20151219, Article, Taichung

[Jasmine0316]

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Time：第 335例會，2015年12月 19日（週六）下午2:30~5:30
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15

Agenda
14:30~15:30 Session One
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Session Two
17:15~17:30 Happy Time

Host: Harris
Assistant Host:

Topic: What are ebooks? Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronic Books

Source: http://whenihavetime.com/2009/03/09/wha ... nic-books/

Please Note:
Venue:台中市南屯區 大業路182號 Mos Burger
Thanks a lot for your attention.

Questions:
1. Do you have the experiences of reading ebooks? How is it?

2. After reading this article, which do you prefer, physical books or ebooks? Why? Please give us 3 advantages or disadvantages to support your opinion.

3. Would you like to recommend any books you have read recently to everyone? Please share with us.

4. Because we are going to have the X'mas party and gift-exchange activity, please tell everyone what gift do you want? (The price is between 300-500, and you can list 3 pieces) It's good for everyone to prepare (Just like planning to make a wish come true).


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時間地點須知：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
協會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Association_Principle.htm
各分會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Club_Principle.htm
協會會員會費及各分會會員會費及入場費：
http://www.happyforum.org/15.htm
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章，並帶至現場
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=33
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http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1766
週六晚餐(Saturday Dinner)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=76
戶外活動(Club Outing)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=72
所有行程(All Schedule)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?t=883

[Jasmine0316]

Dear Taichung Happiers,

Q: What did one book say to the other one?
A: I just wanted to see if we are on the same page.

In Patti Smith’s 2010 National Book Award Acceptance Speech, she woke our feelings about beauty. “Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.” Hey, did you listen to Harris in our National Speech Contest? He was more than awesome—and he won’t stop there. Harris is inviting Happiers to explore the bewitching world of books. Welcome to fly with us.

What makes a good reader? There is an immortal soul that Spanish Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón believes: “Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.” Well, can I say that readership is the little garden where the flower and the gardener give hope to each other? Award-winning author Mac Barnett endorses children’s readership which can lift adults to the secret magical land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPrS7-kx9Y0 Perhaps, readership is also a journey of creativity process—we learn, relearn, and demonstrate the power of self-coaching.

How to paint “The Cloud” in the picture of your readership garden? There had been much debate on the issues of ebooks, including the increase in consumption and distraction. Is the ebook reading experience intriguing to you? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/books/review/how-do-e-books-change-the-reading-experience.html?_r=1 Can ebooks hijack all the readers’ hearts? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/media/the-plot-twist-e-book-sales-slip-and-print-is-far-from-dead.html In essence, let the books—physical books, ebooks, audio books, video books, etc.—reach you in the way that you regard home is where the heart is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icxueFeePWA

“A Pleasure Reading” (by Jordan Black)

A poet's style whether rhyming or not
is to secure the listener an thicken the plot
their stories intrigue an challenge the young an old
to be wise an bold
though some a mystery
all become history
an in our hour of needing
they are a pleasure reading.

What is reading but another name for learning empathy? Devoting her attention to social and ethical issues, Award-winning writer Malorie Blackman called for a deeper empathy. “Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while.” Yesssssss! And, empathy is not empathy without your actions. Ladies and gentlemen, please meet Danay Ferguson, a nine-year-old girl, who presents you the “Reading Heart” project. https://www.facebook.com/readingheart/videos/vb.865269883485824/1033563403323137/?type=2&theater Furthermore, you can be struck by the intense empathy flowing through the libraries like electric currents through the cables. http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/371084/why-libraries-matter/

I know, I know, it’s time to greet Spiderman Santa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpS-7uTYOw Our host Harris has also organized a fantastic X’mas Party for Happiers. Please sign up for the party by Friday. All we want for Christmas is you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSbzPCM8yCo Join us. Thanks!





With Gratitude,
Jasmine

[Kevin01]

20151219, Gathering, Taichung