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Radio Waves Topic For March: Old Time Radio For Dummies
With modern radio being what it is, many take refuge in radio from the past. But many Radio Waves participants (and that includes your moderator) are not familiar with the world of OTR. It's time for the golden age of radio enthusiasts to enlighten the uninitiated.

March’s book is The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan, late 19th
century/early 20th century India RC and DB 68367
The novel concerns a young woman in India who marries very young and is widowed nearly
as young. She is required by her Brahman birth to shave off her hair and live isolated.
She chooses to go against tradirion to live on her own with her children. The book
covers the late 19th and the first half of the 20th century. It’s writing style will
be different for most American readers, shifting as it does from presnt to past tense
and back again.

Accessible World Special Program Series
It's been historically referred to as "the Noble Experiment." Officially it was called a prohibition against the sale, manufacture and transportation of intoxicating liquors. The accompanying legislation was called the Volstead Act. Prohibition went into effect on January 16th, 1920 and ended on December 5th, 1933 amidst The Great Depression.

Accessible World is pleased to present, Classroom of the Air. What happens
here doesn't stay here, what blind people want to know about gambling in
Vegas.

Come join the accessible world community, as Al Gills joins us for a lively
conversation about his experiences gambling in Vegas. He will discuss how as
a blind person, he was able to navigate around the strip. Learn about the
etiquette rules for casinos. Tipping is part of playing; learn some helpful
guidelines. Asking for assistance is necessary for blind gamblers, so find

Accessible World welcomes you to the second program featuring Dan Thompson of Dan's
Tips.
Our main speaker will be Mr. Mark Carson who is the Midwest Sales Director of Humanware.
Mark will speak to us about the Braillenote apex and other Humanware products.
Presenter: Mark Carson, Midwest Sales Director, Humanware
Email: mark.carson@humanware.com
Dan Thompson, Group Facilitator
Email: dthompson5@mchsi.com

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.

The Future of Radio
Like every other form of mass media, radio is undergoing a lot of change. Changes in technology, changes in content, changes in how individuals use the medium. Some have predicted the end of radio, but as the first real mass medium, it is surprisingly resilient. But how you listened to radio in the past may not be the same way you listen to it in the future.
During February's Radio Waves discussion, we'll talk about how radio has changed in the last decade, and how it will change in the years to come. And maybe wax a little nostalgic for the radio of our past.

This month we are reading one of Ann Parsons’ favorite novels, The River God by Wilbur Smith. From Publishers Weekly says of River God, “A bestselling writer in England but not as yet well-known here, Smith (Elephant Song) may attract a wider audience with this compulsively readable historical novel based on the little-known facts behind the Hyksos invasion of Egypt, circa 1780 B.C.

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.