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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO<br>
<b>Subject:</b> JI Newsletter - New Year's Resolutions</span></p>
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<p class="c12"><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><span class="headline"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In this issue:</span></b></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Executive" title="Link to Message from Executive Director">Message from the Executive Director</a></span></strong></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#New" title="What's New">What’s News at the NFB</a></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Education" title="Education">Education</a></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><a href="#BrailleInitiative" title="Braille Initiative"><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Braille Initiative</span></strong></a></p>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Technology" title="Access technology">Product and Access Technology Talk</a></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Library" title="Jacobus tenBroek Library">From the tenBroek Library</a></span></strong></p>
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<h3><a name="Executive" id="Executive"></a><span class="headline"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Message from the Executive Director</span></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dear Friends,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">It was pretty hard to ignore all the talk about the fiscal cliff during the holiday season. Regardless of what happens in Congress and in government, the National Federation of the Blind continues to advance
opportunities for the blind, powered by volunteers from every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In 2013, we look forward to the certainty that the members of the Federation provide to our movement. We can feel confident that the rights of blind people across the country will be protected and that expanded
opportunities for greater independence will be achieved. The generosity of our friends and donors helps to support resources that empower blind people across the country to receive the training necessary to be full contributing members of society. In this
new year, we look forward to continuing the tradition of making every dollar contributed to the NFB have maximum impact on the blind of this nation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Despite the challenges facing our nation and our local communities, we should feel great hope in that we have an organization like the NFB to bring people together to build opportunities even through the most
difficult times. In fact, it is in those hard times that we are most grateful that we have an organization for collective action. We have a knowledge base that cannot be found in any public library. We have programs that cannot be found in any government agency.
We have passion and commitment that cannot be dampened.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">As you set your resolutions for 2013, I hope they include a list of ways that you are going to help advance a future full of opportunities for the blind through our organization. I have made my list and I look
forward to the great things we will achieve by working together. Regardless of what happens in Congress or in government, we have things to accomplish--so let's get to it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">With hope for the new year,</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:#993366"> <span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"><img border="0" width="160" height="40" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CDE928.7829A050" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: Signature of Mark Riccobono"></span><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director<br>
NFB Jernigan Institute</span></p>
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<h3><a name="News" id="New"></a><a name="New" id="News"></a><span class="headline"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">What's News at the NFB</span></span></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind Congratulates Dr. Fredric K. Schroeder
</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dr. Fredric K. Schroeder was recently elected as first vice president of the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1243&qid=93820" title="Link to WBU ">
World Blind Union</a> (WBU). Dr. Schroeder, who also serves as first vice president of the NFB, was elected to the position at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union, recently held in Bangkok, Thailand.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dr. Schroeder said: “I am honored to have the opportunity to represent the blind of the United States within the World Blind Union, and I look forward to helping to advance the WBU’s important agenda to improve
the lives of blind people across the globe. I thank the members of the WBU for placing their trust and confidence in me.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">For more information see the <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1244&qid=93820" title="NFB Congratulates Dr. Schroeder">
NFB Web site</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards Applications
</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Recipients of the 2013 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards will be determined by the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee of the NFB. Online applications are due by March 31, 2013. Individuals or organizations are encouraged
to apply on behalf of themselves or others. The award recipients will be announced at the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1242&qid=93820" title="Link to NFB National Convention">
2013 National Federation of the Blind National Convention</a> in Orlando, Florida.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The Jacob Bolotin Award Program is funded through the generosity of Dr. Bolotin’s nephew and niece, Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman. In addition to establishing the Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman Trust to endow
the awards, the late Mrs. Pearlman also wrote <em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story</span></em>. The book has been published by<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1245&qid=93820" title="Link to Blue Point Books">
Blue Point Books</a>. Proceeds from book sales will also benefit the award program. For more information or to fill out the online application, please visit the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1246&qid=93820" title="Link to Dr. Bolotin Awards">
Web site</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">A Great Way to Support the NFB</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The NFB is eligible to receive donations through various Web sites that support philanthropic giving. Among these are <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1282&qid=93820" title="Link to GoodSearch">GoodSearch.com</a>,
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1283&qid=93820" title="Link to GoodShop">
GoodShop.com</a>, and <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1284&qid=93820" title="Link to GoodDining">
GoodDining.com</a>. By designating the NFB as the charity you wish to support, you can generate funds simply by searching the Web, shopping online, and dining at their partner restaurants.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Each Web search generates about a penny for the NFB. While this seems small, if many people switch to “good" searches instead of “google” searches, this could quickly add up to a sizable contribution per person.
By accessing your favorite store’s Web site via the GoodShop.com Web site, a percentage of your total purchase will be donated to the NFB. Everyone goes out to eat, at least occasionally, and by dining at GoodDining.com partner restaurants, a portion of your
purchase will be donated to the NFB as well. To sign up, go to the <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1247&qid=93820" title="Link to
GoodSearch">
GoodSearch.com</a> Web site and click on the "Register Now" button. </span></p>
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<h3><a name="Education" id="Education"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Education</span></strong></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">New Resources</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">January-—being the month of Louis Braille’s birth-—is always a great month to talk about and celebrate Braille. In the last quarter of 2012, the NFB published two free resources to help parents and educators
better serve blind children with residual vision who may read print in addition to Braille.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The first of these resources is an assessment tool. In school, students are evaluated to determine the type of services they will need in order to succeed in the educational environment. One of the assessments
that are traditionally conducted for blind students is a reading/learning media assessment. This assessment helps determine which medium/media is best for the child (i.e. Braille, Braille and large print, etc.). The NFB unveiled the National Reading Media
Assessment (NRMA)—the first research-based assessment of its kind. Unlike other assessments, this tool is not biased towards any one reading medium. Parents, educators, and other interested parties can learn more about the NRMA by visiting
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1248&qid=93820" title="Link to NRMA">
www.nfbnrma.org</a>, or by contacting Dr. Jessica Ewell at 410-659-9314, extension 2529.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The second resource helps to fill a gap that exists in the field of blindness--the lack of information regarding how one can be literate in both Braille and print. To help parents and educators learn more about
how to encourage literacy in children who will be using both media, long-time NFB leader and educational advocate, Sharon Maneki, recently published
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Integrating Print and Braille: A Recipe for Literacy</span></em>. This free eBook shares practical wisdom from teachers, parents, and successful blind adults about techniques and strategies for teaching and
learning print and Braille together to achieve literacy. Each chapter gives the reader another “ingredient” to add to a child’s personalized “recipe,” demonstrating how these dual reading media work together in a myriad of ways to foster student success. You
may <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1249&qid=93820" title="Link to Integrating Print and Braille">
access the book online</a> or <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1250&qid=93820" title="Link to download e-book">
download the eBook.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">We hope you find these two free resources useful in helping the blind children in your life, who will use both Braille and print, to become literate in both mediums, so they can choose the right tool for any
given task. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">BRAL</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The end of the Braille Readers Are Leaders contest for adults is fast approaching. Louis Braille’s birthday, January 4, marks the end of the contest’s two-month reading period. Contestants should finish documenting
the material they read for the contest, and make sure their final entry form and reading log make it to the NFB Jernigan Institute by January 18, 2013. To view the leaderboard as it stands today and to access the electronic forms through which final entries
and reading logs can be submitted, please visit <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1251&qid=93820" title="Link to BRAL">
www.nfb.org/bral</a>. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Service Saturday</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Help us in our quest to change what it means to be blind! As readers of this newsletter know, the NFB conducts innovative programs that empower blind people of all ages and that provide them with the necessary
skills to compete with their sighted peers in the classroom, on the job, and in the community. These vital programs rely heavily on the work of volunteers like you! We need your help to bring the hopes and dreams of blind Americans to fruition.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">If you live near Baltimore, join us January 19, 2013, for the NFB’s first Service Saturday of 2013 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. In addition to helping with work that is vital to blind Americans, volunteers will have
the opportunity to learn some Braille, have their questions about blindness answered, and meet other local service-oriented people. Visit the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1252&qid=93820" title="Link to Service Saturday">
Service Saturday Web site</a> to learn more about this event and to let us know that you plan to participate by completing a quick form.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Thank you to all of our volunteers around the country who regularly give generously of their time to ensure that blind people have the opportunity to benefit from the programs and resources of the NFB.</span></p>
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<h3><a name="BrailleInitiative" id="Braille Initiative"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Braille Initiative</span></strong></h3>
<h5><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Braille Certification Training Program</span></strong></h5>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Under a contract with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (NLS), the NFB administers the courses leading to NLS certification of Braille transcribers and
proofreaders. Successful completion of these rigorous courses requires a great deal of time and effort on the part of the students. We congratulate the following individuals who earned certification during the month of October, 2012:</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Literary Braille Transcribing</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Alabama<br>
Charlotte Denise Phillips, Talladega</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Arizona<br>
Edward Clay Bullard, Phoenix</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">California<br>
Christopher Paul Calvet, Orange</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Indiana<br>
Nick A. Cherry, Bunker Hill<br>
Darryl Pinkins, Bunker Hill</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Ohio<br>
Leonard Prince Joyce, Grafton<br>
Daniel Charles Sams, Grafton</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Tennessee<br>
Susan Marie Roberts, Loudon</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Texas<br>
Renee Cecile Black, Gatesville<br>
Cary Lynn Boyd, Gatesville<br>
Kelly Antoinette Hudson, Gatesville<br>
Jamie DeAnn Lindley, Gatesville<br>
Tyshee Manik Prokop, Gatesville<br>
Margaret Elizabeth Ryan, Austin<br>
Rachel Evonne Wafer, Gatesville</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Virginia<br>
Jennifer Lynn Grisetti, Troy</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Wisconsin<br>
Carl Joseph Fields, Oshkosh<br>
Brian Jantz, Oshkosh</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Literary Braille Proofreading</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Georgia<br>
Robert Larry Schneider, Macon</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Music Braille Transcribing</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Florida<br>
Elizabeth (Betsy) Florence Heiserman, Crestview</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Georgia<br>
Rickey Barry Alexander, Macon</span></p>
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<h3><a name="Advocacy" id="Advocacy"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Advocacy</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Please make a New Year's resolution to support fair wages in 2013.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is an unfair, discriminatory, immoral provision that permits employers to legally pay workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. With
the introduction of the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2011, members of the NFB, along with members of over fifty other organizations, came closer to repealing this suppressive statute than ever before. It is critical that we continue to build
on this momentum in the coming year. We are working to get fair wages legislation introduced in the 113th Congress.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">For background information on the issue, see our
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1285&qid=93820" title="Link to fair wages information on NFB web site">
Web site</a>. A Subminimum Wage Strategy Summit will be held on January 15, 2013, at the NFB Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided. All of our existing fair wage partners are encouraged to send a representative.
Other individuals representing organizations that would like to assist in the repeal of Section 14(c) of the FLSA are invited to attend. Participation requests must be received by January 9, 2013. E-mail Alewis@nfb.org, or call 410-659-9314, extension 2374
to RSVP. </span></p>
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<h3><a name="Technology" id="Technology"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Product and Access Technology Talk</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Rarely has the access technology team caused such a stir with so little effort. Recently CNET, Engadget, and ZDNet posted some well-meaning but under-informed comments on accessibility in the new, larger Kindle
Fire that really muddle what is essentially a straightforward matter--Kindle books are not available to blind users in any way that is even remotely equivalent to the access of sighted users. It was, therefore, important to set the record straight. The resulting
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1253&qid=93820" title="Link to Amazon Blog Post">
blog post</a> responded to some of the claims made about accessibility and discussed the state of the matter. It was quickly picked up and passed around, and before the end of the day was our most popular blog post ever. If anyone ever doubted the interest
of blind users in access to eBooks, this post and the response to it quickly made the point. eBooks have been a prominent topic on the blog in general, so please
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1254&qid=93820" title="Link to AT Blog">
check it out</a>. There is a lot of information available on there, especially about Nook and Kindle accessibility.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, any prospective visitors to the IBTC might like to know that we have (finally) received the SMART Brailler from Perkins Products, which adds a slew of new features to its tried and true Brailler,
and which we expect to see in a lot of classrooms in the future. In the category of long-awaited products, we have also added the American Printing House for the Blind’s Braille Plus 18, their tiny Android-based notetaker. Other noteworthy additions are Apple’s
iPad Mini, which has joined its brethren in our display case, and the tiny new Focus 14 Braille display from Freedom Scientific, which is rapidly becoming a favorite. Anyone wishing to visit the International Braille and Technology Center can contact us at
<a href="mailto:access@nfb.org">access@nfb.org</a>, or call 410-659-9314 x2410.</span></p>
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<h3><a name="Library" id="Library"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From the tenBroek Library</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">This month we would like to tell you about one of the amazing and accessible exhibit pieces on display in the tenBroek Library. Over the years talented sculptor Ann Cunningham—who currently teaches tactile
art at the Colorado Center for the Blind—has created several beautiful works of art for the NFB, which are appealing to both the fingers and the eyes. Her most recent work featured in the tenBroek Library is a bronze bas relief sculpture of NFB founder and
library namesake, Jacobus tenBroek. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Commissioned by the NFB in the fall of 2010, and completed in the spring of 2011, the bronze tactile panel measures approximately sixteen inches by twenty-one inches and features a view of Dr. tenBroek’s face,
shoulders, and chest. Wearing a coat and tie, he is facing forward and, with eyes open, appears to be looking directly at his audience. As is typical of bas relief art, this particular piece is mostly flat, with material taken away in some spots and added
in others to create a sense of depth and dimension. Based on a series of pencil sketches and tactile paper mock-ups created using photographs preserved by the tenBroek Library, the bas relief piece went through many stages before it was ready to be seen, and
felt, by library visitors. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">First Cunningham carved the face of Dr. tenBroek from a slab of oil-based clay using her sketches as a guide. Next she made a hollow rubber mold of the original clay slab, which she used to make a wax replica,
known as a wax “positive.” The wax positive was then sent to a foundry where it underwent the remaining stages of production.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">At the foundry, wax channels were applied to the back of the positive in a process known</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">as “spruing” or “gating.” These channels would serve as the molten metal’s access path inside the mold during the actual casting of the piece later in the process. Next the wax positive was dipped into a vat
of slurry (or liquid clay) approximately nine times, with drying time allowed between each dip. The slurry coating formed a hard ceramic shell around the wax positive, which is called an investment. This investment was placed in a furnace where the wax was
melted out. Left now with only a hollow ceramic mold, the foundry filled the investment with molten bronze, which was left to harden and cool in the mold for about an hour. To finish the cooling process, the whole thing was then placed in water, which caused
the ceramic shell to pop off of the new metal sculpture. And after a bit of sandblasting and polishing, the tenBroek bas relief was ready to be touched!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The tenBroek Library is the only research library on blindness that is owned by the blind themselves, and as such we encourage all visitors to examine our art and historical displays with their hands. You can
learn more about the tactile exhibits currently on display in the tenBroek Library on our
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1255&qid=93820" title="Link to tenbroek Library Exhibits">
Web page</a>. Visitors are also welcome to schedule a tour of the Jernigan Institute, including the tenBroek library, by contacting
<a href="mailto:pmaurer@nfb.org" title="E-mail to NFB Community Relations">NFB Community Relations</a>.
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<h3><a name="Independence_Market" id="Independence Market"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Independence Market</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Many of us make resolutions at the beginning of the year to make positive lifestyle changes, to tackle a project we have been putting off, or to learn a new skill. The NFB Independence Market has some products
which may enable you, a blind family member, or a friend to implement some of those resolutions in 2013.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Perhaps the most common New Year's resolutions we make, after indulging in all those delicious holiday treats, are to lose weight and get in better physical shape. With a
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1256&qid=93820" title="Link to Talking Food Scale">
Talking Food Scale</a>, you can control the portions you cook. A <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1257&qid=93820" title="Link to Talking Pedometer">
Talking Pedometer</a> will allow you to monitor how far you jog during your exercise routine or how far you walk while going about your everyday tasks. And then you can check the results of all that dieting and exercising with a
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1258&qid=93820" title="Link to Talking Personal Scale">
Talking Personal Scale</a>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Perhaps you have decided to become more organized this year and plan to label your DVD collection, the herbs and spices in your kitchen, or your file folders. Again, the NFB Independence Market has tools that
can help. You can create adhesive Braille labels with a slate on <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1259&qid=93820" title="Link to Labeling Tape">
Labeling Tape</a> or <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1260&qid=93820" title="Link to Labeling Sheets">
Labeling Sheets</a>. We also have <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1261&qid=93820" title="Link
to Braille Label Makers">
Braille Label Makers</a> as well as <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1262&qid=93820" title="Link to Label Tape Holders">
Label Tape Holders for the Classic Perkins Brailler</a>. If you are looking for alternatives to Braille labeling, the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1263&qid=93820" title="Link to PenFriend Audio labeler">
PenFriend Audio Labeler</a> may meet your needs. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Perhaps you have decided to improve your blindness skills this year. If you are planning to learn to read Braille and/or write with a slate and stylus, the NFB Independence Market has materials that can assist
you. We have <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1264&qid=93820" title="Link to Braille curricula">
three different Braille curricula</a>, a <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1265&qid=93820" title="Link to Handbook of Braille Contractions">
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Handbook of Braille Contractions</span></em></a>, and
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1266&qid=93820" title="Link to The Slate Book">
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The Slate Book</span></em></a>, as well as slates and paper for writing Braille. Perhaps you want to start using a cane and don't have ready access to someone to teach you. You may find the book,
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1267&qid=93820" title="Link to the Care and Feeding of the Long White Cane">
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The Care and Feeding of the Long White Cane</span></em></a>, by Tom Bickford, to be a valuable resource and inspiration.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">If you would like further suggestions on which Independence Market products can make everyday life easier, please e-mail us at
<a href="mailto:independencemarket@nfb.org" title="E-mail to Independence Market">
independencemarket@nfb.org</a>, or call us at 410-659-9314, extension 2216, Monday through Friday from 1:00-5:00 p.m. eastern time. And good luck with those ambitious New Year's resolutions!
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<h3><a name="Events" id="Events"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NFB Calendar</span></strong></h3>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1268&qid=93820">Service Saturday</a>: January 19, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1218&qid=93820">Washington Seminar</a>: February 5-7, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1219&qid=93820">Tactile Graphics Conference</a>: April 12-13, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="nfb.org/law-symposium">Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium</a>: April 18-19, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1242&qid=93820">2013 NFB National Convention</a>: July 1-6, 2013</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">"We stand on the edge of another day, and we know that tomorrow is bright with promise. Nobody else can create the future that must and will be ours; we must do that for ourselves. And do it we will. We have
the imagination, the courage, the spirit, and the will. We have the unity that makes us one, and nothing on earth can change our course or turn us back. We dare to have perspective, and we reach for tomorrow with joy. Come, and we will make it come true!"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">--Marc Maurer, "<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1286&qid=93820" title="Link to The Edge of Tomorrow">The Edge of Tomorrow</a>", 2005 NFB National Convention Banquet Speech,
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<p class="c6"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1223&qid=93820" target="_blank" title="Link to Straight Talk About Vision Loss">Archive of Straight Talk about
Vision Loss videos</a></span></p>
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in Science</a></span></p>
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