Monday, November 21, 2016

Do you know a blind child who'd like a letter from Santa?

For several years now Santa has enlisted the help of the good folks at the NFB's Jernigan Institute to help him send letter to blind American children. If you know a little boy or girl up to ten years of age who would enjoy receiving a braille letter from Santa, follow the link below and fill out the form.

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NFB Jernigan Institute Helps Santa Sends Letters to Boys and Girls

14 comments:

  1. Santa's helpers are first. They need to get an early start. ;)

    Comments on the last thread.

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    1. I, too, commented on Alan's post on the last thread.

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    2. Bill--I appreciate that trends may well have been different in our two lines of work, given their differences. I also appreciate the current ease in setting up new companies. But the trends I noted have been the dominant ones in the two (once convergent) lines of work that have been mine for the past forty years, and I have seen discussion of them as general trends. (I have in mind a column I cannot recall the location of.) My musings were sparked by a recent experience with a new recruit at one of my jobs; things did not go well, and I am now inclined to think that it may well have been a matter of intergenerational culture shock--neither side understood the expectations or signals of the other, and it did not end well.

      Back to my work simulation now...

      Alan

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  2. Alan, please remind us of where your Japanese loved ones live. I hope all is well with them in the wake of the 6.9 quake today off the coast of Fukushima. A tsunami warning was issued.

    http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/21/magnitude-73-earthquake-hits-japan-usgs-says.html

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    1. The quake struck an hour and a half ago, at 5:59am local time. 4 aftershocks already in the upper 4 to low 5 range.

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    2. They mostly live in Fukushima Prefecture, but well inland, beyond the coastal mountains. There is one distant cousin, a physician, who lives in Sendai (on the coast) but was not affected by the huge tsunami of 2011. There are smaller numbers in the greater Tokyo area. No problems anticipated, but thanks for asking.

      Alan

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  3. Unique copy of first full-length audio book found in Canada [Click] The free audio book downloads mentioned are only for UK residents, as I expected.

    —Alan

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  4. Obamacare repeal plan stokes fears of market collapse [Click] Repealing the law without a replacement would be likely to spook health insurers, who might bolt from the markets prematurely to avoid losses.

    Elizabeth Warren fills the Democratic void [Click] Read it all the way through…

    Alan

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    1. Wouldn't it be interesting (of course, WAY too interesting) if the GOPers spook the private medical insurance companies, which causes them to withdraw from the market, in turn spooking the GOP, which rushes through a Medicare For All plan? Of course it takes years to pull off something like that--it isn't like throwing a light switch. I suppose it is nearly time for a cartoon to appear portraying the GOP as a dog that has caught a car...

      Alan

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  5. 53 years ago today our nation lost a great President. Take a moment to read and listen to his words. Truly, I don't understand how we can, as a nation, allow the current President-elect to take office.

    http://parade.com/21211/viannguyen/5-quotes-from-jfks-civil-rights-address-that-still-resonate-today/

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    1. Trump is exactly the sort of person the Electoral College (as it was originally constituted) was intended to prevent from becoming President.

      --Alan

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  6. “It is not good enough for someone to say, ‘I’m a woman! Vote for me!’ No, that’s not good enough. What we need is a woman who has the guts to stand up to Wall Street, to the insurance companies, to the drug companies.”
    — Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by Vox.

    Sounds to me like he's saying "Warren 2020." OK by me.

    Alan

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    1. Sounds to me like he's saying, "Hilary Clinton 2016 was not viable and shouldn't have been run, much less expected to win. But that's just me.

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  7. New thread finally. Sorry, guys.

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