WE NEED LOCAL/NATIONAL WRITERS FOR ‘258 NEWS’ !
258 NEWS: VERY INTERESTING. Hi Ya'll, Wanna become part of an e-team of writers for ‘258 News'?   We are looking for deaf/hard of hearing writers with mad-hot writin' skills and a twisted sense of satirical humor!  We -Anne Tomasetti and Alexandria Wailes–news anchors and co-producers of ‘258 News'- will be your visibly creative outlets! ‘258 News&...
Media Art and Storytelling Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Taiwan Videos
DeafNation No Barriers with Joel Barish: Check out the latest video clip updates with some fantastic video clips of Joel’s journey to Taiwan.
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Expelled Movie Teaser - Captioned
bill creswell Though Ben Stein is perhaps most famous for his sleep-inducing drone in FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF or for his eponymous game show, he is also a highly regarded New York Times columnist and was a speechwriter for both Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford during their presidencies. For EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED, he needs all his [...]
Media Tech Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Tropic Thunder, R Rated Trailer Captioned
bill creswell Well, Transcribed really. I haven't got the timing worked out - TubeCaption's quick import doesn't let me move a group at a time, so I got frustrated.There is a transcript below you can look at - I probably won't work on it any more. Anyway, it contains some to the scenes about “Simple Jack” , a [...]
Media Art and Storytelling Tech Wed, Aug 13 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

How Do You Sign "Communist?"
Jamie Berke (About.com) With the Russia-Georgia war in the news and many in the media saying that Russia wants to go back to the Soviet Union superpower days, I decided to update a...
Media Language Culture Wed, Aug 13 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

NAD Supports “Tropic Thunder” Boycott
NAD Advocacy The NAD signed on in support of the protest against the new movie, “Tropic Thunder.” The NAD has also learned that a local protest is planned for Wednesday, August 13, in Washington, DC, against the movie. Other protests are being planned nationwide. “Tropic Thunder” includes an extensive and very negative portrayal of an [...]
Media Legal Tue, Aug 12 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Confused about Merger of the Virginia School for the Deaf &...
RLMDEAF Is there already the official merger of the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (VSDB) of Stauton and the Hampton Roads School for the Deaf and Blind and Multi-Disabled (HRSDBMD)or what? After reading the MSNBC's news report on the increasingly school budgets across the country to be heavily slashed and reduced, ex. school transportation cost and fuel. The articl...
Media Education Tue, Aug 12 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Kiss-Fist Magazine: Issue Two
The Rosa Lee Show Greetings, folks! My brother and I just completed our 2nd issue of Kiss-Fist Magazine. We are truly grateful for all of your support, especially your contribution into making this magazine “fun, energetic, artistic, and informative.” We hope to release our 3rd issue in December so feel free to send us an email at submissions (at) [...]
Media Art and Storytelling Education Culture Tue, Aug 12 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Character Books Recommended by Readers
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature These books were recommended by Blog Readers. I haven't read either of these books and just put them in my Amazon Cart. Enjoy! Between, Georgia (2006)by Joshilyn Jackson Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Reading Level: Adult but appropriate for Mature Teens There's always been bad blood between the Fretts and the Crabtrees. After all, the Frett...
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Tue, Aug 12 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Exciting News!
Mountain Mama I have an article published in an online magazine! Kiss Fist magazine is a wonderful read-- full of gorgeous photos, bits of quotes and poetry, a few articles and stories. All of the contributors are Deaf and what's even nicer is I know a lot of them from school or other events, and one of the contributors is my cousin! For my hearing readers, 'kiss fist' is a sign l...
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Aug 11 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Talking 'bout my generations
Oh I See! The future of Deaf politics? Directing you to a fascinating The New York Times article, "Is Obama the End of Black Politics?" An article based upon the polarizing political support for Democratic party's candidate, Barack Obama. I see several parallels within Deaf culture in advocating one's worldview in life and politics. I recommend you to read it and discuss in for...
Media Culture Mon, Aug 11 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

14: Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony = Spectacular!
The Countdown To The Resurrection I really feel sorry for London 2012 Committee. Beijing has provided the best opening ceremony I ever had seen in any Olympics. Normally, these 3 to 5 hours of opening ceremony tends to be overbearing at times. But last Friday's 8-8-08 Opening Ceremony, I never felt the need to endure the whole program. [...]
Media Art and Storytelling Education Culture Sun, Aug 10 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

News Flash: Missing deaf girl is found safe.
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone. It's a bit of breaking news a bit, but there is a great relief in the deaf community of San Francisco tonight. The missing deaf girl has been found SAFE.NBC11.com reports the story: [link] we should thank God that there has been a resolution and that she is safe. Now I'm hope that some child social workers will step in and make sure this deaf kid d...
Media Sat, Aug 09 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Emergency! Deaf Girl Missing!
The Deaf Sherlock G'day everyone!Emergency! Pass the word to the deaf community. There's a Deaf girl at risk.Here are the details:Link: [link] MISSING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL DEAF AND MUTESAN FRANCISCO (BCN)A 13-year-old deaf and mute girl of San Francisco has been missing since noon today, said police Sgt. Wilfred Williams.Lamisha Parker was supposed to be picked from Argonne Playground i...
Media Legal Sat, Aug 09 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Olympics 2008 Diver Chris Colwill
Deaf Soup The 2008 Olympics include a Deaf diver. I'm surprised no one in the deaf blogosphere has mentioned this  yet.  I cannot find a mention of him in my searches at DeafRead.  So, I present to you, a bio for Chris Colwill, formerly of Florida, now living in Georgia. Let's cheer on one of our own! Chris [...]
Media Culture Sat, Aug 09 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

iTunes: Closed Captioning Update
deafmac.org At this time of writing, closed captioned movies in iTunes grew its list to 94. The most recent being “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, “Enchanted” and “Dan In Real Life”. I am really hoping that the studio will release a captioned feature “There Will Be Blood” as it is one of my favorite movie of all time. Anybody [...]
Media Tech Thu, Aug 07 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Ask Your Friends to Caption Their YouTube Videos
Jamie Berke (About.com) ...Because they really have no excuse for not doing so. Today Bill Creswell brought to our attention the existence of yet another means of captioning YouTube video: What else but...
Media Tech Wed, Aug 06 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Silence at X Games
Say What? Picked up from Yahoo! news, courtesy of Robert LaHue.  This California 17-year old girl, deaf since birth, is a mortorsports champion.  Her name is Ashley Fiolek, and she debuted in the X Games in the first year of Women's Moto X Racing on Saturday, August 2, 2008. Read more here at the original article. Doing a [...]
Media Culture Mon, Aug 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Thank You For Transcripts: Love & Ranting
submit by: Joseph Call to action to convince people to help get captioning online!
Media Tech Mon, Aug 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Wow! Sonic’s Wacky Pack in ASL!
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron shares her surprising discovery of one of the best examples in ASL marketing. Amy demonstrates a promotional give-away, the pack-of-6 SONIC® Wacky Pack® Kids' Meal toy that was distributed through SONIC® Drive-In Restaurants in 2006. You may wonder what is SONIC®? [...]
Media Language Education Culture Sun, Aug 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Market Hope or Truth?
Oh I See! More specifically, should we market for hope or nothing but the truth involving ASL for parents of a Deaf child? Should we lead on the parents down the yellow brick road like many non-ASL proponents tend to do?Marketing ASL to parents are constantly changing especially through more available Internet access that provides for more convenient and exploratory access of p...
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Education Tech Sun, Aug 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Give Jack’s Eyes a break!
The Rogue's blog   I watched the Deaf TV and wanted to make comment since I do not have my own vlog yet. Give Jack's Eyes a break! Jack Barr done many things for you with comedy vlogs even he updated about DBC convention at Milwaukee. He made one simple mistake as he wasn't the only one done “Shooting AGB's grave!” vlog. I know Jack [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, Aug 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

We're All Nuts
Drolz Uncensored We're all nuts. On the deaf or hearing blogosphere, it makes no difference. Nuts galore, period.
Media Tech Culture Fri, Aug 01 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Jonas Brothers...
Finding my identity... OK, so tweens are crazy about The Jonas Brothers, right? Well, just now, this morning, I saw a mention on the Good Morning America show that the brothers' mother is/was a sign language teacher! Interesting. I wonder if the Jonas Brothers know any signs? It'd be cool if they could create a sign music video! What do you think?
Media Language Fri, Aug 01 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

ASL Video Comments Safe? Gravatar?
Teri Sentelle Teri discusses the issue of using video comment feature across the deaf blogosphere, and the safety tip of using your user name (screen name) in the v/blogland. DeafVideo.tv Comment No. 13: [link] Creating a new gravatar: [link]
Media Language Tech Culture Thu, Jul 31 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post