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Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:49 PM<br>Subject: Fw: National Federation of the Blind Collaborates with AccuWeather®<br>To: Wilber <<a href="mailto:rub34nil8@yahoo.com">rub34nil8@yahoo.com</a>>, Romeo <<a href="mailto:romeoedmead@gmail.com">romeoedmead@gmail.com</a>>, Ray <<a href="mailto:rwayne1@nyc.rr.com">rwayne1@nyc.rr.com</a>>, Mindy Jacobsen <<a href="mailto:mindyjoy@nyc.rr.com">mindyjoy@nyc.rr.com</a>>, Mike Robinson <<a href="mailto:buffnfb@gmail.com">buffnfb@gmail.com</a>>, Maria <<a href="mailto:mtg129@verizon.net">mtg129@verizon.net</a>>, Lucy Cox <<a href="mailto:septembergirl95@gmail.com">septembergirl95@gmail.com</a>>, Julie <<a href="mailto:jbrew48@verizon.net">jbrew48@verizon.net</a>>, Elaine <<a href="mailto:elainemrink@hotmail.com">elainemrink@hotmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:edwinwhite@optonline.net">edwinwhite@optonline.net</a>, Edward Blodgett <<a href="mailto:edblodge@yahoo.com">edblodge@yahoo.com</a>>, "David R. Stayer" <<a href="mailto:davidandloristayer@verizon.net">davidandloristayer@verizon.net</a>>, Chancey <<a href="mailto:chancey.fleet@gmail.com">chancey.fleet@gmail.com</a>>, Angie <<a href="mailto:arobin3911@juno.com">arobin3911@juno.com</a>>, Kate Carroll <<a href="mailto:carroll.kathryn.e@gmail.com">carroll.kathryn.e@gmail.com</a>>, margo <<a href="mailto:margo.downey@verizon.net">margo.downey@verizon.net</a>><br>
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<div style="BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b> <a title="JFreeh@nfb.org" href="mailto:JFreeh@nfb.org" target="_blank">Freeh, Jessica</a> </div>
<div><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:14pt">FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE<u></u><u></u></span></b></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">CONTACT:</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt"><br>
Chris
Danielsen,<br>Director of Public Relations<br>National Federation of the
Blind<br><a href="tel:%28410%29%20659-9314%2C%20extension%202330" value="+14106599314" target="_blank">(410) 659-9314, extension 2330</a><br><a href="tel:%28410%29%20262-1281" value="+14102621281" target="_blank">(410) 262-1281</a> (Cell)<br>
</span><a title="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org" href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';COLOR:#336699;FONT-SIZE:12pt">cdanielsen@nfb.org</span></b></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:14pt">National
Federation of the Blind Collaborates with AccuWeather</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">®</span><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:14pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">AccuWeather</span></i></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">®<b><i>
to Provide Emergency Weather Alert Information <br>to the Blind and
Print-Disabled via NFB-NEWSLINE</i></b>®<b><i><u></u><u></u></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">Baltimore,
Maryland (August 29, 2012):</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">
</span><a href="http://www.nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">The
National Federation of the Blind</span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">
(NFB), the oldest and largest nationwide organization of the blind in the United
States, and its newspaper service for the blind, NFB-NEWSLINE®, today announced
a collaboration with AccuWeather®, an online weather information service, to
provide emergency weather alerts to blind and print-disabled subscribers
throughout America. </span><a href="http://www.nfbnewsline.org" target="_blank"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">NFB-NEWSLINE®</span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">
is a free audible information access service that provides over three-hundred
newspapers and magazines to the blind. The AccuWeather® information
service will be offered on NFB-NEWSLINE®, giving blind and print-disabled people
instant access to emergency weather alerts.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ww.nfb.org/marc-maurer-bio" target="_blank"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">Dr.
Marc Maurer</span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">,
President of the </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlind" target="_blank"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">National
Federation of the Blind</span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">
(NFB) said: “The lack of access to emergency weather alerts has been a
persistent problem for the blind, and now with the combination of AccuWeather®
alerts and NFB-NEWSLINE®, an innovative source of this critical information has
been created for the blind of America. With the inclusion of the
AccuWeather® information service, NFB-NEWSLINE® continues to be on the cutting
edge in providing independent access to much-needed information to the blind of
America.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">Scott
White, the director of NFB-NEWSLINE®, said: “We are excited to be the first to
bring this revolutionary independent access to emergency weather information to
the blind through our NFB-NEWSLINE® service. Until this point, the blind
of America did not have instant access to emergency weather alerts.
It was necessary for blind persons to rely on friends or family members to read
the weather alert text being scrolled across the bottom of their television
screens.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">NFB-NEWSLINE®
subscriber David Denotaris said: “For the first time I am able to easily gain
access to emergency weather service alerts by making a phone call. With
the addition of the AccuWeather® alerts on NFB-NEWSLINE®, I can access the
information that I need to keep my family safe. To this day, the alert
systems available on television are not accessible to the blind, but now with
the AccuWeather® emergency warning system on NFB-NEWSLINE®, I will have the same
information and at the same time as my sighted co-workers, neighbors, and
peers.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">NFB-NEWSLINE®
is a free audible newspaper and magazine reading service that provides
information to blind and print-disabled readers over the telephone, online, and
on the iPhone. For more information or to register for NFB-NEWSLINE® visit
</span><a href="http://www.nfbnewsline.org" target="_blank"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">www.nfbnewsline.org</span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">,
write to </span><a href="mailto:nfbnewsline@nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">nfbnewsline@nfb.org</span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">,
or call <a href="tel:1-%20866-504-7300" value="+18665047300" target="_blank">1- 866-504-7300</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">About
the National Federation of the Blind<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">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 United
States. The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education,
research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and
self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today and
the voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and
training center in the United States for the blind led by the
blind. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Kathryn Carroll</div><div>St. John's University School of Law 2013<br>(Ph.) 347-455-1521<br></div><div style="padding:0px;text-align:left;color:black;line-height:130%;overflow:hidden;font-size:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-left:0px;word-wrap:break-word">
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