[From nobody Wed Mar 4 14:14:18 2020 Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:06:06 -0500 From: "Deborah Hermann" <hermannd@upstate.edu> To: "Sandra Jarvis" <JARVISS@upstate.edu> Subject: WIMS Book Club - Mon., January 13, 2020 at 5:30 PM Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=__Part99A5144E.1__=" --=__Part99A5144E.1__= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=__Part99A5144E.2__=" --=__Part99A5144E.2__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sandy - please send out: We had a robust discussion on Where The Crawdads Sing book on 11/18 - = there were a dozen of us and it was lively and fun. For your holiday read we have chosen: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (388 pages) DATE: Monday, January 13, 2020 at 5:30 pm Location: Deb Hermann's House (somewhat dependent on the weather) - if it = is snowy we will probably meet at a location with covered parking More to come as we get closer to the date. Any questions - call Deb Hermann at 315-396-7647 Bring: A bottle of wine/non-alcoholic beverage OR an appetizer to share - = or just yourself.....if we meet at a public place you are free to purchase = drinks and snacks! Even if you do not read the entire book - come and join in on the = discussion! No RSVP necessary! More About the Book: In July 2015, a young black woman names Sandra = Bland was pulled over for a minor traffic violation in rural Texas. = Minutes later she was arrested and jailed. Three days later, she committed suicide in her cell. What went wrong? This book is all = about what happens when we encounter people we don't know, why it often = goes awry, and what it says about us. How do we make sense of the = unfamiliar? Why are we so bad at judging someone, reading a face, or detecting a lie? = Why do we so often fail to 'get' other people? Through a series of = puzzles, encounters and misunderstandings, from little-known stories to = infamous legal cases,=20 Gladwell takes us on a journey through the unexpected. You will read = about the spy who spent years undetected at the highest levels of the = Pentagon, the man who saw through the fraudster Bernie Madoff, the suicide = of the poet Sylvia Plath and the false conviction of Amanda Knox. You will = discover that strangers are never simple. No one shows us who we are like = Malcolm Gladwell. Here he sets out to understand why we act the way we = do, and how=20 we might know a little more about those we don't. (Goodreads)=20 Happy Holiday season to all - be safe and warm! Deb --=__Part99A5144E.2__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML <html><head>=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A<meta name=3D"Generator" = content=3D"Novell Groupwise Client (Version 14.2.3 Build: 129832)">=0A<met= a http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head= >=0A<body style=3D"font: 10pt/normal Segoe UI; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div class=3D"GroupWiseMessa= geBody" id=3D"GroupWiseSection_1574779495000_hermannd@upstate.edu_D6B29F811= 5BE0000958A00805FBB36E5_"><div><font size=3D"4">Sandy - please send = out:</font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><font = size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4">We had a robust discussion on <strong><em>Where= The Crawdads Sing</em></strong> book on 11/18 - there were a dozen of us = and it was lively and fun.<br></font></font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><di= v><font size=3D"4">For your holiday read we have chosen:</font></div><div><= font size=3D"4"><br></font></div></font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D'color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; = mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-= font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;'><font size=3D"5"><st= rong><em>Talking to Strangers </em></strong>by Malcolm Gladwell (388 = pages)</font></span></font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><strong><font = face=3D"Times New Roman"></font></strong><font size=3D"4"><br></font></font= ></div><div><font size=3D"4">DATE:&nbsp;&nbsp; Monday, January 13, 2020 at = 5:30 pm<br>Location: Deb Hermann's House (somewhat dependent on the = weather) - if it is snowy we will probably meet at a location with covered = parking</font></div><div><div><font size=3D"4">More to come as we get = closer to the date.</font></div><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><fon= t size=3D"4">Any questions - call Deb Hermann at 315-396-7647<br></font></d= iv><div><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"4">Bring: = A bottle of wine/non-alcoholic beverage OR an appetizer to share - or = just yourself.....if we meet at a public place you are free to purchase = drinks and snacks!<br><br>Even if you do not read the entire book - come = and join in on the discussion! No RSVP necessary!</font></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=3D'backgrou= nd: white; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";'><font= face=3D"Calibri"><span style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(51, 51, = 51); mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'><br><fo= nt size=3D"4"></font></span></font></span></div><div><span style=3D'backgro= und: white; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";'><fon= t size=3D"4"><strong> </strong><span style=3D'background: white; color: = rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-lati= n; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-lang= uage: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>More About the Book:</stron= g>&nbsp; <strong><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><strong><font size=3D"4"= ><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, = 24); font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font:= minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In July 2015, a young = black woman names Sandra Bland was pulled over for a minor traffic = violation in rural Texas.&nbsp; Minutes later she was arrested and = jailed.&nbsp; Three days later,</span></font></font></strong></font></font>= </strong></span></font></span></div><div><span style=3D'background: white; = color: rgb(51, 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";'><font size=3D"4"= ><span style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: = 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: = minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: = Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: = minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; = mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><stron= g><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"background: white; = color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; = mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">she = committed suicide&nbsp; in her cell.&nbsp; What went wrong?&nbsp; This = book is all about what happens when we encounter people we don't know, why = it often goes awry, and what it says about us.&nbsp; How do we make sense = of the unfamiliar?</span></font></font></strong></font></font></strong></sp= an></font></span></div><div><span style=3D'background: white; color: = rgb(51, 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";'><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 115%; = mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;= mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; = mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; = mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: = AR-SA;'><strong><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><strong><font size=3D"4">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); = font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: = minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why are we so bad at = judging someone, reading a face, or detecting a lie?&nbsp; Why do we so = often fail to 'get' other people?&nbsp; Through a series of puzzles, = encounters and misunderstandings, from little-known stories to infamous = legal cases, </span></font></font></strong></font></font></strong></span></= font></span></div><div><span style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(51, = 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";'><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 115%; = mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;= mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; = mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; = mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: = AR-SA;'><strong><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><strong><font size=3D"4">= <font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); = font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: = minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style=3D"back= ground: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-w= eight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: = minor-latin;">Gladwell takes us on a journey through the unexpected.&nbsp; = You will read about the spy who spent years undetected at the highest = levels of the Pentagon, the man who saw through the fraudster Bernie = Madoff, the suicide of the</span></font></font></strong></font></font></str= ong></span></font></span></div><div><span style=3D'background: white; = color: rgb(51, 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";'><font size=3D"4"= ><span style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: = 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: = minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: = Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: = minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; = mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><stron= g><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D"background: white; = color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; = mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">poet= Sylvia Plath and the false conviction of Amanda Knox.&nbsp; You will = discover that strangers are never simple.&nbsp; No one shows us who we are = like Malcolm Gladwell.&nbsp; Here he sets out to understand why we act the = way we do, and how </span></font></font></strong></font></font></strong></s= pan></font></span></div><div><span style=3D'background: white; color: = rgb(51, 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";'><font size=3D"4"><span = style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 115%; = font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-lati= n; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-lang= uage: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font face=3D"Segoe UI"><strong><fo= nt size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><strong><font size=3D"4"><font size=3D"4"><s= pan style=3D"background: white; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-weight: = normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we might know a little more about = those we don't.&nbsp; (Goodreads)</span></font></font></strong></font></fon= t></strong> </font></span></font></span></div></div><div><div><span = style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-family: = "Segoe UI";'><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D'background: white; color: = rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; = mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;= mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; = mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; = mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: = AR-SA;'><font size=3D"4">=0A=0A<br></font></span></font></span></div><div><= span style=3D'background: white; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); mso-bidi-font-fami= ly: "Segoe UI";'><font size=3D"4"><span style=3D'background: white; color: = rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-lati= n; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-lang= uage: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font size=3D"4">Happy Holiday = season to all - be safe and warm!&nbsp; Deb<br></font></span></font></span>= </div></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style=3D'background: white; 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