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Week of July 17 2010
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Hey there! I'm Alix Shadonnay, your friendly Café friend.
I hope that everyone is enjoying their week thus far and today it's time for us to introduce you to one of our favourite women; Donna J. Jodhan, blogger, writer, editorialist, researcher, advocate, plus so much more.
Today, Donna has a very personal experience to share with you. Here now is Donna and I wish you a great day.
What happens when things fall?
This is one of the most difficult challenges of my life. What really happens when things fall? In the ordinary world, a mainstream person simply bends over and picks up the fallen object or if the object has managed to roll away to some out of sight location, the mainstream person simply uses their vision to find it.
For me, the process is quite different. If something falls out of my grasp I can usually locate it by using my sense of hearing to determine where it has fallen but it all depends on whether or not it makes noise as it clatters to the floor. If the object in question falls on to a hard surface, then the task is not too difficult but if it decides to roll away from me then I am in trouble. If the object falls on to a carpet, or if the object itself does not make any noise as it falls, then all hell breaks loose.
A funny thing happened to me a few days ago. A friend was over helping me with some computer related stuff and on his way out he noticed something small lying on my carpet. When he picked it up and put it in my hand I realized that it was an SD card. To my horror I realized that the card had been lying on my carpet for almost three weeks during which time I had vacuumed around that spot a few times. The card had slipped out of my MP3 player over three weeks ago and I never knew that it did because I had not had cause to use my player during that time.
O boy! What if my vacuum cleaner had swallowed up my SD card? I would never have known and would only have known when I went to use my MP3 player and even at that! I would never have known what happened to my poor SD card. Horrifying and terrifying! Ah yes! The joys of having to deal with falling objects that do not make sounds and noises.
I'm Donna J. Jodhan your accessibility and special needs business consultant asking you to go out there and help educate the rest of the world about some of the challenges that blind and visually impaired persons face when it comes to falling objects that do not make sounds or noises.
To learn more about how blind persons deal with things in their daily lives, visit www.afb.org.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (under the editorials section, an international perspective)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.sterlingcreationsdesk.blogspot.com (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
Hello there! It's your friendly Café team and today we bring you our monthly newsletter of helpful tips.
Enjoy and please send us your feedback at info@onestopbookcafe.com.
Take care now.
Helpful tips for June
In this issue:
General tips
Tech tips
Top American cities
Quotes for the day
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General tips
Courtesy of the research team at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca
Some important information about moose:
If you ever have the misfortune to meet a moose while traveling on the road, please remain in your car.
A moose is very near sighted and is often blinded by the headlights of a car.
Whenever it collides with a car or approaches a car, it often thinks it to be another moose.
Which foods are the ones that give us allergies?
Why; milk, eggs, and peanuts.
Which foods are good for one's eyes?
Cold water fish that includes tuna and sardines.
Eggs that help to slow the process of macular degeneration.
Garlic that helps to combat glaucoma.
Grapes that help to increase the flow of blood throughout the body.
Here are some helpful tips to safeguard your china, crystals, and stemware:
If your china is gold rimmed, then do not place in a microwave or dishwasher.
If it is not, then when placing in a dishwasher, make sure to wash them on their own.
The same applies for crystals and stemware.
Do not place your cutlery in the dishwasher if their handles are hollow.
That is, your best cutlery.
What are some of the benefits of pears?
They contain lots of potassium,
They also contain lots of beta-carotene,
and vitamin C.
What are some of the important points about laughter?
You don’t have to see to laugh; you do it on your cell phone.
You don’t have to hear to laugh; persons who are hard of hearing also laugh.
Are you looking for a way to reduce printing costs?
You can do this by decreasing the font size as well as the font type.
Some font types take up more ink than others.
Some helpful tips for password creation:
You should have at least three different passwords.
1 for your financial website.
1 for your Facebook website and similar network websites
1 for your blogging website.
Where do most injuries take place when it comes to your home?
Why, in the bathroom.
Looking for some ways to become more green and save our environment?
Well, here are some for you!
Reduce the amount of water that you use when flushing your toilet.
Wash your clothes in cold water.
Reduce the number of electronic devices that you leave on standby mode; your DVD and TV for example.
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Tech tips
Taken from Melanie Mama's corner
Dan's Tech tips:
Ten Free Sites For Scanning Your Computer For Viruses
This article talks about ten free sites for scanning your computer for viruses.
The link to these ten free sites is at the end of the article.
When you go to the link, arrow down the page.
You will find several links to places for scanning your computer for free.
Use any of these ten sites to scan your PC for problems.
With so much technology becoming cloud based, it's no surprise that the companies that create anti-virus software are moving right along with the trend. This article from the beingPC site has a good list of companies that have online scanners.
Several of the companies listed are familiar and likely to be recognized by many.
Most of the scanners install some type of software on your system (usually small) so the online scan will work, so it's a good idea to backup any data that might be lost, along the lines of "not likely to happen but better safe than sorry" idea.
Just a note, scanning takes more time on slower connections, something to keep in mind before you start.
Scan your PC online for viruses
http://beingpc.com/2010/01/scan-your-pc-online-for-viruses/
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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How To Back Up And To Restore Outlook Express Data
This article describes how to back up and to restore the following items in Microsoft Outlook Express:
Messages
The Address Book
Mail accounts
News accounts
If you use multiple identities in Outlook Express, repeat the steps in the "More Information" section for each identity, and separate the backup data accordingly.
This process will make it easier to restore each identity.
If you wish to visit the page where this article was found for exploring other related articles, visit the link below:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670
This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.You may find it easier to follow the steps if you print this article first.
How To Back Up Outlook Express Items
Step 1:
Copy message files to a backup folder:
Step A: Locate the Store folder
Start Outlook Express.
1. From the keyboard, press alt plus the letter t for "tools."
Mouse users, Click Tools, and then click Options.
2. From the keyboard, press shift plus tab once to reach "general" tab control. Then arrow to the right nine times to reach "maintenance."
Lastly, Press alt plus the letter f to open the "store folder location."
Mouse users, On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
3. In the Store Location dialog box, copy the store location. To do this, follow these steps:
a. From the keyboard, tab twice and then press control plus the letter c to copy the store location to the clipboard.
Mouse users, put the mouse pointer at one end of the box under the Your personal message store is located in the following folder box.
Then Press and hold the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse pointer across the Your personal message store is located in the following folder box.
Finally, press control plus the letter c to copy this address to the clipboard.
4. From the keyboard, Press escape.
Step B: Copy the contents of the Store folder
1. From the keyboard, press the startbutton.
Next press the letter r for "run." Next press control plus the letter v followed by pressing enter.
Mouse users, Click Start, click Run, press CTRL+V, and then click OK.
2. From the keyboard, press control plus the letter A for "select all."
Then press control plus the letter c to copy the folders to the clipboard.
Lastly, press alt plus f4 to close the window.
Mouse users, On the Edit menu, click Select All.
Then return to the Edit menu and click Copy, and then press alt plus f4 to close the window.
Step C: Create a backup folder
1. From the keyboard, press the start button plus the letter m for reaching the desktop.
2. From the keyboard, press control plus spacebar to unselect any icons on the desktop.
3. From the keyboard, press the application key followed by the letter w.
You are placed on "folder."
Press enter on this option.
4. From the keyboard, Type in the line below and then press enter to create this folder on your desktop.
Mail backup
Mouse users,
1. Right-click any empty area on your desktop.
2. Click New, and then click Folder.
3. Type Mail Backup for the folder name, and then press ENTER.
Step D: Paste the contents of the Store folder into the backup folder by carrying out these steps.
1. From the keyboard, Press enter on the new "mail backup" folder.
2. From the keyboard, press control plus v to paste the contents of the clipboard into the mail backup folder.
Mouse users, Double-click the Mail Backup folder to open it.
Right-click inside the Mail Backup folder window, and then click Paste.
You now have a backup of your outlook express folders.
Step 2: Export the Address Book to a .csv file
Important Make sure that you follow this step if you use multiple identities in Outlook Express.
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.x and Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 use a Windows Address Book (.wab) file to store Address Book data. The individual data for each identity is stored in a folder by user name within the .wab file that is used.
The only way to separate the Address Book data for different identities is to export the data to a .csv file while you are logged in as a specific identity. If the .wab file becomes dissociated from the user identities, the data can be exported only as one total. In this case, the data cannot be exported folder by folder.
There is another reason to export the .wab file to a .csv file. If the .wab file not exported to a .csv file, but the .wab file is shared with Microsoft Outlook, the addresses are stored in the personal folders (.pst) file in Outlook. When you export the file to a .csv file by using the File menu in Outlook Express, the correct contacts are exported. However, if the Address Book is shared with Outlook, you cannot use the File menu option to export from the Address Book. This option is unavailable.
To export the Address Book to a .csv file, follow these steps:
When Outlook Express is opened:
From The Keyboard:
1. Press alt plus f for opening the "file menu.
2. Press the letter e to reach the "export sub-menu."
3. Press the letter A for "addressbook." You are actually placed on this option by default.
4. Choose the text file format.
5. Press enter on "Export.
6. Locate "browse" and press the spacebar..
7. Select the Mail Backup folder that you created.
Do this by:
a. Arrowing up to desktop.
You will hear deskdop closed.
b. Arrow to the right once to expand the folder.
c. Press the first letter of the mail back up folder and press enter.
8. In the File Name box, type address book backup, and then tab to save and press the spacebar.
9. Tab to "next" and press the spacebar.
10. Tab across and press the spacebar to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export.
11. Tab to "finished" and press enter.
12. Tab to "okay" and press enter.
Mouse Users:
1. On the File menu, click Export.
2. Then click Address Book.
3. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Export.
4. Click Browse.
5. Select the Mail Backup folder that you created.
6. In the File Name box, type address book backup, and then click Save.
7. Click Next.
8. Click to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export, and then click Finish.
9. Click OK, and then click Close.
Step 3: Export the mail account to a file
From The Keyboard:
1. Press alt plus T for tools.
2. Press the letter A for accounts.
3. Make sure the account you wish to use is selected.
4. Tab to export and press the spacebar.
5. In the save in box, choose the mail back up folder.
6. Tab to save and press enter.
Mouse Users:
On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
On the Mail tab, click the mail account that you want to export, and then click Export.
In the Save In box, select the Mail Backup folder, and then click Save.
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Outlook Express - Compacting Mailboxes
Compacting mailboxes in Outlook Express can save valuable hard drive space. Compacting mailboxes does not alter access in any way. It simply removes excess space from the mailbox files. This procedure is non-destructive.
1. Open Outlook Express.
2. From the keyboard, press alt plus the letter t and hit the letter o.
Mouse users, In the menu bar, click Tools and select Options.
3. From the keyboard, Press shift plus tab once to reach the "general" tab control.
Then right arrow nine times to reach "maintenance."
Mouse users, In the Options window, click the Maintenance tab.
4. From the keyboard, press alt plus the letter c for "clean up downloaded messages/clean up now."
Mouse users, Click the Clean Up Now button.
5. From the keyboard, press alt plus c for "compact."
Mouse users, in the Local File Clean Up window, click the Compact button.
6. The mailboxes are now compacted.
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Free Download: 70 Of The Best Free and Open Source Games
From 3D Scrabble to Command and Conquer, this list should help you find something fun to play.
Red Ferret has put together a three part series showcasing 70 downloadable free and open source games. They've added great descriptions to all the games. A few games are free while in pre-release, have a free demo, or have a java script version. There aren't many of them and all are noted in the descriptions. All the games run on Windows.
Some are cross platform, so if you are running Linux or OSX check the game site to see what platforms are supported.
70 of the Best Free and Open Source Games for Download (Part 1 of 3)
http://www.redferret.net/?p=19113
70 of the Best Free and Open Source Games for Download (Part 2 of 3)
http://www.redferret.net/?p=19209
70 of the Best Free and Open Source Games for Download (Part 3 of 3)
http://www.redferret.net/?p=19316
At the time of this writing, all the links were working and went where they said they would.
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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25 Useful and Time Saving Computer Tips
Here is the original article where all the tips came from on Monday through Wednesday.
I am providing this in case someone wants the article as a complete package.
The link to the page were the article is located is found at the end of todays tip/article.
This is from Gizmo.com.
Windows and Mac users can take some time and tedium out of computing using these tips.
It's the little things that make using a computer easier and faster. Things that make using the internet easier, such as typing only the name of the site you want to go in your browser, no www.. If the address uses .com, hitting Ctrl + Enter on your keyboard will automatically add the .com and take you to the site. If a web address ends in .net, hit Shift + Enter, the .net will automatically be added and off you'll go to the site.
Not only that, but most browsers will take you to a .com address if all you do is type in the name.
Try typing "microsoft" (minus quotes), or a site you prefer to visit into your browser address bar, hit enter on your keyboard and see what happens. Want to go to a site that has a .org address? No problem, just type the site name, .org, (example: freerice.org)
hit enter on your keyboard, and your browser takes you there.
Those are a few tips off the top of my head, the article at digitizd.com has more.
Even better, the tips are organized into Windows/Mac, Windows only, and Mac only.
25 Useful and Time Saving Computer Tips
http://www.digitizd.com/2009/09/25/25-time-saving-tips-for-your-computer/
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Create Your Own Audio Games
Are you a devoted player of audio games? Is your brain spinning around with interesting and innovative ideas for games that you would like to make if you only knew how to go about it? If the answer to both of these questions is yes... Read on!
BGT is a revolutionary toolkit from Blastbay Studios which allows you to produce your own audio games from the ground up, without having any prior knowledge of computer programming at all. Who said game development had to be complicated? BGT, which stands for Blastbay Game Toolkit, allows you to spend all your valuable time coming up with new great ideas and concepts, rather than wasting months struggling with never-ending programming guides that don't make any sense to begin with. If you fit into this category of enthusiastic entrepreneurs, then BGT is the perfect tool for you to turn your ideas into stunning reality.
Features
Contains a powerful, high-speed game engine.
Uses an extremely versatile scripting language.
Comes bundled with many helper modules to make game creation even easier.
Ships with extensive documentation and example material.
Language syntax conforms mainly to that of C++, making it easy to learn other programming alongside BGT.
The language tutorial is available in audio form, read by a professional voice artist.
Two different versions to suit hobbyists and pros alike.
Liberal licenses - pay once, use forever.
BGT is currently in beta testing. This means that new features will be added, old ones may be changed or removed, and there may still be bugs and other stability issues.
We are more than happy to hear your feedback at this stage, so go ahead and give the engine a test run and tell us what you think!
Click this link to visit the BGT page of the Blastbay Studios website
http://www.blastbay.com/bgt.php
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Functional Flash Drive Doesn't Work At The Office
I was recently asked by another member how to use a thumb drive to transfer files
between his computer at his work and his home computer, but the work computer will
not recognize the thumb drive. He wanted advice on how to fix this
*question: "My thumb drive works great at home, but when I took it into work to try
and copy some files so I could work at home, I plug it in and the little window never
opens so I cannot use it. What am I doing wrong"
*Answer: There are several possible reasons for this, and here's a few things to
try:
* One may be that Windows is "recognizing" the device, but isn't displaying the little
"Found new hardware" balloon for some reason (such as a Service isn't running). So
try this,
1. Open My computer and look for the drive there.
2. If it's there, great, just double-click it, or press enter on it. but if it's
not:
3. Try plugging the drive into a different USB port. It is possible that the one
you tried has gone bad. (It helps if you use an open port on the machine, and not
use a hub.) If that isn't it.
* 4. Ask your company's IT department if USB volumes have been disabled.
Many companies are turning off USB access to iPods/Media Players and thumb drives
(storage devices) in an effort to prevent data leakage. which is a fancy way of saying,
preventing the employees from walking out the door with the Company Secrets. If this
is indeed the case, you can ask that an exception be made in your case. If your request
is granted, they will re-"enable" USB storage devices on your machine.
But if the above does not solve the problem, It is possible that the drive letter
your thumb drive is pre-disposed to being assigned (say, "E:" or "F:"), is being
used by another device or "share" on the company network, and so it isn't being seen
as a volume (aka "drive").. you'll have a volume, but without a drive letter, Windows
won't "see" it and you can't use it.
Try the following in this case.
1. Move to "my computer" and press the application key (three from the right edge
of the spacebar) or Right-click on My Computer.
2. Arrow down to "manage" and press enter or click on this option.
3. Arrow down seven times to "storage" or click the "+" sign next to "Storage" to
expand the tree.
4. Arrow down three times to disc management or click on Disk Management.
You will now see all the volumes on your computer.
What we're looking for in our thumb drive issue is a volume that does not have a
letter.
5. If you see one, that will be the troublesome thumb drive, Press the application
key or right-click on it and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths." from the context
menu. A small window will open.
6. Press enter on the add button or click on it.
7. Another small window will open. Use the drop-down arrow next to "Assign the following
drive letter" and choose one of the letters (those shown will be "available" letters
on the company network). It really doesn't matter which letter you choose. Then click
OK, and OK again.
You should now be back in business, and you can use the thumb drive as you're used
to. Open My Computer again and you'll see the thumb drive and double-clicking it
will open it up.
* If these steps fail to allow Windows to see the USB thumb drive, submit a trouble
ticket to your company's IT department.
(Source:
www.gizmo.com
and under "weekend Roundup for April 2nd 2010."
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact
Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Top American cities
By Donna J. Jodhan at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca
1. Gilbert Arizona
If you are seeking a family friendly city where you can raise your family in relative comfort and in green lush surroundings, then you have it all right here in Gilbert Arizona.
Gilbert, home of cowboys, sprawling cattle ranches, upscale shopping, and lush green golf courses, offers lots of art galleries and museums as well.
A city with good job growth and lots of various home styles to choose from; there are quiet residential neighborhoods with a wide range of home styles to choose from.
Modern condos, ranch style homes, and Spanish Casas.
2. Bellevue Washington
Are you seeking a city with a bit of affluence?
One that is very conducive for either raising a family or launching a career?
Then welcome to Bellevue Washington!
A clean green city with lots of parks, golf courses, and beaches.
Basketball, baseball, golf, hiking, and biking, all waiting for you to enjoy.
Bellevue is a picturesque city that offers you the chance to do it right.
3. Colorado Springs Colorado
Ah! A city with a breath of fresh air plus much more!
One of the safest cities in America in which to live.
Where the outdoors beckons; skiing, snow boarding, hiking, and mountain climbing.
Colorado Springs is nestled in the Rocky Mountains, untouched and unspoiled from industrial pollution.
It's the city where figure skaters train for the Olympics and the city where tourists treat themselves to hot springs pampering.
A city that offers a low cost of living; old and new homes to choose from.
4. Newark New Jersey
Welcome to the thriving and robust city of Newark.
A city that offers great urban life without the clutter and confusion of a large city.
Newark offers you the chance to live in a city with wonderful job opportunities and if you prefer you can live there and work in close by New York city.
Newark is the city for higher learning; with great colleges and universities.
There are lots of museums and galleries for you to meander through and if this is not your interest then it's time for you to learn more about Newark's other attractions.
If you would like to learn more about Donna J. Jodhan then visit http://www.sterlingcreations.ca.
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Quotes for the day
Taken from Melanie mama's corner
Quote For Today:
Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to
be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people
are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.
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Quote For Today:
The difference between extraordinary people and ordinary people is a simple as the difference between the two words. Extraordinary people are committed to doing the extra things that ordinary people won't.
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Quote For Today:
"What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!"
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Quote For Today:
"If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year... Today should always be our most wonderful day."
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Quote For Today:
Life is like a piano, White keys are happy moments and Black keys are sad moments. But remember both keys are played together to give Sweet music in life.
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Quote For Today:
It's easy to be thankful for the good things. A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks. Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.
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Quote For Today:
Remember, if you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
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Quote For Today:
"Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
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Quote For Today:
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light, which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
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Quote For Today:
If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today.
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Quote For Today:
The richest person in the world is not the one who still has the first dollar They ever earned. It's the person who still has their first friend.
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Quote For Today:
To do nothing is failure. To try, and make some positive changes as a result of those mistakes, is to learn and to grow and to blossom. And remember ..... when you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.
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Quote For Today:
"We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results."
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Hi everyone! I'm Heather DeMarco, your friendly Café friend and I would like to kick off this week with a really informative article. How Smart Phones are playing an important role in the lives of the Blind.
I invite you now to please see below and we thank our friends at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca for passing this along to us.
Make it a great day.
Smart phones give disabled help on the go
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail, Dec. 3, 2009
T.V. Raman is a researcher for Google Inc. He lives in Mountain View, Calif.
Every day, he takes the company shuttle bus home. Every day, the shuttle
driver drops him off at the same intersection. One day, a new driver dropped
him off on the opposite side of the street. This made it difficult for Mr.
Raman to get to his home, because he is blind.
The experience prompted Mr. Raman and his colleagues to work on a software
application that uses a smart phone's built-in capabilities to help users
figure out where they are."Now when you touch the phone, it tells you which
way you're pointing and where you are," he says of the application for
Google's Android mobile operating system, which
works audibly using global positioning system data. "The fact that you're
blind is your own business. The computer doesn't need to know that."
Since the dawn of the personal computer age, software developers have
created specialized products for disabled users. But more often than not,
that software was prohibitively expensive for many, and those who could
afford it were tied to their desktops, unable to use programs while on the
go.
But inventions like Mr. Raman's illustrate how the smart phone revolution -
which has turned once-simple phones into multipurpose devices equipped with
information about your location, your social calendar, your favourite
restaurant - is changing the way we live. Now, for a few hundred dollars,
users can buy the next generation
of Web-wired, GPS-consulting wonder phones, many of which have more
accessibility
software built in than most computers had just a few years ago.
And as the newest smart phones spur a wave of specialized applications, they
are also levelling the playing field. Disabled people are taking advantage
of built-in accessibility functions to use the same applications everybody
else does, while applications
originally intended for disabled users are proving popular with smart-phone
users in general.
"Making phones that are mainstream phones and are accessible with no
expensive software is really a step forward that we've seen only in the last
year or so," said Everett Zufelt, national advocacy co-ordinator with the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Toronto.
Google researcher T.V. Raman works on the Android Phone software with his
colleagues on an application for disabled people that uses a smartphone's
built-in capabilities. It allows [people with visual disabilities] to use
the same sort of applications that everybody else has access to."
The iPhone, for example, includes a technology called VoiceOver, which talks
to the user, telling him or her exactly what is on the touch-screen display.
The new version of Google's Android operating system includes a similar
capability, making phones much easier to use - not only for people with
visual disabilities but also for those who have reading disabilities such as
dyslexia.
"There's huge potential and tremendous benefits," said Stephane Doyon, a
blind engineer at Google's Montreal offices, who created in his spare time a
talking news-feed reader for Android phones.
"A cellphone is relatively cheap compared to special-purpose software and
computers." The cost of developing applications for those phones is also
relatively low, leading to a host of new software designed to make life
easier for those with disabilities.
For example, a group of students and researchers at the University of
Toronto is currently working on an iPhone application called TimbreMap. It
is designed to give users audible information about their surroundings to
help them differentiate between surfaces, such as park grounds or sidewalks.
"As you touch the phone's surface, different elements have different
sounds," explained
Jing Su, one of the graduate students working on the project. "We try to
give it a different texture and a different sound. Even though the phone's
glass surface is smooth, with the right kind of sound, you can trick the
brain into giving you tactile feedback."
TimbreMap's designers also hope to give it functionality in indoor
locations - where the phone can't access GPS data which rely on direct
access to satellites - by checking building blueprints. If successful, an
application initially designed for users with visual disabilities may well
become popular with any smart-phone user who simply wants to navigate a
sprawling shopping mall.
When another group of U of T researchers began work on software that uses
address book and geographic data to try to predict who a user is likely to
meet at any given location, they intended it to be used by people with
memory impairments. But the project soon drew interest from corporate
executives and others with large, unwieldy
address books, who saw the software as a streamlining aid.
At the same time, disabled users are taking advantage of the accessibility
aspects of smart phones to use the same software as everybody else.
Thanks to the audible screen reader on Mr. Zufelt's mobile phone, the most
commonly used application on his device is one that gives the CNIB executive
access to the popular microblogging site Twitter.
"For the most part, people [with disabilities] want to have the same
devices," he said. "It's cool, it's mainstream - we don't want something
that's designed differently."
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (under the editorials section, an international perspective)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.sterlingcreationsdesk.blogspot.com (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
Good morning! How's everyone doing this morning? A gorgeous weekend is shaping up and we don't want you to miss any of it!
Well, we are here with our usual package for you but after today, we'll be on vacation for a bit; got to take the kids on some trips!
So in our absence, enjoy. We'll be checking in from time to time. We won't be too far away
Take care now and see you soon again!
Your Café moms
Week of June 05
Healthy eating tips
Breaking news! Focus on healthy eating, not counting calories
Focus on healthy eating, not counting calories
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BY KATHLEEN RIGGS • Kathy's Corner • May 19, 2010 Healthy eating is not about strict adherence to a specific diet philosophy, staying unrealistically thin ...
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4 Healthy Baby Feeding Tips
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First 5 Sacramento Offers Tips For Healthy Family Eating This Summer
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Have you ever tasted a great plate of Mexican food? If so, then you're probably no stranger to the urge to want to eat it again. If you're trying to live a.
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20 Tips For Arthritis – Eating Healthy on a Budget « Melvin Eckard
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Removing pork from your diet is a big step to reducing disease and enjoying better health. Studies reveal that in addition to cholesterol found.
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Imagination-Cafe Blog: Healthy "Wellspring" Eating Tips for Families
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Healthy "Wellspring" Eating Tips for Families. With the every day challenges of life—heading to work, taking the kids to school, and doing the laundry, eating healthy can be an added stress. We hear from thousands of families who say ...
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Healthy Eating | Health News Online
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Because you know what food you like, what you do not, you really have to decide their own healthy eating plan. However, despite this, the above tips can help you choose the best for your healthy eating plan. ...
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Greetings everyone! I'm Jayna Sheffield, your favorite Café friend and it's that time again for us to introduce you to Donna J. Jodhan; a woman of the world! A woman with a mission, and one that will not allow her blindness to stop her from marching!
Today, Donna has a very personal editorial to share with you and we invite you now to tune in.
Make it a great day!
The doctors did not tell me
This is nothing new when it comes to the communication between doctor and patient but for those of us who are afflicted with a vision loss! It is even more difficult to deal with. For the mainstream patient they are at least able to access their information through their files but when you are unable to read your own files because they are in printed format! That is an entirely different issue.
So here's what happened to me. In January 2004 the doctors performed surgery on me to reattach my torn retina and at the same time they gave me a new cornea. I lost almost all of my vision but no one really told me why. A second surgery was performed in September of that year and I clearly remember the cornea surgeon telling me that he was very positive that I would receive some restored vision but you know what? It did not happen and again no one really wanted to tell me why despite all of my questions. Then horrors of all horrors! I did not discover the truth until January of 2007 and the discovery came purely by accident.
I had requested a copy of my files from my family doctor and it was when my friend was casually flipping through the pages that she stumbled across a letter that my eye surgeon had written to my family doctor. The letter was explosive and explicit and emphatically stated that during my surgery of January 2004 my eye had been damaged due to blood trickling into it. What a horrible discovery! Devastating and earth shattering! I could not believe that after three years I had to discover this all on my own and it only came through pure coincidence. My friend wept while I sobbed uncontrollably. Why no one ever thought to tell me would always be forever a dark and mysterious secret.
I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and begging you to go out there and urge your doctors to start being more honest with you whenever there is something difficult for them to share with their patients.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (under the editorials section, an international perspective)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.sterlingcreations.com/businessdesk.htm (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
Hello there! It's your friendly Café friends and we're here once more to brighten up your day.
Today we have a pick me up article to share with you. An enlightening one for you to ponder over.
Here it is.
Make it a great day.
Certain Phrases You Shouldn't Enter In Search Engines
BBC NEWS
Warning on search engine safety
Some net searches are leading users to websites that expose them to spam, spyware and other dangerous downloads, reveals a report.
According to the research the most dangerous words to search for are "free screensavers".
The report found that 64 percent of the sites found using this phrase were flagged as causing problems for users.
The authors urged search sites to tighten up rules to ensure users are not inadvertently exposed to harm.
Dangerous game
It is well known that visiting sites offering porn, gambling and free MP3s leaves users at serious risk of falling victim to spyware and adware. However, the research by Ben Edelman and Hannah Rosenbaum reveals that those carrying out searches for innocuous subjects are at risk too.
The report looked at the websites returned for 1,394 popular keywords searches found via Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL and Ask. The results returned for each search term were then analysed using the Site Advisor security tool. Once installed this piece of software warns users when they browse websites known to be dangerous.
The most benign of the pages that Site Advisor flags up try to change browser settings, to redirect people to ad sites, and the most dangerous deluge users with spam or bundle adware and spyware in with downloads.
In one case signing up with one site led to a test e-mail address getting more than 300 spam messages per week.
DANGEROUS KEYWORDS
Free screensaver
Bearshare
Screensavers
Winmx
Limewire
Download Yahoo messenger
Lime wire
Free ringtones
Some of these risky sites use security flaws and loopholes in browsers to install software without users' knowledge and can lead to that machine being hijacked or to a user losing personal data.
The riskiest search terms were associated with downloads (such as "screensavers" and "free ringtones") and file-sharing (such as "Bearshare" and "limewire"). Searching under these categories returned a substantial proportion of dangerous sites.
The authors speculate that spammers and scammers are turning to websites to try to snare victims as efforts are made to stop spam before it reaches e-mail inboxes.
"Where internet users go, attackers follow," wrote the authors.
Across all searches approximately 4 to 6 percent of sites returned were flagged as dangerous.
The authors noted that this was more "alarming" than it first appeared because American net users carry out almost 6 billion searches per month. This translates to 285 million clicks on these potentially dangerous sites every month.
"Even a single visit to a dangerous site can have serious and lasting implications for the average internet user," wrote the authors. The number of risky sites increases when users click on sponsored results, the adverts generated to accompany particular search terms. Dangerous sites are two to four times as common in sponsored results found the research.
"We are troubled by the untrustworthiness of search engines' ads," said the authors.
The authors urged the search engines to get much tougher on those who buy adverts to accompany searches and expose those that abuse visitors. "We're alarmed by the scope of these problems - by the many ways search engines lead users to sites that can be harmful, or provide wrong information.
If you have any questions about the tips posted in Dan's Tech tips, please contact Dan at the following email address:
dthompson5@mchsi.com
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Hello there! I'm Matt Chadwick, your friendly Café friend and I am here to help you kick off a brand new week.
Today, I have a beautiful article to share with you. One that shows how the Internet can benefit those who are blind.
We thank our friends at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca for sending this along to us.
Make it a great day!
The Internet Archive: An Untapped Resource for the Blind
by Daniel B. Frye
Today blind people can and do access record amounts of written
information through the emergence of scanning and digitization and assistive
technology. We read newspaper articles, books, and other written materials
using NFB NEWSLINE for the BlindR, the National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Recording for the Blind
and Dyslexic, Bookshare, and Audible.com among other resources. Even when
something is not available in an accessible format, current technology
allows relatively easy access to printed texts. Because of the rapid
evolution of access to information, some may even feel overwhelmed by the
array of accessible reading options now available.
The Braille Monitor has recently learned of another Internet-based
resource that makes more than 1.8 million digital books and other material
freely available to everyone with access to the Internet. Founded by
Brewster Kahle in 1996, the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library
based in San Francisco, California, promotes universal access to knowledge.
Although the Internet Archive management team did not have the needs of
blind people in mind originally, they have been receptive to suggestions for
making their vast content accessible to blind computer users. Toward this
end the Internet Archive is exploring a partnership with the National
Federation of the Blind to digitize and preserve our audio and video files
through a grant application to the Institute for Museum and Library
Services, a federal agency. The Archive is also negotiating with the NLS to
use its disability-verification system so they can provide accessible
formats of copyrighted materials to eligible blind and print-disabled
people in the United States. Moreover the Internet Archive has already
been producing its downloadable collection of books (most older and in the
public domain) in the internationally recognized DAISY format.
According to Linda Frueh, the Internet Archive's regional director
for Washington, D.C., Kahle and his wife established a foundation and
launched the Internet Archive with the goal of recording the entire
Internet. Frueh said that Kahle reasoned, "Here's an enormous, new
technology changing from day to day, and nobody's recording it." Using
Web-harvesting technology, a specially designed computer program that copies
and saves Web pages, the organization has been preserving the evolving
Internet. Kahle began by conducting a bimonthly Internet crawl. "We have
one hundred and fifty billion Web pages archived since 1996," Frueh said.
She explained further, "The way people access old Web pages is through the
Wayback Machine, a search engine for all of the old Web pages archived at
in the NFB, for instance, could use the Wayback Machine to review the
evolution of our Internet site for the last fourteen years.
Having launched the Internet archiving project, the organization
expanded its goals to digitize other media. Its online library now posts
digital books, music, audio recordings, films, software collections, and
more from its Website. Everything is made available free of charge. "We
never have charged and never will charge for any of our content. Our goal
is to make as much information as possible available to everyone who wants
it; we're not invested in whether we provide information under our own
name or as the behind-the-scenes resource for other Internet services,"
Frueh
said.
Though much of this additional content may be of interest to blind
people, the greatest benefit to the blind will be the large digital book
collection it has already assembled. The most effective way to access
these
digital books from the Internet Archive is to visit its dedicated digital
book Website
sighted users who are interested only in downloading books will find it
easier to go directly to the dedicated digital Website. The
NFB is working with the Internet Archive to help evaluate and maximize the
accessibility of its several Websites. These are clearly growing in
popularity with a reported three million people a day visiting
The Internet Archive's book collection reflects its history of
working with academic institutions, libraries, and government agencies. It
has 3,324 books in its children's collection at
<http://www.archive.org/detail/iacl . For examples of scientific
literature scanned by the Archive from the Biodiversity Heritage Library,
visit
<http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org . The Archive has scanned over thirty-
three thousand items in this collection. Frueh says that the Internet
Archive also has the largest Arabic collection outside of the Middle East
and the Library of Congress. The Internet Archive digital library dwarfs the
NLS digital collection, but Frueh reports that her organization would be
delighted to explore expanding its partnership with NLS, allowing the
national library to make all of these titles available through its
frontline resources.
Readers should know that the Internet Archive, a member of the Open
Book Alliance, opposes the currently proposed Google Books settlement. The
Internet Archive and its supporters believe that the settlement as currently
drafted creates an uneven playing field in out-of-print book publishing, an
obscure area of debate among legal and academic scholars about one aspect of
copyright law. Its objections, however, have nothing to do with the
accessibility provisions and promise of rapid access to many digital books
that the Google Book agreement would generate.
Blind readers now have another significant resource at our disposal
that will enrich our lives. We can visit the Internet Archive and its
related Websites for study, work, and recreation. The NFB looks forward to
an ongoing and fruitful partnership with the Internet Archive.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (under the editorials section, an international perspective)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.sterlingcreations.com/businessdesk.htm (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
Good Saturday morning to you out there! It's your Café moms and we're back after a bit of a holiday.
We were away in Montreal on a bit of a break and now we're back. However, not for long as in June we will be going away again for about five weeks.
Never mind though, we have lots for you today so we hope you enjoy it.
Have a great weekend.
Your Café moms
Week of May 29
Healthy eating tips
Breaking news! Healthy Eating Tips : What Is a Healthy Diet? | Mastering Weight Loss
Healthy Eating Tips : What Is a Healthy Diet? | Mastering Weight Loss
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A Diet is very important to your heart health and bad diet habits can cause heart disease. Healthy eating is a method of balancing the.
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Healthy Eating Diets - Diet Tips to succeed at healthy eats
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There's no reason for you to struggle with eating the right way. If you're ready to get into better shape now, you might want to grab these tips, techniques and methods about healthy eating diets.
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Hey there! I'm Alix Shadonnay, your friendly Café friend and it's that time of week for us to introduce you to one of our favourite friends; Donna J. Jodhan.
We thank you for all of the positive feedback that we have been receiving on Donna's behalf and we hope that her editorials continue to be an inspiration to our readers.
Here now is Donna with a very personal editorial.
Make it a beautiful day!
The mystery of colors
To many of those who are unable to see colors, the word color remains a great mystery and at best a great desire to discover the unknown. As someone who was able to see colors all my life up until five years ago, I can faithfully tell you that it is practically impossible to teach someone who is unable to see colors what colors look like. This is one of the things that I miss the most; the inability to see colors.
One cannot hear colors or smell colors. One cannot feel colors or taste colors. One cannot sense colors or touch colors; but one can see colors if they are able to. I often wonder if there could be a way to teach a blind person what colors are all about but several of my friends who were born with no vision often remind me that colors do not really mean anything to them because they were never able to see them in the first place.
For me, colors mean the world to me and will probably always mean the world to me despite my loss of vision. You see, when I hear a word or think of something, I think of it through color. Whenever I smell or touch something I put a color to it. Whenever I play or compose music, my thoughts are covered with colors! I dream in color and I think in color!
Whenever I take those joyful jaunts down memory lane, I can see a sunrise as pure as gold. A sunset that is a soft pink. The placid sea that is a shade of royal blue and the sky that is a much lighter shade of blue. The big silver Air Canada jet bird, and the fast flowing silver water of the Niagara Falls. The big fat white snowflakes and the smiling red rose. My favorite color is yellow with blue running a comfortable second and red coming in third.
Colors will always play a very important part in my life. I used to depend on colors to identify objects but sadly no more. Now I use colors to remember persons and things and even as I write this there are some special memories that will forever remain imprinted on my mind such as: My beloved dad who passed on 21 years ago; in his light grey suit. My beloved brother Robert who passed on two years ago all decked out in his pilot's uniform; a handsome black uniform adorned with gold stripes. My beautiful mom standing before me in a turquoise dress forever and so much more.
I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and inviting you to go out there and enjoy your world of colors. If you would like to learn more about how blind persons function without color then please visit www.nfb.org.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations.
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com (Donna Jodhan! Advocating accessibility for all)
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (under the editorials section, an international perspective)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.sterlingcreations.com/businessdesk.htm (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca (monthly editorial on issues on diversity)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog/blog.html (blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants)
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