Via Scott, Making Churches Accessible: Activist Asks Houses of Worship to Open Their Doors. I have to give NPR an Obfuscated Website award, though – their search feature seems to be hopeless. Even if you use the exact title and date of a story from their website, their search function won’t find it. Even if [...]

 

Be still my beating heart! Yesterday in Broomfield I discovered: The library has a drive-up book return. The Shamrock gas station at the corner of 287 and 10th Avenue has pumps with reachable call buttons and credit card reader things. Church of the Holy Comforter is almost entirely wheelchair accessible, including the choir loft, but [...]

Feb 232004
 

The immune response or the myelin deterioration? New Data Challenge Theories of Multiple Sclerosis

 

Attended a St. Martin’s Chamber Choir performance at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Denver last night. The programming was wonderful – settings of the Magnificat and other Marian hymns from Gregorian chant to the present day. Director Tim Krueger is an Anglican choirmaster, and he placed the pieces in the context of the Office, particularly [...]

Feb 222004
 

Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines Checklist For Buildings And Facilities

 

Twelve Tips for Finding an Accessible Hotel Room

Feb 222004
 

The new choir (well, half of it, anyway) provided the anthem at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boulder this morning. Trinity seems to be a very disability-friendly church – I counted 3 wheelchairs (including me), many elderly worshippers using various mobility devices, and several people using the audio enhancement system.

Feb 212004
 

It’s just like wheelchair dancing, except with less tripping and more bread. Here’s how I knead bread: I have a large bread board, about 14×24 inches. There’s a gap between my cupboard drawer front and the cabinet door front at about 27 inches above the floor (if I ever get the frameless cabinets I’m lusting [...]

 

New Scientist: Meet the people shaping the future of science The chair I’m sitting in now, which is one of our Whirlwind designs, weighs 12.5 kilograms and costs between $100 and $200, depending on where it is made. Compare that with a chair from a typical manufacturer in the west which weighs around 21 kilograms [...]

Feb 192004
 

I’m so pleased to see Rolling Rains online – navegar ? preciso.

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