[Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 10
Jordan Mirander
jordanmirander at icloud.com
Fri May 12 23:58:36 UTC 2017
Hello all
I am in need of a male roommate for the convention this year. At the Rosen shingle creek resort taking place in Orlando, Florida from July 10 to July 15. If you know a guy who is going and needs a roommate please call 951-454-7586
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> Hello all,
> Again my roommate, Jason Eien informed me that he will not be able to attend our convention in Orlando, Florida taking place from July 10 to July 15 at the Rosen shingle creek resort. He said that he has to move closer to Henderson, and pay $650 extra, and so, that sends me back to the drawing board, and as a direct result of this I am a first timer who really wants to go, but I am in desperate need of a roommate. I have already reserved a room. If you or any guy you know is going, and needs a roommate please call me at (951) 454-7586 or email me at: jordanmirander at icloud.com.
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>> 1. Fwd: NFB President?s Notebook - week of 05/8/2017 (EverHairston)
>> 2. National Federation of the Blind Launches Ride Sharing
>> Testing Program (nancy Lynn)
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>> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 13:28:56 -0700
>> From: EverHairston <ever.hairston at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Fwd: NFB President?s Notebook - week of 05/8/2017
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>> Ever Lee Hairston, President
>> National Federation of the Blind of California
>> H: 323 654.2975
>> C: 323 252.9188
>> ever.hairston at gmail.com
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>> You Can Live The Life You Want
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>> From: "President, National Federation of the Blind" <OfficeOfThePresident at nfb.org>
>> Date: May 8, 2017 at 1:10:55 PM PDT
>> To: "President, National Federation of the Blind" <OfficeOfThePresident at nfb.org>
>> Subject: NFB President?s Notebook - week of 05/8/2017
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>> President?s Notebook
>> National Federation of the Blind
>> Mark A. Riccobono
>> officeofthepresident at nfb.org
>> (410) 659-9314
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>> Dear Fellow Federationists,
>>
>> This week will bring us to the two-month mark in the countdown to our 2017 National Convention. As you can imagine, all energy and time at the national office is now focused on pulling the logistical details together for our best convention ever. I have heard about some great plans in our affiliates for bringing new people to the convention. Keep building and do not forget to urge preregistration.
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>> There are a number of important things to pay attention to this week. Top of mind is the launch of our monitoring of our Uber and Lyft agreements. Please make sure your affiliate is activating on the kick off of our testing that will be in place for three years.
>> Please also give immediate attention to the fly-in (described in Critical Actions) being hosted by our blind merchants and determine if there is anything your affiliate can do to help.
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>> And Happy Mother?s Day to all the Federation mothers!
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>> Critical Actions This Week:
>> There is a National Federation of the Blind Fly-In in Washington, DC, on May 23, organized by the National Association of Blind Merchants, a Division of the NFB. The purpose is to target key congressional committee members. It is not essential that every state is represented. The committee members we are targeting are the states listed at the end of this article, so it is most critical to have members from those states.
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>> There are three issues we hope to address:
>> 1. The Department of Defense?s effort to promulgate rules that will effectively eliminate the Randolph-Sheppard priority for military dining contracts.
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>> 2. HR 1990 that would commercialize interstate rest areas displacing almost four hundred blind entrepreneurs who now service vending machines at the rest areas.
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>> 3. The Veterans Administration?s refusal to recognize the Randolph-Sheppard priority at many VA facilities.
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>> Please contact and coordinate with Nicky Gacos, who is our merchants division president, if someone from your state wants to attend. He can be reached at nickycolorado at netscape.net or (908) 464-5359.
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>> The states we are targeting are Rhode Island, Mississippi, Nebraska, Arkansas, South Dakota, Iowa, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Michigan, Washington, Minnesota, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
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>> Delegate and Board Member Convention Expenses:
>> You should have seen an email last week describing the reimbursement policies and procedures as they relate to national convention. If you did not receive it, please notify Beth at bbraun at nfb.org.
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>> News:
>> Convention Fundraising Announcements:
>> Convention is right around the corner, and with it come many fundraising announcements. In an effort to make the information more readily available to convention attendees and cut down on the number of listserv emails during the busy convention season, we?ve put together a fundraising announcement form for affiliates and national-level divisions. If you will be selling candy, raffle tickets, or other items to benefit the NFB at the convention and would like to let folks know, fill out the form at nfb.org/fundraising-announcement-form. All announcements will be posted at nfb.org/national-fundraising-announcements. If you have any questions, please contact the communications team at communicationsteam at nfb.org.
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>> Rideshare Testing:
>> As per their settlement agreements with the NFB, both Uber and Lyft have agreed to implement new driver training requirements and policies regarding drivers? obligations to transport riders with service animals. On May 8, the NFB begins its Rideshare Testing Program to assess how successfully both companies are implementing these changes. If you use Lyft or Uber and have a service animal or travel with someone who has a service animal, your help with this testing process is critical. Please see nfb.org/rideshare for more information or contact Valerie Yingling at vyingling at nfb.org or (410) 659-9314, extension 2440.
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>> NABS Mentorship Program:
>> Applications are live for the 2017 NABS Mentorship Program that will take place in Orlando, Florida, during the 2017 NFB National Convention. Those who apply to be either a mentor or mentee must be in attendance at this year?s convention. You need not be a student to apply for the mentor role, but we encourage only students to consider the mentee position. Applications close on June 15. Please direct questions to Kathryn Webster at nabs.president at gmail.com.
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>> Senior Division Retreat:
>> The National Federation of the Blind Senior Division is organizing a retreat for October 8-14, 2017, at Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center. This is a rural setting, a camp owned and operated by the South Carolina affiliate of the NFB. The cost is $325 per attendee, which covers room, board, training, activities, and ground transportation from Greenville to Rocky Bottom, but does not include transportation to and from Greensville, South Carolina, the nearest airport to the camp. Eligible participants are legally blind seniors ages fifty-five and older with a strong desire to learn alternative, nonvisual techniques taught by blind instructors, who are responsible for taking all medications independently, and who have the stamina to be actively engaged for five full days of activities.
>> To apply, send a letter by August 1 requesting a retreat application to the attention of:
>> Mr. David Houck.
>> 119 South Killbourne Road
>> Columbia, SC 29205
>>
>>
>> Convention:
>> Community Service Division:
>> The National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division will hold its annual seminar and business meeting during the 2017 National Convention on the evening of July 12.We are looking for chapters and affiliates who are doing community service activities, or have done them within the past year or so, and would be willing to share their story with their Federation family. If you are interested in communicating your experience in terms of what your chapter or affiliate did; how blindness didn?t stop you from doing the activity; and how it benefited the membership, the community, and the federation; we would like to hear from you. Please send an email to NFB Community Service Division Vice President Dacia Cole at dacia.luck at gmail.com. Please include "Community service story" and the name of your chapter/affiliate (e.g., Chicago Chapter or Illinois Affiliate) in the subject line.
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>> Dates to Keep in Mind:
>> ? Spring conventions
>> ? May 8, 2017: First day of NFB Rideshare Testing Program
>>
>> ? May 29-August 18, 2017: NFB BELL Academy held at forty-seven sites throughout the nation
>>
>> ? June 4, 2017: 6K Dot Dash
>> ? July 10-15, 2017: National Convention, Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando, Florida
>> ? June 15, 2017: Deadline for NABS Mentorship Program applications
>> ? July 23-29, 2017: Youth Slam, Towson University
>> ? September 12-17, 2017: BLAST, Nashville, Tennessee
>> ? October 8-14, 2017: Senior Division Retreat, Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center
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>> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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>> Mark A. Riccobono
>> President
>> 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
>> (410) 659-9314 | officeofthepresident at nfb.org
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>> The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation?s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 21:34:11 -0500
>> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
>> To: "mcb chat" <chat at moblind.org>, "nfbmo list" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>,
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>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] National Federation of the Blind Launches Ride
>> Sharing Testing Program
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>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>> CONTACT:
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>> Chris Danielsen
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>> Director of Public Relations
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>> National Federation of the Blind
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>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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>> cdanielsen at nfb.org
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>> National Federation of the Blind Launches Ridesharing Testing Program
>> Organization to Monitor Uber, Lyft Efforts to Accommodate Service Animals
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>> Baltimore, Maryland (May 8, 2017): The National Federation of the Blind today announced the launch of a program to test the effectiveness of ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft's efforts to accommodate passengers with guide dogs and other service animals. The NFB seeks the participation of blind people and other service animal users, or those who travel with them, across the United States and in Puerto Rico. Volunteers will be asked to fill out an online questionnaire to indicate whether or not they were denied service because of their service animals or if they were treated in a discriminatory or disrespectful manner. Both positive and negative experiences should be reported. Pursuant to agreements with the National Federation of the Blind, both Uber and Lyft are taking steps to prevent discrimination against, and improve service to, riders with service animals. The agreements require the National Federation of the Blind to provide feedback to the companies over a
> three-to-five-year
>> period. The program is open to both members and non-members of the National Federation of the Blind. The online questionnaire is available in both English and Spanish.
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>> Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: "Companies like Uber and Lyft are empowering blind people to live the lives we want by providing fast, convenient and affordable transportation. This empowerment can only be real and complete, however, if all blind people, including those who use guide dogs, are able to access these transportation options when and where they need them, without fear that they will be refused service. My wife Melissa uses a guide dog, and consequently our family has occasionally experienced the refusal of transportation services, which violates the legal and civil rights of the blind and other people with disabilities. The National Federation of the Blind applauds the commitment by Uber and Lyft to improve their service to service animal users, and we look forward to working with these companies to ensure that their efforts to do so are meaningful and effective. I urge all service animal users to use our new online
>> questionnaire often so that we can provide comprehensive feedback throughout the terms of our agreements with Uber and Lyft."
>>
>> For more information about the program and to access the online questionnaire, please visit www.nfb.org/rideshare.
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>> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 23:35:52 -0700
> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 7
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> Hello everyone, that number is not free for everyone. It is not free for T-Mobile customers. I dialed it and it said the number you are calling is outside of your plan and will incur a one cent a minute charge therefore I conclude that it's not a free conference call number. I hope I can get home before seven so I can join you
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>> 1. Re: NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 6 (Jordan Mirander)
>> 2. Re: Kaiser access update (Portia Mason)
>> 3. Re: NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 6 (Jordan Mirander)
>> 4. Re: NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 6 (Jordan Mirander)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 06 May 2017 09:49:19 -0700
>> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 6
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>> This information maybe helpful for those of you wanting to get to Orlando for the national convention there are still flights under $200 one waythere is a $362 spirit airlines flight that departs at 1010 am, and gets in at 7:33 PM on the 10th. However, if you would like to save a little bit of money and don't really have much planned for the 11th, there exists a Nother $348 round-trip option on Frontier Airlines that departs lax at 10:20 pm, and gets in on the 11 at 6:45. On the 11. I have not researched Sam Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Burbank, Ontario, or Burbank airports nor have I researched San Diego, but I will and when I do
>> I Will report my findings on the list serve
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>>> Hello all,
>>> I have been informed by, Jason Eien, who was supposed to be my roommate at the national convention that he cannot afford it, and that it is to expensive for him, and that he will not be able to go. So, that leads me back to the drawing board, and I am in need of a roommate for the national federation of the blind convention in Orlando. I already have a reservation at the Rosen shingle creek resort. If you are interested in being my roommate please call me at 9514547586, and 9517372752, and email me at jordanmirander at icloud.com.
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>>>> 1. NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder (Allison Depner)
>>>> 2. A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the
>>>> Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post (nancy Lynn)
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>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 07:43:04 -0700
>>>> From: "Allison Depner" <adepner1425 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: <Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder
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>>>> Hello Everyone,
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>>>>
>>>> The next monthly National Federation of the Blind of California At-Large
>>>> Chapter conference call meeting will take place on Thursday, May 11 at 7:00
>>>> P.M.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Call in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Simply call our free conference call number and follow the prompt to enter
>>>> our pass code. The conference call number and pass code are as follows
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Call in Number:
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>>>> (712) 432-0175
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>>>> Passcode:
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>>>> 184220 pound
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>>>>
>>>> Chapter Purpose
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The At-Large Chapter provides a an opportunity for those individuals
>>>> throughout the state of California who are unable to attend a local chapter
>>>> meeting to be involved in NFB activities and be informed of NFB related
>>>> news. Participants learn the details of conventions, NFB legislation, and
>>>> available scholarships as well as other blindness related topics.
>>>>
>>>> Our meeting also provides a chance for us to become acquainted with members
>>>> from all over the state. Everyone is welcome to join in on our conference
>>>> call, even if you are already a member of a local chapter. However, if you
>>>> do not attend local chapter meetings, we encourage you to become a member of
>>>> the At-Large chapter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Become an Official member
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you wish to become an official voting member of the NFBC, At Large
>>>> Chapter, you will need to pay annual dues of $15.00. Make your dues check
>>>> payable to NFBC At-Large Chapter and mail it to Rochelle Houston.
>>>>
>>>> 10526 Haas Ave.
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90047
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>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me
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>>>>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>
>>>> Allison Depner
>>>>
>>>> NFBC, At-Large Chapter President
>>>>
>>>> Adepner1425 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> You Can Live the Life You Want!!
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>>>>
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>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:49:44 -0500
>>>> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "nfbmo list" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>, "NFBC List"
>>>> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of
>>>> winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
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>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>>
>>>> By Eliza McGraw May 3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Meet the one-eyed horse set to run the Kentucky Derby
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch is set to run in the Kentucky Derby for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. (Reuters)
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Patch looks a lot like the other Kentucky Derby contenders ? he?s a sleek, muscled, 3-year-old thoroughbred. At least, he looks like the other racehorses
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>>>> from the right side. On the left, where others have an eye, Patch has an empty, ping-pong ball-size socket.
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>>>> Patch lost his eye due to an ulcer that never healed; he came out of his stall one morning with a swollen and tearing eye, his trainer has said, and no
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>>>> one knew why. The eye worsened and eventually had to be removed. Fittingly, and a little eerily, the colt was already named Patch.
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>>>> As an underdog with a great story ? and
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>>>> a Twitter accoun
>>>>
>>>> t ? Patch is easy to pull for, and he?s proving to be a fan favorite in the days leading up to the race on Saturday. But as a one-eyed racehorse, he?s
>>>>
>>>> neither unique nor even the first to run in the Kentucky Derby:
>>>>
>>>> One ran in 1982,
>>>>
>>>> another in 2004,
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> another in 2007.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?We very commonly have situations where racehorses have to have their eyes removed, and the majority of racehorse trainers don?t even think twice about
>>>>
>>>> it,? said Nicole M. Scherrer, a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at the New Bolton Center of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
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>>>> Medicine.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Sports fans will recall human athletes who have competed successfully with less-than-complete vision. Orioles
>>>>
>>>> pitcher Chris Lee
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>>>> is legally blind in one eye, as was
>>>>
>>>> Wesley Walker,
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>>>> a New York Jets wide receiver in the 1970s and ?80s.
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Berard,
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>>>> a former NHL member, lost his eye playing hockey and came back to the ice.
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>>>>
>>>> Because of how a horse?s vision works, losing an eye likewise doesn?t have to end their athletic careers. We humans have small, round pupils that allow
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>>>> us to see very well front and center. But we don?t have very good peripheral vision. Horses, by contrast, have the largest eyes of any land mammals, and
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>>>> their long, horizontal pupils allow them to get an enormous view from side to side, said Janet L. Jones, a cognitive scientist who trains horses and has
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> written about how horses see the world.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, while human eyes move in tandem and give us a view of 140 or 150 degrees, horses can move their eyes separately for a view of about 350 degrees.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jones says to imagine you are holding up a piece of cardboard with two small pinholes, centered to each of your eyes. You would easily see what?s directly
>>>>
>>>> in front of you, but nothing of what?s behind you or to the side. To correspond to where a horse?s eyes would be located, you would crease the cardboard
>>>>
>>>> down the middle, and add two long slots on either side.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?You can see that you would get a totally different view of the world,? she said. ?And if you were just to imagine covering up the left slot on your horse
>>>>
>>>> cardboards, and then run in great big circles to the left, you would have an idea of what this horse is attempting to do.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So how does Patch do it? Scherrer said it has to do with that extraordinary side vision.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Just because the one eye was removed doesn?t mean that they can?t see anything on that side,? she says. ?So if the left eye is removed, the right eye
>>>>
>>>> looks out in front, and can actually see a little bit to the left as well.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch?s impairment could present a problem, Scherrer said, ?if a horse came out of nowhere and bumped him from the left side.? That?s unlikely to happen,
>>>>
>>>> because bumping another horse during a race constitutes a foul. Also, Patch?s residual vision ? and his jockey?s guidance ? should prevent contact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch adjusted quickly after losing the eye, his trainer, Todd Pletcher,
>>>>
>>>> told the Blood-Horse.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?And after a couple weeks we were like, ?This horse is fine,'? Pletcher said. ?I mean, there is common sense stuff, like I don?t come up to him without
>>>>
>>>> letting him know I?m there. You don?t want to startle him, things like that. But really, you really wouldn?t know it and you don?t really have to do anything
>>>>
>>>> special with him either from a rider standpoint on the track or around the barn.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch doesn?t wear a prosthesis, but some one-eyed horses do. There are two kinds for equine eyes, Scherrer said. One is an implant that a surgeon puts
>>>>
>>>> in the sunken hole, and then closes skin over it. That gives the horse sort of a permanently mid-blink look that makes eyelessness tough to detect. Surgeons
>>>>
>>>> can also place a false eye in the socket, to give a horse the appearance of having two eyes, more along the lines of a human glass eye. Scherrer said those
>>>>
>>>> are usually used in horses ?that have a job based on their appearance,? such as show horses competing in a class in which the animals and riders are judged
>>>>
>>>> on looks as well as performance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Sometimes it just creeps people out to have the socket, but obviously the horse doesn?t care either way,? she said.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What?s more important is patience, said Scherrer, adding that horses that have lost an eye adjust better when in familiar surroundings and with known companions.
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer has her own one-eyed horse, a former patient, and she initially rode his best friend and led her horse along from the saddle. Now they compete
>>>>
>>>> over jumps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?I couldn?t ask for a better horse,? she said. ?He is better than the majority of two-eyed horses.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer cited a retrospective study based out of New Bolton that followed up with horses that had had their eyes removed. The majority, she said, went
>>>>
>>>> back to doing the same thing they were doing before they lost the eye. Those that didn?t were stymied by a perception that they?d be too changed to do
>>>>
>>>> the same job, not because of any evidence that they couldn?t.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?It definitely makes me very happy for [Patch] to go out and do this successfully and show people that horses with one eye adjust amazingly,? Scherrer
>>>>
>>>> said. ?They?re so much more adjustable than humans.?
>>>>
>>>> Correction: An earlier version of this story provided inaccurate information about the size of horses? eyes. It has been corrected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> End of NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>>> *****************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 22:33:05 -0700
>>> From: "Lisa Irving" <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
>>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>> Message-ID: <003e01d2c62a$3c8dfcb0$b5a9f610$@cox.net>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I recently learned the following information concerning Kaiser accessibility
>>> and removal of access barriers. The following may not be a complete list.
>>> All Kaiser pharmacies will roll out the use of Script Talk. A pharmacist
>>> can train you. Summary Visits and other documents are available in 18 point
>>> font. Northern California facilities are expected to be barrier free by
>>> early 2018. Kiosks are a work in progress.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From,
>>>
>>> Lisa Irving
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
>>> http://www.avg.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 00:17:00 -0700
>>> From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren at catlines.com>
>>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>> Message-ID: <006c01d2c638$c12e9750$438bc5f0$@catlines.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Oh, good! I told them last year that I did not like the Talking Vial system
>>> they had. They did not fit the bottles, they were cumbersome, and you would
>>> end up collecting a ton of them and have to remember to take them back. So I
>>> am glad of this coming change.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Lauren
>>>
>>> Blessings in Jesus' name.
>>> But I trust in your unfailing love.I will rejoice because you have rescued
>>> me. I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.
>>> --Psalm 13:5-6, NLT
>>> Advice from my cats:"meow when you feel like it."
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFBC-Info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa
>>> Irving via NFBC-Info
>>> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 10:33 PM
>>> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>>
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I recently learned the following information concerning Kaiser accessibility
>>> and removal of access barriers. The following may not be a complete list.
>>> All Kaiser pharmacies will roll out the use of Script Talk. A pharmacist
>>> can train you. Summary Visits and other documents are available in 18 point
>>> font. Northern California facilities are expected to be barrier free by
>>> early 2018. Kiosks are a work in progress.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From,
>>>
>>> Lisa Irving
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
>>> http://www.avg.com
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> NFBC-Info at nfbnet.org
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Sat, 06 May 2017 01:07:54 -0700
>>> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
>>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>> Message-ID: <B494477A-7219-40CE-8498-D4225EFFB0D3 at icloud.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>>
>>> Hello all
>>> I have just been informed by Jason Eien that he cannot afford the trip to Orlando for our national convention. He says that it's too expensive for him. Which leads me back to the drawing board again as he was supposed too be my roommate at this year's convention. So therefore, I will be needing a roommate. I will be arriving at four pm on July 10, and departing on July 16 at around 1 pm if interested please call me at 951-454-7586 or 9517372752, or email me at Jordanmirander at icloud.com
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On May 5, 2017, at 5:00 AM, nfbc-info-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Send NFBC-Info mailing list submissions to
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>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>
>>>> 1. NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder (Allison Depner)
>>>> 2. A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the
>>>> Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post (nancy Lynn)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 07:43:04 -0700
>>>> From: "Allison Depner" <adepner1425 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: <Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAABpfzTJ6JilJgVCs/rpLEscigQAAEAAAACIY5T1pPHtDkIWX3QPj/6YBAAAAAA==@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The next monthly National Federation of the Blind of California At-Large
>>>> Chapter conference call meeting will take place on Thursday, May 11 at 7:00
>>>> P.M.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Call in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Simply call our free conference call number and follow the prompt to enter
>>>> our pass code. The conference call number and pass code are as follows
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Call in Number:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (712) 432-0175
>>>>
>>>> Passcode:
>>>>
>>>> 184220 pound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chapter Purpose
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The At-Large Chapter provides a an opportunity for those individuals
>>>> throughout the state of California who are unable to attend a local chapter
>>>> meeting to be involved in NFB activities and be informed of NFB related
>>>> news. Participants learn the details of conventions, NFB legislation, and
>>>> available scholarships as well as other blindness related topics.
>>>>
>>>> Our meeting also provides a chance for us to become acquainted with members
>>>> from all over the state. Everyone is welcome to join in on our conference
>>>> call, even if you are already a member of a local chapter. However, if you
>>>> do not attend local chapter meetings, we encourage you to become a member of
>>>> the At-Large chapter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Become an Official member
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you wish to become an official voting member of the NFBC, At Large
>>>> Chapter, you will need to pay annual dues of $15.00. Make your dues check
>>>> payable to NFBC At-Large Chapter and mail it to Rochelle Houston.
>>>>
>>>> 10526 Haas Ave.
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90047
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>
>>>> Allison Depner
>>>>
>>>> NFBC, At-Large Chapter President
>>>>
>>>> Adepner1425 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> You Can Live the Life You Want!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:49:44 -0500
>>>> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "nfbmo list" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>, "NFBC List"
>>>> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of
>>>> winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>> Message-ID: <7DF65EBA09B744219026B09EF493BA4E at nancyPC>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>>
>>>> By Eliza McGraw May 3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Meet the one-eyed horse set to run the Kentucky Derby
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch is set to run in the Kentucky Derby for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. (Reuters)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch looks a lot like the other Kentucky Derby contenders ? he?s a sleek, muscled, 3-year-old thoroughbred. At least, he looks like the other racehorses
>>>>
>>>> from the right side. On the left, where others have an eye, Patch has an empty, ping-pong ball-size socket.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch lost his eye due to an ulcer that never healed; he came out of his stall one morning with a swollen and tearing eye, his trainer has said, and no
>>>>
>>>> one knew why. The eye worsened and eventually had to be removed. Fittingly, and a little eerily, the colt was already named Patch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As an underdog with a great story ? and
>>>>
>>>> a Twitter accoun
>>>>
>>>> t ? Patch is easy to pull for, and he?s proving to be a fan favorite in the days leading up to the race on Saturday. But as a one-eyed racehorse, he?s
>>>>
>>>> neither unique nor even the first to run in the Kentucky Derby:
>>>>
>>>> One ran in 1982,
>>>>
>>>> another in 2004,
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> another in 2007.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?We very commonly have situations where racehorses have to have their eyes removed, and the majority of racehorse trainers don?t even think twice about
>>>>
>>>> it,? said Nicole M. Scherrer, a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at the New Bolton Center of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
>>>>
>>>> Medicine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sports fans will recall human athletes who have competed successfully with less-than-complete vision. Orioles
>>>>
>>>> pitcher Chris Lee
>>>>
>>>> is legally blind in one eye, as was
>>>>
>>>> Wesley Walker,
>>>>
>>>> a New York Jets wide receiver in the 1970s and ?80s.
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Berard,
>>>>
>>>> a former NHL member, lost his eye playing hockey and came back to the ice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Because of how a horse?s vision works, losing an eye likewise doesn?t have to end their athletic careers. We humans have small, round pupils that allow
>>>>
>>>> us to see very well front and center. But we don?t have very good peripheral vision. Horses, by contrast, have the largest eyes of any land mammals, and
>>>>
>>>> their long, horizontal pupils allow them to get an enormous view from side to side, said Janet L. Jones, a cognitive scientist who trains horses and has
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> written about how horses see the world.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, while human eyes move in tandem and give us a view of 140 or 150 degrees, horses can move their eyes separately for a view of about 350 degrees.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jones says to imagine you are holding up a piece of cardboard with two small pinholes, centered to each of your eyes. You would easily see what?s directly
>>>>
>>>> in front of you, but nothing of what?s behind you or to the side. To correspond to where a horse?s eyes would be located, you would crease the cardboard
>>>>
>>>> down the middle, and add two long slots on either side.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?You can see that you would get a totally different view of the world,? she said. ?And if you were just to imagine covering up the left slot on your horse
>>>>
>>>> cardboards, and then run in great big circles to the left, you would have an idea of what this horse is attempting to do.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So how does Patch do it? Scherrer said it has to do with that extraordinary side vision.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Just because the one eye was removed doesn?t mean that they can?t see anything on that side,? she says. ?So if the left eye is removed, the right eye
>>>>
>>>> looks out in front, and can actually see a little bit to the left as well.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch?s impairment could present a problem, Scherrer said, ?if a horse came out of nowhere and bumped him from the left side.? That?s unlikely to happen,
>>>>
>>>> because bumping another horse during a race constitutes a foul. Also, Patch?s residual vision ? and his jockey?s guidance ? should prevent contact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch adjusted quickly after losing the eye, his trainer, Todd Pletcher,
>>>>
>>>> told the Blood-Horse.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?And after a couple weeks we were like, ?This horse is fine,'? Pletcher said. ?I mean, there is common sense stuff, like I don?t come up to him without
>>>>
>>>> letting him know I?m there. You don?t want to startle him, things like that. But really, you really wouldn?t know it and you don?t really have to do anything
>>>>
>>>> special with him either from a rider standpoint on the track or around the barn.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch doesn?t wear a prosthesis, but some one-eyed horses do. There are two kinds for equine eyes, Scherrer said. One is an implant that a surgeon puts
>>>>
>>>> in the sunken hole, and then closes skin over it. That gives the horse sort of a permanently mid-blink look that makes eyelessness tough to detect. Surgeons
>>>>
>>>> can also place a false eye in the socket, to give a horse the appearance of having two eyes, more along the lines of a human glass eye. Scherrer said those
>>>>
>>>> are usually used in horses ?that have a job based on their appearance,? such as show horses competing in a class in which the animals and riders are judged
>>>>
>>>> on looks as well as performance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Sometimes it just creeps people out to have the socket, but obviously the horse doesn?t care either way,? she said.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What?s more important is patience, said Scherrer, adding that horses that have lost an eye adjust better when in familiar surroundings and with known companions.
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer has her own one-eyed horse, a former patient, and she initially rode his best friend and led her horse along from the saddle. Now they compete
>>>>
>>>> over jumps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?I couldn?t ask for a better horse,? she said. ?He is better than the majority of two-eyed horses.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer cited a retrospective study based out of New Bolton that followed up with horses that had had their eyes removed. The majority, she said, went
>>>>
>>>> back to doing the same thing they were doing before they lost the eye. Those that didn?t were stymied by a perception that they?d be too changed to do
>>>>
>>>> the same job, not because of any evidence that they couldn?t.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?It definitely makes me very happy for [Patch] to go out and do this successfully and show people that horses with one eye adjust amazingly,? Scherrer
>>>>
>>>> said. ?They?re so much more adjustable than humans.?
>>>>
>>>> Correction: An earlier version of this story provided inaccurate information about the size of horses? eyes. It has been corrected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> End of NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>>> *****************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>>
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>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> End of NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 6
>>> *****************************************
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 10:51:54 -0700
>> From: "Portia Mason" <knitangelpm at yahoo.com>
>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>> Message-ID: <060e01d2c691$733ef8b0$59bcea10$@yahoo.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>> I use script talk and it works very well.
>> Portia
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFBC-Info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren
>> Merryfield via NFBC-Info
>> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2017 12:17 AM
>> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Lauren Merryfield <lauren at catlines.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>
>> Hi,
>> Oh, good! I told them last year that I did not like the Talking Vial system
>> they had. They did not fit the bottles, they were cumbersome, and you would
>> end up collecting a ton of them and have to remember to take them back. So I
>> am glad of this coming change.
>> Thanks,
>> Lauren
>>
>> Blessings in Jesus' name.
>> But I trust in your unfailing love.I will rejoice because you have rescued
>> me. I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.
>> --Psalm 13:5-6, NLT
>> Advice from my cats:"meow when you feel like it."
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFBC-Info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa
>> Irving via NFBC-Info
>> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 10:33 PM
>> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>
>> Hi All:
>>
>>
>>
>> I recently learned the following information concerning Kaiser accessibility
>> and removal of access barriers. The following may not be a complete list.
>> All Kaiser pharmacies will roll out the use of Script Talk. A pharmacist
>> can train you. Summary Visits and other documents are available in 18 point
>> font. Northern California facilities are expected to be barrier free by
>> early 2018. Kiosks are a work in progress.
>>
>>
>>
>> From,
>>
>> Lisa Irving
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
>> http://www.avg.com
>> _______________________________________________
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>> NFBC-Info at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> NFBC-Info:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org/lauren%40catlines.com
>>
>>
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>> NFBC-Info:
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>> om
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sat, 06 May 2017 11:03:00 -0700
>> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 6
>> Message-ID: <42546EC0-B841-432D-9228-9862573C7A86 at icloud.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> However, if I was to suggest a redeye flight, I would suggest that you fly out of San Diego, because they have a $330 flight that leaves at 10 o'clock and gets in at 6:45 in the morning on the 11. On frontier airlines this is surprisingly 18.94 cheaper then LAX
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 6, 2017, at 5:00 AM, nfbc-info-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
>>>
>>> Send NFBC-Info mailing list submissions to
>>> nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>>
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>>>
>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>>> than "Re: Contents of NFBC-Info digest..."
>>>
>>>
>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>> 1. Re: NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5 (Jordan Mirander)
>>> 2. Kaiser access update (Lisa Irving)
>>> 3. Re: Kaiser access update (Lauren Merryfield)
>>> 4. Re: NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5 (Jordan Mirander)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 19:52:08 -0700
>>> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
>>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>> Message-ID: <78AF88D2-52F6-4465-B339-4EBC3BB5002F at icloud.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> I have been informed by, Jason Eien, who was supposed to be my roommate at the national convention that he cannot afford it, and that it is to expensive for him, and that he will not be able to go. So, that leads me back to the drawing board, and I am in need of a roommate for the national federation of the blind convention in Orlando. I already have a reservation at the Rosen shingle creek resort. If you are interested in being my roommate please call me at 9514547586, and 9517372752, and email me at jordanmirander at icloud.com.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On May 5, 2017, at 5:00 AM, nfbc-info-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Send NFBC-Info mailing list submissions to
>>>> nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
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>>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>>>> than "Re: Contents of NFBC-Info digest..."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>
>>>> 1. NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder (Allison Depner)
>>>> 2. A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the
>>>> Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post (nancy Lynn)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 07:43:04 -0700
>>>> From: "Allison Depner" <adepner1425 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: <Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAABpfzTJ6JilJgVCs/rpLEscigQAAEAAAACIY5T1pPHtDkIWX3QPj/6YBAAAAAA==@gmail.com>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The next monthly National Federation of the Blind of California At-Large
>>>> Chapter conference call meeting will take place on Thursday, May 11 at 7:00
>>>> P.M.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Call in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Simply call our free conference call number and follow the prompt to enter
>>>> our pass code. The conference call number and pass code are as follows
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Call in Number:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (712) 432-0175
>>>>
>>>> Passcode:
>>>>
>>>> 184220 pound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chapter Purpose
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The At-Large Chapter provides a an opportunity for those individuals
>>>> throughout the state of California who are unable to attend a local chapter
>>>> meeting to be involved in NFB activities and be informed of NFB related
>>>> news. Participants learn the details of conventions, NFB legislation, and
>>>> available scholarships as well as other blindness related topics.
>>>>
>>>> Our meeting also provides a chance for us to become acquainted with members
>>>> from all over the state. Everyone is welcome to join in on our conference
>>>> call, even if you are already a member of a local chapter. However, if you
>>>> do not attend local chapter meetings, we encourage you to become a member of
>>>> the At-Large chapter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Become an Official member
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you wish to become an official voting member of the NFBC, At Large
>>>> Chapter, you will need to pay annual dues of $15.00. Make your dues check
>>>> payable to NFBC At-Large Chapter and mail it to Rochelle Houston.
>>>>
>>>> 10526 Haas Ave.
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90047
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>
>>>> Allison Depner
>>>>
>>>> NFBC, At-Large Chapter President
>>>>
>>>> Adepner1425 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> You Can Live the Life You Want!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:49:44 -0500
>>>> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "nfbmo list" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>, "NFBC List"
>>>> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of
>>>> winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>> Message-ID: <7DF65EBA09B744219026B09EF493BA4E at nancyPC>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>>
>>>> By Eliza McGraw May 3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Meet the one-eyed horse set to run the Kentucky Derby
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch is set to run in the Kentucky Derby for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. (Reuters)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch looks a lot like the other Kentucky Derby contenders ? he?s a sleek, muscled, 3-year-old thoroughbred. At least, he looks like the other racehorses
>>>>
>>>> from the right side. On the left, where others have an eye, Patch has an empty, ping-pong ball-size socket.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch lost his eye due to an ulcer that never healed; he came out of his stall one morning with a swollen and tearing eye, his trainer has said, and no
>>>>
>>>> one knew why. The eye worsened and eventually had to be removed. Fittingly, and a little eerily, the colt was already named Patch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As an underdog with a great story ? and
>>>>
>>>> a Twitter accoun
>>>>
>>>> t ? Patch is easy to pull for, and he?s proving to be a fan favorite in the days leading up to the race on Saturday. But as a one-eyed racehorse, he?s
>>>>
>>>> neither unique nor even the first to run in the Kentucky Derby:
>>>>
>>>> One ran in 1982,
>>>>
>>>> another in 2004,
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> another in 2007.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?We very commonly have situations where racehorses have to have their eyes removed, and the majority of racehorse trainers don?t even think twice about
>>>>
>>>> it,? said Nicole M. Scherrer, a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at the New Bolton Center of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
>>>>
>>>> Medicine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sports fans will recall human athletes who have competed successfully with less-than-complete vision. Orioles
>>>>
>>>> pitcher Chris Lee
>>>>
>>>> is legally blind in one eye, as was
>>>>
>>>> Wesley Walker,
>>>>
>>>> a New York Jets wide receiver in the 1970s and ?80s.
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Berard,
>>>>
>>>> a former NHL member, lost his eye playing hockey and came back to the ice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Because of how a horse?s vision works, losing an eye likewise doesn?t have to end their athletic careers. We humans have small, round pupils that allow
>>>>
>>>> us to see very well front and center. But we don?t have very good peripheral vision. Horses, by contrast, have the largest eyes of any land mammals, and
>>>>
>>>> their long, horizontal pupils allow them to get an enormous view from side to side, said Janet L. Jones, a cognitive scientist who trains horses and has
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> written about how horses see the world.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, while human eyes move in tandem and give us a view of 140 or 150 degrees, horses can move their eyes separately for a view of about 350 degrees.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jones says to imagine you are holding up a piece of cardboard with two small pinholes, centered to each of your eyes. You would easily see what?s directly
>>>>
>>>> in front of you, but nothing of what?s behind you or to the side. To correspond to where a horse?s eyes would be located, you would crease the cardboard
>>>>
>>>> down the middle, and add two long slots on either side.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?You can see that you would get a totally different view of the world,? she said. ?And if you were just to imagine covering up the left slot on your horse
>>>>
>>>> cardboards, and then run in great big circles to the left, you would have an idea of what this horse is attempting to do.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So how does Patch do it? Scherrer said it has to do with that extraordinary side vision.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Just because the one eye was removed doesn?t mean that they can?t see anything on that side,? she says. ?So if the left eye is removed, the right eye
>>>>
>>>> looks out in front, and can actually see a little bit to the left as well.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch?s impairment could present a problem, Scherrer said, ?if a horse came out of nowhere and bumped him from the left side.? That?s unlikely to happen,
>>>>
>>>> because bumping another horse during a race constitutes a foul. Also, Patch?s residual vision ? and his jockey?s guidance ? should prevent contact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch adjusted quickly after losing the eye, his trainer, Todd Pletcher,
>>>>
>>>> told the Blood-Horse.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?And after a couple weeks we were like, ?This horse is fine,'? Pletcher said. ?I mean, there is common sense stuff, like I don?t come up to him without
>>>>
>>>> letting him know I?m there. You don?t want to startle him, things like that. But really, you really wouldn?t know it and you don?t really have to do anything
>>>>
>>>> special with him either from a rider standpoint on the track or around the barn.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch doesn?t wear a prosthesis, but some one-eyed horses do. There are two kinds for equine eyes, Scherrer said. One is an implant that a surgeon puts
>>>>
>>>> in the sunken hole, and then closes skin over it. That gives the horse sort of a permanently mid-blink look that makes eyelessness tough to detect. Surgeons
>>>>
>>>> can also place a false eye in the socket, to give a horse the appearance of having two eyes, more along the lines of a human glass eye. Scherrer said those
>>>>
>>>> are usually used in horses ?that have a job based on their appearance,? such as show horses competing in a class in which the animals and riders are judged
>>>>
>>>> on looks as well as performance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Sometimes it just creeps people out to have the socket, but obviously the horse doesn?t care either way,? she said.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What?s more important is patience, said Scherrer, adding that horses that have lost an eye adjust better when in familiar surroundings and with known companions.
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer has her own one-eyed horse, a former patient, and she initially rode his best friend and led her horse along from the saddle. Now they compete
>>>>
>>>> over jumps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?I couldn?t ask for a better horse,? she said. ?He is better than the majority of two-eyed horses.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer cited a retrospective study based out of New Bolton that followed up with horses that had had their eyes removed. The majority, she said, went
>>>>
>>>> back to doing the same thing they were doing before they lost the eye. Those that didn?t were stymied by a perception that they?d be too changed to do
>>>>
>>>> the same job, not because of any evidence that they couldn?t.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?It definitely makes me very happy for [Patch] to go out and do this successfully and show people that horses with one eye adjust amazingly,? Scherrer
>>>>
>>>> said. ?They?re so much more adjustable than humans.?
>>>>
>>>> Correction: An earlier version of this story provided inaccurate information about the size of horses? eyes. It has been corrected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> NFBC-Info mailing list
>>>> NFBC-Info at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> End of NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>>> *****************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 22:33:05 -0700
>>> From: "Lisa Irving" <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
>>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>> Message-ID: <003e01d2c62a$3c8dfcb0$b5a9f610$@cox.net>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I recently learned the following information concerning Kaiser accessibility
>>> and removal of access barriers. The following may not be a complete list.
>>> All Kaiser pharmacies will roll out the use of Script Talk. A pharmacist
>>> can train you. Summary Visits and other documents are available in 18 point
>>> font. Northern California facilities are expected to be barrier free by
>>> early 2018. Kiosks are a work in progress.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From,
>>>
>>> Lisa Irving
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
>>> http://www.avg.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 00:17:00 -0700
>>> From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren at catlines.com>
>>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>> Message-ID: <006c01d2c638$c12e9750$438bc5f0$@catlines.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Oh, good! I told them last year that I did not like the Talking Vial system
>>> they had. They did not fit the bottles, they were cumbersome, and you would
>>> end up collecting a ton of them and have to remember to take them back. So I
>>> am glad of this coming change.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Lauren
>>>
>>> Blessings in Jesus' name.
>>> But I trust in your unfailing love.I will rejoice because you have rescued
>>> me. I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.
>>> --Psalm 13:5-6, NLT
>>> Advice from my cats:"meow when you feel like it."
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFBC-Info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa
>>> Irving via NFBC-Info
>>> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 10:33 PM
>>> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>>
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I recently learned the following information concerning Kaiser accessibility
>>> and removal of access barriers. The following may not be a complete list.
>>> All Kaiser pharmacies will roll out the use of Script Talk. A pharmacist
>>> can train you. Summary Visits and other documents are available in 18 point
>>> font. Northern California facilities are expected to be barrier free by
>>> early 2018. Kiosks are a work in progress.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From,
>>>
>>> Lisa Irving
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
>>> http://www.avg.com
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> NFBC-Info at nfbnet.org
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Sat, 06 May 2017 01:07:54 -0700
>>> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
>>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>> Message-ID: <B494477A-7219-40CE-8498-D4225EFFB0D3 at icloud.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>>
>>> Hello all
>>> I have just been informed by Jason Eien that he cannot afford the trip to Orlando for our national convention. He says that it's too expensive for him. Which leads me back to the drawing board again as he was supposed too be my roommate at this year's convention. So therefore, I will be needing a roommate. I will be arriving at four pm on July 10, and departing on July 16 at around 1 pm if interested please call me at 951-454-7586 or 9517372752, or email me at Jordanmirander at icloud.com
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On May 5, 2017, at 5:00 AM, nfbc-info-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Send NFBC-Info mailing list submissions to
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>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>
>>>> 1. NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder (Allison Depner)
>>>> 2. A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the
>>>> Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post (nancy Lynn)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 07:43:04 -0700
>>>> From: "Allison Depner" <adepner1425 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: <Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAABpfzTJ6JilJgVCs/rpLEscigQAAEAAAACIY5T1pPHtDkIWX3QPj/6YBAAAAAA==@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The next monthly National Federation of the Blind of California At-Large
>>>> Chapter conference call meeting will take place on Thursday, May 11 at 7:00
>>>> P.M.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Call in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Simply call our free conference call number and follow the prompt to enter
>>>> our pass code. The conference call number and pass code are as follows
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Call in Number:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (712) 432-0175
>>>>
>>>> Passcode:
>>>>
>>>> 184220 pound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chapter Purpose
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The At-Large Chapter provides a an opportunity for those individuals
>>>> throughout the state of California who are unable to attend a local chapter
>>>> meeting to be involved in NFB activities and be informed of NFB related
>>>> news. Participants learn the details of conventions, NFB legislation, and
>>>> available scholarships as well as other blindness related topics.
>>>>
>>>> Our meeting also provides a chance for us to become acquainted with members
>>>> from all over the state. Everyone is welcome to join in on our conference
>>>> call, even if you are already a member of a local chapter. However, if you
>>>> do not attend local chapter meetings, we encourage you to become a member of
>>>> the At-Large chapter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Become an Official member
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you wish to become an official voting member of the NFBC, At Large
>>>> Chapter, you will need to pay annual dues of $15.00. Make your dues check
>>>> payable to NFBC At-Large Chapter and mail it to Rochelle Houston.
>>>>
>>>> 10526 Haas Ave.
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90047
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>
>>>> Allison Depner
>>>>
>>>> NFBC, At-Large Chapter President
>>>>
>>>> Adepner1425 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> You Can Live the Life You Want!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:49:44 -0500
>>>> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "nfbmo list" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>, "NFBC List"
>>>> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of
>>>> winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>> Message-ID: <7DF65EBA09B744219026B09EF493BA4E at nancyPC>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>>
>>>> By Eliza McGraw May 3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Meet the one-eyed horse set to run the Kentucky Derby
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch is set to run in the Kentucky Derby for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. (Reuters)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch looks a lot like the other Kentucky Derby contenders ? he?s a sleek, muscled, 3-year-old thoroughbred. At least, he looks like the other racehorses
>>>>
>>>> from the right side. On the left, where others have an eye, Patch has an empty, ping-pong ball-size socket.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch lost his eye due to an ulcer that never healed; he came out of his stall one morning with a swollen and tearing eye, his trainer has said, and no
>>>>
>>>> one knew why. The eye worsened and eventually had to be removed. Fittingly, and a little eerily, the colt was already named Patch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As an underdog with a great story ? and
>>>>
>>>> a Twitter accoun
>>>>
>>>> t ? Patch is easy to pull for, and he?s proving to be a fan favorite in the days leading up to the race on Saturday. But as a one-eyed racehorse, he?s
>>>>
>>>> neither unique nor even the first to run in the Kentucky Derby:
>>>>
>>>> One ran in 1982,
>>>>
>>>> another in 2004,
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> another in 2007.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?We very commonly have situations where racehorses have to have their eyes removed, and the majority of racehorse trainers don?t even think twice about
>>>>
>>>> it,? said Nicole M. Scherrer, a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at the New Bolton Center of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
>>>>
>>>> Medicine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sports fans will recall human athletes who have competed successfully with less-than-complete vision. Orioles
>>>>
>>>> pitcher Chris Lee
>>>>
>>>> is legally blind in one eye, as was
>>>>
>>>> Wesley Walker,
>>>>
>>>> a New York Jets wide receiver in the 1970s and ?80s.
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Berard,
>>>>
>>>> a former NHL member, lost his eye playing hockey and came back to the ice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Because of how a horse?s vision works, losing an eye likewise doesn?t have to end their athletic careers. We humans have small, round pupils that allow
>>>>
>>>> us to see very well front and center. But we don?t have very good peripheral vision. Horses, by contrast, have the largest eyes of any land mammals, and
>>>>
>>>> their long, horizontal pupils allow them to get an enormous view from side to side, said Janet L. Jones, a cognitive scientist who trains horses and has
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> written about how horses see the world.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, while human eyes move in tandem and give us a view of 140 or 150 degrees, horses can move their eyes separately for a view of about 350 degrees.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jones says to imagine you are holding up a piece of cardboard with two small pinholes, centered to each of your eyes. You would easily see what?s directly
>>>>
>>>> in front of you, but nothing of what?s behind you or to the side. To correspond to where a horse?s eyes would be located, you would crease the cardboard
>>>>
>>>> down the middle, and add two long slots on either side.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?You can see that you would get a totally different view of the world,? she said. ?And if you were just to imagine covering up the left slot on your horse
>>>>
>>>> cardboards, and then run in great big circles to the left, you would have an idea of what this horse is attempting to do.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So how does Patch do it? Scherrer said it has to do with that extraordinary side vision.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Just because the one eye was removed doesn?t mean that they can?t see anything on that side,? she says. ?So if the left eye is removed, the right eye
>>>>
>>>> looks out in front, and can actually see a little bit to the left as well.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch?s impairment could present a problem, Scherrer said, ?if a horse came out of nowhere and bumped him from the left side.? That?s unlikely to happen,
>>>>
>>>> because bumping another horse during a race constitutes a foul. Also, Patch?s residual vision ? and his jockey?s guidance ? should prevent contact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch adjusted quickly after losing the eye, his trainer, Todd Pletcher,
>>>>
>>>> told the Blood-Horse.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?And after a couple weeks we were like, ?This horse is fine,'? Pletcher said. ?I mean, there is common sense stuff, like I don?t come up to him without
>>>>
>>>> letting him know I?m there. You don?t want to startle him, things like that. But really, you really wouldn?t know it and you don?t really have to do anything
>>>>
>>>> special with him either from a rider standpoint on the track or around the barn.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch doesn?t wear a prosthesis, but some one-eyed horses do. There are two kinds for equine eyes, Scherrer said. One is an implant that a surgeon puts
>>>>
>>>> in the sunken hole, and then closes skin over it. That gives the horse sort of a permanently mid-blink look that makes eyelessness tough to detect. Surgeons
>>>>
>>>> can also place a false eye in the socket, to give a horse the appearance of having two eyes, more along the lines of a human glass eye. Scherrer said those
>>>>
>>>> are usually used in horses ?that have a job based on their appearance,? such as show horses competing in a class in which the animals and riders are judged
>>>>
>>>> on looks as well as performance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Sometimes it just creeps people out to have the socket, but obviously the horse doesn?t care either way,? she said.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What?s more important is patience, said Scherrer, adding that horses that have lost an eye adjust better when in familiar surroundings and with known companions.
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer has her own one-eyed horse, a former patient, and she initially rode his best friend and led her horse along from the saddle. Now they compete
>>>>
>>>> over jumps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?I couldn?t ask for a better horse,? she said. ?He is better than the majority of two-eyed horses.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer cited a retrospective study based out of New Bolton that followed up with horses that had had their eyes removed. The majority, she said, went
>>>>
>>>> back to doing the same thing they were doing before they lost the eye. Those that didn?t were stymied by a perception that they?d be too changed to do
>>>>
>>>> the same job, not because of any evidence that they couldn?t.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?It definitely makes me very happy for [Patch] to go out and do this successfully and show people that horses with one eye adjust amazingly,? Scherrer
>>>>
>>>> said. ?They?re so much more adjustable than humans.?
>>>>
>>>> Correction: An earlier version of this story provided inaccurate information about the size of horses? eyes. It has been corrected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> NFBC-Info mailing list
>>>> NFBC-Info at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> End of NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>>> *****************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> End of NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 6
>>> *****************************************
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sat, 06 May 2017 21:14:02 -0700
>> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 6
>> Message-ID: <708BAC38-22E8-4E5C-B90F-45E801EE6C29 at icloud.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Hello all please disregard my to post things regarding roommate for the 2017 conference in convention in Orlando. I spoke to Jason Ian today. We're good. He is going to book a flight to orlando for $330.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 6, 2017, at 5:00 AM, nfbc-info-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
>>>
>>> Send NFBC-Info mailing list submissions to
>>> nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>>
>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
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>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>>> nfbc-info-request at nfbnet.org
>>>
>>> You can reach the person managing the list at
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>>>
>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>>> than "Re: Contents of NFBC-Info digest..."
>>>
>>>
>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>> 1. Re: NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5 (Jordan Mirander)
>>> 2. Kaiser access update (Lisa Irving)
>>> 3. Re: Kaiser access update (Lauren Merryfield)
>>> 4. Re: NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5 (Jordan Mirander)
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 19:52:08 -0700
>>> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
>>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>> Message-ID: <78AF88D2-52F6-4465-B339-4EBC3BB5002F at icloud.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> I have been informed by, Jason Eien, who was supposed to be my roommate at the national convention that he cannot afford it, and that it is to expensive for him, and that he will not be able to go. So, that leads me back to the drawing board, and I am in need of a roommate for the national federation of the blind convention in Orlando. I already have a reservation at the Rosen shingle creek resort. If you are interested in being my roommate please call me at 9514547586, and 9517372752, and email me at jordanmirander at icloud.com.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
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>>>>
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>>>> Today's Topics:
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>>>> 1. NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder (Allison Depner)
>>>> 2. A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the
>>>> Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post (nancy Lynn)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 07:43:04 -0700
>>>> From: "Allison Depner" <adepner1425 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: <Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder
>>>> Message-ID:
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>>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The next monthly National Federation of the Blind of California At-Large
>>>> Chapter conference call meeting will take place on Thursday, May 11 at 7:00
>>>> P.M.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Call in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Simply call our free conference call number and follow the prompt to enter
>>>> our pass code. The conference call number and pass code are as follows
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Call in Number:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (712) 432-0175
>>>>
>>>> Passcode:
>>>>
>>>> 184220 pound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chapter Purpose
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The At-Large Chapter provides a an opportunity for those individuals
>>>> throughout the state of California who are unable to attend a local chapter
>>>> meeting to be involved in NFB activities and be informed of NFB related
>>>> news. Participants learn the details of conventions, NFB legislation, and
>>>> available scholarships as well as other blindness related topics.
>>>>
>>>> Our meeting also provides a chance for us to become acquainted with members
>>>> from all over the state. Everyone is welcome to join in on our conference
>>>> call, even if you are already a member of a local chapter. However, if you
>>>> do not attend local chapter meetings, we encourage you to become a member of
>>>> the At-Large chapter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Become an Official member
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you wish to become an official voting member of the NFBC, At Large
>>>> Chapter, you will need to pay annual dues of $15.00. Make your dues check
>>>> payable to NFBC At-Large Chapter and mail it to Rochelle Houston.
>>>>
>>>> 10526 Haas Ave.
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90047
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>
>>>> Allison Depner
>>>>
>>>> NFBC, At-Large Chapter President
>>>>
>>>> Adepner1425 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> You Can Live the Life You Want!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:49:44 -0500
>>>> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "nfbmo list" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>, "NFBC List"
>>>> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of
>>>> winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>> Message-ID: <7DF65EBA09B744219026B09EF493BA4E at nancyPC>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>>
>>>> By Eliza McGraw May 3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Meet the one-eyed horse set to run the Kentucky Derby
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch is set to run in the Kentucky Derby for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. (Reuters)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch looks a lot like the other Kentucky Derby contenders ? he?s a sleek, muscled, 3-year-old thoroughbred. At least, he looks like the other racehorses
>>>>
>>>> from the right side. On the left, where others have an eye, Patch has an empty, ping-pong ball-size socket.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch lost his eye due to an ulcer that never healed; he came out of his stall one morning with a swollen and tearing eye, his trainer has said, and no
>>>>
>>>> one knew why. The eye worsened and eventually had to be removed. Fittingly, and a little eerily, the colt was already named Patch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As an underdog with a great story ? and
>>>>
>>>> a Twitter accoun
>>>>
>>>> t ? Patch is easy to pull for, and he?s proving to be a fan favorite in the days leading up to the race on Saturday. But as a one-eyed racehorse, he?s
>>>>
>>>> neither unique nor even the first to run in the Kentucky Derby:
>>>>
>>>> One ran in 1982,
>>>>
>>>> another in 2004,
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> another in 2007.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?We very commonly have situations where racehorses have to have their eyes removed, and the majority of racehorse trainers don?t even think twice about
>>>>
>>>> it,? said Nicole M. Scherrer, a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at the New Bolton Center of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
>>>>
>>>> Medicine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sports fans will recall human athletes who have competed successfully with less-than-complete vision. Orioles
>>>>
>>>> pitcher Chris Lee
>>>>
>>>> is legally blind in one eye, as was
>>>>
>>>> Wesley Walker,
>>>>
>>>> a New York Jets wide receiver in the 1970s and ?80s.
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Berard,
>>>>
>>>> a former NHL member, lost his eye playing hockey and came back to the ice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Because of how a horse?s vision works, losing an eye likewise doesn?t have to end their athletic careers. We humans have small, round pupils that allow
>>>>
>>>> us to see very well front and center. But we don?t have very good peripheral vision. Horses, by contrast, have the largest eyes of any land mammals, and
>>>>
>>>> their long, horizontal pupils allow them to get an enormous view from side to side, said Janet L. Jones, a cognitive scientist who trains horses and has
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> written about how horses see the world.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, while human eyes move in tandem and give us a view of 140 or 150 degrees, horses can move their eyes separately for a view of about 350 degrees.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jones says to imagine you are holding up a piece of cardboard with two small pinholes, centered to each of your eyes. You would easily see what?s directly
>>>>
>>>> in front of you, but nothing of what?s behind you or to the side. To correspond to where a horse?s eyes would be located, you would crease the cardboard
>>>>
>>>> down the middle, and add two long slots on either side.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?You can see that you would get a totally different view of the world,? she said. ?And if you were just to imagine covering up the left slot on your horse
>>>>
>>>> cardboards, and then run in great big circles to the left, you would have an idea of what this horse is attempting to do.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So how does Patch do it? Scherrer said it has to do with that extraordinary side vision.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Just because the one eye was removed doesn?t mean that they can?t see anything on that side,? she says. ?So if the left eye is removed, the right eye
>>>>
>>>> looks out in front, and can actually see a little bit to the left as well.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch?s impairment could present a problem, Scherrer said, ?if a horse came out of nowhere and bumped him from the left side.? That?s unlikely to happen,
>>>>
>>>> because bumping another horse during a race constitutes a foul. Also, Patch?s residual vision ? and his jockey?s guidance ? should prevent contact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch adjusted quickly after losing the eye, his trainer, Todd Pletcher,
>>>>
>>>> told the Blood-Horse.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?And after a couple weeks we were like, ?This horse is fine,'? Pletcher said. ?I mean, there is common sense stuff, like I don?t come up to him without
>>>>
>>>> letting him know I?m there. You don?t want to startle him, things like that. But really, you really wouldn?t know it and you don?t really have to do anything
>>>>
>>>> special with him either from a rider standpoint on the track or around the barn.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch doesn?t wear a prosthesis, but some one-eyed horses do. There are two kinds for equine eyes, Scherrer said. One is an implant that a surgeon puts
>>>>
>>>> in the sunken hole, and then closes skin over it. That gives the horse sort of a permanently mid-blink look that makes eyelessness tough to detect. Surgeons
>>>>
>>>> can also place a false eye in the socket, to give a horse the appearance of having two eyes, more along the lines of a human glass eye. Scherrer said those
>>>>
>>>> are usually used in horses ?that have a job based on their appearance,? such as show horses competing in a class in which the animals and riders are judged
>>>>
>>>> on looks as well as performance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Sometimes it just creeps people out to have the socket, but obviously the horse doesn?t care either way,? she said.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What?s more important is patience, said Scherrer, adding that horses that have lost an eye adjust better when in familiar surroundings and with known companions.
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer has her own one-eyed horse, a former patient, and she initially rode his best friend and led her horse along from the saddle. Now they compete
>>>>
>>>> over jumps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?I couldn?t ask for a better horse,? she said. ?He is better than the majority of two-eyed horses.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer cited a retrospective study based out of New Bolton that followed up with horses that had had their eyes removed. The majority, she said, went
>>>>
>>>> back to doing the same thing they were doing before they lost the eye. Those that didn?t were stymied by a perception that they?d be too changed to do
>>>>
>>>> the same job, not because of any evidence that they couldn?t.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?It definitely makes me very happy for [Patch] to go out and do this successfully and show people that horses with one eye adjust amazingly,? Scherrer
>>>>
>>>> said. ?They?re so much more adjustable than humans.?
>>>>
>>>> Correction: An earlier version of this story provided inaccurate information about the size of horses? eyes. It has been corrected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>> NFBC-Info at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> End of NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>>> *****************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 22:33:05 -0700
>>> From: "Lisa Irving" <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
>>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>> Message-ID: <003e01d2c62a$3c8dfcb0$b5a9f610$@cox.net>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I recently learned the following information concerning Kaiser accessibility
>>> and removal of access barriers. The following may not be a complete list.
>>> All Kaiser pharmacies will roll out the use of Script Talk. A pharmacist
>>> can train you. Summary Visits and other documents are available in 18 point
>>> font. Northern California facilities are expected to be barrier free by
>>> early 2018. Kiosks are a work in progress.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From,
>>>
>>> Lisa Irving
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
>>> http://www.avg.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 00:17:00 -0700
>>> From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren at catlines.com>
>>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>> Message-ID: <006c01d2c638$c12e9750$438bc5f0$@catlines.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Oh, good! I told them last year that I did not like the Talking Vial system
>>> they had. They did not fit the bottles, they were cumbersome, and you would
>>> end up collecting a ton of them and have to remember to take them back. So I
>>> am glad of this coming change.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Lauren
>>>
>>> Blessings in Jesus' name.
>>> But I trust in your unfailing love.I will rejoice because you have rescued
>>> me. I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.
>>> --Psalm 13:5-6, NLT
>>> Advice from my cats:"meow when you feel like it."
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFBC-Info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa
>>> Irving via NFBC-Info
>>> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 10:33 PM
>>> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Kaiser access update
>>>
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I recently learned the following information concerning Kaiser accessibility
>>> and removal of access barriers. The following may not be a complete list.
>>> All Kaiser pharmacies will roll out the use of Script Talk. A pharmacist
>>> can train you. Summary Visits and other documents are available in 18 point
>>> font. Northern California facilities are expected to be barrier free by
>>> early 2018. Kiosks are a work in progress.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From,
>>>
>>> Lisa Irving
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
>>> http://www.avg.com
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> NFBC-Info mailing list
>>> NFBC-Info at nfbnet.org
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Sat, 06 May 2017 01:07:54 -0700
>>> From: Jordan Mirander <jordanmirander at icloud.com>
>>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>> Message-ID: <B494477A-7219-40CE-8498-D4225EFFB0D3 at icloud.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>>
>>> Hello all
>>> I have just been informed by Jason Eien that he cannot afford the trip to Orlando for our national convention. He says that it's too expensive for him. Which leads me back to the drawing board again as he was supposed too be my roommate at this year's convention. So therefore, I will be needing a roommate. I will be arriving at four pm on July 10, and departing on July 16 at around 1 pm if interested please call me at 951-454-7586 or 9517372752, or email me at Jordanmirander at icloud.com
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On May 5, 2017, at 5:00 AM, nfbc-info-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Send NFBC-Info mailing list submissions to
>>>> nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
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>>>> nfbc-info-request at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>>>> nfbc-info-owner at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>>>> than "Re: Contents of NFBC-Info digest..."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>
>>>> 1. NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder (Allison Depner)
>>>> 2. A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the
>>>> Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post (nancy Lynn)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 07:43:04 -0700
>>>> From: "Allison Depner" <adepner1425 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: <Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFBC, At-Large Chapter Monthly Meeting Reminder
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAABpfzTJ6JilJgVCs/rpLEscigQAAEAAAACIY5T1pPHtDkIWX3QPj/6YBAAAAAA==@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The next monthly National Federation of the Blind of California At-Large
>>>> Chapter conference call meeting will take place on Thursday, May 11 at 7:00
>>>> P.M.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Call in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Simply call our free conference call number and follow the prompt to enter
>>>> our pass code. The conference call number and pass code are as follows
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Call in Number:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (712) 432-0175
>>>>
>>>> Passcode:
>>>>
>>>> 184220 pound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chapter Purpose
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The At-Large Chapter provides a an opportunity for those individuals
>>>> throughout the state of California who are unable to attend a local chapter
>>>> meeting to be involved in NFB activities and be informed of NFB related
>>>> news. Participants learn the details of conventions, NFB legislation, and
>>>> available scholarships as well as other blindness related topics.
>>>>
>>>> Our meeting also provides a chance for us to become acquainted with members
>>>> from all over the state. Everyone is welcome to join in on our conference
>>>> call, even if you are already a member of a local chapter. However, if you
>>>> do not attend local chapter meetings, we encourage you to become a member of
>>>> the At-Large chapter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How to Become an Official member
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you wish to become an official voting member of the NFBC, At Large
>>>> Chapter, you will need to pay annual dues of $15.00. Make your dues check
>>>> payable to NFBC At-Large Chapter and mail it to Rochelle Houston.
>>>>
>>>> 10526 Haas Ave.
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90047
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>
>>>> Allison Depner
>>>>
>>>> NFBC, At-Large Chapter President
>>>>
>>>> Adepner1425 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> You Can Live the Life You Want!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:49:44 -0500
>>>> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "nfbmo list" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>, "NFBC List"
>>>> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of
>>>> winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>> Message-ID: <7DF65EBA09B744219026B09EF493BA4E at nancyPC>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch has a chance of winning the Kentucky Derby - The Washington Post
>>>>
>>>> By Eliza McGraw May 3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Meet the one-eyed horse set to run the Kentucky Derby
>>>>
>>>> A one-eyed horse named Patch is set to run in the Kentucky Derby for the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. (Reuters)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch looks a lot like the other Kentucky Derby contenders ? he?s a sleek, muscled, 3-year-old thoroughbred. At least, he looks like the other racehorses
>>>>
>>>> from the right side. On the left, where others have an eye, Patch has an empty, ping-pong ball-size socket.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch lost his eye due to an ulcer that never healed; he came out of his stall one morning with a swollen and tearing eye, his trainer has said, and no
>>>>
>>>> one knew why. The eye worsened and eventually had to be removed. Fittingly, and a little eerily, the colt was already named Patch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As an underdog with a great story ? and
>>>>
>>>> a Twitter accoun
>>>>
>>>> t ? Patch is easy to pull for, and he?s proving to be a fan favorite in the days leading up to the race on Saturday. But as a one-eyed racehorse, he?s
>>>>
>>>> neither unique nor even the first to run in the Kentucky Derby:
>>>>
>>>> One ran in 1982,
>>>>
>>>> another in 2004,
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> another in 2007.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?We very commonly have situations where racehorses have to have their eyes removed, and the majority of racehorse trainers don?t even think twice about
>>>>
>>>> it,? said Nicole M. Scherrer, a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at the New Bolton Center of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
>>>>
>>>> Medicine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sports fans will recall human athletes who have competed successfully with less-than-complete vision. Orioles
>>>>
>>>> pitcher Chris Lee
>>>>
>>>> is legally blind in one eye, as was
>>>>
>>>> Wesley Walker,
>>>>
>>>> a New York Jets wide receiver in the 1970s and ?80s.
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Berard,
>>>>
>>>> a former NHL member, lost his eye playing hockey and came back to the ice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Because of how a horse?s vision works, losing an eye likewise doesn?t have to end their athletic careers. We humans have small, round pupils that allow
>>>>
>>>> us to see very well front and center. But we don?t have very good peripheral vision. Horses, by contrast, have the largest eyes of any land mammals, and
>>>>
>>>> their long, horizontal pupils allow them to get an enormous view from side to side, said Janet L. Jones, a cognitive scientist who trains horses and has
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> written about how horses see the world.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, while human eyes move in tandem and give us a view of 140 or 150 degrees, horses can move their eyes separately for a view of about 350 degrees.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jones says to imagine you are holding up a piece of cardboard with two small pinholes, centered to each of your eyes. You would easily see what?s directly
>>>>
>>>> in front of you, but nothing of what?s behind you or to the side. To correspond to where a horse?s eyes would be located, you would crease the cardboard
>>>>
>>>> down the middle, and add two long slots on either side.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?You can see that you would get a totally different view of the world,? she said. ?And if you were just to imagine covering up the left slot on your horse
>>>>
>>>> cardboards, and then run in great big circles to the left, you would have an idea of what this horse is attempting to do.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So how does Patch do it? Scherrer said it has to do with that extraordinary side vision.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Just because the one eye was removed doesn?t mean that they can?t see anything on that side,? she says. ?So if the left eye is removed, the right eye
>>>>
>>>> looks out in front, and can actually see a little bit to the left as well.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch?s impairment could present a problem, Scherrer said, ?if a horse came out of nowhere and bumped him from the left side.? That?s unlikely to happen,
>>>>
>>>> because bumping another horse during a race constitutes a foul. Also, Patch?s residual vision ? and his jockey?s guidance ? should prevent contact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch adjusted quickly after losing the eye, his trainer, Todd Pletcher,
>>>>
>>>> told the Blood-Horse.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?And after a couple weeks we were like, ?This horse is fine,'? Pletcher said. ?I mean, there is common sense stuff, like I don?t come up to him without
>>>>
>>>> letting him know I?m there. You don?t want to startle him, things like that. But really, you really wouldn?t know it and you don?t really have to do anything
>>>>
>>>> special with him either from a rider standpoint on the track or around the barn.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Patch doesn?t wear a prosthesis, but some one-eyed horses do. There are two kinds for equine eyes, Scherrer said. One is an implant that a surgeon puts
>>>>
>>>> in the sunken hole, and then closes skin over it. That gives the horse sort of a permanently mid-blink look that makes eyelessness tough to detect. Surgeons
>>>>
>>>> can also place a false eye in the socket, to give a horse the appearance of having two eyes, more along the lines of a human glass eye. Scherrer said those
>>>>
>>>> are usually used in horses ?that have a job based on their appearance,? such as show horses competing in a class in which the animals and riders are judged
>>>>
>>>> on looks as well as performance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?Sometimes it just creeps people out to have the socket, but obviously the horse doesn?t care either way,? she said.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What?s more important is patience, said Scherrer, adding that horses that have lost an eye adjust better when in familiar surroundings and with known companions.
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer has her own one-eyed horse, a former patient, and she initially rode his best friend and led her horse along from the saddle. Now they compete
>>>>
>>>> over jumps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?I couldn?t ask for a better horse,? she said. ?He is better than the majority of two-eyed horses.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scherrer cited a retrospective study based out of New Bolton that followed up with horses that had had their eyes removed. The majority, she said, went
>>>>
>>>> back to doing the same thing they were doing before they lost the eye. Those that didn?t were stymied by a perception that they?d be too changed to do
>>>>
>>>> the same job, not because of any evidence that they couldn?t.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?It definitely makes me very happy for [Patch] to go out and do this successfully and show people that horses with one eye adjust amazingly,? Scherrer
>>>>
>>>> said. ?They?re so much more adjustable than humans.?
>>>>
>>>> Correction: An earlier version of this story provided inaccurate information about the size of horses? eyes. It has been corrected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> NFBC-Info mailing list
>>>> NFBC-Info at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> End of NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5
>>>> *****************************************
>>>
>>>
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