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

Sun Jul 8 19:55:28 CDT 2007

Actually Allen, your response was pretty fun now that I read it a second 
time.  My apologies.  (big grin)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville


>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*
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
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>
>>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
>>
>>
>> Or, to put it another way, you might land on your asphalt in the
>> parking lot.  (giggle) Visit my personal page at
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>> ----- 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
>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>> 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>;
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; <nfb-announce 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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