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CBS Television is rerunning the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "Front of the Class" tonight at 8pm US eastern time. This story is about Brad Cohen, a boy with Tourette Syndrome who grows up to be the teacher he never had. After this movie aired the first time, I found Brad himself and invited him to appear with us on Books And Beyond. Because CBS is showing his movie again, we decided to air his appearance with us again this weekend.

Walt Kramer will show us how to make most efficient use of the Windows volume control during Tek Talk on Monday, February 1, 2010.
Through adjustments made in the Windows volume control, we can record our own voice as well as what we hear on our computers. The key to success is proper settings. Once such settings are in place, QuickMix can be combined with shortcuts and hotkeys to make it easy to move between one group of settings and another, depending on your project.

Is it possible to fall in love with the author of a book? Yes! As I read the last of the five books by Eva Rutland available on the download site, I grew more and more certain the above answer to the question remained yes.
How fortunate we are when we read not only a great book but one that speaks to our hearts. When an author can take us in to her world, when we can feel her pain and her tears, embrace with her all she has told us including her triumph and victory over difficulties, we know we have met and spent time with a master of her craft.

Happy Healthy New Year to you and your family. For Jan. 27th, I would like to talk
about Diabetes and it's relation to heart and vascular disease. I will discuss why
diabetics have more heart and vascular disease than non-diabetics. The emphasis of
the discussion will be on prevention of heart disease, claudication and other vascular
problems.
Natalie J. Nankin, Group Facilitator
Email: njnankin@aol.com
Unfortunately, the first 20 minutes was a bad recording and i thank you for your patience. I was able to edit and record 34 minutes of our show.

Accessible World Special Program Series
Lloyd Rasmussen of NLS will unofficially speak to us on how to use the BARD Downloadable
web site. He will give us useful tips for finding books and in general getting around
the site.
Let us now read what Lloyd has to say about his presentation.
Lloyd Rasmussen, a senior electronics engineer at the National Library Service for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped will discuss "the evolution and devolution of
the NLS talking book program". From his perspective, he will be prepared to discuss