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October - December, 2006

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Cruise Accessibility

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 36, Issue 4

      - TDI Conference on a Cruise?
                       by Dr. Roy Miller
      - Thar She Blows!
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Getting Shipshape?
                       by Jim House
      - Cruise Access Report - "Could do Better"
                       by Joan Cassidy
      - Cruise Vacations Are for Everyone!
                       by Sara Perkins
      - New Guidelines for Passenger Vessels Being Developed Under ADA
                       by Paul Beatty
      - All You Need to Know About the DVD CC Labelling Settlement
                       by Dr. Frank G. Bowe

July - September, 2005

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TDI 16th Biennial Conference

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 36, Issue 3

      - Missed Opportunities
                       by Roy Miller
      - Levees and Bridges
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Outside Looking In
                       by Jennifer Witteborg
      - The Big Easy, 2005 TDI Confernce
                       by Tom Driscoll
      - The Jazz of Conferencing
                       by Jenny Gember
      - Working with the FCC - Disability Rights Office Update
                       by Chery Heppner
      - The Accessible Future
                       by Jeff Rosen

April - June, 2005

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25th Anniversary of TV Closed Captioning

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 36 Issue 2

      - There's Still A Few Potholes In The Road!
                       by Dr. Roy Miller
      - A Salute to Pioneers of TV Closed Captioning
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Choosing to be Active
                       by Jennifer Witteborg
      - The Past, the Present, and the Future
                       by Jennifer Witteborg
      - Captions in My Life
                       by Judy Oliver
      - To Understand or Not to Understand
                       by Pamela Zellner
      - The History of Captioning
                       by Deborah P. Schuster
      - The Future of Captioning
                       by Jeff Hutchins
      - Watching TV in your Hand, But What Happened to the Captions
                       by Mary Watkins

January - March, 2005

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CEPIN: Empowerment & Readiness

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 36, Issue 1

      - We Are Always the Last to Know!
                       by Dr. Roy E. Miller
      - Conditioning Ourselves to Deal with Emergencies
                       by Claude Stout
      - Winds of Change
                       by James House
      - Getting the Word Out: The CEPIN Project
                       by Trudy Suggs
      - CEPIN Project Team: Who's Who
                       by James House and Trudy Suggs
      - CEPIN's Friends in the Community
                       by James House

October - December, 2004

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Let Your Thumbs Do More Talking

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 35, Issue 4

      - Pagers: How did We Ever Live Without Them?
                       by Dr. Roy E. Miller
      - Functional Equivalency "On the Go"
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Pager Revisted: Let Your Thumbs Do More Talking
                       by James D. House
      - Shopping for a Pager?
                       by Trudy Suggs
      - Former TDI Board Member & Agent - Robert Jones
                       by James D. House & Steve Brenner

July - September, 2004

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TDIs Regulatory Activities in Media Access

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 35-#3

      - Why We Need Accessible Media
                       by Dr. Roy E. Miller
      - Stakeholders Convene to Discuss Captioning Quality
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Making Assumptions
                       by James D. House
      - Petition to FCC on Captioning Quality Issues
                       by James D. House
      - TDI's Recent Media Activities
                       by TDI Staff
      - TDI Receives Homeland Security Grant
                       by James D. House

April - June, 2004

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TDI Regulatory Activities in Telecommunications Access

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 35 - #2

      - Board Views
                       by Dr. Roy E. Miller
      - Executive Director's Message
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - From the Desk of The GA-SK Editor
                       by James D. House
      - TDI Turns the Spotlight on Itself
                       by James D. House
      - NVRSC Upset with FCC's VRS Decision
                       by James D. House
      - TDI's Recent Regulatory Activities
                       by TDI Staff
      - TDI's Chat with Tim Creagan
                       by TDI Staff

January - March, 2004

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Community Service Centers: Our Partners in Advocacy

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 35 - #1

      - Executive Director's Message
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Board Views
                       by Dr. Roy Miller
      - From the Desk of the GA-SK Editor
                       by James D. House
      - Community Service Centers: Our Partners in Advocacy
                       by James D. House
      - Community Service Center for the Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing
                       by Ken Puckett
      - NC Divisioni of Services for the Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing
                       by Linda Harrington
      - Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness
                       by Dr. Patricia Hughes
      - Northern Virginia Resource Center
                       by Cheryl Heppner
      - TDI's Chat with ...
                       by James D. House
      - Escaping from the Interactive Phone Maze
                       by Karen Peltz-Strauss & Susan Mazrui

October - December, 2003

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TDI's New Website Facelift

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 34 - #4

      - Executive Director's message
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Board Views
                       by Roy E. Miller, Ph.D.
      - From the Desk of The GA-SK Editor
                       by James D. House
      - The Grand Plan - Future of TDI
                       by James D. House
      - Welcome to the New TDI-online.org
                       by James D. House
      - An In-Depth Look at TDI
                       by James D. House
      - Development of TDI-online.org
                       by Elliot Rosen
      - TDI's Chat with ... Gerald Jordan
                       by GA-SK

July - September, 2003

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Looking Back: TDI's 15th Biennial International Conference

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 34 - #3

      - Executive Director's Message
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Board Views
                       by Roy E. Miller, Ph.D.
      - The Dice are Rollin'
                       by James D. House
      - A Night of Appreciation
                       by James D. House
      - TV Captioning
                       by James D. House
      - What Holds for Us in the Wireless Future?
                       by Cheryl Heppner
      - Technology Access for All
                       by James D. House
      - Pushing the Accessibility Envelope
                       by Cheryl Heppner

April - June, 2003

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Video Relay Service: Access in Living COLOR

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 34 - #2

      - Executive Director's Message
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Board Views
                       by Roy E. Miller, Ph.D.
      - Video Relay Sevice: Virtual Access with Real Results
                       by James D. House
      - AT&T's Real-Time Communication
                       by Sue Decker
      - Communication Access Center
                       by Diana McKittrick
      - Hamilton's HIP Relay
                       by Patti Bannier
      - MCI's IP-RELAY.com
                       by Jerry Nelson
      - Sorenson's Video Relay Service
                       by Diana Johnson
      - Sprint and CSD's USAVRS
                       by Barbara Narvaez
      - Video Relay Services at a Glance
                       by TDI

January - March, 2003

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Internet Relay: Reaching Out in Cyberspace

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 34 - #1

      - Executive Director's Message
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Board Views
                       by Roy E. Miller, Ph.D.
      - From the Desk of The GA-SK Editor
                       by James D. House
      - Internet Relay: Reaching Out in Cyberspace & About NECA
                       by James D. House
      - AT&T's Relay Call
                       by Sue Decker
      - Hamilton's HIP Relay
                       by Patti Bannier
      - MCI's IP-RELAY.com
                       by Jerry Nelson
      - Sprint's Relay Online
                       by Barbara Narvaez
      - Internet Relay at a Glance
                       by TDI

October - December, 2002

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New Faces in Local Advocacy

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 33 - #4

      - Executive Director's Message
                       by Claude L. Stout
      - Board Views
                       by Roy E. Miller, Ph.D.
      - From the Desk of The GA-SK Editor
                       by James D. House
      - Lessons Learned While Advocating
                       by Pamela Young-Holmes
      - Advocate in Deaf-Blind Technology
                       by Jeffrey S. Bohrman, Ph.D.
      - Advocate in TRS & Motel Captions
                       by Lawrence J. Brick
      - Advocate in Emergency News
                       by Becky Compton
      - Advocate in Emergency Services
                       by Diane Edge
      - Advocate in Web Accessibility
                       by Donald L. Moore
      - Advocate in Disaster Preparedness
                       by Donna B. Platt
      - Advocate in Highway TTY Call-Boxes
                       by Richard L. Ray
      - Advocate in Speech-to-Speech TRS
                       by Robert Segalman, Ph.D.
      - Making Advocacy Work for You
                       by James D. House
      - Advocacy Toolkits
                       by TDI

July - September, 2002

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Access in the Classroom

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 33 - #3

      - Using Technology to the Max
                       by Katherine A. Jankowski, Ph.D.
      - Technology: An Update on COED
                       by Frank G. Bowe, Ph.D.
      - Classroom Learning
                       by Barbara Raimondo
      - Accessibility in the Classroom
                       by Tamala Bradham, Ph.D.
      - Resources for Classroom Access
                       by Louise Tripoli, Ph.D.
      - NCAM's New Digital Media Tools
                       by James D. House

April - June, 2002

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Telecommunications & Media Around the Globe

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 33 - #2

      - An Overview of Access in USA
                       by James D. House
      - Technology Access - Here and There
                       by Dr. Yerker Andersson

January - March, 2002

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Access: By Land & By Sea

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 33 - #1

      - Access: By Land and By Sea
                       by Jim House
      - Roadside TTYs - A TDI Survey
                       by Christian Wojnar

October - December, 2001

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FCC's Disability Rights Office

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 32 - #4

      - Disability Rights Office (DRO)
                       by Jim House
      - FCC Disability Accomplishments
                       by TDI
      - Year 2001 at a Glance - A Review of TDI's Accomplishments
                       by TDI

July - September, 2001

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Disasters: Are You Prepared?

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 32 - #3

      - Disasters: Are You Prepared?
                       by Jim House
      - Resources on Disaster Preparedness
                       by Jim House
      - Lessons Learned from September 11
                       by Claude Stout

April - June, 2001

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TDI's 14th Conference Highlights

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 32 - #2

      - Captioning - For a Total Television Viewing Experience!
                       by Claude Stout
      - Move with the Cheese or Be Left Behind
                       by Dr. Roy E. Miller
      - Relay Hang-ups? Try Mediation!
                       by Jim House
      - The Gold Rush is On!!!
                       by Jim House
      - FCC Commissioner Copps Speaks at TDI
                       by Michael J. Copps, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

January - March, 2001

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Pagers: Let Your Thumbs Do the Talking

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 32 - #1

      - Pagers: Let Your Thumbs Do the Talking
                       by Jim House
      - Around the Country
                       by TDI

October - December, 2000

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Tapping into New Technologies

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 31 - #4

      - Partnership Profile: TAP at Gallaudet University
                       by Jim House
      - Around the Country
                       by TDI

July - September, 2000

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14th Biennial International Conference

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 31 - #3

- Around the Country
by TDI

April - June, 2000

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TRS: Reaching Functional Equivalency

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 31 - #2

      - Call to Arms!!! Let's Unite and Work Together toward TRS Functional Equivalency
                       by Claude Stout
      - TRS Functional Equivalency: Equality in Telecommunications
                       by Dr. Roy E. Miller
      - TRS: Defining Functional Equivalency
                       by Jim House
      - TRS: The Case for Reaching Functional Equivalency
                       by Jim House
      - TRS Developments at FCC
                       by The Disability Rights Office, FCC
      - TRS Administrators Respond
                       by four TRS Administrators from CA, NC, TX and WI
      - TRS Providers Respond
                       by four TRS Providers from AT&T, Hamilton, Sprint and VISTA
      - Ultratec Speeds TRS Calls with New Technologies
                       by Robert Engelke
      - Making Relay Service More Convenient with High Speed™ Code
                       by George Cheung
      - Krown's Efforts for TRS Functional Equivalency
                       by Sid Ander

January - March, 2000

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The Push for Movie Captioning

The GA-SK's Table of Contents, Vol. 31 - #1

      - CMC - Working Together in Force
                       by Toby Silver
      - Rear Window Captions
                       by Mary Watkins
      - An Interview with TRIPOD
                       by Nanci Linke-Ellis as interviewed by Jim House
      - Captioned Movies - Anytime, Anywhere
                       by Jim House
      - The Digital Divide
                       by Dr. Roy E. Miller
      - Around the Country
                       by TDI