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Inspirations For EverythingBlind
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September 2010
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And now September's issue! Enjoy!
Here with Inspirations we would like to give something to everyone. We want it to be a work of the readers, so remember to keep an
open mind and jump in with your own submissions to Inspirations.
It is important to remember that in order to live a good and just life, we should try to treat others as we would like to be treated. The golden rule applies in all faiths, religions and walks of life.
although we do not have to believe what others say, we might try, at least, to listen and take into consideration that others' beliefs are valid to them. Who knows, we may even learn something of value to ourselves!
I ask that you keep an open mind, as many of the Inspirations featured here in our publication may not resonate with you right away nor ever. Please tune in each and every month and you may find someone to inspire you to greatness! The blind community contains all sorts of people, beliefs, and religions and we can all come together to inspire each other.
I as the editor of Inspirations will never present only one viewpoint or religious denomination. I only wish to remain neutral and present to you the stories of people who have inspired others.
Take some time and find an inspiration , today!
Then share who you’ve found with the rest of our readers.
Visit our Blind Inspirations page at: Blind Inspirations of EverythingBlind www.everythingblind.com/personal-growth.html
And go on your own personal journey to find your gifts and strengths. There are many inspirational people and teachers introduced and you should be able to find something that resonates with you.
What You Can Expect
Each month we will share with you stories, and information on the individuals that have set their sights on inspiring!
the people just like us, who have lost their physical sight, but, not their vision. that keep us going and growing as not only blind and visually impaired individuals,
but also as able and active individuals.
Please send information on these individuals that you know of, so we can share them here or tell us about yourself and why you are such an inspiration!
FEATURED INSPIRATIONS
Sometimes an inspirational person does not even realize how inspirational they are to others. They go about their lives doing the things that they enjoy, helping others the best way they know how and remaining content without ever knowing they really are amazing.
Such a person is Donna W. Hill and you first met Donna in July's issue of Inspirations when you read an article titled, Future Reflections: Raising Successful Blind Children June 14, 2010 at Suite 101: Suite 101:
http://blind-students.suite101.com/article.cfm/future-reflections-raising-successful-blind-children
In my own research on Donna, I found her to be quite a special person and I thought it would be inspirational to tell you a little more about her
Following is her profile found on FaceBook and you can also connect with her through the following links:
Read Donna's articles on
Suite 101 at: Suite 101:
http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/donna_hill
American Chronicle: at: American Chronicle: http://www.americanchronicle.com/authors/view/3885
Connect with Donna on
Twitter at: Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/dewhill
LinkedInat: LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/dwh99
FaceBook at: FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/donna.w.hill
Hear clips from "The Last Straw" at: Donna Hill | The Last Straw http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill
And Apple I-Tunesat: ITunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=259244374
Check out the "Sound in Sight" CD project Donna is Head of Media Relations for the nonprofit Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind at: http://www.padnfb.org
Donna W. Hill (60) is an advocate, author, singer/songwriter, recording artist, speaker and avid knitter in rural Pennsylvania. Now finishing up her first
fantasy novel, she also writes for the online magazines American Chronicle: at: American Chronicle: http://www.americanchronicle.com/authors/view/3885
And Suite 101 at: Suite 101:
http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/donna_hill
Donna, who has written on many topics including folk music, wildlife, health-care and osteoporosis, is a passionate advocate for Braille literacy, a crisis
in the US which impacts the employability of blind people and leads to tax-payer support of intelligent blind people who want to work. Only 10% of America's
blind kids (down from 50% in the 1960s) are taught to read and write Braille, which is the only tool offering true literacy on a par with print. Over seventy
percent of otherwise able-bodied, working-age blind Americans are unemployed. Of those who have jobs, ninety percent are Braille readers.
Donna works to foster understanding of and improve opportunities for blind Americans, as a volunteer publicist for two nonprofits: the National Federation
of the Blind of Pennsylvania (NFB, PA)and the Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind at: http://www.padnfb.org
Born blind from Retinitis Pigmentosa, Donna was one of the first blind students mainstreamed in public schools in the fifties. She has first-hand experience
with the failures of America's special education system. Though legally blind at birth and having a degenerative eye disease which leads to total blindness,
she was never offered Braille or a white cane. She taught herself Braille after graduating from college. Donna has a black Lab guide dog named Hunter.
He is her forth guide from the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown, NY. She works to improve public understanding of these remarkable dogs
and to publicize the access issues that still exist.
She began her music career as a street performer in Philadelphia's Suburban Station, a center city railroad hub. Her work has been honored by the National
Park Service, the US Submarine Veterans of WWII, the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, the Pennsylvania legislature and others. Public, private, Quaker,
Catholic and Christian educators have all recommended her school assembly programs, which are tailored for the elementary through secondary years. She
has written a collection of age-appropriate songs about American history and motivational issues. Her programs encourage students to reach beyond their
circumstances and not give up on themselves or their goals.
Donna is also a nineteen-year cancer survivor. She had breast cancer twice and both times found the tumors herself, despite negative mammograms. She promotes
self-exam.
Donna and her husband Rich live on seventeen acres in rural Susquehanna County in Northeast Pennsylvania. She enjoys long walks with Hunter, travel, and
the great variety of birds, frogs and wild flowers which thrive around their pond and meadows. She knits fancy lap warmers which she gives away to the
elderly through her local interfaith ministries. She writes Haiku and occasional short fiction. A Harry Potter fan, she has published several editorials
on the series with the fan site Mugglenet.com:
http://www.mugglenet.com/editorials/editorials/edit-hilldw07.shtml
Hear clips from "The Last Straw" at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill
So, just wanted to say thanks to Donna, for her special inspiration and to tell everyone, maybe you don’t think you’re special, but yes, just believe in yourself and you'll find that you too can do anything, if you set your mind to it.
Until next month, everyone, stay inspired!
Heidi Hockman
Permission to republish any cited or Featured Inspiration story in print or online must be granted by the cited or noted author in writing.
This Month'sBELLY LAUGH
providing some humor to lighten your day!
As with all parts of our publication, we try and keep an open mind and acceptance of funny stuff. Sometimes humor can get people into trouble and inadvertently cause offense. I ask that we all remember to take it as a joke and laugh a little!
Be sure to pass it along, as everyone is helped with a smile.
Modern Financial Terms
CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer.
CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer.
BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.
VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.
P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
BROKER -- What my broker has made me.
STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A man whose phone has been disconnected.
MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use.
INSPIRATIONS ARCHIVES
Archives of Inspirations For EverythingBlind can be viewed at: Inspirations For EverythingBlind Archives http://www.EverythingBlind.com/Inspirations_For_EverythingBlind_Archives.html
FROM THE EDITOR
Hello everyone!,
Remember that Inspirations is a work of the readers! you are urged to send your suggestions and feedback.
We wish many more of you to send in your contributions so EverythingBlind and Inspirations can be a real place to Connect with what you want and need.
Take time now, to send your links of the sites you most visit so they can be added to EverythingBlind.com and Inspirations.
Heidi@everythingblind.com
Thanks so much for all of your warm wishes and your blessings and continued support.
Stay Inspired!,
Heidi Hockman
Chief Editor
EVERYTHING NEW AT EVERYTHINGBLIND
Following is information and the new links that have been added to www.EverythingBlind.com
* Movies For the Blind
Takes public-domain movies and adds audio description to them, making them available for free listening or download.
Movies For The Blind
Check it out at: Inspirations For EverythingBlind new links http://www.EverythingBlind.com/blog.html
and find the heading for Descriptive Movies
* VIP Conduit
Another great voice chat space for Visually Impaired People
If you are interested, visit
www.vipconduit.com
Check it out at: Inspirations For EverythingBlind new links http://www.EverythingBlind.com/blog.html
and find the heading for Chat Rooms
* Out Of Sight
and yet, another great voice chat site for the blind
If you are interested, visit
http://www.out-of-sight.net Out Of Sight Voice Chat
Check it out at: Inspirations For EverythingBlind new links http://www.EverythingBlind.com/blog.html
and find the heading for Chat Rooms
* BrailleSurf 4
BrailleSurf 4 is an Internet browser for visually impaired users, which allows a simplified reading of the information available on the Web.
BrailleSurf 4 shows this information in a text form. This information can then be displayed on a braille bar, or it can be spoken out by a speech synthesiser thanks
to appropriate drivers. The text can also be presented on the screen according to the needs of partially sighted people.
A further important use of BrailleSurf 4 is to allow a fast review of the accessibility level of a website for visually impaired people.
BrailleSurf 4
Check it out at: Inspirations For EverythingBlind new links http://www.EverythingBlind.com/computers.html
and find the heading for Braille Technology
* An excellent place to find out all there is to know about guide dogs is Pathway To Freedom: A Guide Dog Owner's Manual Ebook by Shelley McMullen
Visit here:
Pathway To Freedom: A Guide Dog Owner's Manual
Check it out at: Inspirations For EverythingBlind new links http://www.EverythingBlind.com/guide-dog.html
and find the heading for Books
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Exploring Microsoft Word 2007 with Jaws
Author Toni Fraser covers the Microsoft Word and JAWS keystrokes, showing how JAWS "speaks" what many things are - and that it doesn't have to be scary!
The book's lessons apply to any version of Windows that can run Office 2007 with JAWS versions 8 and above.
Found at: Exploring Microsoft Word 2007 with Jawswww.nbp.org/ic/nbp/publications/hot_off.html
Blind Recording Artists Sought for Multi-Genre Compilation
Help Support Scholarships for Blind Performers
New York City, NY (August 4, 2010): Dennis H.R. Sumlin, President of the Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind (PAD, NFB):
www.padnfb.org
has announced that the volunteer-run nonprofit is now taking submissions for "Sound in Sight Volume 2." A follow-up to the organization's popular "Sound in Sight Volume 1," The new multi-genre compilation will feature recordings by the nation's finest blind and visually impaired recording artists.
Artists selected for inclusion will receive 5 copies of the CD and have the distinction of helping PAD's innovative programs for blind performers. PAD awarded its first $1,000 Mary Anne Parks Performing Arts Scholarship in July to Ignasi Cambra, a blind pianist who is a senior majoring in performance at the University of Indiana (Bloomington) Jacobs School of Music.
Submissions for "Sound in Sight Volume 2" will be taken until January 1, 2011. There is no charge. To submit to this project, recording artists must be blind or visually impaired. Tracks must be of a professional quality and ready for album placement. WAV files are preferred, but high-quality MP3's will be considered. Since "Sound in Sight" is a project meant to raise money, the division cannot pay for studio time.
"We strongly encourage submissions of original tracks," Sumlin states, "and we ask that if possible, the tracks be 5 minutes or less in length. Artists who contributed to Volume 1 are welcomed to submit tracks to this project as well."
The address to send in your submissions is:
Brooke Fox
PO Box 4203 New York, NY 10163
To upload your music directly, please visit
ftp.padnfb.org
Use the username “music@padnfb.org” and the password “artist”.
Anyone with questions should call 347-948-4445 or send a message to:
perform@padnfb.org
Artists in "Sound in Sight Volume 1" include easy jazz-easy pop vocalist Lisa Ostrow (Boston), country songwriter J.P. Williams (Nashville), Hip-hop duo Kemistry (Tampa), jazz pianist Mike Markaverich (Sarasota) and Latino band Los Ciegos del Barrio (NYC). Hear clips from all 18 "Sound in Sight Volume 1" tracks at:
cdbaby.com/cd/padotnfotb
PAD's board of directors will review all material submitted and make the final decisions.
CONTACT:
Donna Hill, Head of Media Relations
Dennis HR Sumlin, President
Performing Arts Division, National Federation of the Blind
(917) 903-5650
denmaster77@gmail.com
Found at: Sound in Sight Volume 2. www.padnfb.org
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
Please visit: http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/believing/
Where we found these Inspirational quotes:
"Luck is believing you're lucky"
Tennessee Williams
"We all have our own life to pursue, Our own kind of dream to be weaving... And we all have the power To make wishes come true, As long as we keep believing"
Louisa May Alcott
"The hardest thing in the world is to assume the mood of a warrior. It is of no use to be sad and complain and feel justified in doing so, believing that
someone is always doing something it us. Nobody is doing anything to anybody, much less to a warrior"
Carlos Castaneda
"By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired"
Franz Kafka
"The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it"
Jerry Gillies
"You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing"
Denis Waitley
"Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to"
George Seaton
"The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not"
C.S. Lewis
"Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution"
David Joseph Schwartz
"Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible"
Jennifer Capriati
How You Can Help
Please forward this to all of your friends and colleagues.
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 our Blind Inspirations page at www.everythingblind.com/personal-growth.html
to find some ways to help you do this
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,
with looking for ... in the subject line.
Looking for affordable women's manual wind Braille watch. Modern quartz battery powered watches do not work for me though talking watches do. But the mechanical wind or automatic self-winding have worked for me for years, from childhood to, um, middle age.
If anyone knows where I can find one at a price below $100, please send the information to this publication. Thank you.
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