<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Special Topics Colleagues,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">I want to thank our guests for the topic: <I>What International Literacy Programs Offer Programs in the U.S.</I> : Brenda Bell, Pamela Civins, Dr. John Comings, Barbara Garner, Dr. Erik Jacobson, Juliet Merrifield, and Dr. Ujwala Samant. I know we have only scratched the surfaces of several issues here in this one short week, but the discussion has been tantalizing. I also want to thank Oxfam for making the book <I>Developing Adult Literacy: Approaches to planning, implementing and delivering literacy initiatives by </I>Juliet Merrifield Juliet McCaffrey, and Juliet Millican available by download free for this discussion. It will be available in hard copy on September 30, 2007.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">This marks the end of the international literacy discussion, for now at least. </SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>On Monday we will begin a new discussion on <I>The Components of Numeracy</I> with Mary Jane Schmitt, Myrna Manly and Dr. Lynda Ginsburg, an occasional paper published by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For more information, and a <B>short list of readings to prepare for the discussion</B> please go to:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/specialtopics/07numeracy.html">http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/specialtopics/07numeracy.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">or the short Web address:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yvo6hf">http://tinyurl.com/yvo6hf</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Please e-mail </B><B>your questions for our numeracy guest experts to <A href="mailto:specialtopics@nifl.go">specialtopics@nifl.go</A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">v</SPAN></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Your colleagues who may wish to join this discussion can subscribe by going to:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/specialtopics">http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/specialtopics</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">After they complete a simple registration form (30 seconds) they will receive an email asking them to confirm that they wish to subscribe. 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