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system: You are Lisa Hall, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Nfb Blind News message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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assistant: From: Lisa Hall <lisahall@texas.net>
Subject: Re: Double messages
Hi there,
The reason you may be getting double messages is because you have
subscriptions to both nfb-talk and blindtalk. People who have posted
messages made it such a way that they have the message written once but
multiple copies are sent to the list that person sends to. I hope this may
clear some things up. Have a good day.
lisa hall
lisahall@texas.net
San Antonio, Texas
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assistant: To People with Disabilities with Interest In Computing or Mathematics
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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of computer technology for people with disabilities who have
talent and interest in logical analysis and thinking.
This will be for work in the software industry.
These positions will be very demanding but enjoyable for someone
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However, you must already be one who is devoted to clarity of logic
and systematic thinking about issues and problems.
You will first go through a training course at our expense in our
leading edge programming technology, in preparation for your role
in developing applications for the Internet.
We are happy to meet any special needs of qualified candidates
with disabilities.  Please give us a call and join our team.
Toronto area only, please.
Dan King   (416) 595-1782      danking@web.apc.org
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They wrote:
> From:          "Nancy K. Martin" <martini@teleport.com>
> Date:          Wed, 16 Apr 1997 22:01:13 -0700 (PDT)
> X-To:          Multiple recipients of NFBnet NFB-Talk Mailing List
> Subject:       Double messages
> To:            NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org (Multiple recipients of NFBnet NFB-Talk
> Reply-to:      NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org (Multiple recipients of NFBnet NFB-Talk
>
>
>
> For the last two or three days, I have been getting two coppies of
> messages. Why is this?
>
> Nancy
>
>
> Nancy, I received double messages of your postings as well today. I
>
>
>

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assistant: From: "Melvin Lumbardy" <chief@crown.net>
Subject: Re: Double messages
<NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org>
Mailing List)
Mailing List)
think in my expereince that when you are typing a letter to be sent
that if you are accidently cut off from your server while attempting
to send the message that it can sometimes be sent twice.   Mel
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assistant: From: hheagy@delphi.com
Subject: Blindtlk@nfbnet.org
I think after a full week's work of trips, lectures, private
obedience work with instructors Etc. one Saturday trip is enough.
Don't forget, this is a lot of work and strain on the instructors
as well.  They have to be in pretty good shape to do this job.
I also am not using a dog guide at this time as I retired mine
about 10 months ago.
Harvey
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assistant: From: hheagy@delphi.com
Subject: Blindtlk@nfbnet.org
Regarding the working of a dog from either side, I know Seeing
Eye will train a dog to work on the right side if the student has
a special need for that, but this may just be an innovation of the
student himself.
Harvey
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assistant: From: Buddy Brannan - KB5ELV <davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: Blindtlk@nfbnet.org
Boring is, I believe, right outside of Portland.
As far as training dogs to work on the right, I understand that this can
be done at most of the schools. Would you believe...in Japan, they train
ambidextrous dogs?
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV        | (Voice: (512) 441-3246
with Karl and Zoe!...        | davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
=================================================================
In the laughing times, we know that we are lucky.
In the quiet times, we know that we are blessed.
And we will not be alone.
--Dar Williams, "Arrival"
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assistant: From: "Nancy K. Martin" <martini@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: Double messages
Yes, Lisa, I think you are right. I never thought of that. Thanks  for
your message.
Nancy
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assistant: From: Julie Dawson <jdawson@IDT.NET>
Subject: a freebie talking balance program (fwd)
system: You are Pete Donahue, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Nfb Blind News message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: Re: Double messages
Hello Nancy,
To answer your question I believe that if you use the reply from option in
your mail programme a copy of your message is sent to your E-mail addrewss
and another copy is sent to the list, and if you are subscribed to that
list you will receive two copies.  I guess that if we know that a message
we are replying to came from a listserv we should reply to the list
address rather than to the sender's address to avoid the other person
receiving two copies of a message.  If such messages have come from me
please accept my appolloty for this.  I will try to be more observant as
to the orrigine of messages when i reply to them.  Take care until next
time.
Peter donahue
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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
Fellow Federationists and friends,
Yesterday I received a message suggesting that my use of Fidelco's
programme as an example of an in-home training programme was
inappropriate.  Unfortunately this school is the only one that serves
blind people in a large geographic area.  There are however two other
schools with similar programmes.  They are: The Freedom Guide Dog
Foundation in Utica New York and The Upstate Guide Dog Users Association
ofRochester New York.  I have no information concerning the success or
failure of their programmes.  For a while I received Fidelco's Newsletter
and a number of Federationists have gotten Guide Dogs from them.  In fact,
I suggested that someone who contacted me privately with the same concerns
that I raised yesterdaycheck them out as she too does not want to have to
spend a month in a training center away from her home and her job.  If
any of you know what is happening with the two schools I named above let's
hear it, and as soon as we get our guide dog link on our chapter site
operating you will be able to follow the progress of The Guide Dog
Foundation of the Southwest.  This organization has enjoyed a favorible
report with the NFBT and with the community and with those whom it works
with.  So far it has conducted a puppy raising programme and is trying to
raise funding in order to hire a trainer and get it's training programme
up and running.  Just what kind of programme, in-residence or in-home
training has yet to be decided by them.  We will give you a window to
their activities via our chapter web site.
Take care until next time.
Yours truly,
Peter Donahue
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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: house access for disabled
Fellow Federationists and friends,
Does anyone know about the state of access for the disabled i.e. guide dog
users to the floor of the United States House of Representatives?
Peter donahue
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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: Re: Seeing Eye's bad dogs (fwd)
Fellow Federationists and friends,
Attached is a message thqat Julie Dawson permitted me to forward to the
lists.  Enjoy and ponder well.
Peter donahue
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user: You are replying to All about "NFB guide dog training center".

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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: NFB guide dog training center
Fellow Federationists and friends,
Attached is another message from Julie Dawson reguarding an NFB guide dog
training center and other matters of interest to these echoes.  Enjoy and
ponder well.
Peter donahue
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assistant: From: Jamal Mazrui <74444.1076@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: More Senate remarks on guide dog issue (Forward)
system: You are Vaughan Dodd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Nfb Blind News message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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>
>
> "KM> For the last two or three days, I have been getting two coppies of
> "KM> messages. Why is this?
>
> "KM> Nancy
>=20
>I checked the nfb-talk mailing list file and you are not in it twice.  =
>=20
>David Andrews, Moderator
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assistant: From: vdodd@Actrix.gen.nz (Vaughan Dodd)
Subject: Re: Double messages
Organization: My Spare Room
Hi David.
Am getting double messages, but this is a recent occurrence.
Vaughan.
Is anyone else getting double messages?
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user: You are replying to Hheagy@Delphi.Com about "national convention".

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hh> From: hheagy@delphi.com
hh> Subject: national convention
hh> Part of the problem is that the Essence convention which is
hh> group of black musicians is holding their convention on the
hh> of ours and they are paying a lot more money for rooms than
hh> are.  We had a similar situation in 1991 when we had to look
hh> more rooms.  New Orleans has always been the record setter
hh> conventions to date whenever we have hosted it.  I hope the
hh> national will keep that in mind for the future.
hh> Also, ever y time the national center decides to take
hh> reservations instead of letting us deal directly with the
hh> some kind of problem results in either lengthy delays in
hh> receiving confirmations or this kind of debacle with the
hh> Hotels are better equipped to take reservations than we are
hh> think in the future we should leave the reservation taking
hh> hotels and let the hotels leave the problems of the blind to
hh> This is also custodialism in its most blatant form; after
hh> the next step may be that we have to book our flights,
hh> whatever through the center.  I think for all N.F.B.
hh> functions we should be allowed to deal directly with the
hh> and eliminate the middlemen.

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assistant: a
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us.
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trains or
national
hotel
Harvey,  as usual you are exaggerating and taking things out of
context.  When Dr. Jernigan made the reservations, he got as many
rooms as he could.  At the time, it seemed like enough, but
conventions keep growing.
I do not think that the National Center takes reservations to be
custodial.  It might well be that the hotels want us to do this
to save them work, and it is in part how we get cheaper rates.
David Andrews
... All I need is a Wave and a board to surf it on.
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assistant: * Originally By: aa321@freenet.victoria.bc.ca, of (1/1)
 * Originally To: nfbtalk
 * Originally Re: Re: Seeing Eye's bad dogs
 * Original Date: 16 Apr 97  15:59:58
 * Original Area: NetMail
 * Forwarded by : Blue Wave/DOS v2.30
From: Diane Dobson <aa321@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: Seeing Eye's bad dogs
I have been folowing this thread with some --- I have come to one
conclusion the subject should have been SEEING EYES BAD OWNERS OF GUIDE
DOGS !
Have an accessible day !
Diane
aa321@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
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assistant: has anyone had the experience within the past year of using: Soft Voice, Text
Assist, or another speech program with the Sound Blaster?
What were you impressions?
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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: Saturday night blooper
Fellow federationists and friends,This weekend marks the beginning of
Fiesta, a City-Wide Celebration here in San Antonio, and during Fiesta
anything, including the unexpected can happen.  And this could quite
conceivably include such bloopers as writing messages to none less than
Presicent Maurer, and Barbara Pearce, the Editor of The Braille Monitor
only to have them mysteriously appear here on the lists.  For those of you
who have seen them before please accept our appollogy, but we are pleased
to report that the responce to our resume,and Braille producer listings
has been great.  Keep them coming.  AS for those of you who have just
joined these echoes we invite you to participate if you feel that these
services will help you increase your Braille output orenhance your chances
of finding employment.
Take care and have a good weekend.  and as wesay down here during this
festive time, "Viva Fiesta!!!"
Yours truly,
Peter donahue
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assistant: From: MACK73DEN@aol.com
Subject: Re: national convention
Since I have been in the host affiliate twice for National Conventions I can
tell you that if you think the hotels are more efficient in reservation
taking you are sorly mistaken.  The problem is that the hotels will take on
the responsiblility of determining if we will use the rooms which we block.
 We are a unique convention in that we pretty much use the rooms which we
block.  Most conventions do not and the hotels end up holding the bag on
empty rooms.  As far as confirmations and other information coming late.  At
least I know that when I get a confimation from Baltimore it will be honored.
 Many times over the last 20 some odd years there have been problems with
hotels overbooking and our people having to spend one or two nights on
another location.  Only someone who has been on the inside of this process
can really understand the intricacies of what goes on to produce the kind of
convention which we enjoy each year.  I do not know another organization of
our size who works the details of a conference as efficiently as we do.  Our
staff put in incredible hours putting this together.  We get more work and
better work out of our National Center than anywhere I can remember.  So
relax and plan on enjoying New Orleans.
Denise
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assistant: From: hheagy@delphi.com
Subject: Re: national convention
If we know the Hyatt is filled, then at least those who got in
the Hyatt should have their confirmations by now.
Another interesting thing is that in the April Monitor in the
article "new Orleans--Something for everyone," it says that the
Hyatt has 1,084 sleeping rooms and 100 suites.  That adds up to
1184 total units for the entire hotel.  How therefore, even
accounting for suites can we have filled 1,100 sleeping rooms for
just our block which is what I have been told?
In fact, here is the exact quote from the article itself.
     "* Thirty-two-story atrium hotel, including 1,084 guest
     rooms, 100 suites, and exclusive Regency Club
accommodations."
I have attended conventions in which both methods are used and I
believe it is best to let the otels deal with reservations.
Harvey
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assistant: Harvey, I couldn't agree with you more! That was a worse than misserable
experience.
When I traveled with United some years ago, I had my cane taken away on
some flights, and nothing was said on others.  Delta and Northwest are the
major
airlines out of here other than United.  If United is one of my choices, I'll
automatically take one of the other airlines even if I pay more.  I have
had no problems with Delta or Northwest.  I'm not saying problems haven't
occurred with these carriers, but I believe they are preferrable to United.
I hope this nonsense will be resolved quickly!
Take care!
Jim jka@mcn.net
... Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (S)lap nearest innocent bystander.
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]
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>
>
> Harvey, I couldn't agree with you more! That was a worse than misserable
> experience.
>
> When I traveled with United some years ago, I had my cane taken away on
> some flights, and nothing was said on others.  Delta and Northwest are the
> airlines out of here other than United.  If United is one of my choices,
> automatically take one of the other airlines even if I pay more.  I have
> had no problems with Delta or Northwest.  I'm not saying problems haven't
> occurred with these carriers, but I believe they are preferrable to United.
>
> I hope this nonsense will be resolved quickly!

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assistant: From: Matthew Roberts <robocop@pdn.net>
Subject: Re: security alert
On 21 Apr 1997, Jim Aldrich wrote:
major
I'll
I hope that stuff is resolved as well.  I thought it was resolved years
ago.
I only took a straight on a plane once and I was advised to get a window
seat.  Is it better than getting an isle seat?
In the wind on a bike!!!                Matt Roberts (robocop@pdn.net)
Harleys FOREVER!!                       803-774-3516
RBIKER on IRC                           Dillon South Carolina
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assistant: From: hheagy@delphi.com
Subject: Re: security alert
As far as what happened to me on United, I hope we are not in for
another round with the airlines.  I also thought we had won this
fight a long time ago or at least kept it to a minimum.
Hope you can make New Orleans.  Take care.
Harvey