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Mandel at <EM>Hands On!</EM> Gala</SPAN> <BR><BR>
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Mandel, popular comedian and host of NBC’s <EM>Deal or
No Deal</EM>, to host our annual Hands On! Gala.
<BR><BR>The 2009 Gala takes place on October 16, and
Howie will be on hand to perform and raise A Million
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has been incorporated into a new artistic medium —
graffiti. <BR><BR>The link below connects to a YouTube
video by Scott Wayne Indiana showing braille graffiti -
one piece of which says, “You don’t have to be blind to
see that the writing is on the wall” (as in the photo
above). The graffiti, in various phrases, is posted in
various places in Portland, Oregon such as a city wall,
lamppost, subway railing, and other public areas with an
accompanying “Braille Graffiti” print label.</SPAN><A
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you know great strides are being made in the
accessibility of iPods? <BR><BR>Two iPods currently on
the market allow visually impaired users to do
everything from downloading music to reading album
reviews. Staying current with this ever-changing
technology is always a challenge and Anna Dresner,
author of NBP’s original publication “Using the
Accessible iPod,” keeps users up-to-date with her blog.
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