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<LI><A title="What's New" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=84SPsSLBASkUKAJ5dxwB1A..#New" target=_blank>What’s New</A></LI>
<LI><A title=Education href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=84SPsSLBASkUKAJ5dxwB1A..#Education" target=_blank>Education</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Braille " href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=84SPsSLBASkUKAJ5dxwB1A..#Braille" target=_blank>Braille Initiative</A></LI>
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<LI><A title="Straight Talk About Vision Loss" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=84SPsSLBASkUKAJ5dxwB1A..#StraightTalk" target=_blank>Straight Talk About Vision Loss</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Access technology" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=84SPsSLBASkUKAJ5dxwB1A..#Technology" target=_blank>Product and Access Technology Talk</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Jacobus tenBroek Library" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=84SPsSLBASkUKAJ5dxwB1A..#Library" target=_blank>From the tenBroek Library</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Independence Market" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=84SPsSLBASkUKAJ5dxwB1A..#Independence" target=_blank>Independence Market</A></LI>
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Those who find significance in numbers find powerful value in the number 11. The number 11 is said to signify, among other things, vision, invention, and fulfillment. Whether or not you find any interest in numerology, you had to find synergy between this perspective of the number 11 and the year ahead for the National Federation of the Blind.<br>
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On January 5, we started the year by celebrating the vision of the NFB when President Obama signed into law the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act. The NFB began raising concerns about the dangers posed by silent vehicles roughly eight years ago. It took some time for our vision of a world friendly to both pedestrians and more-energy-efficient vehicles to get the attention of policymakers. After years of work, our vision has been signed into law and is also being considered in international policy discussions.<br>
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On January 29, we will see the first public demonstration of our most recent efforts at invention. The <A title="Link to Blind Driver Challenge TM site" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=tH0stZwDCpzHapYNvlucTg.." target=_blank>Blind Driver Challenge</A></STRONG>™<STRONG> represents an inventive spirit that will advance our mission to push both the horizon of independence for and shatter misconceptions about the capacity of the blind. I hope you will be on hand for our historic demonstration in Daytona.<br>
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Finally, what could be more fulfilling than the tremendous work ahead for the Federation this year? This work includes educational programs, new employment opportunities, and expanded outreach to newly blind individuals in each of our fifty-two affiliates. The scope and reach of the Federation is broader and deeper than ever before. The fulfillment is observed in the lives of thousands of blind people who are positively impacted by the work of the Federation on a daily basis.<br>
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Whether or not you believe in the symbology of numbers, you cannot help but find meaning in the plans for the National Federation of the Blind in 2011. I hope that you will resolve yourself to be more engaged in the fulfilling work we are carrying out across the country. <br>
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<H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class=subheading>Last Call for the NFB Blind Driver Challenge™</H4>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">The official start time for our NFB Blind Driver Challenge™ demonstration has been set for 11:30 a.m. on January 29, 2011, at the Daytona International Speedway, preceding the Rolex 24 at Daytona. This will be an historic exhibition of a blind person using innovative nonvisual access technology to perform a task most people thought impossible—independently driving an automobile. The foundation of many misperceptions about blind people and blindness will be shaken. If you plan to be in the NFB grandstands to watch the first demonstration of a blind person independently driving a car, please e-mail us right away at <A title="Link to e-mail Blind Driver Challenge TM" href="mailto:bdc@nfb.org">bdc@nfb.org</A>, or call Kristian Kuhnke at (410) 659-9314, ext. 2219. <br>
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You can obtain more information about the NFB Blind Driver Challenge™, Rolex 24 at Daytona tickets, and discounted lodging, by visiting <A title="Link to Blind Driver Challenge TM site" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=HhtQgLrOx53wV3Rc_n9ANA.." target=_blank>www.blinddriverchallenge.org</A> and reading the article “<A title="Link to Blind Driver Challenge TM article" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=BOVBICpYG7mmfg7H8pufSA.." target=_blank>Planning to Make History in Daytona</A>” in the December <EM>Braille Monitor</EM>. Hope to see you in Daytona!</div>
<H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class=subheading>National Federation of the Blind and eBay Partner to Increase eCommerce Job Opportunities</H4>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">The NFB/eBay Entrepreneur Project is looking for serious entrepreneurs who want to create new eBay businesses or expand existing businesses to include eBay selling. We will offer successful applicants eBay training and connect them with experienced blind business people and other experts who will provide assistance in specific areas, such as business planning, development, and working with accessible accounting software.<br>
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Individuals chosen for the Business Start-Up Pilot will take part in an intensive training program at the NFB Jernigan Institute in Baltimore. They will receive transportation, lodging, training classes, accessible training materials, and ongoing mentorship support. The deadline to apply for this training is January 15, 2011.<br>
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If running your own eBay business appeals to you, please write to <A title="Link to e-mail about eBay program" href="mailto:entrepreneurs@nfb.org">entrepreneurs@nfb.org</A> or call Mary Ellen Gabias at (410) 878-2660. For further details, go to the article “<A title="Link to eBay article in Braille Monitor" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=ZzncuIugD6xMsFNa7O_NCg.." target=_blank>Training Our Way to Business Opportunities</A>” by Mary Ellen Gabias in the December <EM>Braille Monitor</EM>.<br>
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<H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class=subheading>2011 NFB Leadership and Advocacy in Washington, D.C.</H4>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Blind middle school students ages 12-16 have an exciting opportunity to come to the NFB to participate in the <A title="Link to LAW program" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=wU3hiGGK4ruVFnsm1CkCMg.." target=_blank>NFB Leadership and Advocacy in Washington, D.C.</A>, (LAW) program on April 8-12, 2011. Students will learn about the importance of collective action, blindness legislation, and the history of the organized blind movement first hand. <A title="Link to LAW program application" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=q6gOF0Y7JNGWSL1NnhBauw.." target=_blank>Applications</A> are available online. The deadline to submit applications is February 1, 2011.<br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">The NFB administers the Onkyo Braille Essay Contest in the U.S. on behalf of the North American/Caribbean Region of the World Blind Union. The essay contest, sponsored by Onkyo Corporation, a Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer, and the <EM>Braille Mainichi</EM>, part of the Mainichi Newspaper Company in Japan, was created to promote Braille literacy and to encourage the sharing of social and cultural information among blind and visually impaired persons. <br>
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Essays are required to be written in Braille and to pertain either to how the individual gains knowledge or independence through Braille or to an individual concept about world peace from the viewpoint of persons with disabilities. There are two groups of competitors: a junior category for persons up to age twenty-five and a senior category for persons over age twenty-six. Each winner receives a substantial cash prize, a plaque, and other gifts from the Onkyo Corporation. See the full list of 2010 Onkyo Braille Essay Contest winners contained in NFB’s <A title="Link to Onkyo press release " href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=N_G2pjlC4ewXDIYydVS-qQ.." target=_blank>press release</A> on the competition. </div>
<H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class=subheading>The 2011 NFB Writing Contest is Coming Soon!</H4>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">The annual writing contest sponsored by the Writers’ Division of the NFB is open through April 1. Adults eighteen years and over compete in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction categories. The youth contest is all about Braille—all poetry and fiction entries are required to be submitted in Braille. Youth are divided into three groups: first through sixth grades, seventh and eighth grades, and ninth through twelfth grades.<br>
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Prizes for contest winners range up to $100 for adult categories and up to $25 for youth categories.<br>
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For additional contest details and submission guidelines, go to the <A title="Link to Writers' Division site" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=UoUx61KhKtnUN8Wi0H94eg.." target=_blank>Writers’ Division Web site</A>.</div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate both passed the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, and they sent it on its way to the White House, where President Obama signed it. The law will ensure that blind people and other pedestrians can travel safely because they will be able to hear “quiet cars” approaching. The Associated Press reported on the bill’s success in the article “<A title="Link to AP article " href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=Nrxkw0VH81zV2bFrxmDBuw.." target=_blank>Congress: Hybrid cars should be seen AND heard</A>.” For more information, see NFB’s <A title="Link to press release on President signing bill" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=nYGB9elInnx1rcZdjv5v4A.." target=_blank>press release</A>. </div>
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The Jernigan Institute invites <EM>Straight Talk</EM> viewers to enjoy <A title="Link to VT December 2010 album" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=pGCphGA1tlp4HJtvSY3zfQ.." target=_blank>photos taken at Virginia International Raceway</A> in December of Blind Driver Challenge</SPAN>™ <SPAN class=c22>vehicle testing. Found on their Facebook page, Virginia Tech entitles the album “</SPAN><SPAN class=c22>Members of the National Federation of the Blind joined faculty and students from Virginia Tech College of Engineering and employees of partner TORC Technologies to test drive the new BDC vehicle.” </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #993366"><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=c22><br>
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<div class=c30>The Access Technology team looks forward to an action-packed 2011. As usual, the new year starts with the <A title="Link to Consumer Electronics Show site" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=g3uDbUvaCi0zVlR2L_7fEw.." target=_blank>Consumer Electronics Show</A> in Las Vegas, which is sure to bring some exciting new electronics to the fore. <br>
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In March, the team will present at the <A title="Link to CSUN site" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=cOQtO8YCDBNDbUfB4DKt1A.." target=_blank>26th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN)</A> in San Diego. The team will cover the following topics: the use of social networks by the blind, tactile graphics, and comparing notetakers and mainstream alternatives. CSUN is always a great place to learn about new technology and exchange ideas with others in access technology.<br>
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For reports from the Consumer Electronics Show floor and a post on the <A title="Link to Book Port blog entry" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=351heHoL4psilJm2iKCFQA.." target=_blank>Book Port Plus</A>, go to the NFB Jernigan Institute’s <A title="Link to Access Technology Blog" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=gocrplXx1B-UlonxwW_bPQ.." target=_blank>Access Technology Blog</A>. We promise to continue to share our technological discoveries with you in 2011 as we did in 2010.<br>
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The <A title="Link to tenBroek Library Web page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=UNfir2hcjMF0_YP9tONouQ.." target=_blank>tenBroek Library</A> has enhanced its usefulness to those unable to visit us in Baltimore or who use screen readers. In the November <EM>Imagineering</EM> we announced that the Internet Archive had scanned all issues of the <EM>Braille Monitor</EM> back to 1957. Clean files are now being mounted on the <A title="Link to Braille Monitor online access" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=0p9yW8Jt9fTpsUfWwK_Mzw.." target=_blank>NFB Web site</A>; and we will continue to clean and add issues until the entire run is available.<br>
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We’ve also been making headway in creating links from records in <A title="Link to the BLIND CAT" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=aLnp79nbKkqRM4ujjLpNOw.." target=_blank>THE BLIND CAT</A> to digital files. Search for your favorite Kernel Book, or banquet speech; they’re all there! Look also for other files that reside on the NFB Web site, such as NFB Vice President Fred Schroeder’s doctoral dissertation. <br>
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Sometimes we link to publishers’ Web sites, especially when a periodical is available at no cost online. (Unfortunately some issues are only available in inaccessible PDF format. If you encounter an inaccessible file that you need to see, please <A title="Link to write to tenBroek Library" href="mailto:jtblibrary@nfb.org">let us know</A>, and we’ll try to help.) Try looking for each of these on <A title="Link to the BLIND CAT" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=df8bjim65koLJAFCH0KWtA.." target=_blank>THE BLIND CAT</A> link:</div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">And, just before Christmas we sent a shipment of eighty books to the Internet Archive for scanning. Links to the new files will appear in <A title="Link to the BLIND CAT" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=T0h7T4mRIpJNsh_addfczw.." target=_blank>THE BLIND CAT</A> within a month or two. <br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Mathematician Dr. Al Maneki moderated a panel on access to mathematics classes by blind students at the 2010 National Convention. He wrote about it in “<A title="Link to math article" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=yPfGJPIa_-E5rlT02ilKgg.." target=_blank>I Survived Math Class</A>” in the <EM>Future Reflections</EM> 2010 convention issue. Al says that the response to the panel was enthusiastic, but it raised a number of unanswered questions. He realized how little is actually known about how blind people handle the many challenges of math. With the help of the Jernigan Institute, Dr. Maneki has compiled a series of <A title="Link to math Braille survey information" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=Xn99_6xrR0VE9JvIe4eX0w.." target=_blank>survey questions</A> to help us learn more. Please consider participating in this survey designed to gather information on handling math in Braille. Al Maneki can be contacted at <A title="Link to e-mail Dr. Al Maneki" href="mailto:apmaneki@earthlink.net">apmaneki@earthlink.net</A>, (443) 745-9274, or 9013 Nelson Way, Columbia, Maryland 21045<br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">One of the purposes of the <EM><A title="Link to Imagination Fund site" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=OcHjrZG_2cFjvBLCAIV8Zw.." target=_blank>Imagination Fund</A></EM> is to support the innovative, informative, and inspiring programs of the affiliates and divisions of the National Federation of the Blind through <EM>Imagination Fund</EM> grants. The Florida Organization of Parents of Blind Children (FOPBC) applied for and was awarded an <EM>Imagination Fund</EM> grant for a program they developed called “Adventures in Blind Optimism.” It gives parents and blind children the opportunity to network, socialize, interact, and participate in educational workshops on Saturdays throughout the year. <br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><STRONG>January 1, 2011 </STRONG> Room reservations open for <A title="Link to 2011 National Convention information" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=Fi3quDgoTgJYsWBbIm9gQw.." target=_blank>2011 National Convention</A>. Call (866) 996-6338 <br>
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<STRONG>January 4, 2011</STRONG> Louis Braille’s birthday; <A title="Link to BRAL contest overview" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=_qIhpoBpATSBUbFqSc6zrg.." target=_blank>Braille Readers Are Leaders</A> contest reading period ends<br>
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<STRONG>January 15, 2011</STRONG> Deadline to apply for NFB/eBay Entrepreneur Project training. Contact <A title="Link to e-mail about eBay program" href="mailto:entrepreneurs@nfb.org">Mary Ellen Gabias</A> or read “<A title="Link to eBay training article" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=kQPEww2Zq4-fQbGnUx04Nw.." target=_blank>Training Our Way to Business Opportunities</A>,” December <EM>Braille Monitor</EM><br>
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<STRONG>January 22, 2011</STRONG> Deadline to make room reservations for <A title="Link to Washington Seminar page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=LKHP_vRMXD-bEmAp8gb0gg.." target=_blank>Washington Seminar</A>. Do not contact the hotel; call (303) 778-1130, extension 219, or e-mail <A title="Link to e-mail about Washington Seminar rooms" href="mailto:lbonderson@cocenter.org">Lisa Bonderson</A> <br>
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<STRONG>January 29, 2011</STRONG> <A title="Link to blinddriverchallenge.org" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=rkS2zAgZx6P3d1Isz5usmA.." target=_blank>Blind Driver Challenge</A>™ first public <A title="Link to BDC demo, Rolex 24 at Daytona" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=od_OuyXU2braw9Dzn9rRsw.." target=_blank>demonstration at the Rolex 24 at Daytona</A> International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida<br>
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<STRONG>March 1, 2011</STRONG> NFB <A title="Link to Youth Slam information" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=JXTiFpA-JUvXInxEPMRo7g.." target=_blank>2011 Youth Slam</A> application deadline<br>
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<STRONG>March 31, 2011</STRONG> Deadline to apply to win one of thirty 2011 <A title="Link to list of scholarships" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=2jw6LkxbQfAEjl65J9scWg.." target=_blank>NFB Scholarships</A><br>
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<STRONG>March 31, 2011</STRONG> Deadline for <A title="Link to Bolotin Award information" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=Xd3Qj1PGD3kWmTjY4DGobA.." target=_blank>Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award</A> nominations<br>
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<STRONG>April 8-12, 2011</STRONG> <A title="Link to 2011 LAW program page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=9z5d3AijzzPaSMsSW9jeZw.." target=_blank>Leadership and Advocacy in Washington, D.C.</A>, (LAW) Program, Baltimore and D.C.<br>
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<STRONG>April 14, 2011</STRONG> Deadline to apply for financial assistance to attend National Convention. For details, contact Kenneth Jernigan Convention Scholarship Fund chairman <A title="Link to e-mail Allen Harris" href="mailto:allen.harris@dwx.com">Allen Harris</A> or read “<A title="Link to convention scholarship fund article" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=bNe-cRB0WGaGeoCn1phCYQ.." target=_blank>Convention Scholarships Available</A>,” January 2011 <EM>Braille Monitor</EM><br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">—Ray Kurzweil; inventor, bestselling author, and futurist; <EM>How My Predictions Are Faring</EM>, page 49, October 2010; downloaded from <A title="Link to Ray Kurzweil predictions" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=0qZ2ZR2jXrvIUYy1-r1coA.." target=_blank>http://www.kurzweilai.net/predictions/download.php</A></div>
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