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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I would also like this information but fear dreadfully that I’ll never be able to find it but would be willing to try. Years ago I used to get it merely by E mail and thoroughly enjoyed that. Wish things could still be like that instead of cites, attachments and such. I need “information for dumbies.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBF-L [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Diana1 via NFBF-L<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 01, 2021 9:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Diana1 <dianaoliveira58@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBF-L] BRAILLE MONITOR February 2021<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Denise,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Loved to receive this message. How do I subscribe to the online version of the Monitor?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please advise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=86 height=109 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D6F99F.AEC71FD0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Diana Oliveira<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>NFBV Potomac Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>NFBV Legislative Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>NFB Employment Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>(305) 988-2713<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>(202)909-0410<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="mailto:dianaoliveira58@gmail.com" target="_blank">dianaoliveira58@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">Denise Valkema via NFBF-L</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, February 1, 2021 6:29 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">NFBF</a>; <a href="mailto:nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org">NFBF</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:valkemadenise@aol.com">Denise Valkema</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[NFBF-L] BRAILLE MONITOR February 2021<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2102/bm2102tc.htm<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:30.0pt;color:lime'>Contents</span><span style='font-size:30.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='background:white;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:lime'>Vol. 64, No. 2 February 2021</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:lime'><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2102/bm210201.htm">Illustration: Imagining the Lenses of Image Descriptions (HTML)</a><br><span class=visually-hidden><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/03_imagining_the_lenses_of_image_description.mp3">Illustration: Imagining the Lenses of Image Descriptions</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/03_imagining_the_lenses_of_image_description.mp3">(MP3)</a></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:lime'><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2102/bm210202.htm">NFB Philosophy: What I Wish I'd Known (HTML)</a><br><span class=visually-hidden><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/04_nfb_philosophy_what_i_wish_id_known.mp3">NFB Philosophy: What I Wish I'd Known</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/04_nfb_philosophy_what_i_wish_id_known.mp3">(MP3)</a><br>by Sanho Steele-Louchart</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:lime'><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2102/bm210203.htm">Evaluating and Removing Barriers to Blind People Flying with our Guide Dogs (HTML)</a><br><span class=visually-hidden><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/05_evaluating_and_removing_barriers_to_blind_people_flying_with_our_guide_dogs.mp3">Evaluating and Removing Barriers to Blind People Flying with our Guide Dogs</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/05_evaluating_and_removing_barriers_to_blind_people_flying_with_our_guide_dogs.mp3">(MP3)</a> <br>by Raul A. 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Driver Challenge: Accelerating in 2021</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/11_the_nfb_blind_driver_challenge_accelerating_in_2021.mp3">(MP3)</a><br>by Mark Riccobono</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:lime'><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2102/bm210210.htm">Limitations for Non-Attorney Advocates in Special Education Matters (HTML)</a><br><span class=visually-hidden><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/12_limitations_for_non_attorney_advocates_in_special_education_matters.mp3">Limitations for Non-Attorney Advocates in Special Education Matters</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/february/12_limitations_for_non_attorney_advocates_in_special_education_matters.mp3">(MP3)</a><br>by Valerie Yingling</span><span 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