It's an Alicia's In The Spotlight Saturday on Blind Cafe
Julie Parker
Good Morning Members, it’s AnAlicia's In The Spotlight Saturday on Blind Café!
“We hope you enjoy your day on Blind Café”
*Thanks to all our hosts and hostesses who work very hard to entertain our members.
Date: February 15th, 2014:
****On the Menu every day is for our new members as it has instructions on how to subscribe to our chat list and Menu. Also it gives a description of what can be found in a room by hitting F6. All other members can skip this section and go down to our Senior Menu to find a quick guide to today’s events. Our next section The Classic Menu gives a description of how our games are played. Finally our Dessert Menu is at the bottom of the page and is filled with articles from our members.
*BLIND CAFÉ’S Menu Favorites on the Menu every day:
*Check out our recipe on today’s menu in the Bistro, if you have a recipe that you would like to submit, please send it to ju...@blindcafe.net
*Located at the bottom of the menu you will find our Members Corner. Here we post Tid bits about Medical updates, Financial News, Today in history, zilch replays, Jokes, and other interesting articles sent in by our members.
. If you would like to submit an article please send it to ju...@blindcafe.net
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*Blind Café recommends Cavi courses.
If you are interested in any
Cavi courses you can visit:
www.cavitraining.com
or if you have any questions for
Monica you can e mail her at:
mon...@ciscovision.org
*Mystery Theatre. Press F6 and listen to one of our very own produced mini who dun nit plays, starring our very own Blind Café Members.
*Press F6 in our Faith Chapel and listen to one of Pastor Jonathon or Pastor Volly Nelson’s Sermons.
*The Pirate’s Cove. Press F6 and sail away to the Islands with Jimmy Buffet.
*Laughing Leprechaun. Enjoy some luck of the Irish by pressing F6 in this room!
*Gadget’s Tech Room. Hit F6 and hear instructions on how to use I Phone Ap’s.
*I didn’t know that learning Centre. Hit F6 and listen to our learning tutorials.
*Café Premier Events Room. Sit back, hit F6 and get ready to listen to our full length, hilariously funny Christmas play that our Blind Café members acted in. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”
* Blind Café’s 2013, Murder in the Café Manor Halloween Horror Production by Julie P and Patti Woodworth
*Our 2013 Café Expresso Christmas Play, starring Willie and Jeannie Wilson as Santa and Mrs. Claus. See how our members turned into rogue toys and elves. Laugh along as poor Sweet P gets hit with the white stuff that she hates so much and last but not least, see how Lorraine runs Grandma over with the reindeer. For some reason Confetti and crew seem to have a hard time with getting Willie off the ground. Written and Produced by Julie Parker and Patti Woodworth, it’s definitely a must to listen to.
*T.V Land. Kick back, put your feet up, relax on one of our comfortable couches, hit f 6 and watch one of our old time classic T.V shows such as Alf
All in the family
Andy Griffith
Bonanza
Brady Bunch
Dragnet
Gilligan’s island
Green acres
Highway to Heaven
Jefferson’s
Leave it to beaver
Little house on the prairie
Mash
Mork and Mindy
Mr. Ed
The Munsters
The Walton’s
W.K.R.P in Cincinnati
We have more shows coming soon.
*The Café Comedy Lounge. Hit F6 and get ready for some great comedians like Jeff Dunham, Roy D Mercer, Bill Cosby, James Gregory, Rodney Carrington’s songs, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Cosby, Jeanne Roberson, He Haw episodes and our very own John Harris and Willie in the Copper Clapper! Enjoy a great laugh whenever you want to get happy!
*Movies, Movies, Movies:
We have over 600 described movies for your enjoyment. Come in to Willie’s cinema and watch the movie of your choice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Press F6 from the main room window, and choose the movie you would like to play. Happy movie watching, and don’t forget to bring the popcorn.
*BLIND CAFÉ’S Senior Menu:
** 1 pm Join Neva for Farkle in the winners Circle!
2:30pm Join Neva in the Winners Circle for a fun game of Apples to Apples.
4 pm join your host Matt for an afternoon game of Uno in the winners Circle!
6pm Martial Arts Presentation in the I didn’t know that Room:
Enjoy an hours Presentation of Judo and Martial Arts given by Robert Simpson a Martial Arts expert.
7pm In the spotlight with Alicia and her guest this month, Robert Simpson Morrison aka Judo Dude! Join Alicia and her guest in On Broadway.
*8:30pm on Broadway. Join your host Marsha for our Valentine’s Special Talent Show and listen to our members perform their Auction songs.
10:30pm join your host Trevor and his computer Madame Guillotine for a game of Zilch. Watch out for the Madame though! You never quite know what mood she is going to be in!
After Zilch: Join everyone in the Café after Dark for friendly Chat.
***BLIND CAFÉ’S New Events Menu:
New Event:
Our Bowling League will start Monday night at 9pm. If you wish to sign up, please contact Terry or Lorraine and let them know your team name. You will have to purchase the Ten Pin Bowling Alley Game at the address below.
If you click on the link for windows it will take you to a page for audio games.
There is a $150 Gift Card to be split between the winners. For more details see Terry or Lorraine.
Team Names So Far:
Choc a Holics Terra and Kathy
Tornado Alley Patti and Soo Keea
Cool Breezer’s Geoff and Julie
Dragon Strike Force Terry and Cheryl
Stitches and Witches Lorraine and Tiffany
The California Crew Gerald and Kim
******BLIND CAFÉ’S Classic Menu includes times and explanation of games, please read below. All times are Eastern Standard:
7 am The Donut and Coffee Shop opens:
Join our breakfast club and find out about world events and what the weather is like in each others neck of the woods. If you are an early riser you will find one of us lingering around our freshly brewed coffee. If you like to dunk your donut, you had better grab one quick before Willie eats them all!
11:30 am the Bistro Opens Sponsored by Chris Spencer:
Share your lunch hour with us. Come by and chat while we serve you a freshly made sandwich, croissant or French pastry. Fresh on the Menu today. Sent in by Peaches.
Frosted Apple Brownies
1/2 cup
shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2
teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup finely
chopped apples
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Cream shortening and gradually add
sugar, beating well at medium speed. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each
addition. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Gradually add to
creamed mixture. Fold in apples and pecans. Pour batter into a greased 15 by 10
by 1 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Spread with Cream Cheese
Frosting (see below) while warm. Cool before cutting.
Cream Cheese
Frosting
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
1
1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped
pecans
Cream butter and cream cheese, add powdered sugar, beating until light
and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and pecans.
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The 4 Ingredient
Cookbook:
Vegetables
Squash Casserole
6 medium yellow squash,
sliced
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup Velveeta cheese, cut in 1/2 inch
cubes
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
Boil squash and onion until
tender. Drain well and mix with cheese and chilies. Pour into buttered baking
dish. Bake 15 minutes at 375 degrees.
Makes 6 to 8
servings.
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1pm Farkle in the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join Neva for a nifty game of Farkle! The winner will be entered into our Year End Tournament. Let’s see who is the best Farkaler on Blind Café! It might be you!
2:30pm Apples to Apples in the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join your host Neva for a fun game of Apples to Apples. Match a quirky answer to a serious definition.
4 pm Uno in the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join your host Sue Ellen for an afternoon game of Uno.
6pm Martial Arts Presentation in I didn’t know that Room:
Here’s what Robert has to say! I always love to
talk about martial arts.
But tips like leaving a light and a radio on when
you leave your house or
apartment, how ladies should carry their purses,
walking confidently knowing
where you are walking, hundreds and hundreds of
tips and tricks that will
keep you safer in everyday life.
You don't have
to be Scared going out and about. Get out enjoy life
I Started Judo
in 1992.
I am a Former Member of a World Blind Judo team.
1998.
International competitor Japan, Brought home team silver for USA.
Currently holds:
A
2nd degree black belt in Hanbo-jitsu.
A 3rd. degree black belt Judo.
A 4th
degree Black belt small circle ju-jitsu.
A 4th degree Black belt in
traditional ju-jitsu.
A Blue belt in BJJ. Brazilian Ju-jitsu.
A USA Judo
state certified coach.
I have been in the martial arts now for the past 21
years.
I have many medals and trophies.
As a legally blind person I
discovered Judo and fell in love with it. I went
beyond learning
self-defense, and made it a way of life.
I want to share what I learned with
you!
Robert Simpson-Morrison.
Dude.
7pm In the Spotlight with Alicia In On Broadway. Sponsored by Willie:
Join Alicia and her guest this month, Robert Simpson Morrison aka Judo Dude!
8:30pm on Broadway:
Join your host Marsha and our Blind Café Members in the On Broadway Lounge for a true showcase of talent. Listen to the Café’s best as they sing and play instruments and even read poetry, or just come on in and be a part of the audience and enjoy their talent.
10:30 pm Zilch out room Sponsored by Patti W:
Join your host Trevor and his computer Madame Guillotine for a round of everybody’s favorite addiction, Zilch. All you need to know about this game is, don’t Zilch out.
11 pm Café after Dark opens sponsored by Terra Lee:
Anyone for a late night chat? Let’s see who can stay awake the longest. If we survive until 7am we can always go down to the Donut and coffee shop and join the breakfast club. Where they meet every day.
*******What’s for Dessert in the Members Corner:
*Tiffany’s Interesting Food facts about today:
February 15
National Gumdrop
Day
National Chewing Gum Day
**Thought of the day:
Thanks Sharon for the thought of the day.
> I don't think that was real Escargot. After I ate it, I felt sluggish.
*** Joke of the day:
> WORST THINGS TO SAY ON A FIRST DATE
>
> ~ I know we just met and this might seem a little sudden ... but could
I borrow five hundred dollars?
>
> ~ Go ahead and Super Size - I
found spare change in the sofa today.
>
> ~ I don't see my
ex-girlfriend that much ... thanks to the U.S. Department of Justice.
>
> ~ I had a good time tonight. I'd love to see you again in six to eight
months with good behavior.
>
> ~ I really don't like this
restaurant that much, but I wanted to use this 2-for-1 coupon before it expired.
>
> ~ People say I remind them of Eddie Haskell.
>
Of Course! Boom Boom! Hahahahahahahaha
****NFB sent in by Alan:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Chris
Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the
Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281
(Cell)
Cdani...@nfb.rg
National Federation of the Blind Commends
President Obama for Executive
Order on Wages
Order Ensures Economic
Mobility for Federal Contract Employees with
Disabilities
Baltimore,
Maryland (February 12, 2014): The National Federation of the
Blind (NFB)
commented today on President Obama's executive order requiring a
wage floor
of $10.10 for individuals employed under all new federal
contracts,
including workers with disabilities who are currently excluded
from minimum
wage protections under special certificate programs.
Dr. Marc Maurer,
President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
"President Obama's
courageous action today is a tremendous victory for
federal contract workers
with disabilities, and we wholeheartedly applaud
the spectacular step
forward that this new executive order represents. The
National
Federation of the Blind commends President Obama for recognizing
the value
of workers with disabilities and ensuring that these workers can
take
advantage of the same opportunity for economic mobility as their
nondisabled
co-workers. We urge Congress to finish the work that President
Obama
has begun by passing the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act
(H.R.
831) to ensure that all workers with disabilities, not just those
working
under federal contracts, will no longer be subjected to the
antiquated and
discriminatory practice of being paid less than the federal
minimum
wage."
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About the National Federation of the Blind
The National
Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the oldest, largest, and most
influential
nationwide membership organization of blind people in the United
States. Founded in 1940, the NFB advocates for the civil rights and
equality of blind Americans, and develops innovative education, technology,
and training programs to provide the blind and those who are losing vision
with the tools they need to become independent and
successful.
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*****Valentine’s Facts sent in by Terry:
Nothing is reliably known of St.
Valentine except his name and the fact that he died on February 14 in Rome. His
story, though, has become the paradigm for the tradition of courtly love.
Today's Random
Fact:
There are several legends behind Saint Valentine.
One is that in the 1st century AD it is said that Valentine, who was a priest,
defied the order of the emperor Claudius and secretly married couples so that
the husbands wouldn't have to go to war. Soldiers were sparse at this time so
this was a big inconvenience to the emperor.
Another legend is that
Valentine refused to sacrifice to pagan gods. Being imprisoned for this,
Valentine gave his testimony in prison and through his prayers healed the
jailer's daughter who was suffering from blindness. On the day of his execution
he left her a note that was signed "Your
Valentine."
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Bonus Fact:
On February 14,
1929, seven members of the North Side Gang in Chicago, plus gang collaborators
Reinhardt H. Schwimmer and John May, were lined up against the rear inside wall
of a garage and executed as part of a Prohibition-era conflict. This brutal gang
murder became known as the Saint Valentine's Day
Massacre
*****Today in history by Alan Dicey:
TODAY IN HISTORY, Today is Friday,
February 14, the 45th day of 2014.
There are 320 days left in the
year. This is Valentine's Day.
Today's Highlight in History:
On
February 14, 1924, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. Of New
York was formally renamed International Business Machines Corp., or
IBM.
On this date: In 1014, Henry II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome
by
Pope Benedict VIII.
On this date in 1778, the American ship Ranger
carried the recently adopted
Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the
first time as it arrived in
France.
On this date in 1859,
Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.
On this date in 1895,
Oscar Wilde's final play, "The Importance of Being
Earnest", opened at the
Saint James's Theatre in London.
On this date in 1903, the Department of
Commerce and Labor was established.
(It was divided into separate
departments of Commerce and Labor in 1913.)
On this date in 1912, Arizona
became the 48th state of the Union as
President William Howard Taft signed a
proclamation.
On this date in 1929, the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" took
place in a
Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned
down.
On this date in 1949, Israel's Knesset convened for the first
time.
On this date in 1963, Federico Fellini's art-house classic "8" was
first
released in Italy.
On this date in 1979, Adolph Dubs,
the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan was
kidnapped in Kabul by Muslim
extremists and killed in a shootout between his
abductors and police.
On
this date In 1984, 6-year-old Stormie Jones became the world's first
heart-liver transplant recipient at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (she
lived until November 1990).
Also, on this date in 1984, Jayne Torvill and
Christopher Dean of Britain
won the gold medal in ice dancing at the
Sarajevo Olympics.
On this date in 1989, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini called on
Muslims to kill
Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses," a novel
condemned as
blasphemous.
Ten years ago:
Guerrillas overwhelmed a
police station west of Baghdad, killing 23 people
and freeing dozens of
prisoners.
Twenty-eight people were killed when the glass-and-concrete roof
of an
indoor water park in Moscow collapsed.
Five years ago:
Savoring
his first big victory in Congress, President Barack Obama used his
weekly
radio and Internet address to celebrate the just-passed $787 billion
economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery.
Jazz
drummer Louie Bellson, who'd performed with Duke Ellington and his late
wife, Pearl Bailey, died in Los Angeles at age 84.
Publisher Alfred
A. Knopf Jr., 90, died in New York.
One year ago:
Paralympics
superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged with murdering his
girlfriend at his
home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life
of a national hero
known as the "Blade Runner" for his high-tech artificial
legs.
Billionaire Warren Buffett agreed to buy H.J. Heinz Co.
for $23.3 billion
in the richest deal ever in the food industry.
American
Airlines and US Airways announced an $11 billion merger that turned
American
into the world's biggest airline.
Today's Birthdays:
TV personality Hugh
Downs is 93.
Actress-singer Florence Henderson is 80.
Actor Andrew Prine
is 78.
Country singer Razzy Bailey is 75.
Former New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg is 72.
Jazz musician Maceo Parker is 71.
Movie director
Alan Parker is 70.
Journalist Carl Bernstein is 70.
Former Senator Judd
Gregg, R-N.H., is 67.
TV personality Pat O'Brien is 66.
Magician Teller
(Penn and Teller) is 66.
Cajun singer-musician Michael Doucet (doo-SAY')
(Beausoleil) is 63.
Actor Ken Wahl is 57.
Opera singer Renee Fleming is
55.
Actress Meg Tilly is 54.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly is
54.
Singer-producer Dwayne Wiggins is 53.
Actor Enrico Colantoni is
51.
Actor Zach Galligan is 50.
Actor Valente Rodriguez is 50.
Rock
musician Ricky Wolking (The Nixons) is 48.
Tennis player Manuela Maleeva is
47.
Actor Simon Pegg is 44.
Rock musician Kevin Baldes (Lit) is
42.
Rock singer Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) is 42.
Actor Matt Barr is
30.
Actor Jake Lacy is 28.
Actress Tiffany Thornton is 28.
Actor
Freddie Highmore is 22.
Thought for Today:
"Age is strictly a case of mind
over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't
matter. "
Jack
Benny (born this date in 1894, died in 1974).
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