Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Purple Workshop and Dinner in N.O.

Title: Purple Workshop / Dinner -- please R.S.V.P. !!!

Date: Tuesday June 23, 2009
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: 5324 Canal Blvd -- enter side door facing Hawthorne Place
Notes: ** Reminder *** Please RSVP to Juliet Barbin - email her at: Juliet.Barbin@purple.us if you plan to attend 5 pm on June 23 for Purple Local Number workshop at Canal Blvd Baptist Deaf Church .

Purple will provide the dinner! There will be Brisket, Pork, and Chicken from Corky's BBQ.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Purple Communications' 'Dream Bigger' Initiative Honors Louisiana Photographer and Trailblazer in Deaf Community

Purple Communications' 'Dream Bigger' Initiative Honors Louisiana Photographer and Trailblazer in Deaf Community

Gonzales photographer named finalist for national ‘Dream Bigger’ award - Gonzales, LA - Gonzales Weekly Citizen

Gonzales photographer named finalist for national ‘Dream Bigger’ award - Gonzales, LA - Gonzales Weekly Citizen

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Visual Alerts Address Everyday Sounds

Visual Alerts Address Everyday Sounds

NEW YORK CITY – 8 June 2009 – The first “Deaf Living Solutions” internet video report released by Deaf411 called “Living in an Audio World” highlights creative ways of coping in a society that is dependent on audio sounds for anyone who has a hearing loss.

“Many things that people take for granted in today’s fast-paced audio world can present challenges,” says Robert Harris, deaf owner of Harris Communications who sponsored the “Living in an Audio World” report, “Not being able to hear the doorbell or telephone ring can be frustrating. Watching the front door all day for an expected visit or delivery would not be practical. The same goes with missing an important telephone call when it rings.”

With the latest technology available for approximately 28 million Americans who are deaf or have varying degrees of hearing loss and senior citizens, there are more options to communicate by using videophones, text telephones and captioned telephones. How can someone, who can’t hear, or work in noisy environments, be alerted when the telephone is ringing? A Deaf411 announcer outlines various ways of alerting someone visually to the telephone or doorbell through use of visual alerting devices.

“Living in an Audio World” shares information on how you can set up your visual alerting device at home or work. Consumers who purchase visual alerts often feel much more relaxed, less frustrated and are able to answer the doorbell or telephone ringing with ease.

The “Deaf Living Solutions” internet video series, presented in American Sign Language with open captions, is produced by Deaf411, a marketing and public relations company. In April 2008, Deaf411 launched the “Deaf-Friendly Cities in the U.S.” website with a video and online survey. The final “Deaf-Friendly Cities in the U.S.” report is expected later this year, and will be made available to interested consumers free of charge.

The “Living in an Audio World” video report, information about the Deaf Living Solutions series and Deaf411 is available at http://www.deaf411online.com/aw40.html.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. 41705)

Copy & paste this address into your web browser to register for the webinar today!

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For additional information about the webinar or how to register, please contact Brandon M. Macsata at mail to:info@flyfriendlyskies.com

The purpose of the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. 41705) provides that no air carrier may discriminate against any otherwise qualified individual with a disability, by reason of such disability, in the provision of air transportation. ACAA prohibits domestic air carriers from discriminating against persons with disabilities in the provision of air transport. The law states that persons with disabilities will have access to all services, goods and information that they provide to any other passenger as part of their normal operating practices and forbids air carriers from treating passengers with disabilities any differently than other passengers except in making the necessary accommodations

Learn from industry experts about the following aspects of the law:

*Airport Accessibility

*Aircraft Accessibility and Wheelchair Issues

*Requirements Concerning Services

*Accommodations for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

*Attendants and Service Animals

Speakers include:

*Jacquie Brennan, Project Director, DBTAC: Southwest ADA Center
*Kleo J. King, Senior Vice President of Accessibility Services,
United Spinal Association
*Mike Spollen, Consumer Aviation Specialist in the Office for Civil
Rights, U.S. Department of Transportation -- invited
*Brandon M. Macsata, Executive Director, Association for Airline
Passenger Rights (moderator)

Copy & paste this web address to register for the webinar:
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AAPR members can registration for FREE. Non-members can register for only $49.95; however, non-members can join APPR for only $10.00 and thereby avoid the registration fee and save $39.95. The on-line system that will be used for this program is fully accessible. Instructions for accessing the program will be sent to
individuals once they are registered.

For additional information about the webinar or how to register, please contact Brandon M. Macsata at info@flyfriendlyskies.com

Sponsored by the Association for Airline Passenger Rights (AAPR) & National Network of ADA Centers.

ENCSD AND NCSD Rally Thursday, June 18, 2009

Protest Clip Arthttp://www.riniart.org/mainframe.phpProtest Clip Art
**********************FLASH***************FLASH******************FLASH***********************
ENCSD AND NCSD Rally Thursday , June 18, 2009
IT IS ALL GO NOW! THE NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF (NCAD)
WILL HOLD A RALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL
FOR THE DEAF AND THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ON
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009 FROM 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM ON THE SIDEWALKS BETWEEN
JONES STREET AND THE STATE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING IN RALEIGH. IT WILL BE
THE VERY SAME PLACE WHERE WE HAD SUCCESSFUL RALLIES BETWEEN 1998
AND 2003. WE ALREADY HAVE AN APPROVAL TO HOLD THIS RALLY ON THE
SIDEWALKS. WE ARE WAITING FOR AN APPROVAL TO USE THE MALL ACROSS
THE STREET AS WE ARE EXPECTING WELL OVER 100 PEOPLE!!! OR MORE THOUSAND ??
WE PLAN TO HOLD INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRESS BEGINNING AT 1:00 PM.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THE TEACHERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, ALUMNI, AND LEADERS SPEAK
TO THE PRESS AND TO ALL OF YOU!!!
WE ALL WILL GO TO THE OFFICES OF THE LEGISLATORS INSIDE THE
LEGISLATIVE BUILDING AND THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING TO ASK THEM TO
KEEP BOTH SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF OPEN.
WE ALL HAVE WORKED VERY HARD FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS IN SUPPORT OF
THE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE THERE!!!
WE WILL SEND OUT DIRECTIONS TO JONES STREET SOON. Or Raleigh, NC of map here;
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORDS!!!
BRING YOUR OWN POSTER OR CREATE YOUR POSTER IF IT IS NECESSARY.
PLEASE YOU CAN WEAR
ENCSD FIGHTING HORNETS LOGO, GREEN OR YELLOW T- SHIRT
NCSD BEARS LOGO, BLUE OR WHITE T-SHIRT
THANK YOU!!!
The members of the blind community will hold another rally tomorrow and will be asking the legislators to keep the Governor Morehead School for the Blind (gms) open and to CLOSE ONE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF!!! THIS IS WHY WE WILL HOLD A RALLY OF OUR OWN!!!
IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING AS MANY PEOPLE TO RALEIGH ON
THURSDAY JUNE 18 AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN, THANK YOU!!!

ReNew New Orleans Deaf Coffee Chat / Metaire

ReNew New Orleans Deaf Coffee Chat / Metaire Thursday June 18, 2009 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm This event repeats every month on the third Thursday. Cafe Du Monde -- 4700 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, La 70006 504-737-5765 vp

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Ceramics - Free Classes and Open Studio - N.O.

CERAMICS
Free Classes & Open Studio
Six Week Hand Building Session
Sponsored by NORD

If you have clay experience, you are invited to use our facilities. If you
need assistance, we are here to teach you.

Sponsored by the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Recreation Department
(NORD) provides instruction, use of the centers, kiln firings, and all
necessary materials (clay & glazes) without cost to you.

We have lots of fun, make wonderful useful objects and useless oddities
while enjoying the pleasure and peacefulness of creativity.

St. Bernard Center
1500 Lafreneiere Street (Gentilly)
Tuesdays (June 16 - July 21)
Open Studio 3pm--6:30pm

Behrman Center
2529 Gen. Meyer Ave (Algiers)
Wednesdays (June 17 - July 22)
Open Studio 3pm--6:30pm

If you would like to register. please send me an email with your name, email
and phone contact info.
It's fun!!
Pat Jolly ... aka: the funtrepreneur
patjolly8994@aol.com

Monday, June 15, 2009

10 Digit Numbering Extended to November 12

In the interest of informing you as soon as possible, attached is a just-released FCC order extending from June 30 to November 12 the deadline by which users of video relay and IP relay services will have to have registered for ten-digit numbers in order to be able to complete non-emergency calls. The extension is being granted to allow additional time for outreach to consumers, as well as to address any unresolved technical issues associated with the transition to ten-digit numbering. We have also attached a Consumer Advisory that explains the transition in more detail.

Persons with hearing and/or speech disabilities who use VRS and/or IP Relay are reminded, if they have not done so already, to complete the process of registering with the VRS or IP Relay default provider of their choice as soon as possible, and no later than November 12, 2009. As part of the registration process, a VRS and/or IP Relay user must register his or her physical location information (Registered Location) with a default provider and, in exchange, obtain a ten-digit geographic telephone number. After November 12, 2009, all VRS and IP Relay users must be registered with a default provider in order to place a non-emergency call through any VRS or IP Relay provider. In addition, after that date, VRS and IP Relay providers will no longer complete calls to a user's former "proxy" or "alias" number that may have been previously obtained from a provider.

For more information please visit http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/trs.html
Phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322)
TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322)
Fax: 1-866-418-0232



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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Dear friends,

We, the board of Louisiana Acadiana Deaf-Blind Citizens (LADBC) request pushing the extension of the deadline to Wednesday, June 17th for pre-orders. If interested, PLEASE RSVP by email to Jackie Broussard, chair at LADBC1980@gmail.com and pay at the door Saturday.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Hope to see you all Saturday!



See full flyer at the noted below
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Presented by

LOUISIANA ACADIANA

DEAF-BLIND CITIZENS, INC.

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@ Catholic Deaf Center (CDC)

2585 Brightside Lane.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

(next to Louisiana School for the Deaf campus)

~ Saturday, June 20, 2009 ~

(Door opens @ 10:00 AM; Closes @ 5:00 PM)

~ FREE Admission ~

(With purchase of dinner; without dinner, will be charged $3.00 to enter)

MENU for Lunch

Serve @ about 11:00 a.m.

Chicken Jambalaya Platter for $10.00

Includes blackeyed peas, green salad, garlic french bread, and one FREE drink

(Please take pre-order EARLY!)

Extras: Dessert @ 50 cents, Drink @ $1.00

GRAND PRIZE: GPS & TV

~ PARADE of PRIZES including LSU stuff/Summer items ~ 50/50 CHANCE ~ FUN ~ GAMES ~

(We have added a new game: ‘Deal or No Deal’ that allows up to 75 entries to play to win $$$$, so better hurry to come in EARLY to register.)

>> Play Potto – Win $$Jackpot$$ <<

Pay $1.00 each - Guess any three-digit number (000 thru 999)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* All Proceeds go toward

Deaf-Blind (DB) Retreat & Programs *

~~~~~~~~~~

For more information, PLEASE feel free to contact Jackie Broussard, Chair VIA e-mail at LADBC1980@gmail.com or tele/videophone at (337) 205-0374.

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ORDER FORM Deadline: June 13th

Name:___________________________________

How many plates? __ X $10.00 each = $______

Make payable & mail directly to:

LADBC

Attn: Annie Tu, Treasurer

409 W. St. Mary Blvd.

Lafayette, LA 70506

Friday, June 12, 2009

Free Pizza Workshop by SorensonVRS

 

Free Pizza

Sunday, June 28th

6PM till close…

CiCi’s Pizza

2622 Johnston St.

Lafayette, La 70503

 

The workshop will include:

Presentation on how to use Sorenson videophone

Discussion About Real Numbers: DirectVP and Local 10 Digits

Information about the Sorenson VP200

E911

Sorenson Gold Services

How to use Sorenson IP Relay (SIPRelay)

Register MySorenson.com

 

Attached:

 

Thank you,

 

Paul Winfree

Area Specialist - LA & MS

Sorenson Communications

800-918-1882

PWinfree@sorenson.com

www.sorensonvrs.com

 

Dream Bigger Event For TateTullier

*Dream Bigger Event ForTateTullier*

You all got invited to this event on June 21, 2009.

Please click RSVP on that information and you will need to email me with your full name, e-mail, home address and VP #.

I have to put all names who are confirmed to attend to the event.

The Event starts at 1 to 5 pm  and 6:45 to 9:30 pm.

There will be 25 total drawing prizes between 1 to 5 and 6:45 to 9:30 pm. 

WHAT ALL 25 DRAWING PRIZES ARE?? P3 NETBOOK

AGAIN... PLEASE SEND ME THE INFO AND U ARE CONFIRMED TO ATTEND.
 Please email me at Juliet.Barbin@purple.us

Monday, June 8, 2009

Purple Local Number Workshop in N.O.

 

                        Purple Local Number Workshop

 

mvp.jpgYou are invited to join us for a free community workshop covering 10-digit local numbering, E911 as well as a demonstration of the newly released MVP (Mobile Video Phone)

 

Date: June 23, 2009

Time: 5 – 8 PM

Location: Canal Blvd Baptist Deaf Church

                   5324 Canal Blvd

                   New Orleans, LA 70124

                   (Hall 1st Floor)

 

 

Refreshments will also be provided. Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

 

Limit 70 people.  Reserve your spot now!

 

To secure your place at this workshop, please confirm your attendance to the contact person below.

 

Contact: Juliet Barbin

Email: Juliet.Barbin@purple.us

Prefer to email me for RSVP but if you do not have email, call me at 225-341-2939.                                                         

 

Get It.              Use It.             Share It.

 

 

i711 Call Me™ Local Number            My IP Relay® Local Number

 

Deaf Annual Picnic in Baton Rouge

06-08-2009 09;12;24PM

AAD 37th Annual Picnic

06-08-2009 09;10;35PM

Cajun Deaf Club Picnic

06-08-2009 08;54;12PM 

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

DPHH at Pat O'Brien's

Next DPHH 

Pat O'Brien's 

Saturday, June 13, 2009 

718 St. Peter Street 

New Orleans, LA 70116 Website 


Lets kick the summer off in New Orleans on Bourbon Street! Meet at Pat O’Briens for some cold hurricanes. Pat O’Briens has piano bars, outdoor bars, outdoor and indoor seating, and if you go early enough their food is delish! Drive Safe, try to carpool.

 Happy Summer!.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

718 St. Peter Street 
New OrleansLA 70116
Website

Lets kick the summer off in New Orleans on Bourbon Street! Meet at Pat O’Briens for some cold hurricanes. Pat O’Briens has piano bars, outdoor bars, outdoor and indoor seating, and if you go early enough their food is delish!

Drive Safe, try to carpool.

Happy Summer!

Netflix CEO An Insensitive B******

Blog Posts of the Week: Netflix CEO An Insensitive B******

Friday May 29, 2009
To see an example of insensitivity to the needs of deaf and hard of hearing people, look no further than the CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings. As seen in blog posts from Matthew (a hearing? blogger), who reports on what happened when he asked Hastings about the lack of captions on Netflix's online video, and then the reaction from deaf blogger Jared, Hastings is an ignorant b******.
tongue stuck out in bad attitude
Bad Attitude
Photo © Flickr user tabrandt

What did Hastings say that merits his being called an insensitive b******? According to Matthew: "Mr. Hastings said other sites didn't offer captions, and mentioned hulu.com as one of them." This is a grossly incorrect statement, as Matthew points out. Hulu.com DOES have some captioned video. But that's not all. Netflix's insensitive, ignorant CEO also said that when captioning technology was more widespread (i.e., improved) Netflix would "incorporate" it. Hello! The technology for online captioning has been available for years! And even that's not all. Hastings also had the nerve to exhibit a "let them eat cake" attitude, saying that deaf customers could get captioned DVDs in the mail! Finally, Hastings "agreed that adding captions wasn't an active agenda item," i.e., it was not important to Netflix.

What can the deaf and hard of hearing community do to change attitudes like Mr. Hastings' attitude? Captioning is not required on the Internet, so we have no choice but to fight! There is plenty we can do in this battle! We can launch a major negative publicity campaign to educate people, particularly people in the "hearing world" about this company's refusal to put captions on their online videos. We have many tools available to us.

What can you do in this "war" on Netflix? You can:

  • Facebook! Post in your "what am I thinking about now" box, contact friends, set up Facebook groups devoted to getting Netflix to caption online video. Update: A Facebook group (over 400 as of June 2 and still growing) was set up: Netflix Watch-Instantly Needs Closed Captions! at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72815765309.
  • Update: We need mainstream media to become aware of this issue. If you know a technology/media technology or business reporter, columnist, or blogger through Facebook or another social networking site, tell them about how we want captions on Netflix and what Hastings said. If you are followed on Twitter by a technology/media technology or business reporter, columnist, or blogger send them a direct message about this.
  • Set up a negative website that targets Netflix for their attitude. Maybe call it NetflixWontCaption.com.
  • Blog. The more people who blog about this, the better. We need to strike while the iron's hot.
  • Twitter! Twitter campaigns have been successful for other purposes.
  • MySpace! Set up MySpace pages targeting Netflix.
  • Email! If you are a Netflix customer, flood their email box with demands for captions online.
  • If you belong to a deaf-related mailing list on for example Yahoo Groups, put the word out on your mailing list. Families with deaf and hard of hearing children especially need to be aware of this. It affects their child.
  • Post a video on YouTube (there are deaf video sites, but YouTube will get the attention of hearing people).
  • Old-fashioned letter writing. It can still have an impact.
  • Other social networking sites - get the word out there.
If we have a big enough negative publicity campaign about Netflix's refusal to caption online, I can almost guarantee that the story will be picked up by mainstream media. Mainstream media has reported on things like successful Twitter campaigns. The Deaf and Hard of Hearing community CAN make Hastings wake up and realize how wrong his attitude is. All it takes is negative publicity - LOTS of it.

FROM: http://deafness.about.com

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Tate Tullier Selected As A Trailblazer


Tate Tullier was selected as one of the 10 trailblazers for Purple Communications.  He received $1,000 to donate to the charity of his choice which is  the Louisiana School for the Deaf for their after school program for the children who live on campus to do art related activities.  If he gets the most votes he will receive another $10,000 to donate to the same charity, so it would definitely be a wonderful thing to make this contribution to the kids at the school who are away from home.

Also, he is having a ceremony on the 21st at the Baton Rouge Marriot. Anyone is welcome to attend! There will be interpreters for those of you who are hearing. You need to RVSP on the same page where his showcase is on the website below.
 
Go here
Click on "TULLIER" to view his video and cast your VOTE!
OR go here to get to his DIRECT page: