Braille Monitor 11/97

Braille Monitor 11/97

The

Braille Monitor

Vol. 40, No. 10

November

1997

Barbara Pierce,

Editor

Published in inkprint,

in Braille, on cassette and

the World Wide Web and FTP on the Internet

The National Federation

of the Blind

Marc Maurer, President

National Office

1800 Johnson Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

NFB Net BBS: (612) 696-1975

Web HomePage Address: http//www.nfb.org

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Contents

Vol. 40, No. 10

November

1997

He Can't Buy An

Island: Total Victory in the Sember Case

by Barbara Pierce

Insights From

An Instructional Assistant

by Denise Mackenstadt

Around The Block,

To The Mall, and Beyond

An All Too Familiar

Story

From Bad Philosophy

To Bad Policy: The American Braille Illiteracy Crisis

by James Omvig

Blind Artist Sees

Way To Share Her Creativity

by Barbara Tomovick

Of Numbers and

Independence

by Suzanne Rowell

Funding Closed

Circuit Televisions Through Medical Insurance

by Greg Trapp

Magoo Debate Moves

To UK

Delivering The

Coffee

by Mary Ellen Gabias

A New Sheriff

In Town

by Peggy Elliott

Reflecting on

Fear of Blindness

by Seville Allen

Recipes

Monitor Miniatures

Complete Issue,

November 1997

Every Thanksgiving the NFB Board

Of Directors gathers at the National Center for the Blind for its annual two-day

meeting. Everyone brings a favorite dish to share, and all hands rally 'round

to help prepare a meal worthy of the holiday. President Maurer's main contribution

to this effort is superintending the large smoker in the central courtyard.

For Thanksgiving he usually smokes a turkey, a capon or two, two rolled pork

roasts, and some beef. This year he will build his fire with hickory and a little

fruit wood (apple, pear, or peach) if he can get it. The results are delicious

- juicy, flavorful, and reminiscent of hazy Autumn days.

ISSN 0006-8829

Copyright 1997, The National Federation

of the Blind