Fire rescue training at the Deaf school in Japan
Deaf Japan News There was rescue training on assumption of the occurrence of a fire in the Prefectural Matsuyama School for the Deaf (41 Deaf children enrolled) in Matsuyama City on November 6.About 215 people in total, including the Deaf children, residents and the staff from the Matsuyama City Central Fire Station, participated. Persons who acted like injured ones were treated wit...
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Mom: "I'll Cherish You..."
Waving With My Deaf Hands this photo by Michesoo Mom to her deaf baby:"I'll cherish you and love you forever. I'm learning to sign, because I want so much to talk with my hands to you"
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The Family Stone - Captioned Trailer
bill creswell The Stones, a New England family, have their annual holiday gathering. The eldest son brings his girlfriend home to meet his parents, brothers and sisters. The bohemian Stones greet their visitor–a high-powered, controlling New Yorker–with a mix of awkwardness, confusion and hostility. Also features deaf actor Tyrone Giordano (imdb) (flixster). more Genre...
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Have Boots Will Travel
The Rebuttal Congratulations to Deaf Australia on winning the tender for providing Auslan training for the Queensland Education Department. It is fantastic news for them and Deaf people in general. It is fantastic news because it recognises that Deaf people and their families own Auslan. It is therefore fitting that they should be in control of teaching [...]
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A Letter to Hear Indiana, a chapter of A. G. Bell
Deaf Bilingual Coalition of Indiana November 9, 2008Ms. Naomi HortonExecutive DirectorHear IndianaMs. Horton, This letter is a response to the article that has been circulated on the web and dated October 23, 2008 (Indianapolis, PR Newswire via COMTEX). The title of the article indicates that the booth space has been sold out for Hear Indiana’s 26th Annual Educational Conference, the theme of which is ...
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Day 12
The Caretaker One of the popular questions around here is asking how Mackworth Island got its name. Mackworth Island got its name from Arthur Mackworth. The island before Arthur was owned by Sir Ferdinando Gorges, an English colonial entrepreneur in the 1600's. Arthur served as a deputy under Ferdinando. History lesson done. Here are [...]
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Deaf Children and Communication- my experience.
Tishia's Thoughts I’m thinking back to when I figured out what communication could be. I was already isolated and pretty much on my own. Before then, I was nothing. Well, I was not nothing, I was a little skinny thing with long wavy brown hair, lanky knobby legs speckled with bruises and scars, and big colorful eyes [...]
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Does New Law Mean Good News for New Parents of Deaf...
Jamie Berke (About.com) On October 8, 2008, Bush signed into law the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act. What this act does, among other things, is that it entitles parents to more...
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My DBC fundraiser experience
Oh I See! Sharing my experience at DBC fundraiser in Fremont, CA last night. I met a surprise vlogger! New chapters are formed as far as South Africa and plans to reach out more to hearing parents with Deaf babies. AGB is now worried. Keep on supporting DBC to realize its vision! Keep it positive. Comment moderation is in effect. Thank you.
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John McCain was a chair of the Gallaudet University board...
Fookem and Bug By Bug John McCain is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republician candidate in the 2000 and 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. He used to be a chair of the Gallaudet University board of trustees. In November 2006 McCain stepped down from the board because he disagreed with the decision to end the appointment [...]
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And Life Goes On
Please face me, I read lips Flood dancing couple - 7 Originally uploaded by Krypto Someone recently sent a group of inspirational quotes from Maya Angelou. I have always admired her work and enjoyed reading these snippets of wisdom garnered from a lifetime of challenges. If you don't know who she is, read her bio here. The first one almost sounds a bit [...]
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The Ottoman deaf people and sultanes // Los Sordos y los...
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Deaf Organization in Ohio Spotlight
Jim's DEEP Thoughts Deaf Women of Ohio is a group of Deaf women who want to make a difference. The mission of Deaf Women of Ohio is to promote the interests of Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind women, through education, leadership, empowerment and community support.Its nice to have many different kinds of organizations for the deaf.
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Deaf education in the Philippines, my retrospect
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Since our country is currently celebrating a week-long event making people aware about deaf and deafness, methinks it's appropriate to share with you how deaf activities stirred up suddenly these past two decades. I'll call this era the fourth wave borrowing the term coined by Dr. Liza Martinez and Mr. Rafaelito Abat in their research [...]
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Welcome to my ASLMom2Mom
ASLMom2Mom Question for the week, Nov 8 - 15 How do you celebrate your Thanksgiving day? Any specific rituals? Family traditions? Quote of the week: "Of all rights of women, the greatest is to be mother." Lin Yutang
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ASL Joke and Story
Oh I See! "How AIM was invented" (aka "The Invisible Handicap")Classic ASL joke tied to the modern age. Bonus video: "My ex-girlfriend"Original ASL story about an ex-girlfriend.
Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Nov 09 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Laurent Clerc Says....
Jean Boutcher's Collection of Quotations Laurent Clerc Visiting the Promised Land ©by Jean Boutcher ...other institutions may, therefore, be established until at last, not a deaf and dumb adult in the US may remain uneducated.Laurent Clerc Source: Jack R. Gannon (1981)
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Day 6: Last Day in Antigua
DeafNation My sixth day in Guatemala started off with a heart-breaking moment, that of leaving Sam’s family, whom I had come to know very well while staying with them during my time in Antigua. I’ll always remember them and Marco very fondly for their great hospitality.
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Day Five: Meeting more Deaf Mayans
DeafNation I woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the mountains of Totonicapan. We left the house once again for the day’s assignments, and met a Deaf Mayan, Jom, in Xetul, San Cristobal. He welcomed me as if I was an old friend of his.
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Day Four: My Day at the Coffee Farm
DeafNation Today was an especially anxious day for me. I was about to get my long-hoped for chance to see a real coffee farm, with some Deaf workers present. I couldn’t keep myself in suspense any longer, and got up at 5:45 AM, waking up the rest of the crew in the process of realizing my dream.
Language Tech Culture Sun, Nov 09 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I've now become a BIG FAN of will.i.am...
Finding my identity... He's made such great videos! And a BIG THANK YOU to BILL CRESWELL, the WEB Caption Guy, for captioning BOTH Videos of will.i.am - "Yes We Can" and "It's a New Day". I just love these videos, especially now that they're subtitled by the great guy, Bill Creswell.I happened to catch "It's a New Day" and will.i.am live and closed-captioned on Oprah this past Friday and LO...
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Late Show - When Alec Baldwin Met Sarah Palin - Captioned
bill creswell Alec Baldwin on Late Night, discussing the SNL Sketch with Sarah Palin more about "Late Show - When Alec Baldwin Met Sar...", posted with vodpod Posted in Captioned Video, Entertainment Tagged: Captioned TV Clip, Sarah Palin
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“It’s A New Day” - will.i.am
bill creswell Captioned by YouTube user illywilly [link] more about ""It's A New Day" - will.i.am", posted with vodpod Glad to see users picking up the captioning (well, technically subtitling, but I don't expect that many people know/understand the difference)! Kudos! Maybe in this “New Day”, I will have to find some [...]
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Burrell in NewsLeader
Tishia's Thoughts I am excited- the News Leader finally published something about what is going on with Burrell and the deaf community. Check it out-News Leader
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PSU's Loss, Bison Win, and N.C C..PSAD gone.
The Deaf Sherlock G'day everyone!Well, it's been a DRAMATIC weekend. Friday was the DPHH night. Heard from friends having a wonderful blast. Then the Gallaudet University Bisons closed out the final home game with a win over Williamson Trade by a score of 40-6! Whoo hooo! Nice butt kicking there boys! Season record now at 2-7. Bisons head to Wesley for a ROAD TRIP (last one) for an...
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