[nagdu] Recorded Walk for School Application: Too Big for DVD

Brenda bjnite at windstream.net
Wed Oct 19 16:30:24 UTC 2011


Waving might be a natural gesture, but it was done in response to being 
aware of and responding to the presence of someone.
Brenda

On 10/19/2011 11:43 AM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) wrote:
> No, it just means that waving is a gesture that comes naturally to you. It has nothing to do with being aware.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:13 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Recorded Walk for School Application: Too Big for DVD
>
> Naw, I just walked from my apartment to the bus stop. I chose this
> rout because it has 1) a few steps, 2) sidewalks, 3) no-sidewalk
> spots, where I have to walk on the side of the road, 4) two street
> crossings, one with audible signal and one without...and finally, it
> is about 15 minutes of walking. Oh, and it also has a round-about that
> I have to maneuver through, which is kinda tricky.
>
> Sopmething totally unplanned in the video that I think is pretty cool
> is that a jogger passes me as I'm being video-taped, and I wave to him
> and he says 'Hey gang'. I think this is cool because it shows that I'm
> aware of my surroundings enough that I can casually wave to someone
> passing.
>
> I'm so excited to have my application all ready to turn in. I'm going
> to send it this coming week, and nudge my friend to e-mail the
> recommendation that she promised to do (reference, whatever)...and
> then my appplication will be complete! I hope to go to GDF this coming
> summer...that should give plenty of ti me for them to match me with a
> dog, right? I want to go during hte summer because I don't do so well
> in harsh cold weather, and I know New York's winter is harsher than
> here in North Carolina.
>
> Sorry I'm rambling, I'm just excited to get this done so I can get a
> guide dog! I'm so ready to be part of that special kind of team that a
> handler and guide dog become.
>
> Yours truly,
> Jewel
>
> On 10/15/11, Jenine Stanley<jeninems at wowway.com>  wrote:
>> Jewel,
>>
>>
>> You can send it via DVD or you can post it to a service like Sendspace.com,
>> yousendit.com or Dropbox.com and then send the link for the file to us.
>>
>> A DVD is best though so I'm glad you could get it recorded.
>>
>> Jenine Stanley
>> jeninems at wowway.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Albert J Rizzi
>> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 5:10 PM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Recorded Walk for School Application: Too Big for DVD
>>
>> Try writing to the consumers department to see if you can send it as an
>> attachment to an email?
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Jewel
>> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 4:42 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Recorded Walk for School Application: Too Big for DVD
>>
>> Dear all,
>> I finally was able to get a friend to record me walking for my school
>> application to GDF. She used her digital camera, and then it was
>> transferred to my computer. However, when I went to burn it onto a CD
>> to mail off to GDF, I was informed by my computer that the file is too
>> large for a DVD. What, then, is the best way to send this video of
>> myself to the school? Any suggestions would be appreciated. The file,
>> according to my computer, is 1.6 megabytes in size.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Jewel
>>
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