<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Good morning, all.<br><br>I'm Kent McKamy. Ran two of the US's larger public relations firms for nearly 35 years, got out of that field to focus on helping people develop more satisfying, better rounded lives through coaching, personal leadership development (taking charge of one's own life, one's own time and becoming more effective in whatever one chooses to do). <br>Raised in Kentucky, lived for 28 years in Connecticut, have lived in New York City the past 29 years. <br>Two years ago, I took off on a solo trip around the US to attempt what William Least-Heat Moon described in his wonderful book, <span style="font-style: italic;">Blue Highways.</span> Keeping to back roads and country highways, I logged more than 7,000 miles, saw 36 states at ground level, met & talked with some 350 people (many of
whom I'm still in touch with). Best adventure I've ever had.<br>How I spend time: walking 4-7 miles every day...reading spy books (Alan Furst & Olen Steinhauer particularly), mysteries (from Reginald Hill to Lee Child to Steig Larsson), motivational stuff (e.g., Dan Pink's <span style="font-style: italic;">Drive, </span>Stephen Sample's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Art of Contrarian Leadership)</span>, short story collections (James Salter, Mary Gaitskill, John Updike, John Cheever and Tobias Wolff are favorites)...seeing too many disappointing movies...writing short stories. ..and devoting time to my wife.<br>Married (for the second time), have four grown children.<br>This is my first experience with the Reading Odyssey, having been inspired and challenged when I met Phil Terry last month. Looking forward to more.<br><div> </div><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" size="4"><span style="font-style: italic;">Kent</span></font><br><font
size="3"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"></span><span style="font-style: italic;">(Consider the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 191, 96); font-style: italic;">environment</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> before printing this email</span>.)</font><div><br></div><div style="font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Andre Stipanovic <astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> herodotus2010@readingodyssey.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, October 12, 2010 9:54:49 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Herodotus2010] Listen to the Herodotus Introduction online<br></font><br>
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<div style="text-align: left;" align="left"><font style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="#000000" size="+0" face="Arial">Thanks for your participation and questions last night during our kickoff call. If you would like to listen to it, please go to:</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left;" align="left"><font style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="#000000" size="+0" face="Arial"><span><a target="_blank" href="http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/2010/10/herodotus-introduction-october-2010-audio-recording.html">http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/2010/10/herodotus-introduction-october-2010-audio-recording.html</a></span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;" align="left"><font style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="#000000" size="+0" face="Arial">I am attaching some follow up information in response to your questions last night. I hope it will help you get started in Book I. I will be sending out more specific study guide questions, which we will use as discussion anchor points, in the next week or so. </font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;" align="left"><font style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="#000000" size="+0" face="Arial">Glad to "meet" you all. If you would like to "introduce" yourself to the rest of the group, please 'reply to all' and say a few things about yourself. I will start the ball rolling:</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;" align="left"><font style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="#000000" size="+0" face="Arial">I am Andre Stipanovic from Plano, Texas. I teach high school Latin language and literature at the Hockaday School in Dallas. When I am not reading Roman or Greek literature, I love to ride bikes with my family, go camping/hiking, and play games (especially chess). Newest hobby: watching Jupiter these last few weeks through a telescope.</font></div>
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