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[UPDATE] Approaches to Teaching American Ethnic Literatures in the 21st Century/edited text/Proposal Deadline: January , 14, 201
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I'm seeking contributors to a collection of essays that consider innovative teaching practices for engaging students with American ethnic literatures. The text is approved for contract with a publisher.
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Alongside this reality, teaching ethnic American literatures in the new millennium requires that instructors acknowledge the contemporary contexts and technologies to which students are exposed as they develop the pedagogical framework for their literature classrooms. For 21st century instructors, this necessarily means the adjustment of certain traditional teaching practices and formats, the application of interdisciplinary pedagogies and literary theories in the teaching of both classic and more contemporary texts, and the recognition of an ever-diversifying, globalized student body.
Approaches to Teaching Ethnic American Literature in the 21st Century is an edited collection of previously unpublished essays designed to acknowledge the changing landscape of teaching ethnic American literature. A 21st century student body is more diverse in background, experience and professional goals, and its accompanying needs and contexts necessitate instructors are theoretically grounded with practical methodologies for teaching ethnic American literatures in secondary, post-secondary, and online education courses. In Approaches to Teaching Ethnic American Literature in the 21st Century, scholar practitioners will examine meaning and craft in classic works with a decided emphasis on works predominately published after 1995; they reflect on their objectives, how they situate themselves and their students to acknowledge theirs and the contexts of others, even as they provide clear examples and resources for other teachers who seek innovation and opportunities to transform the formats and structures of their literature classrooms. For many teachers, this text will be invaluable for incorporating newer, more relevant and interesting texts into their classrooms to compliment their use of classic texts.
These essays will suggest practices, methods, and philosophies for teaching ethnic American literatures. As teachers discuss their approaches to teaching literature, they also provide discussion questions, writing topics, and pedagogical strategies for enhanced experience of these literatures, including reinventing classic pedagogical methods alongside newer strategies such as problem based learning, service learning, online learning and student centered learning strategies. The essays included in this volume intend to connect the scholarship of teaching and learning with interdisciplinary theories to show, by example, the variety of approaches available for a 21st century audience and literary atmosphere. Included are essays from a variety of U.S. literary traditions: African American, Latino/a, Asian American, Native American, Arab American, Jewish American, Caribbean American, immigrant and other groups, individually and comparatively, that have been historically considered "ethnic" within their historical context in the United States (eg., Italian American, Irish American). This text is designed to provide a much-needed resource for teachers who wish to augment their teaching with contemporary literature, methods, and/or discussions.
I am particularly interested in essays on teaching the following authors:
Edward P. Jones' The Known World, Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies, Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bone, The Dew Breaker, and Krik? Krak!, Ha Jin's Waiting and War Trash, Don DeLillo's Underworld, Abraham Rodriguez, Jr.'s Spidertown, Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Reservation Blues, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Arranged Marriage, Lucille Clifton's The Terrible Stories and Blessing the Boats, Gayl Jones' The Healing, Ai's Vice: New & Selected Poems, Clarence Major's Configurations, Sherod Santos' The Pilot Star Elegies, Agha Shahid Ali's Rooms are Never Finished, Harryette Mullen's Sleeping with the Dictionary, Alberto Rios' the Smallest Muscle in the Human Body, Naomi Shihab Nye's 19 Varieties of Gazelle, Wanda Coleman's Mercurochrome, Maria Espinosa's Longing, Kimiko Hahn's The Unbearable Heart, Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker, Arthur Sze's Archipelago, Robert Viscusi's Astoria, Alurista's Et Tu…Raza.
I am also interested in the teaching of non-mainstream texts in other genres such as science fiction and fantasy and more classic ethnic texts using more contemporary technologies and/or academic structures, including: online and hybrid courses, service learning, activities involving performance and/or interdisciplinary methodologies.
Deadline for proposals is January 14, 2013.
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I would take him to the doc for sure!!posted 08/18/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
How much blood is there? It is normal for there to be some bleeding after a circumcision. If you are still worried about it, call your doctor.posted 09/25/2012 by hswartz2
The baby must have gotten the Gomco or Forceps procedure. Stitches are normal and fall out 7-10 days after.posted 08/29/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
Yeah he needs to see a doctor. If he has stitches they messed something up. Most little boys don't need stitches. Poor baby. It probably means it wouldn't stop bleeding after they ripped the skin off and they had to stitch it or he was going to bleed out. I can't imagine having my genital skin ripped crushed and cut off and then having stitches on top of all that. Poor baby I hope he heals.quickly without too much more painposted 08/25/2012 by personalchefmama
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Last year saw a number of same-day and even same-hour shipping experiments kicking off with online giants as well as traditional retailers. While most of these services are very much in their formative stages, it appears that very fast delivery could soon become a competitive advantage for retailers.
Below is a look at a number of these services. While not comprehensive, it provides an overview of the levels of service and a range of business models.
EBay Now is testing local "delivery in about an hour" in a number of cities using couriers to deliver products from local retailers. The current trial carries a $5 delivery charge, but the longer-term business model isn't yet clear and may include commissions for participating stores.
Google Shopping Express launched last spring for deliveries within three to five hours. It's available in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Participating retailers include American Eagle, Staples, Walgreens, Target and Whole Foods Market. Currently, there is a six-month free trial membership — ongoing pricing is not clear. Non-members pay $4.99 per store stop.
Grocers are increasingly getting into the game. PeaPod delivers for some of Ahold USA's chains and FreshDirect delivers for itself in the New York metro area. AmazonFresh — which is now available in Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco — also carries over 100,000 "traditional" Amazon.com items and is thought to be a foundational step toward same-day delivery for even more offerings. Pricing models include a mix of free, per-delivery fees, minimum purchase levels, and annual memberships.
Amazon also offers Local Express Delivery in a number of cities. Placing orders on Amazon.com as late as mid-morning or noon (depending on the city) gets same-day delivery.
Standalone service Instacart charges $3.99 for a personal shopper to pick and deliver groceries in less than two hours. Postmates has created a platform that connects orders with couriers who can fulfill in less than an hour.
Walmart To Go is testing with groceries in the Bay Area and Denver and costs $5-10 for delivery. Walmart management has discussed broader use of its stores as ecommerce distribution centers and has also raised the idea of using in-store customers to deliver orders to other customers in the area.
The specifics of these programs — prices, delivery times, etc. — will change. But retailers will have to carefully manage these new processes. For example, each store's local inventory and pricing will need to be readily available for customers to make purchase decisions and set expectations. Also, systems will be needed to manage the timeliness and quality of the deliveries by third parties.
While there are valid arguments that same day delivery is a limited market, customer expectations are rising quickly. In our connected world, all it takes is one retailer to raise the bar.
Which of the following online delivery services do you think is most likely to gain a leadership position in the marketplace?
There's no way to predict the winners and losers of same-day delivery other than to go with Amazon and Google because of their deep pockets and need to be at the forefront. There's a cost to delivery that these current charges don't cover, let alone going free. Somewhere, someday, something has to give.
Mom and pops are going to be at a big disadvantage if these services become the standard, which may play well for marketplaces like eBay. However, mid-sized retailers are really going to be squeezed, not being big enough to sustain free delivery, not small enough to justify joining a marketplace.
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Of course this will all shake out over the next year or more. With the advent of faster delivery come the changes in consumer expectations. As a parallel, consider how frustrated we are when it takes more than a minute or so for our computers to boot up. No one tempers how they feel by recalling the time when over a minute was standard or when there was no personal computer, laptop or mini pad to boot up.
People had to adapt their behaviors to embrace microwave ovens. Now I'm not suggesting that quick delivery is comparable to quick cooking capabilities. However, we still don't know how the dynamics of customer and delivery service interaction will unfold.
But I do know this: retail chains must pay attention to how their shoppers' expectations change. At the end of the day, it will still be about generating satisfaction. It's just that what influences satisfaction will be different.
Too early to predict and for traditional retailers, they should let their customers drive this as a priority.
I know I've used this analogy before for last mile delivery, but it's appropriate to repeat for this question. Many of us born in the '60s or before remember getting milk delivered to our homes once or twice a week. Even my family, owners of a small group of supermarkets, used this service. Gradually, however, shoppers began buying their milk and other dairy products from supermarkets and convenience stores and the milkman was delivering to fewer and fewer homes. At some point, perhaps when only 40 percent of a neighborhood was buying from the milkman, it was no longer economically feasible for the dairy to continue the service. Now think of this analogy in reverse. As more and more people in neighborhoods start routinely buying from a single home delivery services, the economics of the model start to become feasible. This is especially true in urban and suburban areas. All of this is a long way to suggest that these delivery services may now be more than just a solution looking for a problem.
As to which service grabs the lion's share, I would not bet against Amazon or Google. I do have a feeling that both will align themselves with a logistics provider - maybe Amazon with USPS and Google with FedEx and/or UPS - to make same day delivery possible.
The question is not which online delivery service will gain leadership, it's how will brick and mortar retailers compete if they don't offer same day delivery? Retailers who don't have a robust e-commerce presence, with omni-channel pricing and inventory, will soon find themselves falling behind their enabled competitors.
Same day delivery only makes financial sense in areas of dense population - major cities. Then it works like the old bicycle messenger services did. Because all of the recipients are so close, several deliveries can be made in an hour, driving costs per delivery down.
But costs are still a factor - especially in more geographically expansive places. Recipients must pay for this somehow, whether through a "membership" fee or per delivery. This is one of the key factors that contributed to the demise of 1990s Grocer, Webvan.
My favorite solution to the cost/speed delivery issue is Amazon's new "Octocopter" Drone Delivery vehicle. Delivery Drones help to alleviate problems of ground traffic, population sparcity and competitive speed to doorstep. Hey, great idea.
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Given their ability and history to make huge investments in what customers want and value, Google and Amazon have to be clear favorites. Google's strategy has been consistent. Design and develop solutions that customers (and shoppers) value and use AND THEN figure out how to make money at it. The delivery challenge will be no different for Google.
There seems to be an opportunity for local trucking or delivery services to leverage their capabilities in local markets with retailers as this service becomes a shopper expectation. Monitoring the acceptance and success (or failure) that Google or Walmart have in developing a cost-effective solution would be prudent.
$4.99 will not cover the real expense of home delivery, and unless you're using robots, and vans run on windmills, profits will not happen, as it takes more money to run home delivery, especially in perishables. I know Amazon is getting heavily into this, which just makes it even harder for a start up to compete, but after all, it is a service that must be paid for somehow, someway, and the numbers being talked about just don't add up.
Here is a novel idea (maybe not), but how about a high-end concierge home delivery service, with all the bells and whistles, such as a person in a tuxedo bringing the product into your home, and putting everything away for the customer. When they leave, they can drop off the kids at swimming lessons, and pick up your mail...oh wait a minute...that service already exists. Sorry, my bad.
I have too much time on my hands today, but seriously, home delivery will continue to grow if someone can make a profit at it.
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The two companies which will be able to quickly deliver based on their current logistics will be Amazon and eBay. They have each already begun experimenting with programs such as Amazon Fresh, Amazon Tote, eBay Now, etc. These companies are already exploring how to enhance the customer experience and reduce the pain point of online shopping (waiting for delivery). The infrastructure that is already built up with these companies' capabilities will surely place them at the forefront. I would guess that Walmart may get there, but not for 3-5 years (if at all).
Traditional retail chains should begin to partner with these companies in order to have their products and services meet the needs of their customers. Even if they don't do same day shipping directly, by partnering with services like Google Express shopping, they will be able to deliver the service in a similar way, meet the needs of customers, and not fall behind the modern players.
Jesse Karp, Omnichannel Consulting Manager & Loyalty Practice Lead, Cognizant Business Consulting
New processes need to be cost-effective and repeatable in order to succeed. The profit potential of some of these services may need to be enhanced to help ensure long-term viability. The other key piece is being able to replicate the service in multiple markets easily. Every component of the process needs to have costs extracted so it is a win-win for the merchant and the customer.
Ralph Jacobson, Global Retail Industry Analytics Marketing Executive, IBM
We did a study last year that showed that a huge competitive advantage still remains with bricks and mortar retail in that customers listed "instant ownership" as a number one driver of purchase.
My guess is that Amazon has and knows this type of data and has been targeting same-day delivery for some time. To me, they're way ahead of just about every game and will continue to be on this front. It's a HUGE solve for them and online shopping in general (can you say, "Drone Delivery in 30 Minutes"?).
If delivery of a product happens one hour or so sooner than a competitor's system, will that create an overall leadership for the fastest process? And if so, how will the public use that extra hour? Is tomorrow's life both printed on the clock and on dollar bills? All the current services have the potential to be fastest, but how will that translate in the charging marketplace?
My suggestion for traditional chains is to determine, to their satisfaction, if super speed should be their key objective. If so, get into the speed game.
Gene Hoffman, President/CEO, Corporate Strategies International
I feel a little rushed, last week we wondered if this is "THE" year for online grocery delivery and a week later we are choosing the leader. Who is most likely to gain a leadership position will for now and probably the next 36 months be determined by headlines.
I agree with Ken, and his second paragraph is spot on in identifying a need by local mom and pop retailers to find a way to level the playing field.
We will skip the poll as our favorite company is not listed (lol) and add that this is a timely article and a call to action for local brick and mortar stores.
Gary Chatman, Business Development, estorerunner, Inc
I'd say it is the retailer/service that picks the best-fit delivery areas. Practical requirements would seem to be areas of dense population, limited or inconvenient transportation, and a high cost of living. This might give them a potential customer base with high enough volume to justify the high capital equipment and labor costs of enhanced delivery.
The course of action I would recommend is for the retailer to create a shopping experience that brings shoppers to the store. If same-day delivery is an aspiration, utilize a third-party to prove out the model's potential profit/cost before jumping in.
And of course implied in all this talk of "leadership position" is the belief that there is a real demand for QTO (quicker than overnight) delivery. But are people who need something "right away" because they waited until the last minute really a reliable market? Though I've been wrong before - it happened in 1971 and twice in 1986 - I have my doubts.
I hesitate to bet against Amazon, but another key point will be "expectation management." Living in metro DC, traffic varies dramatically, with mid-day "rush-hour" occurring on a more regular basis (especially in outlying suburbs). If the model is to use stores as warehouses and have runners like pizza drivers, this could work. However, when I want my TV from Best Buy in 60 minutes...remember the flack Dominos took for 30 minutes or free promos back in the day?
We all have to watch Amazon.com. They are the "disrupters" of the industry. I'd also watch eBay. Same-day delivery service is already a reality. The question is how scalable it is. It is obvious that certain cities will struggle to have enough volume to support it at a reasonable cost.
Traditional retail chains that may not be quite big enough to support their own same day delivery network will have at least two choices; first is to sub out to a delivery company. Second will be to form a deliver co-op.
Shep Hyken, Chief Amazement Officer, Shepard Presentations, LLC
I could not choose any of them. None of them have the depth of logistics FedEx or UPS will provide and when all is said and done, FedEx or UPS will acquire the best contender - which is why I could not go with Google or Amazon.
Not only the price of fuel is a problem, but the price of "dry ice" which is ignored in this conversation. Refrigeration or dry ice is not cheap and adds an extra layer of costs with no discussed strategy on how to absorb these costs.
I'm biased towards the order online, pickup at store approach as a disclaimer.
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Having trialed all but one of these services (don't worry, Postmates, I'm signing up as soon as I post this), it's clear every one is looking for the "secret sauce" that will resonate with consumers most effectively. Each of the same-day services offers a slightly different take on the service offering, whether it's breadth of stores, speed of delivery, ability to select a very specific time-window, low-cost/no-cost delivery, fresh perishables, etc.
Many friends and colleagues in the densely-populated San Francisco Bay Area are raving about their favorite same-day service(s) and there doesn't seem to be a hands-on favorite among my very informal research sample.
* Same-day will likely take hold in densely populated areas over the next few years, and I don't believe it's something that needs to be available in low-density areas.
* Delivery of goods from locally-owned businesses would align nicely with current consumption trends this would be an easy fit with eBay Now and Google Shopping Express.
* Options for both perishable and non-perishable delivery would be a big advantage for the convenience-minded consumer. Lack of perishables delivery is the biggest complaint I've heard about Google Shopping Express.
* The demand for same-day will only continue to rise, and given the variation among the services, there is probably space for more than one provider as long as they can differentiate from one another on characteristics consumers desire (speed, breadth, perishables, etc.).
* This could be another opportunity for a resource-sharing service (a la car-sharing or ride-sharing). Perhaps a peer-sourced same-day delivery could emerge to fill this need (another job for TaskRabbit?), and may be better suited to medium density population centers, too.
Oh, and I just have to say this: has the name "WebVan" popped into any else's head when reading/discussing this latest same-day delivery phenomenon? Were Louis Borders and George Shaheen 15 years ahead of their time? (I know they had other problems, but I'm just saying...).
Amazon is clearly the leader. This plays to their strengths and pushes their limits into new arenas. Walmart is another that is moving into these directions. However, the real question is, do consumers truly want this?
Although I agree that Google and Amazon are obvious choices as leaders in retail and delivery innovation, chain stores with significant nationwide coverage such as Walmart and Best Buy have significant advantages of their own. As we all know, Amazon and Google have the geographic limitations of their warehouse/shipping locations, whereas stores that already have a presence in most geographic markets will have the clear physical advantage to be able to get products to consumers faster. That said, the larger retail chains will have significant logistical, inventory and technology issues to address, which will be no small challenge.


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Black History Month will be celebrated at Ithaca College with a full schedule of film screenings, music performances, discussions, and lectures in February. All events are free and open to the public. Details on some of the presentations are still being finalized; for the most updated information, contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at (607) 274-1692.
Wednesday, February 25
"The Race against Terror, the Terror of Race: Historical Amnesia, Racial Resistance, and Critical Media Literacy,"a Park Distinguished Visitors Series talk by Michael Eric Dyson
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Once a teen father who lived on welfare, Dyson is now recognized as one of the most prominent intellectuals of his generation. He has carved a unique niche in the black pantheon of scholars by combining the most rigorous habits of scholarly investigation with the crucial insights of black popular culture.
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Self-described as a black lesbian, feminist, warrior, poet, and mother, Audre Lorde was the voice and inspiration for a generation of activists fighting for lesbian and gay rights, civil liberties, and equality for women. Writer, filmmaker, and university lecturer Michelle Parkerson will examine and celebrate Lorde's life.
These events are sponsored by the Offices of Multicultural Affairs and the Provost; Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity; Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies; African-Latino Society; School of Music; and Roy H. Park School of Communications.
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3rd Place R.P. Barr – "Dinner Dishes" (Prince William Co. Writers)
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2013 Board of Governors Nominees & Bios
President: Betsy Ashton
1st Vice President: Sara Robinson
2nd Vice President: Chuck Lumpkin
Treasurer: Christopher Evans
Recording Secretary: Laurie Jensen
Corresponding Secretary: Being restructured – to be left open at this time
2013-2015 Members-at-Large: Jack Ferguson, Michael Gunter and Becky Mushko
BETSY ASHTON is a free-lance feature journalist for a local weekly newspaper and a radio essayist on WVTF, the local NPR station. Her essays have appeared in local magazines and newspapers.
Born in Washington, DC, Betsy says she was raised by coyotes in the Malibu Hills, although her mother disputed that. After a conventional suburban life, she enrolled at UCLA in the Asian Studies department. Although her collegiate career was spent against a backdrop of the "Sixties," she graduated in four years with academic honors and an expunged arrest record (for unlawful occupation of Federal properties).
Betsy went to graduate school at Keio University in Tokyo, where she took a special certificate in Japanese literature, before beginning her doctoral program in comparative literature at USC. If asked, she will remind you she always will "root for UCLA and anyone who plays USC."
Betsy taught for eight years at Occidental College, USC, UCLA and Cal State Northridge. Falling victim to the Nixon shocks of reduced Federal funding for education, she left academia for the military-industrial world. Her professional resume includes such companies as Rand Corporation, LexisNexis, BearingPoint and Deloitte, her current "day job." She has more than thirty years of experience in public relations, marketing and sales.
Betsy promotes writing through her participation in two writers groups, one critique group, and the Virginia Writers Club. A member of the Lake Writers and president of the Valley Writers, she writes fiction, mentors writers new to the groups, and attends as many conferences as she can, including the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference, the Sedalia Writers Conference, and the James River Writers Conference. She also uses her public relations background to support not-for-profits including the Smith Mountain Arts Council.
When not working or writing, you will find her roaring around Virginia highways behind her husband Terry Naylor on his Yamaha, boating on Smith Mountain Lake, playing enthusiastic but bad golf, or reading on her deck. She lives on the lake with her husband of more than 25 years and their one-year-old cat Mocha.
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Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Christopher grew up on his family's dairy farm in rural Campbell County, where it was originally established in 1754. Various branches of his family tree reach back to the 1620's in both Virginia and Maryland. His rich family history has led to a lifelong interest in genealogical research, writing and reading works related to history, philosophy and religion.
Extensively involved in hereditary societies, Christopher has served in the capacity of Vice President (2 years), Treasurer (6 years), Secretary (6 years) and Historian (2 years) of several different organizations. In these leadership roles, he has planned many events including speaker receptions, membership meetings, formal dinners, a benefit ball and a statewide convention. Additionally, he has published monthly newsletters, produced membership directories and maintained organizational websites.
Christopher recently finished his first novel entitled Legacy, the first book in his Crusader series. He is currently searching for the appropriate literary agent to handle the project going forward.
JOHN (Jack) FERGUSON is from central Pennsylvania where he earned a BS degree from Penn State in Agricultural Economics. He has worked in the green industry and in health care and served in the VA Army National Guard as a field medic and an OR specialist. He currently works with the sales department of an import car dealership. His writing includes poetry, mysteries and the macabre. He is father of two awesome kids and "husband of a tolerant wife."
At age ten, MICHAEL GUNTER saw his first episode of "The Twilight Zone" and got hooked on mystery. At eighteen, he had an encounter with Jesus Christ that changed the course of his life. In 2001, he discovered his passion for writing. Michael writes about the mysteries of life from a Christian perspective. He has written five non-fiction books, two novels, and numerous short-stories and essays. His short-story, "One of a Million Things," was runner-up in CJM Books' Colonnade Writing Contest and was included in their 2011 anthology. He is editing his third novel, a sequel to BLACKWELL: The Encounter Begins. When Michael isn't writing, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing guitar, and re-filling his favorite coffee cup.
LAURIE JENSEN is an editor, writer, certified teacher with 20+ years experience and small business owner. Additionally, she cherishes her more important roles as wife and mother. An appreciation of good com-munication, in all its various forms, is the cornerstone of her home-based business, Anne's River Media. She provides editing, proofreading and research services for Virginia writers on both fiction and nonfiction projects and also serves as a proofreader for CreateSpace Publishing Services. Her writing has been featured in special sections of Charlottesville's Daily Progress, Rural Virginian, Homestyle and Charlottesville Woman.
CHUCK LUMPKIN, born and raised in Virginia, is married to Sue Patterson and has three children - Bert, Chris and Whitney. He graduated from VA Tech in 1964 and taught one year at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, VA. He has served as Assistant Vice President of Marketing at Moore's Super Stores in Roanoke, VA, and then General Manager of City Mill in Honolulu, HI, 1975-1980. He moved to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1980 and founded Apex Manufacturing, Apex Computer Systems and Apex Marketing. He developed software and manufactured off-track betting hardware and software. After selling the company to a public company, he returned to the US in 1989 to New Orleans. He founded PC Training Clinic and trained real estate agents on how to use computers for marketing. In 1993, he formed Parallax Corporation, an IT consulting firm. In 2003, he retired and moved to Smith Mountain Lake, VA, where he joined the Lake Writers, became President in January 2011, and then become a Board Member of the Smith Mountain Arts Council, In 2011, he also joined the Virginia Writers Club and became 2nd VP in 2012.
BECKY MUSHKO, author of Ferradiddledumday and Stuck, won the Lonesome Pine Short Story Contest (five times) and the Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest (three times), was nominated for a 1997 Pushcart Prize, and won two categories of the infamous Bulwer-Lytton Bad Fiction Contest --"Worst Western" (1998) and "Vile Pun" (2008). Her work appears in A Cup of Comfort for Writers, It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, and Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Vols. II & III.
After retiring from Roanoke City Schools, she taught English at Ferrum College and was 2006-07 writer-in-residence for Roanoke County Schools. She currently serves as recording secretary for the Virginia Writers Club and vice-president of both Lake Writers and the Franklin County Library Board of Trustees.
SARA ROBINSON released her second book, Two Little Girls in a Wading Pool (Cedar Creek Publishing) in March, 2012. This collection of poetry tells of her life experiences from growing up in a small town to how she sees the world today in her later years. Two poems contained in the book won prizes from the Blue Ridge Writers Chapter and the Virginia Writers Club. She is also published in the journal of the Poetry Society of Virginia. Her inaugural work, Love Always, Hobby and Jessie (2009), is a memoir about her famous photographer father and his marriage to her enigmatic mother. Sara has appeared on Artist First Radio Network, the Hilda Ward show, Artistic Expressions, and at numerous book signing events. Born and raised in Elkton, VA, she makes her home near Charlottesville, VA and is a member of the Virginia Writers' Club, The Blue Ridge Writers' Chapter, The Poetry Society of Virginia, the Academy of American Poets, and the National League of American Pen Women.
2012 VWC Spring Shorts Writing Contest Winners
FIRST PLACE - "Six Children" by Larry Turner - Fredericksburg, VA
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The Kiwanis Club members work to raise money for the summer camp through their Campership Program to businesses every spring. In 2008, they raised over $100,000.
In addition to the Kiwanis Club, the Kiwanis Activities, Inc. is the operating parent of the organization. Kiwanis Activities, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization so that all donations are tax deductible.
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Vermont State Police responded Sunday night to a reported shooting and stabbing in Danby.
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Auburn residents can learn more about AT&T's hopes for the city at a public meeting this week. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Rose Room at City Hall. Lane Kasselman, spokesman for AT&T, said the discussion would begin with the potential 78-foot monopine cell phone tower to go in at 169 Borland Avenue and branch into AT&T's goals for their service in the city. "The goal of the meeting is to address concerns and educate customers and residents about why we are building infrastructure and what it's going to do for them," Kasselman said. "We basically want to make sure people understand this isn't about cell phones. This is about the future of wireless broadband." Kasselman said he thinks there is a lot of misinformation about wireless communication and data, and the company hopes to talk to residents about how it works and what it will look like in Auburn. Kasselman said several AT&T representatives as well as third-party experts plan to attend the meeting. Borland Avenue resident O.C. Taylor would have the closest residence to the monopine and appealed the project after the Auburn Planning Commission approved the cell tower's height variance. Taylor said he thinks he will attend the meeting, but he also thinks that AT&T has a better chance of supporting their ideas about the tower than he does. "I probably will (attend)," Taylor said. "Personally, right now, I don't have any questions (for AT&T). I look at AT&T like BP or any of those entities that are large and have thousands of attorneys." Taylor said he doesn't have the same kind of representation to support his thoughts. "(There are officials) who agree (with me), but they don't want to say anything," Taylor said. Taylor said he would most likely speak at the meeting. One of Taylor's concerns has been the effect radio frequencies will have on people at ground level. Kasselman said meeting representatives would be able to address that issue. "We will have engineers on hand that can talk about … radio frequency concerns and explain how equipment is hundreds of times below the (Federal Communications Commission) limit," he said. The cell tower is expected to go back before the Auburn City Council for potential approval at a future meeting. Reach Bridget Jones at email@example.com ------------------------------------------------------- AT&T public meeting When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday Where: Rose Room, City Hall, 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn


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This blog entry isn't about dieting and exercise at all. Regardless, I would love any input on this topic. Thank you.
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When I was 27 years old, I coined the term "The Superhero Diet" while trying out for the police force. I also call it the GOYA Diet... "Get Off Your Assets," and it's all about mindset.
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Let's see... what makes me feel absolutely horrible, that I eat anyway?
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Our short-term goals have been met! I am now 3 pounds below my goal weight, and my husband's pecs stick out further than his belly does... he's also lost 10 pounds in one month.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
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I went without sugar for a whole month! The first week, I sneaked a piece of candy here or bite of dessert there... but after clearing out ALL sugar from the house, I was sugar-free before I realized it. Before I knew it, we were at the goal d... Read more
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
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A short-but-sweet post.
My calorie counts from two days of no-sugar dieting: 1400-1700 calories per day... and add that to a 900-calorie workout yesterday and about 200 calories extra burnt per day from lifting boxes at work... we're doing ... Read more
Monday, May 07, 2007
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Talk about being off the wagon! It was going ok, then I reinjured my rotator cuff, and that hurt for 2 weeks, then I pulled something in my knee, and that still hurts whenever I bend it at a 90-degree angle. That would have all been something ... Read more
Saturday, February 24, 2007
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Family support is the biggest asset to sticking to a program. Today was the first day I actually craved meat... and I wanted thick cold cuts on a hot deli sandwich or some Thai-spiced meat. Something really thick I could sink my teeth into. H... Read more
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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This week is a lot easier than I expected. But then again, I've educated myself awhile ago on how to get protein without meat, if only to feed my daughter, who really doesn't like much meat. And you know... I'm really not missing the meat. I'... Read more
Sunday, February 18, 2007
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Reasons for starting Fad-Weeks: 1) to explore different aspects of healthy living, 2) to exercise more self-discipline, 3) to see which aspect will be more difficult to adhere to. (I'm thinking no-sugar.)
My family has agreed to observe Ve... Read more
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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I have a problem with see-food. If it's in the house and I see it, it goes in my tummy. I usually solve this problem by just not buying see-food, but lately I've been giving into my cravings. My very favorite way to stay healthy is to get exc... Read more
Thursday, December 21, 2006
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Ok, so it's basic math:
Calories my body needs to maintain a steady weight if I'm active through general daily activities: 1800 (I'm tall!)
Calorie range to slowly lose weight with general daily activities: 1500-1600
Calories I n... Read more
Sunday, December 10, 2006
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I went to the gym and stepped on the scale like I always do: in the morning, with the same clothes/shoes I always wear, having eaten about 16 oz. food and gone potty...
I expected to weigh the same as I had a few days ago, considering my 5-... Read more


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I'm back! I realize already that blogging everyday is too much for me right now so I am not stressing about because I have made the decision to not even try on Tuesday or Wednesday's - at least for now. Wednesday is my busiest day at work so therefore it makes Tuesday busy prepping for the following day! Plus, Tuesday evening is my lawn bowling night. (by the way - I had so much fun Tuesday evening and I noticed that for the time that I was there, I never thought about work, what I needed to do at home or anything, other than just relaxing and enjoying myself.)
Now - for the title of this blog: I have started the WOW program - Walk Off Weight with Michele Stanton (Prevention). It is great so far and I had my first A-HA moment last night while reading her book. She talked about willpower and it got me to thinking what that word means to me. That word has been in my vocabulary my whole life, judging me!! I realized that to me the word is very negative, it deflates me and it makes me feel like I failed time and time again. That is because every time I fall off my good eating and exercising habits - I beat myself up by saying I lost my 'willpower'. When you can't say NO to that dessert that is staring back at you - 'I have no willpower', and so on. You are probably understanding what I mean. So, she explained that willpower is really just mental energy and it is better to call it skillpower, as we have the power to think and enough knowledge to know what we should eat, what exercise to do etc. So the important thing is to develop a skill set and make a plan so that you will be able to control your thoughts before that dessert hits your lips.
So, I am working on a list of several different little one-line mantras to say before I eat, exercise, sleep, cook, shop and all those kind of regular activities. I have also divided my closet - on one side is clothes that I am currently wearing and the other side has items that are too snug now to be comfortable since I have gained these almost 20lbs.
My skillpower is to eliminate an item that gets too loose on me and replace it with an item(s) that fit nicely from the other side.
Then as the side that is too snug starts to get a little sparse, I will treat myself to something new in a smaller size. There is no scales, calories, running shoes, fitness gear involved in this exercise! This is all about how my mind is thinking and still achieving a success.
I guess what I am trying to do is really start thinking more about what health and fitness looks and feels like. Also I am trying to think more about success instead of - oh another failed day of eating, or not exercising. My mind is really starting to work in a much more positive way. Of course this is just the beginning but it feels good!
What do you think? Are you using your skillpower? I'd love to hear your ideas and offer some tips that you think of - that could help us all.
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Good for you! Such great ideas and a great way of looking at things! I really like that you are taking the focus off of the negative and putting it on the positive, no stress, in-the-moment thinking. I think that's such a healthy way to go.
P.S. So cool about the lawn bowling!!
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There are so many wonderful ideas in this blog! I particularly like the idea of dividing your closet into two groups of clothes. It gives you such a great goal to work toward getting rid of your old "fat" clothes. Right now I have two sets of clothing and the last time that I did so well on Spark People, I kept most of my "fat" clothes which was a huge mistake.
I love this blog!
Thank you for the inspiration!
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Sunny, I do love to read your blogs. To-day you have encouraged me to look for the book you have mentioned. I have a 'rattlesnake mind' that plays havoc with my intentions. I like the idea of Skill Power. Your closet idea sounds fabulous. The one thing I do do that seems to help me.... I have a "stickie note" on my computer desk top. It lists 3 of my triggers that start me eating. I have the date, To-day I will not...... (for each of the 3 triggers) I see it, read it, several times a day. When I do that, it works. I am at the computer a great deal, as I have a small business using it extensively. This type of 'Skill Power' could simply be a note posted wherever one would see it, read it, often. Snugs 'n hugs, Norrie.
P.S. After my surgery, I'm going to go back and walk Stanley Park. Maybe I'll even take up lawn bowling. It sounds like a lot of fun ! Adding these to my Bucket List. LOL
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The BBC is trailing an article on the take up of cloud computing with a more than passing reference to our Office 2010 launch next week.
I think the closing quote from Gartner is the most interesting:
"All business computing will be more web-enabled," predicts Mr Dreyfuss at Gartner. "For some [companies] it will reach the point where it will be totally web centric."
We are now entering the age of the 'hybrid business computing' model, but then again maybe we are already leaving it.


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Apr 29 Why Doesn't Anybody Fire Those Responsible for Heartbleed Getting by OpenSSL? Because Nobody Hired Them! Just a Few Volunteers Maintain This Critical Software.
When the Heartbleed glitch left hackers a wide-open back door in OpenSSL, the software that protects banks, email, social media, government and just about everything else online, it even got the attention of people who were still using Windows 95.
No one has a handle on how much damage may have been caused. Or if the majority of cybercriminals were as clueless about the Heartbleed flaw as the rest of us. One thing is certain. Heartbleed virtually had the entire virtual world in crisis mode. And when an event of this magnitude occurs, there is always a call for finding out who's responsible and making them pay. So why hasn't this happened?
Writing on money.cnn.com, Jose Pagliery explains who was holding their fingers in the dike and why holding them (the people, not their fingers) responsible would be like blaming a friend who was house-sitting for a burglary that took place while he was at work. (Note: The following has been modified to fit our format.)
They're all volunteers. And only one does it as a full-time job.
Their labor of love is OpenSSL, a free program that secures a lot of online communication. And it was a tiny coding slip-up two years ago that caused the Heartbleed bug, a hole that allows attackers to peer into computers. The bug forced emergency changes last week at major websites like Facebook, Google and Yahoo.
But security experts say OpenSSL is severely underfunded, understaffed and largely ignored.
The bug wasn't caught until recently, because the OpenSSL Software Foundation doesn't have the resources to properly check every change to the software, which is now nearly half a million lines of code long. And yet that program guards a vast portion of our commerce and government — including weapon systems and smartphones, the foundation claims.
"The mystery is not that a few overworked volunteers missed this bug; the mystery is why it hasn't happened more often," Steve Marquess, the foundation's president, said in an open letter.
When weighed against its critical importance to Internet security, OpenSSL has a shoestring budget. It has never received more than $1 million a year, Marquess said. The only federal support listed online was a single $20,000 renewal contract from the Department of Defense.
While the foundation receives money from the Department of Homeland Security, Citrix and others, the vast majority of its funding is from specific work-for-hire contracts. A company wants a certain feature added here, a specific function there. It keeps developers busy. But Marquess said there's no money going toward reviewing the code or performing audits.
In fact, the only person working on this full-time is Stephen Henson, an extremely private mathematician living in England who referred to Marquess for comment. Only a handful of other developers pitch in with any consistency, and Marquess told CNN their total labor amounts to maybe two full-time workers.
Even in the aftermath of Heartbleed, the foundation has received only $9,000 — sparking Marquess to publicly call out companies that use OpenSSL for free.
"I'm looking at you, Fortune 1000 companies," he wrote.
In the wake of Heartbleed, this lack of funding for OpenSSL may prove a wake-up call.
Startups and major corporations frequently use open-source software because it's freely distributed and costs nothing. But they rarely contribute back in dollars or donated time. Without significant outside help — donating dedicated staff and money without strings attached — open-source projects like this are at risk of fizzling out or blowing up in our faces, said Azorian Cyber Security founder Charles Tendell.
"If you bought your car and knew it was put together by volunteers, how would you feel about that?" Tendell asked.
A select few firms provide some help. Facebook and Microsoft sponsor bug bounties via the HackerOne program — essentially paying hackers to find mistakes that need fixing. And it was a Google security researcher, Neel Mehta, who discovered the Heartbleed bug.
Others are convinced it's time to chip in. The initial response by Marc Gaffan, cofounder of cloud-security provider Incapsula, was: "What do you expect? You got this for free. You get what you pay for." But it turns out his company relies on OpenSSL too. When asked if he would lead by example, Gaffan promised his firm would make its first donation.
This recent scare has gotten the White House's attention. The Obama administration is now "taking a hard look at widely used tools such as OpenSSL to see if there is more that the federal government needs to do — including supporting research and development," said National Security Council spokeswoman Laura Lucas Magnuson.
There's a catch, however. The government can only get so close without triggering fears that it's actually undermining the security of online communications, especially after Edward Snowden's disclosures about the National Security Agency's extensive surveillance programs. Former NSA crypto engineer Randy Sabett, now a tech privacy attorney at the Cooley law firm, expects the open-source community will be apprehensive.
"The public does not want the government involved in the design of the commercial Internet," he said. "They don't want back doors put in."
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Bethenny Frankel Is Now Skinny Dipping!
September 08, 2011 12:29 PM by Megan Thompson
Bethenny Frankel keeps expanding her Skinnygirl empire and next on her list is – Skinny Dipping! Keep reading to find out what this Bravo reality star has in store for her fans next!
The girl who brought Skinnygirl margaritas to grocery shelves everywhere is now penning her first fictional book. Bethenny is not a virgin when it comes to writing books; she is actually a New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent book is A Place Of Yes, which is based on ten rules for getting what you want. The book describes Bethenny's journey to success and all the obstacles she had to overcome to get there.
Well now Bethenny is going to let her imagination run wild in her new and first fictional book, Skinny Dipping. With Bethenny's quick wit and no holds bars mouth, you know this book is going to be good. Bethenny describes her book to USA Today as, "It's all about a girl's journey and what she wants, and trying to have it all. It's about the lessons and the people along the way, about naysayers and rising above." Hmm- definitely sounds like it will be loosely based on Bethenny's own life. Fans will have to wait to read this, sure to be guilty pleasure, book until next spring.
It's never a dull moment for this Skinnygirl. Bethenny has taken her stint on The Real Housewives Of New York City and turned it into a growing empire. Keep it going girl!
Will you pick up Bethenny's Skinny Dipping book? Let us know what you think of Bethenny Frankel as an author, comment below.
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GREEN KEY REAL ESTATE: Sustainable living in San Francisco
Posted By Jared Silliker On June 16, 2007 @ 1:00 pm In Architecture,Green Real Estate,San Francisco | 5 Comments
Chris Bartle saw a demand for green living in San Francisco, yet he admits the supply of eco-friendly buildings is minimal. So how does his company, Green Key Real Estate [2], pass Economics 101? Similar to GreenWorks Realty [3] in Seattle, Bartle's team concentrates on helping buyers and sellers green their existing homes. While new green housing is arriving slowly, Bartle knew he could work with the current stock to help meet the demand for healthier and more efficient homes.
Started three years ago as a subsidiary of The Evergreen Group [4], Green Key [2] introduces concepts of green building and sustainable design to its clients, and works with them to upgrade their home before they sell or after they buy. Whether remodeling for their own living or raising the re-sale value, Green Key [2] is educating and connecting clients to providers that can help implement the improvements. And the messages are consistent—save money, create healthier homes, and protect the environment.
Check out this Fair Companies video interview [5] with Chris, and TreeHugger also logged a Green Key story [6] last fall.
Here are Green Key's top 10 green strategies for San Francisco homeowners:
1. Install fluorescent lights with electronic ballasts
2. Install high R-value insulation
3. Select Energy Star qualified appliances
4. Design water-efficient landscapes
5. Install water-efficient toilets and fixtures
6. Use recycled-content insulation, drywall and carpet
7. Use low- or no-VOC paint
8. Use formaldehyde-free or fully sealed materials for cabinets and counters
9. Vent range hood to the outside
10. Install carbon monoxide detector
Bartle notes that most of his customers already want green features by the time they show up in his office. So in large part, Green Key plays the role of facilitator. Bartle's agents go through EcoBroker's [7] training and a local 2-day seminar to increase their knowledge of green strategies. Green Key [2] incorporates national and regional programs such as Build it Green [8], Energy Star [9], and is readying for upcoming LEED-Homes, which is due to officially launch this summer.
As Bartle has helped to grow the supply and demand of green homes, he has also added some small-scale residential development to the brokerage and works with the real estate industry to add green features to the area's multiple listing service (MLS) database.
Let us know who is connecting green home buyers and sellers in your community. We're excited to show how the real estate industry is making green more accessible and achievable.
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[2] Green Key Real Estate: http://www.greenkeyhomes.com/
[3] GreenWorks Realty: http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/02/10/greenworks-realty-green-house-hunters/
[4] The Evergreen Group: http://www.theevergreengroup.com/index.htm
[5] Fair Companies video interview: http://www.faircompanies.com/main.aspx?uc=multidet&tipus=flv&id=91
[6] Green Key story: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/11/the_treehugger_1.php
[7] EcoBroker's: http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/10/25/ecobroker-interview-with-john-beldock/
[8] Build it Green: http://www.builditgreen.org/
[9] Energy Star: http://www.energystar.gov
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