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VOL. 2
ISSUE 8
August 2009
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Apparently the American Medical Association has weighed in on the new Health Care Initiatives from the Obama Administration ...
The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.
The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.
The Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception.
Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.
Oncologists fear it's malignant, while Osteopaths see it as holistic.
The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it.
Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.
The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the Plastic Surgeons said, This puts a whole new face on the matter.
The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea.
The Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas, and the Cardiologists didn't have the heart to say no.
In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the a**holes in Washington.
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From Meagan
I've created a blog over on live journal, so if you want to check out what I’m up to, go to Meag's Place
I wish you all God's blessings for your lives and best of times in 2008 and beyond.
Sincerely,
Meagan Green
Founder of Connections For the Blind
Coaching and Mentoring
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Contact Teresa, today, to find out more about this month’s free teleseminar.
They’re always a blast!
teresa@DiamondSynergyCoaching.com
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Coaching, the conversation that makes a difference!
Teresa Christian is a life coach with Diamond Synergy
Coaching
Quotations
Please visit Quotes about Creativity
Quotes on CREATIVITY and INNOVATION
When all think alike, then no one is thinking.
— Walter Lippman
Capital isn't so important in business. Experience isn't so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas, you
have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life.
— Harvey Firestone
Great is the human who has not lost his childlike heart.
— Mencius (Meng-Tse), 4th century BCE
Doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results, is the definition of crazy.
— Unknown
M. A. Rosanoff: Mr. Edison, please tell me what laboratory rules you want me to observe.
Edison: There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to accomplish somep'n!
— Thomas Edison
Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know in order to find out what we do not know. Hence, to think creatively, we must
be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.
— George Kneller
It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization. The incompetent never get in a position to destroy it. It is those who achieved something and want
to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.
— F. M. Young
It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out of date.
— Roger von Oech
We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more
democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more rigid, more hierarchical, more tunnel-visioned. Most people, unfortunately
spend most of their time in the closed mode. Not that the closed mode cannot be helpful. If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time
for considering alternative strategies. When you charge the enemy machine-gun post, don't waste energy trying to see the funny side of it. Do it in the
closed mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the open mode—to open your mind again to all the feedback from our action that enables
us to tell whether the action has been successful, or whether further action is need to improve on what we have done. In other words, we must return to
the open mode, because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent.
— John Cleese
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
— Dr. Linus Pauling
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
— Albert von Szent-Gyorgy
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
— Albert Einstein
Without the playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.
— Carl Jung
When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: “Only stand out of my light.”
Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their
light.
— John W. Gardner
Please visit Quotes about Determination
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We are bringing the blind community closer together.
Heidi
Experience Personal Growth
One of our goals is to take each of you who are willing and ready to grab a hold of a dream and help you to run with it.
OK, so you may be blind, but who cares. Find what it is that makes you passionate and live it.
Please, visit my personal growth
page to find some ways to help you do this
About the mice …
“…They opened a store where the blind could shop from the comfort and safety of their homes. There is no getting lost in the mall
anymore. There are no rude
and impolite salespeople to deal with any longer. There are no flying carving knives either. There are just lots and lots of gifts and
collectibles, and
things for the garden and home to enhance their beauty that all can be browsed through at your own pace!.
It’s a place where every purchase benefits a scholarship fund to assist visually impaired students earn a college degree.
It’s a place where helping make tomorrow better for everyone is the driving force and not the bottom line.
The place is Blind Mice Mart! It is located conveniently on the Internet and parking is never a problem! Blind Mice Mart—Where you
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Blind Mice Mart has the Sensesational Talking A B C Books!
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Toys and Games For The Blind
Visit Future Aid’s page of toys and games which are all accessible and fun for the blind
Toys and Games for the blind
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Ad submission instructions can be found near the end of this publication or on our home page
Ad Categories
Looking For ...
In this section we will post your requests, for free, of something you need that you have not been able to easily find.
This may range from a product or service that you require, or a resource or just to make new friends to correspond with.
Send your submissions to this category,
every 3 months, with looking for ... in the subject line.
Hi, My name is Becky
I am looking for a committed friendship with a Christian male, , that may lead to something more. . I am a 54 year old Christian woman. I love to read, walk with my Seeing eye dog, travel, and live life to the fullist.
Email, luv2beasinger@verizon.net
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Looking For Pen Pal
My name is Adrijana Prokopenko and I am a 30-year old totally blind lady. I live in Macedonia and work in a school for blind children teaching English. I love and enjoy my job a lot and like children a lot. I would be happy to exchange messages with people in the teaching profession and to others who may like to write to me. Feel free to write in braille, or tape or via email. My postal address is:
Adrijana Prokopenko
bul. Jane Sandanski
43 5 / 6
1000 - Skopje
Macedonia
and my email address is:
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Just no inmates or people with psychological, mental or gender related issues please.
Looking for help in finding a particular individual
I am in Macedonia. 10 years ago, I studied in the U.S. After coming home, I was in contact with a particular blind individual who was helping me acquire some information about university scholarships for international students. I got his address from Labina and Teona Mitevski, two Macedonian sisters involved with Macedonian movie production, and I believe they got to know about him by a common friend of theirs called Goran. I believe that this blind individual was either English or American and I believe he is in his 30s now. He studied at Oxford 10 years or more ago and that he was pursuing a very unusual degree in history or architecture. If he is reading this magazine, or if anyone thinks they know him, please contact me. I would really like to get back in touch with him.
My e-mail address is:
my Skype ID is adrijana832
Shirley Cheng, blind and physically disabled 25-year-old award-winning author, is looking for family-friendly sites with which to
exchange links.
Her site's info is below. If you are interested in swapping links with her site, please contact her via her site (the e-mail
link at the top of her page).
Title: Dance with Your Heart! Inspirational and Fantasy Books and Poems by Child Prodigy Shirley Cheng, Award-Winning Author
Shirley Cheng
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Introducing Orator for BlackBerry Smartphones
Orator for Blackberry
New screen reader software application provides blind and visually impaired customers with a solution to access BlackBerryR smartphones
HumanWare is pleased to introduce its newest software solution called "Orator for
BlackBerry SmartphonesR" to the blind community. Access to information
through mobile devices is key in today's business world and the use of
smartphones has become the predominant way of communication for business
professionals and management. With over 21 million subscribers in 150
countries the BlackBerry Smartphones have grown in popularity to become the
smartphone of choice to stay in touch with work, family, friends and
important information while on the go. Orator for BlackBerry Smartphones is
an innovative screen reader application that enables visually impaired users
to access and operate BlackBerry Smartphones
Orator for BlackBerry Smartphones is the product of the joint collaborative
efforts of HumanWare, the global leader in assistive technologies for the
print disabled, Code Factory, the leading provider of screen reader
technology and maker of Mobile Speak, and Research In Motion (RIM), the
maker of the award winning portfolio of BlackBerry products and solutions.
Orator for BlackBerry Smartphones is design to convert visual information
displayed on the device screen into a voice output enabling people who are
visually impaired to use BlackBerry smartphones to increase independence and
productivity, which are essential in today's competitive world.
Available for the new QWERTY BlackBerry smartphones, including the
new BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone, Orator for BlackBerry Smartphones will
provide you with greater freedom to manage your daily activities in the way
that is most convenient for you. With it, you will have the ability to stay
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If you wish to learn more about the Orator for BlackBerry
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Learn how to detoxify your body of dangerous metals and poisons!
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and even gold, platinum, and palladium are all suspected of being problematic for the immune system and of causing a wide spectrum of disease symptoms.
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Books
We are Tape Ministries Northwest and record Christian books on tape cassettes; a free lending library
in existence for 28 years.
The books are inspirational. We also record Decision Magazine and Our Daily Bread daily devotional.
Go to:
Tape Ministries Northwest
Or call 206-243-7377 for a free catalog.
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Broken Eyes Now On Audio Tape!
The book 'Broken Eyes' by Mack W. Riley' is now available on tape and CD!
at the Braille Institute # CBB 2492
Tel. 1-800- 808-2555 for southern California residents
For CD visit:
Broken Eyes
Recently, I published a book in memory of Mack Willard Riley a Collection of Short Stories, named "BROKEN EYES", because the last
20 years of his
life he was totally blind. Yet, it never stopped him from continuing to try to reach his goals, no matter what stood in his way.
He helped more people in need than anyone I know, especially people losing their "SIGHT", including myself.
Each copy costs $14.95, plus $3 shipping and handling. A wonderful gift for family and friends for birthdays or Christmas!
For more information, or to order, contact Lea Seelig Riley at:
mlsr7777@sbcglobal.net
Broken Eyes
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Dance with Your Heart! Inspirational and Fantasy Books and Poems by Child Prodigy
Shirley Cheng, Award-Winning
Author
Shirley Cheng
Be empowered, inspired, and motivated through the inspirational writings, radio interviews, and life story of miracle survivor Shirley
Cheng, a blind and physically disabled motivational speaker, poet, author and contributing author of seventeen books by age
twenty-four.
Despite her multiple physical disabilities, she's living the life she loves and she empowers others to do the same.
Subscribe to her monthly newsletter, Inspiration from a Blind, to receive words of inspiration, news and updates on her books.
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Services
Braille transcription service
Transcriber certified by Library of Congress in literary Braille transcription.
Contact Laura, Cat's Meow Braille Transcription,
(316) 619-4750
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Financial Services
WORK AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Envision is hiring!
If you are legally blind and looking for work, consider Envision-Kansas
At Envision you will earn competitive pay and enjoy a generous benefits package.
To learn more please call
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Envision
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Come learn the undeniably lucrative art of telemarketing
and tech and copy advertising so you can sell whatever you have to sell … including yourself.
This affordable, lifetime, money back guaranteed program of study is a recurring, continuous Teleclass, where you can participate as
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Entertainment
Like descriptive videos, but, don’t know a quick and easy way to get them?
Well, visit Blind Mice Mart’s movie vault at: Blind Mice Movie Vault where you can immediately download from a list of over 100 popular titles that you can download immediately for free!
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Blind or Visually Impaired? - How You Can Learn to Play Chess!!!
"The Gymnastics of the Brain"or "The Martial Arts of the Mind"
feel the "Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat" or just have fun.
a great hobby, wonderful recreation, playing Blind or sighted people alike.
A great way to meet others, take this games of Kings to whatever level you like!!!
please visit the Web site of the United States Braille Chess Association
A group of Blind or Visually Impaired Chess enthusiasts who enjoy playing Tournaments or just Friendly Games with those of their own
strength and knowledge of this wonderful sport!
the U.S. Braille Chess Association has a listserv. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail message to: usbcachess-subscribe@topica.com
To join, or for more information, on how to get your free accessible chess set, contact:
Alan Dicey, President
United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA
adicey@bellsouth.net
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Computers
Visual Innovations and Solutions
Do you have a Brailler collecting dust on a closet shelve?
Do you have a Braille & Speak or type & speak in the desk drawer because you have upgraded?
Are you upgrading your Computers?
Have you thought what to do with the computers, other technology, and adaptive devices that you no longer use?
Visual Innovations and Solutions has the answer for you.
By donating your old computers, technology, and adaptive devices you will be opening the window of opportunity to many through out
the country.
Please contact me if you have any computers, technology, or adaptive devices at:
Visual Innovations
875 Derbyshire Road #72AA
Daytona Beach, FL 32117
Phone: 386-898-2954
visualinn@yahoo.com
Check out our Web-site: http://visualinnovations.org to
find out how you can help.
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Free Information
Blind File Sharing is a service designed for visually impaired people
who want to share files or need a way to send files to people that are too large to be accomodated by an email client as an attachment.
The site does not incorporate graphics or capchas.
The content within the site explains all the aspects of how to use the service.
BFS supports m3u playlist files for streaming audio.
Currently, the Sound Prints radio show, which is broadcast by the Kentucy ACB is hosted on Blind File Sharing for those who want to download or stream the audio over the Internet.
Blind File Sharing http://publicftp.com
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