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Connections For EverythingBlind
WELCOME TO CONNECTIONS FOR EVERYTHINGBLIND
Your monthly newsletter from EverythingBlind.com featuring our World Wide Classifieds For The Blind.
VOL. 2
ISSUE 3
March 2009
Classifieds Only Edition
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... Our lives are very rich in substance. They are entwined and interwoven with countless negative and positive things. Still, it is within our power to form
our experiences into things with a neutral-positive balance, to cope with them and to live. May we all, therefore, make the most of each day without fears,
apprehensions, pain, grief, doubt, worry or the like. Instead, may we learn to conquer and master these things so we may be cheerful and free and able
to state with dignity in the last minute of our lives: "I have lived my life honorably and in evolutionary fulfillment, and to a good measure I have satisfied
the duties of the [Creational] laws.
Billy Meier (July 4, 1998; 1:05 am)
It is always wise to consider others views and beliefs and be willing to maybe change some of our own views, if we find others’ views,
at least, possible?
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Warmly,
Heidi Hockman
Chief Editor
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
Meet our resident coach, Teresa Christian, and be sure to drop her a line from our Coaching and Mentoring page
Contact Teresa, today, to find out more about this month’s free teleseminar.
They’re always a blast!
teresa@DiamondSynergyCoaching.com
Or call 707-444-8200 (Pacific)
Coaching, the conversation that makes a difference!
Teresa Christian is a life coach with Diamond Synergy
Coaching
Worry Quotes
Please visit Worry Quotes
Where we found some of these Worry quotes:
Quotations about Worrying
If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones. ~Don Herold
Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. ~Author Unknown
If things go wrong, don't go with them. ~Roger Babson
Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them. ~Author Unknown
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. ~E. Joseph Cossman
Nerves and butterflies are fine - they're a physical sign that you're mentally ready and eager. You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that's the trick. ~Steve Bull
I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting
a busy signal - and soon they'll forget my number. ~Edith Armstrong
You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time. ~Pat Schroeder
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. ~Elbert Hubbard, The Note Book, 1927
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. ~Glenn Turner
Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face. ~Nelson DeMille
For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe. ~Author Unknown
Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. ~Edward Everett Hale
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it. ~John Newton
Worry bankrupts the spirit. ~Berri Clove
Worry ducks when purpose flies overhead. ~C. Astrid Weber
You can never worry your way to enlightenment. ~Ed Northstrum
I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating." ~E.B. White
A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work. ~John Lubbock
Don't chain your worries to your body. The burden soon becomes heavy and your health will give too much of itself to pick up the extra load. ~Astrid Alauda,
Dyspeptic Enlightenment
Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body. ~Martin Luther
I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us. ~Dorothy Day
Some of your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived,
But what torments of grief you endured
From the evil which never arrived.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. ~Mark Twain
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
~Calvin Coolidge
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. ~Arthur Somers Roche
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. ~Josh Billings
Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. ~William Ralph Inge
Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail
Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff. ~Robert Eliot
Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head
And kick every worriment out of the bed.
~Edmund Vance Cooke
Editor's Update
Dear Readers,
The number of subscribers is still rising. Do what you can to spread the word about where we are!
Here is the latest subscriber count. This does not include people who are receiving Connections as a forward from a friend or
colleague. We are now at
over 725 readers!
Please forward this to all of your friends and colleagues.
We are bringing the blind community closer together.
Sincerely,
Heidi Hockman, Editor
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
won’t lose your tail!
Blind
Mice Mart
American Blind Bowlers Association
Since the 1940's the ABBA has enabled blind and visually impaired youths and adults to bowl alongside sighted friends and family.
Throughout the year tournaments are held in many locations in North America. Click here to find out more:
EverythingBlind/ American Blind Bowler's Association
Advertise in Connections
If you are interested in advertising with us, please submit your ad along with payment by March 21nd to be included in April's
issue.
Ad submission instructions can be found near the end of this publication or on our home page
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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.
For Self-Employed Persons Interested in Networking
Looking For other blind self-employed people for the purpose of
- networking around the unique issues experienced by being a blind person and also being self-employed.
- Discussing topics such as accessible bookkeeping software, And accessible marketing tools
- Alternative ways of networking
- Websites, blogs and web designers
- How to address blindness with customers and clients
- how to deal with Social Security
- share experiences about what has and has not worked and more.
Looking for a group already in existance or other blind entrepreneurs also wanting to connect.
Email Rebecca Degeorge
phone: 415-459-7585, Pasific
Or email Teresa Christian
Phone:707-444-8200, Pasific
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Looking For a Friend or More
my name is Mark. I am a white mail seeking friendship that might lead to a personal romance with a white catholic woman in the US only. I travel with a Guide Dog. I am forty-six years old and stand 5' 2”. I am diabetic, but do not let this get in the way of having fun. I enjoy music, walking and cooking. Or Send Braille and tape letters to 4220 Clayton Road building 2 Apt 118 Concord, CA. 94521
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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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Books
The Glass Diary
- audio book read by the author, Karen A. Myers, PhD
$15.00
At eight, Megan could not see her paper diary, so she confided in her mirror. These are conversations she had with her "glass" diary from ages 8 to18.
To purchase CD, go to Purchase The Glass Diary
http://www.karenamyers.com/
The Way I See It: Bumping into Life with Low Vision
- audio book read by the author, Karen A. Myers, PhD
$15.00
A humorous compilation of 21 depictions of the author "bumping" into life, i.e., experiencing life with low vision.
http://www.karenamyers.com/
To purchase CD, book, and eBook, go to Purchase The Way I See It
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
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
888-425-7072
Envision
Choices and resources for people who are blind or low vision.
Mark.benson@envision.com
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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
often and openly as you wish to learn the surprisingly fun skill of selling what people want and helping them to understand why your
product can help them.
Come check out the program at:: DT Mentor
Need money? Are you ambitious, a self-starter and goal achiever?
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An unprecedented 90-day, empty-bottle, money-back guarantee sets us apart from all other MLM companies.
Scientific studies are proving the benefits of this great-tasting juice.
Go to: and search for GoChi.
Then, call me at 503 313 2840 (Pacific time)
or email:
jmarcley@juno.com
A totally blind person can run this business easily, with or without a computer.
Don’t wait. What do you have to lose?
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Travel Services
BEST PRICE ASSURANCE!
If you book your trip through Shiloh's Travel and later discover, someone
else has booked the exact same trip at a lower fare, through Shiloh's Travel
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you the
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1. original trip must be booked with Shiloh's Travel.
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excluding groups,
corporate Priceline and Hotwire.
3. Must send confirmation number of lower fare to Shiloh's Travel to verify
the accuracy of the lower fare.
Once this has been determine, you will receive a check for the difference
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Logon today, to Shiloh's Travel at:
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or call:
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With our best price assurance guaranty, what do you have to lose?
Payments are accepted by credit card, PayPal, check and money order.
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Email
reservations@shilohstravel.com
Phone:
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Legal Services
Serving North American Families Since 1972
PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES, INC., AND SUBSIDIARIES
For affordable access to the legal system please contact:
Gary Metzler and Jackie Hull
Independent Associates
610 NW Marion Avenue
Port St. Lucie, Florida 34983
772-342-8246
gmtravel@bellsouth.net
PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES, INC.
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Entertainment
Dear Friends,
Please consider signing the petition: "Video Discription"asking Disney to include an audio description track on their movies released on DVD. This is hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, at:
Descriptive Video Petition
Disney has never supported audio description tracks on their DVD's & if they could be persuaded to do so, they have the potential of influencing the entire movie industry.
I hope you will consider taking a few moments to read, sign and support this petition by going to:
Descriptive Video Petition
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, 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
Visit a website for the blind!
We have put together a site where all VIPs their friends, family, and anyone else that wants to find something pertaining to vision or
vision loss, can come to interact and learn.
Check it out!
EverythingBlind.com
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Send only $5 for an ad of 50 words or less .
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At this time, there are no limits on how many ads you may place, but no two ads may be related to each other.
The deadline for submission of all ads is the fifteenth of the previous month. For example, if you want your ad to appear in the October
issue, the deadline is September 15.
Just include a brief, but detailed description of what you would like to sell or what service you wish to provide.
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Feel free to pass the word! This will benefit you as an advertiser, as well as make others aware of Connections.)!
Note: You do not have to be blind to advertise in Connections.), however, we do ask that all blind and visually impaired readers can
benefit from your product and/or service and that all material, web content and sites be accessible to screen readers.
ConnectionsAdvertising And Literary Submissions Guidelines
Here are a few guidelines to keep in mind when sending in your ads and literary pieces.
1. When sending an ad by email, please place a before and after your ad in the message. This will ensure that only the ad itself is
included in Connections. If you have a personal phone number or email address in your signature you do not wish to share with the
readers, please protect your own privacy.
2. Before sending in your ad, please read the information that appears at the end of every Connections.)issue. You will then be more
aware of the types of ads you may place and the costs for each.
3. When contacting Connections please make a note in the subject line pertaining to your inquiry or submission. This will ensure that
your message is not deleted as spam.
Submissions
1. Contest submissions should be no longer than 700 words.
2. When submitting literary pieces, please keep in mind that the readership of Connections is world wide and general in nature.
Please, no adult or explicit material.
3. Please send your submission in the body of an email, along with the attached document, preferably in Microsoft Word format.
Double spacing is not necessary.
4. Please be aware that in print, there are two spaces between sentences. This is because print is much smaller than Braille and
therefore needs the extra space for ease in reading.
Submit Your Literary Work To Connections!
Do you write poetry? How about short stories or articles on varying subjects of general interest? Do Do you travel to out of the way
places? Do you enjoy writing jokes and humorous pieces? Many small publishers cannot pay large sums of money, and some do not pay
at all, but this doesn't make them less useful to begin building up your portfolio of published works. When the time comes to submit your
piece for paid publication, you'll have lots of clips from various publications to present to editors.
Connections is one of those small non paying publications at the moment. The copyright remains your own, so you can publish any of
your works elsewhere. I am especially interested in blind and visually impaired writers, but not exclusively. I hope to hear from
you soon.
Email Addresses For Connections
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Remember everyone, this magazine contains what you put into it, so send in your ads and literary submissions today! Be sure to leave
pertinent contact information so interested parties can ask you further questions. Connections reserves the right to censor. If materials
are not suitable for this venue, they will not be accepted and payment along with your ad will be returned to you. Publication of ads and
articles does not imply endorsement. Connections is not responsible for validity of ads. If you have a question regarding a particular ad,
please contact the individual or corporation listed. Thanks for taking the time to read these reminders. Until next month, Live
your vision, and feel free to share this exciting publication with your friends!
Remember also, advertisers are looking forward to your response, so contact them today!
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