Monday, March 16
Civic Engagement
Today we'll preview the upcoming Hampton Roads Civic Engagement Summit “Our Region, Our Future” with Jim Oliver the current Chairman of the Board for the Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement, Dr. Quentin Kidd of Christopher Newport University and David Poole, founder of the Virginia Public Access Project. We want to hear from you about the ways you're involved in your community and helping to make it a better place - join us on HearSay!
http://www.hrcce.org/resources/Symposia.html
http://www.vpap.org/
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Tuesday, March 17
Segment A: Veteran's Issues
The Commonwealth of Virginia established the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program (VWWP) in 2008 as part of an effort to better serve Virginians who have served their country. The program is up and running with regional offices across the Commonwealth. We'll talk with Kenneth Rich - he's the Regional Director for Southern Virginia about the services offered through the program. We'll also speak with a representative from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) about the GI Bill and a number of other issues of importance to America's Veteran's and their families.
http://iava.org/
http://www.dvs.virginia.gov/woundedwarrior/
Segment B: Final Salute
The Department of Defense recently lifted an 18 year-old ban on photographs of returning American service members' coffins, with family approval. We'll talk with journalist Jim Sheeler, author of the book Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives which follows the final journey of returning fallen service personnel through the eyes of Marine Major Steve Beck, a casualty notification officer. We'll get his thoughts on the lift of the ban and hear about his experience following America's fallen service members home.
www.jimsheeler.com
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Wednesday, March 18
YourSay
We open up our lines to hear from you about the stories and headlines that are catching your attention today on HearSay. Call us during the show at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240 or post your comments on our Facebook page. We'll also bring you a conversation with Brian Eule, the author of a book about 'Match Day' which is largely unknown outside the medical community. It's the day when a complicated computer algorithm pairs students with hospital residencies in nearly every field of medicine. The Match determines where each graduate will be assigned the crucial first job as an intern, and shapes the rest of his—or, in increasing numbers, her—life.
http://www.matchdaythebook.com/
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Thursday, March 19
Child Neglect and Abuse
One of the sad side effects of the economic downturn is a marked increase in child neglect and abuse cases. We're joined in the studio today by renowned sociologist Dr. Murray Straus, whose work on in the fields child abuse, neglect and family violence has brought him world-wide acclaim as well as Betty Wade Coyle, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads.
http://www.ucantbeatkids.org/
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Friday, March 20
Food Friday
Patrick Evans-Hylton joins guest host Barbara Hamm Lee in the studio today for our Food Friday edition of HearSay. Today we're talking about 'bizarre' foods. What's the strangest thing you've ever eaten? Call in and tell us today on HearSay. Guests: Eric Stevens and Edward Storey of Bardo in Norfolk and David George Gordon author of the Eat-a-bug Cookbook: 33 ways to cook grasshoppers, ants, water bugs, spiders, centipedes, and their kin.
http://www.hrmag.com/
http://www.davidgeorgegordon.com
http://www.bardoeats.com/
Grasshoppers
by Patrick Evans-Hylton
Brownie ingredients:
1 stick butter
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Mint extract
Frosting ingredients:
Prepared butter cream frosting
(email me for my favorite recipe: patrickevanshylton@gmail.com)
1 teaspoon mint extract
Green food coloring
Also: almond slivers and miniature chocolate chips
Method:
Preheat oven to 325F. In saucepan, melt butter and add cocoa, stirring to mix, then remove from heat. Add sugar and eggs to a mixing bowl, stir together, and pour into saucepan. Add flour, vanilla and baking powder and stir to mix well. Place paper muffin tin liners in pan and, using a spoon, fill each liner mostly to the top. Place the filled muffin tin into the oven and bake about 30 minutes; brownies are done when a toothpick inserted in the middle of one of the muffins comes out clean. Remove the brownies, pour a little mint extract in a bowl, and, while brownies are still warm, brush tops with extract using a pastry brush. Brownies should cool before icing.
For icing, drizzle mint extract into prepared butter cream frosting and stir. Add enough green food coloring to your liking and stir to mix well. Use a spoon to put a dollop of icing on top of each brownie and add sliver almonds to mimic wings and miniature chocolate chips to mimic eyes.
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