July 1996 Edition - Access Press

Nicole On Self-Esteem Page 5

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"Ability is of little account without opportunity."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

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July 10, 1996

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On Friday, June 7th, over 2000 delegates and alternates converged on the St. Paul Civic Center to attend the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party state convention. Over the next three days the attendees would endorse Senator Paul Wellstone for a second

petition to add nine more disability rightsresolutionsto the current party resolutions so they could be voted on.

These resolutions were brought to us by Americans for Disability Rights MN.The resolutions were:

want to live in the community, rather than in institutions andlor nursing homes, to have access to comprehensive, adequate personal assistance1 TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibilities Act of 1982, signed into law by President Reagan).

Party support s legislation

Everyone agreed that these

which maintains and strengthens the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law

by President Bush in 1990;

issueswere very importantand set out to get the necessary signatures. Another subject we discussed was who wanted to run for a DFL delegate spot to the national conven*t in August to represent B&imemta and people with di&al*-nas,m Cardenas and (Shslrlb Smith all voiced an interest

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party platform, and elect delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago, coming up in August.

:rarg Jones. .-. . z & @ # I B ~ ~ The convention ~ . ~ started ~with P II tER ~ X mc - l t hI at I the s DFL delegate registration on Fri- Party supporti4 day afternoon. Each delegate which maintainsand stzmgtb was given a large folder of ens the Individual with Disinfinmation. h l d m g the abilities Education Act agenda for the next fewdays, (IDEA), signed into law by the rules of the convention President Fwd in 1975; and a b d e t containing the proposedresolutions. Therest RESOLVED, that the DFL of Friday was taken up by Party supportslegislation proelecting the partychair, Mark moting community based livAs a U.S. sen&or, would you tar can have a lot of impact in A n h , and the d e f party ing (as opposedtoinStitutions supportthe continued entitle- the areas of health care and 0fBCialswItowili run *parandlor nursing humes) for ment status of Medicaid ben- housing, not onlythrough leg- ty for the next two yeam. peaple v& disabilities; efits, and would you resist islation, but also through his changes to current eligibility oi her public statements, ad- Saturday morning the dele- RESOLVED, that the DFL guidelines that make it im- vocacy, a l l j a e - i U ~ .gates received the ballots for Party suppoits legislation possible for people with dis- fund-saising,d mwEy the resolutions. The m l u - which removes systemiehabilities to receive services askingRirbriefstatements on tions are brought up fKKnthe r i m that impair the ability of without impoverishing them- specific issues, we wanted to precinct caucuses to the Dis- peoplewith disabilitiestoseek encourage them to f m s on trict conventions and then to employment or re-employselves?"' their philosophies and -ideas the stateconvention.Ifpassed ment opportunities (such as The second question iead: . in these areas,rather than de- on the state level, they be- Social Security and public "Accessible housing is a ma- batiig the pros and cans of come the platform of the DFL assistance laws d regulajor issue for people with a individual pieces of legisla- party. In the late morning, tions); . disability. Presently, there are tion.

Senator Wellstone was enfew choices. You live in a cbyd unanimously by the RESOLVED, that the DFL high-rise apaftment in a high- All we did was ask the ques- delegates and he gave a rous- Party supports independent crimeneighMoodor, ifyou tions. It's up to you to hold ing and well-received speech, choice in the management of are able to afford it, you build these people accountable for after which the convention health care options for people whatthey said(ordidn't say!). erupted in a standing ovation with disabilities; your own housing. , Read their answers carefully, that lasted over ten minutes.

As a U.S. senator, would you and decide. which candidate RESOLVED, that the DFL supportincreased federal s u p you want to vote for. It might In the aftenioon, Mary Ellen Party supports accessible afport for the development of be a good idea to clip out their Tisdale made an announce- fordable housing choices and scattered-site,accessible,sub- answers'and review them just ment tiom the floor micro- options for pimple, with dissidized housing with three or before November 5th. phone calling for ameetingof abilities and their fiimilies; fqwer units per site?" the people with Disabilities Pages 3 and 4 contain their andTheirSupporterssub-cau- RESOLVED, that the DFL We asked the candidates to responses, We printed them cus. At that meeting approx- Party supports efforts that keep their responsesbri& and exactly &we received them. imately 25 people showed up. permit all Minnesotans with hot only for reasons of space. ' We discussed circulating a disabilities of all ages who Over a six-year tern, a S m -

Cllff Potis, George HaU, and Mary Ellen Bt &e DFL State Conwntiarr.

Senate 'Cand dates On The Issues a

This Month: Housing and Healtdr Cwe From now umil November's election, ACCESS PRESS, m conjunction with VOICES FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS (a Minnesota political action committee dedicated to expressing and advocating for the issues and conc~emsof. people with disabilities), will be posing monthly questions to themajor senate candidates.

We sent our fmt two questions to Senator Paul Wellstone, the DFL candidate; Dean Barkley, the Reform Party candidate; and to the five Republican candidates: Rudy Boschwitz, John Herman,Bert McKay, Monti Moreno, and Steve Young.

Our first question was this: "Dueto many factors such as high unemployment, work disincentives, existing condition riders, denial of coverage by private insurance companies, etc. - people with disabilities rely heavily on Medicaid benefits to receive their necessary health care.

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On Sunday, Mary Ellen Tidale asked firom %hef l b r microphone ifthe Chairoffhe convention would move to have a vote on our resolutions. The Chair granted her request and she read the resoRzhns. A vvote was taken by h dieb@tion and all of the" rewfu&&s passed overw h e l m ~ which , places them all into the party platform.

The next major piece of business was the election of 17atlarge delegatesto the national convention. Another ten delegates were to be elected in a special Party Leader Elected Official category.

For the selection process the delegates were told to gather into sub-caucuses. The People With Disabilities and Supporters had between .35 and 40 people in its sub-caucus out of about 990 delegates who were taking part in the process, or about 4 per cent.

Since any sub-caucus needs to have 15 per cent ofthe total DFL- cont. on p. 8

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Nicole On Self-Esteem Page 5

Karlins Center Opens -p. 2

"Ability is of little account without opportunity."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

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Access6 Press

rlolume 7, Number 07

SOURCES

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1 RESOURCES

July 10, 1996

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At The DFL Convention Disability Sub-caucus Makes A Difference

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I by Charlie Smith and Roger Fuller

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On Friday, June 7th, over 2000 delegates and alternates converged on the St. Paul Civic Center to attend the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party state convention. Over the next three days the attendees would endorse Senator Paul Wellstone for a second

petition to add nine more disability rightsresolutionsto the current party resolutions so they could be voted on.

These resolutions were brought to us by Americans for Disability Rights MN.The resolutions were:

want to live in the community, rather than in institutions andlor nursing homes, to have access to comprehensive, adequate personal assistance1 TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibilities Act of 1982, signed into law by President Reagan).

Party support s legislation

Everyone agreed that these

which maintains and strengthens the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law

by President Bush in 1990;

issueswere very importantand set out to get the necessary signatures. Another subject we discussed was who wanted to run for a DFL delegate spot to the national conven*t in August to represent B&imemta and people with di&al*-nas,m Cardenas and (Shslrlb Smith all voiced an interest

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party platform, and elect delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago, coming up in August.

:rarg Jones. .-. . z & @ # I B ~ ~ The convention ~ . ~ started ~with P II tER ~ X mc - l t hI at I the s DFL delegate registration on Fri- Party supporti4 day afternoon. Each delegate which maintainsand stzmgtb was given a large folder of ens the Individual with Disinfinmation. h l d m g the abilities Education Act agenda for the next fewdays, (IDEA), signed into law by the rules of the convention President Fwd in 1975; and a b d e t containing the proposedresolutions. Therest RESOLVED, that the DFL of Friday was taken up by Party supportslegislation proelecting the partychair, Mark moting community based livAs a U.S. sen&or, would you tar can have a lot of impact in A n h , and the d e f party ing (as opposedtoinStitutions supportthe continued entitle- the areas of health care and 0fBCialswItowili run *parandlor nursing humes) for ment status of Medicaid ben- housing, not onlythrough leg- ty for the next two yeam. peaple v& disabilities; efits, and would you resist islation, but also through his changes to current eligibility oi her public statements, ad- Saturday morning the dele- RESOLVED, that the DFL guidelines that make it im- vocacy, a l l j a e - i U ~ .gates received the ballots for Party suppoits legislation possible for people with dis- fund-saising,d mwEy the resolutions. The m l u - which removes systemiehabilities to receive services askingRirbriefstatements on tions are brought up fKKnthe r i m that impair the ability of without impoverishing them- specific issues, we wanted to precinct caucuses to the Dis- peoplewith disabilitiestoseek encourage them to f m s on trict conventions and then to employment or re-employselves?"' their philosophies and -ideas the stateconvention.Ifpassed ment opportunities (such as The second question iead: . in these areas,rather than de- on the state level, they be- Social Security and public "Accessible housing is a ma- batiig the pros and cans of come the platform of the DFL assistance laws d regulajor issue for people with a individual pieces of legisla- party. In the late morning, tions); . disability. Presently, there are tion.

Senator Wellstone was enfew choices. You live in a cbyd unanimously by the RESOLVED, that the DFL high-rise apaftment in a high- All we did was ask the ques- delegates and he gave a rous- Party supports independent crimeneighMoodor, ifyou tions. It's up to you to hold ing and well-received speech, choice in the management of are able to afford it, you build these people accountable for after which the convention health care options for people whatthey said(ordidn't say!). erupted in a standing ovation with disabilities; your own housing. , Read their answers carefully, that lasted over ten minutes.

As a U.S. senator, would you and decide. which candidate RESOLVED, that the DFL supportincreased federal s u p you want to vote for. It might In the aftenioon, Mary Ellen Party supports accessible afport for the development of be a good idea to clip out their Tisdale made an announce- fordable housing choices and scattered-site,accessible,sub- answers'and review them just ment tiom the floor micro- options for pimple, with dissidized housing with three or before November 5th. phone calling for ameetingof abilities and their fiimilies; fqwer units per site?" the people with Disabilities Pages 3 and 4 contain their andTheirSupporterssub-cau- RESOLVED, that the DFL We asked the candidates to responses, We printed them cus. At that meeting approx- Party supports efforts that keep their responsesbri& and exactly &we received them. imately 25 people showed up. permit all Minnesotans with hot only for reasons of space. ' We discussed circulating a disabilities of all ages who Over a six-year tern, a S m -

Cllff Potis, George HaU, and Mary Ellen Bt &e DFL State Conwntiarr.

Senate 'Cand dates On The Issues a

This Month: Housing and Healtdr Cwe From now umil November's election, ACCESS PRESS, m conjunction with VOICES FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS (a Minnesota political action committee dedicated to expressing and advocating for the issues and conc~emsof. people with disabilities), will be posing monthly questions to themajor senate candidates.

We sent our fmt two questions to Senator Paul Wellstone, the DFL candidate; Dean Barkley, the Reform Party candidate; and to the five Republican candidates: Rudy Boschwitz, John Herman,Bert McKay, Monti Moreno, and Steve Young.

Our first question was this: "Dueto many factors such as high unemployment, work disincentives, existing condition riders, denial of coverage by private insurance companies, etc. - people with disabilities rely heavily on Medicaid benefits to receive their necessary health care.

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On Sunday, Mary Ellen Tidale asked firom %hef l b r microphone ifthe Chairoffhe convention would move to have a vote on our resolutions. The Chair granted her request and she read the resoRzhns. A vvote was taken by h dieb@tion and all of the" rewfu&&s passed overw h e l m ~ which , places them all into the party platform.

The next major piece of business was the election of 17atlarge delegatesto the national convention. Another ten delegates were to be elected in a special Party Leader Elected Official category.

For the selection process the delegates were told to gather into sub-caucuses. The People With Disabilities and Supporters had between .35 and 40 people in its sub-caucus out of about 990 delegates who were taking part in the process, or about 4 per cent.

Since any sub-caucus needs to have 15 per cent ofthe total DFL- cont. on p. 8

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Ca-ndidates'Responses I IN BRIEF SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE, DFL

to help provide affordable scheduled to-go bankrupt in housing should include efforts 200 1. If this happens, nobody to promote independent living will be able to benefit.

Response to question I : among people with disabiliI have fought hard to stop the ties by increasing choices for Response to Question 2: effort to eliminate the federal accessiblehousingthroughout I do believe that the disabled entitlementstatus ofMedicaid our communities. deserve to live in the mainbenefits, including for Ameristream of our society and not cans with disabilities. More The Minnesota Public Hous- in isolated pockets as they do than 400,000 children, elder- ing Authority has offered Sec- now. I would support the conly, people with disabilitiesand tion 8 certificates for people cept of lower density housing others in Minnesota are cov- withdisabilities,allowingthem for the disabled and base the ered by Medicaid. We must to select housing in the mar- subsidy on the ability to pay. maintain a minimum federal ketplace to meet their needs. safety net in all 50 states for We can build on this step by those with great need and few encouraging the development RUDY BOSCHWITZ, ofmorevariedaccessiblehous- REPUBLICAN resources. ing. ~e responded to both quesI agree with the many members of the disability commutions as follows: "I believe strongly in preventnity who favor eliminating DEAN BARKLEY, ing discrimination against all current work disincentives in REFORM PARTY Americans,regardlessoftheir the Medicaid system. Health distinguishinggroup or backcare and Personal Care Atten- Response to Question 1: dant services should be avail- I recognize the dificulties of ground. I have a solid record able so people with disabili- the disabled community in of support for laws that aim to ties can work or operate busi- getting affordable health care assist people with disabilities nesses. In-home supports for coverage through the private on issues such as access to children with disabilities who sectorinsuranceplansand h l - public facilities, employer live at home must also be pro- ly supportthe continued avail- rights, and educational tected. ability ofhealth carecoverage opportunities. ~n 1990, I war throughtheexistingMedicaid proud to the I will support continuing fed- plan. When addressing the cans with Disabilities Act, and era1waivers so Minnesotacan budgetary problems facingour I have worked to maintain an maintain its standard of ser- nation and the need to reform effective Medicaid program.

Res.idents' Guide NOWAvailable on Audio Tape T h e City of Saint Paul SpringISummer 1996 Residents, Guide is now available on audio cassette, giving all visually impaired residents an opportunity to hear what's happening in their city. The tapes can be

checked out at all Saint Paul public libraries or at the CitiOfice, 70 City Hall.

provides information on construction projects in the city, summer activitiesand music in the parks, and information on locations ofvarious The Residents' Guide, pub- city services. For more inforlished twice annually by St. mation, call 266-8989.

Paul's Citizen Service Ofice,

Local children needing orthopaedic treatment will have an opportunity to beevaluated for free, exceptional care at the Shriners Hospital in Minneapolis during a free screening clinic at the hospital on Mon., July 22, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Families who are unable to attend the screening clinic can come to Shriners Hospitalon Tues., July23 from 8:00 a.m. to noon to complete an application and receive information about the hospital.

Medical staff, nurses and support staff from the Shriners Hospital-Twin CitiesUnitwill be on hand to evaluate children with problems of the bones, muscles orjoints. The hospital treats children from newborn to age I8 with orthopaedic conditions such as scoliosis, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, club feet, juvenile arthritis, hip deformities, missing limbs, rickets, or limb length discrepancies.

Laurence E. Johnson, hospital administrator, says that "Our goal is to assist children with correctable problems whose familieswouldfaceafinancial burden obtaining care elsewhere."

For more information about the clinic or transportation -=assistance, or to make an ap~ointment,contact Karen ,* Boyer at (612) 335-532 1.

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BERT MCKASY, REPUBLICAN

review any plantoprovide safe, up and fight for what is right. I affordable and accessible believe we must protect the housing for people with dis- handicapped, keep current Response lo Question I: abilities. He will continue to coverages in place, and also Medicaid costs are exploding. study the advantagesand actu- seek costcompetitive, careIn 1995, the federal govern- arialsoundnessoff~lsup- competitive solutions to pre-

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on Medicaid. The system is plagued by rising costs and inefficiencies. Since 1990, Medicaid has been the fastest

facing a chronic illness cou- word again! Each meditation

As an almost "sixty something" with a progressive dis- "Compassion" ease, this last year has been a Today I will not allow

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Also important is the encouragement of generous private s&or pmgr&s to help preforfuturedisabilityneeds.

We, as a nation, must plan ahead and structure the Med-

scattered site, accessible, sub- who need it. the ability tg pay as we go for sidized housing for the physivital health care needs. cally and mentally disabled I believe we need to keep handMr.McKasy would welcome icapped people in the public, Response to Quesrion 2: we should create a separate sector only for handicapped folks. I would support a housing initiative to give handicapped people an alternative option to high-rise, big city

MONTI MORENO,

provide medical assistance to tions asfollows: low-income individuals and I disagreewith the Republican familieswith greater flexibili- Big Tent Theory.

STEVE YOUNG, ty. Blockgrants will eliminate REPUBLICAN

people is to let the private sector meet the demand. The housing demandofthosewithout wealth can be stimulated withavoucherpro& sothat developers will build moreto meet the need. Before we augment housing stock in inner cities, crime must be brought under control, neighborhood schools improved and cornmunities given vitality with

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At times, the psalms offer me a respite, a hope, a source of consolation. One ofmy favorites is Psalm 139, vs. 1-18.

When I pray verse 14 - "I give you thanks that I'm wonderfully made; wondehl are your works," - I include the changes in my body due both to MS and aging. Some days it's difficult to call those changes wonderful.

Another helpful scripturepassage is Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3: 1-8. This one reminds me that aging is a natural process and that it is acceptable to cry at some of its parts, but not to et the laughter either. ntly;I came across the book Time to Become MyselfRejections on Growing Old-

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Katie knows what it's like to lie and sit on a bare floor for three weeks in solitary confmement in a State Hospital.

She knows, too, what it's like to walk the grounds of Fergus Falls Hospital as a volunteer to help others better understand what it really means to be in an institution. Although she was supposed to stay for six months for belligerent behavior, she was released after a month and a half While six months is arelativeIY short time to many people, this forty-one-year-old woman still has bad dreams of being locked up. Now, as vice president of Advocating ChangeTogether,Katiewants to See the words, "I'm S0lly" from the StateofMinnesotaas part of the Remembering with Dignity Project. Then her bad dreams may subside. Yet, the apology would be not only for herself, but for the thousands ofpeople that livedanddied in the State Hospitals.

ti@ him. Instead Gloria chose a cemetery in Anoka where she could select the plot and the marker for her husband.

Readers may recall this past legislativesession,whenthere was an initiative put forth by Senator Linda Berglin and Representative Betty McCollum. They proposed aresolution wherein the Legislature and Governor would declare a public apology to people who have been involuntarily committed to state institutions, acknowledging that it regrets the history of all that has taken place in the past.

While work is also going forward to raise money for restoration of 1,769 gravestones in three cemeteries, it should be noted that people with disabilities continue to be buried in these cemeteries. We can't help but wonder when the devaluing of human beings with Although this initiative was disabilities will stop so that not approved, ADVOCAT- their LIVES CAN GO ON. WG CHANGE TOGETHER, along with other consumer If you would like to help with groups, will try again next ses- the Remembering With Dignision to get it approved. ty project, you may contact Advocating Change Together In themeantime,Gloria'scom- at 64 1-0297.

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Since my last column, I've witnessed over 40 non-profit newsletters trying to explain this Internet thingie. Some are more and some less enlightened. No matter; it's not that I started the trend. Ijust tried to answer the same questions.

Now everyone seems to be doing some sort of Ipternet sing-a-long.

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So my original idea was to cover what people mean when they say, "Get ON the Net". A plan that seemed almost profound when I first conceived it. After several dozen others now doing pretty much the same thing, I'm feeling more than a little like a tiny caboose on a long, fast train.

-,,:It seems we're all supposed to ' get "on" the net - which *. sounds like we're about tomeet a trampoline or a horse. But beingUon"the net can actually be two somewhat diflkrent things. Logically,both involve just how you use the Internet, but an easier way to explain

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this requires we consider that technological marvel cornmonly known as the hot dog.

In every city where street vendors hawk their wares, there is inevitably one that sells hot dogs. Nbw, from the hot dog's point of view, there are only two kinds of people in the world: those who sell 'em and those who eat 'em. You can talk steam, barbecue or roast.

You can slather on mustard, ketchup and sauerkraut. But when it comes down to the final result you're either the guy servingdogs up or the one washingthem down with acold one at noon on a hot summer's day.

The net's basically the same.

You're either someone looking to buy information(orread or borrow or find) or someone selling information (or products or services or resources).

Being 'on" the net can mean you use the Internet to locate the things you want to see.' Or you use the Internet to display

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Dean's seizures became inPhysical / Occupational / Speech Therapies creasingly more difficult to control. So when it become PCA Provider Organization next to impossible for Gloria Medicare Certified / Medical Assistance to take care of him, Dean went Waivered Services / Private intoanursing home. They had something that you want 0th- been marriedeightyears when ers to be able to see. Either he died, thirteen years ago. way, you're "on" the net.

"He was a very gentle nian " 20 10 East Hennepin Avenue, Bldg. #5 So now you know. What you says Gloria. She wanted to Minneapolis, MN 554 13 may not see is that anyone can make sure that Dean would do both. For the moment, let's not be buried at a State Hospif&sonthose buying hot dogs tal with only a numberto iden- or, in net terms, what it HOUSING AND PERSONAL CARE SERVICES takes to "surfthe net". More precisely, we're talking the Accessible Space, Inc. (ASI) offers subsidized one and two bedroom ability to search and browse through the net because you apartments for individuals with physical disabilities. We have apartare (or want to be) an informament buildings in avariety of locations in Twin Cities Metropolitan area tion consumer.

How Do I Get On The Internet?

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mime of Remembering with Dignityisgoingfward. Their first order of business is to get the names released f h n the State. This will be done as soon as the names are published in the Faribault paper, the Minneapolis StarTribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press for three consecutive weeks.

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GUI, that is, something like Windows) and you'll also need amodem (higher speed ismuch better than slower, here) to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Finally, you'll needasmall collection ofhternet software.

What's the minimum you need to get on the Internet? Probably a 286 with 8 MB RAM, Power cont. on p. 6

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delegates to be able to participate in electing national delegates, we decided to merge with a sub-caucus called Livable Communities. The reason our subcauws merged with that particular caucus was that their issues are very similar to ours. They are committed to improving the cities, better transportation, im&MHBVid RiiiSfnk .- ana - .crime. They were also very concerned with disability issues.

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