From: Kelly Pierce 
Subject: blind computer user network news #11
printer will put page 37 on one side of the paper and page 1 on the other 
side of the same
paper, with pages 2 and 3 together, and so on. 
   Print newsletters are photo-copied and stapled; Braille newsletters are 
punched and
bound. From disk to posted document requires many hours of work--sometimes 
wonderfully
entertaining and sometimes slow and tedious. That we can do it ourselves is 
not only the
result of ever-improving technology but requires ingenuity, determination, 
and sheer
cussedness of the people whose privilege it is to do it. So it was a 
wonderfully ambitious
goal to produce this newsletter in the Braille medium, and those of us who 
love Braille and
believe knowledge of Braille to be essential for the literate blind person, 
have greatly
appreciated the efforts of Marie Porter, Anna Byrne, and Chuck Slavick who 
have made
the Braille newsletters available. But the project has been too labor 
intensive to be practical
for an organization of this size. We will continue to produce print and audio 
cassette
editions, and to do this, the initial editing is just as crucial. For this 
edition, we are grateful
for the services of BSA volunteer Doris Sayed-Ahmed for her excellent 
profreading. 
   (Anna Byrne is a senior systems analyst at ComEd. She and her husband, 
Pat, have four
children and three grandchildren.)  
   (Cindy Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and supervisor at the 
Community
Counseling Centers of Chicago. She also has a private practice in 
psychotherapy.)
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                      Things to Keep in Mind
                      Submitted by Anna Byrne
 
                     Dedicated to the Editors:
Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice.
Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
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                                FYI
The following radio and TV shows may be of interest to our members:
  Sundays--11:00 AM, "TV.com," ABC, channel 7 in Chicago;
  Tuesdays--9:00 PM, "Real Computing," WDCB, 90.5-FM, Glen Ellyn;
  Saturdays--2:00 PM, "CNN Computer Connection," CNN (Cable News       
  Network).
  Saturdays--9:00-11:00 PM, "Kim Komando's Komputer Klinic,"  WJJD, 1160-AM. 
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                        Dates to Remember!
Note: All meetings regularly scheduled for Tuesdays in the past will now meet 
on
Thursdays instead.
 
   Sat., Feb. 1, 1997, 10:00-12:30--Bona fide Beginners' Seminar; ninth 
loor.
   Wed., Feb. 12, 1997, 5:30-7:30--board (cognoscenti) meeting, open to all; 
ninth floor.
   Thurs., Feb. 13, 1997, 6:00-8:00--Lynx Squad; ninth floor.
   Thurs., Feb. 27, 1997, 6:00-7:30--newcomers' openhouse and orientation; 
ninth floor.
   Sat., March 1, 1997, 10:00-12:30--seminar, TBA; ninth floor.
   Wed., March 12, 1997, 5:30-7:30---board (cognoscenti) meeting, all are 
welcome; ninth  
     floor.
   Wed., Mardch 12, 1997, noon--deadline for newsletter articles; eleventh 
floor, will-
call      drawer (see All-Write! in Teamwork article above for more details). 
   Thurs., March 13, 1997 6:00-8:00--Lynx Squad; ninth floor.
   Thurs., Apr. 3, 1997, 6:00-7:30--newcomers' openhouse and orientation; 
ninth floor.
   Sat., Apr. 5, 1997, 10:00-12:30--seminar TBA.   
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