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Liberty Arts picks Freelon as sculpture juror
DURHAM -- Liberty Arts has named Philip Freelon, founder and president of The Freelon Group, as its juror for the Bull City Sculpture Show.
Liberty Arts volunteers are launching this first annual outdoor sculpture celebration and are making plans to bring 12 large-scale pieces from all over the United States to downtown Durham for six months beginning in May of 2014.
Freelon will select those 12 sculptures. One sculpture will be purchased for Durham and displayed permanently in the Bull City. In addition, a People's Choice Award sculpture will be chosen and will stay in the city on loan for one year.
More information on the Bull City Sculpture Show and its fundraising campaign can be found at www.kickstarter.com.
Orange Community Players to hold auditions
HILLSBOROUGH -- Orange Community Players will hold auditions for their winter show, "Steel Magnolias," Oct. 22-23 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Exchange Club Building at 331 Exchange Park Lane.
Performance dates are Feb. 13-16.
For information contact Lisa Woodward at 919-732-9895.
New show opening at SPECTRE
DURHAM – SPECTRE Arts will present a new exhibit by Margaret Porter-Daniel titled "Body, Geography and the Plants that Heal" Oct. 18.
Porter-Daniel says her art "is about plants, the medicine they provide, how plants restored my health, the building of community with and through plants and the building of self-reliance."
There are three installation pieces that range from 6-feet-by-7-feet to 5-feet-by-6-feet in height and length. The maps and artwork are assembled from found papers, donated and discarded supplies. All the materials in this exhibit are found or recycled.
An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 18 during Third Friday Durham events. SPECTRE Arts is at 1004 Morning Glory Ave.
New shows at Pleiades
DURHAM -- Pleiades Gallery will present new works by painter Darius Quarles and sculptor Renee Leverty. The show "Meta-Crylic Vibration" is a fusion of art in two- and three-dimensional media and is now on view through Oct. 27.
A reception for the artists will be held during Third Friday Durham events Oct. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m.
In his paintings, Quarles creates surreal and realistic scenes using an array of colors that are harmonious and unique. For this show he created pieces including "The Palm Bridge Motel and Resort," "Roped Ego," and "Old Key, New Lock." Leverty both molds and welds metal to create three-dimensional forms that express her belief that art can transform the viewer, as well as a room. For this show she focused on work that embodies the energy of transformation, inner knowing, and beauty.
Pleiades Gallery is at 109 E. Chapel Hill St. All Pleiades Gallery events are free and open to the public. For information visit www.pleiadesartdurham.com or call
DFT to present 'The Mousetrap'
DURHAM -- Durham Family Theatre will begin its fourth season with a production of
Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap." Shows run Nov. 8, 9, 15 and 16.
In Christie's play, eight strangers are stranded in a snowbound country guesthouse; one of them is a murderer seeking revenge. Who is killing the guests at Monkswell Manor? You'll be surprised, and surprisingly moved, when the murderer is revealed.
Durham Family Theater is a community nonprofit theater organization. All Durham Family Theatre shows are cast multi-racially, with actors of varying ages. Shows are at 8 p.m. with an additional 2 p.m. show on Nov. 16 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 215 N. Church St.
Ticket price is a suggested donation of $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors.
(All DFT tickets are by suggested donation and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds.)
Tickets may be purchased in advance at durhamfamilytheatre.wordpress.com, though the mail with a check to DFT, PO Box 61894, Durham, NC 27715, or at the box office 45 minutes before show.
Pixies tickets on sale today
DURHAM – The Pixies' 33-city, coast-to-coast North American tour will come to the Durham Performing Arts Center Jan. 31.
Pixies – Black Francis (guitars, vocals), Joey Santiago (guitar), David Lovering (drums), and touring bassist Kim Shattuck – are on the road in support of the band's first collection of new music in more than 20 years that began with the surprise release of the single "Bagboy" on June 28. That was followed by the four-track EP that came out of the blue on Sept. 3.
The band will perform at DPAC with guests Cults. Tickets go on sale to the public today at 10 a.m. at livenation.com, at www.dpacnc.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets also will be available at the DPAC box office, or by phone at 919-680-2787.
Gillette to perform benefit for Arts Council
Actress to do benefit for Arts Council
DURHAM -- Anita Gillette, a film and television actress and Tony nominated star of Broadway shows, will perform a benefit for the Durham Arts Council at 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at the PSI Theater at the Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St.
Gillette's Broadway credits include "Gypsy," and a Tony nominated performance in Neil Simon's comedy "Chapter Two." Her television credits include "30 Rock."
Tickets also are available for a private, VIP dinner with Gillette at 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Washington Duke Inn's Fairview Dining Room. This ticket includes VIP seats at the performance and a backstage toast with Gillette.
Tickets to the Nov. 1 performance are $25. Tickets to the VIP dinner and other benefits are $125.
Gillette will perform her one-woman show "After All," which reprises her roles from Broadway, films and television. For ticket information, visit www.durhamarts.org or call 919-560-2787.
Sixth Murphey School show planned
DURHAM – Novelist Allan Gurganus and poet Phillip Shabazz will be headliners in another benefit variety show at Murphey School Nov. 2.
In the tradition of the "Grand Ole Opry" and "Prairie Home Companion," the "Murphey
School Radio Show" features music, comedy and readings by local musicians and
writers. Returning performers will be Robert Griffin, Jennifer Evans, Jay Cartwright, Rick Keena, Leslie Land, STELLA, and the Piedmont Players.
This is the sixth all-volunteer radio show since October 2011. Proceeds go to local nonprofit organizations.
Seating is limited to 150 in the auditorium of Murphey School, 3717 Murphey School Road in Orange County. Two performances are planned Nov. 2 – a matinee at 3 p.m. with a repeat performance at 7. The evening performance will be recorded for broadcast on WCHL 97.9 FM.
Tickets and information are available at murpheyschoolradio.net.
Dance Extravaganza to be held today
DURHAM -- Residents can dance to the sounds of the 1960s and 1970s during the Dance Extravaganza sponsored by W.D. Hill Recreation Center, 1308 Fayetteville St. The event is free and will be held today from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The twist, the boogaloo, the jerk, and the hustle are among the many dances that will be featured during the extravaganza. Many of the dances are fun and will give participants a cardio workout at the same time.
For information, call (919) 560-4292.
Barnett-Murphy to perform new dance work
DURHAM -- Christiana Barnett-Murphy will present the premiere of "Burning: A Dance Performance" at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Durham Arts Council PSI Theater, with pre-performance installation at 6.
In her newest work, Barnett-Murphy, a Durham Arts Council Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Grant Award Recipient, explores suffering as a process of sanctification. Based on her personal experience when her family home burned down in 2002, this dance explores the complexity of suffering through vibrant and passionate choreography.
NCCU to present Neal exhibit
DURHAM -- The North Carolina Central University Art Department will present "Quintin D. Neal: Experience the Variety," a collection of 30 works by the North Carolina artist.
The art exhibit will be on view at the Millennium Hotel, 2800 Campus Walk Ave., from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the third floor, Sunday. Neal will graduate from North Carolina Central University in December.
Neal's art is celebrated as influential, bold, colorful and geometric. His art is a vast variety of portraits, still life, and abstract paintings. For more information, email the artist at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Poet and composer to present new song cycle
HILLSBOROUGH – A performance of "Call and Response: A Song Cycle," with poetry by Jerry Eidenier and music by Megan Whitted, will take place at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 210 St. Mary's Road, Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
The performance will include commentary on the collaboration of poet and musician and musical support from Mary Rocap, Lise Uyanik, Cindy Stevens, and the St. Matthew's Women's Singing Circle. Eidenier is the author of "Draw Flame," "Catch Fire" and "Sonnets to Eurydice," and is in the process of publishing a new collection of poetry. He and Whitted began collaborating in 2010, when he shared six poems that he thought would lend themselves to a musical setting. The completed cycle of 10 songs and poems is called "Call and Response" as it reflects the conversation between two creative voices.
There will be at a reception following the performance.
Registration opens for Holiday Market
DURHAM – The Durham Arts Council is accepting applications for the Durham Holiday Market, to be held Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 24 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown Durham.
Deadline to register is Oct. 18. The market allows local artists to sell their works at the Durham Arts Council and other downtown Durham locations. The DAC will be hosting artist vendors inside the building, and will encourage other downtown Durham galleries and shops to participate.
To register, visit www.durhamarts.org.
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In defiance of this very chilly winter I extend my warmest regards to the members
of the Society for Pediatric Pathology. This newsletter is being sent out just a few
weeks in advance of the Spring Meeting of the Society in San Diego. It includes
important items in follow-up of those mentioned in the late summer newsletter
and items that will be brought to Council and the Business Meeting in San Diego.
First, some very exciting news. The editorial �Small Patients, Complex
Challenging Cases: A Reappraisal of the Professional Efforts in Perinatal
Autopsies� written by Ona Faye-Petersen, Linda Ernst, Robin LeGallo, Galen
Schauer, Alex Williamson and Cristina Pacheco in response to the autopsy work
effort article published last year (Sinard JH; Autopsy Committee of the College of
American Pathologists. Accounting for the professional work of pathologists
performing autopsies. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013;137:228�32) is now out on the
�Early Online Release� web page of the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine website (http://www.archivesofpathology.org). My great gratitude to the
authors for their detailed, eloquent and persuasive defense of the special efforts
required to professionally conduct the perinatal autopsy.
Equally exciting is the news that the College of American Pathologists Learning
Portal modules �Placental Pathology� and �Perinatal Pathology� went live in
December. The successful collaboration between the SPP and the CAP on this
project represents significant steps in showcasing the educational activities of our
Society and in highlighting our specialty to the wider community of adult medicine
pathologists. The two modules are templates for further pediatric and perinatal
pathology learning modules and plans are already being discussed for our next
contributions. Again, great thanks to Jessica Comstock, Phil Katzman, Michael
Caplan, Sarah Keating, Ana Gomez and Linda Margraf for their work on this
A couple of more follow-up items. The USCAP implemented a new website build
in late Fall. Through our management agreement with the USCAP many of the
background SPP online applications were incorporated into this implementation.
These include our membership database, dues payments, new member
registration, meetings management, CME credit management and others.
Several issues have arisen from the new implementation, such as with browser
compatibility, carry-over of historical membership data and interface with the SPP
website. John Hicks, Chair of the Ad Hoc Website Committee, and Rob Ruiz,
SPP website editor, have diligently attended to website-related matters brought
up by SPP members, while George Clay, the manager of the SPP website, and
Keith Shen, from the company revamping the USCAP website, have applied
technical fixes. Undoubtedly some bugs will continue to be found. If you run into
difficulties with the website please let Rob (first contact), John (second contact)
or me know.
In addition to dealing with matters arising from the USCAP website rebuild, Rob,
John and the Ad Hoc Website Committee have taken on the job of overseeing
the redesign of our SPP website. This aims to give our website a more modern
face, make it mobile phone and tablet friendly and allow for more responsive
content management. A request for proposal has been made and it is planned to
take the response to Council in San Diego. To complement the redesign of the
website John and his committee members will liaise with the other SPP
committees and subcommittees to identify their specific needs or issues with the
A mini retreat was held just prior to the Fall Salt Lake City meeting to review and
advance our two publications, Pediatric and Developmental Pathology and
Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology. Out of the retreat have come several
recommendations and actions, some of which already were presented to Council
in Salt Lake City and others that will be brought to San Diego. Editorial support
for PDP was transitioned from Miguel�s office to Allen Press. A Perspectives pilot
e-book project has been completed, readying the opportunity to distribute e-book
versions of Perspectives instead of or in addition to hard copy versions. In
November, a mobile phone/tablet version of PDP was demonstrated to and
enthusiastically received by members of the Publications Committee. The
contract proposal for providing PDP subscribers with a mobile phone/tablet
version of the journal will be brought to Council. In addition, Council will consider
a proposal for a new journal subscription model and recommendations for
changes in the Editorial Boards of PDP and Perspectives. My thanks to Sharon
Geaghan, Chair of the Publications Committee, Miguel Reyes-Mugica and
Beverly Rogers, editors of our journals, Raj Kapur, Executive Committee sponsor
of the retreat, and the other participants in the retreat for this valuable
contribution to our Society.
Perhaps the most important new item that has come up in the past few months
relates to the declining size and changing nature of the pathology workforce, and
in particular the workforce of our specialty. In early December Charles Timmons
represented the SPP at a multiorganization summit meeting on the pathology
workforce. The main propositions the summit meeting was called on to address
were that the pathology and laboratory medicine workforce was declining and
that adjustments in the training of pathologists and laboratory physicians and
scientists were required to meet ongoing advances in science and technology
and changes in the types of pathology and laboratory services that will be
demanded. The recommendations arising from the Pathology Workforce Summit
Meeting are presented in the summary documents that will be posted on the SPP
website (coming soon).
The Fellowship, Practice and Strategic Planning committees will be reviewing the
workforce summit documents, however, those committees have already
recognized many of the issues brought up at the summit meeting. For instance,
the SPP Fellowship Committee, chaired by Vivek Singh, has identified
recruitment of residents to pediatric pathology fellowships as an area of concern.
The SPP instituted the Resident Recruitment awards to encourage residents to
consider pediatric pathology as a career option. In 2013, the SPP Fellowship
Committee administered the ICPI travel award, which was granted to a third-year
pathology resident at the Fall meeting. Elevating the profile of pediatric pathology
among pathology residents is a task that all SPP members can undertake at their
respective institutions.
The Practice Committee, chaired by Cristina Pacheco, is working on a
comprehensive pediatric/perinatal autopsy survey as a prospective study in
professional effort as it relates to this area of pediatric pathology. Please help this
initiative by participating in the survey, which can be accessed from the home
page of the SPP website. The committee is also formulating a survey of the work
performed by pediatric pathologists that can be used to explain and justify our
position to institutional administrations and that can be used as a general
statement about what pediatric pathologists do.
I am sure much of the above will be vigorously discussed and debated at the San
Diego Spring Meeting. Committee and Council meetings will be held on Friday,
February 28 and the Spring meeting proper will be on Saturday, March 1 and
Sunday, March 2. Platform and poster presentations will take place on both days.
The Saturday symposium is on cutaneous inflammatory disorders, chaired by
Drs. Pierre Russo and Adam Rubin. The annual Business Meeting of the Society
occurs Saturday late afternoon. Important Bylaws changes and the slate of
officers will be presented for approval by the membership. The Social Hour and
Banquet, featuring �The Talk,� follow the Business Meeting. On Sunday Dr. Kevin
Bove will give the Farber-Landing Lecture, to be followed by the presentation of
awards and in the afternoon by workshops. I hope to see you all in sunny, warm
San Diego!
Also, Save the Dates!! The SPP Perinatal Course will be held next year, April 17
� 19, 2015 (Friday afternoon through Sunday morning), at the Chicago Lakefront
Embassy Suites Hotel. This is a multidisciplinary course with clinicopathologic
correlations and lots of �How To�s� aimed at pediatric pathologists, pathology
residents and pediatric pathology fellows, private practice pathologists, pathology
assistants, and clinicians including neonatologists and other pediatric
subspecialists and perinatologists. The location means easy travel access and
fabulous surroundings for your �getaway moments.� The Course Director is Ona
M. Faye-Petersen, MD and the Assistant Director is Linda Ernst, MD.
Finally, I would like to close this newsletter with an expression of deep thanks for
all of the support I received as President this past year. I was told when asked to
consider the nomination for president that the only responsibilities the president
really had were to give �The Talk� and choose the Farber-Landing lecturer. Of
course, that was just a little bit of misdirection, and the year turned out to have
several challenges and tribulations not listed in the job description. However, with
the support, counsel and wisdom of my Executive Committee colleagues, Linda,
Raj and Charles, Chairs of the Society�s committees, councilors and many
others, those challenges were survived and many even resolved. It has been a
great pleasure working with the many highly dedicated members of the Society
and it truly has been a privilege and an honor to serve as your president this
year. Thank you.
Glenn Taylor
SPP President, 2013-14
(last updated 2-16-14)
View previous President's Letter, Glenn Taylor, 09-16-2013


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Pamela Surkan, ScD
- Assistant Professor
Departmental Affiliations
- International Health
- Health, Behavior and Society (Joint)
- Population, Family and Reproductive Health (Joint)
Center & Institute Affiliations
Contact Information
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Room 5523
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
ScD, Harvard School of Public Health, 2005
PhD, Karolinska Institute, 2006
My main research objective is to study how social determinants influence health. My interests are largely cross-disciplinary. They focus on examining interactions between social conditions and other factors that impact health, such as dietary behaviors and environmental exposures. To date, much of my work has been about the role of maternal mental health, social support and familial environment on early growth and childhood development. International collaborations have included work in Brazil, Sweden, Haiti, and Mexico.
Honors and Awards
Fulbright Grant to Colombia, US State Department - Institute of International Education (1994-1995)
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Term-time Research Grant to Brazil (1999)
Frederick Sheldon Fellowship to Brazil, Harvard University (2000-2001)
Thord-Gray Memorial Fellowship to Sweden, American Scandinavian Foundation (2002-2003)
- Social epidemiology, social conditions, social support, social justice, mental health, maternal health, reproductive health, child growth and development, child cognition, international health
Surkan PJ, Poteat T. Relevance of the quality of partner relationships and maternal health to early child wellness. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (in press).
Surkan PJ, Gottlieb BR, McCormick MC, Hunt A, Peterson KE. Impact of a health promotion intervention on maternal depressive symptoms at 15 months postpartum. Maternal Child Health Journal 16(1):139-148, 2012.
Surkan PJ, Ettinger AK, Ahmed S, Minkovitz CS, Strobino D. Impact of maternal depressive symptoms on growth of preschool- and school-aged children. Pediatrics 130(4):e847-55, 2012.
Surkan PJ, Coutinho AJ, Christiansen K, Dennisuk LA, Suratkar S, Mead E, Sharma S, Gittelsohn J. Healthy food purchasing among African American youth, associations with child gender, adult caregiver characteristics and the home food environment. Public Health Nutrition 14(4) 670-677, 2011.
Surkan PJ, Mukherjee JS, Williams DR, Eustache E, Louis E, Jean-Paul T, Lambert W, Scanlan FC, Oswald CM, Smith Fawzi MC. Perceived discrimination and stigma towards children affected by HIV/AIDS and their HIV-positive caregivers in central Haiti. AIDS Care 22 (7):803-15, 2010.


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Duke, UNC to play in ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 3
ESPN has finalized the time and network designations for the 16th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge early-season men's basketball showdowns.
ESPN networks will combine to cover every game of the events showcasing the premier conferences during the first week of December. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise the 14 games of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge — including all 14 Big Ten schools and 14 of 15 ACC teams — from Monday, Dec. 1 through Wednesday, Dec. 3.
The ACC and Big Ten have split the past two events, winning six Challenge games each in 2012 and 2013. In the event of a tie, the Commissioner's Cup remains with the conference that won the previous year, which was the Big Ten in 2011. The ACC won the first 10 Challenges (1999-2008), while the Big Ten won the next three (2009-2011).
ACC/Big Ten Challenge features:
— Nine teams in the ESPN.com men's preseason top 25 poll: No. 2 Duke, No. 4 Wisconsin, No. 6 North Carolina, No. 7 Virginia, No. 8 Louisville, No. 18 Michigan, No. 21 Syracuse, No. 24 Michigan and No. 25 Iowa.
— The potential of three top-25 matchups:
— No. 21 Syracuse travels to No. 24 Michigan on Tuesday, for a 7:30 p.m. tilt on ESPN.
— No. 25 Iowa at No. 6 North Carolina on Wednesday, also at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
— A Challenge culmination of No. 2 Duke at No. 4 Wisconsin on Wednesday, at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN.
— No. 8 Louisville — in its first year as an ACC member — hosts Ohio State on Tuesday, at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN.
Also competing in the Challenge, No. 7 Virginia plays at former ACC opponent Maryland at 9:15 p.m. on ESPN2.
Wednesday night also features No. 18 Michigan State at Notre Dame at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN2.
The Challenge schedule includes 10 of the top 25 teams in ESPN's RecruitingNation Class Rankings: No. 1 Duke, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Louisville, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 9 Maryland, No. 18 NC State, No. 19 Virginia Tech, No. 21 Indiana, No. 23 Syracuse and No. 25 Purdue.
Nine ACC and eight Big Ten teams participated in the 2014 postseason:
The ACC had seven teams — Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Pitt, Syracuse and Virginia — earn NCAA Championship berths, while Clemson and Florida State advanced to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) semifinals.
The Big Ten saw Wisconsin advance to the Final Four, in addition to Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska and Ohio State earning NCAA berths.
Minnesota captured the 2014 NIT title and Illinois was a second-round participant.
Previous notes on the ACC/Big Ten Challenge participants:
2014 ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Mon, Dec 1
7 p.m.
Nebraska at Florida State
Rutgers at Clemson
Tue, Dec 2
7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Indiana
Minnesota at Wake Forest
7:30 p.m.
No. 21 Syracuse at No. 24 Michigan
9 p.m.
Illinois at Miami
ESPN2 or ESPNU
NC State at Purdue
ESPN2 or ESPNU
9:30 p.m.
Ohio State at No. 8 Louisville
Wed, Dec 3
7:15 p.m.
No. 18 Michigan State at Notre Dame
Virginia Tech at Penn State
7:30 p.m.
No. 25 Iowa at No. 6 North Carolina
9:15 p.m.
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011...2:34 pm
Scholarly project's future is in doubt
Josh Farrington has found historical information about African-Americans in Kentucky by searching through newspaper microfilm and documents at libraries, and by interviewing folks with first-hand information.
While he was visiting the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., for his doctoral thesis, he happened upon information about the 1964 march on Frankfort.
Farrington and Sallie Powell are University of Kentucky doctoral students in history who are a vital link in the formulation of the Kentucky African American Encyclopedia, the first of its kind in the nation.
"It is the first encyclopedia on African-Americans in a particular state ever published," Farrington said. "It's a big deal and pretty important."
But, as always with projects that require not just legwork but public funding, there is a wrench that has been thrown into the works.
Without an immediate infusion of $50,000 to keep the work going, the encyclopedia's scheduled publication date of 2013 might be pushed back.
Announced with great fanfare in 2008 with financial support from UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. and office space on campus, the project originally was scheduled for publication in 2011. That date was later pushed back, all because the money is not there to hire more graduate students for the sensitive work.
"Sallie and I are working all we can while still doing our dissertations," Farrington said. "We really need money for additional graduate students."
UK history professor Gerald Smith, one of three editors for the project, said about 500 subjects are completed, with nearly 700 others assigned, and those need research.
"It's not about documenting, but it is about all the other untold stories and an incomplete Kentucky history," Smith said. "It's not a point of telling the story but how much you want to tell. We want to tell as much of the story as we can."
The total financial amount needed is $300,000 — $150,000 for printing and copy editing, typesetting and binding, and $150,000 for the graduate students' work.
Smith said $75,000 will pay for three graduate students for two semesters next year and support during the summer. That would include a $2,000 subscription to Ancestry.com, plus copying and other processing costs.
"If I have to let these research students go, it is pretty much over," Smith said of the project.
The faster he can secure more funding, the sooner he can tell Farrington and Powell whether they will remain employed, Smith said.
Farrington's job is to do primary research and then write an entry of no more than 400 words. He said he has worked on the project for two years, taking a break at one point to teach classes and returning last summer.
"The good thing about this is that I'm writing my own dissertation that deals with black politics in Kentucky. There is a lot of overlap," he said.
That is why he found information in Washington about the Allied Organization of Civil Rights, its push for public accommodations, and the 1964 march.
"I was doing research on something totally different, but I found that," he said.
The project, although widely hailed, hasn't received funding from the General Assembly, although Smith has lobbied in Frankfort personally.
If you're interested in learning more about the project or to apply to help write and research for it, go to the encyclopedia's Web site, Uky.edu/
To donate toward the book, send a check to Kentucky African American Encyclopedia Project, c/o Thomas D. Clark Foundation, The University Press of Kentucky, 663 South Limestone, Lexington, Ky., 40508-4008.


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3 medium
onions, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon
white sugar
1/2 teaspoon
1 tablespoon
white vinegar
1 cup
chicken broth
1 slice
dark rye bread, torn into pieces
salt and pepper to taste
Very Very good onion sauce. Anyone who enjoys the taste of onions will want to make this. Works well for any dish that could use a little tweaking or to add moisture to a dry meat.
As far as adding calories goes, I'm sure one slice of rye to a entire recipe of onion sauce and then use a portion of it to your dish wouldn't add many calories if you think about it.:)
Rye bread turns out soggy (sp?) and adds too many calories to the meat. Thanks anyway. Love rye bread, just did not work for me
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This turned out pretty good. Left out the bread and poured over pork roast in slower cooker all day. Thanks for the post.
Fabulous sauce that my DH proclaimed to be outstanding. I chose to use a dark bread and served this over pork chops. For the reviewer who said the bread became soggy obviously did not read thru the instructions correctly as the bread becomes a part of the sauce; hence the reason for running it thru the food processor. Thank you Linda!
Soggy? What?? Sauce is soggy. Bread is put through the food blender. Of course it is going to be soggy. It is sauce. Reminds me somehow of German Style cooking. I don't know why. But yummy. Bev
Excellant onion sauce made exactly as written! I was looking for a sauce to serve over grilled hamburger patties something to compliment the cabbage soup we were having the sauce was light and flavorful, served sourdough crusty chewy bread rolls to mop up the left over sauce! A fast easy dinner:)
Excellent sauce recipe. I served it on the side to accompany our crown Roast. Guests really enjoyed this.
I made it as directed but left out the rye. It was good. I don't understand that people post that it is soggy, isn't it supposed to be a sauce as in the title "Onion sauce" not onion crunchy..lol
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I've been thinking quite a bit about stories lately. Stories (or "narratives" if you prefer academic language) play many different roles in society; entertainment, providing focus, motivation and building community. Stories can vary from the banalities of gossip to grand stories that we keep telling to each other. I think that our profession needs to make a better effort to collect and share our stories. Specifically, I think success stories need to be shared more. In the midst of a very substantial recession, negative news is unrelenting so reflecting on successes is well worth it. In that spirit, I want to look at five success stories that we can reflect on for inspiration. I should also link to a recent post on the ACRLog on stories. As I've been writing this, I'm trying to recall a quote by Neil Gaiman on how stories (possibly from a speech? Or a short story?). Here are three success stories:
1. Successful protection of freedom of expression: I learned last week from Monica Rettig's blog that librarians played a big role in opposing a proposed Bill in 1980s that would have significantly increased censorship.
2. Establishment of the Grace Buller Aboriginal Student Scholarship at the University of Toronto: this is an annual scholarship (established in 2002) with support from the Ontario Library Association, Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto to provide financial support and recognition for Aboriginal students. The profession in Canada still has a long way to go in reflecting the true diversity of this country.
3. My Success: Libraries have been a big part of my life for many years. I spent many happy Saturdays at my local public Library learning about everything from politics to ancient history. Since then, I've been been in academic libraries (along with quite a bit of work in archives). Libraries have offered me a place to explore the world, a place to study and so much more.


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It's Your Business: Apple iPhone 5 madness begins at 8 a.m. Friday in Collier, Lee
The Apple iPhone 5 goes on sale Friday.
Apple stores at Waterside Shops in Naples and Coconut Point in Estero will open earlier than normal, at 8 a.m. The earliest you can get in line at the Waterside store is 6 a.m.
At Coconut Point, 7 a.m. is the earliest to line up, said Tara Beauchesne, Coconut Point marketing director.
"There's no overnight parking," she said.
The phones available at the Apple stores will be "first-come, first-served," so no one will need to preorder or reserve one.
Likewise, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T stores — which also open at 8 a.m. Friday — will carry iPhone 5s for purchase.
"It wouldn't surprise me if the inventory is sold out fairly soon," said Ed Gilhuly, a Verizon spokesman based in Miami.
More information is at apple.com/retail/iphone, verizonwireless.com/iphone, att.com/iphone and sprint.com/iphone.
Moran named top adviser in magazine
Thomas Moran, founding member of the Moran Edwards Asset Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, has been named to the "Top 100 Wirehouse Advisors" list in the September issue of Registered Rep Magazine.
Registered Rep's annual list reflects the top eligible financial advisers in the United States ranked by assets under management effective June 30. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado.
Moran Edwards Asset Management Group is at 5801 Pelican Bay Blvd., Suite 200, Naples. More information: 239-254-2200 or www.MoranEdwards.com
First National Bank of Gulf Coast OKs reorganization
First National Bank of the Gulf Coast shareholders this week approved a reorganization agreement to become a subsidiary of TGR Financial Inc.
They announced the agreement during a special meeting at the bank's headquarters, 3560 Kraft Road, Naples.
Under the plan of share exchange, each share of First National Bank of the Gulf Coast will be exchanged for one share of TGR Financial Inc., and each shareholder of First National Bank of the Gulf Coast will become a shareholder of TGR Financial Inc.
The move will allow more flexibility to expand into other markets in Florida, said Gary L. Tice, chairman and CEO.
First National Bank of the Gulf Coast has five full-service offices and approximately $570 million in assets. More information: 239-348-8000 or 877-763-0244 or www.fnbofgc.com
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Pastries of Demark's Petit Fours
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Miss Leon's Serves Some of St. Louis' Best Comfort Food
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Planter's House Debuts New Spring Cocktail Menu
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Cabana on the Loop Struggles with Basics
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Sugar High: Strudel at Feasting Fox
By Mabel Suen
You know who's enjoying this recession? Besides repo guys and Paul Krugman's booking agent? McDonald's. Profits are up as cash-strapped folks opt for the Dollar Menu and the $2 latte. While most of us spend our time praying we aren't next on the firing line, Ronald and Grimace are driving around town in an Escalade, tossing wads of cash at all the mewling urchins.
We can gnash our teeth about fast food and empty calories another time. From a business standpoint, it's utterly, icily logical: Give people more for less. You can't argue, let alone try to compete, with that.
Not that we should genuflect at the altar of the Golden Arches. I think there remains more than a few of us who, while more thrifty than we were a year ago, haven't eliminated our dining-out budget entirely — and who don't want to limit our choices to fast-food or chain restaurants. If so, then you can't argue with the logic of Sugo's Spaghetteria.
10419 Clayton Road
Frontenac, MO 63131
Category: Restaurant > Italian
Region: Frontenac
Sugo's is the latest venture from the Del Pietro family. The name conjures images of red-checkered tablecloths and candles in Chianti bottles, but this is no retro mom-and-pop joint. The location, in a small strip mall across Clayton Road from Plaza Frontenac, suggests something upscale, if not fancy, but Sugo's isn't that, either.
On my first visit, during a busy midweek lunch, my immediate impression is of warmth. The walls of the spacious dining room are painted autumnal shades of red and gold. The menu and by-the-glass wine list are written on chalkboards. From the partially exposed kitchen waft the aromas of baking bread and bubbling cheese. There's a steady buzz of conversation: businessmen with ties slung over shoulders, parents managing three kids and one pizza, ladies who lunch greeting old friends loudly and more subdued midday dates. Seated by myself near the front of the room, I feel awkward: Sugo's is a place to get together.
The warmth, I should note, is metaphorical. Sugo's front door opens directly into the dining room, which causes a draft on cold days.
My table is set, sort of: My utensils sit inside my empty water glass. This looks nifty from afar, but I check and then double-check that my utensils are clean before I pour water into the glass. Some other diners don't have the chance to check: Their servers slide their utensils onto their napkins and then fill their water glasses for them.
The menu is simple: a few appetizers — the bruschetta, spilling over with chopped tomato, is excellent — salads, pasta, pizza and a plate of the day. Today, because this is Sugo's Spaghetteria, and also because it looks impressive as servers whisk it to other tables, I order the spaghetti and meatballs.
This brings exactly two meatballs, each the size of a small orange, atop a mound of spaghetti in a thin red tomato sauce; shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano is scattered over the plate. The meatballs are excellent, their exteriors browned but not crusty, their interiors tender and flavorful. The seasoning is light — maybe some garlic, maybe some oregano — just enough to round out the ground beef's flavor. The sauce is sweet, but not sugary. It is, however, too oily.
Still, my attention is on those meatballs. Glutton that I am, though, I can't finish them. A more restrained diner could make two meals out of this. Not too shabby for a $10 entrée.
Same with the lasagna. For $10 you receive a slab of noodles, sausage and cheese that could easily serve two. The menu describes this as "housemade," but I think homemade is the more appropriate term. A semantic quibble? Maybe. But "housemade" is a term for pretentious restaurants, and what's charming about this lasagna is how unpretentious it is, hardly different from what you might make at home. The top has that irresistible crust of blistered, brown mozzarella; underneath a little ricotta and a lot of melting mozzarella surround sausage more sweet than spicy and soft, but not soggy, noodles. The only flourish? Once again, shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano.
There is a risotto of the day — though no server ever tells me what this is — as well as pasta with mushrooms, pasta tutto mare and chicken alfredo. Here Sugo's reveals its limitations. The menu is only as appealing as your predilection for a certain dish. The spaghetti and meatballs and the lasagna press my comfort-food buttons; these pastas don't.
I do experience the chicken alfredo — by proxy, anyway — when I return on a Wednesday and order the plate of the day, chicken spiedini. I choose it because it's the daily special, not because it's chicken spiedini. This is Italian-American food at its blandest: chicken rolled in bread crumbs and then sautéed, here served over spaghetti tossed in a cream sauce. The chicken had a decent texture, the exterior crisp and brown, but I don't exaggerate when I say the dish had absolutely no flavor.
Pizza is available with your choice of thin or medium-thick crust. The menu denotes these as Neapolitan and Sicilian, but this is more shorthand than anything else. True Neapolitan pizza must adhere to strict guidelines, while Sicilian pizza usually refers to (in Sicily) a pizza with ingredients baked into the crust or (in America) something akin to deep-dish pizza.
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One woman airlifted to University Hospital with serious injuries
SAN ANTONIO - Two women were injured in a car crash on Loop 1604.
The impact with another car was minor, but they collided with scaffolding for an overhead sign afterward.
The wreck happened between Judson and Green Mountain roads Monday evening.
A police sergeant on the scene said AirLIFE had to rush one woman to University Hospital with serious injuries.
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I agree that ECVs should use the regular line, but this is difficult with switchbacks and such; however, use of ECV does not guarrantee short lines. I think abuse of ECVs means lines SHOULD be longer. Let them wait longer and longer. If the regular line is 30 minutes, let them wait 30 minutes.
The reason I think more people are using ECVs is the technology gotten better and cheaper. More availability of these tools are improving the life of the disabled. Thus, you can't expect less people to use them. Also, Disneyland isn't exactly an uncrowded place.
I agree with your solution of limiting the attending guests to 2; however, there was never any guarantee of short lines for ECV or the disabled.


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In 2014/15 approximately 50,000 households will be selected to take part in this research. These households are chosen at random from the Royal Mail's list of addresses. Interviewers do not know who lives at the address until they visit it.
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If you have never attended any community college in Virginia, go to www.tncc.edu and click on Student, from the drop down box, click on Become a Student, and then click Apply Now@TNCC. For college, select Thomas Nelson Community College, and for the Credit or CEU option, select CEU student. After completing the application, print it out and write down your SIS ID #. You will need this number to register for classes. If you receive an error message in the application, please call 825-2937/35.
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Talk to any Vail Valley local and they're sure to attest that summers in the valley are just as thrilling as the winter. Vail Valley summers include a number of fun cultural and athletic events including; Blues Brews and BBQ, GoPro Mountain Games, Vilar Performing Arts Center, Farmers Markets, Bravo! Vail, Vail International Dance Festival and many more!Simply search our calendar of events or use the navigation to the right to select information on the event of your choice. Event producers can contact us with event details or use the form below to submit event information for inclusion in the calendar.
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OneShare.com is relentless about protecting our members' privacy.
Our policy is clear: we won't release or sell ANY of your information.
Please review our full policy below.
This privacy policy applies to http://www.oneshare.com owned and operated by OneShare.com®. This privacy policy describes how OneShare.com® collects
and uses the personal information you provide on our web site: http://www.oneshare.com. It also describes the choices available to you
regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
Effective Date: January 28, 2014
OneShare.com® has been awarded TRUSTe's Privacy Seal signifying that this privacy policy and practices have been reviewed by
TRUSTe for compliance with TRUSTe's program requirements including transparency, accountability and choice regarding the collection and use of your
personal information. The TRUSTe program covers the website www.oneshare.com. TRUSTe's mission, as an independent third party, is to accelerate
online trust among consumers and organizations globally through its leading privacy trustmark and innovative trust solutions.
By displaying the TRUSTe seal, OneShare.com has agreed to notify you of:
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the OneShare.com Operations Department via
If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact
TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with OneShare.com to resolve your concerns.
OneShare.com understands the importance of keeping your personal information private and secure. We have adopted strict policies and guidelines of security and confidentiality. On our Web site, we use the latest Web site security. In addition, only employees trained in the proper handling of customer information who are required to access the information for your gift processing are able to view your information.
Our Web site is an extension and now an integral part of our traditional business − it is a convenient service tool for you to use to order One Share of Stock gifts. Naturally, we maintain a record of your account to service you, including shipping and billing addresses and recent purchases.
The OneShare.com guarantee: We are adamant about protecting our customers' privacy. Our policy is clear: We do not sell any of the information you provide to us without your clear permission. Our site uses a secure server (SSL) to encrypt all of your personal information. We use commercially acceptable security measures to protect from the loss, misuse and alteration of your information under our control.
Legal Disclosure: We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is
necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site. If OneShare.com is involved in a merger, acquisition,
or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent
notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Your Personal Information Collected
We collect and store contact information in various places on our website, including newsletter sign-ups, questionnaires, surveys, sweepstakes, and electronic mail.
If you choose to provide us with this information, we may use this data to tailor your experience at our site, show you content, products or services that we think you might be interested in, and display the content according to your preferences. This is done by the use of "cookies". The term "cookies" and how it is used is explained in it's dedicated section below ("Use Of Cookies"). We also collect and store the following other information about you when you visit our web site: your IP address, current Web page, pages visited and time spent on our site, and browser you are using.
OneShare.com collects and stores the following personal information from the purchaser and gift recipient when a purchase is executed from our web site, catalog, fax, or telephone (however, please understand the TRUSTe program only covers the web site at this time): name, telephone number, address, e-mail address, social security number, citizenship, credit card number (if applicable), and type of stock purchased. OneShare.com sales staff also collects data on what we call Sales Source. Sales Source is the method of how you visited and/or was informed of the OneShare.com website (examples: search engine, television ad, newspaper/magazine article, word of mouth from a friend). We also collect and store the following personal information when you sign up to receive our E-mail Newsletter or request a catalog; name, address, and electronic mail address. All of this information is stored internally by OneShare.com.
How Your Personal Information Is Used
We DO NOT share your personally identifiable information, except to process and fulfill your order.
The OneShare.com website uses an order form so that you can request information, products, and services.
Contact information (e-mail address, telephone number, etc.) from the order form is used to send your orders and information about our company to you (however, you can opt-out of promotional e-mails. See Below).
Your contact information is also used to get in touch with you when necessary to fulfill your order.
Contact information for gift recipients may also be collected solely in order to ensure correct gift delivery and proper registration of the stock purchased.
Financial information (credit card numbers, credit card expiration dates, billing address, etc.) that is collected is used to bill you for products and services.
Financial information is not used for any other purpose than billing.
When you consent to receive information and purchase stock from any of the companies OneShare.com provides, or arranges on your behalf, we will provide these companies with your Recipient contact information and social security number.
This is necessary as the product we sell is a "live" security and the Recipient is benefited with all shareholder rights in the company in which the stock is purchased.
OneShare.com uses aggregate demographic and other information it collects for sales and marketing purposes and shares that information with current and prospective investors, transaction fulfillment companies, and issuing companies.
Demographic studies are performed by a third party using a Zip+Four method only.
A Zip+Four method entails a study such as, for example, income level, educational level, and age profile in which a collective group of people live by postal zip code.
This information is used solely for OneShare.com staff to better understand the client base it serves.
None of this information as shared contains any personal identifiers, nor is it tied to your personally identifiable information once shared.
Each month OneShare.com will send an electronic mailing (Newsletter) to everyone who has provided us with an electronic mailing address.
If you receive such a mailing and wish to opt-out of any future mailings, simply follow the instructions in the e-mail to Unsubscribe.
At times, OneShare.com will also use traditional avenues of contact using ground mail (or, snail mail) unless you have opted out of communication with OneShare.com.
See the "Choice/Opt-Out" section below.
How Third Party Information Is Used
When a customer makes a purchase for someone other than themselves, information is collected on the person who the purchase is intended for (called the Recipient).
Recipient information collected entails name, address, e-mail (if available and provided), and social security number (if available and provided).
The Recipients information is solely used to fulfill the order request by the Purchaser.
OneShare.com institutes a website feature in which a person can send a referral message ("E-mail this site to a friend") to someone to notify a person of the OneShare.com website.
This is solely a one time "invite" e-mail and information provided to send this e-mail (such as name and e-mail address) is not stored and kept.
Service Providers
We use VeriSign to process credit card transactions on our site. We share credit card information as necessary for the third party to provide this service. VeriSign is prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any other purpose.
We use a third party to ship our products to you; your personal information is necessary to provide this service. The third party is not authorized to use your information for any other purpose.
OneShare.com hereby provides express disclosure that the user will automatically receive our newsletter and promotional material via both electronic and traditional methods at the point of collection.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter may opt-out by following the instructions in the newsletter.
Each newsletter has an unsubscribe link. Clicking this link will automatically unsubscribe the user from further OneShare.com mailings.
In addition, to deactivate your personal information, the user may also contact us by phone (1.888.777.6919), email, or postal mail (OneShare.com, 3450 Third Street, Building 1D, San Francisco, CA 94124).
Our Opt-Out page: TO UNSUBSCRIBE/REMOVE/OPT-OUT
Use Of Cookies
A cookie is a very small text file that is placed on your hard drive by a Web server.
Cookies cannot be executed like programs or used as viruses, and the server that placed them can only read them.
A cookie cannot access your hard drive and obtain personal information about you, unless you have supplied your information to the site delivering the cookie; it can only be used to store information that you have given the site (by filling out an online order form, for example). We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.
We use a third-party tracking service called Atlas that uses cookies to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our site via newsletters, search engines, and datafeeds. It allows us to more accurately determine marketing ROI.
Cookies also tell us whether a user has visited us before. We use this information to foster improved service.
When a user places an order, a session identifier (cookie) is created and your shopping cart information is stored. This information is cleared once the user finalizes the purchase at the time of check out. If the user does not check out, the session identifier and thus, contents of the user's shopping cart are stored for 45 days.
Most Web browsers allow you to customize your cookies settings. If you prefer to choose which sites you will accept cookies from, you can do so by using your browser's settings.
Our third party partners employ clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), images, and scripts that help them better manage content on our site.
We do not tie the information gathered to our Customers' or Users' personally identifiable information.
How To Update Your Personal Information
Registered Users and Customers can update their information at any time by contacting OneShare.com Operations Department directly via email or, via telephone at 1.888.777.6919 (Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm Pacific Standard Time).
Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. Please contact us if you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Notification Of Changes
If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via e-mail prior to the change becoming effective.
You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner.
However, if you have opted out of all communication with OneShare.com, or deleted/deactivated your account, then you will not be contacted, nor will your personal information be used in this new manner.
In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post the notice on our web site notifying users of the change.
In some cases where we post the notice we will also e-mail users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
Data Security: Site Certificate Information
OneShare.com only allows secure browsers to access the secure areas of our site.
All of our pages that have forms collecting personal information for the ordering process are secure.
When the browser is in secure mode, you can tell by the icon displayed at the bottom of the window.
For example:
In addition, the Web site address of a secure page will start with "https" instead of "http".
Every secure page on our Web site is certified by RSA Data Security, Inc.
To view the certificate, click on the image of the closed lock or solid key on the bottom of the window.
A window displaying the security information will pop up.
Click, "subject" to verify that you are on the OneShare.com site.
Click, "issuer" to verify the site certification authority.
Protection Of Stored Information
OneShare.com uses the latest technology to protect our computer systems and the information on them.
We store the information we collect: name, address, phone, contact preferences, social security numbers, financial information, and e-mail address in a secure database.
We take several steps to insure the data is safely stored.
First, our order form is totally encrypted using SSL 3.0, 128-bit.
Additionally, the computers are stored in a highly secure building and monitored 24-hours a day.
We also use a firewall to prevent unauthorized users from getting access to our systems.
Social Media Features and Widgets
Our Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site.
These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly.
Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Links Provided Via the OneShare.com Website
Users of our site are notified when they link from our site to others.
Linking to another site opens a second window.
The OneShare.com website provides links, in its sole discretion, to other sites on the World Wide Web for the convenience of its customers.
These sites have not been reviewed by OneShare.com staff and are maintained by third parties over whom OneShare.com staff exercises no control, and accordingly OneShare.com staff expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, the accuracy of the information, and the privacy policies of these third-party Web sites.
Providing You With Customer Service
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with OneShare.com in general, please contact us:
Email: Privacy Questions
We'll respond within 24 business hours of receipt.
Telephone: 1.800.777.6919 (between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., P.S.T.)
Send your comments, questions or requests to:
One Share Of Stock, Inc.
d.b.a. OneShare.com
3450 Third Street, Building 1D
San Francisco, CA 94124
We will respond to written requests within 24 business hours of receipt.
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, and will post any changes to this policy on their effective date.
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Dear Editor,
By virtue of his commentary published in the August 2, 2013 edition of the Clarion Ledger concerning the circumstances resulting in the death of Emmet Till in the Mississippi Delta decades ago, Bill Minor has unequivocally demonstrated that he is nothing more than a journalistic race-baiter.
Instead of attempting to foster racial reconciliation, Minor has the dubious distinction of joining the ranks of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who verbalize their incendiary remarks as Minor does with his pen!
Yours very sincerely,
Oliver B. Triplett, III
Oliver B. Triplett, III
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Recommended Reading List
The Office of Multicultural Affairs has put together a list of recommended reading that we believe is beneficial to advocates of marginalized communities. We received input from various offices and departments, such as the LGBTQ Center, as well as Wake students. Please peruse the list, which includes articles, books and chapters, fiction, and non-fiction as well. If you have any questions about any of the suggested reading, or would like to make suggestions of your own, please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Happy reading!
Non-Fictional Works
Articles (Newspapers, magazines, etc.)
Scholarly Articles (Peer-reviewed journals)
Books (Full books, chapters and excerpts)
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On the Eve of Theophany, Saturday, January 18th, at the Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Alhambra, California, His Grace, Bishop Maxim, during the Divine Liturgy, ordained to the Deaconate, Reader Daniel Kirk of Butte, Montana. Also concelebrating the Diving Liturgy were V. Rev. Nicholas Ceko, Rev. Norman Kosanovich, and Rev. Russell Radoicic of the Holy Trinity Church in Butte, Montana. Following the Divine Liturgy and the ordination of Deacon Daniel, His Grace, the Clergy, and newly ordained Deacon Daniel together with the faithful processed outside for the Blessing of the Water. Following the service a small celebratory luncheon was held for Deacon Daniel Kirk, his wife Anne, and their daughter Phoebe. Deacon Daniel and his family will return to Butte, Montana where he will be the parish Deacon at the Holy Trinity Church.
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Theophany - Ordination of Daniel Kirk to the Deaconate
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Bishop Maxim visits Oregon
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On the occasion of the celebration of the feast of "the first crowned among martyrs," St. Stephen the Protomartyr and Archdeacon, His Grace the Rt. Reverend Maxim, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Alhambra and Western America, visited the parish of St. Stephen in Portland and its sister church, St. John the Wonderworker, in Eugene on January 11th and 12th.
Reminding his flock in Eugene of the truth that at Christmas "the boundless Essence is wrapped in swaddling bands in Bethlehem" (Church hymn), he says that Christ comes to us during this Nativity season as a friend, speaking to us like one of us, as He did to Abraham and the other patriarchs, Vladika Maxim, noted that His taking on flesh is the supreme expression of embodying an event. For Christ is not an idea but a person for us. He Who the Father reveals as "My Servant Whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased," (Matt. 12:18) is a light that all of His followers can try to follow, for His sheep know His voice and follow it (John 10:27).
Bishop Maxim visits St. John the Baptist Cathedral, San Francisco
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On Sunday, January 5, 2014 His Grace, Bishop Maxim traveled to San Francisco for an Archpastoral visit to the St. John the Baptist Serbian Orthodox Cathedral.
The Divine Liturgy was concelebrated by His Grace, Bishop Maxim and the Cathedral Priest, V. Rev. Djurica Gordic together with the parishioners of the parish.
A luncheon was served in the hall following the service and an afternoon of fellowship was enjoyed by all who attended.
St. Ignatius Day in Phoenix
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On Thursday, January 2, 2014 His Grace, Bishop Maxim travelled to Phoenix, Arizona to join Rev. Stanislav Duric and his family in celebrating their Krsna Slava, the Feast of St. Ignatius.
His Grace, Bishop Maxim, Rev. Stanislav Duric, V. Rev. Dragomir Tuba, and many faithful parishioners celebrated the Divine Liturgy in commemoration of St. Ignatius.
Света архијерејска Литургија у Чикагу - Holy Liturgy in Chicago
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Литургијска бесједа епископа Максима и поздрави митрополита Амфилохија и епископа Лонгина
У литургијском сабрању учествовао је многобројни вјерни народ са дјецом. Саслуживало је свештенство храма и Епархије новограчаничко-средњозападноамеричке, а појао је хор Српског пјевачког друштва Бранко Радичевић. На банкету који је одржан у просторијама поред Саборног храма, митрополит Амфилохије је одржао предавање на тему 900-годишњице рођења Светог Симеона Мироточивог и 200-годишњице рођења Митрополита Петра Другог Петровића Његоша.
Founders' Day with Bishop Maxim at St. Sava, Jackson, CA
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St. Sava Church in Jackson, California, was consecrated on the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple on December 4, 1894. In recent years, the parish has designated the first Sunday of December as "Founders Day" in order to celebrate the consecration of the church and to offer a parastos for Fr. Sebastian Dabovich and all the founding members. Additionally, the late Cedo Saraba would sponsor a Bakalar Luncheon on this date to help raise funds for the parish. After Cedo's untimely passing, the Saraba family has continued to sponsor this meal and to ask for memorial prayers for all their departed family members.


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One of the most fascinating things about baseball is how a team gameplans to be a winner. Some spend big bucks to get proven veteran talent (Yankees), some play with a ton of young and role players (Rays), some concentrate solely on pitching depth (Athletics), and some are riddled with hitters throughout the system (Tigers).
Notice how I mentioned only winning franchises, because if you want to talk about some others...Astros, Cubs, Mets, Pirates, and of course the Marlins, they seem to mainly find themselves always trying to define their organization, and when you change directions every couple years, you set yourself up for failure.
Now, the four ways I listed above on how to succeed don't always work, they are not full proof systems and many times you see teams that don't have the proper balance lose even with these gameplans. Spending big bucks (Dodgers), ton of youth and role players (Royals), pitching depth (Mariners), and tons of hitters (Blue Jays).
This is why I have been and will continue to be such a HUGE fan of the Rangers' gameplan to success. Jon Daniels and his Super Friends (other front office members) have implemented a plan of success back in 2007 and over the last three years have seen it blossom. Ok, I know 2012 didn't end how we wanted, but there is no comparison in the franchise history to the success the Rangers have had over the last three years. It's better than the 1996-1999, you can't argue that.
And one of the biggest keys to that success...Youth.
Back in 2007, the Rangers moved toward concentrating on young, high-ceiling prospects, and building the core of the team around them. The plan is obviously a success as today we see the team being lead by Matt Harrison (Age: 27), Mitch Moreland (27), Derek Holland (26), Neftali Feliz (24), and Elvis Andrus (24). (I realize that Yu Darvish is only 26, but with this being his first season, I didn't feel it appropriate to include him on this list.)
Here are five CORE players who have been essential to the success over the past three years. Of course the Rangers have veteran leadership to go with these youngster (Young, Beltre, Lewis, Hamilton, and Kinsler), but the success of the Rangers' gameplan has been to the Youth. Veteran leadership is essential with Youth, because it is nearly impossible to retain all your Youthful Core once they become veterans. Thus you need to keep the cycle going on developing Youth.
Therefore what does the future hold? Already on the 40-man roster are six other players who seem to be developing as essential pieces to that next round of the core. RHP Justin Grimm (24), 3B/1B Mike Olt (24), CF Leonys "Cohiba" Martin (24), LHP Robbie Ross (23), LHP Martin Perez (21), and Jurickson Profar (19).
All six players saw time on the Big League team during the 2012 season, just as all except Ross started 2012 in the Minors. But you can't argue that the potential of all six aren't there and looking very bright. Of course, not all six will be in the Rangers' future, I highly doubt it. Just as RHP Blake Beavan, 1B Justin Smoak, SS Drew Meyer, RHP Michael Main, and 1B Jason Botts were all highly touted prospects in the not too distant past.
The future of Grimm, Olt, Cohiba, Ross, Perez, and Profar will become more obvious over the next full season as we could see some moved this offseason, some promoted, and regrettably some will digress. But this isn't what I wanted to concentrate on, there is plenty of time this offseason and Spring Training to see how the Rangers continue to build to the core with these six youngster. Instead, I want to talk about the next round, the babies, the teenagers that have all been added recently.
Lewis Brinson (18): CF - 6'5" - 175 - 2012 1st round draft pick: Brinson is the definition of a five-tool player, speed (recently clocked 6.5 seconds in his 60-yd dash) and power (2011 Under Armour All-American HR Derby champ). He played his first season of pro ball in the Rookie league in Arizona this past summer. In 54 games he batted .283/.345/.523, 67 hits, 54 runs, 22 doubles, 7 triples, 42 RBI, while stealing 14 of 16 bases.
Joey Gallo (18): 3B - 6'5" - 205 - 2012 Compensation 1st round pick: Gallo wasted no time introducing himself to pro ball as he slugged an Arizona Rookie League record 18 HRs in 43 games before being promoted to Short-A Spokane, where he hit 4 more in 16 games. Gallo holds the record for most HRs in a single High School season and HS Career in the state of Nevada (FYI - Bryce Harper played HS ball in Nevada). Gallo was considered to have had the best "raw power" in the 2012 draft. He finished Rookie ball batting .293/.435/.733, 18 HRs, 44 hits, 43 RBI, and 37 BBs.
Nick Williams (18): OF - 6'3" - 195 - 2012 2nd round draft pick: Williams is another highly touted HS product coming out of Texas. Because of a tough Spring, he dropped in many teams rankings and the Rangers were able to nab him in the 2nd round. Once signed, all he did in 48 Rookie league games was hit .313/.375/.448, 63 hits, 34 runs, 9 doubles, 6 triples, 27 RBI, and stole 15 bases. The power isn't what the guys above him have, but Williams thing is excellent bat speed and ability to spray the ball to all fields.
Keone Kela (19): RHP - 6'1" - 190 - 2012 12th round draft pick: Kela who spent a year in college trying to improve his 29th round draft status has bloomed since joining the Rangers. While in instructional league, Texas tweaked his delivery and now the young man's 89-91mph fastball when he was 18 sits at 96-100mph. Cleaning up his delivery has also helped his other pitchers and one scout said had he done this before being drafted, he would have been taken in the 1st or 2nd round. Kela threw 11.1 IP in Rookie-ball, striking out 15 and registering a 1.59 ERA.
Nomar Mazara (17): OF - 6'5" - 200 - 2011 International Signing: Mazara was one of two Top 3 International signings the Rangers nabbed this past season and done so before the new, limited international budget. Mazara is best known for his BP with the Rangers in which he took it standing beside Josh Hamilton and hit shots just as majestic. He has a lot of learning to do, but still just 17. In 54 AZL games this year he had 53 hits, 22 of them for extra bases, drove in 39 runs and walked 37 times.
Ronald Guzman (17): 1B - 6'6" - 210 - 2011 International Signing: Guzman is the other signing along with Mazara. He didn't receive as much publicity and that should be the mistake of those who overlooked him. Guzman is a pure-hitter, with some plus-power potential (the kid is 6'6", 210 at the age of 17...SERIOUSLY!!!!) In 52 AZL games he batted .321/.374/.434, 68 hits, 29 runs, 15 doubles, 33 RBI, and 7 SBs. Guzman swings from the left side and one day could really enjoy learning the term "Arlington Jet Stream."
Jairo Beras (17): OF - 6'5" - 185 - 2012 International Signing: Beras was the center of a very controversial signing by the Rangers. Many teams believed he was underage and not-eligible until since past July 2nd, the Rangers did their homework and discovered otherwise. And after an embarrassingly-long investigation by MLB his contract with the Rangers was upheld. Last winter Beras was considered the #4 international prospect, again look at the size for that age (#1 was some kid named Darvish).
I just named 7 players who are all highly-touted prospects in the Rangers' farm system. Any one of them would be a Top 10 prospect in any franchise, right now...all 7 are Rangers. I heard a story a couple days ago that while in Arizona at Fall Instructs (couple weeks ago), the players are divided up into groups of five for batting practice. One of the groups was Brinson, Gallo, Mazara, Guzman, and Beras. (Please go back now and re-read those ages and sizes...now lift your jaw off the floor.) Nothing wrong with a little friendly competition.
My favorite thing too is that I just named seven high-potential prospects...all seven teenagers...and all seven added within the last calendar year. I didn't even mention some of the Rangers' top prospects...#4 Cody Buckel (LHP - Age: 20), #5 Jorge Alfaro (C - Age: 19), #7 Luis Sardinas (SS - Age: 19), #9 Rougned Odor (2B - Age: 18), #13 Luke Jackson (RHP - Age: 21), #14 Roman Mendez (RHP - Age: 22), #18 Barret Loux (RHP - Age: 23), and #20 Leury Garcia (2B - Age: 21).
Balance...spending money on veteran leadership and a Youthful Infusion of Core talent....the future is bright my friends...the future is very bright.