[Blindmath] Blindmath Digest, Vol 47, Issue 12
Yasmina Daut
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Sat Jun 19 15:12:48 UTC 2010
I have few question about math. Also if some one can call me so we can talk
regarding a situation that I finding myself in. I love math. Just have some
twisted things in my life.. So it sounds complicated so would love to talk
to some one who could be a great help and expiration to me. My number is
(585)406-5684
My name Is Sina Hope to hearfrom some one
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Justin's introduction (Vincent Martin)
2. Re: Justin's introduction (qubit)
3. Re: Justin's introduction (Sally Friedman)
4. Comments Urgently Needed (Curtis Chong)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:38:45 -0400
From: "Vincent Martin" <vmartin at mindspring.com>
To: <Blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Justin's introduction
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Justin:
First of all, welcome to the list. Secondly, as a Math major you will have
so many avenues that it can be a wonderful ride just figuring out what you
want to do. I liked Math in middle and high school, but did not love it.
It was just a tool for me to solve problems. I was quite interested in
Engineering, but soon caught the Physics bug in my senior year of high
school.
What all my interests has led me to so far is two undergraduate Engineering
degrees, an undergraduate degree in Psychology with an emphasis in
Engineering Psychology , and a master's in Logistics. I am pursuing The
Master's portion of my Ph. D. in Engineering Psychology and that will
probably end up being a Master's in Human computer Interaction with an
emphasis in Psychology. It was my disdain for what has been happening to
SPSS the past four or five years that led me to work on statistical packages
and better interfaces for screen reader users as my Master's project and
Thesis subject and maybe even Doctorial dissertation. This might lead to
the actual funding required to actually get the problems dealt with.
Even with all of my interests, my actual hobby is Behavioral Economics and I
still have an affinity for Physics. As an undergraduate Engineering major,
I was required to take three quarters of Physics and I ended up taking two
additional other classes as electives because I thought they were
interesting.
Currently, I work as a research scientist for The US veteran's
Administration Center of Excellence. in Low Vision and Aging. I intend to
finish my Ph. D. and work as a full researcher the next twenty-five years or
so. Maybe then, I might figure out what I might want to do when I actually
grow up!
So, go and have fun and try out everything that might interest you. With
the right background in Mathematics, you can do virtually anything that you
want to do and that includes not figuring out what you want to do!
"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to
go before I sleep"
Robert Frost
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:50:18 -0500
From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Justin's introduction
Message-ID: <8E232CCD605143A19BDE10959D6B62F3 at bassclef>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Vincent -- I'm not Justin but I loved your welcome message. I had a hard
time leaving math when I "apostasized" over to computer science *smile*.
I'm glad for the applications I discovered of the pure theory I had
studied -- my emphasis was in abstract algebra and I loved it -- but I still
haven't "grown up" either as to what I really want to do. If I get a Ph.D in
any subject I don't know what I will do with it. Growing up is like ever
searching for that asymptotic line...*smile* and then the field changes over
time.
Math is a great foundation for many things.
I am hoping it will become fully accessible to all who want to learn it.
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Martin" <vmartin at mindspring.com>
To: <Blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Justin's introduction
Justin:
First of all, welcome to the list. Secondly, as a Math major you will have
so many avenues that it can be a wonderful ride just figuring out what you
want to do. I liked Math in middle and high school, but did not love it.
It was just a tool for me to solve problems. I was quite interested in
Engineering, but soon caught the Physics bug in my senior year of high
school.
What all my interests has led me to so far is two undergraduate Engineering
degrees, an undergraduate degree in Psychology with an emphasis in
Engineering Psychology , and a master's in Logistics. I am pursuing The
Master's portion of my Ph. D. in Engineering Psychology and that will
probably end up being a Master's in Human computer Interaction with an
emphasis in Psychology. It was my disdain for what has been happening to
SPSS the past four or five years that led me to work on statistical packages
and better interfaces for screen reader users as my Master's project and
Thesis subject and maybe even Doctorial dissertation. This might lead to
the actual funding required to actually get the problems dealt with.
Even with all of my interests, my actual hobby is Behavioral Economics and I
still have an affinity for Physics. As an undergraduate Engineering major,
I was required to take three quarters of Physics and I ended up taking two
additional other classes as electives because I thought they were
interesting.
Currently, I work as a research scientist for The US veteran's
Administration Center of Excellence. in Low Vision and Aging. I intend to
finish my Ph. D. and work as a full researcher the next twenty-five years or
so. Maybe then, I might figure out what I might want to do when I actually
grow up!
So, go and have fun and try out everything that might interest you. With
the right background in Mathematics, you can do virtually anything that you
want to do and that includes not figuring out what you want to do!
"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to
go before I sleep"
Robert Frost
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:22:43 -0400
From: "Sally Friedman" <sfriedman2 at nycap.rr.com>
To: "'qubit'" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>, "'Blind Math list for those
interested in mathematics'" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Justin's introduction
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Hi All,
I joined this list about a week ago. I teach among other things statistics
to social scientists at a college. I joined this list to get back in to
thinking more about the math angle And to see what people are doing. So
what happens? The first discussion I connect with is about the statistics
end. Other than that I think that's really funny, if there's any way I can
help out with accessibility of the social science packages I'm not much of a
techy but I'd be glad to do what I can. And I'm really happy this list
exists to encourage people to have more fun and enjoy math.
Best,
Sally .
-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of qubit
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:50 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Justin's introduction
Hi Vincent -- I'm not Justin but I loved your welcome message. I had a hard
time leaving math when I "apostasized" over to computer science *smile*.
I'm glad for the applications I discovered of the pure theory I had
studied -- my emphasis was in abstract algebra and I loved it -- but I still
haven't "grown up" either as to what I really want to do. If I get a Ph.D in
any subject I don't know what I will do with it. Growing up is like ever
searching for that asymptotic line...*smile* and then the field changes over
time.
Math is a great foundation for many things.
I am hoping it will become fully accessible to all who want to learn it.
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Martin" <vmartin at mindspring.com>
To: <Blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Justin's introduction
Justin:
First of all, welcome to the list. Secondly, as a Math major you will have
so many avenues that it can be a wonderful ride just figuring out what you
want to do. I liked Math in middle and high school, but did not love it.
It was just a tool for me to solve problems. I was quite interested in
Engineering, but soon caught the Physics bug in my senior year of high
school.
What all my interests has led me to so far is two undergraduate Engineering
degrees, an undergraduate degree in Psychology with an emphasis in
Engineering Psychology , and a master's in Logistics. I am pursuing The
Master's portion of my Ph. D. in Engineering Psychology and that will
probably end up being a Master's in Human computer Interaction with an
emphasis in Psychology. It was my disdain for what has been happening to
SPSS the past four or five years that led me to work on statistical packages
and better interfaces for screen reader users as my Master's project and
Thesis subject and maybe even Doctorial dissertation. This might lead to
the actual funding required to actually get the problems dealt with.
Even with all of my interests, my actual hobby is Behavioral Economics and I
still have an affinity for Physics. As an undergraduate Engineering major,
I was required to take three quarters of Physics and I ended up taking two
additional other classes as electives because I thought they were
interesting.
Currently, I work as a research scientist for The US veteran's
Administration Center of Excellence. in Low Vision and Aging. I intend to
finish my Ph. D. and work as a full researcher the next twenty-five years or
so. Maybe then, I might figure out what I might want to do when I actually
grow up!
So, go and have fun and try out everything that might interest you. With
the right background in Mathematics, you can do virtually anything that you
want to do and that includes not figuring out what you want to do!
"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to
go before I sleep"
Robert Frost
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:29:40 -0500
From: "Curtis Chong" <curtischong at earthlink.net> (by way of David
Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] Comments Urgently Needed
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Greetings and felicitations:
I am writing to ask for your help to influence the U.S. Access Board
as it considers proposed amendments to the ADA Accessibility
Guidelines. In particular, the Access Board is proposing to deal
with access to self-service machines "used for ticketing, check-in or
check-out, seat selection, boarding passes, or ordering food in
restaurants and cafeterias (220.2)."
In addition to explicitly excluding drive-up only self-service
machines, the proposed amendments will not require electronic
information kiosks to be accessible.
If you would like to help, please call or email the Access Board
before midnight Monday, June 21, with a message saying that the ADA
Accessibility guidelines need to include information kiosks as well
as drive-up only self-service machines. Your message does not need
to be very long. It just needs to make the point that you want the
Board to include accessibility to information kiosks and drive-up
only self-service machines in amendments to the ADA Accessibility
Guidelines.
You can call and leave a voice mail or send an email to Tim Creagan,
the Access Board staff member who is taking comments on the proposed
rule modifications. The number to call is 202-272-0016, and Tim
Creagan's email address is creagan at access-board.gov.
For any of you who care to conduct extensive research into this
issue, the proposed rule changes can be found at this link:
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/refresh/draft-rule.htm
Whatever you do, it needs to be done by midnight, Monday, June 21.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely
Curtis Chong, Chairman
Committee on Research and Development
National Federation of the Blind
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