Pat Dixon celebrated President’s Day by talking Fat-Elvis and the need for more discretion in pet shootings. We also got into the latest scandal at the Vatican as well as the runaway Taxi that took out half of 11th avenue." name="DESCRIPTION
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John and Zoltan are both blind, but they deal with the world in completely different ways — one paints vivid pictures in his mind, while the other refuses to picture anything at all. In this short, they argue about the truth of a world they can’t see.
In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, AnonyMouse and Michael are joined by Gedeon Maheux from The Iconfactory, developers of the Twitterrific app for iOS.
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I’ve been a bit quiet here because there’s been so much going on, so I thought I’d post this – a snippet of me reading from The Blind Giant. Feel free to download it and share it around, that’s the idea. I should probably have tacked on an ident, but I didn’t – I’ll do that next time, but it feels kinda tacky, and this is a species of experiment. (i.e. if no one remotely cares, I probably won’t do much of it!
http://www.nickharkaway.com/2012/05/blind-giant-audio-snippet/
Blind people in 19th century Australia were barely seen, let alone heard. Now they have a public voice, and speak out forcibly on a range of issues- thanks to the vision and determination of a number of committed individuals.
Melbourne woman Tilly Aston founded the Association for the Advancement of the Blind in 1895. Unions for blind workers were formed from the 1920s. Helen Keller toured Australia in 1948 only to criticise the paternalism of the organisations of the day, following which partnership and empowerment emerged as guiding principles.
‘Hearing the Blind’ traces the changing attitudes and political activism of blind people in Australia.
Contributors include David Blyth, Nick Gleeson, Dorothy Hamilton, Reuban Ryan, Martin Stewart, Trudi Westh, Roy Hallett, Barry Palmer, Anna Fairclough and Dr Judy Buckrich. The programme also includes readings from the memoirs of Tilly Aston, and excerpts from recordings in the Vision Australia archives.
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1950: MIDNIGHT BLUES / THE RAVENS, SI TU T’IMAGINES / JULIETTE GRECO, CAMPANITAS DE LA ALBEA / EL COJO DE HUELVA Cubanismo Sidemen: PA QUE GOSEN / CUBANISMO, YORUBA SONG / MARACA, CUBA LINDA / ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ Shipwrecks: LES GOELANDS / DAMIA, GOD MOVES ON THE WATER / BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON, THREE SCORE AND TEN / THE WATERSONS http://podcasts.resonancefm.com/archives/5566
From http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/12/08/3087977.htm A simulated experience of being blind led designer Rob Caslick to create an innovative exhibition. After spending some time at the Milan Blind Institute where he experienced everyday life without vision, Rob Caslick made Lights for the Blind. According to the World Health Organisation, 90 per cent of the world’s 160 million blind people have some light perception. The exhibition uses small LED lights to illuminate quotes in Braille. Mr Caslick says the 16-panel display features anecdotes from members of the Australian blind community. "The idea for the exhibition is to start a bit of a case study to see if it’s worthwhile using LEDs in Braille, to make it easier for people to walk through a public space."
In the 1930’s, Durham’s economy was booming, thanks to the success of the tobacco industry. After long days at work, it was common for tobacco factory laborers to kick back to the sounds of Piedmont blues artists, who traveled to the area to express themselves in a unique musical style…and make some good money. The most popular was Fulton "Blind Boy Fuller" Allen, a young guitarist whose ragtime tunes and skillful finger-picking attracted huge crowds.
Blind Boy Fuller’s influence is reflected in the sounds of countless musicians, including the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones. Host Frank Stasio explores the artist’s life and legacy and the explosion of the Piedmont blues with Glenn Hinson, chair of UNC-CH’s Folklore Curriculum; Joe Newberry, public information officer for the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources; Tim Duffy, founder of the Music Maker Relief Foundation; and blues guitarist Boo Hanks.
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