Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind the source for blindness news and information since 1907

Science Sense is a verbal description and touch tour program for people who are blind or partially sighted and their guests. The content of the tours will change each month and will be announced on the AMNH website in advance. Specially trained Museum tour guides highlight specific themes and exhibition halls, engaging participants through extensive verbal descriptions and touchable objects.

Science Sense tours are available to individuals or groups. Space is limited and advance registration is required. For more information or to register,
please call 212.313.7565 or email volunteeroffice@amnh.org

Books And Beyond is a show that plays on ACB Radio each weekend. It’s hosted by Bonnie Blose, and we talk to authors, editors, publishers and other creative and interesting people. Sometimes the shows are blindness related and sometimes they’re not. I also make the show available each week on sendspace.  For the latest Books And Beyond show, call 773-572-3166 anytime and choose from the menu.  To download the most recent file, go to http://www.sendspace.com/file/u51npp

Blind or Visually Impaired? – Now You Can Learn to Play Chess!
“The Gymnastics of the Brain” or “The Martial Arts of the Mind” feel the “Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat” or just have fun, a great hobby, wonderful inexpensive recreation, playing blind or sighted people alike.

A great way to meet others, take this game of kings to whatever level you like!

Please see the website of the United States Braille Chess Association

http://www.crisscrosstech.com/usbca/

A group of Blind or Visually Impaired Chess enthusiasts who enjoy playing Tournaments or just Friendly Games with those of their own strength and knowledge of this wonderful sport!

Alan Dicey, President

United States Braille Chess Association

In October of last year my wife and I entertained a group of blind persons from Durango, Mexico for a week, sharing our home culture and various things in our community of Dubuque, Iowa, with them. Now my Wife’s brother, who is blind and runs a center for the blind in Durango Mexico, is offering a return invitation to Mexico for any blind person in the U.S. All expenses will be covered while in Durango for a week except transportation to and from there. Durango is a City of about 500 thousand people. Anyone interested should phone Gaby or Robert Nesler for more details at 563-557-0987.

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Tony Grima, National Braille Press

Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for Blind Users By Anna Dresner In Braille, eBraille, text, and DAISY formats, $12.00

It seems like everyone these days is spending at least some of their time on social networking sites. If you’re not participating, you may feel left out – and it doesn’t help that none of these sites were designed with blind users in mind! But what exactly do Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have to offer? How do you get started on them? And what about issues of privacy?

This book is designed to help you learn about these three social networking sites so that you can decide which, if any, you wish to join. Anna Dresner gives you enough information to get started; she describes how these sites work right now and gives you some idea about the sorts of things you can do on them. Anna offers commands and strategies for navigating these sites with screen readers, and includes pointers for handling specific situations using JAWS, Window-Eyes and System Access, and VoiceOver on the Mac.

Note: The DAISY version of this book will work with any version of FSReader, which comes free with every installation of JAWS.

Read the full table of contents for this book, or order it, at
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/SOCIAL.html
To order any books, send payment to:
NBP, 88 St. Stephen Street, Boston, MA 02115-4302
Or call and charge it: toll-free (800) 548-7323 or (617) 266-6160 ext 20.

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Buddy Gray Music in Tuscaloosa, AL is seeking a piano tuner and technician. A driving assistant will transport the tuner to and from tunings and assist them into the buildings where the pianos are located. Please contact Buddy Gray at 205-799-1056.

Buddy Gray Enterprises in Tuscaloosa, AL is also seeking a Customer Service Representative who is articulate, possesses good customer and communication skills and is assertive. Please contact Buddy Gray at 205-799-1056.
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CHOICE MAGAZINE  FREE AS DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FROM NLS
Reconnect with an old friend or meet a new one – CHOICE Magazine Listening is available for free digital download from the Library of Congress’ National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped’s BARD program.
Produced six times a year, each issue contains unabridged works from quality publications.  The articles, short stories, poetry and interviews are selected from more than 100 magazines and other periodicals. The selections are read by professional voice talent, not synthetic text-to-speech.
Established in 1962, CHOICE Magazine Listening is available free of charge only to people who are blind, experiencing vision loss or have other disabilities that limit or  prevent  reading standard print. The audio anthology  continues to be released on four-track cassette tape for those who prefer that format. website: www.choicemagazinelistening.org or by calling toll-free 1-888-724-6423. Information on the digital download from NLS at:  www.nlsbard.loc.go or contacting a local NLS cooperating library located usually in state capitals in the US. Engage in discussion of Choice selections on Facebook and Twitter, too!

My name is Jywanza Maye. I am a devoted Ziegler reader. I have recently become a Scentsy consultant. You may ask what is Scentsy? Scentsy is the authentic wickless candle company, founded on the simple idea of offering a safer alternative to traditional candles. Scentsy Warmers are highly decorative and use a low-watt bulb to melt specially formulated wax slowly, maximizing the fragrance time of the Scentsy Bar or Scentsy Brick. Scentsy candles are safer around pets and children because there is no flame and the melted wax does not get hot enough to burn. With no flame, soot, smoke or lead to worry about, the Scentsy system is a safe way to enjoy more than 80 delightful Scentsy fragrances.

 If you are interested in purchasing Scentsy fragrances or would like more information, check out my website at www.scentsy.com/indy

Get Healthy With Yoga

Beginning Yoga for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a dynamic, inspiring five CD set produced by Gretchen Hein, a certified Kripalu yoga instructor and Marty Klein, a blind author and workshop facilitator. The goal of the series is to

Help blind and visually impaired folks use yoga to reclaim and sustain strong, flexible bodies as well as help encourage students to find a yoga class in their local communities that will be suitable for them.

The packaging has bold, dark lettering with a contrasting background so folks with low vision can read it. Each CD is numbered with bold markings as well. Gretchen’s descriptions of yoga postures are detailed and focused specifically for blind students while Marty’s comments and insights as a blind man make for an informative and enjoyable learning experience. Each CD has many different tracks to make future programming possible by combining different yoga postures. There are specific tracks on CD #5 to inform prospective yoga teachers how to be thoughtful toward a blind student. Students are encouraged to give this CD to a teacher for their listening before joining a local class.

The cost of the five CD package is $39.95 plus shipping and handling. You can order the set at www.blindyoga.net.

If you would like to purchase a blind Yoga CD package at the discounted price please go to the web site and click on Contact Us. Send us your email address or a phone number and we will get in touch with you within a few days.  The discount will be available to Ziegler Magazine readers for one month.

The Matilda Ziegler Publishing Company is no longer issuing the Large Print or Braille Calendars.  Below, you will find information on how to order both of them from the companies that we dealt with previously.

Large Print Calendar

Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired’s large print calendars are now available to order. The calendar is nearly double the size of a standard calendar to provide as much room as possible for writing in appointments and special occasions. Individual calendars can be purchased for $5 plus shipping.

Calendars are also available at SABVI low vision Store. For additional information, or to order, please contact Lindsay Fauth by dialing (717)291-5951 x111 or LFauth@sabvi.com.

Braille Calendar

Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired has Braille calendars available to order. Individual calendars can be purchased for $1 free postage.

For additional information, or to order, please contact Charlotte at (513) 522-3860.

Hello,

The Cisco academy for the vision impaired is accepting applicants for classes in 2010. We will be offering both IT Essentials 1 and Discovery 1 starting the first week of February.

ITE1 is an introduction to PC repair including: Hardware, installing and maintaining an operating system, Troubleshooting, portable devices, and customer service.

Discovery 1 is focused on home and small business networking. It is the first of four courses that prepare students to take the CCNA certification.

Each class runs for a total of one year, with online lectures commencing for the first semester. The classes are self-paced so you can finish them in a month, a semester, or take the entire year if desired. The cost for each course is $75.

In addition we may be offering an accelerated course for both ITE1 and Discovery1. This course will run for two weeks in January and will be 500 dollars. This will pay for an instructor to grade your labs within 24 hours and be available to assist you 8 hours a day.

The Cisco Academy for the Vision impaired enables blind students to enter the world of Information technology. We provide Diagram descriptions, audio lab recordings, live online lectures by blind and vision impaired instructors, and a community of students and instructors to network with even after you have graduated our course.

For more information on any of our courses please email caviinfo@gmail.com

You can also check out our brand new website: www.ciscovision.org

I would like to let the good readers of The Ziegler Magazine know about the National Federation of the Blind’s CARS Division.  It is a division of interested people who have a love for the automobile.  We started the division back in 2005 with our first working division in 2006 at our national convention in Dallas, Texas.  The CARS Division is who of many NFB Divisions, we have a business meeting and also present seminars of auto clubs in the area such as the Model A club, Cadilac club etc.  For a fund raiser we sell diecast model cars of a wide variety, mainly the models cars are of a 1/32 size since they are small enough to transport and carry home from convention.  Joe naulty is the current president of the division, he lives in Melborne, Florida.  His contact information is:  

He has many diecast models for sale, they range in price from 5 dollars to 20 dollars depending on the model.  Any one who is interested in purchasing any of the diecast models is welcome to call Joe.   

Sincerely,  

Dave Hutchins

Board member of CARS Division of NFB