[il-talk] new publications on NewsLine

[David Meyer]

Greetings from your NFB-NEWSLINE team! We hope spring has at last come 
to your state and that you will enjoy these new additions to NFB-NEWSLINE.
First, we have something for kids: Stone Soup, a literary magazine for 
children that publishes writing and art created by children from all 
over the world. The magazine was founded in 1973 by college students at 
the University of California, Santa Cruz. Their purpose was to 
"encourage youngsters to use writing as a way to talk about their 
lives." They continue to run the publication today from their offices 
in Santa Cruz, California. Each issue of Stone Soup contains stories, 
poems, and art by primarily 8 to 13-year-old contributors. To read this 
magazine using the telephone access method, choose option 7 for 
magazines and then find Stone Soup. To read this publication using 
NFB-NEWSLINE mobile, choose Publications, Publication Options, 
Magazines, and then find Stone Soup.
Next we offer Sports Illustrated Online. Sports has never been more 
illustrated: intensity, passion, meaning, insights, drama. With sports' 
best journalists, Sports Illustrated captures it all through 
unparalleled access, emotional storytelling and in-depth reporting. 
Sports Illustrated covers football, basketball, baseball, soccer, 
hockey, golf, racing tennis and other sports. To read Sports 
Illustrated Online using the telephone access method, choose 5 for 
Newspapers in Another State, 1 for Breaking News Online, and then find 
Sports Illustrated Online. To read Sports Illustrated Online using 
NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile, choose Publications, Publication Options and then 
All Publications and find Sports Illustrated Online.
Also, we have added Sporting News. Sporting News was founded in 1886 
and was referred to as "The Bible of Baseball." In 1914 JG Taylor Spink 
expanded the publication to add other sports. The magazine awarded a 
Sportsman of the Year award from 1968 to 2008. This award is now called 
Athlete of the Year. The magazine went digital only in 2013. To read 
this magazine using the telephone access method, choose option 7 for 
magazines and then find Sporting News. To read this publication using 
NFB-NEWSLINE mobile, choose Publications, Publication Options, 
Magazines, and then find Sporting News.
We have added Globes Israel to our international publications. Each 
evening, Globes brings its unrivaled coverage of Israeli business to 
some 45,000 subscribers representing Israel's elite in management, 
investment, technology, law, accounting, and marketing From the wealth 
of material in Globes, the English website team selects for translation 
the news and features that will matter most to English speaking 
readers. To read Globes Israel using the telephone access method, 
choose 5 for Newspapers in a Different State, 6 for International and 
find Globes Israel. To read Globes Israel using NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile, 
choose Publications, Publication Options and then All Publications and 
find Globes Israel.
We have added Science X, a leading web-based science, research and 
technology news service which covers a full range of topics. These 
include physics, earth science, medicine, nano technology, electronics, 
space, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics 
and other sciences and technologies. Science X publishes approximately 
100 quality articles every day, offering some of the most comprehensive 
coverage of sci-tech developments world-wide. To read Science X using 
the telephone access method, choose 5 for Newspapers in Another State, 
1 for Breaking News Online, and then find Science X. To read Science X 
using NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile, choose Publications, Publication Options and 
then All Publications and find Science X.
We have also added Medical Xpress, a web-based medical and health news 
service that press features the most comprehensive coverage in medical 
research and health news in the fields of neuroscience, cardiology, 
cancer, HIV/AIDS, psychology, psychiatry, dentistry, genetics, diseases 
and conditions, medications and more. To read Medical Xpress using the 
telephone access method, choose 5 for Newspapers in Another State, 1 
for Breaking News Online, and then find Medical Xpress. To read Medical 
Xpress using NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile, choose Publications, Publication 
Options and then All Publications and find Medical Xpress.
And lastly we add the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire. The Concord 
Monitor is the daily newspaper for Concord, the state capital of New 
Hampshire. It also covers surrounding towns in Merrimack, most of 
Belknap county, as well as portions of Grafton, Rockingham and 
Hillsborough counties. The Monitor has several times been named as one 
of the best small papers in America and in April 2008, the Monitor 
became a Pulitzer Prize winning paper, when photographer Preston 
Gannaway was honored for feature photography. To read the Concord 
Monitor using the telephone access method if you are a New Hampshire 
resident, choose 2 for Newspapers in Your State and find the Concord 
Monitor. To read the Concord Monitor if you are not a New Hampshire 
subscriber, choose 5 for Newspapers in a Different State, find New 
Hampshire and then choose Concord Monitor. To read the Concord Monitor 
using NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile, choose Publications, Publication Options and 
then All Publications and find the Concord Monitor.
We hope you enjoy these publications along with the warmer spring weather.
Your NFB-NEWSLINE team.
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