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Winter Monsters, Winter Wallops, Snowmageddon, Serial Snows!
Are you ready for more? Here are helpful resources for weather updates, weather preparedness, road conditions, and emergency shelters:
http://511virginia.org/Conditions.aspx?r=1
- DHHSC and thanks to RJ
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Super Bowl: Signing National Anthem, Monitoring Captions on Commercials
FSDB Student to Sign at Super Bowl
By Jennifer Edwards, St. Augustine Record, 2/6/10
http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-02-06/fsdb-student-sign-super-bowl
NVRC Note: Don’t forget to participate in NVRC’s project to monitor captioning of commercials on the Super Bowll. You can get information on our website at http://www.nvrc.org/content.aspx?page=35524§ion=5. Also note that at many past Super Bowls the camera shown the performance of the individual chosen to sign the national anthem. We hope this year will not be one of them.
When Carrie Underwood sings the National Anthem, and Queen Latifah belts out “America the Beautiful” during Super Bowl XLIV Sunday, they’ll be joined by a student from a local high school.
Kinesha Battles, 18, a Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind student, will be there by both, transforming the words into sign language.
By Friday, she’d already made it to Miami Gardens, met Queen Latifah and was “freaking out,” said her mother, Laura Battles. “She’s been texting me all morning.”
The Battles live in Jacksonville.
Laura Battles has done her share of freaking out, too. Hers came earlier, when she found out her daughter was going to be on national TV.
“So, of course, when we got the news that she was going to be signing at the Super Bowl, it was like ‘Oh my God,’” she said.
Kinesha Battles said performing there was “huge” and a “very exciting and great opportunity.”
The only hitch is that she has to work on what she’s going to wear. The dress she chose for the event didn’t show her hands well enough, her mother said, and event organizers are very particular about the garb she can don.
“It’s still up in the air,” Kinesha Battles said.
“It will be a surprise for everybody — even me,” her mom added.
Battles was chosen from among 27 students in her dance troupe who auditioned for the role in the ceremony.
Her dance teacher, Lia Ferrante, said she selected the student because of how expressive she is while signing and because she signed the National anthem several times during a recent basketball tournament.
“She is pretty dependable, responsible; she’s mature,” she said. “She handles herself in a very mature manner.”
Ferrante said the opportunity was provided by the National Association for the Deaf, but that she was given the chance to select who to send.
Laura Battles said her daughter — whom she described as “an outgoing, free spirit” — was born hearing but had suffered from progressive hearing loss since age 3.
She began at FSDB when she was 11, she said: “She will graduate in June, thank God. It’s been very trying for her.”
Kathy Gillespie, FSDB spokeswoman, said auditioners had to know both songs and be able to sign them without assistance from teacher cues.
- Thanks to NVRC, Fairfax
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February 13 – PCVAD’s Valentine Party (Roanoke)
Piedmont Chapter
Virginia Association of the Deaf
Serving the Lynchburg – Roanoke Region
Established 1946
You and Your Friend are Welcome to
Valentine’s Day Party
At Fairview United Methodist Church in Roanoke
On Saturday, February 13, 2010
At 10 am
If bad weather, will postpone until February 20, 2010
Door Prizes $1.00
2 Bingo cost $1.00 per games.
Please wear Red Casual Dress
All Married, Boyfriend/Girlfriend, bring roses, Candy, Gift and etc……
Will start to have a mini-conference meeting first then party. Piedmont Chapter provides spaghetti/ Salad and drinks. Bring Dessert.
Admission: $5.00 – bring food
$7.00 – not bring food
$4.00 – first time visitor
Directions:
Fairview United Methodist Church
1310 Van Buren St. NW, Roanoke, VA 24017, Phone (540) 366-4107
For Staunton:
Take South I-81, you will see a sign reading exit 143 to I-581 S/US-220 Airport/ Roanoke. Drive on South I-851; take right exit #3 W to get on Hershberger Rd and drive continue pass 4th stop lights. Turn left on Westside Blvd which you will see Westside Elementary School on your left side and drive continue, turn right on VA Ave and you will see the sign of church on your right side.
For Salem and Roanoke:
Take North 460 to Roanoke. Continue drive on North 460 and pass McDonald. When you pass second stop light at Peter Creek Rd intercept, see Pizza Hut, turn left on Van Buren St. and you will drive up the hill, turn right on VA Ave you will see the church on your left side.
For Lynchburg and Danville:
Take South W-460 to Roanoke. Continue drive on W-460 (Orange Ave) and pass Roanoke Civic Center. W-460 (Orange Ave) becomes Melrose Ave and Continue to drive on W-460 (Orange Ave). When you drive pass 4th stop light, see Pizza Hut, turn right on Van Buren St. and you will drive up the hill, turn right on VA Ave, you will see the church on your left side
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February 9 – Barksdale Theatre: Signs of Commitment (Richmond)
For more information, go to http://www.barksdalerichmond.org/coffee.html.
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Advocacy: FCC Advisory on Hearing Aid Compatibility with Digital Wireless
FCC Acts to Educate and Alert to Enforcement of Rules;
One of First Advisories Focuses on Hearing Aid Compatibility of Digital Wireless Services
The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau recently stated its commitment to strong, vigorous and fair enforcement of the Commission’s rules. Enforcement Advisories are now being released, designed to educate businesses about and alert consumers to what’s required by FCC rules, the purpose of those rules and why they’re important to consumers, as well as the consequences of failures to comply.
Here’s an excerpt from one of the first Enforcement Advisories is on Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) and digital wireless services:
Enforcement Bureau Takes Action to Enhance Access to
Digital Wireless Service for Individuals with Hearing Disabilities
Wireless Service Providers and Handset Manufacturers Advised to Review Compliance
The Enforcement Bureau has taken action against several companies for their failure to provide information that helps individuals with hearing disabilities fully utilize wireless phone services – allowing them to communicate effectively on their wireless phones without excessive feedback and noise.
FCC rules require most digital wireless handset manufacturers and wireless service providers to make available a minimum number of hearing aid compatible handsets.[1] In order to ensure that consumers have access to up-to-date information on the availability of those handsets, and to ensure that the Commission can monitor compliance, FCC rules also require these manufacturers and service providers to make periodic status reports and to post specific information on their public web sites. The Enforcement Bureau this week proposed forfeitures totaling $87,000 against seven companies, and issued Citations to two additional companies, for violating the reporting and posting requirements.
The reports and web content provide valuable information to the public concerning the technical testing and commercial availability of hearing aid-compatible handsets, both for consumers, particularly those with hearing disabilities, and for service providers seeking information regarding the hearing aid compatibility of manufacturers’ products. The rules at issue in this week’s actions require the following:
§ Manufacturers were required to submit reports detailing their efforts toward compliance with the hearing aid compatibility requirements on January 15, 2009, on July 15, 2009, and must continue to file them on an annual basis on July 15 thereafter.
To read the full Advisory: http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Enforcement_Advisories/Welcome.htm
- Thanks to NVRC, Fairfax
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