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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Interesting!  Thought I’d share!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>(smile)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Darlene<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Date:</b> May 1, 2014 at 7:58:07 AM CDT<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Ustraap New navigation aid</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> <a href="mailto:gdf_alumnicouncil@googlegroups.com">gdf_alumnicouncil@googlegroups.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I saw this article and thought the device was really interesting. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of our grads uses a device called the Mini Guide, which is about the size of a 9-volt battery and is held in the hand but this sounds even better. He uses it in train stations to tell when the train has pulled up as he is deaf/blind. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p>The article about this device is at: 12) Read this NFB AT blog post on an intriguing navigation device under development:<br><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fWYpv3Txm_nPJ8OZe8PDN_sr6EiingYqs-JQMijL_DmO1y1XxKqz9sY_nhDDooDn_ZVO_4wo_CXgV1MvIAbFpw4Emg_YfljISK30jLnsbc44_ls9mcjwozR8Qu2zbovBf7HRNTEroAV_qaLiTsamV3eSwQYX5NJDgLZjTY3h-ZFgMPDV3LoaClLiscdCEN_m5-7Xw2RO8_g=&c=mk0EOGu48Tfu3HOfuUpxC9WGGaBY0nrFzRg7xlt1IPj5YrMnb-ic8A==&ch=ZNU-xIi_3AxkgdT4CnXrekdZgFPz7ySJouCObpNFvMtWPJMX3LQS9g==">https://nfb.org/blog/atblog/ustraap-system</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To make a donation that can change a life ... contact the Guide Dog Foundation at</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.guidedog.org/"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.guidedog.org</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>or</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>America's VetDogs the Veterans K-9 Corps at</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.vetdogs.org/"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.vetdogs.org</span></i></b></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Visit us on facebook at:</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/GuideDogFoundation"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.facebook.com/GuideDogFoundation</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> or</span></i></b><b><i><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></u></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/AmericasVetDogs"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.facebook.com/AmericasVetDogs</span></i></b></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>