--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2300003Date: 02/01/98 From: JACK STEIN Time: 11:15pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: BTLK Babble January Part 1 of 1 Part 1 The OS/2 REXX BabbloMeter Report Monthly Babble received in BTALK at Jack's Free Lunch BBS January, 1998 23 users babbled 73 Messages Outbound Babble % K Avg K | Incoming Babble % =======================================|============================ 8 CHARLES CRAWFORD 11.0% 9k 1.1 | 11 ALL 15.1% 8 BILL KOPPELMANN 11.0% 17k 2.1 | 9 CHARLES CRAWFOR 12.3% 8 WILLIAM WILSON 11.0% 14k 1.8 | 8 JIM KITCHEN 11.0% 7 WALT CONE 9.6% 9k 1.3 | 7 BILL KOPPELMANN 9.6% 6 JIM KITCHEN 8.2% 11k 1.8 | 7 ALL BLINKS AND 9.6% 6 ANN SABONAITIS 8.2% 6k 1.0 | 6 WALT CONE 8.2% 5 JIM FLETCHER 6.8% 4k 0.9 | 5 JIM FLETCHER 6.8% 5 BRIAN LINGARD 6.8% 8k 1.6 | 5 ANN SABONAITIS 6.8% 3 PIERRE BERUBE 4.1% 12k 4.1 | 3 BRIAN LINGARD 4.1% 2 JEFF DUBOIS 2.7% 3k 1.3 | 3 PIERRE BERUBE 4.1% 2 HARVEY HEAGY 2.7% 3k 1.5 | 2 HARVEY HEAGY 2.7% 2 LAURA MULRANEY 2.7% 2k 1.2 | 2 WILLIAM WILSON 2.7% 1 JEFF PAGET 1.4% 2k 2.3 | 1 PATRICK GORMLEY 1.4% 1 KAMAL HAFFAR 1.4% 1k 1.1 | 1 STU TURK 1.4% 1 JACK STEIN 1.4% 2k 2.4 | 1 LOIS BRIGGS 1.4% 1 LES BARR 1.4% 1k 1.0 | 1 JEFF DUBOIS 1.4% 1 LOIS BRIGGS 1.4% 1k 0.8 | 1 ANNE PAGE 1.4% 1 PATRICK GORMLEY 1.4% 1k 1.1 | 1 ED KOON 1.4% 2k 1.8 | 1 STU TURK 1.4% 1k 0.9 | 1 DUANE IVERSON 1.4% 1k 1.0 | 1 ANNE PAGE 1.4% 2k 1.6 | 1 ALLEN BEERS 1.4% 1k 1.3 | --- MakeMsg v2.1 * Origin: Jack's Free Lunch 4OS2 USR16.8 Pgh Pa (412)492-0822 (1:129/171.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2A00000Date: 02/04/98 From: LOIS BRIGGS Time: 08:13pm \/To: JIM KITCHEN (Read 1 times) Subj: Trucker Question Here I am again Jim with somewhat the same question. I downloaded DOSTRUCK.zip and hoped for the best. If I type Trucker or Go my system locks but if while using SDIR I press x to exacute GO I get this message-- Bad file mode in line No line number in module Trucker at address 323"700B8 LOis Briggs --- Via Silver Xpress V2.28 * Origin: BlinkLink - Perceiving is believing! 412-766-0732 (1:129/89) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2A00001Date: 02/05/98 From: BILL KOPPELMANN Time: 10:42pm \/To: JIM KITCHEN (Read 1 times) Subj: CHAT HI Jim JK> Hi Bill, JK> What can I say but for now JK> Broncos rule! yes, I guess we'll just have to take it one year at a time as it were. :) Incidentally, this is the first time I've posted from here in a long time. It was my very first bbs that I ever logged on to, but I'd thought that he'd pulled the plug on it. thank goodness he didn't. * * * * * * * * | BILL K. * | BILLSCOT * | @DIAC.COM * * * * * * * * * --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: The Dinosaur Board [Niwot, CO] (1:104/114) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2A00002Date: 02/05/98 From: BILL KOPPELMANN Time: 10:45pm \/To: JEFF DUBOIS (Read 1 times) Subj: PIGSKIN BLUES HI Jeff JD> On another note, so I'm not too far off topic here in JD> Blinktalk, do you suppose that football is one of the best JD> sports for us to watch simply because of the play-by-play and JD> colour commentary? You bring up an interesting question here. It's my experience that radio play by play gives you more detail of what the teams are doing. Have you any thoughts on this? * * * * * * * * | BILL K. * | BILLSCOT * | @DIAC.COM * * * * * * * * * --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: The Dinosaur Board [Niwot, CO] (1:104/114) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2C00000Date: 02/06/98 From: JEFF DUBOIS Time: 08:21pm \/To: JIM KITCHEN (Read 1 times) Subj: Pigskin blues Great to hear that we'll be getting a team back in Cleveland next year. I have been suffering serious football withdrawals over the last couple of years and will welcome the return of the Browns. As an added bonus, my Browns hat won't go out of style. Do you know if Art Modell's got his hand in the pot again? I was pretty upset when he opted to move the team to Baltimore but was pleasantly pleased when the namesake remained in Cleveland. You're fortunate that you can get radio coverage of the games. About the only radio coverage we get for any sports are the Blue Jays baseball games and the Ottawa Senators hockey games. I'm not much of a baseball or hockey fan though, so it's of little consequence. You are right though, a lot of the colour commentary is far superior on radio than it is on television. Take care. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Vision Information Systems (1:163/266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2C00001Date: 02/06/98 From: JEFF DUBOIS Time: 08:30pm \/To: DUANE IVERSON (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: pigskin blues CBC has some excellent radio programming and I would encourage anyone south of the border who is capable of pulling it in to give it a listen to. I listen to it a great deal in the summer, when I'm up at the cottage. There are good arguments for public radio but the no commercials venue has to be one of the best. On the football topic, I was a season ticket holder for the Ottawa Rough Riders for about 6 years before I had trouble with my eyesigh and it was through my being a CFL fan that I came to appreciate the NFL. The two leagues are not even comparable, though, since the game and the talent level is so different. Warren Moon who went down to Houston, took the Edmonton Eskimos to five grey cups if I'm not mistaken, before he went to the NFL. Doug Flutie, who I believe started out down in New England, came to the CFL a few years back and, if I'm not mistaken, was just picked up by Buffalo. Most of the first-round draft picks from Canadian Universities, although drafted by CFL teams, get picked up by NFL teams if they're any good. A number of NFL cuts make the grade in the CFL, which essentially means that the talent level is much lower. I have no objection to the existence of the CFL up here in Canada, but what I do object to is their agreement with the NFL not to allow franchising of NFL teams into the Canadian market. In any event, I'm pretty far off topic here in BlinkTalk, so I'll close for now before Willie gets out the club and twacks it over my deserving head! Take care. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Vision Information Systems (1:163/266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2C00002Date: 02/06/98 From: JEFF DUBOIS Time: 08:40pm \/To: BILL KOPPELMANN (Read 1 times) Subj: PIGSKIN BLUES Indeed, the commentary of games which is broadcast on radio as opposed to television is much, much superior. I have often wondered if it's because the visuals aren't there in one medium, so the commentary is more important. Unfortunately, as I mentioned in an earlier message, my sport of preference is football, and local radio only carries Toronto Blue Jays baseball or Ottawa Senators hockey games. One thing I do notice though, is that there seem to be far more commercials on radio than on television. On television, you'll quite often get long commentary during injuries and game delays, whereas on radio they have a tendancy to break for commercials more often. I don't mind commercials that much though, and since my favourite sport is football, what goes better with a game than a half a dozen cold beeer and a couple of sandwiches? Commercials give you the time to run to the fridge! Take care. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Vision Information Systems (1:163/266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2C00003Date: 02/06/98 From: ALAN CONWAY Time: 05:04pm \/To: DUANE IVERSON (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: pigskin blues -=> Quoting Duane Iverson to Jeff Dubois <=- DI> Oddly enough, it was Canadian Football that first got me interested. DI> I grew up in Williston NOrth Dakota just over the border and spent my DI> childhood listening to the C.B.C. I esspecially remember the Radio DI> drama and Al Mateland's the Action set. I still miss max Ferguson. DI> So Naturally, I became a Regina Rough Riders fan. I hope the CFL DI> does nto does NOt fold but becomes the Tripple-A league of football. DI> Baseball has a minor league system which inhanses the sport and allows DI> one to go through the Majors without going to College. I am sure the DI> Division one colleges will fight it as Tripple-A football would DI> restrict their talent pool. Warren Moon who just one Player of the DI> Game at the Pro Bole, "Big WOOP" began in the C.F.L. Hi Duane, Although I now live in Quebec, I'm originally from Saskatoon and I'm still a bit Rider fan. Against all odds, they ended up playing Toronto for the league championship this year and although tey ended up losing rather badly, no-one could have predicted such a result. I also hope the CFL doesn't fold, but I see things in a somewhat different perspective. I have no idea how old you are, but in 1966, when the Riders won their first league championship, the top Canadian players on that team came from Saskatchewan. Gordy Barwell and Dale West are names that come to mind and they were a major drawing card for fans from all over the province. Having American players of the calibre of George Reid and Hughie Campbell also helped . At the time, virtually all the canadian players on that team had played junior football with ither the Saskatoon Hilltops orthe Regina rams. I personally think that because the canadian game places different requirements on players than in the NF>, it should be fiewed as something unique; not just another source of talent for American football teams. Good to hear from you and thanks forth message! Alan DI> DI> -!- Opus-CBCS 1.73a DI> ! Origin: BlinkLink - Perceiving is believing! 412-766-0732 DI> (1:129/89.0) ... DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAGLINE (UNDER PENALTY OF LAW)! --- Blue Wave v2.12 [NR] * Origin: Vision Information Systems (1:163/266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2C00004Date: 02/07/98 From: BRIAN LINGARD Time: 11:34am \/To: DUANE IVERSON (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: pigskin blues 7 February, 1998 Ottawa, Canada I think the actual name of the c.f.l. team in Regina is Saskatchewan Rough Riders, not Regina Rough Riders. Seems a lot of Americans like the c.b.c. and Labatt's Blue, Molson Export etc. Take care. Brian ... Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally. --- Blue Wave v2.12 [NR] * Origin: Vision Information Systems (1:163/266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 238 VISUAL DISABILIT Ref: F2D00000Date: 02/06/98 From: WILLIAM WILSON Time: 08:20pm \/To: ALL BLINKS AND WINKS! (Read 1 times) Subj: Art History for the Blind Forwarded From: virginiaz@aol.com (Virginiaz) Newsgroups: alt.comp.blind-users Subject: art history book for blind users NEWS FROM ART EDUCATION FOR THE BLIND, INC. For Info or Orders Contact: Kyoko Tokunaga (212) 334-3700; or e-mail Toku@idt.net ART HISTORY THROUGH TOUCH AND SOUND A MULTISENSORY GUIDE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED BAROQUE ART IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY The First in a Pioneering Multivolume Series Tactile Illustrations of the Major Monuments in the History of Art With a Companion Audio Narrative NEW YORK--On March 30, 1998, OpticalTouch Systems will release BAROQUE ART IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, the first in a groundbreaking multivolume art history series for people who are blind and visually impaired. Developed by Art Education for the Blind, Inc., ART HISTORY THROUGH TOUCH AND SOUND: A MULTISENSORY GUIDE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED is the result of nine years of research, development, and testing. This innovative audiobook series spans the history of art from prehistoric through contemporary, including some 600 tactile diagrams illustrating major monuments in the history of art. Orders are currently being accepted for BAROQUE ART IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (@$149.95; available now), THE ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT (@$149.95; available fall 1998), and THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ART (@$149.95; available fall 1998). prices effective until 6/30/98 "Art History is no longer a closed book but an open map, leading the senses through a concert of ideas, a garden of delights," Marilyn Stokstad, Ph.D., author of Art History (Abrams/Prentice Hall). "An interdisciplinary approach incorporating the most recent research in the fields of education, psychology, and art history," says Paula Terry, Director of AccessAbility, National Endowment for the Arts. "A model for other institutions in their search for ways to reach out to special constituencies," says David A. Ross, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art. "Timely...a lesson for scholars and students of perception worldwide," says John M. Kennedy, author of Drawing and the Blind: Pictures to Touch (Yale University Press). >From the Venus of Willendorf, dated to about 28,000 B.C., to the most recent developments in contemporary art, the series guides the reader through a journey that has long been denied to blind and visually impaired audiences, as well as to people with diminished sight resulting from age. Each volume of ART HISTORY THROUGH TOUCH AND SOUND comprises a bound book of tactile diagrams and a companion audio narrative. The diagrams utilize a lexicon of seven standardized patterns, enabling the reader to acquire a familiarity with the tactile vocabulary. The narrative guides the reader through the diagrams, providing art historical information as well as richly detailed descriptions of the works. The success of this two-part system depends on these complimentary components. Professional art historians, in many cases highly regarded specialists, collaborated with Art Education for the Blind's development team to create narratives that convey the historical richness and formal range of some 30,000 years of visual art. Color and black-and-white photographs of the works accompany the tactile illustrations. Image captions--which include attribution, date, media, dimensions, and location or custodian of the work--are provided in both large print and Braille. Additionally, interpretive sound-compositions offer alternative ways of understanding a work of visual art's thematic essence or compositional dynamic. Each volume includes art-appreciation activities and a short bibliography. All volumes undergo extensive clinical trials with blind advisors for content, clarity, and accuracy. The multivolume series begins with THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ART, which introduces the reader to formal concepts in fine art such as perspective, line, color, and shadow. Among the range of visual arts featured in subsequent volumes are painting, sculpture, architecture, mosaic, manuscript illumination, textiles, ceramic ware, tribal art, earthworks, and installation art. In some cases, multiple diagrams are used to examine a single work of art. For example, architecture is explored through diagrams that illustrate ground plans, elevations, sections, decorative orders, and structural elements. For complex paintings, a sequence of diagrams is used to illustrate figures, background, and composite views, as well as details. By separating the visual information into layers, or stages, the diagram sequence allows the reader to assemble, piece by piece, an image of a highly complex work of art. Today, at least 40 million people worldwide are blind. Approximately 10 million Americans have some degree of serious vision loss or are totally blind. Age- and AIDS-related eye disorders affect growing numbers of our population, and each year, 50,000 more Americans become blind. Access to the history of culture is a right not a privilege. The series is suitable for a range of audiences, including senior citizens, college students, young adults, and independent learners. Early versions of ART HISTORY THROUGH TOUCH AND SOUND have been used in courses at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Drew University, New Jersey. Sighted readers also benefit from the method used in the series. BAROQUE ART IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY is authored by Art Education for the Blind and Paula L. Gerson, Ph.D., Chair, Art History Department, Florida State University; with Virginia Hooper. Teresa Kardoulias is the illustrator. Charles Scribner III, Ph.D., is the art historical consultant for this volume. This richly detailed study begins with a broad view of the political, social, economic, scientific, technological, and intellectual background of this remarkable period of expansion and discovery. The seventeenth century produced the grandeur of Gianlorenzo Bernini's basilica of St. Peter's, Rome; the energy-infused space of Francesco Borromini's Chapel of St. Ivo; the dramatically lit interiors of Caravaggio--the artist who invented chiaroscuro; the spiritually illuminated works of Rembrandt; and the exquisitely detailed still-life and landscape paintings from Holland. These monuments and more are illustrated in BAROQUE ART IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Among the other offerings are works by Pietro da Cortona, Artemisia Gentileschi, Diego Velazquez, Louis Le Nain, Nicolas Poussin, Peter Paul Rubens, Frans Halls, Jan Davidsz. De Heem, and Jacob van Ruisdael. With the aid of on-site ambiance sound and interpretive sound-compositions, the sense of hearing is drafted into the pursuit of visual understanding. The reader explores the bustling sounds of St. Peter's piazza. By walking through the oval arms of the colonnade and hearing the echoes of footfalls, the reader acquires a sense of the spatial dynamics of Bernini's remarkable outdoor space. To understand Rubens' painting The Gathering of the Manna, an original electronic musical composition serves as an auditory analogue, offering a soundscape that evokes the dramatically charged scene of Moses and his people gathering food in the desert. A festive party atmosphere and the tinkling sounds of silver and crystal set the mood for De Heem's sumptuous vanitas painting Still Life with Parrots. Founded in 1987, Art Education for the Blind, Inc., a nonprofit organization, provides access to visual art through a range of educational materials and programs. All profits from the sale of books will be invested into product development and programming, fulfilling Art Education for the Blind's mission of providing full intellectual access to the history and culture of our world. ART HISTORY THROUGH TOUCH AND SOUND A Multisensory Guide for the Blind and Visually Impaired BAROQUE ART IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Publication Date: March 30, 1998 Authors for this volume: Art Education for the Blind & Paula L. Gerson, Ph.D.; with Virginia Hooper Illustrator: Teresa Kardoulias Trim size of package: 10 1/2" x 13", includes spiral-bound soft-cover book and audio-cassettes Type: 18-point Helvetica & transparent Braille Illustrations: 29 tactile diagrams; 19 color black-&-white photographs Audio running time: approx. 9 hours Price for this volume: $149.95 ISBN: 1-890116-00-9 TO ORDER: 212-334-3700 Publicity: Kyoko Tokunaga, 212-334-3700 ... 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