A friend forwarded the below, I am signing up to get my own subscription but might be really helpful for perhaps a client or two to know about this.
Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT and Ludden Black Labrador Guide DogThe artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
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The Blind Post Classified Ads November 2010 Current subscribers to date: 640 Contents for this Month’s issue: From the Editor For Sale Announcements Special feature from my son Tips & tidbits from the Food Lady Links of Interest How to post an ad Subscriptions Note for navigation: All headings will begin with +++. All ads under headings will begin with ++ Ad starts here:. +++ From the Editor Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The Blind Post is growing! We have 25 new subscribers since the October issue. Thank you for forwarding and sharing with your friends and family!We have some wonderful ads this month and a special feature submitted by myson.Also a couple of Thanksgiving poems from one of our subscribers. One at theen here and also in the Tips & tidbits section. This is a place for you to share and to sell.Please feel free to email me with anything you think might be appropriate toshare. I will find places to put articles and poems, and if you have a favorite link to share too.Also, remember if you have a service or a business, this is a great place toget the word out. If you are looking for a particular item, wanted ads are posted for free. The Blind Post website is planning on adding a gift shop. Food Lady will have a special corner and, who knows, Hungry might have a booth as well. What would you like to see in a gift shop at The blind Post? I love any feedback you have to share with me! Mailto:foodlady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Enjoy this month’s issue and also this very cute poem below. Lori AKA Food Lady Oh, and don’t forget to visit the website: http://www.theblindpost.com My Very Own Thanksgiving Poem By Nancy Lynn To all of my friends both near and far, To all of my loved ones. You know who you are, Be grateful for all of that stuffing and turkey, For some people, we know, will just have beef jerky. So eat all of those cranberries, potatoes and pies, From your mouth to your stomach, to your waist and your thighs. And then when you're finished, go watch some football. Now dash away, dash away, dash away all. To living room, parlor, playroom or den Then back to the kitchen for leftovers again. When you've eaten it all and there's just nothing left, Stand up and salute, and give thanks to the chef. +++For Sale ++Ad starts here: CHOCOLATE!!! SWEET TOOTH offers a variety of braille chocolate items including candybars, chocolate guide dogs & other holiday items that can be customized withbraille.Candy bar greetings include Happy Birthday, Love You, Thank You, Have a NiceDay, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. A variety of other chocolate items are available. Contact Judy Davis at 1-585-544-1853 or judydavis12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ++Ad starts here:My name is Marianne and I would like to sell my Geordy Glasses, $2000. Alsowilling to trade Geordy glasses for a Braille note. Contact Marianne at: braillewoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ++Ad starts here: Jumbo braille instruction book called "The Easy Jumbo book" available from idigdots@xxxxxxxxxxx or call Sandy Price 804-550-3733. Easy one volume grade one instruction book for beginners for $26.95 with free print manual. Also available is a collection of 100 well loved Bible scriptures in jumbo braille grade one or contracted standard braille. "Touched by God's Word " sells for $14.95 in any format. ++Ad starts here: Selling: Targus Rolling Laptop Backpack TSB700 Only had 4 weeks. Not what I need. $43 and free shipping within contiguous U.S. PayPal. Email: dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Durable backpack Converts to rolling bag Telescoping handle Laptops 15.4" Two back pockets Main compartment Side pocket; mesh water bottle holder Durable zippers Perfect for traveling ++Ad starts here: Freedom Scientific Pac Mate QX notetaker with 20 Braille display Firmware 4.1 Comes with original box, case, charger, USB cable, Braille quick start documentation, and tutorial/software CDs.Also includes the Scan Talker Bar code reader that reads many barcode labelson Foods and other items. You can also use it to create your own labels. Includes bar code scanner, stand, flash disks, CD, extra labels, case.Asking $675.00. includes shipping to the contiguous United States only. Cantake credit cards over the phone and PayPal. Call Lori 208-514-0352 Mailto:lm117@xxxxxxxxxxxx Excellent condition! Call or Email me with any questions. ++Ad starts here: Power Braille 40 Braille display. Excellent condition. Keys and all cells work great! Comes with AC adapter and parallel port cord. Has been completely refurbished a few years ago from Freedom Scientific. I have been its only owner. Asking $150.00 or best offer plus shipping toUS contiguous states. Can take credit cards over the phone and PayPal. Call Lori 208-514-0352 Mailto:lm117@xxxxxxxxxxxx Call or Email me with any questions. +++ Announcements*New! Announcements that are from an individual or a nonprofit organizationpertaining to or about the blind or low vision community, will be free as long as there is nothing for sale. Also these same announcements will be posted on The Blind Post website. The editor reserves the right to decide whether the announcement is appropriate for the Blind Post. ++Ad starts here:There’s someone, waiting to talk to you On TalkShop. TalkShop is a telephone line designed for blind and visually impaired people just like you. Check itout. Please call 610-769-9132. Long distance charges apply, but no additional charges. Someone is waiting to talk with you on TalkShop. Call in. ++Ad starts here:Read a wonderful E-book about applying for, obtaining or owning a guide dog,along with other great articles and information, at: http://guidedogmanual.weebly.com ++Ad starts here: Blind or Visually Impaired? - How You Can Learn to Play Chess Absolutely free of cost! "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 lots of fun, afantastic hobby, wonderful inexpensive recreation, playing Blind or sightedpeople alike. A great way to meet others, take this games of Kings to whatever level you like! Please see the Web site of the United States Braille Chess Association http://AmericanBlindChess.org Or subscribe to our List group: US_BCA-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A very cordial 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 of Chess, using email messages or computer voice communication programs or even over the telephone!To join, or for more information about how to enroll in a completely free ofcost Beginning Chess Course, through the Hadley School for the Blind, in either Braille or Audio Cassette format and receive your absolutely free full size high quality accessible chess set, contact: Alan Dicey, President United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA Email: adicey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ++Ad starts here: Play games online with Food Lady and Hungry at All In Play. Copy the link below and try it for free, and if you join tell them Food Lady or Hungry sent you. http://allinplay.com/play_for_free.php?referrer=15267&reftype=RAF +++ Special feature This article was submitted from my son, Joshua Loya, and contains an announcement too. I have been training in martial arts for over five years. I was recently awarded my black belt in Guardian Jujitsu, Guardian Karate, and Guardian Kobujitsu (weapons). Additionally, I have also been awarded a blue belt inGuardian Kempo. What I have learned at the Guardian Academy of Martial Arts has completely changed my life. When I started I was 60 pounds heavier than I am now, drinking heavily, smoking, and incredibly depressed and angry. My marriage was in utter chaos, and would have eventually ended in divorce, hadI not learned some very important life principles from Soke-Kyoshi Scot Conway, my instructor and founder of the Guardian Martial Arts. I now help teach classes at the Guardian Academy in Spring Valley, California, just outside San Diego. I choose to invest my time in trainingothers because I believe strongly in the value of the martial arts and life principles taught at our school. I also believe strongly in the character ofour instructor, and am grateful to him for his willingness to teach a completely blind student, having never done it before. Yes, you got that right. I am totally blind. Soke is more apt to search for a way something can be done than dismiss it as impossible or too difficult. Perhaps you, or someone you know, would be interested in joining us forclasses. We offer classes for children as young as 4, and have had studentsolder than 60. Scholarships’ are available for those in need. Please come by the school and try a class on us. In fact, we are offering free classes for the entire month of November to new students, as space allows. For more information, please visit our school’s web site: http://www.guardianacademy.com/ Also, feel free to email me at jloya29@xxxxxxxxx or Info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Even if you do not live in the San Diego area, please forward this information to anyone you think may be interested. What we teach is worth learning. +++ Tips & Tidbits from the Food Lady Thank you for your wonderful feedback and recipes. I have a recipe forChocolate Cream pie , submitted by a subscriber, below my turkey tips. This would be great for those chocolate lovers at Thanksgiving. I know that somepeople do not like pumpkin pie, so this would be a great addition to your dessert menu. Also If anyone has any other recipes for Thanksgiving they would like to share, they can send them to me and I will post them on the website. Food Lady’s cooking tip for roast turkey I have found that the best way to roast a turkey is breast side down. Hmmm how do you do this you ask? Well I have done it this way for the past several years and it always comes out ooh so juicy. Hungry and I love theturkey breast meat the best, and cooking it breast side down makes for verymoist and flavorful breast meat. I also cook the stuffing separately, which allows the turkey to cook more evenly. Buy the best turkey you can, such as free range or organic. Prep time is about five hours or less. One 15 lb turkey. Adjust cooking time to the size turkey you are cooking. Some lemon juice, olive oil or melted butter, salt and pepper, half of ayellow onion, some tops and bottoms of a bunch of celery, a couple carrots,and some parsley.Bring your turkey to room temperature before cooking it. Be sure to keep itin its wrapping until you are ready to prep it for cooking.It is a good idea to keep your bird, whether in the fridge or bringing it toroom temp, in its plastic wrapping placed in a shallow pan. This prevents any leakage of juices. Remember if your turkey is frozen, to put it in the refrigerator several days ahead of your cooking day. Usually about three days is sufficient. Please handle your turkey with care, just like any raw meat. It is very important not to touch anything else while handling raw turkey meat. Use separate cutting board and utensils, or wash them thoroughly, before using them on other foods. Wash your hands and clean up using paper towels.I always keep soap and hand sanitizer next to my kitchen faucet. Be sure to clean your sink, faucet knobs, and counter area well with soap and hot water after you are done prepping your turkey. I wash off anywhere I think I mighthave touched, like the fridge and even the soap bottle. Remove the neck and Giblets. Use the giblets for making stock for your stuffing. The neck can be cooked along side the turkey or saved for turkey soup. Some turkeys come with a plastic piece to hold the legs together. You can leave that in place, if you are not cooking your turkey at a high temperature. If you do remove it, You will need to tie the legs with some kitchen string. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.Wash out your turkey with water, pulling out any remaining feather stubs inthe skin. Pat it dry with paper towels.Take your lemon juice and lather the inside of the cavity. Rub some salt and pepper inside too. Since we are cooking our stuffing separately, we can add the parsley, carrots, celery, onion (all cut up) to the inside of our bird.I sometimes add fresh thyme and sage to the inside too. Some foil can be used to cap the cavity opening so stuff doesn’t fall out.Also you can use metal skewers or string, not nylon string, to close it up. Make sure the legs are tied and secure. You can tie string around your birdto hold the wings in place, but I do not usually do this. Spread melted butter or olive oil all over the bird, especially on the breast side. Sprinkle salt and pepper generously all over it. Place your turkey brest side down on a rack in a sturdy roasting pan orbroiling pan. Make sure the pan is big enough to catch all of the drippings.Chop up your giblets and other inards, and place in a saucepan. Cover withwater, salt and pepper, and bring to boil and simmer for an hour or so. Thiscan be used for stock for your stuffing.Put your turkey in the oven. For a 15 lb turkey, start your oven at 400 forthe first half hour. Reduce to 350 for the next two hours. Then reduce the oven to 250 for the next hour to hour and a half. If you want the breast side to be browned, you can turn the bird over and cook at 300 for the last 15-20 minutes. I use the long oven mitts that can be rinsed off, to turn the bird over safely. Start taking temperature readings with a meat thermometer, inserted deep into the thickest part of the turkey breast and thigh, a half hour before the turkey Should be done. The dark meat in the thigh should be about 170 degrees to 175 degrees. The white meat in the breast should be 160 degrees to 165 degrees. If you don't have a meat thermometer, spear the breast with a knife. The fluid should be clear, not pink. I use a talking meat thermometer, but after I insert it into the meat, Itake readings several times with a few seconds between readings. I find the talking thermometers to need to stay in the bird longer than other types toget the most accurate reading. Don’t forget to save your turkey bones to make a turkey soup. Many Blessings! Food Lady ++Recipe starts here: Chocolate Cream Pie Submitted by Sandy Price 1/3 cup Hershey Cocoa 1/3 cup cornstarch 1 ¼ cup sugar ¼ tsp salt 2 eggs 3 cups milk 3 TBSP butter 1 ½ tsp vanilla 1 (10 inch) graham cracker pie shell 8 oz. Container of Cool WhipCombine sugar, cocoa, salt, and cornstarch in medium saucepan. Blend in milkand eggs until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils;boil and stir constantly for 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla until blended. Pour into pie shell. Once pie has cooled, you can topthe whole pie with a thick layer of cool whip. Enjoy another great Thanksgiving poem below. My New Thanksgiving Poem by Nancy Lynn I'm grateful for sky, for grass and for trees. It's good that, at my age, I still have my own knees. My bones, they do ache, and my body is flabby, But my life is still better than the ones in Dear Abby. I'm grateful for friends, and the ones that I love For I know with no doubt they were sent from above. Whenever you finish your Thanksgiving plate, Give lots of praise. Tell the chef it was great. +++ Links of Interest*This section of The blind Post will feature Links of Interest. The first 10individuals or organizations that send me their link with a simple name ortitle, by the 5th of each month, will be posted free on the website and alsoin the next issue of The Blind Post. So if you have a favorite link you would like to share, please sen them to me: Mailto:foodlady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOne of Food Lady’s favorite places to shop for health food and supplements:http://www.vitacost.com Gianfranco Di Cosmo's Home Page http://dicosmo.ifreepages.com/ Christian music song lyrics at ShareSong.org http://www.sharesong.org/ Talks for Growing Christians: Daily Devotions with audio and study guides http://www.growingchristians.org/rfgc/index.html +++ Posting an Ad Post an ad to The blind PostNew! Same day posting to The Blind post. You can post an ad or announcementthe same day to the website. You can do this on the website: http://www.theblindpost.com They will stay up on the website for 30 days .Now you can not only post an ad to the electronic magazine, that is Emailedout to all subscribers, but it will also be posted on the website. If you have an item to sell and have a picture, and you can send it to me via an attachment, I can also post that along with your ad at theblindpost.com. All ads need to be submitted and purchased by the 5th of each month to appear in that month’s issue.Your first ad of 50 words or less is free. Any ads after your first one, ofthe same size, are $5.00 each. I will also offer another size of ad over 50 words but less than 100 for $10.00 per ad. Please Email me at: foodlady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx With your post exactly how you would like it printed under a phrase saying Ad starts here: Then, go to PayPal http://www.paypal.com And under the link "Send money" you can pay for the ad using: foodlady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx And also put in the message field a duplicate of your submission. This is so there is no mistake on which payment goes with which ad. You can now go to the website and purchase your ads using PayPal, a credit card, or a debit card! You do not need a Paypal account to use your debit card or credit card on the website.If you need to send me a check to pay for your ad, you will need to contactme to get my mailing address. This would have to be done so I receive the payment by the 7th of that month for that month’s issue. WHAT CAN YOU post on The Blind Post *All ads that pertain to products or services for blind and visually impaired persons, either by blind individuals or by companies or organizations serving the blind and low vision community. *Also any new and used items that blind and low vision individuals have to sell. *Any business opportunities that are offered by other blind or low vision persons. * Any announcements pertaining to the blind or low vision community.* Any articles a blind person would like to share about a nonprofit ventureor an entertainment event featuring that blind individual. So if you have an item to sell, a service, a business opportunity, announcement, article, or an event, please send me your ads by the 5th of each month to appear in that month’s issue, which should go out around the 10th to the 15th of that month. The editor reserves the right to decide if an announcement or ad, of any kind, is suitable for The Blind Post.Ads posted are not necessarily the beliefs or opinions of the editor or The Blind Post. Make sure your contact information is correct for each post yousubmit. +++ Subscriptions Subscribing to The Blind Post is free so spread the word to all your friends! Just send me an Email message with"subscribe to the Blind Post" in the subject line: foodlady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx And if you wish to unsubscribe send me an Email message with "unsubscribe from the Blind Post" in the subject line to the above Email address. Thanks everyone for making The blind Post a great way to share and sell! Please forward to all of your friends and encourage them to subscribe. Lori AKA Food Lady All Books And Beyond shows will be archived at www.accessibleworld.org onthe Books And Beyond archives page. 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