Sara Sperling (born September 27, 1971) is an American human resources executive, known for her work on inclusivity and diversity in the technology industry, and co-founder of a consulting agency.
Biography
Sperling obtained a BS in Applied Mathematics and a BA in Economics from University of California Irvine in 1993. She holds a MA from Stanford University and a MBA from Santa Clara University where she started her career in human resources. She has a daughter and identifies as a lesbian.
Work on diversity in tech
Sperling joined Facebook in 2010 and developed their diversity policy. She was their senior manager of diversity in 2014, and is especially known for her work on inclusion for LGBT employees. She briefly became the Head of Human Resources at Snapchat, before moving to Doordash<ref name=":0" /> and co-founding a human-resources consultancy, Oxegen consulting, in 2016.
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Biography
Sperling obtained a BS in Applied Mathematics and a BA in Economics from University of California Irvine in 1993. She holds a MA from Stanford University and a MBA from Santa Clara University where she started her career in human resources. She has a daughter and identifies as a lesbian.
Work on diversity in tech
Sperling joined Facebook in 2010 and developed their diversity policy. She was their senior manager of diversity in 2014, and is especially known for her work on inclusion for LGBT employees. She briefly became the Head of Human Resources at Snapchat, before moving to Doordash<ref name=":0" /> and co-founding a human-resources consultancy, Oxegen consulting, in 2016.
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Jackson John Pollock (1869? - 1995) was an American longevity claimant.
Life
He was born on a farm near Hawkinsville, Georgia, the son of former slaves. He claimed his family lived near Finleyson, Georgia. He never married or had any children. He claimed to a reporter to have been born in 1866. Social Security records showed a date of birth of December 25, 1869, though Pollock likely wouldn't have had a birth certificate and Social Security might have been using a date provided by Pollock. He also claimed to have worked as a mail carrier to support his thirteen siblings, and that he served in the Army during both the Spanish-American War and World War I.
In the Los Angeles Times interview, he also suggested that his father lived to 99 years of age and his mother to 107. In Mount Air Baptist Church Cemetery, where he (and supposedly his parents) is buried, a certain George and John Pollock are buried, according to Find A Grave. John Pollock was born March 13, 1882 and died April 23, 1981, aged 99. George Pollock died, according to his grave, on June 21, 1967, while his date of birth remains unknown. The census of 1910 does mention a George Pollock, having an estimated birth date of 1860, married with Lulu Pollock (who has an estimated birth date of 1865), in Finleyson.
If this George Pollock was indeed born in 1860, and that this is the same George as the one buried in Mount Air Baptist Church Cemetery, he would have died at the age of 107 years. Since these two are buried in the same cemetery as Jackson Pollock, and the death ages of 107 and 99 years reoccur, it could well be that these two are related to Jackson Pollock and that Jackson Pollock could have confused the death ages with that of his father and mother. In fact, there is a reasonable chance George Pollock is actually the father of Jackson (and John maybe the brother), because if it is true that the father and mother are buried at the same cemetery, then the number of people who could be the father or mother severely declines. Find A Grave only list five people named Pollock who are buried in Mount Air Baptist Church Cemetery and who were born before 1900 (excluding Jackson and including George).
Death
Pollock died in 1995 in Baldwin County, Georgia. He was buried next to his parents. His tombstone was provided by John Middleton Co. as he was known to be a fan of their Prince Albert tobacco.
Life
He was born on a farm near Hawkinsville, Georgia, the son of former slaves. He claimed his family lived near Finleyson, Georgia. He never married or had any children. He claimed to a reporter to have been born in 1866. Social Security records showed a date of birth of December 25, 1869, though Pollock likely wouldn't have had a birth certificate and Social Security might have been using a date provided by Pollock. He also claimed to have worked as a mail carrier to support his thirteen siblings, and that he served in the Army during both the Spanish-American War and World War I.
In the Los Angeles Times interview, he also suggested that his father lived to 99 years of age and his mother to 107. In Mount Air Baptist Church Cemetery, where he (and supposedly his parents) is buried, a certain George and John Pollock are buried, according to Find A Grave. John Pollock was born March 13, 1882 and died April 23, 1981, aged 99. George Pollock died, according to his grave, on June 21, 1967, while his date of birth remains unknown. The census of 1910 does mention a George Pollock, having an estimated birth date of 1860, married with Lulu Pollock (who has an estimated birth date of 1865), in Finleyson.
If this George Pollock was indeed born in 1860, and that this is the same George as the one buried in Mount Air Baptist Church Cemetery, he would have died at the age of 107 years. Since these two are buried in the same cemetery as Jackson Pollock, and the death ages of 107 and 99 years reoccur, it could well be that these two are related to Jackson Pollock and that Jackson Pollock could have confused the death ages with that of his father and mother. In fact, there is a reasonable chance George Pollock is actually the father of Jackson (and John maybe the brother), because if it is true that the father and mother are buried at the same cemetery, then the number of people who could be the father or mother severely declines. Find A Grave only list five people named Pollock who are buried in Mount Air Baptist Church Cemetery and who were born before 1900 (excluding Jackson and including George).
Death
Pollock died in 1995 in Baldwin County, Georgia. He was buried next to his parents. His tombstone was provided by John Middleton Co. as he was known to be a fan of their Prince Albert tobacco.
Jennifer Lagier (Oakdale, California) is an American writer, poet, community activist and college librarian/instructor. Her scholarly essays on digital resources and online education have been published in peer-reviewed journals; her poetry has appeared in many literary magazines and blogs. She is the author of sixteen books of poetry and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her poetry primarily includes themes of her Italian ancestry, social justice and nature. She has been recognized for her extensive social justice, environmental activism and support for education in community colleges. She has been a Systems Technology Librarian and instructor at Hartnell College for over fifteen years and served as Dean of Distance Learning, Weekend, Evening Programs & Adjunct Faculty Support for two years. She worked as an online instructional librarian at Monterey Peninsula College and served as editor of the Homestead Review of Hartnell College.
Life, career and community activism
Lagier was born in Oakdale, California and grew up on an Escalon peach ranch in the Central Valley of California. Throughout her life, she has been an activist working for social justice and environmental education and preservation. She was chair of the Peace Coalition of Monterey County and served thirteen years as an elected official and three terms as President of the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District Board. She also served on the City of Marina Planning Commission and Tree Committee. She was an active member of the defunct Regional Alliance for Progressive Policy and served as secretary for the Salinas League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). She was also active with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Lagier served as treasurer for the nonprofit, Pro Democracy Education Fund and worked with artist Kira Carillo Corser as part of the Art is the Next Peace project, promoting nonviolence between communities.
She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University, Stanislaus in 1983; a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984; a Master of Arts in English from California State University, Stanislaus in 1984; and a Ph.D in Computing Technology in Education from Nova Southeastern University in 2002. She has taught creative writing, composition, web authoring, internet literacy, information competency and instructional design courses at Modesto Junior College, Hartnell College, California State University, Monterey Bay and Monterey Peninsula College.
Works
Books of Poetry
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*Camille Mobilizes. FutureCycle Press. 2018. .
*Like a B Movie. FutureCycle Press. 2018. .
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Periodicals
*"Matriarchal Messaging," Good Works Review, 2018.
*"Communion of Clumsy Sisters, Stumbling Souls," Good Works Review, 2017.
*"Chewing Off Our Own Paws," Paterson Literary Review, Issue 35, (2006).
*"Accepting the Habit," Italian Americana, Vol. 18, No. 2, (Summer 2000).
*"Witch Hunt," "Breaking the Fast," "If the Shoe Fits," Paterson Literary Review, Issue No. 27, (1998).
*"Library Service," Slipstream, No. 12 (1992).
*"Breaking Silence, Broken Faith: the Vietnam Wall," Slipstream, No. 10, (1990).
*"Autumn Cadaver, Backyard Mausoleum, Central Valley November," College English, Vol. 50, No. 1, (Jan 1988).
*"Black and White Window into the Past," College English, Vol. 48, No. 8, (Dec 1986).
Scholarly Publications
*"Circling the Drain," "Mistaken Identity," and "Questioning Authority," Voices in Italian Americana, Vol. 19, No. 1. (2008)
*"Food for Thought" and "Shame," Voices in Italian Americana, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 2006).
*Measuring Usage and Usability of Full Text Databases: An Evaluation of Three Electronic Resources at Hartnell College. Issues in Higher Education. Nova Science Publishers, 2005.
*"Cynics' Network News" and "Passionate About the Passion," Voices in Italian Americana, Vol. 15, Number 2 (Fall 2004).
*Distance Learning and the Minority Student: Special Needs and Opportunities. The Internet and Higher Education: Pergamon Press, Vol 6, No. 2 (2003).
*File Types. Internet Encyclopedia, John Wiley and Sons. (January 2004).
*"Matter of Conscience," "Guest of Honor," "Above Lake Maggiore," Voices in Italian Americana, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Fall 1996).
Anthologies
*"First Day of School," in
*"Clueless," "Fear and Dementia," "Dementia," in
*"Last Stand" in
*"Empty" in
*"AARP Booty Call" in
*“Sleuth" in
*“Camille at the Medicare Workshop,” “Muse,” “Camille Morphs to Crone,” in
* "Last Supper" in
*"1958 Fruit Cutting Shed" in
*"Gifts for the Dead" in
*"Immigration, Legacy, Mute Muse Delivers, Wordweaver, Matriarchal Momento, Falling Down on the Gauntlet, Reversion to Rootstock" in
*"Tending the Flock" in Winner of the 1991 American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Honors Award and two Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Awards for design and content, literature (1988) and for excellence and innovation in marketing, literature (1992).
*"second class citizen" in Winner of the American Book Award of the Before Columbus Foundation. Republished in
Online magazines
*"Rebirth," Nature Writing, April 2, 2019.
*"Restoration," Nature Writing, October 15, 2016.
*"If I Listened to Mom," Silver Birch Press, If I Series, October 3, 2016.
*"Soberanes Fire, 2016," The New Verse Review, August 19, 2016. ,
*"The Heart of the Matter," "Watteau Fog," "Scorcher," Dead Snakes, April 28, 2014
*"Valley Fever," Centrifugal Eye, Winter/Spring 2014.
*"Erased," Nerve Cowboy, No. 36, Winter 2014.
*"Dr. Nazi's Poetry Workshop," Subterranean Quarterly, April 2014.
*"Insanity," "Succubus Soulmates," & "Tarnished Grail," Wilderness House Literary Review, No. 9/1, 2014.
*"Lost" & "Return of the Native," The Potomac, Winter 2013.
*"Camille's Half-full Glass," Word Riot, Jan. 15, 2013.
Honors and awards
*Honorable Mention, Reuben Rose Competition, for "Fifties Flashback," 2013.
*PoetryMagazine.com Editor's Choice, Winter 2010, "Fifties Flashback."
*Outstanding Performance Award, Hartnell College, 2004, 2001, 1999.
*California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition, 2002.
*Gleason Faculty Award, Hartnell College, 2002.
*President's Team Leadership Award, Hartnell College, 1998, 2000.
*City of Marina, California, Honorary Mayor, and Key to the City, October 1995.
*City of Marina Certificate of Recognition, September 1995.
*City of Marina Certificate of Appreciation, September 1994.
Life, career and community activism
Lagier was born in Oakdale, California and grew up on an Escalon peach ranch in the Central Valley of California. Throughout her life, she has been an activist working for social justice and environmental education and preservation. She was chair of the Peace Coalition of Monterey County and served thirteen years as an elected official and three terms as President of the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District Board. She also served on the City of Marina Planning Commission and Tree Committee. She was an active member of the defunct Regional Alliance for Progressive Policy and served as secretary for the Salinas League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). She was also active with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Lagier served as treasurer for the nonprofit, Pro Democracy Education Fund and worked with artist Kira Carillo Corser as part of the Art is the Next Peace project, promoting nonviolence between communities.
She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University, Stanislaus in 1983; a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984; a Master of Arts in English from California State University, Stanislaus in 1984; and a Ph.D in Computing Technology in Education from Nova Southeastern University in 2002. She has taught creative writing, composition, web authoring, internet literacy, information competency and instructional design courses at Modesto Junior College, Hartnell College, California State University, Monterey Bay and Monterey Peninsula College.
Works
Books of Poetry
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*Camille Mobilizes. FutureCycle Press. 2018. .
*Like a B Movie. FutureCycle Press. 2018. .
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Periodicals
*"Matriarchal Messaging," Good Works Review, 2018.
*"Communion of Clumsy Sisters, Stumbling Souls," Good Works Review, 2017.
*"Chewing Off Our Own Paws," Paterson Literary Review, Issue 35, (2006).
*"Accepting the Habit," Italian Americana, Vol. 18, No. 2, (Summer 2000).
*"Witch Hunt," "Breaking the Fast," "If the Shoe Fits," Paterson Literary Review, Issue No. 27, (1998).
*"Library Service," Slipstream, No. 12 (1992).
*"Breaking Silence, Broken Faith: the Vietnam Wall," Slipstream, No. 10, (1990).
*"Autumn Cadaver, Backyard Mausoleum, Central Valley November," College English, Vol. 50, No. 1, (Jan 1988).
*"Black and White Window into the Past," College English, Vol. 48, No. 8, (Dec 1986).
Scholarly Publications
*"Circling the Drain," "Mistaken Identity," and "Questioning Authority," Voices in Italian Americana, Vol. 19, No. 1. (2008)
*"Food for Thought" and "Shame," Voices in Italian Americana, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 2006).
*Measuring Usage and Usability of Full Text Databases: An Evaluation of Three Electronic Resources at Hartnell College. Issues in Higher Education. Nova Science Publishers, 2005.
*"Cynics' Network News" and "Passionate About the Passion," Voices in Italian Americana, Vol. 15, Number 2 (Fall 2004).
*Distance Learning and the Minority Student: Special Needs and Opportunities. The Internet and Higher Education: Pergamon Press, Vol 6, No. 2 (2003).
*File Types. Internet Encyclopedia, John Wiley and Sons. (January 2004).
*"Matter of Conscience," "Guest of Honor," "Above Lake Maggiore," Voices in Italian Americana, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Fall 1996).
Anthologies
*"First Day of School," in
*"Clueless," "Fear and Dementia," "Dementia," in
*"Last Stand" in
*"Empty" in
*"AARP Booty Call" in
*“Sleuth" in
*“Camille at the Medicare Workshop,” “Muse,” “Camille Morphs to Crone,” in
* "Last Supper" in
*"1958 Fruit Cutting Shed" in
*"Gifts for the Dead" in
*"Immigration, Legacy, Mute Muse Delivers, Wordweaver, Matriarchal Momento, Falling Down on the Gauntlet, Reversion to Rootstock" in
*"Tending the Flock" in Winner of the 1991 American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Honors Award and two Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Awards for design and content, literature (1988) and for excellence and innovation in marketing, literature (1992).
*"second class citizen" in Winner of the American Book Award of the Before Columbus Foundation. Republished in
Online magazines
*"Rebirth," Nature Writing, April 2, 2019.
*"Restoration," Nature Writing, October 15, 2016.
*"If I Listened to Mom," Silver Birch Press, If I Series, October 3, 2016.
*"Soberanes Fire, 2016," The New Verse Review, August 19, 2016. ,
*"The Heart of the Matter," "Watteau Fog," "Scorcher," Dead Snakes, April 28, 2014
*"Valley Fever," Centrifugal Eye, Winter/Spring 2014.
*"Erased," Nerve Cowboy, No. 36, Winter 2014.
*"Dr. Nazi's Poetry Workshop," Subterranean Quarterly, April 2014.
*"Insanity," "Succubus Soulmates," & "Tarnished Grail," Wilderness House Literary Review, No. 9/1, 2014.
*"Lost" & "Return of the Native," The Potomac, Winter 2013.
*"Camille's Half-full Glass," Word Riot, Jan. 15, 2013.
Honors and awards
*Honorable Mention, Reuben Rose Competition, for "Fifties Flashback," 2013.
*PoetryMagazine.com Editor's Choice, Winter 2010, "Fifties Flashback."
*Outstanding Performance Award, Hartnell College, 2004, 2001, 1999.
*California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition, 2002.
*Gleason Faculty Award, Hartnell College, 2002.
*President's Team Leadership Award, Hartnell College, 1998, 2000.
*City of Marina, California, Honorary Mayor, and Key to the City, October 1995.
*City of Marina Certificate of Recognition, September 1995.
*City of Marina Certificate of Appreciation, September 1994.
Toby Woolf (born 13 November 2008) is an English actor. He began his acting career in the 2017 BBC series The Last Post, before going on to have lead parts in Summer of Rockets (2019) and his first film Rare Beasts (2019). He has a featured role in Sky One's Curfew (2019). He is represented by Independent Talent
Acting career
Toby's acting debut was in the BBC One series The Last Post which aired late 2017. Toby played George Markham. He was the only child in the production, which filmed in South Africa in 2016/17. Prior to arriving in South Africa, Toby had never had an acting lesson. Viewers were shocked to hear Toby's character George swearing on television.
Toby has a featured role in episode 3 of the Sky One series Curfew - airing on 8 March 2019.
Toby will then be seen in a lead role on screens in Spring 2019 in Stephen Poliakoff's Summer of Rockets. Toby plays Sasha Petrukhin, son of Samuel (Toby Stephens) and Miriam (Lucy Cohu).
Later in 2019, Toby will appear in his first film. He has a lead role in Billie Piper's directorial debut - Rare Beasts. Toby plays Larch, the son of Mandy, played by Piper.
Personal
Toby fell into acting after attending an open casting, when the casting director advised him to find an agent.
Toby loves playing rugby and football and supporting Wolverhampton Wanderers football club.
Acting career
Toby's acting debut was in the BBC One series The Last Post which aired late 2017. Toby played George Markham. He was the only child in the production, which filmed in South Africa in 2016/17. Prior to arriving in South Africa, Toby had never had an acting lesson. Viewers were shocked to hear Toby's character George swearing on television.
Toby has a featured role in episode 3 of the Sky One series Curfew - airing on 8 March 2019.
Toby will then be seen in a lead role on screens in Spring 2019 in Stephen Poliakoff's Summer of Rockets. Toby plays Sasha Petrukhin, son of Samuel (Toby Stephens) and Miriam (Lucy Cohu).
Later in 2019, Toby will appear in his first film. He has a lead role in Billie Piper's directorial debut - Rare Beasts. Toby plays Larch, the son of Mandy, played by Piper.
Personal
Toby fell into acting after attending an open casting, when the casting director advised him to find an agent.
Toby loves playing rugby and football and supporting Wolverhampton Wanderers football club.