Fascinating. Daniel Kish, President of World Access for the Blind, sends out sound waves by making fast clicking noises with his tongue, and then uses his hearing to navigate. The process, created by Daniel Kish, is called “Flash Sonar.”
Recently, Daniel Kish was interviewed by National Geographic Radio. Here is an audio interview with him. Well worth your time to listen; it is about 7 minutes long.
Valentine’s Day — a typical Tuesday in the Virginia Voice studios. We’ll see Simon, Pete, Nanette, Alan, John, Mike, Bob, Melissa, Gail, Gaye, Keri, Barbara, David, Rob, Tony - at least! There may be more. What would we do without you? There would be a whole lot of silence. There is no adequate way to say thank you to all the volunteers, readers, deliverers, and others, who make Virginia Voice possible on this day, as on every weekday, holiday, Saturday and Sunday. Happy Valentine’s Day to all — You’re the best!
David L. Robbins Virginia Voice “Writer’s Voice” interview, January 2012
April 13 – May 20 Barksdale Theatre presents local RVA best-selling author, David L Robbin’s compassionate thriller, Scorched Earth. David is a good friend of ours and we look forward to seeing the production.
In addition to the daily organized readings of current print publications, we at Virginia Voice pride ourselves on providing our listeners with feature programs that are designed to deliver both information and entertainment. Programs such as The Writer’s Voice and What’s Your Story strive to give listeners an entertaining half-hour interview. The Writer’s Voice series talks with local authors about their works, passions and struggles. Our What’s Your Story program explores the lives of ordinary and not-so-ordinary individuals in our Central Virginia Community. It is also our goal to provide informative interviews about services and resources available in our community. We call these interviews Face to Face. The Face to Face interviews may fit into a number of our scheduled programs and are often broadcast on Sunday afternoons.
In keeping with our tagline…Connect by Listening, Virginia Voice connects our listeners with people, events, resources, and opportunities in our community. These interviews are also available for anyone to listen to on our website.
Today we have posted three new programs:
Listen, connect and enjoy!
This person is a long time friend to Virginia Voice. I think the smile will give it away. Take a guess.
Estelle Blostein remembers the Great Depression, World War II and — most of all — the love story that was her 62-year marriage to Ted Blostein, a boy she had known for as long as she could remember. They met as infants when her mother and Ted’s mother used to push their baby strollers together through the park. What’s her secret to such a long and loving marriage? Find out on “What’s Your Story?” with Don Dale on the Virginia Voice, on our website. Radio listeners, this will be broadcast on Sunday, January 22, on The Sunday Special, 8:00 p.m., on the Virginia Voice.
“Individuals with disABILITIES: Let’s Start with Awareness” – this is the topic of the Oct ’11 discussion. Our Board Member Linda Broady-Myers is part of the discussion panel.
Start the Conversation: Focus on Disability Awareness from Community Idea Stations on Vimeo.
The new year brings hope, optimism, and the chance to start anew. As we embark on the beginning of another year, it is a great opportunity to set goals for ourselves and our lives.
POPPY SEED LOAF
As volunteer Lindsay Ryland mentioned in her VocalPoint post a few days ago, Poppy Seed Loaf is a holiday tradition at Virginia Voice. It began with volunteer, Lenore Powell many Christmases ago and is lovingly continued by our Program Director, Becky Emmett. Becky has once again baked this treat to share with our volunteer readers this weekend. Merry Christmas and thank you volunteers!
Ingredients
Virginia Voice Poppy Seed Loaf - December 2011
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1-1/2 tsp. salt
3 Tbls. poppy seeds (1/2 small can)
3 eggs
1-1/2 cup milk
1-1/8 cup oil
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 tsp. almond extract
1-1/2 tsp. butter extract
Instructions
1. Mix dry ingredients together in large bowl.
2. Add eggs, milk, oil & flavorings to above and mix well.
3. Bake in two or three well-greased loaf pans, 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ? for 45 – 55 min., 350F. (For gift giving, I double the recipe and use five loaf pans. No one has complained.)
4. Let loaves stand 10 minutes.
5. Remove from pan and glaze if desired.
GLAZE (optional) 1/4 cup orange juice 3/4 cup sugar 1-1/2 tsp. butter extract 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 tsp. almond extract Cook till sugar is dissolved. Drizzle slowly over warm cake.
- Lenore Powell, 1987, Virginia Voice Volunteer
Note from Becky: I quit using the glaze years ago – the bread is sweet enough all by itself and no one misses the glaze (except for the very thin and very active who can afford the extra calories). This bread freezes well. It’s great for breakfast, afternoon snack, dessert (especially when glazed), hostess gift, pot-luck suppers, whenever and whatever! Lenore called me from Arizona just before Christmas, 2005. She’d lost her recipe and Christmas was coming!
“…she doesn’t feel obliged to do things the same old way they’ve always been done.” Yep, that about sums it up!