The Braille Monitor for December, 1996 is now
available for downloading or file request from NFB NET. It can
be had under the file names BRLM9612.ZIP or BRLM9612.TXT.
the Monitor can be downloaded from NFB NET by calling (612)
696-1975, n,8,1 at
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Telnetting to nfbnet.org.
You can also file request it by using the magic file name monitor
from Fidonet 1:282/1045.
You can also get the Braille Monitor via NfB's new file
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able to process Tick files. We will deliver the Monitor and
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month.
The Braille Monitor is also available on CompuServe. It is
located in Library 5 of the Disabilities Forum, "go disfor."
You can also now have the Monitor sent to you via internet e-mail.
Send a message to listserv@braille.org and leave the subject blank.
Put "subscribe brl-monitor <your name>" in the body of the message.
Finally, the Braille Monitor is available via anonymous FTP from
nfb.org or from our World Wide Web site on the Internet at
http://www.nfb.org.
This month's Monitor contains a wide variety of articles. Here is the
Table of Contents.
How Can Specialized Agencies for the Blind Be Saved
by Kenneth Jernigan
Been There, Done That
by Betty Niceley
Convention 1997: We Go to New Orleans
by Kenneth Jernigan
New Orleans--the City with a Past
by Jerry Whittle
You Have Taught Me Well
by Connie Leblond
Agreement Reached with Seeing Eye
Now That I Have Time to Think
by Clarence Parks
Distinguished Educator
of Blind Children Award for 1997
by Sharon Maneki
The 1997 Blind Educator of the Year Award
by Stephen O. Benson
A Federationist in A Strange Land
by Greg D. Trapp
Statement Supporting Residential
Schools for the Blind
by Kenneth Jernigan
Social Security, SSI, and Medicare Facts for 1997
by James Gashel
Recipes
Monitor Miniatures
Happy reading!
David Andrews
David Andrews (dandrews@visi.com)
or BBS: (telnet to nfbnet.org) or call (612) 696-1975
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