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These kids were born as I was graduating from Gallaudet
BiblioMarket The closest thing to the internet we had back then was the VAX text system. and there were just two print servers doing printouts of homework. when the one in the basement of Benson hall broke down, as it frequently did, one had to trudge across campus to the EMG building and go to the [...]
Fri, Aug 20 2010

iStoryTime Announces New Book App for Deaf Children! | Nate...
BiblioMarket iStoryTime Announces New Book App for Deaf Children! By Nate Adcock, Submitted Saturday, August 14, 2010 ShareThis Topics: Books Danny The Dragon Meets Jimmy iPad Great idea this, especially for the iPad... iStoryTime has created a first in book app publication for iPad. A hearing-impaired friendly childrens book. The book format features an option to [...]
Thu, Aug 19 2010

And Your Name Is Jonah – Deaf film, no captions?!
BiblioMarket i came across this by accident while browsing the film library at Hulu.com – how strange that this film is on Hulu with NO captions! Hulu is pretty good about providing captions, so this is kind of insulting, don't you think? ah, well. it wasn't all that good a film anyway, from what i can [...]
Sun, Aug 15 2010

Deaf Shopper Suspected of Shoplifting Choked By Security...
BiblioMarket Watching this video and reading the story brought all kinds of bad feelings and memories to me. I was present when guards killed Carl Dupree in the Student Center stairwell on November 9, 1990, which i wrote about four years ago. [link] This November 9th will mark 20 years since Carl's death, and I still [...]
Sat, Aug 14 2010

Fun British Deaf Video I first saw a few years ago -it’s...
BiblioMarket via youtube.com Filed under: Politics
Sun, Feb 28 2010

NBCOlympics.com will offer 400 hours of live event...
BiblioMarket NBCOlympics.com will offer 400 hours of live event competition video and more than 1,000 hours of on-demand access to full-event replays. Unfortunately, IT'S NOT CAPTIONED! F U C K — Y O U, NBC!! Filed under: Politics
Fri, Feb 12 2010

My Letter to Disney
BiblioMarket [link] Posted in Politics
Tue, Nov 17 2009

OR…. you could just buy something that works.
BiblioMarket .....like an iPhone or Blackberry or Pre. Sidekicks are SO 2003. Updated: 10/20/2009 5:00 AM PDT Microsoft Update on Sidekick Data Restoration The Danger / Microsoft team continues to work around the clock and has completed its latest round of rigorous tests. We are now ready to make the [...]
Wed, Oct 21 2009

1905 Gallaudet Football Front Page Washington Times «...
BiblioMarket Despite a loss to Georgetown that weekend, the Washington Times placed a large photograph of Gallaudet’s Football team at the top of the Sunday edition, Oct. 1st, 1905. The archive photo was very dark and faces were almost lost in shadows, so I have lightened it up and made it a little easier to view. 1905 [...]
Wed, Sep 02 2009

1926 Photos NAD Gathering « BiblioMarket
BiblioMarket Exploring the archives at the Library of Congress, I came across these two photos of ladies attending the August 1926 NAD gathering in Washington DC. You can see vintage dress and hair styles, and in the background, old cars from the 1920s, and the US Capitol. You’ll also see a sign for the Occidental Restaurant [...]
Wed, Sep 02 2009

My Thoughts, Found Hidden in a 1927 Yearbook « BiblioMarket
BiblioMarket I came across a 1927 yearbook from Drake University while browsing in my bookstore today and spent a couple hours looking at pictures of students, faculty, and campus. It was fun to see the clothes, the hairstyles, the fraternities and sororities, the clubs, athletics, and so forth and try to imagine the political climate [...]
Wed, Sep 02 2009

1923 Gallaudet Football Team Photo « Deaf Soup
BiblioMarket I came across this fantastic vintage photo of some members of the 1923 Gallaudet Football team in action on the field. I do not have information about the player names or graduation years, and would like help in identifying them. Perhaps persons with access to Gallaudet Archives or vintage yearbooks from this era could help? If [...]
Wed, Sep 02 2009

Gallaudet Easter Campers of 1903 « Deaf Soup
BiblioMarket When I attended Gallaudet in the late 80’s and early 90’s, whenever we’d get a long weekend, some of us boys would get a convoy of trucks and vans filled up with camping gear and head up to the mountains at Deep Creek Lake or Sugar Mountain, or attend Timberfest camping festivals in Pennsylvania or [...]
Wed, Sep 02 2009

Through Deaf Eyes | WETA HD
BiblioMarket Sun., August 9, 20099:00 pm(120 minutes) Stockard Channing narrates this account of American history from the perspective of the deaf, including challenges they've faced in educational settings; technological advances such as teletype machines, closed-captioning and cochlear implants. via weta.org Check the link to see additional show times and a chart of ch...
Sun, Aug 09 2009

Alltop – Top Deaf News
BiblioMarket Check out this website I found at deaf.alltop.com AllTop has been in the news lately, so i checked to see if there's a Deaf section and there is! might be old news to some of you, but it's new to me. Posted via web from samsonkg's posterous Posted in Politics [...]
Wed, Jul 15 2009

Scream [Rosa Lee ASL Video]
BiblioMarket via youtube.com I'm no Michael Jackson fan, but i love the intensity of this ASL Music video by Rosa Lee & friends – you go, girls! Posted via web from samsonkg's posterous Posted in Politics
Wed, Jul 15 2009

Deaf People Need to Own the Political Process for Themselves
BiblioMarket I just took the further steps towards owning a piece of the political process; I made yet another donation to Barack Obama's presidential campaign today.  I hope other Deaf people understand that it's important for them to own a part of the political process for themselves, too. It's going to take more than just me and [...]
Tue, Sep 16 2008

1905 Gallaudet Football Front Page Washington Times
BiblioMarket Despite a loss to Georgetown that weekend, the Washington Times placed a large photograph of Gallaudet's Football team at the top of the Sunday edition, Oct. 1st, 1905. The archive photo was very dark and faces were almost lost in shadows, so I have lightened it up and made it a little easier to view. 1905 [...]
Fri, Mar 21 2008

1926 Photos NAD Gathering
BiblioMarket Exploring the archives at the Library of Congress, I came across these two photos of ladies attending the August 1926 NAD gathering in Washington DC. You can see vintage dress and hair styles, and in the background, old cars from the 1920s, and the US Capitol. You'll also see a sign for the Occidental Restaurant [...]
Thu, Mar 20 2008

Through Deaf Eyes Discussion and Events
BiblioMarket Many of you have watched the PBS special THROUGH DEAF EYES and expressed your opinions on it. I will be writing an opinion piece on it as well, but in the meantime, I wanted to give you some additional resources related to the film. First, there is the official PBS transcript of the film, available here. [...]
Fri, Mar 23 2007

Delta Zeta Sorority Evicted from University
BiblioMarket “DePauw University severed ties yesterday with a national sorority that evicted two-thirds of the university?s chapter members last year in what the sorority called an effort to improve its image for recruitment, but which the evicted women described as a purge of the unattractive or the uncool.” This news comes down from Delta Zeta's Sorority at [...]
Tue, Mar 13 2007

Adequate = Dead in the Water
BiblioMarket Recently, Gallaudet received an improved rating from the Office of Management and Budget evaluation. It's rating went from “ineffective” to “adequate.” Stories marking this change have been published in the Washington Post and elsewhere. Before cheering and patting each other on the back, let's examine what this rating really means. [...]
Fri, Feb 09 2007

?08 Democrat Presidential hopefuls are at Gallaudet today
BiblioMarket Sorry, kids, it looks like we're not allowed to attend.... This is disappointing, because I would have liked to listen to Cinton, Obama and Biden. SEIU Gets a Crack at the Democratic ?08ers Over the next two days, [today & Saturday] the roughly 60 people who sit on the international executive board of the Service Employees [...]
Fri, Jan 26 2007

President Emeritus of the Absolutes
BiblioMarket Gallaudet's “President Emeritus” once again uses the Washington Post to poke a stick at not only the protesters that succeeded in having Jane Fernandes' appointment to President revoked by the Board of Trustees, but at recent history as well. It wasn't enough that he used the media to spread his and Jane's false propaganda about [...]
Mon, Jan 22 2007

Full Text / .PDF of Covington Burling HMB Investigation
BiblioMarket COVINGTON & BURLING LLPREPORT OF INVESTIGATION GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY EVENTS AT HALL MEMORIAL BUILDING ON OCTOBER 6, 2006 January 12, 2007 Eric H. Holder, Jr. Benjamin J. Razi Robert A. Zink COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 662-6000 pdf version, which includes graphics: [...]
Tue, Jan 16 2007

Another Gallaudet Board Member Resigns
BiblioMarket January 12, 2007 From: Pamela Holmes, Chair To: Campus CommunityAs Chair of the Board of Trustees, I would like to acknowledge the service of William Graham. Mr. Graham, a founder of ALDA (Association of Late Deafened Adults), joined the Board of Trustees in 1990, and he served most recently as Secretary. He graciously agreed to extend his [...]
Fri, Jan 12 2007

Gallaudet Uprising: Where the Deaf Will Be Heard
BiblioMarket The following article was submitted to BiblioMarket for possible publication. While it is somewhat dated, having been written shortly following Fernandes' termination by the Board of Trustees, I felt it worthwhile to publish a viewpoint from an author Down Under. [Sydney, Australia] / -Ken @ BiblioMarket By Dumpstered Twin During the writing of this article, [...]
Wed, Jan 10 2007

Memos from Dr. Davila and Michael Moore
BiblioMarket These two memos were released to the community today from Michael Moore and Dr. Davila. From: president@gallaudet.edu [mailto:president@gallaudet.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:18 PM To: president@gallaudet.edu Subject: Weekly Message to the CommunityOffice of the PresidentCOLLEGE HALL 800 FLORIDA AVE. NE WASHINGTON , DC 20002-3695Dear Faculty, Staff, [...]
Wed, Jan 10 2007

I Just had a Spontaneous Orgasm
BiblioMarket Say Hello to the Apple iPhone! This WILL be the communications device of choice among Deaf and hard-of-hearing people, dooming Sidekicks, Blackberrys, and Treos to the back of dusty desk drawers. Coming in June, 2007, the Apple iPhone will run the OS X, and combine a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with [...]
Tue, Jan 09 2007

At Universities, Plum Post at Top Is Now Shaky
BiblioMarket Gallaudet Protesters are not Alone. Many other colleges and universities are going through or have recently gone through their own protests, for many different reasons, and some for very similar reasons to Gallaudet's protest. What we did as protesters was not so unusual. What we accomplished IS. But it does not end there. As can be [...]
Tue, Jan 09 2007

CNN Interviews Dr. Davila [text transcript]
BiblioMarket PHILLIPS: Straight ahead, a bridge over troubled waters. A renowned educator comes out of retirement to restore calm at Gallaudet University. Dr. Bob Davila joins us live next in the NEWSROOM.PHILLIPS: Not all the big changes in Washington this week are in government: a new interim president took over at Gallaudet University after a year [...]
Mon, Jan 08 2007

Jordan Leaves Gallaudet With Painful Goodbye
BiblioMarket Former President's Legacy May Not Reflect His TenureBy Susan Kinzie Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 8, 2007; B01When I. King Jordan announced in fall 2005 to a hushed and expectant crowd at Gallaudet University that he would step down as president of the school for the deaf, people gasped. Many burst into tears. Dozens stood [...] [...]
Mon, Jan 08 2007

The New Deaf Sport: Out-Ridoring Ridor
BiblioMarket It seems, of late, during these balmy, Spring-like January days, a new sport has emerged among the Deaf and hard-of-hearing populace. It is a sport where one attempts to out-ridor Mr. Ridor himself, posting anti-Ridor comments on blogs or writing up opinion pieces that tell Mr. Ridor to get-a-job, such as this one by Jame [...]
Sun, Jan 07 2007

Deafness as Culture
BiblioMarket Thanks to Mike Yared for bringing this article to my attention. Written in 1993, it is still timely today given the atmosphere of fear and intimidation that has prevailed in the 13+ years since it's publication, at Gallaudet University. Fernandes and Jordan have repeatedly and systematically chipped away at the historical ASL foundation of [...]
Fri, Jan 05 2007

Text Transcript and Videos : Dr. Davila / Welcome Back
BiblioMarket President Davila shares his plans with the campus communityChoose your video version:Flash (Macintosh/PC) Quicktime (Macintosh/PC) Windows Media (PC)[Text Transcript of Video Message follows- thanks to Brian Riley for providing the transcript] Hello, and welcome back to the campus. I hope that you and your families had a really pleasant holiday and that you are [...]
Tue, Jan 02 2007

24 Acres Next to Gallaudet Approved for Development
BiblioMarket New Town Market Proposal Approved Questions Remain, Though, About Obligations of Mayor and Other Officials By Elissa Silverman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page B04 The D.C. Council endorsed a proposal yesterday for a $1.2 billion development in a gritty warehouse district in Northeast Washington without addressing details about the [...]
Sun, Dec 31 2006

Your 2007 New Year?s Resolution: Start a Blog or Vlog!
BiblioMarket 2007 is THE YEAR OF THE BLOG. [& VLOGS!] That's my prediction. Yeah, sure, there's already a lot of bloggers, millions of them in fact.... but like the Internet did in 1998, Blogging and Vlogging in 2007 is going to come into the mainstream like never before. Everyone and their grandmothers will be blogging, thanks [...]
Tue, Dec 26 2006

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
BiblioMarket As a child, the following story, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, was my favorite of all among many christmas stories, and today, this Christmas, I share it with my readers. May your Christmas be spent giving others the best gift of all: Yourself. / Ken @ Bibliomarket THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. Henry One [...]
Mon, Dec 25 2006

Jordan blinks, Commerson gets his job back
BiblioMarket 11:12 pm, Pacific Daylight Time Friday, December 22, 2006 At a gala held in commemoration of Gallaudet and the success of the recent protest, Ryan Commerson, the leader of the Gallaudet protest, made an announcement on stage, saying this evening at 10:43 pm: “I got a page this morning saying I got my job back.” The crowd erupted [...]
Sat, Dec 23 2006

conference: 150 Years on Kendall Green - April 2007
BiblioMarket Gallaudet University Press Institute Announces the International Conference... 150 Years on Kendall Green: Celebrating Deaf History and Gallaudet April 11-13, 2007 Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University Washington, D.C. The 150 Years on Kendall Green: Celebrating Deaf History and Gallaudet conference will take place on April 11-13, 2007. Gallaudet University [...]
Wed, Dec 20 2006

The Death of Media
BiblioMarket This blogger reviews this book, using the Gallaudet protest as an example of the themes contained within the book. I've posted part of the review here, and the rest can be read at the link provided at the end. Danny Schechter's The Death of the Media [and the Fight to Save Democracy]One-hundred and seventy-three pages, [...]
Tue, Dec 19 2006

My Thoughts, Found Hidden in a 1927 Yearbook
BiblioMarket I came across a 1927 yearbook from Drake University while browsing in my bookstore today and spent a couple hours looking at pictures of students, faculty, and campus. It was fun to see the clothes, the hairstyles, the fraternities and sororities, the clubs, athletics, and so forth and try to imagine the political climate [...]
Mon, Dec 18 2006

Fernandes Dec. 17: The protest was about my not being deaf...
BiblioMarket In her most recent interview with her hometown newspaper, Dr. Fernandes yet again plays the ‘not deaf enough' card, continuing to lie to the media, her family, and most importantly, to herself, about her failure as a LEADER. She has a long history of failure upon failure, and yet, claims that she has been wronged. [...]
Sun, Dec 17 2006

LaToya Plummer: Drastic Actions Will be Taken
BiblioMarket In today's Washington Post, student leader Latoya Plummer states that if reprisals are not lifted, “drastic actions will be taken.” I am hoping that these actions will include Boycotting Gallaudet in the Spring, with a large number of students refusing to return to Gallaudet and thereby hurting the University financially, at a time when Galladuet [...]
Sat, Dec 16 2006

BOT to Students: ?Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, and...
BiblioMarket Here it is - the official ‘Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, and Up-Yours' from the Board of Trustees to ALL the protesters, alumni, staff, faculty, parents, and protest supporters. The Board is callously ignoring THEIR own role in causing this protest in the first place, and fixing the blame entirely on the protesters. If accountability [...]
Fri, Dec 15 2006

Tina Jo Breindel open letter to Carl Pramuk / Hillel...
BiblioMarket Open Letter to Carl Pramuk, Gallaudet Dean of Students, and Hillel Goldberg, Coordinator of Judicial AffairsFrom: Tina Jo Breindel To: carl.pramuk@gallaudet.edu CC: hillel.goldberg@gallaudet.edu Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:35:48 -0800 Subject: Pardon me. . . Hey Carl~ I want to take the time to compose this e-mail as I know you personally years back, during the days when [...]
Fri, Dec 15 2006

Letters from S. Weiner & W. Marshall
BiblioMarket Here are two letters, one from Dr. Weiner and the other from Dr. Marshall, regarding the selection of Dr. Davila for the post of IP. From: Stephen F. Weiner, Ed.D. [mailto:stephen.weiner@gallaudet.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:56 AM To: stephen.weiner@gallaudet.edu Cc: stephen.weiner@gallaudet.edu Subject: Dear friends and members of the university [...]
Tue, Dec 12 2006

Transcript: Dr. Davila?s Acceptance Speech
BiblioMarket Note: editorial comments and footnotes are from Brian Riley, who prepared this lengthy transcript of Dr. Davila's speech. Transcript of Gallaudet Interim President-elect Robert Davila's acceptance speech on Sunday, December 10, 2006: PAMELA HOLMES (Acting Chair of the Gallaudet Board of Trustees): Good afternoon, everyone. With today's announcement of the Interim [...]
Tue, Dec 12 2006

Thieves Exploit IP Relay
BiblioMarket MSNBC.com Thieves exploit phone system for the deaf FCC reviewing relay rules that are costing U.S. businesses millions By Lisa Myers, Tim Sandler & the NBC News Investigative Unit Updated: 4:05 p.m. ET Dec 5, 2006 WASHINGTON - For Steve Walker and his wife, Krista, the advent of an Internet-based telephone system for the deaf was a godsend. “It's [...]
Tue, Dec 12 2006

I.K. Jordan Departing Dec. 22 admidst SCANDAL
BiblioMarket ..... ain't this somethin'? Read this memo from I.K. Jordan below my comments. old man Jordan and his sidekick Fernandes made a huge mess of Gallaudet's Accreditation status, jeopardizing all students at Gallaudet with the possibility of worthless degrees, and Jordan, knowing damn well he had made a stinkin' mess, made sure he got his [...]
Tue, Dec 12 2006