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<P>I'm Marie Studer and I am the Learning and Education Group director for the Encyclopedia of Life, an on-line resource that strives to be a "one-stop knowledge shop" of the latest scientific information about all life on Earth. By making this information freely available to all, EOL hopes to energize the science of biology and make it engaging and available to people from all walks of life, all over the world. I live and work in the Boston, Massachusetts area. I'm interested in this time period and learning about the evolution of modern day cultures, languages, thought and perceptions of the world. I especially like Herodotus' holistic approach to writing (i.e., the "digressions"). In my spare time I enjoy being active outside, cooking (and eating!) and beekeeping.</P>
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<P>Looking forward to learning and being inspired by all of you!</P>
<P>Marie</P>
<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Tom Adams" <TAdams@cde.ca.gov><BR>To: "Gabby Hon" <gabbyhon@gmail.com>, "Bill Swislow" <bswislow@cars.com><BR>Cc: herodotus2010@readingodyssey.org<BR>Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:42:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR>Subject: Re: [Herodotus2010] Listen to the Herodotus Introduction online<BR><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">My name is Tom Adams and I work for the California Department of Education in the areas of standards, curriculum, and instructional materials. My fascination with ancient Greece goes back to childhood and it was reborn when my daughter started to read the Percy Jackson series. She has continued on to other reading adventures but I am remain fascinated with the Greeks. I have tried reading Herodotus before but quickly got lost and confused. I look forward to obtaining inspiration from my fellow readers and to enjoying their insights. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> herodotus2010-bounces@readingodyssey.org [mailto:herodotus2010-bounces@readingodyssey.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Gabby Hon<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 12, 2010 10:34 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Swislow, Bill<BR><B>Cc:</B> herodotus2010@readingodyssey.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Herodotus2010] Listen to the Herodotus Introduction online</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>My name is Gabby Hon and I'm an independent User Experience Consultant in Chicago -- basically, this means that I do my utmost to make online experiences useful and usable for people.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I'm currently doing a distance learning course in Latin (using Wheelock) via the University of Alaska--Fairbanks. I've previously studied both Latin and Ancient Greek but never for a grade. I'm entertaining the notion of getting my MA, Classics online from the University of Florida at some point in the future.</P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>When I'm not being a closet Classicist, I travel as much as I can and futz about with my new DSLR which has a bunch of whiz-bang features and a really thick manual.</P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Cheers,</P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Swislow, Bill <<A href="mailto:bswislow@cars.com" target=_blank>bswislow@cars.com</A>> wrote:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal><BR>I'm Bill Swislow. I oversee content, development and hosting for the Cars.com<<A href="http://cars.com/" target=_blank>http://Cars.com</A>> web site. My background is in journalism. My main avocation is art, especially outsider/folk. I read a pretty random mix of non-fiction and fiction. Some years ago I started adding classical authors to the mix. Having since then done Aristotle and Xenophon with the Reading Odyssey, it's clearly an advantage to read these with a group, not to mention an expert.</P>
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