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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Good afternoon fellow Federationists, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Michael Barber would like me to share that we are experiencing some issues with the downloading software for NFB-NEWSLINE this afternoon, so you may experience some difficulty receiving your paper. We know that the Cedar Rapids Gazette is one of those. Please be patient as our national office is working on this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Check out our National Federation of the Blind of Iowa Facebook and Twitter accounts for updates.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>FACEBOOK: National Federation of the Blind of Iowa <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Twitter: @NFB_owa <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thank you for your patience.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Jerad S. Nylin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>President: National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Email:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <b> <a href="mailto:jerad.nfbi@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>jerad.nfbi@gmail.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Cellphone:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <b>(319)535-3723 <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Website: <a href="http://www.nfbi.org"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfbi.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>