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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you click on the link below for “</span>E-Book Legal Restrictions Are Screwing Over Blind People”, you will find an article on someone many of us know right here in Maryland.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michelle<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you click on the link about <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Clark, Michelle - NRCS, Washington, DC [mailto:Michelle.Clark@wdc.usda.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Michelle Clark<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: AAPD Disability Daily 12/16<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Send to nfb<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AAPD Communications [<a href="mailto:communications@aapd.com">mailto:communications@aapd.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> Clark, Michelle - NRCS, Washington, DC<br><b>Subject:</b> AAPD Disability Daily 12/16<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#333333'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'>Can’t view this message? <a href="http://power.aapd.com/site/R?i=perT1ai35WHDaQSUZ6O9fQ"><b><span style='color:white'>Read it online</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:#FFFDFD'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><img border=0 width=550 height=101 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://power.aapd.com/images/content/pagebuilder/Disability_Daily.jpg" alt="AAPD Disability Daily"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:#FFFDFD'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Your news. Daily. Unfiltered</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'>Not yet subscribed to AAPD Disability Daily? Sign up <a href="http://power.aapd.com/site/R?i=6-rTP2Ju1o0yTSEi3vvZ9w">here</a>! <strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Decemeber 16, 2014</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There will be no daily from December 24 - January 2. </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>STATE /LOCAL</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'>Firefighter Disability Pension Rate Expensive for Pa. Taxpayers. <a href="http://power.aapd.com/site/R?i=ep3jW89Vd5ExgcMDIE5jFw">Firehouse</a> (12/14)<o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align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