Thanks, Carrie, that site was interesting. There was a brief glimpse of one of the Asian dragon boat races on the news. I hope Steve Hartman will do a segment on it. It would be especially nice if he did the one Katie and Patricia are involved in. There was a place on the site where one could write in and suggest stories, but I don't see it there now. If dragon races is one of the choices I'll post here how to vote. smile. Cindy --- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here's the wikipedia entry for dragon boats: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_boat > > I saw a dragon boat race in Sydney Harbor at > Sydney, Australia. The very front of each boat is > in the shape of a dragon head, the backs are the > tails of the dragon. They were just beautiful! > > Carrie > > Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dragon boating? Never heard of it. I guess I'll > have to Google it and see > what it's all about. I presume these boats don't > breathe fire or fly, as > dragons are commonly understood to do? Or do the > boats fly? I've > heard of flying boats... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Katie Star" > To: > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:11 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people > know they can submit > without being members > > > > HI Evan and Cindy, > > > > Yes I do the dragon boating. > > Race scanner? Well, I was doing a lot of scanning > last year. I think I > > ordered close to 30 books from Amazon plus those > which were sent to me and > > given to me. So I would have to look but I did get > a bunch of scans in > > that > > first year. > > > > > > Katie Hill > > Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com > > "Come to the edge" > > > > "We can't; we will fall" > > > > "Come to the edge" > > > > "We can't; We're afraid" > > > > "Come to the edge" > > > > And they came. > > > > And he pushed them. > > > > And they flew. > > > > - Anonomous > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Cindy > > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:01 AM > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people > know they can submit > > without being members > > > > Actually, Evan, I think she does crew on dragon > boats. > > smile--a slip of the tongue--I mean key smile > > > > Cindy > > > > --- Evan Reese wrote: > > > >> Aren't you the car racer? Are you a scan > >> racer as well? > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Katie Star" > >> To: > >> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:12 AM > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people > >> know they can submit > >> without being members > >> > >> > >> > Hi Cindy, > >> > > >> > Oh yes they still do. I hit that point back > >> around the first of the year. > >> > My renewal is September 11 so it goes to so how > >> much I did last fall and > >> > winter. Right now I have a number of things > going > >> so my validation and > >> > scanning is a little slower than it was. Yeah, > >> once I reach Sep 11 I will > >> > start a crewing again. > >> > > >> > > >> > Katie Hill > >> > Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com > >> > "Come to the edge" > >> > > >> > "We can't; we will fall" > >> > > >> > "Come to the edge" > >> > > >> > "We can't; We're afraid" > >> > > >> > "Come to the edge" > >> > > >> > And they came. > >> > > >> > And he pushed them. > >> > > >> > And they flew. > >> > > >> > - Anonomous > >> > > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > >> Behalf Of Cindy > >> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 9:36 PM > >> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > people > >> know they can submit > >> > without being members > >> > > >> > Katie, I think what you're submitting and > >> validating > >> > will earn you credits toward your next year's > >> > membership. Unless things have changed, I think > >> you're > >> > allowed to accrue for one year ahead. > >> > > >> > Cindy > >> > > >> > - > >> >> I now have my second but still > >> >> keep submitting and > >> >> validating. Bookshare is a wonderful resource. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Katie Hill > >> >> Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com > >> >> "Come to the edge" > >> >> > >> >> "We can't; we will fall" > >> >> > >> >> "Come to the edge" > >> >> > >> >> "We can't; We're afraid" > >> >> > >> >> "Come to the edge" > >> >> > >> >> And they came. > >> >> > >> >> And he pushed them. > >> >> > >> >> And they flew. > >> >> > >> >> - Anonomous > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On > >> >> Behalf Of siss52 > >> >> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 6:08 PM > >> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > people > >> >> know they can submit > >> >> without being members > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> If I remember correctly, quite sometime ago > >> Shelley > >> >> posted that she > >> >> submitted until she had enough credits to pay > for > >> >> her first year's > >> >> subscription because she was a student and did > >> not > >> >> have the money to pay for > >> >> > >> >> a subscription. Is that right, Shelley, or is > my > >> >> memory failing me? I do > >> >> not want to put words in your mouth. > >> >> > >> >> Sue S. > >> >> > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> From: "Evan Reese" > >> >> To: > >> >> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:43 PM > >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > people > >> >> know they can submit > >> >> without being members > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> I submitted a couple of books before paying my > >> >> membership fee. Perhaps you > >> >> should ask these people where they got the > idea > >> that > >> >> they couldn't. It just > >> >> didn't occur to me that I couldn't submit > books > >> >> before paying. There's > >> >> absolutely nothing anywhere on the site that > even > >> >> implies that you need to > >> >> pay before submitting, only downloading. > >> >> > >> >> I submitted books that I knew weren't in the > >> >> collection. Since I didn't > >> >> know about the validation part at the time, I > >> might > >> >> have been wasting my > >> >> time scanning books that were already out for > >> >> validation or in the admin > >> >> queue, but I apparently got lucky on that > score. > >> >> Still, it would be good if > >> >> members and nonmembers wanting to submit > >> something > >> >> could input a title and > >> >> get a message back telling them if the book is > >> out > >> >> for validation, waiting > >> >> for administrator approval, or not in the > system > >> at > >> >> all. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> From: "E." > >> >> To: > >> >> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 3:04 PM > >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > people > >> >> know they can submit > >> >> without being members > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Seemed odd to me but I have heard it now > from > >> >> several blind folks. Some > >> >> > of them work for agencies and software > >> >> manufacturers too so the feeling > >> >> > must be widespread. The part about haveing > to > >> be > >> >> a member to search > >> >> > worries me almost as much as the part about > >> having > >> >> to be a member to > >> >> > submit. I am also concerned that k1000 and > >> >> bookshare do not work closely > >> >> > together. For instnace, it would be nice to > >> >> somehow be able to input a > >> >> > title before scanning it and search quickly > for > >> it > >> >> in the bookshare > >> >> > database even if you are not a member. that > >> way, > >> >> someone new to scanning > >> >> > can make sure the bookshare collection does > not > >> >> include the book before > >> >> > beginning the process of scanning. > >> >> > > >> >> > How closely does bookshare work with the > makers > >> of > >> >> scanning packages, > >> >> > particularly those made for disabled users? > >> >> > > >> >> > E. > >> >> > > >> >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > >> Email > >> >> to > >> >> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> >> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > >> >> subject line. 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