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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Freeh, Jessica
[mailto:JFreeh@nfb.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:04
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Alpidio Rolon; Amy Buresh; Angela Wolf; Anil Lewis; Art
Schreiber; Beth Rival; Bob Kresmer; Carl Jacobsen; Cathy Jackson; Charlene
Smyth; Christine G. Hall; Dan Hicks; Daniel Burke; Don Galloway; Donna Wood;
Elsie Lamp; Frank Lee; Franklin Shiner; Fred Schroeder; Fred Wurtzel; Gary Ray;
Gary Wunder; J.W. Smith; James Antonacci; James Broadnax; Jennelle Bichler;
Jennifer Dunnam; Joe Ruffalo; John Batron; John Fritz; Joyce Scanlan; Ken
Rollman; Kevan Worley; Marie Johnson; Mary Willows; Matt Lyles; Matt Lyles;
Melissa Riccobono; Michael Barber; Michael Freeman; Mika Pyyhkala; Nani Fife;
Pam Allen; Parnell Diggs; Patti Chang; Richard Gaffney; Ron Brown; Ron Gardner;
Sam Gleese; Scott LaBarre; Selena Sundling-Crawford; Terri
Rupp<BR><B>Subject:</B> NFB-NEWSLINER Now Available in
Arkansas<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chris Danielsen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Director of Public Relations<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">National Federation of the
Blind<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(410) 659-9314, extension 2330<BR>(410) 262-1281
(Cell)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A title=mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org
href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #336699">cdanielsen@nfb.org</SPAN></B></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> Now
Available in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:place></st1:State><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Free Service Offers Independent
Access to Periodicals<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>for
Print-Disabled <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:place></st1:State> Residents<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></H1>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Little Rock, Arkansas (November 4,
2009):</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> The National Federation of
the Blind announced today that NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> is now available to all
print-disabled Arkansas residents.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> is a <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">free service that allows those who cannot
read conventional newsprint due to a physical disability to listen to the
newspaper over the telephone, on the web, or by download to a digital
talking-book player</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Through the service, blind Arkansans can now
independently access over three hundred newspapers and magazines and decide how,
when, and where they wish to read their favorite publications.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation
of the Blind, said: “For many years, those unable to read the printed word were
barred from attaining access to information, which is vital to full
participation in society and affects individuals in all of the roles they play
in their communities.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
availability of NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> truly places the keys of access in the
hands of all members of the print-disabled community.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With these keys, the blind themselves
can open doors to the world and become aware of the matters both large and small
that are covered in their daily newspapers.”<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p>Matt
Lyles, who serves as president of the National Federation of the Blind of
Arkansas, is excited to have this revolutionary service available to him.
“I love knowing what’s going on in the world around me, and NFB-NEWSLINE®
affords me that ability. Further, I very much appreciate that with
NFB-NEWSLINE®, blind people are not dependent on others to read the news to us;
instead, we have the same flexibility and autonomy that we would with a
traditional print newspaper. Finally, the news is not what someone else
decides is important; rather, NFB-NEWSLINE® subscribers get to make the choice
of what news is important to them.”</o:p></SPAN></H1></o:p></SPAN></H1>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Katy Morris, director of Arkansas Department of Human
Services, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"
lang=EN>Division of Services for the Blind (DSB), said: “We are excited to
welcome NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> into the family of services sponsored by
DSB. <SPAN class=686325713-04112009>NFB-</SPAN>NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP>
offers valuable opportunities for individuals who do not read print to
independently access information they need.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In many ways NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> mirrors the
same goals held by the Arkansas Division <SPAN
class=686325713-04112009>of</SPAN> Services for the Blind to facilitate the
independence, choice, and engagement of persons who are blind. For the
first time in DSB history, this partnership between the existing Arkansas
Information Reading Services for the Blind and NFB-NEWSLINE</SPAN><SUP><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN>®</SPAN></SUP><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> promises to raise the bar to enable Arkansans with
vision impairments to compete globally by obtaining local, state, and worldwide
information to manage their careers and their personal
lives.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP>, which began operation in
1995, offers TV listings in addition to newspapers and magazines to over 70,000
subscribers through several delivery methods: a standard touch-tone telephone,
over the Internet, or by download to a digital talking-book player or
mp3-playing device.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To experience the independent access to over three
hundred publications offered with NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP>, please visit <A
title=http://www.nfbnewslineonline.org/
href="http://www.nfbnewslineonline.org/"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #336699">www.nfbnewslineonline.org</SPAN></B></A>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information please write to
<B><A title=mailto:swhite@nfb.org href="mailto:swhite@nfb.org"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #336699">swhite@nfb.org</SPAN></A></B> or call (866)
504-7300.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">About the
National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">With more than 50,000 members, the National
Federation of the Blind is the largest and most influential membership
organization of blind people in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The NFB improves blind people's lives
through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging
independence and self-confidence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the
nation's blind.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In January 2004 the
NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first
research and training center in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place> for the blind led by
the blind.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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