<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:06:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Ken Carpenter :: Valencia Community College</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Home page for Journalism and Mass Media Communications courses&lt;br&gt;taught by Ken Carpenter at Valencia Community College in Orlando, Fla.&lt;/b&gt;</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/index.htm</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424.post-1297776252358040445</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-11T11:23:54.261-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Journalism</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Fall 2008</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 1100</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>News Reporting</category><title>Sarah-Jane Kenyon interview</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2216191&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2216191&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/2216191"&gt;Sarah-Jane Kenyon interview&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/valenciavoice"&gt;Valencia Voice&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/2008/11/sarah-jane-kenyon-interview.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424.post-2405938154816495202</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-18T11:57:29.576-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Fall 2008</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 1100A</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>News Reporting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 1100B</category><title>Focus your story: "Who did what?"</title><description>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wwt4VQnEFQk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wwt4VQnEFQk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shot by Susan Burzynski Bullard</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/2008/09/focus-your-story-who-did-what.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424.post-3444536913434778248</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-27T08:56:49.582-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Journalism</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Fall 2008</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 2200</category><title>EDITING &amp; MAKEUP / JOU 2200</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Course:&lt;/b&gt; Editing &amp; Makeup (JOU 2200)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fall 2008 meeting times:&lt;/b&gt; Monday and Wednesday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Classroom:&lt;/b&gt; West Campus, SSB 220&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attendance &amp; Make-up Work policy:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/attendance.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Syllabus:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_jou2200_syl.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weekly schedule, assignments:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_jou2200_sked.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Textbooks:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Supplemental reading:&lt;/b&gt; The &lt;a href=http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=33254424&amp;postID=4339155687463871698 target=_new&gt;"Get Into Reading"&lt;/a&gt; program. &lt;a href=http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385512107 target=_new&gt;"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time"&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Haddon target=_new&gt;Mark Haddon&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Reading and quiz schedule:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_curious_sked.pdf target=_new&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/2008/08/editing-makeup-jou-2200_27.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424.post-2187719197039303229</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-14T06:13:46.339-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Journalism</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Fall 2008</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>News Reporting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 1100B</category><title>NEWS REPORTING / JOU 1100B (Tuesday, Thursday)</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Course:&lt;/b&gt; News Reporting (JOU 1100B)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fall 2008 meeting times:&lt;/b&gt; Tuesday and Thursday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Classroom:&lt;/b&gt; West Campus, 6-221 (Library)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attendance &amp; Make-up Work policy:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/attendance.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Syllabus:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_jou1100b_syl.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;News reporting tools:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/harrower_apstyle.pdf" target="_new"&gt;AP Style guide&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/harrower_checklist.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Deadline Checklist&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/harrower_66tips.pdf" target="_new"&gt;66 Newswriting Tips&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/rules_thumb.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Rules of Thumb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Textbooks:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.timharrower.com/inside.htm target=_new&gt;“Inside Reporting,”&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=http://www.timharrower.com/bio.htm target=_new&gt;Tim Harrower&lt;/a&gt; (1st edition); &lt;a href=http://ap.org/pages/product/order.html target=_new&gt;“The Associate Press Stylebook and Libel Manual,”&lt;/a&gt; by The Associated Press&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Supplemental reading:&lt;/b&gt; The &lt;a href=http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=33254424&amp;postID=4339155687463871698 target=_new&gt;"Get Into Reading"&lt;/a&gt; program. &lt;a href=http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385512107 target=_new&gt;"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time"&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Haddon target=_new&gt;Mark Haddon&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Reading and quiz schedule:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_curious_sked.pdf target=_new&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/2008/08/news-reporting-jou-1400-tuesday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424.post-1130152019381239237</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-14T06:14:19.320-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Journalism</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Fall 2008</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 1100A</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>News Reporting</category><title>NEWS REPORTING / JOU 1100A (Monday)</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Course:&lt;/b&gt; News Reporting (JOU 1100A)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fall 2008 meeting times:&lt;/b&gt; Monday, 6-8:45 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Classroom:&lt;/b&gt; West Campus, 6-221 (Library)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attendance &amp; Make-up Work policy:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/attendance.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Syllabus:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_jou1100a_syl.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;News reporting tools:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/harrower_apstyle.pdf" target="_new"&gt;AP Style guide&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/harrower_checklist.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Deadline Checklist&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/harrower_66tips.pdf" target="_new"&gt;66 Newswriting Tips&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/rules_thumb.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Rules of Thumb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Textbooks:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.timharrower.com/inside.htm target=_new&gt;“Inside Reporting,”&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=http://www.timharrower.com/bio.htm target=_new&gt;Tim Harrower&lt;/a&gt; (1st edition); &lt;a href=http://ap.org/pages/product/order.html target=_new&gt;“The Associate Press Stylebook and Libel Manual,”&lt;/a&gt; by The Associated Press&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Supplemental reading:&lt;/b&gt; The &lt;a href=http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=33254424&amp;postID=4339155687463871698 target=_new&gt;"Get Into Reading"&lt;/a&gt; program. &lt;a href=http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385512107 target=_new&gt;"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time"&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Haddon target=_new&gt;Mark Haddon&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Reading and quiz schedule:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_curious_sked.pdf target=_new&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/2008/08/news-reporting-jou-1100-monday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424.post-4339155687463871698</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-03T09:43:23.205-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Fall 2008</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Mass Communications</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>MMC 1000</category><title>SURVEY OF MASS COMMUNICATIONS / MMC 1000</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Course:&lt;/b&gt; Survey of Mass Communications (MMC 1000)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fall 2008&lt;/b&gt; Monday and Wednesday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Classroom:&lt;/b&gt; West Campus, Building 3, Room 118&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attendance &amp; Make-up Work policy:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/attendance.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Syllabus:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_mmc1000_syl.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weekly schedule, assignments:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_mmc1000_sked.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Presentations schedule:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_mmc1000_present.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Powerpoint files:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch03.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 3 / Books&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch04.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 4 / Newspapers&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch05.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 5 / Magazines&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch06.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 6 / Film&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch07.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 7 / Radio &amp; Popular Music&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch08.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 8 / Television &amp; Cable/Satellite TV&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch010.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 10 / The Internet&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch011.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 11 / Public Relations&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/baran5_ppt_ch012.ppt target="_new"&gt;Chapter 12 / Advertising&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Textbook:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Mass-Communication-Literacy-Culture/dp/0073302716/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1199663969&amp;sr=8-1" target="_new"&gt;Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture (Updated 5th edition),&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.bryant.edu/bryant/facultyprofile/baran_stanley.jsp" target="_new"&gt;Stanley J. Baran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Supplemental reading:&lt;/b&gt; The &lt;a href=http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=33254424&amp;postID=4339155687463871698 target=_new&gt;"Get Into Reading"&lt;/a&gt; program. &lt;a href=http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385512107 target=_new&gt;"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time"&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Haddon target=_new&gt;Mark Haddon&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Reading and quiz schedule:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_curious_sked.pdf target=_new&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/2008/08/survey-of-mass-communications-mmc-1000.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424.post-8661196411925534395</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-18T11:54:16.550-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Journalism</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Fall 2008</category><title>COLLEGE NEWSPAPER / JOU 1400L</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Course:&lt;/b&gt; College Newspaper (JOU 1400L)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fall 2008 meeting times:&lt;/b&gt; Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Classroom:&lt;/b&gt; West Campus, SSB 220&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attendance &amp; Make-up Work policy:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/attendance.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Syllabus:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_jou1400_syl.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Textbooks:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://ap.org/pages/product/order.html target=_new&gt;“The Associate Press Stylebook and Libel Manual,”&lt;/a&gt; by The Associated Press&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Supplemental reading:&lt;/b&gt; The &lt;a href=http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=33254424&amp;postID=4339155687463871698 target=_new&gt;"Get Into Reading"&lt;/a&gt; program. &lt;a href=http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385512107 target=_new&gt;"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time"&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Haddon target=_new&gt;Mark Haddon&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Reading and quiz schedule:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/f08_curious_sked.pdf target=_new&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/2008/08/college-newspaper-jou-1400l.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33254424.post-5211122942005597276</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-08T11:43:09.630-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 1400L</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 1100</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>JOU 2200</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>MMC 1000</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>MMC 2100</category><title>Office hours, schedule, contact me, policies</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Office:&lt;/b&gt; West Campus, SSB-220C &lt;a href=http://vcccarpenter.com/west_campus_map.pdf target="_new"&gt;(click for map)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Office hours (Summer 2008, 10 hours per week):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday through Thursday, 2:30-4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30-10:30 a.m. (virtual, via mobile phone)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Class schedule:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Survey of Mass Communications (MMC 1000), Monday-Thursday, 9:45-11:20 a.m., West campus, SSB-220&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;News Reporting (JOU 1100), Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-1:05 p.m., West campus, SSB-220&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Phone numbers:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Office: 407-582-1170; Mobile: 407-539-4823; Home: 407-293-6225; Office fax: 407-582-5504&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;E-mail:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=mailto:kcarpenter2@valenciacc.edu target="_new"&gt;kcarpenter2@valenciacc.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Instant Messaging:&lt;/b&gt; AIM, vcccarpenter; Yahoo, vcccarpenter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attendance &amp; make-up work policy:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://vcccarpenter.com/attendance.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>http://vcccarpenter.com/2008/05/office-hours-schedule-contact-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ken Carpenter)</author></item></channel></rss>