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<DIV>Well I have to tell everyone that for the 6 months I have been taking the
transit and due to me sitting and waiting so much for these 2 buses to get me
there and back, I have been bringing my knitting with me. I have made 15
baby sweaters waiting for buses and I sold my first baby sweater on EBay this
week. I am in the Pilot program with NFB and EBay and went to Baltimore
for the training in February. There were 16 people chosen out of 150
applicants to participate in this first training. There are 14 left in the
pilot program as you had to keep working on the learning and participate in the
training that they set up. For those going to National Convention EBay
will be there and they will be having several sessions to talk with folks about
EBay.</DIV>
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<DIV>They had accessibility problems especially with screen readers and
the listing area on EBay site and the members of the Pilot program have
been working and testing and giving reports to the accessibility team of EBay to
make it better for people using screen readers </DIV>
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<DIV>Our job will continue to make EBay a better place for visually impaired
people and my goled is to become an EBay trainer in order to teach others,
especially visually impaired people the ability of becoming a seller on
EBay.</DIV>
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<DIV>I was suppose to say this at our last board meeting, but I was not at the
board meeting, so here is my little speech to all.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Joyce
Kane<BR><A href="http://www.krafterskorner.org/">www.KraftersKorner.org</A><BR>Blindhands@AOL.com
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<DIV>In a message dated 6/18/2011 10:36:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ckuell@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Trudy,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You bring up some very interesting points. Here's
my two cents.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Blind people will never be able to drive
independently, not because we can't, but because of cost, insurance, and
societal acceptance. The first time a blind driver had a fatal accident it
would incite a panic like we haven't seen in decades. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I believe the NFB embarked on the blind driver
challenge to 1. show the world we are capable of doing things they never
thought we could 2. to get the name of the NFB in the news, and 3. to develop
revolutionary technology which can and will be used in ways we can't even
imagine yet. I think it hit the mark in all three areas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In America, corporate interests are no longer
separate from politics. To improve public transportation, there
needs to be funding, which of course, comes from the government, and
ultimately from tax payers. People don't want to pay more taxes, and they do
want the privilege of driving their gas-guzzling cars, and they want that gas
to be reasonably priced. This is also what the car manufacturers and oil
producers want, and they get what they want, even if it's not necessarily in
the best interest of society.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In Europe, public transportation is excellent,
and far fewer Europeans drive cars than in the United States. This is because
countries are smaller, which makes public transportation more feasible;
governments have made huge investments in public transportation systems, and
have raised gas prices so high that not only people with disabilities or those
who have multiple DWIs use it--everybody does. And since everybody uses
it, there is pressure for it to be timely and efficient.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>chris</FONT></DIV>
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