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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Save the Date:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What: <b>Unified English Braille Workshop</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When: <b>Friday, May 16, 2014, at 1:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><b>Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Where:<b> The Louisiana Center for the Blind, 101 South Trenton Street, Ruston</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Teachers, instructors, consumers, and all those whose work involves the teaching, production, and/or use of braille are aware that the United States has adopted the Unified English Braille code by January 4, 2016 as the standard code for literacy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The purpose of this workshop will be to familiarize participants with the changes to the braille code introduced by UEB, and to provide hands-on training in order to provide a solid working knowledge of Unified English Braille. Information will also be presented on the new National Certification in Unified English Braille (NCUEB) which will be available later this year. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b>Cost:</b> Participation in the workshop is $50 for professionals and free to consumers and students. Continuing Learning Units (CLU) will be provided to workshop participants. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, contact Edward Bell at <a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a> or 318-257-4554. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Housing may be available on a limited basis. Contact Eric Guillory for details: <a href="mailto:eguillory@louisianacenter.org">eguillory@louisianacenter.org</a> Or 318-251-2891.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=372 height=132 src="cid:image006.jpg@01CF49AA.D0F52B30" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]>A registration form will be circulated by late April.<b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>REGISTER TO TAKE THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN LITERARY BRAILLE (NCLB) Exam <a href="http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/announcements.php"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/announcements.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>210 Woodard Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 3158<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ruston LA 71272<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: 318.257.4554<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Skype: edwardbell2010<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"><span style='color:blue'>ebell@latech.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.latech.edu/instituteonblindness"><span style='color:blue'>www.latech.edu/instituteonblindness</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>********************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Stephen Jay Gould<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>