[nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville

Alan Wheeler awheeler at neb.rr.com
Sun Jul 8 19:46:09 CDT 2007 

I was in no way criticizing you.  Just wstating my reasons for applauding
the skating canes.  I was, in point of fact, trying to make my note
something more than a mere "me, too." message. *SMILE*

 

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From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of BMW
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 7:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville

Come on people.  Dar had given me a bit of room for levity.  Of course, I
respect what they did.

Some times, people need to take life a little less seriously and learn to
smell the flowers and appreciate wholly our accomplishments.  Sheesh!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville


>I applaud the skating canes, too. As for falling on their asphalts?  
>That's  the risk they wanted to take, and that is what being a 
>federationist is  all  about...venturing out, taking risk, and leaving 
>our comfort zones. *SMILE*
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Peter Donahue
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:43 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville
>
> Good afternoon everyone,
>
>    I began hearing sentiments like those expressed below when I 
> discussed the skaters' plans. When the garbage began flowing I 
> promptly stopped our conversation and refused to discuss the matter 
> with those of this mind-set until the march was over. The Skating 
> Canes Team did better than some of us who had to get out of the march 
> due to bad backs or to just not being able to keep up. Good for Tai 
> and the Skating Canes.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BMW" <lynnwhite51 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville
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>
> Or, to put it another way, you might land on your asphalt in the 
> parking lot.  (giggle) Visit my personal page at 
> http://www.lynnwhite.radioforlife.net
> or visit my radio station page at http://www.radioforlife.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville
>
>
>> Oh me,
>> Wow you have swell balance.
>> I would think going off curbs would make you land on your parking lot.
>> smile,
>>
>> --Dar
>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>> Every saint has a past
>> every sinner has a future
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tai Tomasi" <tai.tomasi at comcast.net>
>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times 
>> Union-Jacksonville
>>
>>
>>>I was one of the three brave rollerbladers. It was a blast and 
>>>totally worth  it!
>>> Tai
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>> [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of dmgina
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:35 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times 
>>> Union-Jacksonville
>>>
>>> Now I can hardly stand on my feet,
>>> Wouldn't want to be on the roller glades.
>>>
>>>
>>> --Dar
>>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>>> Every Saint has a past
>>> Every Sinner has a future
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>>> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>; 
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>>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:48 AM
>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Subject: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville
>>>>>
>>>>>Their "march for
>>>>>
>>>>>Independence" touted jobs and education.
>>>>>
>>>>>By DON SCHANCHE Jr. Associated Press
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>ATLANTA - At sunrise Tuesday, hundreds of people - most tapping the 
>>>>>ground with white canes and a few making the trip on roller blades 
>>>>>- marched en masse from a downtown hotel to a city park more than 
>>>>>half a mile away to make a point:
>>>>>
>>>>>Blind people can do what other people do.  The early morning event, 
>>>>>organized by the National Federation of the Blind, was billed as a 
>>>>>civil rights march.
>>>>>
>>>>>"We are here to march for independence for blind people across 
>>>>>America,"
>>>>>said parade marshal Larry Streeter, a school principal from 
>>>>>Raleigh, N.C.
>>>>>"We're here to change what it means to be blind and let the world 
>>>>>know we are indeed able people who have many talents."
>>>>>
>>>>>Two of the main goals: jobs and education.
>>>>>
>>>>>"The blind have a 70 percent unemployment rate, and we have a 10 
>>>>>percent rate of being taught to read and write Braille in our 
>>>>>schools in this country," said NFB President Marc Maurer, a lawyer 
>>>>>from Maryland.
>>>>>
>>>>>The NFB also has pushed for accessibility in other areas. In June, 
>>>>>the group won an agreement with the nation's largest non-bank owner 
>>>>>of automated teller machines to improve access for blind people at 
>>>>>ATMs in malls, gas stations and pharmacies.
>>>>>
>>>>>Maurer said the NFB - founded in 1940 and now with more than 50,000 
>>>>>members - decided to Incorporate a march into this year's annual 
>>>>>convention in Atlanta because the city was the symbolic heart of 
>>>>>the Civil rights movement for racial equality in the 1960s, 
>>>>>Congressman John Lewis, D-Atlanta, a veteran of that movement, led the
march.
>>>>>
>>>>>Organizers said 1,000 or more people look part. The Atlanta police 
>>>>>estimate was 700.
>>>>>
>>>>>Al Ella, t3, a computer consultant from Boston, was on hand with 
>>>>>his guide dog, Zion. Born with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative 
>>>>>eye disease, Elia said his vision had dropped to a point where he 
>>>>>could no longer do his job without retraining.
>>>>>
>>>>>He said his most important issue is access to study materials for 
>>>>>advanced degrees. Although educators now are required to provide 
>>>>>blind-accessible school books in grades K-12, Elia said, "They 
>>>>>still haven't done that for college and advanced degree texts. I 
>>>>>can tell you from trying to get study materials to go to law 
>>>>>school, it's something
>>> that needs to happen."
>>>>>
>>>>>Picture (not included):
>>>>>
>>>>>U.S. Rep. John Lewis (second from right), D-Ga., leads the
>>>>>
>>>>>National Federation of the Blind march in Atlanta Tuesday.
>>>>>
>>>>>Marching with him were Anil Lewis, president of the Georgia
>>>>>
>>>>>Federation of the Blind, and Thelma Goodwin, a member of the
>>>>>
>>>>>Georgia organization.
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