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Please spread the word about these career-boosting NIH- and NSF-funded programs for postdocs and faculty from the Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). You do not need to be an ASCB member when you apply.Applications Now Open for ASCB MAC Professional Development ProgramsThe Postdoc/Jr Faculty Career Development Workshop is popular for junior faculty and postdocs interested in academic careers and offers extensive networking opportunities and training to navigate tricky areas including: professional conduct, tenure, grantsmanship, mentorship, leadership, collaborations, time management, writing, and lab setup/management. Full Travel Support to attend is available for members of underrepresented groups in the sciences, members of disadvantaged populations, faculty (regardless of ethnicity) at minority-serving institutions, and individuals with interest and experience in expanding access and educational opportunities to under-represented students.The Faculty Research and Education Development (FRED) Mentoring Program is for junior faculty to get a year of one-on-one help writing grants related to cell biology from an established research mentor and mock review panels.The Visiting Professors Program is designed for junior or mid-career faculty members from PUIs to visit a senior scientist's institution for an 8- to 10-week summer experience to achieve specific professional development goals (e.g., expanding a research collaboration).The Linkage Fellows Program is open to faculty from minority-serving institutions to support outreach and activities that promote cell biology at their home institutions. The activities should expose students to cell biology or foster a better understanding of cell biology research and its benefit to society among student participants and/or the public.More information is available at here. All four applications close on March 1, 2017.
has a new NIH-wide funding mechanism, the F99/K00. This grant is intended
for underrepresented minorities and individuals with disabilities to support
applicant stipends (and tuition) for the last two grad school years and the
first four postdoc years. You can find the RFA here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-17-009.html.
First submission date is April 8, 2017 with a letter of intent due 30days
prior. Right now, the RFA is open for only one submission. I
suspect this is a trial run for a more permanent funding mechanism.
are also offering an informational webinar on January 18, 2017 from 1 to 3p
EST. You can register here:
Final rule prohibits
discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability;
enhances language assistance for individuals with limited English proficiency;
and protects individuals with disabilities
The Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) today issued a final rule to advance health equity and reduce health care
disparities. Under the rule, individuals are protected from discrimination in
health care on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability and
sex, including discrimination based on pregnancy, gender identity and sex
stereotyping. In addition to implementing
Section 1557's prohibition on sex discrimination, the final rule also
enhances language assistance for people with limited English proficiency and
helps to ensure effective communication for individuals with disabilities. The protections in the final rule and
Section 1557 regarding individuals' rights and the
responsibilities of many health insurers, hospitals, and health plans
administered by or receiving federal funds from HHS build on existing federal
civil rights laws to advance protections for underserved, underinsured, and
often excluded populations.
The Nondiscrimination in Health Programs
and Activities final rule implements Section 1557 of the Affordable Care
Act, which is the first federal civil rights law to broadly prohibit
discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded health programs. Previously, civil rights laws enforced by HHS's Office
for Civil Rights (OCR) broadly barred discrimination based only on race, color,
national origin, disability, or age.
"A central goal of the Affordable Care Act is
to help all Americans access quality, affordable health care. Today's
announcement is a key step toward realizing equity within our health care
system and reaffirms this Administration's commitment to giving every American
access to the health care they deserve," said HHS Secretary Sylvia M.
The final rule helps consumers who are
seeking to understand their rights and clarifies the responsibilities of health
care providers and insurers that receive federal funds. The final rule also
addresses the responsibilities of issuers that offer plans in the Health
Insurance Marketplaces. Among other things, the final rule prohibits marketing
practices or benefit designs that discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, sex, age, or disability. The final rule also prohibits
discriminatory practices by health care providers, such as hospitals that
accept Medicare or doctors who participate in the Medicaid program.
The final rule prohibits the sex discrimination in health care
including by:
It also includes important
protections for individuals with disabilities and enhances language assistance
for people with limited English proficiency including by:
While the
final rule does not resolve whether discrimination on the basis of an
individual's sexual orientation status alone is a form of sex discrimination
under Section 1557, the rule makes clear that OCR will evaluate complaints that
allege sex discrimination related to an individual's sexual orientation to
determine if they involve the sorts of stereotyping that can be addressed under
1557. HHS supports prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination as a matter of
policy and will continue to monitor legal developments on this issue.
The final rule states that where application of any requirement of
the rule would violate applicable Federal statutes protecting religious freedom
and conscience, that application will not be required.
For more information about Section 1557,
including factsheets on key provisions and frequently asked questions, visit http://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/section-1557.
To learn more about non-discrimination and
health information privacy laws, your civil rights, and privacy rights in
health care and human service settings, and to find information on how to file
a complaint, visit us at www.hhs.gov/ocr.
Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R21)The
purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage
innovative exploratory and developmental health services research to
improve minority health and/or reduce health disparities at the health
care system-level as well as within clinical settings. (more) Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01) The
purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage
innovative health services research that can directly and demonstrably
contribute to the improvement of minority health and/or the reduction of
health disparities at the health care system-level as well as within
clinical settings. (more)
Presented by R. Scott Boots on April 29, 2016 in Babcock Auditorium, Wake Forest School of Medicine.
R. Scott Boots, Founder and
Director of The Health Cares Exchange Initiative, received his MPA from the
University of Illinois at Chicago, and he also a graduate of the University of
Iowa and Interlochen Center for the Arts. A caregiver himself, he has worked as a
training and administration consultant with the Massachusetts Departments of
Environmental Protection, Social Services and Public Health, and he served as
Co-Chair of Pastoral Care and Chair of the AIDS Support Committee at Trinity
Church in the City of Boston. After founding HCEI in 1992, Scott studied
wellness at the Touch Therapy Institute in Cambridge, Mass., and the Mind-Body
Clinic at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His seminars have been
presented to thousands of people around the world.
Wonderful lecture from
Dr. Donna McCree, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Associate Director
for Health Equity Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention April 4, 2016! Dr. McCree
spoke on "Gaps in Prevention Research for Addressing HIV-Related Disparities
in the United States".
Healthy Eating
Research Releases 2016 Call for ProposalsHealthy Eating Research is a
national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program
supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential
to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity,
especially among groups at highest risk for obesity: black, Latino, American
Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander children, and children who live in lower-income
communities. Findings are expected to advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the
childhood obesity epidemic, eliminate disparities, and help all children
achieve a healthy weight.
This call for proposals (CFP) is
for two types of awards aimed at providing advocates, decision-makers, and
policymakers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. The award
types are: Round 10 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy
Eating Research program.
Approximately $2.6 million will
be awarded under this CFP for the two award types.
Round 10 Grants
RWJF New Connections Grants Awarded Through Healthy Eating Research
details and how to apply
A new bilingual ad campaign targets 86 million Americans with prediabetes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 90% of people with prediabetes don't know they have it and aren't aware of the long-term risks to their health, including type 2 diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. Among Latinos more than 16 percent have prediabetes and diabetes type 2 combined, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Medical experts suggest that if current trends continue, 15 to 20 percent of Americans with prediabetes will develop diabetes within five years. But with plenty of exercise, weight loss and diet change prediabetes can be reversed. (more)
Pilot Project RFA DescriptionRacial and ethnic health disparities are pervasive and complex in origin. To that end, the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity (MACHE) of the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (WFBMC) and the Reynolda Campus of Wake Forest University are collaborating to provide funds to support two pilot research projects focused on health disparities. Examples would include studies that define and or address differences in health outcomes or indicators of access or quality of health care across populations according to race/ethnicity, gender, geographic residence, sexual orientation, age, and/or disability status. This award is open to WFBMC and eligible WFU Reynolda Campus faculty who are working collaboratively as co-Principal Investigators. WFU Reynolda Campus faculty should consult the "Who can be a PI?" policy: http://research.wfu.edu/policies/principal-investigator/ for eligibility information.
Applicants may request up to $25,000 to complete a one-year project. Funds may be used to support project management staff, equipment and supplies, travel, and other resources to ensure successful data collection. Successful submissions must have within their grant application a delineation of a clear path to development of an extramural grant submission using data from the pilot project.
See award expectations and guidelines here.
The NextProf Science 2016 Workshop will help you - a talented scientist with a demonstrated commitment to diversity - explore what is involved in pursuing exciting and rewarding careers in academic research institutions.
Listen, Learn, Network
At NextProf Science, you will learn:
See flyer for more information
March 17-18, 2016Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN
Winston-Salem recently was selected through a highly competitive process as one
of two U.S. cities to pilot a Community Innovation
Lab, a new approach to solving tough social challenges by deeply
integrating artists and artistic practices into a rigorously facilitated change
Over the next six months, the Lab will bring together a diverse
group of stakeholders including city agencies, community organizers, business
leaders, artists, cultural organizations, and nonprofit service providers, to
begin to address inequities in employment, income, and wealth in the city. (more)
The Faculty Research Awards honor investigators, mentors and scientific teams that demonstrated outstanding scientific achievement in the Wake Forest School of Medicine's research effort. The 2015 winners have been chosen by the selection committee and will be recognized during the WFSM Research Awards Day Symposium on May 6, 2015 from 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM in the Commons Conference Rooms, Nutrition Research Center.
A new collaboration between two programs dedicated to eliminating health
disparities, both named for female African-American civil rights leaders, isn't
your traditional agreement.
"So many groups
work in silos," said Dr. Bettina Beech, University of Mississippi Medical Center
associate vice chancellor for population health and professor of pediatrics and
family medicine.
She says that
won't be the case in a budding research relationship between UMMC's Myrlie
Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities and Wake
Forest Baptist Medical Center's Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity in
Winston-Salem, N.C. The two entities have recently signed a memorandum of
understanding, or MOU, that details their plans to together perform health
disparities research across multiple platforms. (more)
are currently enrolling large families in which there are four or more living
siblings to study the early signs of diabetes risk in people at risk for
developing diabetes in the future.
you are eligible to participate, you will be asked to complete a onetime study
visit including the following at no cost to you:
will be compensated for your participation.
call 336-713-8455
or 713-7531 for more information.
Dr. Ronny Bell was interviewed on the Triad Today show on June
3rd, 2015 about health disparities and the work that the Maya Angelou Center
for Health Equity is doing to address health disparities. (watch video)
Pilot Project RFA DescriptionRacial and ethnic health disparities are pervasive and complex in origin. These disparities are particularly prominent in cardiometabolic diseases. To that end, The Sticht Center on Aging, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity and the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center are collaborating to provide funds to support one pilot research project focused on Health Disparities in Aging and Cardiometabolic Diseases (including heart disease, stroke and other vascular diseases, diabetes/pre-diabetes, hypertension/pre-hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, inflammation). This award is open to WFBMC faculty who are current members of one or more of these Centers. Additionally, external collaborations from other institutions are encouraged.
Applicants may request up to $30,000 to complete a one-year project. Funds may be used to support project management staff, equipment and supplies, travel, and other resources to ensure successful data collection. Successful submissions must have within their grant application a delineation of a clear path to development of an extramural grant submission using data from the pilot project. Applicants are also encouraged to utilize resources of the Cores of each of the Center. More information on these resources is available on the Centers' websites:• Sticht Center on Aging: http://www.wakehealth.edu/agingresearch/• Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity:http://www.wakehealth.edu/MACHE/• Hypertension and Vascular Research Center: http://www.wakehealth.edu/Hypertension (more)
September 18-19, 2015The Westin Buckhead AtlantaAtlanta, ,GA
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is pleased to announce the
launch of a new professional development program for mid-career minority
faculty. The 2015 Mid-Career Minority Faculty Development Seminar will take
place in September in Atlanta. This new AAMC program is designed specifically
for individuals at the associate professor level who aspire to leadership
positions in academic medicine. (more information)
Healthy Eating Research is a
national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program
supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential
to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity,
especially among groups at highest risk for obesity: Black, Latino, American
Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander children, and children who live in lower-income
communities. Findings are expected to advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the
childhood obesity epidemic, eliminate disparities, and help all children
achieve a healthy weight.
This call for proposals (CFP) is
for two types of awards aimed at providing advocates, decision-makers, and
policymakers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. The award
types are: Round 9 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy
Eating Research program.
Approximately $2.75 million will
be awarded under this CFP for the two award types.
Round 9 Grants
More details and how to apply
D. Rhodes, PhD, MPH, Professor of Public Health Sciences and affiliate of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy (SSHP) in the Division of Public Health Sciences, effective May 1, 2015. Dr. Rhodes is a recognized expert in the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of behavioral, structural, and policy interventions to reduce health disparities among vulnerable communities, including rural populations, Latinos, and sexual and gender-identity minorities in the United States and internationally. Areas of expertise include sexual health, HIV and sexually transmitted disease prevention, access to health care, medication adherence, substance use, and other health disparities. (more)
August 27-28, 2015Grandover Hotel and Conference CenterGreensboro, NCThis NC Health Professions' Diversity Conference will showcase "best practices" in health professions workforce diversity and provide opportunities for collaborative learning and sharing. (more)
We would like to share information on two programs sponsored by the American Society for
Wake Forest University faculty, staff and alumni will be among those present for the dedication ceremony of the Maya Angelou Forever Stamp in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 7:
Translational Health Disparities Course
Principles of Science, Practice and Policy in Health Disparities Research
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will again
host a course on the science of health disparities this summer. The course will
take place on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,
Maryland, from August 3, 2015 to August 14, 2015.
two-week intensive course will provide specialized instruction on the concepts,
principles, methods, and applications of health disparities science, practice,
and policy. It will also integrate principles and practice of community
engagement. Nationally and internationally recognized experts in health
disparities science will lead individual sessions.
course is free, but admission is competitive and daily attendance is mandatory.
Participants are responsible for transportation, room and board.
to Apply:
The due date for application submission is June 1st, 2015. The online
application process will be opening soon via the NIMHD website www.nimhd.nih.gov
Information: The
following comprises the application packet:
online application must include:
**Once the applicant submits the application,
it will generate an automatic e-mail to the applicant's reference, requesting a
recommendation. An application is not complete until the reference submits the
letter of recommendation.
• For additional
information, contact the course planning committee at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The AAMC is soliciting
nominations for its annual Herbert W. Nickens Awards. These awards honor
individuals who advance the educational, societal, and health care needs
of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. We encourage you to
disseminate this call for nominations and consider colleagues and students for
these awards. The nomination deadline for the three awards below is May
1, 2015.
The Herbert
W. Nickens Presidential Award is given to an individual who has made
outstanding contributions in promoting justice in medical education and health
care equity in the United States. The recipient receives a $10,000 award
and present the Herbert W. Nickens Lecture at the Learn Serve Lead: The 2015
AAMC Annual Meeting. Nominees may come from the fields of medicine,
dentistry, education, law, nursing, public health, or social and behavioral
The Herbert
W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship recognizes an outstanding junior faculty
member who has held the assistant professor position no more than three
years and has demonstrated leadership in the United States in addressing
inequities in medical education and health care; demonstrated efforts in
addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and ethnic
minorities; and is committed to a career in academic medicine. The fellowship
recipient receives a $15,000 grant to support their academic and professional
The Herbert
W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarships are awarded to five outstanding
students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership
in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care and
demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health
care needs of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Each
recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship.
questions, please contact Angela Moses at 202.862.6203, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit /www.aamc.org/initiatives/awards/.
Ronny A. Bell, PhD, MS, professor, Epidemiology & Prevention and Director of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, has been appointed to the ADA National Health Disparities Committee.The ADA Health Disparities Committee will advise development of evidence-based Consumer Standards that are based on the Association's "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes". The committee will provide expert guidance in the areas of content development, community education, outreach and training, and program evaluation for type 2 diabetes focusing on high risk populations most burdened by the disease.
mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior
of living systems and to apply that knowledge to enhance health,
lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. To achieve this
mission, NIH substantially invests in research to improve public health;
it also devotes substantial resources to identify, develop, support and
maintain the quality of its scientific resources, including human
purpose of this notice is to provide an updated diversity statement
that describes NIH's interest in the diversity of the NIH-funded
workforce. This diversity statement was informed by a literature review,
the reports and deliberations of several internal NIH committees, as
well as input from Institute and Center officials, program staff and
external stakeholders. (see Notice here)
November is American Indian Heritage Month, and in North Carolina we have particular cause to celebrate. Our state has the largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi. This includes one federally recognized tribe—the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians—and several state-recognized tribes.
"The largest tribe in the state, the Lumbee, is based in Robeson County," said Charlene Hunt, program coordinator for the North Carolina American Indian Health Board in the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity. "Our state also has large concentrations of American Indians in urban regions, and there are urban Indian centers in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Fayetteville." (more)
System-Level Health Services and Policy Research on Health Disparities (R01) - The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative system-level health services and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities. (more)
NIMHD Academic Research Enhancement Award: Enhancing Health Disparities Research at Undergraduate Institutions (R15) - The NIMHD encourages institutions that are eligible to apply for support through the NIH Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA) program to submit applications for innovative research projects focused on minority health and health disparities. Awards are intended to support small-scale projects proposed by faculty members at eligible institutions to expose students to meritorious research and to strengthen the research environment of participating institutions. This initiative also seeks to stimulate interest in health disparities research careers among undergraduate students through hands-on participation in original research.
Technologies for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R41/R42) - This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications that propose to develop a product, process or service for commercialization with the aim of reducing disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes. Appropriate technologies should be effective, affordable, culturally acceptable, and deliverable to racial/ethnic minorities, low-income and rural populations. (more)
Innovations for Healthy Living - Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43) - This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications that propose to develop a product, process or service for commercialization with the aim of reducing disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes. Appropriate technologies should be effective, affordable, culturally acceptable, and deliverable to racial/ethnic minorities, low-income and rural populations. (more)
Dr. Maggie Werner-Washburne, President SACNAS is
coordinating an effort through the Office of the Director at NIH to identify
individuals from underrepresented backgrounds who are interested in and
competitive for positions at NIH ranging from post-doc to faculty to Institute
Department University
of New MexicoPresident,
The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
The Lifestyle Intervention For the Treatment of Diabetes (LIFT) research study will compare the effect of Diabetes Self-Management Education to a Community Program aimed at weight loss and increased exercise, in managing risk factors for developing diabetes complications.
You may qualify for the LIFT study if you:
For more information, call the LIFT Diabetes study team at 336-713-2914.
Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, PhD, principal investigator at Gramercy Research Group
in Winston-Salem, was recently approved as an external affiliate of the
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity. Her research interests include
the role of physical activity in obesity prevention and control among
racial and ethnic minority groups.
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Features Wake Forest School of Medicine Fellows Project
Wake forest School of Medicine Fellows, Stacy Marshall and William Bradford's project, Using Cooking Lessons to Empower Families, was recently featured across The Albert Schweitzer's Fellowships communication platforms. Their dedication to empowering families to live healthier lives is certainly inspiring. Read project here.
LIFT Diabetes stands for the Lifestyle Intervention for the Treatment of
Diabetes by Wake Forest School of Medicine's Maya Angelou Center for Health
Equity. The project is designed to reduce diabetes- complications experienced
by many groups including African Americans. The project's is consistent with
the late Dr. Angelou's goals of bringing social justice and optimal health for
all people.
The Center for Disease Control recently reported that since 2010 the number
of Americans with diabetes has grown by 3.3 million people to 29.1 million or
9.3 percent of the US population, with one of eight African American adults
having the disease. Each year 1.7 million adults are diagnosed. Medical costs
are twice as high and risk of death is 50 percent higher for those with
diagnosed diabetes compared to people without the disease. (read Winston-Salem Chronicle article here).
Click here for more information about the LIFT Diabetes Project at the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity.
HIV continues to be a profound challenge facing communities nationally
and internationally. Until a vaccine or a cure is found, prevention
remains a most crucial line of defense. However, the successes made to
reduce exposure and transmission have not benefited all communities
equally. HIV continues to affect vulnerable communities, and HIV-related
health disparities are growing.
D. Rhodes, PhD, MPH, CHES, professor in the Department of Social
Sciences & Health Policy, and affiliate of the Maya Angelou Center
for Health Equity, has written and published the book, "Innovations in
HIV Prevention Research and Practice Through Community Engagement".
Included in the book:
For more details about the book and to order, click here.
Hispanic-Americans need a culturally tailored approach to improve their
heart health, according to an American Heart Association statement -
the first to describe the burden of heart disease and stroke among the
diverse population with origins in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the
Dominican Republic and Central and South America.A diverse population, Hispanics carry a heavy burden of heart disease and stroke. (more)Dr. Rodriguez is an affiliate of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity.
Miss. – Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers,
helped dedicate the UMMC Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the
Elimination of Health Disparities during a ceremony today at the Jackson
Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center.
The launch
of the institute represents a new partnership between the University of
Mississippi Medical Center and the Jackson State University College of Liberal Arts,
and signifies the renaming of the Mississippi
Institute for the Improvement of Geographical Minority Health Disparities,
created to close the gap between those who receive proper medical care and
those who don't.
revamped organization will focus on three main areas of concern in Mississippi:
health disparities, minority men's health and research training – issues that
resonate with Evers-Williams, who spoke to a gathering of an estimated 130
people. (more)
Brenda Latham-Sadler, MD,
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, is interviewed by WXII about how she
will best remember her mentor Dr. Maya Angelou and the impact she had on
her life and career.
Kate B. Reyenolds Charitable Trust is pleased to announce our grants
process for the August 12, 2014 grant application deadline. The basic
programmatic interests and eligibility criteria will also hold true for
the February 2015 cycle. The Poor and Needy Division's financial and
human resources continue to be committed to improving the quality of
life and health of financially disadvantaged individuals in Forsyth
encourage grant applications from local organizations, as well as
organizations located outside of Forsyth County, if the project serves
financially disadvantaged Forsyth County residents. We will not accept applications for projects serving individuals outside of Forsyth County. (more)
Allyn Howlett, PhD has been approved/accepted as an affiliate of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity. Dr.
Howlett, professor in Physiology & Pharmacology, is actively
involved in the Center Research Training and Education Core and her
research and training experiences are an excellent fit with our mission.Welcome Dr. Howlett.
Dr. Ronny A. Bell,
professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention and director
of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest School of
Medicine, recently received the 2014 UNC University Diversity Alumni
Award. Dr. Bell received his bachelor's degree from UNC-CH in public
health and nutrition. His primary research and clinical interests are
chronic disease prevalence and risk factors, with particular emphasis on
ethnic minority populations. He serves as chair of the North Carolina
American Indian Health Board and as a member of the American Indian
Alaska Native Workgroup for the National Diabetes Education Program. Dr.
Bell is a member of the Lumbee Indian tribe of eastern North Carolina
and serves on the advisory board for the UNC American Indian Center. (more)
Dr. Leonard E. Egede, Allen H. Johnson Endowed Chair, Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for Health Disparities Research, Medical University of South Carolina, gave a lecture on April 4, 2014 entitled, "Technology-Assisted Case Management: An Innovative Approach to Diabetes Management". This lecture was a part of the Irene Wharton Diabetes Lecture Series.
Dr. Ronny Bell delivered the 34th Zollicoffer lecture at UNC Chapel Hill on February 21st, 2014. Dr. Bell's lecture was entitled, "Health Disparities Among American Indians in North Carolina." The Zollicoffer Lecture is held in recognition of the legacy of Dr. Lawrence Zollicoffer, the fourth African American graduate of the UNC School of Medicine and founder of the Garwyn Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and is held in conjunction with a community service day and a banquet. The event is sponsored by the UNC Student National Medical Association and the UNC School of Medicine.
Pictured from Left to Right: Dr. Michael Zollicoffer, son of Dr. Lawrence Zollicoffer and chair of the UNC Board of Visitors, Dr. Bell, and Dr. Cedric Bright, Assistant Dean of Special Programs and Admissions in the Department of Medical Education at the UNC School of Medicine.
Dr. Kathryn Weaver was selected as the Early Career Investigator in Clinical Sciences in the 2014 Faculty Research Awards. This is well-deserved recognition of Kate's accomplishments and her critical contributions to the success of other scientists.
Awards will be presented (and awardees will briefly present their work) on May 13 from 11:30-2:00 in the Commons Conference Room in the Nutrition Building
Dr. Weaver is an affiliate of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity.
Brenda A. Latham-Sadler, MD, associate professor of family and community medicine and associate dean of student inclusion and diversity, will be honored at the Salem Lodge No. 139 Black History Month Community Awards Banquet & Robert A. Miller Scholarship Gala in Winston-Salem on February 22. Latham-Sadler is among several female community leaders that have been selected.
The theme for this year's event focuses on women's contributions that help empower, uplift and improve the lives of those within the local community. In choosing to honor leading women and women's organizations, the Gala Planning Committee recognizes the change agents that women like Latham-Sadler have become in the community.
(Greensboro, NC) November 5, 2013 - Boutique real estate investment banking firm Wharton Gladden & Company will partner with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to present an annual lecture series on diabetes research and prevention. The announcement came at the company's 10th anniversary party, held Friday, Nov. 1, at the Piedmont Club in downtown Winston-Salem.
The $10,000 grant to fund the Irene Wharton Diabetes Lecture Series comes from the Power of One Fund, the charitable fund that Wharton Gladden established in 2009. The fund is administered by the National Christian Foundation in Raleigh.
More than 75 clients and friends of the company attended the event, which was part of the club's monthly "First Friday with Friends" series.
In his remarks to guests, Managing Director Algenon Cash looked back on the company's founding in 2003 and his decision to name the firm after Irene Wharton and Franklin Gladden, who largely inspired and mentored him.
"Quite frankly, I never would've made it out of that little shotgun house in East Winston if it hadn't been for these extraordinary people," Cash said. "By naming the company Wharton Gladden, we honor not just their names, but the principles they lived by. Namely, that it's not enough that you just live; you have to live and serve. That's the kind of company we've built over the last 10 years." (more)
Pictured above:
Algernon Cash, Managing Director, Wharton GladdenAlanna Linden, President, National Christian Foundation (Raleigh Branch)Andrea Jenkins, Major Gifts Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterRonny Bell, Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest School of MedicineDon Bowden, Director, Center for Diabetes Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Favorite HP Book: Prisoner of Azkaban... And Half Blood Prince too!
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Favorite Artist(s): Maroon 5, The Fray, One Republic
Favorite Song(s): I've got something like 60 favorite songs so I'll just write a few. Nothing Lasts Forever - M5, Look After You - TF, Stop and Stare - OR, Here in Your Arms - Hellogoodbye, Must Get Out - M5, Shadow of the Day - LP... the list goes on and on...
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THE Sport Mart banner is about to disappear from the Winnipeg scene forever.
The poorer sister to Sport Chek -- they're both owned by Calgary-based FGL Sports -- will shut its 60 stores across the country by the end of March. In Winnipeg, that means its last location on west Portage Avenue will be having some significant blowout sales before closing on March 17, according to Brendon Arnold, public relations specialist with FGL.
"This is all about growing our best-positioned and most strategic banners," he said. "It was a decision due to performance and demand."
The company is going to put all its eggs in the baskets of its higher-margin retailers -- Sport Chek and Atmosphere, a store focused on camping and outdoor recreation.
(Atmosphere doesn't have any locations in Manitoba, but it has a presence in B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Quebec.)
Sport Mart focuses on price-conscious consumers while Sport Chek tends to have a greater variety of products and a wider range of prices.
"We're going to be adding more than 100 Sport Chek and Atmosphere stores across the country over the next five years and opening more than two million square feet of real estate," he said.
Arnold said it was too early to tell what steps will be taken in Winnipeg or Manitoba.
The shutdown of Sport Mart won't come as a surprise to regular shoppers. FGL closed its Pembina Highway location near the University of Manitoba and another across from the Polo Park shopping centre a little more than two years ago. At the time, the company said its two remaining stores were profitable.
Then last year, its store at the Kildonan Place shopping centre was mothballed.


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The storied Rollins College men's and women's tennis programs are proud to be once again hosting one of the nation's premier fall collegiate tournaments, the C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational on Oct. 4-6 in Winter Park.
Headquarters for the event is Copeland Stadium inside the Bert Martin Tennis Complex on Rollins' campus. Competition will also take place at the Tiedtke Tennis courts in the heart of campus and at the Winter Park Tennis Center at Azalea Lane.
Updates and results will be posted on this site throughout the tournament.
Fans are encouraged to park in the SunTrust Garage adjacent to the Rollins campus (Campus Map)
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Bert Martin Tennis Complex (tournament headquarters): Located on the campus of Rollins College next to the Alfond Sports Center.
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Making a positive difference in our community
Our Community Principles
The Kelda Group provides local communities with much more than just high quality water and sewerage services.
We have an extensive engagement programme, providing support and help-in-kind to a wide variety of different organisations across the communities we serve. These partnerships are of enormous important to us in terms of forging stronger links and by making a tangible and positive difference to the quality of people's lives.
We provide this support in three key areas:
- Education - through educating young people and local communities on the value of what we do.
- Environment - playing a key role as one of Yorkshire's largest land owners in enhancing the natural and build environment.
- Empowerment - providing opportunities for our colleagues to share skills with the local community through employee supported volunteering.
We aim to do this by:
- Providing a range of educational visits into our industry, strongly aligned to the National Curriculum, through our education and outreach programme.
- Raising awareness of our capital investment programme through open days, customer events and community presentations.
- Educating customer groups through our campaign work on key issues relevant to the water industry.
- Supporting local communities through our employee supported volunteering programme.
- Providing financial support through our employee fundraising team to local and regional charities, and by offering Payroll Giving opportunities
- Recognising vulnerable customers through our Helping Hands register, providing guidance and support in respect of bill payment, and raising awareness of Bogus Caller issues.
- Communicating widely, where possible, throughout the delivery of capital investment work to deliver the best possible solution whilst minimising disruption to customers.
- Managing our impact on the local environment through our investments to coastal and river water quality, by reducing our carbon footprint, creating more of our own energy and by developing a plan to manage water supplies in the event of a drought.
- By developing sustainable environmental and community partnerships and through regular liaison with key stakeholders throughout the region and industry.
The Kelda Group does not partake in any commercial initiatives in the community.
Our Community Management Targets and Outturns for 2015/16 were:
1. Impact of our extensive capital investment programme
- Our media score target for 2015/16 was +15. We out-turned at 15.2.
- Bathing Waters - Our target was to deliver the required waste water standards to play our part in the Yorkshire Bathing Water Partnership's aim for 8 Blue Flags along the region's coastline in 2015.
The outputs for 2015/16 are detailed on Page 25 of the Annual Report and whilst only 4 Blue Flags were achieved in the region, we delivered the waste water standards required to achieve 8 Flags and we continue to support the multiagency Yorkshire Bathing Water Partnership to help the region achieve the overall goal. The partnership has agreed to continue as a group striving for 8 Blue Flags in the region.
2. Supporting customers in respect of price rises, affordability and water poverty by:
- Contributing £922,000 to the Yorkshire Water Community Trust in 2015/16 which helped over 2,000 customers.
- Our Resolve enhanced scheme payment matching scheme. Over 5,000 customers made payments worth £1.16 million through Resolve, and in turn the company wrote off £2.7 million of outstanding debt during the financial year 2015/16.
- Providing the Watersure tariff to customers meeting the criteria. During 2015/16, we helped over 6,000 customers with our Watersure tariff with each customer benefitting from an average reduction in their Water Bill of £405.
- Providing a social tariff, WaterSupport, to 9,000 customers saving each household an average of £170 each.
- Offering flexible payment plans offering varying regularity of payment terms and methods
- Offering free water meters are available to all Yorkshire Water customers paying by rateable value and promoting water efficiency
- Partnering with other organisations to promote budgeting advice to customers offered by third parties such as Step Change
3. Creating greater awareness and building understanding of our services by:
- Offered an education programme, educational visits and speakers service to the community we serve.
- During 2015/16, 318 education sessions were delivered at our centres providing 8483 tour opportunities at clean and waste water treatment works.
- Our Green Classroom resource was issued to 43 schools – a total of 1680 booklets being issued across the region.
- During 2015/16 our volunteer speakers attended 151 events, reaching an audience of over 2123 adults customers and 6620 students at 55 schools
- We delivered the second year of our 'Save a little save a lot' campaign, creating 17,651,580 opportunities to hear or see our campaign messages. As a result we received 38,305 water pack sign up requests against a target of 27,000, which equates to a saving of 1.64 megalitres per day of water. In addition, 40% of customers surveyed said that the main message they took away from the campaign was that it was important to save water. The packs were promoted via customer events, advertising campaigns and information delivered to customer homes.
- Our 'This is Yorkshire Water' campaign was launched in Janaury 2016 to increase customer perception around basic messaging concerning the services we provide. These key messages were:
- Provide all of Yorkshire with clean Safe drinking water,
- Protect the environment,
- Invest in beaches to make them the best in Europe,
- Return waste water back to nature safely,
- Reducing leakage
-Helping to boost Yorkshire's economy
- During the campaign we received 2.1 million customers through a postcard insert and 397,031 customers via facebook advertising. In the final wave of tracking the campaign effectiveness, 20% of customers recall seeing the This is Yorkshire Water campaign, this was up 13% from the initial read on recall (which we tracked midway into the campaign) and up 9% from average levels of recall from previous campaigns
Our brand perception and value for money score was increased by 4% from the beginning of the campaign to when campaign tracking ended and Almost half (45%) of customers said their perception of YW was 'much better' as result of coming across the campaign.
4. Demonstrating our large environmental responsibilities, sustainability and conservation by:
- During 2015/16 we continued to play an active role in managing flood risk through our involvement in local and regional flood partnership groups, taking part in training exercises with emergency services and local resilience forums, and investing in a number of flood risk schemes in partnership with local authorities and the Environment Agency.
- Our £0.5 million investment in a flood wall at one of our water pumping stations was put to the test just months after it was built and successfully prevented 500,000 customers from losing drinking water supply during the Boxing Day 2016 floods.
- We continue our work to improve access to our land and reservoirs, working with the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Experience Community, an inclusive access specialist, to upgrade the path around Grimwith reservoir to make it suitable for off road wheelchairs, buggies and trikes. We have also delivered year one of the four year Upper Nidderdale Landscape Partnership, working with farmers, English Heritage, the Wildlife Trust and others to protect and enhance the wildlife habitats and historic artefacts of this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- We continue to support region wide efforts to tackle invasive species on and along our waterways. Invasive species such as floating pennywort out-compete our native plants and can completely choke rivers and ponds with damaging effects on native wildlife and our infrastructure as well as preventing recreational use by anglers and canoeists. We have worked with the Environment Agency and the Canal and Rivers Trust to tackle invasive species as part of a co-ordinated effort across the Calder, Don and Aire catchments.
- KWS(Defence) have been involved in a number of large construction schemes resulting in environmental improvements in both the clean and waste water networks across the MoD estate. These projects have included numerous stakeholders, including the Environment Agency, Natural England and DIO. One project, Sennybridge Training Area, hosts three sites of special scientific interest and we supported a project to enable potable water to be obtained from new boreholes instead of via bowsers, which involved the installation of new water treatment works including new chlorination units, UV disinfection and filtration systems. This project represented a significant environmental benefit and a sustainable long term solution for provision of potable water to this remote site.
- In July 2015, over 20 KWS(Defence) colleagues participated in the Kelda Community Conservation Day held at our head office in Barnsley. Colleagues worked in teams to build over 40 bird boxes and bug houses which have now been distributed across our sites, stretching from Cornwall – South West - Wales – Midlands, to help provide nature a home. A member of the RSPB attended to offer help and advice. Delicious cakes made my KWS(D) staff were on sale throughout the day to provide the required sugar levels needed for the DIY construction, this raised over £40 for charity.
Our community management targets are reviewed annually during our business planning process.
Key publications
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd Annual Report (Year ended 31 March 2016)


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"It's really just a matter of quality. It will cost more to do it ourselves, but we aren't willing to sacrifice quality," says Dustin Hilgaertner, co-founder of the company. "We've also put a lot of effort into improving our own design skills and learning new technologies, so we can do the design and development ourselves."
The company had a few issues with outsourcing, Hilgaertner says, including the time it was taking to vet potential partners, inconsistent quality of service, and high turnover at the service providers once the contract was signed.
Kick the outsourcing habit tip No. 2: Cold turkey is not on the insourcing menu
When it comes to moving off outsourcing, you can't just quit. The transition toward internal IT should be gradual, and you need to build time and budget into the process, especially when the insourcing push affects multiple entities within the organization.
"Understand that by no means is this transition an overnight process," says Andrew Schrage, founder and co-owner of Money Crashers Personal Finance, a provider of online educational services in areas such as credit and debt, investing, real estate, and insurance.
The company is in the process of bringing most of its outsourced technology projects back in-house because it feels much of the outsourced work has not been of high quality and has encountered numerous communication issues with its overseas provider.
"Our operation is small, and the transition is still taking us several months," Schrage says. "For larger organizations, the insourcing of previously outsourced IT can take as much as a year or even more to complete."
In many cases, the transition can be more expensive than the original move to outsourcing, Schrage adds. Cancellation fees, increased staffing costs, the expense of transferring software licenses -- it all adds up.
"Thoroughly investigate all expenses associated with a return to insourced IT before moving forward," Schrage advises. "Also, keep in mind that your soon-to-be former vendor is unlikely to provide much assistance in the transition. For this reason, be sure your organization is adequately staffed to handle the workload increase."
Kick the outsourcing habit tip No. 3: Invest in expertise
Insourcing success rests on personnel. And while kicking the outsourcing habit certainly spells a vote of confidence for current IT staff, you are likely going to need new blood to get it done.
Application development, help desk operations, network management -- any IT function brought in-house after relying on a service provider will require people prepared to support the same level of services. Ending an outsourcing relationship before having internal staff ready to take over invites disaster.
There are plenty of ways to find and attract qualified IT professionals who possess the skills you're looking for -- particularly via social media sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook. How long it takes to fill job roles and how much it will cost should factor into your insourcing plans. Coupled with your staff's current skill sets and willingness to train, the makeup of IT candidates you budget to hire will have a significant impact on the types of IT projects that will prove easiest to insource.


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Napoli need to beat Arsenal by three goals to ensure they qualify for the knockout stages, and the 22-year-old Italy international says his side will never give up
Rafa Benitez's side lost 3-1 to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, meaning they will have to beat Arsenal by three goals in their clash at the Stadio San Paolo next month to qualify if Borussia Dortmund beat Olympique de Marseille.
Insigne, who scored at Signal Iduna Park, believes that the Partenopei will fight until the bitter end to make it into the last 16 of the tournament.
"Obviously I am pleased with my goal, but it was bittersweet," he told Mediaset Premium.
"Still, I am confident because we put in a good performance and we are still in with a shout.
"We will be giving our all with our home fans behind us in our final game and, even against a top team like Arsenal, anything is possible."
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Inline Plastics Corp. introduces a new Sandwich Wedge clamshell container, the newest version of the company's breakthrough Safe-T-Fresh line of products. The container's upscale design promotes more attractive product merchandising that highlights the quality of its contents. The perimeter seal design of the containers provides increased product shelf life and better protection of its contents.
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Just when we think our groupie years are behind us, a pic like this comes out and makes us want to wake up at the butt crack of dawn to cry and scream "I Love You!" at the New Kids on the Block's Today Show concert on Friday. The Boston boy band that disbanded in 1994 is back! Step by Step, they've been recording new material and teasing their fans with promises of a reunion and it's finally here! They're releasing a single this spring, which will be followed by an album and TV show this summer. Might we also suggest re-releasing the NKOTB pillowcase? Now that there together again, we want to sleep with them. The Block, as they call themselves, have been hanging tough over the past decade: Donnie became an actor like his rapper/actor brother Mark(y Mark), Jordan was on the Surreal Life III, Danny formed a record label, Joey was on Dancing with the Stars and Jonathan became a real estate developer. But now they're back in the booty shakin' business and writing the songs for themselves. Donnie said, "We are not pretending to be somebody else. We didn't go country, no rap, no metal. We are who we are." Something tells us they've still got the right stuff. [Boston Herald]


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As I noted yesterday in my NB Extra piece, in an October 26 editorial listing endorsements for the Montgomery County [Md.] Council, the Washington Post erroneously stated that the incumbent County Executive Isiah "Ike" Leggett (D) was unopposed in his reelection bid.
That simply is not true, and the Post today issued a correction noting that Leggett does indeed face a challenge, from Republican Doug Rosenfeld.
Yet in today's correction notice, the Post noted that it will print an "editorial on that contest... in the coming days."
The Post most certainly has a right to make such an endorsement, but considering its gross negligence in the first place, should the paper opt simply to refuse to make an endorsement?
A search of the Nexis database from September 15 (the day after the primary election) through October 27 found just two mentions of Rosenfeld. The second was today's correction notice and the first was the very last paragraph of Metro section reporter Michael Laris's September 15 roundup of local primary election results:
In the Republican primary for county executive, attorney Douglas E. Rosenfeld, who county elections officials said registered as a Republican in April, was leading ghostwriter Daniel Vovak. The GOP winner will have the unenviable task in strongly Democratic Montgomery of taking on incumbent Isiah Leggett come November.
By contrast, aside from those two aforementioned articles, Isiah Leggett was mentioned in 11 stories in the same time frame, although it appears all of them are connected to Leggett's duties as county executive, with none specifically focused on his reelection bid.
Clearly the Post has neglected to report on the Leggett/Rosenfeld matchup in any substantive fashion.
Issuing an endorsement in light of that and yesterday's gaffe would seem to serve no purpose other than to make a pronouncement in favor of a liberal incumbent.
Of course, the Post could pleasantly surprise this conservative Montgomery County resident, but I'm not holding my breath.


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Move Over, Chili – A New GUMBO-Cooking Contest is Coming to Shreveport!
Who's got the best gumbo in north Louisiana? We get a chance to find out — at the newest culinary competition to hit Shreveport-Bossier…Battle of the Gumbo Gladiators. Seafood and non-seafood gumbo gurus get to go head-to-head to see who's creation is the best Saturday, March 9th, in downtown Shreveport's Festival Plaza.
Amie Roberts with Volunteers for Youth Justice tells KEEL News she's looking for sponsors, teams, vendors — and a few more judges for the contest. "We've got Randall Reeder, a lot of people know him," Roberts says. "We're also going to have former LouisianaGovernor Buddy Roemer."
And we've been told our own Erin McCarty is also on tap to judge the contest. (I've also volunteered, but no word on whether I'll be chosen.)
Roberts says sponsorthips range from $100 to $2,500 and feature a variety of promotions, food tickets, event t-shirts and other incentives. Cost to enter the cook-off is $100 for either non-seafood or seafood gumbo, or $125 to compete with both. The winning team in each category gets $400.
Vendors are needed, too. Booths are only $25 each. Louisiana-themed or Louisiana-made items are preferred, and booth space is limited.
So…what does money raised at the event go toward? Roberts says it all benefits VYJ's programs for abused, neglected and at-risk children right here in Northwest Louisiana.
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We're excited to roll out a new feature on the Washington Post, and exclusively for PostTV. Trendex surfaces videos that are tied to the pulse of Washington Post journalism on the social web.
Trendex offers Post users a realtime view of stories that the social web is talking about. And it allows users to dive deeper: After clicking on a particular topic, Trendex highlights videos that are even more fine-tuned to the topic.
You can find Trendex on all PostTV pages or visit its home, wapo.st/trendex.
Yours in trending,
Cory Haik, Executive Producer and Senior editor for Digital news
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Scientists are curious people. They are always asking questions and looking for answers. You can find books here about some of the things they study: storms, caves, rainbows and avalanches, to name a few.
There are also links to some of my favorite sites about this amazing universe we live in. The sites will probably give you a … More about Curiosity...


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bruton Smith just can't help himself sometimes.
The eccentric track owner this week suggested he might move a race away from Charlotte Motor Speedway at the exact same time a committee is considering electing him into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
When the 54 voters cast their ballots today, it will be impossible to overlook Smith's most recent headline-grabbing stunt. He told Charlotte television station WBTV on Monday there's a "70 per cent chance" he'll move the October race at Charlotte to his Las Vegas property.
He backtracked Tuesday in a statement that indicated his comments were out of anger in his fight with Cabarrus County over taxes.
"No final decision has been made regarding any race date move, and I have not discussed this with NASCAR," he said, before listing $100 million in improvements at CMS the past six years. "We've done this without asking for a handout from the government, like we've seen from so many other sports facilities, teams or franchises, and yet at the same time property values are falling during the recession, our Cabarrus County taxes have doubled since 2005."
Smith was left off the list of 25 nominees the first four years of the Hall of Fame. He maintained he didn't care, but when his name was finally added last month to the list of nominees, the overwhelming congratulations made him realize the magnitude of the honour.
"It wasn't something I was particularly concerned about," Smith said in a recent interview from the office he works out of at his Ford dealership. "But then I was nominated and became a candidate and all the people around me told me how wonderful it was. So it was wonderful."
The public tax squabble could jeopardize his chances to become a first ballot Hall of Famer. But that's who Smith is -- he says what he thinks at the moment and doesn't much worry about consequences. He also likes to bluff, and the game is much easier when you've got as many chips as the billionaire owner of Speedway Motorsports Inc.
It's a game he's long played with NASCAR, dating to the early days when founder Bill France Sr. was still building his regional stock-car series. Smith has been hooked since his family took him as an 8-year-old to the old Charlotte Fairground for his first race.
"I loved it so damn much I needed another set of eyes because I couldn't see enough," said Smith, who was driving cars at 11 and figured out by 16 the vehicles he had access to didn't go fast enough for his liking.
His plan wasn't to become a race promoter; Smith maintains he was "talked into that" during a driver meeting. But he agreed to give it a shot, and despite heavy rains the day of the race, made enough money on his first event that his interest was piqued.
So Smith tried to promote a second race and made a little more money, correcting the mistakes he'd made in his first outing. By the time he promoted his third event, he was hooked.
"Making money can be quite habit forming," Smith said.
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Paris is now the biggest real estate investment destination in Europe, having overtaken London in the second half of last year according to new data released by CB Richard Ellis...
Paris is now the biggest real estate investment destination in Europe, having overtaken London in the second half of last year according to new data released by CB Richard Ellis.
In its survey of European capital markets, CBRE reports that investment volumes in Paris hit 7.9 billion Euros in 2H 2011, up from 3.6 billion Euros in the first half of the year. With this Paris pipped London at the post with its 7.8 billion Euros investment volume.
The office sector drove the surge in Paris investment according to the report, with a mixture of single-asset and large portfolio transactions. With turnover up 30.7% in the second half of 2011, Paris now accounts for over 14% of the European real estate investment market according to CBRE.
The report also highlights a recovery in Moscow real estate investment. With 2.6 billion Euros invested in the second half, compared to 1.9 bn in the first half, Moscow overtook Berlin to become the sixth biggest real estate investment market in Europe. CBRE believes investment in Moscow will continue to grow. 'Domestic investors account for the majority of commercial real estate investment in Russia. Once foreign investors recover their appetite for Russia, we can expect Russia to rise further, not least as it is one of Europe's three megapolises,' said Christopher Peters, CBRE research director for Russia.
The report's market by market analysis shows strong year on year growth in real estate investment for 2011 as a whole in France and Germany, while investment shrank in Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the UK. In fact, in Ireland only 8 deals were done in 2011 almost every one following a repossession, and in Portugal only 15 deals were done. This shows that while bond investors may have eased up of late, property investors are still shaky when it comes to the sovereign debt crisis.
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Italian-American Experience Lecture Series: A Tribute to Jimmy Roselli
The Hofstra Cultural Center presents the Spring 2013 Italian-American Experience Lecture Series: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Jimmy Roselli. On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 7 p.m. the spotlight will be on Jimmy Roselli. The speaker will be David Evanier, author of Making the Wiseguys Weep: The Jimmy Roselli Story. He will be joined by Lenny Triola, Music Promoter, Wantagh, NY.
Location: Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Admission is free to all lectures in the series.
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By Lisa Kaczke
The last time I watched the Boston Marathon was from my ninth-floor apartment looking down at the race route on Boylston Street, a mile from the finish line.
That day in 2011 was the conclusion of a three-day weekend that we knew to savor before diving into the last weeks of our graduate school semester, when the workload never seems to diminish and sleep is merely a suggestion.
Three friends and I had already seen a re-enactment of the battles for which Boston celebrates Patriots Day. We had loaded into a car at 7:30 a.m. and driven to Concord, sleep-deprived and exhausted. One of our class assignments was to live tweet the re-enactment of the Battle of Concord at Minute Man National Historical Park. The irony that we were tweeting like it was 1775 to learn about journalism's future wasn't lost on us and made the trip all the more memorable.
Returning to the Back Bay neighborhood that day, the marathon course through Boston was beginning to take form as the metal barricades were put into place. I later walked through Copley Square, making several detours around the finish line and tents that would be the point of triumph for so many of the runners we would be cheering on from the sidelines.
In all the times I've watched the Boston Marathon, my friends and I have enjoyed the atmosphere of happiness and joy that hangs in the air that day.
As I watched the video of bombs exploding in my former neighborhood on a sidewalk that I have walked so many times, there's a loss of words to describe the feelings. Sadness, disbelief, gut-wrenching, unbelievable, horror, tragic – none of them seem to be enough to convey the feelings that arose for what was, for a time, my home.
As a young adult, I joined the past, present and future generations of Minnesotans drawn to Boston's colleges and universities, to become one more connection in the network spanning the globe of alumni educated not only in Boston's classrooms, but also its neighborhoods, dorms, libraries, bars, restaurants and historical sites. When I decided to go back to school for my master's degree, any Boston school with the program I was looking for was at the top of my list.
It's a city that ingrains itself into your heart unlike any city I've ever visited or lived in. You can feel its heart, its beat, its soul. You can see the toughness of its residents, but also their love for and loyalty to each other. As you sit in the Public Garden and the Common, the city is living and breathing, humming around you as its people walk where they need to go.
We, as college students, got folded into the mix of Boston, learning along the way the certain eccentricities that are only-in-Boston: Sept. 1 is a citywide moving day, how to identify tourists by how long they wait on the corner for the walk signal, trying to take the Green Line anywhere before and after Red Sox home games is a horrible idea.
You also learn that Marathon Monday is the best day of the year to be a Boston resident. The holiday means that the city's residents are free from school and work to line the marathon route, cheering on every runner that comes through. It's a day when everyone wants everyone to do well and all successes, no matter how small, are celebrated.
It grieves me that this special day was forever marred for so many people. I grieve for the hurting city that has given me so much – knowledge, friendships, relationships, happiness and years of life experiences.
But I have no doubt Boston will emerge from this tragedy as a community with even stronger bonds than already exist.
The news that a Boston University graduate student was among the three deaths caused my grad school friends and I to reach out to each other because in 2011, we were BU grad students celebrating Marathon Monday at various spots on Boylston Street. We didn't know the student, but it doesn't matter – the student is in our BU family.
Between my Boston friends and acquaintances, there's a collective grieving among us this week, a feeling that our family has been harmed. Although we're spread out in the country, practicing the professions we first learned in Boston, our hearts are always in the city that we all called home.
Contact Lisa Kaczke at [email protected]


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Temple, Bogusia (1998) A fair trial? Judging quality in qualitative research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1 (3). pp. 205-215. ISSN 1364-5579
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Callie Ann DeBellis
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Areas of Expertise
- Service-Learning Pedagogy
- International Education
- Contemporary Latin American short stories
Work Experience
Professional biography
Callie DeBellis graduated from Colorado College with a Bachelor's degree in English literature. After studying for a semester in Chile then living and volunteering in Costa Rica and Mexico for a couple of years post-graduation she found that her true passion lies in Hispanic literatures and cultures, which is what she pursued in her graduate studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. Professor DeBellis, a recipient of the Pauline Davis Perry Award for excellence in teaching, teaches all levels of beginning and intermediate Spanish as well as Advanced Conversation and Spanish seminar courses. She is the director of the Language and Culture summer study abroad program in Costa Rica and has served on a variety of campus-wide committees, including Service-Learning and PRISM. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Academic Credentials
MA in Hispanic Literatures: UNC-Chapel Hill, 2004
BA: English Literature: Colorado College, 1996
- Service-Learning Pedagogy in Foreign Languages classrooms and programs abroad
- Assessment of cross-cultural competencies
April 2013: Pauline Davis Award for Excellence in Teaching
May 2008: Faculty Advisor Multicultural Award - Celebrating Multicultural Competencies in Academic Advising Certificate Program "For demonstrated knowledge and commitment to multicultural and diversity issues in academic advising."
April 2008: Access Award "For making significant contributions towards the advocacy, support, encouragement and success of students with disabilities within the Meredith Community."
March 2013: Awarded Environmental Sustainability Initiative course development grant
April 2008: Faculty Development Grant for curriculum development in Costa Rica
April 2008: Travel Grant from the Office of International Programs to develop a new summer abroad program in Costa Rica.
Board member: Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012-Present
"Reflecting on Social Awareness: Global Communities in Study Abroad." Presented at the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean conference in Chiapas, Mexico. February 2012.
"Connecting the Dots: Service-Learning, Critical Thinking and Leadership." Co-presented with Diane Strangis at 3rd Annual Stone Soup Conference: Meredith College, Raleigh, NC May 2012.
"Your Service-Learning Toolbox: An Instructor's Guide to Language Classrooms." Presented at the American Council of Foreign Language Teachers Conference in Denver, Colorado. November 2011.
"'Magical Neoliberalism' as a Transculturating Force in the Narrative of Alberto Fuguet." Presented at the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference at The College of Charleston. October, 2003.
"The New Voice of Nancy Morejón." Presented at the International Symposium of Poetry at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. March, 2003.
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AFTER being told he'd have weeks to live, the family of a Newport tot have spoken of their relief after their son made a remarkable recovery from a rare heart condition which evaded doctors' diagnosis for two years.
Three-year-old Ben Campling, of Malpas, was just a baby when in November 2010 he became ill and grey-looking, screaming with pain from lung and stomach troubles which, unbeknown to his parents and doctors, all stemmed from a rare heart condition called cor-triatrium.
While doctors scanned Ben's stomach and lungs and found nothing wrong, a membrane had grown over the left hand side of his heart, causing the right hand side to work harder and become enlarged.
This caused problems throughout the little boy's body and he spent up to 12 hours a day lying on the floor, in his mum's lap or being read to by his grandmother as he was too tired to move or play.
"He was very lethargic and didn't drink," said mum Helen Campling, 33, who along with husband Andy, 39, kept diaries about everything Ben ate and how he reacted, to try and narrow down the cause of his illness.
"His lips were always a funny colour and I could feel his heart racing. Doctors said he had a virus. I would wonder, why aren't they listening? You start thinking, am I being paranoid?"
After two years of repeated visits to doctors and the hospital, Mr Campling was home with Ben one day when he noticed his son was very thin, "a bag of bones", he said.
The pair took Ben back to the doctor's and described how the doctor's face turned ashen. They were told: "Pack a bag and go to the hospital, there's something really wrong here."
At Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital, Ben's heart was scanned by a paediatrician with a specialism in cardiology – revealing the membrane which had been stifling growth in the left side of his young heart.
"He had a couple of weeks left, he wouldn't have lasted until Christmas," said Mrs Campling.
Ben was rushed to Cardiff's Heath Hospital where his parents were told he'd have to go to Bristol, Birmingham or Great Ormond Street Hospital, and that it could be six weeks until the operation, which is usually performed when a child is a year old.
In fact the surgeons wanted to operate that week and the family went to Bristol Children's Hospital, where Mr and Mrs Campling were able to stay at the Ronald McDonald house nearby, a facility they describe as a "godsend".
At the end of August 2012, aged two, Ben underwent surgery and spent two days in intensive care.
"When he was woken up he was so hungry he ate an adult portion of shepherd's pie," said Mr Campling. "Later he ate nine pieces of toast. Within weeks he was stronger and stronger."
Having undergone hundreds of tests and scans in his young life, Ben will not need another operation. He now attends nursery, goes swimming and dreams of becoming a fireman.
"He was incredibly brave," said his mum. "We are very proud of Ben."
The family, who are long-time members of Forresters Car Club in Cwmbran, helped the club to raise more than £2,300 for Bristol Children's Hospital Wallace and Gromit appeal last year, when the club chose them as charity of the year because of Ben. The family helped sell rally tickets and organise quiz nights to raise cash.


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The campaign was shot by photographer Tom Craig, who is known for his world travels and his refusal to let a little old terrain get in the way of a potentially fabulous destination shoot. Tom was an obvious choice for the campaign, as he has travelled the world numerous times on his various editorial projects, explained the company's style director, Dan May, of the photographer who has worked with big name celebrities in places like Armenia, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, The Sudan, and The Congo. Tom was also perfect to capture a reflection of our varying customers, from the younger, cooler fashion guy to the more urban contemporary gentleman - able to capture characters and the locations with style and power in equal measure.
To accurately represent how the company ships to over 170 countries in the world, which includes some of the most remote locations, Craig and the MR PORTER team shot this project from the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland to a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles and the Badlands of South Dakota. MR PORTER offers a truly global service, with customers in every corner of the world, said Mario Muttenthaler, the companys head of sales and marketing. For our FW12 campaign we wanted to bring across the service aspect, the diversity of our customer base as well as the seasonality of our offering.
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ESPNâs X Games has invited many past medalists and top athletes from around the world for the inaugural X Games Austin, to be held June 5-8 at Circuit of The Americasâ¢. The competition will feature more than 200 athletes competing for medals and prize money in the sports of Skateboard, BMX, RallyCross, Moto X and for the first time, the discipline of Stadium Super Trucks. As part of the enhanced music and festival-style offerings at X Games Austin, the X Games: Battle of the Bands competition will make its debut.
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A POLICE officer had to be rescued after driving his new Skoda patrol car through deep floodwater.
The officer was marooned after his engine cut out as he drove along Derritt Lane, Bransgore, which has been closed for two weeks due to flooding, with an abandoned car already in the water.
Onlooker Simon Rowley said: "He will certainly be in deep water."
A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: "He was following several other cars that had successfully driven through the water without any difficulty, but, unfortunately, the marked Skoda Scout he was driving broke down," he said.
"The water level did not exceed wheel height and there was no ingress of water into the interior of the car. However, the vehicle unfortunately stopped.
"It has now been recovered and will be examined at our workshops to determine the exact nature of the breakdown. " Floodwater is expected to continue to cause problems over the weekend.