THE BRAILLE MONITOR
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The Braille
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Vol. 48, No.
1January
2005
Barbara
[LEAD PHOTO/CAPTION: The Convention Center meeting room in which the World
Blind Union conducted its sixth quadrennium
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The
Convention Center meeting room in which the World Blind Union conducted
its sixth quadrennium.
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The Sixth Quadrennial Meeting of the World Blind Union:
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The Sixth Quadrennial
Meeting of the World
Blind Union: An Incubator for Democracy
by
Barbara Pierce
What happens when representatives
from organizations of and for the blind from more than a hundred countries gather
to elect officers, report on organizational activities, and set policy? If it
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Table Mountain in the heart of Cape Town as seen from Robben
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Springtime in December
by
Barbara Pierce
Table
Mountain in the heart of Cape Town as seen from Robben Island
To some international readers
of the Braille Monitor the above title is nothing more than life as usual,
but for the North Americans who traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, for the
[PHOTO/CAPTION: James McCarthy]
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The Instructional Materials
Accessibility Act:
Reviewing the Long Road to Passage
by
James McCarthy
James
McCarthy
From the Editor: After
four years of devoting much energy during the Washington Seminar to persuading
Congress that it should pass the Instructional Materials Accessibility Act,
California Legislation and Accessibility Issues
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California Legislation
and Accessibility Issues
by
Nancy Burns
From the Editor: Nancy
Burns is president of the NFB of California. Here she reports on the affiliate's
recent legislative activity. Some of the things they have accomplished would
be useful projects for other states. This is what she says:
Federationist
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Shirley and Don Morris at Dick Edlund's birthday party]
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Birthday Honors
by
Donald Morris
Shirley
and Don Morris at Dick Edlund's birthday party
From the Editor: Those
of us who go back a few years know Dick Edlund as one of the most colorful and
hardest-working Federation leaders ever to grace the organization. He has been
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Brad Hodges]
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Crisis at the Big Box
Store, Part 2
by
Brad Hodges
Brad
Hodges
From the Editor: In
the December 2004 issue Brad Hodges, technology accessibility manager at the
Jernigan Institute's International Braille and Technology Center, reported on
the accessibility of stoves. In the following reports he completes his assessment
PHOTO/CAPTION: Kevan Worley]
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Imagine a Future Full
of Opportunity,
and Take Pride in Creating That Future
by
Kevan Worley
From the Editor: Kevan
Worley is president of the National Association of Blind Merchants, first vice
president of the NFB of Colorado, and chairman of the Imagination Fund Committee.
This is what he says as the NFB Jernigan Institute begins its second year of
Recipes
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Recipes
This month's recipes
come from the NFB of Alabama.
Enchilada Casserole
by
Daphne Johnson
Daphne Johnson chairs
Parents of Blind Children of Alabama. The Johnson family are members of the
Huntsville Chapter.
Ingredients:
1 can enchilada sauce
1 can Rotel
1 can cream of celery
soup
1 can cream of chicken
soup