Activities For The Blind | Blindness News for 12/29/2008



Living With Glaucoma: It's All In The Family (Medical News Today)
With today's improved treatments, glaucoma patients no longer face inevitable blindness, but preserving vision depends on seeing an Eye M.D. (ophthalmologist) at the right time and carefully following a prescribed plan. Glaucoma remains a leading cause of preventable blindness because it often goes undetected -- about half of the three million Americans who have the disease are unaware of it...

Padamshree awardee gifts city cure for cornea blindness - Indian .
Padamshree awardee gifts city cure for cornea blindness - Indian Express Mumbai: Keiki Mehta, a leading opthalmologist who was recently awarded the Padamshree award, has set up the latest 4th generation Amaris Lasik machine, ...

Trust in Government hospitals takes a dip
The two babies that got mixed up at the RSRM Hospital in Royapuram. Zubeda Hamid CHENNAI: The year marks the silver jubilee of the corporatisation of healthcare in the State, with the setting up of Apollo ...

Top ten alias of 2008
Parliament reporters yesterday released their list of the 10 most impressive events or individuals in the legislative branch for the past year...

Braille Polaroid Camera - UberGizmo.com

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Braille Polaroid Camera
UberGizmo.com, CA - Dec 23, 2008
Not only is Braille used to help the blind read, it also helps them visualize an image, and the same can be said for the Braille Polaroid camera. .
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Racine does good -- July through December, 2008 (The Journal Times)
The Journal Times is honored to recognize the people in our community who make it a better place to live. Here is a collection of stories EUR” one representing each month of 2008 EUR” about people who inspire us, who help others and help the community. Stories from the first half of the year were published Saturday. Heres the second half...

Spinning: LITERATURE: Blindness - Finale
Did the people learn anything? Was this a punishment from God? How long did the white blindness last and what made it go away? Why didn't the doctor's wife ever go blind? Why didn't anyone try to figure that out? ...

South Lake Hospital honors 2 Employees of the Year - Orlando Sentinel
South Lake Hospital recently held its annual Employee Service Awards Banquet. Valerie Lastition, a registered nurse, was named Nursing Employee of the Year and Wazeem Mohamed as Ancillary Services Employee of the Year. Lastition, who is a certified ...

An Experiment in Mastering Risk (Washington Post)
System created to lock in profits and operate in regulation gaps eventually reduces AIG to ruins...

Column, like shoes, was off target [BDS is curable, but you must first want to be cured]
Bush Derangement Syndrome is curable, but like alcoholism, those who suffer from it must first want to be cured...

An Experiment in Mastering Risk
Greed on Wall Street and blindness in Washington certainly helped cause the financial system's crash...

A new video game is helping doctors detect vision problems in kids.
According to the National Institutes of Health, one in 4 kids in the U.S. has some kind of vision problem...

Abraham Nemeth to Serve as National Ambassador for Braille Literacy - PR Newswire (press release)

Abraham Nemeth to Serve as National Ambassador for Braille Literacy
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Dec 23, 2008
23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's leading advocate for Braille literacy, announced today that Dr. .
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Research may ease eye pain (The Springfield News-Leader)
One day soon, a new eye antiseptic could be on the market that would benefit cataract surgery patients and help Third World countries treat the most preventable cause of blindness...

Braille's alphabet touches lives 200 years after his birth (Feature) - Monsters and Critics
Paris - Nearly 200 years after the birth of Louis Braille, the alphabet of raised dots he created to overcome his lack of sight continues to touch the lives of blind people everywhere. Braille was born on January 4, 1809, near Paris. The son of a ...

Preaching togetherness: Blind pastor takes reins of local church - Norristown Times Herald
AMBLER EUR” At only 27 years old and fresh out of seminary, Brandon Grady has taken the reins as pastor at Ambler Church of the Brethren and is eager to lead the congregation in his own, unique way. EURœFrom day one, Ive preached a togetherness ...

Library program will have book discussion tied to movie - Augusta Chronicle

Library program will have book discussion tied to movie
Augusta Chronicle, GA - Dec 27, 2008
A demonstration on Braille in honor of the 150th anniversary of Louis Braille's birth will be offered at 2:30 pm Sunday, Jan. 4, at the library, .
Library has full schedule for January Aiken Standard (subscription)
Library News: New times for story hours Wicked Local Rockport
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Tiniest babies face great uncertainties
It's rare for a woman to go into labor and give birth after only 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy as Teresa Harris-Payne, 16, did in August...

Time for 2009 Jefferson Awards
We at The Jackson Sun are set to kick off our sixth annual Jefferson Awards for Public Service search...

Tiniest babies face great uncertainties (Chico Enterprise-Record)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the final story in a three-part series. CHICO -- It's rare for a woman to go into labor and give birth after only 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy as Teresa Harris-Payne, 16, did in August...

Vision Quest: Overcoming tragedy gives Sheridan insight - Citizen Tribune
It wasnt the icy patch at stock barn curve on North Cumberland decades ago that brought Mark Sheridan insight. It wasnt the impact of the car in which he was an unrestrained backseat passenger hitting the old tree down near the barn. It wasn ...

sitenoise at the movies: Blindness (2008) EUR¢ USA EUR¢ Fernando Meirelles
film reviews you can use. not another plot synopsis, read the reactions of a (mostly) independent film junkie...

Mediocre dominates yeara s movies
All in all, 2008 wasn't the best movie year. Even so, the 10 best movies of the year were pretty darned good...

North along the Continental Divide
Michael Cravens and his dog, Quinn, check out a snake in Texas. Last spring, Quinn also accompanied Cravens on part of the Continental Divide hike...

Dramatic demonstration of 'blindsight'
The man, a doctor left blind by two successive strokes, refused to take part in the experiment...

Rankin set to launch braille week - Scotsman

Rankin set to launch braille week
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Dec 24, 2008
The writer will see one of his best-selling books, Fleshmarket Close, brought to life in braille on the walls of the very street where he set the famous .
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Too Much Festive Food And Drink May Raise Your Risk Of Developing Diabetes Type 2
Main Category: Diabetes Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet Article Date: 28 Dec 2008 - 1:00 PST Excessive food and drink consumption over the festive period could increase your risk of developing Type 2 ...

Jose Saramago: Death Takes a Breather
Goodloe Byron , who is not to be confused with the late Congressman , is a kind and excitable gentleman who permitted me to use a corner of his table to hawk Bat Segundo CDs at last year's Independent and Small ...

Tactile Zoo visionary concept - Knoxville News Sentinel

Tactile Zoo visionary concept
Knoxville News Sentinel, TN - 5 hours ago
Tennessee School for the Blind student Ashley Jackson reads a Braille description of elephants at one of the Nashville Zoos Tactile Zoo exhibits. .
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Living With Glaucoma: It's All In The Family
With today's improved treatments, glaucoma patients no longer face inevitable blindness, but preserving vision depends on seeing an Eye M.D. at the right time and carefully following a prescribed plan...

Braille's alphabet touches lives 200 years after his birth - Top News India
Paris  - Nearly 200 years after the birth of Louis Braille, the alphabet of raised dots he created to overcome his lack of sight continues to touch the lives of blind people everywhere. Braille was born on January 4, 1809, near Paris. The son of a ...

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Ask The Biologist: EURœColor Blindness Is Affecting My Love Life .
I am color blind. My friends have tried to help me pick clothes and so on, but no matter what, I end up looking like I just blew in from Hicksville. It is seriously affecting my ability to find dates. Women look at me like I was raised ...

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Immersion Blog» Blog Archive » Christmas whodunnit change .
Anyway, above is a Cluedo-style change blindness test, posted by Mind Hacks, from the Do The Test site by Transport For London. Its a little bit of fun theyve created to alert people to the dangers of change-blindness on the roads. ...

Louis Braille birthday on January 4 (North Shore Times)
Blindness organisations will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille on January 4...

Blind pastor leads with a little help
At only 27 years old and fresh out of seminary, Brandon Grady has taken the reins as pastor at Ambler Church of the Brethren and is eager to lead the congregation in his own, unique way...

Cringing look at year's oddest travel stories - San Francisco Chronicle

Cringing look at year's oddest travel stories
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Dec 27, 2008
With a rash of arm-sucking train toilets, Braille-reading air traffic controllers, real mother- snakes on real mother- planes and complimentary .
Strangest 2008 Travel Stories ABC2 News
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Braille classes offered - Baltimore Sun

Braille classes offered
Baltimore Sun, United States - Dec 28, 2008
"Reading and Writing Braille: Anyone Can Do It" will be held at Owen Brown Community Center, Hopewell Room, 6800 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, from 9 am to 1 pm .
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Blindness no obstacle for Hialeah woman's college dreams - Miami Herald
There she was, sitting in the audience of Univisión's Saturday night Spanish variety show Sábado Gigante -- mesmerized. Sure, Paola Espinosa had shaken hands with one of the show's co-hosts, but that's not what had her amped. It wasn't the flashy ...

Braille literacy is fading - Barre Montpelier Times Argus

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Braille literacy is fading
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - Dec 28, 2008
His organization hopes the bicentennial anniversary of Braille creator Louis Braille's birth on Jan. 4 will raise awareness of what it's calling a crisis in .
Braille system opens opportunities for the blind VOVNews.vn
Braille's alphabet touches lives 200 years after his birth (Feature) Monsters and Critics.com
Braille bicentenary NewsAhead Agency
The Star
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Free eye camp held
SALEM: A free eye camp for persons with disabilities was held at Swarnapuri Panchayat Union Primary school premises here on Sunday...

And Out Of Their Gloom And Darkness The Eyes Of The Blind Shall See
While that line from Isaiah 29:18 refers to future blessings to be bestowed, could the prophet have known about "blindsight," the ability of some people to sense things that they cannot see? A team led by ...

Duke grant helps Rockingham County deal with diabetes 'epidemic'
Dec. 28--In Rockingham County, 10 1/2 percent of the population lives with diabetes...

Around the Towns (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Abington Twp. Waverly resident Cathy Craig swept the snow from the bench in front of the Waverly Community House on Tuesday morning as she waited for the bus...

Bubble blindness - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
Bubble blindness. Ezra Klein and Dean Baker are wondering why so few economists saw the crisis coming. I think its a two part question. I think its understandable, though not entirely forgivable, that economists didnt see the risks ...

Brand blindness is back
Amid falling home prices, frozen credit and shrinking savings, consumers are snapping their wallets...

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Blindness problems can't stop wrestler (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Neurologists and pediatricians told Debbie and Tony Gunter that their son suffered brain damage at birth and would never be able to take part in sports. He's 15-1 on his high school wrestling team and has a 4.0 GPA...

Disabled vet builds bikes - Examiner.com

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Disabled vet builds bikes
Examiner.com - 21 hours ago
Brian went to the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Eastern Blind Rehabilitation Center in West Haven to learn how to read Braille. .
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The Importance of Eye Exams for Those with Diabetes (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
(ARA) - Nearly 23 million Americans are affected by diabetes and, of these people, one-third, or almost 6 million, are unaware that they have the disease. Undiagnosed, diabetes can result in vision impairment, a frequent complication of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and blindness...

Mum's joy as donors dig deep to fund little Leah's treatment
A TODDLER suffering from an exceptionally rare neurological syndrome should soon be receiving revolutionary treatment thanks to an incredible Christmas fundraising campaign...

Mother Taking Daughter to Thailand to Correct Eye Disorder - The Ledger
when Bailey Locklear travels to Thailand next year, there will be no shortage of sights for the 8-year-old Lakeland girl to see. But the trip has a purpose much deeper than mere sightseeing. Laura Walker hopes that when Bailey returns her daughter ...

AFB Celebrates 200 Years of Louis Braille - MarketWatch

AFB Celebrates 200 Years of Louis Braille
MarketWatch - Dec 18, 2008
Braille was the Frenchman who invented the raised dot code that bears his name. He made it possible for blind and visually impaired people to read and write .
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Braille touches lives 200 years after his birth
Paris: Nearly 200 years after the birth of Louis Braille , the alphabet of raised dots he created to overcome his lack of sight continues to touch the lives of blind people everywhere...

Health
Women leaders in various sectors will work with the Gabonese ministry in charge of AIDS control to help lower HIV prevalence in the country, where the current average is 5.9 per cent, an official source told ...

DAILY EXPRESS NEWS (Sabah Daily Express)
Kota Kinabalu : Visually challenged Ritchell Lim, 13, an Indonesian Chinese from Perth, Australia, brought the house down with her beautiful voice and splendid piano solo performance at the Skyline SIB Christmas celebration on Christmas Day...



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