THE BRAILLE MONITOR

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The Braille Monitor

Vol. 47, No. 10 November, 2004

Barbara Pierce, Editor

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
MARC MAURER, PRESIDENT

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Contents
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Vol. 47, No. 10 November, 2004

Frontispiece

Two Small Camps, One Giant Leap into the Future for Blind Youth:
The Next Generation of Rocket Scientists

by Danica Taylor

The 2004 NFB Science Academy: Turning Dreams into Reality

by Mark A. Riccobono

2004 NFB Scholarship Winners on the Move

by Alondra Canizal

The 2005 National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program

The Gift Goes On

by Kimberly Aguillard

It's All in Your Point of View