[Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 149, Issue 14
Veronica Martinez
preciousminny32 at att.net
Sat Oct 14 01:28:51 UTC 2017
for me, it isn’t what holds me back. I’m Veronica, not the blind person…
blindness is not an issue for me, I am a human being, I don’t want to be known as the blind woman. To my son, I am his mother. He doesn’t see me and say oh, my mom is blind. It doesn’t matter to him, and that is how it has always been for me. Even growing up, my sisters and my family never refer to me as the blind girl, woman etc. If you make Blindness a big deal, then it is going to be. Just my opinion. And by the way, I thought there was already a Metrolink in Paris California? At least that’s what I heard.
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> On Oct 13, 2017, at 3:50 PM, Jordan Mirander via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I have a question. How is blindness not what holds you back from you living the life that you want? one of the things I would like t see us work towards and push for is more trains on Metrolink. I would like to see Metrolink to add one train on the 91 Paris valley line at 10 PM at night. Because, as of right now, if I wanted to go to a Lakers or clippers game which is only two miles from union station, I would not be able to. I would have to catch a $50 Uber and that’s breaking the bank. Does the author of resolution need to be present in order for the NFBC to consider it?
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>> Today's Topics:
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>> 1. One More Person Needed for CABS Family Feud Team
>> (Vejas Vasiliauskas)
>> 2. Re: aira teleconference tonight (tim at timeldermusic.com)
>> 3. Re: One More Person Needed for CABS Family Feud Team
>> (Vejas Vasiliauskas)
>> 4. AB 1705 (Robert Stigile)
>> 5. This Device Translates Text to Braille in Real Time (nancy Lynn)
>> 6. Re: NorCal Bus Info (Veronica Martinez)
>> 7. Re: NorCal Bus Info (Jim Barbour)
>> 8. Re: NorCal Bus Info (Veronica Martinez)
>> 9. Re: Cal and Melissa are safe (EverHairston)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:19:05 -0700
>> From: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] One More Person Needed for CABS Family Feud Team
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>> Hi All,
>> I hope everyone is getting pumped up about convention.
>> I have been working to create a CABS family feud team, but we
>> need one more member. Currently, the people on the team are:
>> Me (Vejas Vasiliauskas)
>> Matthew Gip
>> Carla Scroggins
>> Jane Suh
>> Candace Luther
>> If you are interested in joining our student team, please reply
>> with your contact information.
>> Have a great rest of the week,
>> Vejas
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:36:50 -0700
>> From: <tim at timeldermusic.com>
>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] aira teleconference tonight
>> Message-ID: <006c01d34378$4e0a22e0$ea1e68a0$@timeldermusic.com>
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>> I cannot attend a call. However, I encourage Aira to formally add Team Viewer as a feature for agents to support screen sharing on external desktop computers. I've successfully used it with many agents . It would be nice if they all had it installed to avoid the delay of downloading and installing the utility.
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>> From: NFBC-Info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hingson via NFBC-Info
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 2:10 PM
>> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
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>> Yes it is. Look forward to having you on the call.
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>> Best Regards,
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>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] aira teleconference tonight
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>> Hi,
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>> Is the dial in info the same as last week for the aira cal tonight?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Lauren
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>> Blessings in Jesus? name! ?
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>> Philippians 2:9-11
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:43:36 -0700
>> From: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] One More Person Needed for CABS Family Feud
>> Team
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>> Hi All,
>> Apologies for sending this. I mis-read the instructions and thought that I needed 5 friends to be on the team with me, but I see now that only 5 people are needed.
>> Rochelle, I will consult with my group on a name, then hopefully send you an email later today.
>> Vejas
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>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 09:19, Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> I hope everyone is getting pumped up about convention.
>>> I have been working to create a CABS family feud team, but we need one more member. Currently, the people on the team are:
>>> Me (Vejas Vasiliauskas)
>>> Matthew Gip
>>> Carla Scroggins
>>> Jane Suh
>>> Candace Luther
>>> If you are interested in joining our student team, please reply with your contact information.
>>> Have a great rest of the week,
>>> Vejas
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:24:41 -0700
>> From: Robert Stigile <rstigile at gmail.com>
>> To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] AB 1705
>> Message-ID: <59dfa55c.0b9f620a.4b3fc.1e7f at mx.google.com>
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>> Hello All,
>> I am pleased to notify you that yesterday, Governor Brown signed ab 1705 into law.
>> This means that on January 1st the California State Guide Dog Board will sunset.
>> Congratulations to the California Association of Guide Dog Users and a big thank you to everyone who assisted in this effort.
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Robert Stigile, Second Vice-president
>> National Federation of the Blind of California
>> President San Fernando Valley Chapter
>> C: 818-381-9568
>> Email: rstigile at gmail.com
>> You Can Live The Life You Want
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:50:52 -0500
>> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
>> To: "nfbmo list" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>, "NFBC List"
>> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>, "Seniors" <NFBNJ-Seniors at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] This Device Translates Text to Braille in Real
>> Time
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>> I got this from another list and thought you'd find it interesting.
>> This Device Translates Text to Braille in Real Time
>> Team Tactile hopes to create an inexpensive and portable device that can
>> raise text right off the page
>> Read more:
>> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/device-translates-text-braille-real-time-180963171/#uTBjzwM5T4lKw4Kx.99
>> In the wee hours of Valentine's day last year, a team of six women, all MIT
>> engineering undergraduates, sat exhausted but exhilarated. Their table
>> strewn with colorful wires, post it notes, food wrappers, scraps of papers,
>> shapes cut from cardboard. This was no craft project gone awry. The team had
>> just competed in MakeMIT?s hackathon?a competition in which teams of
>> students spend 15 hours designing, coding, constructing, testing and
>> debugging ambitious projects.
>> The women, competing under the team name 100% Enthusiasm, had set out to
>> tackle a big challenge: accessibility for the blind. Their idea: a portable,
>> inexpensive device that could scan text and convert it to braille in real
>> time. It was something with potential to transform the lives of some of the
>> 1.3 million
>> Americans<https://nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/braille_literacy_report_web.pdf>
>> who are legally blind.
>> This first iteration was rough. Nearly the size of an adult?s hand, the
>> mechanics of the device were sandwiched between two panes of plastic?wires
>> and circuit boards exposed. Six pins poked up through the top of the device
>> to display a single braille character (letter, number or punctuation mark).
>> It imaged each character of text using an external computer?s webcam, rather
>> than an internal camera as the team had hoped, explains Chen ?Bonnie? Wang,
>> one of the team members who is currently a senior majoring in material
>> science and engineering. It was slow and not particularly portable. But it
>> worked, translating text to braille. Team 100% Enthusiasm won.
>> The win was just the beginning of their work with the device, which they
>> dubbed Tactile. Now, many prototypes later, the team has received another
>> accolade. Tactile is one of nine winners for this year?s Lemelson-MIT
>> Student Prize<http://lemelson.mit.edu/winners_circle>, which celebrates the
>> translation of ?ideas into inventions that improve the world in which we
>> live,? according to the contest?s website. The winning inventions?a folding
>> electric drone, proteins to fight superbugs, and a solar-powered
>> desalination system for off-grid water production, to name a few?tackle a
>> wide range of problems.
>> ?We were super honored to be chosen as one of the winners of the award,?
>> says Wang. The title came with a $10,000 prize that they are hoping to put
>> back into the project to continue to improve how the device works.
>> The team?s latest prototype, about the size of a candy bar, can display six
>> characters at a time (the average English word is roughly five
>> characters<http://norvig.com/mayzner.html> long) and has a built in camera.
>> Users can place it down on a line of text and with a push of a button, the
>> device takes an image. Optical character recognition then takes over,
>> identifying the characters on the page using Microsoft?s Computer Vision
>> API. Then the team?s software translates each character into braille and
>> subsequently triggers the mechanical system in the box to raise and lower
>> the pins. They have applied for a patent for the integration of the system
>> through Microsoft?s #MakeWhatsNext patent program, which supports women
>> inventors.
>> ?Currently the camera only takes a picture of its field of view,? Chandani
>> Doshi, one of the team members who is majoring in electrical engineering and
>> computer science, explains via email. ?We are aiming to make the device
>> similar to a handheld scanner that allows the user to scan the entire page
>> in one go.? The idea is to make it as easy as possible to operate,
>> preventing the user from needing to keep track of where they are on the
>> page.
>> Though this is not the first real-time text to braille device, most products
>> are based on digital text, like ebooks or pdfs?and they are extremely
>> expensive. For example, the HumanWare
>> Brailliant<http://humanware.com/en-usa/products/blindness/braille_displays>
>> can connect to mobile devices and computers, allowing the user to type on
>> the six-keyed braille keyboard and read using the one-line display of 32
>> characters. Prices for the device start at over $2,500. Also popular are
>> what?s known as braille note-takers. These are like mini-computers, allowing
>> word processing, the use of excel and powerpoint, and internet browsing. But
>> these, too, retail in the thousands.
>> And a lot of text is not readily available in electronic format?menus,
>> brochures, receipts, business cards, class handouts and more. Tactile would
>> raise the text of these inaccessible documents right off the page. The team
>> hopes to eventually sell the device for a maximum cost of $200.
>> One of the many challenges in development, however, is figuring out a better
>> way to raise and lower the pins. In similar devices on the market, this has
>> long been done using piezoelectronics?an expensive method that harnesses the
>> properties of crystal structures. The team hopes to use microfluidics
>> (differences in either liquid or air pressure) or electromagnetism
>> (interactions of electric currents and magnetic fields) to move the pins.
>> They are now testing both systems to figure out which is the least
>> expensive, but most responsive and shrinkable for their final prototype.
>> Ultimately the team hopes that the final product will be slightly smaller
>> than their current prototype and display two lines of 18 characters each.
>> They hope to get it to market within two years.
>> ?This opens up the world, really. What limitation is there if you have a
>> device that would transcribe any document into braille?? the team?s adviser
>> Paul Parravano, who has been visually impaired since he was three, inquires
>> in a
>> video<https://youtu.be/csabnu58EEU?list=PLxd0bZ1RXEztKMidgK9lrZ5sSIJDtaxwI>
>> about the device. ?Suddenly the library is open.?
>> The question, however, is how many people will be waiting and ready to read
>> the library. A commonly cited statistic is that less than 10
>> percent<https://nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/braille_literacy_report_web.pdf>
>> of people who are legally blind can actually read braille. Many people
>> prefer to use text-to-speech technology and other audio-based programs, says
>> Marion Hersh<http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/staff/marionhersh/>, a
>> researcher who specializes in assistive technology at the University of
>> Glasgow. Braille is challenging to learn and given the option, she says,
>> many instead choose audio or even magnification (if they have limited
>> eyesight).
>> It is important to note, however, that the braille literacy numbers are
>> based on an outdated mode of measurement: supply of braille books from
>> American Printing House for the Blind, explains Ike Presley, National
>> Project Manager for the American Foundation for the Blind. ?We definitely
>> want to stifle that misconception that braille is dead and technology is
>> putting braille out of business,? he says. ?If anything, technology is
>> making braille more accessible.?
>> The women of team Tactile are well aware of the statistic, but believe that
>> part of the problem is the lack of inexpensive devices to make braille more
>> available. The market for such devices is small, so few companies venture in
>> with innovative ideas. ?We don't have a Microsoft or an Apple ... the tech
>> companies that make the tools for people who are blind or visually impaired
>> are relatively small,? says Presley.
>> This means less competition, less innovation and higher prices. ?It really
>> drives up the cost, which limits access to braille even more. It's just a
>> bad cycle,? says Wang.
>> ?Whether this could encourage people who don?t already know braille to use
>> it is open to questions,? says Hersh. But she notes that any new
>> accessibility technology that combines low cost with ease of use could be
>> extremely helpful in the market.
>> Learning braille means literacy for the blind community, says Presley, who
>> helps train service providers so they can more effectively work with the
>> visually impaired. Audio systems don?t provide the same understanding of
>> language. ?Auditory is great...but it doesn?t give you the literacy,? he
>> says. ?When you listen to [text read aloud], you don't know how to spell the
>> words, you don't see the grammar, you don't see how text is formatted ...But
>> when you read it in braille, you do.?
>> Studies also
>> suggest<https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/jbir/jbir15/jbir050202.html>
>> that braille literacy increases both likelihood of being employed and an
>> overall higher earnings potential for the blind and visually impaired?a
>> group that has historically suffered high rates of unemployment.
>> These factors have only made team Tactile more determined to keep working on
>> their product. All six engineers will graduate this June. But that isn?t
>> going to slow them down. Three plan to continue working on Tactile, says
>> Wang, and the others will continue part time.
>> ?These women are on a great path, and as young as they are, if they can
>> devote the next 20 years of their career to this, wow,? says Presley.
>> ?There's no telling what they might come up with.?
>>
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:15:16 -0700
>> From: Veronica Martinez <preciousminny32 at att.net>
>> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NorCal Bus Info
>> Message-ID: <14270D84-D702-48C5-A8EF-99CD7AAC06D9 at att.net>
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>> do you have any information on this yet? I hate to ask again, but I need to know so that I can reserve my ticket. It?s not that long until convention, and if there is no information, I need to figure out how I am going to get there. Thank you.
>> Veronica
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Oct 6, 2017, at 1:31 PM, Jim Barbour via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> I expect to post information about the Northern California bus early next week.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your patience,
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> Written While on the Move
>>>
>>>> On Oct 6, 2017, at 1:03 PM, Jennifer Westbrook via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Do we have bus info for Northern CA convention attendees yet? If so, can you please resend the details? Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Jennifer Westbrook
>>>>
>>>> Account Manager
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>>>> Wells Fargo Merchant Services | 1655 Grant St. 3rd Flr. | Concord, CA 94520
>>>> MAC# A0397-032
>>>> Tel 925-765-7093 | Fax 866-935-7945
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>> Message: 7
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:41:00 -0700
>> From: Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com>
>> To: Veronica Martinez <preciousminny32 at att.net>
>> Cc: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NorCal Bus Info
>> Message-ID: <20171012214100.GF22088 at barcore.com>
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>> The contract is signed and I'll be meeting with folks from Redding, Sacremento, and Stockton in the next day or two to work out times. We'll then post them here.
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>> Sorry for the wait.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 02:15:16PM -0700, Veronica Martinez wrote:
>>> do you have any information on this yet? I hate to ask again, but I need to know so that I can reserve my ticket. It?s not that long until convention, and if there is no information, I need to figure out how I am going to get there. Thank you.
>>> Veronica
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Oct 6, 2017, at 1:31 PM, Jim Barbour via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet..org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I expect to post information about the Northern California bus early next week.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your patience,
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> Written While on the Move
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 6, 2017, at 1:03 PM, Jennifer Westbrook via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Do we have bus info for Northern CA convention attendees yet? If so, can you please resend the details? Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jennifer Westbrook
>>>>>
>>>>> Account Manager
>>>>>
>>>>> Wells Fargo Merchant Services | 1655 Grant St. 3rd Flr. | Concord, CA 94520
>>>>> MAC# A0397-032
>>>>> Tel 925-765-7093 | Fax 866-935-7945
>>>>>
>>>>> westbroo at wellsfargo.com
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>> Message: 8
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:15:48 -0700
>> From: Veronica Martinez <preciousminny32 at att.net>
>> To: Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com>
>> Cc: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] NorCal Bus Info
>> Message-ID: <25620527-07B6-438B-A485-4A742C3A993D at att.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
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>> thank you very much for this? Please let us know as soon as you can.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Oct 12, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The contract is signed and I'll be meeting with folks from Redding, Sacremento, and Stockton in the next day or two to work out times. We'll then post them here.
>>>
>>> Sorry for the wait.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 02:15:16PM -0700, Veronica Martinez wrote:
>>>> do you have any information on this yet? I hate to ask again, but I need to know so that I can reserve my ticket. It?s not that long until convention, and if there is no information, I need to figure out how I am going to get there. Thank you.
>>>> Veronica
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 6, 2017, at 1:31 PM, Jim Barbour via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I expect to post information about the Northern California bus early next week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your patience,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
>>>>> Written While on the Move
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 6, 2017, at 1:03 PM, Jennifer Westbrook via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do we have bus info for Northern CA convention attendees yet? If so, can you please resend the details? Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jennifer Westbrook
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Account Manager
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wells Fargo Merchant Services | 1655 Grant St. 3rd Flr. | Concord, CA 94520
>>>>>> MAC# A0397-032
>>>>>> Tel 925-765-7093 | Fax 866-935-7945
>>>>>>
>>>>>> westbroo at wellsfargo.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This transmission may contain information that is confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the individual or entity to which it is addressed, note that any review, disclosure, copying, retransmission or other use is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the materials from your system. This transmission is for informational purposes only, and is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction.
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>> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 04:31:30 -0700
>> From: EverHairston <ever.hairston at gmail.com>
>> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Cal and Melissa are safe
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>> Hello Hoby, Cal and Melissa, please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. The NFB of California is ready to support you and other Blind victims as a result of this tragic fire.
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> 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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>> On Oct 11, 2017, at 8:32 PM, Hoby Wedler via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> I'm so glad all of us from the Federation seem to be safe in Sonoma County. I am in Petaluma, which is very smoky but not threatened now. We may have to evacuate later this evening or tomorrow depending on the wind conditions.. I have many friends in the wine industry who have lost everything. Thank you all for your support!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -- Hoby
>>
>>> On Oct 11, 2017, at 9:13 PM, Mary Willows via NFBC-Info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello All:
>>>
>>> I just received a return phone call from Melissa Sanders. Believe it or
>>> not, Cal and Melissa are again threatened by fire. Everything in their
>>> neighborhood for miles is gone except for their home and a few others on
>>> their block. There is nothing left for as far as you can see. There is
>>> still a threat that the wind can change and finish wiping out theirblock..
>>> As you may have heard on the news the K mart in Santa Rosa was burned to the
>>> ground. It was two blocks from their home.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Melissa asked me to post this information to let everyone know that they
>>> have been evacuated to a hotel in San Jose. That was the closest hotel with
>>> availability because of all of the evacuations. Cal goes back every day to
>>> wet down the house and make sure the house is not burning.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Those of us who remember that Cal and Melissa's house burned in a robbery
>>> several years ago may also remember that Cal was able to save their kitten.
>>> After that the kitten was named Smokey. I could hear Smokey protesting
>>> voraciously in the background while I spoke to Melissa. She obviously just
>>> wants to go home.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I told Melissa that we are pulling for them. Melissa said to tell you that
>>> they love you and she will make contact when this nightmare is over.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best-
>>>
>>> Mary Willows
>>>
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