[stylist] Outlook troubles...Thanks, RobertRe: stylist Digest, Vol 58, Issue 8
Amy Krout-Horn
krouthorn at verizon.net
Sat Feb 7 16:58:42 UTC 2009
Robert,
I'll give these suggestions a shot. I greatly appreciate your help. Don't
you find it ironic that something called Picture It" is the culprit. Go
figure; a visual application messing up my blind world. (Smile)
Peace and Light,
Amy
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> 1. Outlook and spell checker problems, Amy (Robert Newman)
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> 4. Re: learning Braille for the wrong reasons? (April Enderton)
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> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:15:23 -0600
> From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
> Subject: [stylist] Outlook and spell checker problems, Amy
> To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
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> Amy and others who may someday get the strange spell checker message in
> Outlook- I wrote our IT person and she sent me the following message-
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> I found a Microsoft web page that addresses this issue. It looks like
> there are several things that will help it correct the problem, but
> uninstalling Picture It looks like the easiest fix. I hope this helps.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294731
>
> Jan
> President NFB Writers' Division
> Robert Leslie Newman
> Email- newmanrl at cox.net
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:57:10 -0600
> From: "John Lee Clark" <johnlee at clarktouch.com>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
> To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Message-ID: <20090205185942.C810DC5273 at mail1-backupmx.mn2.visi.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250"
>
> April:
>
> Does it feature blind characters? There are a few children's books
> publishers who have readily accepted stories featuring deaf and deaf-blind
> characters, and my wife knows most of them, being an illustrator. And I
> am
> a content consultant for one of them.
>
> Let me know what your story is about, and I may have good ideas.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of April Enderton
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:01 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
> Hi Writers:
>
> I am wanting to get a children's book published. It is a small chapter
> book, probably for kids grades 3 to 6. Any thoughts on where I begin?
>
> April
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:14 PM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
> well,
> I just thought I'd ask, Robert's sense of humor is quite sneaky, in my
> humble opinion.
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 01:03 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>>Jim:
>>
>>Of course it was a pun. Because the story is NOT touching in the OTHER
>>sense of that word!
>>
>>John
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:16 AM
>>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>>
>>okay Robert,
>>did you intend the pun?
>>jc
>>
>>Jim Canaday M.A.
>>Lawrence, KS
>>
>>At 04:22 AM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>> >John, that was a very --- touching story. In the school for the blind
>> >where I attended, we too learned more then one form of brailling.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Robert Leslie Newman
>> >Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>> >THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>> >Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> >On Behalf Of John Lee Clark
>> >Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:10 PM
>> >To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
>> >Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>> >
>> >Hey:
>> >
>> >When I went to my files, I realized that Ii had written something
>> >about
>>this
>> >a while ago. I just played a little with it, and here goes:
>> >
>> >You can't blame me for remembering my early lessons in Braille. I
>> >loved these sessions. The teacher gave candy. The exercises were
>> >fun, like games. But the thing that excited me the most about this
>> >class, conducted in a small room away from the rest of the school,
>> >was having a pretty girl as my sole classmate.
>> >
>> >The girl, as I did, had Usher syndrome. It was through our sharing
>> >these sessions in Braille that we established a strangely furtive yet
>> >sturdy ongoing relationship that lasted well into our high school
>> >years. Although we had our other puppy loves and silly romantic
>> >affiliations, we considered each other our "Usher mate," our most
>> >important relationship, and it didn't matter what other ties we made or
> broke. We were our secret default love.
>> >
>> >Now, our teacher was a kindly if eccentric hearing sighted woman who
>> >was a classic example of that type of female teacher of the Deaf, all
>> >too
>>familiar
>> >to the signing community, who would confess everything to her
>> >students. It was almost as if the students were supposed to be her
>> >shrinks, and the classes she taught were actually therapy sessions.
>> >Problems poured out of the poor woman, problems about her husband,
>> >her in-laws, her ailments, her car, her children, her taxes, her
>> >life. This type of teacher never found anything odd about a circle
>> >of Deaf children gaping at her, but instead she drew great solace in
> this.
>> >
>> >Sitting opposite us two--with Perkins Braillers, slates, styli, and
>> >paper between us on the table-the teacher went into confession mode
>> >at least
>>twice
>> >every single session. Whenever she launched into a litany of her
>> >woes, we settled our chins on an arm on the table, and we gaped
>> >appropriately at her from this position. Our respective free hands
>> >under the table, out of the teacher's view, would then begin to explore.
>> >
>> >This was how I learned the lovely Braille, the textured poetry of
>> >secret parts. And whenever our teacher winded down after a long
>> >narrative, we hastily withdrew our fondling hands and smiled sweetly
>> >at her. But feeling guilty and wanting to make private amends, we
>> >were very attentive and serious about the lessons. Thus, we made
>> >good progress in the fine points of the lesser Braille of the
> raised-dots-on-paper kind.
>> >
>> >One time we were almost caught. While the teacher was spilling her
>> >beans about the evils of taxes, my hand was reading some interesting
>> >Braille underneath a piece of garment fringed with an elastic band.
>> >But then the teacher abruptly came to her senses, and I pulled my
>> >hand out too quickly, snapping the elastic band. I didn't hear the
>> >sound, but our teacher's head jerked to one side and held it at a
>> >tilt. My mind scrambling, I wriggled and tugged my pants for
>> >dramatic effect before I asked if I could go to the bathroom. She
>> >smiled understanding and nodded her permission, and she thought no more
> of what she'd heard.
>> >
>> >My dual lessons continued that year without any hitch, and to this
>> >day I find what I learned from both to be of great value. I doubt
>> >that I would have made such rapid progress in either education without
> the other.
>> >
>> >
>> >No virus found in this outgoing message.
>> >Checked by AVG.
>> >Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1932 - Release Date:
>> >2/3/2009
>> >7:57 AM
>> >
>> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:07:48 -0600
> From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
> Subject: [stylist] For Al's question, publishing
> To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
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> Good going John! I was going to suggest a search (not too creative). Or, a
> more widely spread query of other NFB mailing lists, like the parents of
> Blind Children to see if they have found that type of book to read to
> their
> children. Again, this is one of those questions that there doesn't seem to
> be one place to find the answer; the pieces of experience and knowledge
> and
> need being scattered about.
>
>
> Robert Leslie Newman
> Email- newmanrl at cox.net
> THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
> Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of John Lee Clark
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:57 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
> April:
>
> Does it feature blind characters? There are a few children's books
> publishers who have readily accepted stories featuring deaf and deaf-blind
> characters, and my wife knows most of them, being an illustrator. And I
> am
> a content consultant for one of them.
>
> Let me know what your story is about, and I may have good ideas.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of April Enderton
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:01 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
> Hi Writers:
>
> I am wanting to get a children's book published. It is a small chapter
> book, probably for kids grades 3 to 6. Any thoughts on where I begin?
>
> April
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:14 PM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
> well,
> I just thought I'd ask, Robert's sense of humor is quite sneaky, in my
> humble opinion.
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 01:03 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>>Jim:
>>
>>Of course it was a pun. Because the story is NOT touching in the OTHER
>>sense of that word!
>>
>>John
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:16 AM
>>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>>
>>okay Robert,
>>did you intend the pun?
>>jc
>>
>>Jim Canaday M.A.
>>Lawrence, KS
>>
>>At 04:22 AM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>> >John, that was a very --- touching story. In the school for the blind
>> >where I attended, we too learned more then one form of brailling.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Robert Leslie Newman
>> >Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>> >THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>> >Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> >On Behalf Of John Lee Clark
>> >Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:10 PM
>> >To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
>> >Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>> >
>> >Hey:
>> >
>> >When I went to my files, I realized that Ii had written something
>> >about
>>this
>> >a while ago. I just played a little with it, and here goes:
>> >
>> >You can't blame me for remembering my early lessons in Braille. I
>> >loved these sessions. The teacher gave candy. The exercises were
>> >fun, like games. But the thing that excited me the most about this
>> >class, conducted in a small room away from the rest of the school,
>> >was having a pretty girl as my sole classmate.
>> >
>> >The girl, as I did, had Usher syndrome. It was through our sharing
>> >these sessions in Braille that we established a strangely furtive yet
>> >sturdy ongoing relationship that lasted well into our high school
>> >years. Although we had our other puppy loves and silly romantic
>> >affiliations, we considered each other our "Usher mate," our most
>> >important relationship, and it didn't matter what other ties we made
>> >or
> broke. We were our secret default love.
>> >
>> >Now, our teacher was a kindly if eccentric hearing sighted woman who
>> >was a classic example of that type of female teacher of the Deaf, all
>> >too
>>familiar
>> >to the signing community, who would confess everything to her
>> >students. It was almost as if the students were supposed to be her
>> >shrinks, and the classes she taught were actually therapy sessions.
>> >Problems poured out of the poor woman, problems about her husband,
>> >her in-laws, her ailments, her car, her children, her taxes, her
>> >life. This type of teacher never found anything odd about a circle
>> >of Deaf children gaping at her, but instead she drew great solace in
> this.
>> >
>> >Sitting opposite us two--with Perkins Braillers, slates, styli, and
>> >paper between us on the table-the teacher went into confession mode
>> >at least
>>twice
>> >every single session. Whenever she launched into a litany of her
>> >woes, we settled our chins on an arm on the table, and we gaped
>> >appropriately at her from this position. Our respective free hands
>> >under the table, out of the teacher's view, would then begin to explore.
>> >
>> >This was how I learned the lovely Braille, the textured poetry of
>> >secret parts. And whenever our teacher winded down after a long
>> >narrative, we hastily withdrew our fondling hands and smiled sweetly
>> >at her. But feeling guilty and wanting to make private amends, we
>> >were very attentive and serious about the lessons. Thus, we made
>> >good progress in the fine points of the lesser Braille of the
> raised-dots-on-paper kind.
>> >
>> >One time we were almost caught. While the teacher was spilling her
>> >beans about the evils of taxes, my hand was reading some interesting
>> >Braille underneath a piece of garment fringed with an elastic band.
>> >But then the teacher abruptly came to her senses, and I pulled my
>> >hand out too quickly, snapping the elastic band. I didn't hear the
>> >sound, but our teacher's head jerked to one side and held it at a
>> >tilt. My mind scrambling, I wriggled and tugged my pants for
>> >dramatic effect before I asked if I could go to the bathroom. She
>> >smiled understanding and nodded her permission, and she thought no
>> >more
> of what she'd heard.
>> >
>> >My dual lessons continued that year without any hitch, and to this
>> >day I find what I learned from both to be of great value. I doubt
>> >that I would have made such rapid progress in either education
>> >without
> the other.
>> >
>> >
>> >No virus found in this outgoing message.
>> >Checked by AVG.
>> >Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1932 - Release Date:
>> >2/3/2009
>> >7:57 AM
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >_______________________________________________
>> >Writers Division web site:
>> >http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
>> ><http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
>> >
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>> >
>> >
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>>Checked by AVG.
>>Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1934 - Release Date:
>>2/4/2009
>>8:24 AM
>>
>>
>>No virus found in this outgoing message.
>>Checked by AVG.
>>Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1934 - Release Date:
>>2/4/2009
>>8:24 AM
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:12:06 -0600
> From: "April Enderton" <endertona at wildblue.net>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
> To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
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> Hi John:
>
> This book does not feature blind charactors. It is titled, My Annoying
> Cousin. The main character is a ten-year-old boy who spends the summer
> with
> his dorky five-year-old cousin, James Barthalamue Caldwell. The book has
> 12
> chapters and is humorous. The few little kids who have read it so far,
> absolutely loved it.
>
> My Annoying Cousin was written by my son, Kevin, when he was eleven years
> old. He had to write a chapter book in sixth-grade English. He received
> an
> A-plus for his work. Ten years later, the book still holds appeal. The
> ideas were his, but the writing was mine. However, I am willing to let
> him
> have the credit. I would appreciate any ideas you might have about
> getting
> this book published so others can enjoy it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> April
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of John Lee Clark
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:57 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
> April:
>
> Does it feature blind characters? There are a few children's books
> publishers who have readily accepted stories featuring deaf and deaf-blind
> characters, and my wife knows most of them, being an illustrator. And I
> am
> a content consultant for one of them.
>
> Let me know what your story is about, and I may have good ideas.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of April Enderton
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:01 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
> Hi Writers:
>
> I am wanting to get a children's book published. It is a small chapter
> book, probably for kids grades 3 to 6. Any thoughts on where I begin?
>
> April
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:14 PM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
> well,
> I just thought I'd ask, Robert's sense of humor is quite sneaky, in my
> humble opinion.
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 01:03 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>>Jim:
>>
>>Of course it was a pun. Because the story is NOT touching in the OTHER
>>sense of that word!
>>
>>John
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:16 AM
>>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>>
>>okay Robert,
>>did you intend the pun?
>>jc
>>
>>Jim Canaday M.A.
>>Lawrence, KS
>>
>>At 04:22 AM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>> >John, that was a very --- touching story. In the school for the blind
>> >where I attended, we too learned more then one form of brailling.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Robert Leslie Newman
>> >Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>> >THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>> >Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> >On Behalf Of John Lee Clark
>> >Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:10 PM
>> >To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
>> >Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>> >
>> >Hey:
>> >
>> >When I went to my files, I realized that Ii had written something
>> >about
>>this
>> >a while ago. I just played a little with it, and here goes:
>> >
>> >You can't blame me for remembering my early lessons in Braille. I
>> >loved these sessions. The teacher gave candy. The exercises were
>> >fun, like games. But the thing that excited me the most about this
>> >class, conducted in a small room away from the rest of the school,
>> >was having a pretty girl as my sole classmate.
>> >
>> >The girl, as I did, had Usher syndrome. It was through our sharing
>> >these sessions in Braille that we established a strangely furtive yet
>> >sturdy ongoing relationship that lasted well into our high school
>> >years. Although we had our other puppy loves and silly romantic
>> >affiliations, we considered each other our "Usher mate," our most
>> >important relationship, and it didn't matter what other ties we made
>> >or
> broke. We were our secret default love.
>> >
>> >Now, our teacher was a kindly if eccentric hearing sighted woman who
>> >was a classic example of that type of female teacher of the Deaf, all
>> >too
>>familiar
>> >to the signing community, who would confess everything to her
>> >students. It was almost as if the students were supposed to be her
>> >shrinks, and the classes she taught were actually therapy sessions.
>> >Problems poured out of the poor woman, problems about her husband,
>> >her in-laws, her ailments, her car, her children, her taxes, her
>> >life. This type of teacher never found anything odd about a circle
>> >of Deaf children gaping at her, but instead she drew great solace in
> this.
>> >
>> >Sitting opposite us two--with Perkins Braillers, slates, styli, and
>> >paper between us on the table-the teacher went into confession mode
>> >at least
>>twice
>> >every single session. Whenever she launched into a litany of her
>> >woes, we settled our chins on an arm on the table, and we gaped
>> >appropriately at her from this position. Our respective free hands
>> >under the table, out of the teacher's view, would then begin to explore.
>> >
>> >This was how I learned the lovely Braille, the textured poetry of
>> >secret parts. And whenever our teacher winded down after a long
>> >narrative, we hastily withdrew our fondling hands and smiled sweetly
>> >at her. But feeling guilty and wanting to make private amends, we
>> >were very attentive and serious about the lessons. Thus, we made
>> >good progress in the fine points of the lesser Braille of the
> raised-dots-on-paper kind.
>> >
>> >One time we were almost caught. While the teacher was spilling her
>> >beans about the evils of taxes, my hand was reading some interesting
>> >Braille underneath a piece of garment fringed with an elastic band.
>> >But then the teacher abruptly came to her senses, and I pulled my
>> >hand out too quickly, snapping the elastic band. I didn't hear the
>> >sound, but our teacher's head jerked to one side and held it at a
>> >tilt. My mind scrambling, I wriggled and tugged my pants for
>> >dramatic effect before I asked if I could go to the bathroom. She
>> >smiled understanding and nodded her permission, and she thought no
>> >more
> of what she'd heard.
>> >
>> >My dual lessons continued that year without any hitch, and to this
>> >day I find what I learned from both to be of great value. I doubt
>> >that I would have made such rapid progress in either education
>> >without
> the other.
>> >
>> >
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