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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body 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'><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'>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NatFedofSouthCarolina/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Follow the National Federation of the Blind of SC On Face Book</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="https://m.facebook.com/Computer-Science-Technology-Division-of-the-NFB-of-SC-343263089815304/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Follow the Computer Science & Technology Division of SC on Face Book</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>District 2 State Board Member of the NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Columbia Chapter of the NFB of SC</span><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'><a href="http://www.nfbofsc.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbofsc.org</span></a><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><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'> Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind <IOF@nfb.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> Shannon Cook <cookcafe@sc.rr.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards Coming Soon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:119.25pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 18.75pt 0in;height:119.25pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13338&qid=2602665"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. National Federation of the Blind Logo - Go to NFB.org"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:61.5pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:61.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt 3.0pt 0in .75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. Imagineering Our Future"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:125%'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00005B'>January 2019 </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00005B'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:155%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2F0F2'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. Image of President Mark A. Riccobono"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Nearly every day I come across a blind person who has encountered a problem with no obvious solution but they have developed a way of working around it without using eyesight...</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7'> <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13361&qid=2602665"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none'>more from President Riccobono</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. picture of 2018 Bolotin Award winners"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>BOLOTIN AWARDS REWARD INNOVATION </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards honor individuals and organizations whose work is a positive force in the lives of blind people...</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7'> <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13339&qid=2602665"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none'>more about the Bolotin Award</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:213.75pt'><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:213.75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. picture of Peggy Chong receiving her 2018 award"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>CATCH UP WITH THE BLIND HISTORY LADY </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We thought it would be fun to chat with a former Bolotin Award winner about her work. Peggy Chong, also known as "The Blind History Lady," won an award in 2018... </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13340&qid=2602665"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none'>more from Peggy</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:213.75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. action item graphic"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>ACTION ITEMS </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Nominate an organization or individual for a <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13358&qid=2602665">Bolotin Award</a>, read about <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13362&qid=2602665">legislation of interest</a> to the blind, and tell your friends about <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13359&qid=2602665">NFB EQ</a>... </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13349&qid=2602665"><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none'>more about what you can do this month</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 11.25pt 3.75pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>HAPPENINGS</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13350&qid=2602665">The National Federation of the Blind joins coalition to improve understanding of the benefits of self-driving cars</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13351&qid=2602665">Three workers with disabilities previously paid subminimum wages sue Roppe Industries for employment discrimination</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13352&qid=2602665">National Federation of the Blind comments on UN designation of World Braille Day</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13353&qid=2602665">Application period for NFB EQ is open now</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>CALENDAR</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='background:#0075C9;padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%;background:#0075C9'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FEFFFF'>JAN 28: <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13354&qid=2602665"><span style='color:#F8EFD7'>Great Gathering-In at Washington Seminar, Washington, DC</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FEFFFF'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td 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