zhang Pingying and Lakshmi Goel had a joint article published in the MERLOT Journal
of Online Learning and Teaching, Vol. 7, No. 2, June 2011. The article is
titled "Is e-learning for Everyone? An Internal-External Framework of e-Learning
and Logistics: Dr. Adel El-Ansary is the editor-in-chief
for "Cases on Business and Management in the MENA Region: New Trends and
Opportunities," a publication sponsored by the American University, Cairo. The
volume includes cases in key business areas including accounting, finance, information
systems, operations management and logistics, management and marketing.
Dr. Greg
Gundlach and co-authors Kenneth C. Manning and Joseph P. Cannon wrote an
article published in AMS (Academy of Marketing Science) Review titled "Resale
Price Maintenance and Free Riding: Insights from Multi-Channel Research."
Dr. A.C.
"Josh" Samli authored a paper presented at the annual conference of the
Academy of Marketing Science titled "Globalization of Innovations:
Disseminating High Technological Advancement." He also authored a paper
presented at the annual conference of the Society of Macromarketing. It is
titled "International Entreprenurship: The Essence of Globalization from the
Bottom Up."
College of Arts and Sciences
Literatures and Cultures: Dr. Nuria Ibáñez published
the article "Diana Raznovich: De
Atrás para Adelante, más Allá de la Identidad Genérica y Sexual" in Telón de Fondo: Revista de Teoría y Crítica Teatral in July.
athematics and
Statistics: Dr. Elena
Buzaianu presented a paper titled "Two-stage Subset Selection Procedure to Identify
EM Fields following Log-normal Distributions" at the 3rd
International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies in Stanford, Calif.
Dr. Daniela Genova presented a paper
titled "Defining Languages by Forbidding-Enforcing Systems" at the
Computability in Europe Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Mei-Qin Zhan presented a talk at the International Conference on Applied
Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Research titled "Convergence of Dirichlet
Quotients and Selective Decay of 2D" in Tiajin, China.
Dr. James Wirth published an article titled "The World in Black and White: Ostracism Enhances
the Categorical Perception of Social Information" in the Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, No. 47.
College of Computing, Construction
and Engineering
Dean's Office: Dr. Jerry Merckel participated in the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 2011 Vail Computer Elements International Workshop
in late June. Merckel serves as the vice chair of the IEEE Technical Committee
on Computer Elements.
of Computing: Dr. Ching-Hua Chuan served as
a paper reviewer for the Third International Conference on Mathematics and
Computation in Music in Paris, France, in mid-June.
Dr. Kenneth Martin has been
selected to be the team chair to evaluate an overseas undergraduate computer
science program for the Computing Accreditation Commission/Accrediting Board
for Engineering and Technology this fall.
School of Engineering: Dr. Chris Brown gave an invited presentation, "Aquifer, Storage and
Recovery Potential in the Savannah River Basin," to the Savannah District
of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Dr. Pat
Welsh appeared on Action News WTEV Jacksonville CBS 47 WAWS Jacksonville FOX 30 to discuss the upcoming
hurricane season. In addition, representing both UNF and the Southeast Coastal
Observing Regional Association (SECOORA), Welsh participated in a presentation
to the National Ocean Policy (NOP) team on the NOP Strategic Plans. Both
appearances were in early June.
College of Education and Human
Childhood Education: Dr. Katie Monnin will present at this
year's 2011 San Diego Comic Convention. The presentation is titled "Transforming
Super-powered Readers of Graphic Novels into Super-powered Writers of Graphic
Novels" and her panelists include Assistant Professor Dr. James Bucky Carter
from the University of Texas-El Paso, and graphic novelists Belle Yang, Eric
Wight, Jenni and Matt Holm and Jimmy Gownley.
Dr. Nile Stanley and his
performance-based reading program were featured in the Jacksonville Monthly
Magazine, Ponte Vedra Leader and Ruidoso (New Mexico) News.
Dr. Gigi Morales David presented "Exploring
Elements of Space, Spatial Thinking and Positional Vocabulary with Two-Dimensional
Works of Art" at the Florida Kennedy Center Partners in Education Arts for
Learning Tools for Teaching Conference in June. The chair of the Fine Arts
Department of Episcopal High School selected David's picture book "Just Mollie
and Me" to be performed as a play during the Eagle Arts Camp this summer. They
also invited David to come for an author visit to share the process of writing
this book with their students.
Exceptional Student and Deaf
Education: Dr. Donald Moores' book "Partners in Education: Issues and Trends from
the 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf" was recently
published by Gallaudet University Press. Topics encompass seven strands: educational
environments; language and literacy; early intervention; unique challenges in developing
countries; educating learners with diverse needs; technology in education; and sign
language and deaf culture. Amber Moore, a recent graduate of the Deaf Education
Program, collaborated with Moores on one of the chapters, International
Congresses on the Education of the Deaf, 1878 to 2005. At the recent Congress
in Vancouver, B.C. with more than 700 attendees, Moores presented a keynote
address on deaf learners with diverse needs.
Leadership, School
Counseling and Sport Management: Dr. Terence Cavanaugh's latest book was just released by the
International Society of Technology in Education Press. The book, "Bookmapping:
Lit Trips and Beyond," was written with Google Master Educator Jerome Burg. It
details how to use GIS mapping technology as a cross-curricular tool that helps
students not only develop a better understanding of places, cultures and the
books they are reading, but also make connections among the subjects they learn
in school. Bookmapping allows students to plot the locations of a story on an
interactive map, adding multimedia and hyperlinks about the setting, characters
and plot. They can add a photograph of a historical figure or an audio clip of
regional music. And maps offer much more, helping students see places in the
book up close ― the vastness of the ocean their hero must cross, or the density
of a city that hosts colorful and varied characters.
Milestone anniversaries
to the following employees who will celebrate a milestone anniversary at UNF in
30 years
Charlotte Mabrey, Professor, Music Program
Kenneth Wilburn, Associate Professor, Leadership
25 years
Ricky Arjune, Chief Budget Officer, Budget Office
Forest Wallace, Associate Professor, School of Computing
20 years
Deborah Bundy, Retirement Manager, Human Resources
Paula Horvath-Neimeyer, Instructor, Communication
C.B. Kavan, Chair, Management
Jimmy Nash, Maintenance Mechanic, University Housing
Renee Scott, Professor, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Mary Tappmeyer, Women's Basketball Head Coach, Intercollegiate
15 years
Theresa Dinuzzo, Director, University Counseling Center
Ove Erdal, Coordinator of Information Technology Support,
Public Health
Louanne Harris, Financial Aid Specialist, Enrollment Services
Processing Office
Anne Hoover, Director, Academic Affairs
David Jaeger, Associate Professor, Accounting and Finance
Lillia Loriz, Director, Nursing
Judith Sherburne, Senior Applications Programmer, Enterprise
10 years
Frederick Beck, Chief Medical Officer, Student Health Services
Catherine Christie, Associate Dean, Nutrition and Dietetics
Matthew Ciere, Custodial Worker, University Center
Charles Coughlin, Senior Lecturer, Biology
Sharon Crutchfield, Adjunct and Staff Interpreter, Urban Internship
Dwight Gabbard, Associate Professor, English
Christine Holland, Instructor, Communication
Maged Malek, Chair, Building Construction Management
Kimberlee Oakes, Director of Research Program Services,
Exceptional Student and Deaf Education
Nirmalkumar Patel, Lecturer, Physics
Francis Richard, Director of the Office of Faculty Enhancement,
Academic Affairs
Claudia Scaff, Associate Professor, Art and Design
Robert Stern, Lecturer, Chemistry
Cassandra Stillson, Office Manager, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Mamadou Thiam, Lecturer, Chemistry
Five years
Lynn Albright, Laboratory Lecturer, Physics
Lynne Arriale, Assistant Professor, Music Program
Andrew Burks, Refuse and Recycling Moving Supervisor, Physical
Evelyn Burton, Associate Director, Purchasing
Chris Carey, Senior Applications System Analyst, Enterprise
Adam Carle, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Tammy Carroll, Instructor, Nursing
Matthew Davies, Laboratory Lecturer, Chemistry
Terry DeRubeis, Academic Adviser, Coggin College of Business
Andrea Hall, Adjunct, Public Health
David Hargrove, Applications Systems Analyst, Information
Technology Services
Alan Harris, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Stephen Heywood, Assistant Professor, Art and Design
Sharon Keefe, Adjunct, Art and Design
Sungho Kim, Research Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Jason Lee, Associate Professor, Leadership
Christy Linster, Executive Secretary, Physical Facilities
Peter Magyari, Assistant Professor, Clinical and Applied
Movement Sciences
Sharon Miller, Assistant Director, Child Development Research Center
John Mundy, Adjunct, Economics
Jennifer Neidhardt, Assistant Director of Benefits and Retirement,
Human Resources
Frederick Nelson, Instructor, Foundations and Secondary Education
Ann Noonan, Associate Professor, Clinical and Applied
Movement Sciences
Catherine Ovadia, Office Manager, Chemistry
Eumanise Parvilus, Custodial Worker, Physical Facilities
Nakinya Robinson, Senior Accountant, Controller's Office
Alicia Scott, Senior Custodial Worker, Physical Facilities
Kristen Vandenburg, Associate Professor, Community Nursing Program
Burr Watters, Senior Application Systems, Enterprise Systems
Christine White, Adjunct, Education and Human Services
Nancy Winckler-Zuniga, Teacher, Child Development Research Center
The following
employees were either hired by UNF or were promoted from OPS positions from
mid-June to mid-July:
Asai Asaithambi, Director, School of Computing
Adam Boyd, Instructor, Nursing
Carolyn Clark, Coordinator Research Program Services,
President's Office
Christopher Crabtree, Coordinator of Athletic Development,
Intercollegiate Athletics
Rebecca Easom, Custodial Worker, Physical Facilities
Nicholas Eastham, Coordinator of Academic Support, Education and
Human Services
Allison Entner, Custodial Worker, Physical Facilities
Carole Goldberg, Academic Adviser, Academic Center for Excellence
Jeffrey Gouge, Business Systems Analyst, Enterprise Systems
LaVel Heintz, Coordinator for Residence Life, University
Yi Lin, Coordinator of Academic Support, Advising
Megan Ludwick, Executive Secretary, University Housing
Kevin Morrow, Athletic Business Manager, Intercollegiate
Tru Nguyen, Custodial Worker, Student Union
Frank Pierorazio, Parking Services Technician, University Parking
Pamela Quimby, Accounting Associate, Student GovernmentBusiness and Accounting Office
Ronald Rentz, Coordinator for Residence Life, University
Larry Snedden, Coordinator of Computer Systems, School of
Joanne Steele, Women's Golf Head Coach, Intercollegiate Athletics
Victoria Taylor, Law Enforcement Officer, Campus Police
Loc Tran, Custodial Worker, Physical Facilities
Megan Walker-Radtke, Assistant Director, Academic Center for
Great job
The following
employees were promoted from mid-June to mid-July:
Melissa Blakenship,Assistant
Director, Office of Admissions
Maris Brien, Associate Director, UNF Foundation
Heartfelt well wishes
in their new endeavors for the following employees, who left UNF from mid-June
to mid-July:
Yemisi Bolumole, Associate Professor, Marketing and Logistics
Joseph Campbell, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
William Fryson, Custodial Worker, Physical Facilities
Bethany Glassbrenner, Coordinator of Academic Support Services,
One-Stop Center
Paul Harwood, Professor, Political Science and Public Administration
Candace Hickson, Coordinator of Academic Support Services,
One-Stop Center
Pamela Johnson-Woods, Senior Custodial Worker, Physical Facilities
Joe Lesem, Associate Professor, Communication
Elizabeth McCarthy, Professor, Nursing
Shari Naman, Academic Adviser, Academic Center for Excellence
Russell Smith, Chair and Associate Professor, Clinical and
Applied Movement Sciences
George Smith, Professor, Foundations and Secondary Education
Jhon Solis, Maintenance Mechanic, Physical Facilities
Fred Sudler, Director of IT Enterprise Systems, Enterprise
Debra Wellmann, Administrative Secretary, Coggin College of
Kathie Carswell, office manager in the School of Engineering,
completed her Bachelor of Science degree in health administration/information
systems from the University of Phoenix in June.
College of Business faculty member Dr. Albert Loh and
his wife, Jenny, an adjunct faculty
member, welcomed their son, Brian Loh, Wednesday, June 22. The new Osprey
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Barbara Ruby, an executive
secretary in Institutional Advancement, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English this past April.
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Library — I recently discovered a UNF webpage from the
2010/2011 Catalog listing university emeriti faculty. How does one become an
emeriti faculty since not every retired professor is an emeritus? And what does
it actually mean? What are its privileges and responsibilities?
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Jaffee, assistant to the Provost, Academic Affairs — The
procedures for the awarding of emeritus status can be found in the Faculty
Handbook. It reads:
8.6 Faculty Emeritus
The title "emeritus" is an honor that may be conferred upon a tenured professor
or associate professor upon retirement, in recognition of a distinguished
record at the University of North Florida.
faculty shall enjoy the same campus courtesies extended to active faculty,
including parking privileges, listing (with emeritus designation) in the
catalog, use of the library and recreation facilities, use of the Faculty
Commons, admission to athletic and cultural events, receipt of such
publications as are sent to active faculty members and Alumni Association
members, participation in academic convocations and, when possible, office
who becomes eligible for the title shall be considered for it. Candidates shall
be recommended by their departmental colleagues, nominated by the department
chairperson and approved by the college dean, who shall submit the nomination
to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for final approval and action.
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Blueberries are tiny fruits rich in
color and taste that provide lots of nutrients and are available all year
round. They come from a flowering bush of the Vacciniumcyanococcus family and are related to cranberries,
strawberries, acai and blackberries. They are also named the star berry
because of the crown the blossom forms. Dr. Nancy Correa-Matos, a faculty
member in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, discusses myths and facts
about this tiny super fruit that packs a big nutritional punch. To help you
include blueberries in your diet, a recipe is also provided.Myth: Blueberries are less nutritious than
Fact: Among the berries, including
strawberries, blueberries contain the highest amount of antioxidants, which can
help to prevent cell damage and inflammation often associated with conditions
of cancer, heart disease and arthritis, among others. Blueberries are high in
other nutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin E, dietary fiber, manganese, magnesium,
calcium, zinc, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin K and water. They're also low in
calories, saturated fat and cholesterol. One cup of fresh blueberries contains
around 84 calories, 25 percent of the requirement for vitamin C and manganese, 36
percent of the requirement for vitamin K and 4 grams of dietary fiber.
The darker the color of the blueberry, the fewer nutrients it contains.
Fact: The darker the color of the
blueberry, the more anthocyanin it contains. Anthocyanins are chemical
substances in plants from the polyphenol family that provide health benefits. Other
polyphenols are myricetin, quercetin and resveratrol, which have been shown to
act as strong antioxidants, reducing free radicals and inflammation.
Frozen berries are more nutritious than fresh berries.
Fact: Both are equally nutritious. Although
storage can cause loss of some nutrients, studies have shown that quick-freezing
can prevent large nutrient loss. According to the USDA, the nutrients that are
mostly affected with freezing, dehydration and heating are vitamin C and folic
acid. A great way to boost the vitamin C that can be lost due to these storage
methods is by mixing frozen blueberries with fresh citrus juice in a smoothie.
Blueberries may help to reduce cancer risk but not heart disease risk.
Fact: Blueberries play an important
role in heart disease risk prevention because they have a high amount of
antioxidants, known as flavonoids and anthocyanins, which increase the good
cholesterol (HDL), while reducing the LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol). The
oxidation of LDL can cause inflammation in arteries, and blueberries can act as
an antioxidant to reduce inflammation, preventing damage to the heart. In a
study with adults receiving polyphenols equivalent to 1 cup of blueberries a
day for three months showed a reduction in bad cholesterol and an increase in
HDL cholesterol, reducing heart disease risk by 27 percent.
Fresh blueberries are available mostly in the spring.
Fact:The blueberry plant flowers in spring, but its development occurs
after two to three months. The harvest season is during summer. July is National
Blueberry Month in North America, the largest blueberry producer in the world.
When the fruit is ripe during the summer, it has the highest antioxidant
content and the best color and taste. That's one reason the blueberry is the
preferred fruit in the summer, mostly prepared as blueberry muffins and pies. You
can find frozen blueberries at any time of the year.
Good Summer Smoothie
Yield: 4 servings (4 ounces)
½ cup fresh blueberries
½ cup fresh strawberries
½ cup fresh raspberries
½ cup skim milk
1 blueberry yogurt
Artificial sweetener
Ice cubes (optional)
In a blender, mix the fruits, yogurt
and milk with the sweetener. Cover and blend until smooth. Serve cold.
content per serving:
Calories: 261
Grams of protein: 19
Grams of carbohydrates: 44
Grams of fat: 1
Grams of fiber: 7
Goods" is a monthly column that runs in The Florida Times-Union's Taste section
about food myths and facts by faculty members in the Department of Nutrition
and Dietetics. Have a question about blueberries? Contact Correa-Matos at


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Prolific character actor James Whitmore appeared in countless films ("The Asphalt Jungle," "The Shawshank Redemption") and TV series ("The Twilight Zone") in his six -decade career, earning Oscar nominations for 1949's "Battleground" and 1975's "Give 'Em Hell, Harry!" and winning an Emmy in 2000 for his guest appearance on ABC's "The Practice."
But according to his son, James Whitmore Jr., an actor and TV director ("NCIS," "The Good Wife") in his own right, theater was his father's true passion right up until he died in 2009 at age 87 of lung cancer.
"It was the religion of our home," said Whitmore, 64. "Our dad was always in a play or preparing a play or talking about starting a theater somewhere, which he never did because he was so busy with his film career. But he always went back to the theater."
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And Whitmore is carrying on his father's theatrical legacy with two of his four children, actress-director Aliah Whitmore, 31, and artist-production designer Jacob Whitmore, 38. Their theatrical company Whitmore Eclectic has done nine plays since 2010, including Sam Shepard's "True West" and Orson Welles' "Moby Dick-Rehearsed." James Jr.'s wife, Salesha, is involved as well, working the front of the house during performances.
"It has been a real act of love and passion, which is motivated by my dad," he said.
(Steve Whitmore, James Sr.'s middle son, is a spokesman for Sheriff Lee Baca and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The youngest son, Dan, is a contractor. Whitmore Jr.'s other son, Handel, is an assistant director on FX's "Sons of Anarchy" and daughter Shanewaz is in real estate.)
Their production, David Auburn's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning 2000 family drama "Proof," is at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles through Sunday.
Aliah directs and costars with her father; her fiancé, Dustin Seavey; and Daniela Ruah of "NCIS: Los Angeles."
"We are a close-knit unit of people that are very like-minded," Aliah said. "There is a relevance to the stuff we choose. We choose pieces that we care about and we feel speaks of something of earnest and importance about the human condition. We will never choose something and say, 'That will be marketable.'"
Whitmore Eclectic hopes to obtain the rights this season to Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman," a 2003 work that James Whitmore Jr. describes as a "great piece of dark theater," and the troupe may mount "Below the Belt," a play it's done before.
A gentle hand
Aliah, who cut her directing teeth as an apprentice to her father on his TV assignments, takes off "familial filters," directing her father like she would any other actor.
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"His energy is really powerful and big," she explained. "He is also a director and he's used to being in control. I will never get anything out of my father by demanding it."
She refers to her directing method as "gentle negotiating." Her father described her style as unique and effective. "I haven't worked with anybody who gently sort of guides you," he said. "She has a gentle way to get [actors] where she wants them to go and make them think it's their idea. It's very powerful."
Jacob has designed all but one of Whitmore Eclectic's productions.
"I trust him implicitly in terms of design," Aliah said. "What he is able to create from what I see in my mind's eye and how he can translate that. He understands my aesthetics."
"We know each other emotionally and where we are going with each piece," said Jacob.
'A great blessing'
James Whitmore, whom Aliah describes as someone whose energy was "enormous," is never far from their hearts.
His son talked lovingly of working with him on such plays as "Tuesdays With Morrie" and Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" last decade at the Peterborough Players — the theater where the late actor got his start in the late 1940s and always returned to — in Peterborough, N.H., the town that was the model for Wilder's fictional Grover's Corners.
"It was a great blessing in my life," Whitmore said.
Aliah spent the summer of 2008 at Peterborough with her grandfather when he played the stage manager in "Our Town."
"I was able to run rehearsals with him," she said. "It was a really special, intimate time. During those three months with him we talked a lot about theater, how much he loved it and how important it was. He still stood by the notion that the living American theater is the most powerful place in the world."
His grandfather inspired Jacob to use his imagination. "When I was a little guy, he would come over to my parents' house, get pipe cleaners and make glasses for me," he said. "I would be Clark Kent and he would be Perry White. He would send me out on missions and my imagination would go wild. Then I would report back to him."
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When: 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $25
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Full disclosure. I've never hired a publicist. My two main reasons--being cheap and thinking I could do it all myself--aren't really valid, because I frankly never looked deeply into the subject.
When I asked writer Rebecca York about her experiences, this was her response:
There was a time when an author could sit back in her comfortable office and focus on the word processor. Her job was writing the best book she could. Her publisher's job was printing, publicizing and distributing her book. But things have changed dramatically over the past few years. Today a writer's also got to do something about publicity, or her book is likely to get lost in the great sea of publications that come out every month.
I'd love the luxury of simply sitting and writing. And give a few lectures a year to enthusiastic audiences. But how are readers going to know I've got a book out? Unless they're poring through future pub lists, I need to let them know they can get the next exciting book in my werewolf series in–October. And hopefully I can also interest some new readers in my work.
A full-blown promotion effort is a lot of work–more than I can do myself. Which is why I've hired several people to help me. My latest release is DRAGON MOON, which came out from Berkley on October 6. The heroine is Kenna, a slave from my alternate universe, sent here to help her ruthless dragon-shifter master invade our world. She meets werewolf Talon Marshall and desperately wants to tell him her frightening secret. But every time she tries to reveal her plight, excruciating pains stab into her head. Even as Kenna and Talon fall in love, he can't trust her. And she struggles to break through the barriers that control her mind. It's classic romantic suspense, with the paranormal twists I love.
But how do I tell people about the book? I've got several strategies, with three different "publicists" who each bring something to my book promotion.
For years I've used Binnie Syril Braunstein of Press Kit Communications. I met her because she lives in my local area. Mainly she makes and sends out ARCs of my single-title Berkley releases to readers' groups and review sites. And recently, to save money, I asked her to send out "teasers" to some of these groups. The teasers were the first seven chapters of DRAGON MOON, and we got a good response from them. Also, some of the review sites have asked me for interviews. Another thing we tried with this book was offering to give away ARCs to people who would post reviews of DRAGON MOON. Again, this got a great response.
Another key part of my marketing plan for DRAGON MOON involves Circle of Seven Productions. I've had them produce a book trailer for the past five of my Berkley single-title releases. This time I also bought a special package they offered in conjunction with Between Your Sheets, a weekly e-newsletter that goes out to readers. (I'm one of the participating authors.) Although COS isn't strictly a publicist, they do a lot of the same things. They made a great video for DRAGON MOON which you can see on my Web site at www.rebeccayork.com They distributed it to a lot of outlets on the Web including Youtube.
And the video will also be playing on television stations in Northern California. The special deal with them also included a review, blog entries, Tweets about the video that drove traffic to my Web site, and a podcast. (Which became two podcasts!)
But I was looking for more exposure. For DRAGON MOON, I added another publicist, Dana Kaye, recommended by a friend. Dana's got media savvy and some great contacts. She's filled in the blanks in my book promotion strategy by sending a DRAGON MOON press kit to various newspapers, magazines, blogs, radio and television shows. As a result of her work, I'm now writing this guest blog entry. She's also set up a podcast for me as well as several other blogs and articles. And she's following up on these contacts.
In addition, Dana's helped me with some other aspects of publicity that I hadn't used effectively. She linked my Tweets to my Facebook page, made a background for my Twitter page, started me a Facebook fan page, and advises me on my Web presence.
All of the above seems to be working for me. I'm getting a lot of visibility, and I'm not spending a fortune, either. One thing I discovered after doing several book videos with COS is that the shorter ones are probably the most effective. So I'm buying their least expensive products and taking advantage of their media presence. Also, both Binnie and Dana give me excellent value for my money.
In the quest for effective promotion, I've learned from my past experiences. Two years ago I hired an expensive publicist and was much less pleased with the relationship. She charged me for her time while she had me paying third-party suppliers for various projects like my Web pages and press kit. Unfortunately, she had a bad habit of getting into disagreements with her suppliers, costing me extra money and sometimes leaving me with not-quite-completed work.
If you're looking for help with your publicity, find out up front what the publicist will do for you and how much it's going to cost. Be prepared to be a partner with your publicist. She should listen to your ideas and use them if they make sense. Keep in mind that the most expensive services aren't necessarily going to be the best for you. And be open to opportunities you might not have considered on your own.
If you have any questions for Rebecca, post them and I'm sure she'll reply.
If you'd like to see her press kit for DRAGON MOON, if posted it HERE.
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Jointly sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies and the American Bar Foundation, the New Legal Realism Project is a network of scholars who seek to develop an interdisciplinary paradigm for empirical research on law. This paradigm will combine sophisticated consideration of legal issues, empirical research and social policy -- much as did the old legal realists, but with the benefit of several generations of new thinking in all of these areas. One new development has been a greater empirical focus on the effects of law "from the bottom up." This bottom-up focus extends to the policy domain as well, where the new legal realist paradigm seeks to foster a "democratic" concern with the effects of law on people's everyday life and circumstances. The Project is conducting a series of conferences and workshops, some of which will result in publications.
Examples of New Legal Realism events hosted at the UW Law School include the conferences listed below. For more complete information, please go to the NLR homepage: http://www.newlegalrealism.org/
Oct. 29-30, 2009 Mini-conference on New Legal Realism and Statutory Interpretation: Chaired by Professor Victoria Nourse. Presentation: "Misunderstanding Congress: Toward A New Realist Theory of Statutory Interpretation" by Victoria Nourse, University of Wisconsin and Emory University. Discussants/Respondents included James J. Brudney, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law; Aaron Bruhl, University of Houston Law Center; William W. Buzbee, Emory University School of Law; Eric Lane, Hofstra University School of Law; and Lawrence M. Solan, Brooklyn Law School.
March 14-15, 2008 Working From the World Up: Equality's Future -- A New Legal Realism Conference Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project. Sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies, the Feminism and Legal Theory Project at Emory University, the New Legal Realism Project, and the Wisconsin Women's Law Journal/Wisconsin Law Journal of Gender and Society. Hosted by Professor Victoria Nourse.
Oct. 5-6, 2007 New Legal Realism meets Feminism & Legal Theory II: Empirical Perspectives on the Place of Law in Women's Work and Family Lives Conference hosted by Elizabeth Mertz, Professor of Law at Wisconsin and Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, Gwen Hoerr Jordan, Legal History Fellow at Wisconsin, and Martha Fineman, Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University. For more information, please see the Link to Program.
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It's been a day of near-death political news.
First, we heard about Newark mayor Corey Brewer's heroics, risking his life to save a woman from a burning building.
Now there's this from Vermont.
According to the Associated Press, Vermont governor Peter Shumlin was nearly mauled by some bears that were raiding his backyard birdfeeder.
Shumlin said he woke up to find four bears — two of them cubs — in his yard. He then made the foolish attempt to chase away the invaders, and that's when one of them made a run for him. The governor narrowly escaped, eventually making his way back into his home.
He told the Valley News editorial board that the state "almost lost the governor," and that he was within "three feet of getting 'arrrh.'"
Maybe Shumlin should have taken the advice of his state's fish and wildlife department, which clearly urges residents to "avoid contact" with bears on their property.


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NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The war in Syria has undone 30 years of progress in humanitarian work and has sent a dangerous message that mass murder can be carried out with impunity, said former humanitarian chief Jan Egeland.
Egeland was the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator from 2003 to 2006 and now heads the Norwegian Refugee Council.
In an interview with Thomson Reuters Foundation in Nairobi, he criticised the "systematic" denial of protection for civilians and aid workers in Syria and the lack of access to besieged communities.
"What we have seen in Syria is that the clock has been turned back 30 years. All of the advances we had, it's like it's erased in these two, soon to be three, years of horrific violence," Egeland said.
"We have created a totally horrific kind of precedent: that you can get away with murder at an unprecedented scale…. It's worse than we have seen in 30 years."
The conflict has killed 130,000 people, driven more than a quarter of Syrians from their homes and devastated whole districts of cities.
Government restrictions, fighting and roadblocks have prevented aid reaching 2.5 million people in the north, while another 250,000 are trapped in besieged areas.
The World Food Programme has received reports of malnutrition-related deaths in regions under siege but it could not verify them without access.
On Saturday, an aid convoy came under fire in Homs during a fragile three-day ceasefire. The brief window of access to the rebel-held city was the first concrete result of peace talks launched two weeks ago in Switzerland.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent said it was the first time they had reached the centre of Homs since it came under siege in mid-2012.
"This shouldn't be a political negotiation. We have a right and an obligation to provide relief and provide protection to civilians," said Egeland.
"It is something that we have gotten through a century of case law, of precedents being created."
Egeland said paralysis within the U.N. Security Council and the international community has unleashed a "freefall" in Syria.
"It's like impunity on an astronomic scale was created when the Security Council couldn't agree on anything except the one positive agreement on chemical weapons," he said.
"There are enormous forces at play and there is nothing holding them back."
Syria's 2011 uprising turned into an armed insurgency after demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad were put down with force. The rebellion has descended into a sectarian conflict pitting regional Sunni and Shi'ite powers against each other and destabilising the wider Middle East.
At the Geneva peace talks, which resume on Monday, international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has been pushing for agreement on aid deliveries and prisoner releases, hoping that progress on those issues could build momentum to address the far more contentious question of political transition.
Despite these challenges, Egeland said the situation can be reversed.
"We, as humanitarians, paint this bleak picture by putting out the truth as it is, without also saying that we have an enormous operation there in place; we can give relief to any area if we get access. It can be changed," he said.
"When I ask refugee children in our schools what they want to be, they want to be teachers and doctors and engineers. They don't want to be militia members to seek revenge. They want to rebuild. There is hope."
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TRENTON, NJ -- The New Jersey bill that would certify personal trainers and group exercise instructors in that state is currently in committee.
Senate Bill 2164 is in the Senate Commerce Committee, according to a person in the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services. The person added that the bill, which was introduced last year, was not on an agenda this week and that of the several thousands of bills introduced, only about 12 percent eventually become law.
The proposed certification requirement of New Jersey's personal trainers and group exercise instructors is a change from the original bill's call for licensure of trainers and instructors. The state's Board of Medical Examiners would be charged with oversight of the implementation of the bill's certification requirements, which would include an approved course study of at least 200 classroom hours. Trainers and instructors also would have to be certified through a National Commissioner for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) accredited program, and certification would have to be renewed every three years.
Health clubs would have to be registered with the state and renew every two years, according to the bill. Nonprofit fitness facilities would be exempt from the bill.
Last week, the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) issued a statement vehemently opposing the bill. In May, IHRSA's lobbyist and the New Jersey Coalition of Fitness Professionals met with Sen. Paul Sarlo, the Senate Majority Leader and sponsor of the bill.
"If passed, this bill will have devastating effects on the livelihood of an estimated 10,000 fitness professionals in New Jersey, and ultimately the health of the state's residents," Joe Moore, IHRSA's president and CEO, said in a statement. "The restrictions the bill imposes are overly burdensome, substantially deviate from current industry practice and ignore the high accreditation standards established for clubs throughout the U.S."
Other organizations, such as the IDEA Health and Fitness Association, oppose the bill, which could be moved out of committee as early as next week. New Jersey's legislative session resumed Monday and will end Jan. 12 of next year. If the bill dies in committee, it will have to be re-introduced.IHRSA says a similar bill in Massachusetts that would license personal trainers will likely not move forward in the second year of that state's legislative regular session.


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John Dean called the other day to share a memory. He's an old friend who retired nine years ago as superintendent of Orange County schools. He now holds the title of emeritus, from which he draws on his long experience to serve as a consultant. As evidenced by his phone call, it is clear he reads the Pilot.
He was reacting to an exchange of views between Pilot columnist James Gray and reader David Pearse. It started with Gray's editorial page piece in which the retired judge wrote, "I am deeply proud to say that I have voted in every election since I became eligible," and Pearse countered that "I'm proud to say I've never voted in my life."
He followed this up by noting that Gray points to "local elections as an example of every vote mattering, but in each case one individual vote would not have mattered one iota."
And they were off and running.
Dean's memory turned out to be almost — but not quite — on target. It kicked back to Jan. 22, 1962, when the Orange County School Board of Trustees, after months of deliberation, decided to seek additional funds from the taxpayers to meet badly needed development and expansion plans for the district. The election was held on April 17 and ended in a 3,271 tie. There was also a covey of absentee ballots of which only nine were deemed valid. When they were counted, the tax override won by a margin of three votes. Not by a single vote, but close enough to make the point.
Then Pearse went for bigger game, saying that "no single vote in any national election has ever mattered at all."
If you'll allow me a little stretch, I would point out two U.S. presidents who held office because of a single vote.
John Quincy Adams, our sixth president, was a brilliant scholar versed in politics and diplomacy and groomed by his father, John Adams, for the presidency. It was his misfortune to run up against the populist and charismatic military hero, Andrew Jackson, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. So the election went to the House of Representatives, where the count was tied until the last vote was cast by Sen. Henry Clay. With the presidency hanging in the balance, Clay switched his support from Jackson to Adams, thereby making him our sixth president.
Then there's the single vote that protected the presidency of Andrew Johnson, the Tennessee tailor who served as Abraham Lincoln's vice president and became president after Lincoln was assassinated. Johnson was neither up to, nor prepared, for the job. At a time when intellect and diplomacy were sorely needed, Johnson had neither.
While the nation held its breath, Congress took its critical vote. It seesawed up and down until a single vote broke the final tie and saved Johnson's job. It was cast by a Republican who voted out of a very real fear that impeachment might cripple the presidency for many years to come.
All of this anecdotal give-and-take is irrelevant to the basic question — why vote? — that started this debate. Of course a single vote is seldom, if ever, going to determine the outcome of a national election. We can dismiss it as a million-to-one possibility and let it go at that. But offering it as an argument for not voting is absurd. That is game playing with numbers. Voting is an emotional commitment to a process called democracy, in which that single vote is an emotional membership card.
Acerbic author George Jean Nathan put it this way: "Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote."
Pearse calls our government "basically a mobocracy" and goes on to present a bleak picture of how badly we have distorted the "Constitutional Republic we started out with."
He has, of course, a complete right to be as critical as he likes of the government under which he lives. Or does he? In my book, a membership card offers certain benefits and carries certain requirements. Near the top is voting. It seems a small price to pay for a shot at whacking the mobocracy.
American theologian Harry Emerson Fosdick caught this when he wrote: "Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences. It is based on the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."
These are the people who are breaking ties all over the place with their votes. Sometimes the good guys win — and the John Deans in our midst remember how it happened.


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Immigration Reform Will Have Impact Close to Home
Comprehensive immigration reform is making headlines recently as a growing bipartisan consensus in the Congress makes it likely that the President's promise to deal with the issue will soon be kept.
With all of the hullabaloo over closing the border that has garnered the lion's share of the media attention to this matter over the last decade, one might think that this is principally an issue that affects the Southwest. However, due to the attractive local economic climate, many Sioux Falls area residents either will be, or know someone who will be, directly affected by the legislation.
According to the Sioux Falls Multi-Cultural Center, people from 98 different countries speaking 128 different languages or dialects live in the metro area. Why has the Sioux Falls become a magnet for immigrants? One factor is the number of relatively low cost higher education options the city presents. Another is the availability of work in the agricultural and meat packing industries, which are historically attractive to immigrant workers, both with and without the proper legal documents.
Immigrants, documented or otherwise, are often willing to work for wages that typical Americans deem too low given the dirty and/or dangerous nature of the jobs in question. This may be because it is the only job they can find given language barriers, relatively few contacts, or an unwillingness to call attention to their lack of legal work status.
As newly granted legal status slowly makes its way through the estimated 12 million undocumented workers in the US, many of these workers will no longer be bound to their existing occupations. Furthermore, in the event that immigration reform takes the shape of better closing the borders and increasing fines for employers who hire undocumented workers, the flow of fresh workers will dwindle. Together these factors will likely result in higher wages and increased worker safety protections in these industries.
Most of the discussion thus far has included allowing undocumented workers to remain in the US provided they pay a fine, something most are likely not in a financial position to do right away. Subsequently, they would be moved to the back of the line in a process that typically takes at least 6 years to complete. So do not expect change to happen overnight.


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At Unalaska July 8 F. + I found the big Aleutian Leucosticte quite common, and Sandwich sparrows were universal. Their song is more like that of the eastern Song Sparrow than like the Savannah's song. The Lapland longspurs were very common, + sang and acted so much like bobolinks that it was good to see + hear them. Their flight call is very like the [female] bob's note, + the call of the leucosticte is a metallic chirp, chirp [illus]; + given just at the rise of their undulating flight. I got a fine [male] short eared Owl, + saw the others flying over the meadows. An Eagle, lots of ravens, + several seabirds were seen there also. At the Pribiloffs July 9 were colonies of little seabirds, [Page 46] various kinds of auklets. I couldn't indentify, leucostictes were too common, + Prib. Snowflakes were seen quite commonly on the upper slopes of St. Paul. Also about 4 dunlins were feeding in the long grass at the edge of the seal colony.
Fulmars were quite common, following and circling the ship everywhere in Behring Sea except close to land and shearwaters were also frequently seen. As we approached the Siberian [July 11] coast many small water-birds were encountered, but they were hard to identify. One beautiful [female] phalarope (probably the hyperborean) (later determined to be a red) flew close by the ship's bow, + have us a good view. When quite close in, the eiders became more + more numerous, but were quite wild, so that when we landed, we were only able to get one, a [female], which Trudeau shot. The flocks of Steller's ducks, with the [males] about 3 to one, went by just out of range, and Dr. Merriam thought he could distinguish several spectacled eiders among the passing flocks. Long-tailed Jaegers came screaming over the flats back of the Eskimo village, where the Snowflakes were common, the males in perfect summer dress, and singing a fine, tho somewhat weak tinkling song. They are very beautiful in their clean black and white, and are extremely dainty and at the same time dignified as the [sic] walk around in the green, feeding and singing. [Page 47] Lapland longspurs were common, mating, apparently, tho young able to fly were found on the sparse? point. The Siberian yellow wagtail was found quite commonly and one white wagtail was seen + shot at by Fisher, but he failed to get it. The yellow wagtail and Snowflakes both had fully fledged young able to fly with the adults. We had cherished hopes of finding the spoonbilled Sandpiper, but were disappointed as none were discovered. A fork-tailed petrel was flying right near my window when I first looked out on the A.M. of July 10, between the Pribiloffs and St. Lawrence Id.
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WINSTON-SALEM � The week before Halloween, and it was plenty scary for Wake forest.
That�s what happened when Clemson unleashed a record-setting passing attack, leaving the Demon Deacons 42-13 victims in Thursday night�s Atlantic Coast Conference game.
The defense couldn�t figure out Clemson�s first-half passing spree.
�Sometimes you give up a couple of big plays, it gets everybody kind of spooked back there,� Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe said. �� I think we didn�t realize how fast those guys were. Then Tajh Boyd did a good job of dropping the ball on those guys.�
Boyd, the Clemson quarterback, threw for a school-record 428 yards. Receiver Sammy Watkins caught eight passes for a school-record 202 yards.
That left the Demon Deacons reeling.
�We needed a play to be made and we didn�t make one,� linebacker Riley Haynes said. �A turnover or something.�
Wake Forest�s season has been a topsy-turvy ordeal that might well be reflected in its 4-4 record and its 2-4 mark in the ACC.
Sometimes the issue is offensive shortcomings. Other times it�s the defense that seems under siege. Unable to put a finger on the problem certainly is one of the disturbing parts.
Yet there were plenty of areas of concern in this latest game.
The offense looked improved from a statistical perspective if compared to the 213 yards of total offense in a victory five days earlier at Virginia. The Demon Deacons topped that figure late in the third quarter Thursday night.
But 290 yards of offense isn�t likely to be enough, particularly when trying to keep up with a team such as high-scoring Clemson (7-1 overall, 4-1 ACC).
Wake Forest hasn�t reached the 20-point level in its last three games. In Grobe�s 12 years as coach, such a stretch of offensive dry spell has happened in only two other seasons � a five-game stretch in 2008 (when the Demon Deacons won two of those games in an eight-win season) and a four-game spell in the miserable nine-loss campaign in 2010.
There were a couple of decisions that had Wake Forest fans grumbling.
The Demon Deacons punted on fourth-and-2 on the Clemson 39-yard line in the first quarter in a scoreless game. Clemson responded with an 80-yard scoring drive.
The Demon Deacons, after picking up two first downs and moving 33 yards, opted to punt again on fourth-and-7 from the Clemson 43 early in the fourth quarter while facing a 35-13 deficit. The Tigers took possession and went 86 yards for a touchdown.
Even then, apparently, it was considered a lost cause. If Wake Forest had mounted a full comeback from what had been a 35-point hole, most of the crowd at BB&T Field would have been upset. That�s because Clemson fans were the ones mostly hanging around until the finish.


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JLO: New Nip Slip, Old Outfit
JLO's twins made headlines again―and we're not talking about her kids Max and Emme.
While performing at London's O2 Arena on Monday, Lopez had another wardrobe malfunction exposing her left breast to her beloved fans seeing her performing during her "Dance Again" World Tour.
GossipCop.com is reporting that the singer did not let this minor slip get in the way of her show. She kept on performing as if nothing happened.
Just two weeks ago, JLO suffered a similar nip slip in the same outfit while performing in Bologna, Italy.
As Fox News Latino reported Lopez was putting on her "Dance Again" world tour wearing her signature glittered cat suit, when things shifted out of place, leaving her left nipple exposed in front of thousands in the crowd.
It didn't take long for the images to hit the web and spread like wildfire. But, like the cliché goes, the show must go on.
JLO took it like a pro and quickly adjusted her top, with the aid of her backup dancers. She then continued with her production.
Lopez also had her Spanx showing through her costume at another show in Italy that same week.
The outfits, created for Lopez by designer Zuhair Murad have proven to be problematic in the past as well, when the Puerto-Rican star donned his gown at the Oscars last February and had another slip while presenting the Academy Award for Best Costume Designs and Make-Up with fellow Latina and "What to Expect When You're Expecting" co-star Cameron Diaz.
Lopez later disputed that the malfunction had occurred while judging "American Idol" last year.
"It was no nipple!" the singer said on the singing competition.
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Critical Materials Traceability: More Important than Metallurgy
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Half of neodymium and praseodymium production, key ingredients in permanent magnets, is produced illegally. About 60% of cobalt production, critical in Li-ion batteries and other applications, comes from central African states, and much of it produced illegally. Tantalum, important in modern electronics, is primarily sourced from central African states and again illegally. Illegal mineral production, as exemplified here, can fund conflict. Furthermore, it is typically conducted with scant regard for human rights and environmental standards. It also leads to depressed prices which in turn limits the possibility of legitimate producers entering the market. A system of traceability and cooperative supply chain participants can limit the production of illegitimate material and thereby improve conditions in the country of origin and reduce downward pressure on prices. This paper discusses traceability options.
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A Chlorine-free Protocol for the Processing of Germanium and Tin
A Comparison Between Batch and Continuous Processes in Impurity Removal from REE Water Leach Solution by Lime and Limestone Neutralization
A Process Flowsheet for the Extraction of Niobium, Titanium and Scandium from Niocorp's Elk Creek Deposit
Alternatives to 2-Ethylhexyl Phosphonic Acid, Mono-2-Ethylhexyl Ester for the Separation of Rare Earths
Assessment of Some Lithium Pegmatite Ore Bodies to Determine their Amenability to Processing for the Extraction of Lithium
Critical Materials Traceability: More Important than Metallurgy
Crystallization of a Pure Scandium Solid Phase from Solvent Extraction Strip Liquors
Development of a Metallurgical Process for Eramet's Mabounié Nb-REE Project
Development of Scandium-Recovery Process from Titanium-Smelting Residue
Development of Sileach® Technology for the Extraction of Lithium from Silicate Minerals
Early Separation of Cerium from Mixed Rare Earths: A Review of Methods and Preliminary Economic Analyses
Efficient Recovery of Neodymium from Neodymium-Iron-Boron Magnet
Electrochemical and Frequency Assisted Separation Methods for Lithium-7 Enrichment From Liquid Media
Extraction and Purification of Rare Earth Elements and Cobalt from NdFeB Magnet Wastes
Extraction of Cobalt and Nickel from a Pyrrhotite Rich Tailings Sample via Bioleaching
Extraction of Lithium from Brine - Old and New Chemistry
Extraction of Scandium (Sc) using a Task-Specific Ionic Liquid Protonated Betaine bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [Hbet][TF2N].
Flowsheet Development for Benefication of Lithium Minerals from Hard Rock Deposits
Fundamental Understanding of the Flotation Surface Chemistry of Rare Earth Minerals
Hydrometallurgical Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Sources
Hydrothermal Modification of Phosphogypsum to Improve Subsequent Recovery of Rare Earths
Hydrothermal Production of Lithium Metal Silicate Powders with Controlled Properties for Application to Li-Ion Batteries
Innovative and Sustainable Valorization Process to Recover Scandium from Canadian Bauxite Residue
Innovative Coupled Hydrometallurgical and Pyrochemical Processes for Rare Earth Recycling
Leaching Kinetics of Rare-Earth Elements from Complex Ores by Acidic Solutions
Lithium and Boron Extraction from the Rhyolite Ridge Ore, Nevada USA
Lithium Extraction and Utilization: A Historical Perspective
M-21: Challenges with the Use of Lime and Limestone for Impurity Removal in Rare Earth Elements Hydrometallurgical Treatment; A Fundamental Look
M-22: Impurities Analysis of a Magnetic Waste before Leaching and Extraction of Neodymium and Praseodymium: Elaboration of Fe-Nd Alloys
M-23: Influence of substrate properties on the selective leaching performance of Co from cemented carbides
Material Criticality: Comparing China, the EU, Japan and the USA
Natural Graphite Purification through Chlorination in Fluidized Bed Reactor
Oxidative Removal of Cerium from Rare Earth Elements Mixed Chloride Solution
Production of Purified Lithium Salts with a One-Stage Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) System
Production of Separated Rare Earth Elements (REE) from a Quebec Deposit
Radionuclide Removal from Ore and REE-bearing Minerals by Leaching and Ion Exchange Separation
Rapid and Selective Leaching of Actinides and Rare Earth Elements from Rare Earth-Bearing Minerals and Ores
Recovery of Lithium from the Great Salt Lake Brine
Recovery of Phosphorous and Rare Earth Elements from an Apatite Concentrate
Recovery of Rare Earths from Phosphoric Acid Production
Recovery of REEs from End-of-Life Permanent Magnet Scrap Generated in WEEE Recycling Plants
Recovery of Tungsten from Spent V2O5-WO3/TiO2 Catalyst
Recycling of Li-Ion and Li-Solid State Batteries: The Role of Hydrometallurgy
REE recovery from the fern D. dichotoma by acid oxalic precipitation after direct leaching with EDTA
Research on the Behavior of Germanium in the Leaching Process of Germanium-bearing Zinc Oxide by Sulfuric Acid
Revisiting the Traditional Process of Spodumene Conversion and Impact on Lithium Extraction
Scrap Recycling of Tungsten-Based Secondary Material for the Recovery of Tungsten Monocarbide (WC) and Other Valuable Constituents Using an Acid Leach Process: A Preliminary Study
SCRREEN - A European Expert Network on Critical Raw Materials
Selective Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Rich Iron Ores
Separation and Purification of Rare-Earth Elements Based on Electrophoretic Migration (Part II)
Solubility of Germanium Dioxide in Commonly Used Acids – Effect of Acid Strength, Temperature and Water Activity
Study of the Deportment of REEs in Ion Adsorption Clays towards the Development of an In-situ Leaching Strategy
Sulfuric Acid Baking and Leaching of Rare Earth Elements, Thorium and Phosphate from a Monazite Concentrate
Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from NiMH Battery
T-21: Rare-Earth Elements Recovery from Nd-Fe-B Hard Magnets by Hydrometallurgical Processes
The Simulation and Preliminary Studies on Bear Lodge Ore Flotation
Thermodynamics of Tungsten Ores Decomposition Process Options
Vanadium Extraction from Low Concentrated Iron Bearing Sources by a New Method
W-20: Efficient Recovery of Rare Earth Elements From Coal Based Resources
W-21: Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash and Recovery from PLS with IX
W-22: Selective Adsorption of Rare Earth Elements Using Polymeric Adsorbents with Diglycolamic Acid Ligands
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text: pionara Report post Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) i found the cnsd-210fm update for z series which has updated 2011 maps and full pois, and it uses the same data format as the u310bt navi (cause its probably the same software) but the problem is, it's 3.5+ gb, which wont fit in the 2gb internal flash of u310bt/f310bt/f320bt ( well, not to worry! i found a very simple hack that essentially runs the stock nav app & maps/pois from sd card. this means we can run 2011 maps + full 2010 pois on u310bt and friends. ********************** searching for poi or address by city is not working for CNSD-210FM US/CAN poi - it goes right back to nav screen instead of showing a list of cities. I just tried loading CNSD-110FM US (2010 map/poi) on the sdcard, and it is working with address and poi search. Will have to research further why 210FM (2011 map/poi) poi search isnt working... For now, just use CNSD-110FM in place of CNSD-210FM in below instructions. I know this issue is for US/CAN maps/pois.... I dont know if this issue affects EU version of update maps/pois. update :Either you can use CNSD-110FM (2010 maps/pois) without modification, or you can do a hybrid solution: 2010 pois (from 110FM) + 2011 maps (from 210FM). i was able to verify, simply replacing poi files in 2011 NDATA (leaving alone maps) with ones from 2010 NDATA seems to work, at least with a simple,basic test... see here if you are interested in the hybrid solution: #20 ********************** - you will need at least 4gb free sd card - you may need the cnsd-130fm update (to get the 2.001 navi update.) -- you may want to update the OS and the app that lives on onboard flash to 2.001 first. look at steps 1 & 2 here: http://avic411.com/i...-f310bt-f320bt/ - you will need the cnsd-210fm and/or cnsd-110fm update (either us or eu) to get the maps/poi folders (NDATA). look here: http://avic411.com/i...m/47-hacksmods/ 1. create a blank file on the root of the sdcard called "DataLocationMark" (no extension - presence of this file seems to be the flag to get the app/maps to boot from sdcard instead of flash) 2. from QI_037_CNSD_130FM\Update, copy the USER folder to the root of the sd card. Alternatively, you may be able to use the APL from your My Flash Disk, if you dont want to or cant use this update apl (f320bt?). Make sure you rename \USER\PRG to \USER\PRG0 if you copied directly from update. 3. you will need to figure out how to extract the NDATA folder from the cnsd-210fm update. in CNSD-210FM/SD1/Update/NDATA/ there are a bunch of NDATA.NNN files, where NNN is number 001 up to 106. When you join these together, the resulting file is some kind of windows disk image. -- for mac: open terminal, and navigate to NDATA folder. use command "cat NDATA.* > ndata.img" and open the resulting disk image (ndata.img). Inside this was the NDATA folder (with all the subfolders of maps/pois, etc) and two text files. -- for windows: use hjsplit to combine into a single file, e.g., ndata.img, and use imdisk to mount the virtual disk image. http://www.ltr-data....de.html/#ImDisk 4. You will need to create a folder on the root of the sd card called NDATA, and then put the NDATA you just extracted along with the two text files inside of the ndata folder on the sdcard... That's right... it's two levels of ndata: \NDATA\NDATA 5. you may also want to copy the app version file so that the ui shows right version: QI_037_CNSD_130FM/Update/VERINFO.DAT -> sdcard\USER\SYSTEM\RENEWAL\ Pop this sd card in and reset the unit.. It should boot into the app on the sdcard and shouldn't touch the onboard-flash app/maps - as long as "DataLocationMark" file is present in the root of the sdcard I havent done anything but basic testing.. Don't know if the voice nav, routing, etc works.. just did a few simple route checks and poi lookups... seems to work fine. -Pionara Edited December 27, 2011 by pionara Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Memorial Cup Game Night: 5-18-10
Windsor Spitfires 4 vs. Moncton Wildcats 3 (OT)
Memorial Cup Round Robin Play
D Mark Barberio, MCT: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM (holding)
Tournament Totals: 3 GP, 0-0-0, -2, 2 PIM
Playoff Totals: 21 GP, 5-17-22, +10, 12 PIM
Season Totals: 65 GP, 17-43-60, +39, 72 PIM
Despite already clinching a spot in the tournament's championship game, Windsor clawed their way back from a 3-2 third period deficit to force overtime and ultimately defeat the QMJHL champion Wildcats 4-3. With the loss, Moncton fell to 0-3. Their tournament and season are now complete. Barberio did not register a point in the round robin portion of the event, and the last picture of the Wildcats' season will be a dejected Barberio standing in front of goaltender Shane Owen as Windsor celebrates in the background. Although the ultimate ending is now what Barberio envisioned, his team did win their league championship, he had a career year statistically, was a finalist for defenseman of the year, and led all blueliners in playoff points. He should have an NHL contract in his immediate future and projects to be playing defense for AHL Norfolk next season. Barberio has the offensive mindset and talent to be a successful pro. He'll need a couple years honing his own-zone skills before flirting with a possible spot in the NHL.
Draft Watch
Moncton defenseman Brandon Gormley, a possibility for the Lightning at No.6 in the summer's draft, had a goal and an assist in the game and played worthy of a prospect expected to go in the upper portion of the top-10 in this summer's draft. Gormley Tournament Totals: 3 GP, 1-2-3, 0 PIM. Meanwhile, Windsor's Cam Fowler, a defenseman expected to be taken just before the Lightning pick, scored his first of the tournament in the Moncton game. He's 1-3-4 after three games.
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|What happens when, in a state of denial, you cut down the last tree? What happens when you build a road to worship the car-culture of the nineteen-sixties?
Some compelling reasons we need a wide, fast, multilane road on Trinity.
1. Evacuations off the Hill will proceed faster with four lanes, even though Trinity bottlenecks to two lanes at the Airport.We didn't really need to exit through the San Ildefonso Pueblo (Rendija Canyon) back in May, 2000. After all, Trinity was four lanes through town.
2. Traffic is always slowed in a storm if a road is two lanes, but never slowed if it is four lanes. Diamond Drive in a snowstorm at 8 a.m. on a bad day, when traffic is sometimes backed up from town to the Golf Course entrance, notwithstanding. Gimme decent drivers with snow tires on a two laner any day. I did that for years growing up in Western New York.
3. Gasoline will get cheap again, many predictions notwithstanding. Oil will remain abundant and accessible. Everyone will drive single occupant cars on and off the hill in five to ten years. We will not have more carpooling, vanpools, or public transit. Conservation is for commies and Europeans.
4. Traffic tieups in blizzards are always caused by lack of lane capacity. Never by individuals tying up traffic because they are driving on worn all season or summer tires or can't see out the windshield because their wipers are five years old or because the motorists are just plain terrorized by snow on the road.
5. LANL will greatly expand its work force, and we will diversify the economy to bring more people onto the hill with high paying jobs. Combined with cheap gas, traffic loads will increase well beyond 1% per year as workers and shoppers flood the hill with cars.
6. One or two (or even five) minutes of delay on a really bad traffic day really will ruin your life forever.Or, perhaps the consultants have it all wrong and our local traffic modeling amateurs (since there are no roundabouts on Trinity, any estimates of how the road will behave with roundabouts are models, i.e., hypotheses) are right. Hence all the Sturm und Drang in the Monitor.
All sarcasm aside, there are some very real concerns.
Regarding function. Roundabouts move traffic continuously and effectively, as long as they don't clog up and fail. That's why you can move more traffic on two lanes with roundabouts without a level of service degeneration. Until it clogs. So one question is: what will be the real world, not "model" peak capacity? Does MIG have it nailed? What are the uncertainty estimates on their models? I suspect, though, that we will likely see future declines in peak vehicle loads at rush hour as gasoline costs make the convenience of the single occupant vehicle inconvenient to the paycheck--especially for those making long commutes from Rio Arriba or Santa Fe Counties. The present may be the worse case.
Regarding safety. Frankly, we don't kill or maim a lot of people on Trinity but one has to ask if this will change as we continue to build on its south shoulder. Is pedestrian safety as straightforward as some roundabout enthusiasts proclaim on a roundabout-equipped Trinity arterial, especially in roundabouts lacking positive ped crossing controls? If such controls are present, they could affect roundabout efficiency at heavy load times. The devils are in the details. Bike lanes and roundabouts may not make the road safer or "friendlier", as I discussed earlier. Here is a recent Transportation Research Board paper on bikes and roundabouts. The jury was not in yet, at least in 2008..
The converse problem, adding pedestrian crossing amenities to the present or a new multilane design, is not trivial. Examples include adding more, closely spaced traffic signals or building pedestrian overpasses (flyovers). The problems with these are that more signals will slow traffic down while conversely, each pedestrian flyover is a multimillion dollar endeavor and no traffic calming for other modes would exist. Pity trying to cross between a couple rare and expensive flyovers.
So there is no free lunch when you screw up planning and zoning, i.e., add commercial and residential space to the wrong side of the main highway through town and then try to retrospectively make the highway "friendly" to all competing interests.Council will have to make someone very unhappy or everyone a little unhappy.
Furthermore, two other things to consider. One, we overbuilt Diamond Drive for the same reasons we hear so much about now--fear of too much traffic on Diamond. Diamond is now a super-arterial that is lightly used, even at peak rush hour. We aren't building more housing, we are using the Atomic City Bus, and we have an overbuilt, expensive arterial. Two, if we keep a wide multilane road, we are building for two hours a day (ok, maybe three) to get into and outa Dodge or grab a burger at lunch. The rest of the time, that overbuilt road will not benefit residents. Perhaps we need to divert more commuter traffic onto Truck Route and Pajarito Road or stagger work hours rather than throw money at motorist convenience to all show up in one big glut.
As I said before, we need to move Los Alamos forward, not backwards. Stop building as though peak oil is a myth. Its not--its an urgency. The last century was powered on the backs of several hundred million years worth of dead bugs compressed and heated into oil deposits. The future, depending less on fossil fuel and more on ingenuity, may not be as easy. Building a highway to worship past auto-dependence is short sighted and for the home of a national laboratory, downright silly. But even labbies are human--with human limitations. But I wonder if a reconstructed multilane road through town will be be our last expensive gesture to the age of cheap and abundant gasoline. Why not put up a few Easter Island Moai along the curbs while we are at it? With the short-term thinking I see in the Monitor editorial page lately, the fate of the Easter Islanders may be our own**.
** Arnold J. Toynbee in A Study of History (1934–1961) also studied the collapse of civilizations. Diamond agrees with Toynbee that "civilizations die from suicide, not by murder" when they fail to meet the challenges of their times. However, where Toynbee argues that the root cause of collapse is the decay of a society's "creative minority" into "a position of inherited privilege which it has ceased to merit", Diamond ascribes more weight to conscious minimization of environmental factors.


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By Trevor Kuss, sports information assistant
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Georgia College men's cross country team made the trip to north to the NCAA Southeast Regional Race Saturday, Nov. 3 in Charlotte, N.C. The young Bobcat harriers came in 14th of 26 teams.
Junior Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.) finished 56th of the 168 runners in the 10K race with a time of 34:06. Freshman Paul McNiel (Dunwoody, Ga.) would come in right behind Laskey at 57th, with a time of 34:07. The finishes are good for seventh and eighth in GC history for 10K races.
Freshman James Ryden (Atlanta) placed 74th with a time of 34:37. Junior Tucker Forbes (Lilburn, Ga.) with a time of 35:11, which was good for 89th place.
The fifth and sixth finishing Bobcats were only separated by three seconds. Freshmen Michael Valerio (Evans, Ga.) and Dylan Price (Buford, Ga.) had respective times of 36:18 and 36:21. Valerio rounded out the scoring for the Bobcats with a 121st place finish and Price came in 123rd.
The Southeast Regionals brings the 2012 season to an end for the Bobcats. The season was highlighted by the team finishing seventh or better in four of their races, as well as Laskey making the PBC All-Academic team and Forbes earning an honorable mention.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.