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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>FYI</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=NShaheen@nfb.org href="mailto:NShaheen@nfb.org">Shaheen, Natalie</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=NShaheen@nfb.org
href="mailto:NShaheen@nfb.org">Shaheen, Natalie</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 18, 2009 9:17 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> BRAL newsletter 1.7</DIV></DIV>
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<H1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: -4.05pt"><B><FONT color=white size=6
face=Verdana><SPAN style="COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Braille Readers
Are
Leaders
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1></TD></TR>
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<P class=Volume><FONT color=white size=1 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Volume 1, Number
7<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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class=Quotation2Numbered><B><I><FONT color=white size=1
face=Verdana><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dates
to Remember<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P>
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class=Quotation2Numbered><![if !supportLists]><I><FONT color=black
size=1 face=Symbol><SPAN
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></I><![endif]><FONT
color=white><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal; COLOR: white">Reading
Period: November 1, 2009-January 4, 2010<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 8.1pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: -5.05pt; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo25; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></I><![endif]><FONT
color=white><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal; COLOR: white">All
contest entries must be submitted before January 22,
2010<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<H2><B><FONT color=purple size=4 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Pennies for
Pages<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H2>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><A name=OLE_LINK9></A><A
name=OLE_LINK8><FONT color=purple size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In addition to competing in the
Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest, members of NABS are running a fund
raiser. NABS members are collecting pledges from their friends and
community members. People are pledging pennies for each page of Braille
the contestant reads over the two month contest! Have you pledged pennies
for anyone’s pages yet, I have. I encourage you to support NABS and the
importance of Braille literacy by pledging a few pennies! Half of the
money raised through this effort will go to the NFB to support Braille
literacy programs. The other half will go to NABS. If you have questions
about Pennies for Pages contact Sean Whalen (608-332-4147 or
</SPAN></FONT></A><A title=mailto:smwhalenpsp@gmail.com
href="mailto:smwhalenpsp@gmail.com"><FONT color=purple size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">smwhalenpsp@gmail.com</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
color=purple size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">). Visit
</SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.nabslink.org/"><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">www.nabslink.org</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
color=purple size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> for more
information about NABS.<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2><B><FONT color=purple size=4 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Help
Needed<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H2>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt" class=Text><FONT
color=purple size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In commemoration of the two
hundredth anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth, the National Federation of
the Blind has started a Braille Readers are Leaders Campaign to address
the Braille literacy crisis. To help us address this crisis we need
information from adult Braille readers. You can help us by filling
out a very short, seventeen-question, <A
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=JniU4_2fJTbPt5IN3_2fTN5sPA_3d_3d">survey</A>
online. This survey is completely confidential and will not affect your
participation in the Braille Readers Are Leaders contest. Donate five
minutes of your time to help change the state of Braille literacy in this
country. <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Note: this survey is designed
for blind Braille readers; thus the sighted teachers and parents competing
in the contest do not need to fill it
out.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2><A name=OLE_LINK4></A><A name=OLE_LINK3><B><FONT color=purple size=4
face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Spotlight<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></A></H2>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 12.0pt"
class=Text><FONT color=purple size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Noreen Grice--a sighted competitor
in the contest--reported a few weeks ago that her chapter of the NFB
(Central Connecticut Chapter) has made a goal of having EVERY member of
the chapter literate in Braille. This includes sighted members! I think
this is a marvelous goal! Keep reading central <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:place></st1:State>!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 12.0pt"
class=Text><FONT color=purple size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Is your team, chapter or state
affiliate doing something noteworthy related to Braille literacy? If you
would like your efforts spotlighted send an email to </SPAN></FONT><A
href="mailto:Nshaheen@nfb.org"><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nshaheen@nfb.org</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
color=purple size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, Braille
rocks!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2><B><FONT color=purple size=4 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Did you
know?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H2>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 12.0pt"
class=Text><FONT color=purple size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There are 64 possible dot
combinations in a six-dot Braille cell.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=Text><FONT
color=purple size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There are 189 contractions in
standard contracted Braille.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2><A name=OLE_LINK76></A><A name=OLE_LINK75><B><FONT color=purple size=4
face=Verdana><SPAN style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Dream
Big<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></A></H2>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt" class=Text><FONT
color=purple size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Brook Sexton, a life long Braille
reader and a competitor in this contest, writes of her dream for every
blind child to be afforded the same opportunities she was in her article
“<A
href="http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0901/bm090109.htm">A
Case for Teaching Braille</A>” (Braille Monitor, January 2009). May we all
continue to fight for the rights of blind youth in this country and the
necessity of Braille literacy! Braille literacy shouldn’t have to be a
dream!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2><A name=OLE_LINK7></A><A name=OLE_LINK6><B><FONT color=purple size=4
face=Verdana><SPAN style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Frequently Asked
Questions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></A></H2>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><B><FONT color=purple size=2
face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Can teams enter
data for the leader board?</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=purple
size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> Not yet, at
this time there is not a team leader board. We are hoping to have this
functionality available for the 2010-2011 contest.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=1
face=Verdana><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=white size=1 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Do you have questions?
Contact Natalie Shaheen:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=white size=1 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">410.659.9314
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