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Email Address, bobbranco93@gmail.com www.brancoevents.com/category/recent-news   The Best Video Camera for the Blind By Bob Branco   Before I describe this outstanding video camera, I want to make it clear that it wasn't designed for blind people. It just [ Continue to post page ]

Patriotism in Sports By Bob Branco   I’d like to think that I am a true American patriot. As early as Kindergarten, I learned some of the most popular patriotic songs. In a way, these songs were forced on us, but it didn’t matter. Though I didn’t know what some of the words [ Continue to post page ]

10 Pins and a Smile By Bob Branco   Since I was a child, one of my favorite sports that I knew I could participate in was bowling.  What helped in the beginning was that I had usable sight, so that when I rolled a bowling ball down a lane, I could see the pins fall.  At the [ Continue to post page ]

Chain Email By Bob Branco   I am totally amazed at the faith that some people have in chain emails.  Who originated them, and why?  This morning I received a forwarded letter which asked me to read it in its entirety and pass it along to 5 other people.  If I did this, my [ Continue to post page ]

Email address, bobbranco93@gmail.com Web site, www.brancoevents.com/category/recent-news   Ground Hog Day Means Nothing By Bob Branco   I'm sure most of you are familiar with the significance of Ground Hog Day. As the tradition goes, if the ground hog sees his [ Continue to post page ]

Partial Blindness is Hard to Explain By Bob Branco   When I was a child, I had more vision than I do now.  I used to identify colors, traffic lights, tall buildings, underpasses, the moon, lighted streets at night, lines on a highway, etc.  However, I did not have enough [ Continue to post page ]

Sports Organizations are Out of Hand By Bob Branco   We live in a society which allowed sports corporations to give away so much money to their employees that it's the employees who call the shots.  It seems that when a sports team loses too many games or if players on the [ Continue to post page ]

Panhandling By Bob Branco   In the city where I live, there are lots of panhandlers who stand on street corners, in parking lots and on highway exit ramps. Some even bring their chairs and bask in the sun while soliciting money from the general public. They do this in order [ Continue to post page ]

Coping Rooms on College Campuses by Bob Branco   I can’t believe what’s happening on some college campuses today. If you are a student, and you can’t cope with the fact that Donald Trump is now the president of the United States, you now have access to a designated coping [ Continue to post page ]

  Instant Replay in Major League Baseball By Bob Branco   I think that instant replay is necessary in sports. It’s always important to double-check a play in case of human error. While other sports adopted and adjusted to instant replay, it took a long time for [ Continue to post page ]