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	<description>Empowerment ~ Innovation ~ Inclusion</description>
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		<title>You are invited..KNFB Reader Webinar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is invited Thursday, March 4,  to participate in a combined on-line and telephone conference to discuss how we all use the KnfbReader Mobile.  A number of persons have wanted a forum to learn from other users &#8220;How do you do that?&#8221;.
This innovative program will take place Thursday, March 4, beginning at 9PM [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2010/03/you-are-invited-knfb-reader-webinar/</link>
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		<title>Listening To Braile &#8211; NYT Article</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This NY Times piece was sent by Cheri Hofmann.  In case the link doesn&#8217;t work, I&#8217;m providing you the text:
January 3, 2010
Listening to Braille
By RACHEL AVIV
AT 4 O&#8217;CLOCK each morning, Laura J. Sloate begins her daily reading. She calls a phone service that reads newspapers aloud in a synthetic voice, and she listens to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2010/01/listening-to-braile-nyt-article/</link>
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		<title>2010 Race For Independance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE
CONTACT:
Chris  Danielsen
Director of  Public Relations
National  Federation of the Blind
(410)  659-9314, extension 2330(410)  262-1281 (Cell)
cdanielsen@nfb.org
National Federation  of the Blind
Announces 2010 Race for Independence
Fundraising Effort to  Focus on Access to Technology for Blind Americans 
Baltimore,  Maryland (January 19, 2010): The National Federation of the Blind  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2010/01/2010-race-for-independance/</link>
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		<title>CNN Reports On knfbReader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN recently sent a reporter out to find out how the knfbReader is helping the blind to be able to read.  Go to the CNN site here.
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		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2010/01/cnn-reports-on-knfbreader/</link>
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		<title>Avoid the Holiday Hassle</title>
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Are you tired of spending hours shopping and waiting in long lines to make those special holiday purchases? Thankfully, there is a quick and easy way to cut out the stress of the season.
The Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar is a unique and beautiful gift that benefits the National Federation of the Blind’s &#8220;Braille Readers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2009/11/avoid-the-holiday-hassle/</link>
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		<title>Giving Thanks For Team Spirit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At this special time of year when we take inventory of the freedoms afforded to us in the great nation, I am particularly thankful for Team Spirit in America.  I survived 9/11 because of teamwork, so for me, as a national public speaker and “expert” on teamwork, I live it, breathe it, share it and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2009/11/giving-thanks-for-team-spirit/</link>
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		<title>How many children in America are not taught to read?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The answer is 90 percent if the children are blind. That represents 52,070 students who are not learning to read. Most Americans are shocked to hear this statistic. And we should be.
There are three primary reasons for this educational crisis:
1. There are not enough Braille teachers.
2. Some teachers of blind children have not received enough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2009/08/how-many-children-in-america-are-not-taught-to-read/</link>
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		<title>2009 Louise Braille Silver Dollar Makes History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[19th Century Innovation Remains an Integral Part of Our Future
Thursday, March 26, 2009 marks a defining moment in American History: the launch of the 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar taking place at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.  The 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar commemorates the 200th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2009/03/2009-louise-braille-silver-dollar-makes-history/</link>
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		<title>TEAMWORK IN ACTION &#8212; IT DOESN&#8217;T GET BETTER THAN THIS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Role of Teamwork in Technological Innovation
When I am contacted by meeting planners, corporations, and members of Associations about speaking at their events I am most often asked if I can speak about teamwork and team building. As a keynote speaker I can tell you that this is indeed a subject which seems to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2009/03/teamwork-in-action-it-doesnt-get-better-than-this/</link>
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		<title>Feb. 2009 NFB Legislative Trip to Washington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Federation of the Blind Goes to Washington -Largest Coalition of Blind People Participates
Early February, I had the opportunity to visit Washington DC as a part of the largest group of blind people in the nation who visit their senators and representatives annually to talk about current national issues affecting blind citizens. This year, there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelhingson.com/newsite/2009/03/feb-2009-nfb-legislative-trip-to-washington/</link>
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