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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>He beat me to it so read on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jw<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Dr. J. Webster Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>President, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>PO Box 458 Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>740-592-6326<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>“Changing what it means to be blind”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>For more information go to nfbohio.org<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> NBP President, Brian Mac Donald [mailto:contact@nbp.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> jwsmithnfb@frontier.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Celebrate Louis Braille<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Having trouble viewing this message? <a href="http://nbp.convio.net/site/R?i=qgRdQ6dw5OVwS5IWeLDnKw">Read it online.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt'><tr><td width=247 valign=top style='width:185.25pt;border:none;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=247 height=361 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCCB08.8813FD10" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Happy Birthday, Louis Braille!"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=400 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:300.0pt;border:none;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=195 height=41 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCCB08.8813FD10" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. NBP logo"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><i><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'>Celebrate the genius of braille...</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#333366'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#333366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td width=400 valign=top style='width:300.0pt;background:white;padding:7.5pt 4.5pt 7.5pt 4.5pt'><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Louis Braille, the creator of braille, was born on this day 203 years ago. Today, we celebrate Louis and his remarkable invention, which has remained the only equivalent to print for more than two centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please take a moment to recognize this important means of literacy for millions of blind people around the world. Help celebrate Louis and braille literacy by sending this card to your friends and family: <a href="http://nbp.convio.net/site/R?i=wTFtfQ_rkHTy8RD80uYRGA" title="Send this eCard">http://nbp.convio.net/site/R?i=PoJLvvF-TSQ2XfM6-KAZeA</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you would like to continue receiving messages like this which include additional information about NBP, update your email preferences at: <a href="http://nbp.convio.net/site/R?i=OJmoJrQ8aReOVt8myygYrw" title="Opt-in to NBP's Online Community">http://nbp.convio.net/site/R?i=H_-iRxgHiodcG1NG8aA2iA</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wishing you the very best in the New Year,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=162 height=39 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCCB08.8813FD10" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Brian A. Mac Donald"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Brian A. Mac Donald, President<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#333366;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CCCB08.8813FD10" alt="Description: Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#333366'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-right:solid #CECECE 1.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://nbp.convio.net/site/R?i=GeTC8Lh-HPCu4FgKbVCyUQ" title=""Louis Braille eCard" t "><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=146 height=40 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CCCB08.8813FD10" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. 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