I AM BACK, WAYNE & USADSF, CLOSE THESE CASES, MOVE ON TO A...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Hi Everyone! I am back to Vlogland! The situation about Wayne's post on ridor's blog, I have no idea. I respect whatever Wayne feels right for himself. Wayne stated in his third e-mail that he appreciated my message in my "WAYNE, FEAR, and DÉJÀ VU "redo" vlog. Wayne also stated in his second email that he doesn´t want to go further on it, we are [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

New Sidekick iD free after rebates
Tayler Mayer Did anyone know about this? I didn't until today when I opened an email advertising the new Sidekick iD. I like to know when new products are released and am surprised I missed this one. I searched DeafRead, and sure enough, there are iD reviews (1, 2). But that's not why I'm writing. The Sidekick iD could be called the Sidekick 2.5. That's [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Miss Deaf World 2006 in Prague (Picture Slide)
Learn ASL 15.07.2006 on 20.00 will be Miss Deaf World 2006 final in Prague, Czechy. 10 girls from world will be start in final. Deaf girls from left: 1.Vice-miss Maryna Chuchriy from Ukraine, Miss Deaf World Ivana Novelic (Miss Serbia and Montenegro), II-vice Viera Zliechovcova from Slovakia, Miss Sympathy Angeligue Verstraete from Belgium [link]
Wed, May 23 2007

The Gesture
Fookem and Bug This, is the voice from silent hands; This, is the voice not heard, but seen Reaching across the empty space between Words, and the action that the mind demands When words are not enough; this is the gesture. -Dorothy Miles, 1976
Wed, May 23 2007

Jericho School for the Deaf Question
Jamie Berke (About.com) Jamielee09 asks on the forum: Hey all I am loooking for good information about the history of jericho school for the deaf - its in BC. I am wanting to do...
Wed, May 23 2007

My 1st Vlog
via link submit My 1st Vlog Introduction. Hope you enjoy it. [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

New Provost, Dr Stephen Weiner And MSCHE
Mishka Zena From: stephen.weiner@gallaudet.edu To: stephen.weiner@gallaudet.edu Subject: Strategies for addressing MSCHE directives Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 16:25:52 -0400 Signature: Gallaudet University Office of the Provost HALL MEMORIAL BUILDING 800 FLORIDA AVE. NE WASHINGTON, DC 20002-3695 May 23, 2007 Dear Campus Community: Gallaudet has been hard at work since receiving the [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Enhanced E-911 Mandate?
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Highlite quote from article. "Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., is drafting legislation to require Internet telephone companies to comply with FCC rules mandating the availability of "enhanced 911" emergency service, or E911. " Enhanced E-911 Mandate That is good news. It means that Internet-enabled services must have access to emergency [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Asian Deaf Conference
via link submit Hi there, This is a page where there are a few VLOGs about the National Asian Deaf Conference to be held in San Francisco, CA this summer. There are plenty of workshops for any interested attendees. The conference is an educational, cultural (both Deaf and Asian), and language learning experience. I hope that the posting will help gain more diversity among [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

How To File Complaint Against VRS Providers
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. These days, I get complaints from VRS users on various VRS Providers. I know other state relay administrators receive same complaints. According to the federal rule, states do not have jursdiction over VRS providers as they are fully funded by Interstate TRS Fund (federal). What I have done is listen and ask if they have [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

What to do?
The Talkie I was reading some interesting things today. A post at ASLisRisen linked out to a post on Judges Anything which talked about an incident in a store between the author and a hearing sales person. I was most interested in the comments. Some commenters agreed that making the sales person figure out what to do and not helping to figure it out was the right thing to do. [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Is Visual Phonics Better Than Cued Speech?
Kalalau's Korner Last year February I had an opportunity to attend a workshop on visual phonics presented by people from Gallaudet University. It was fascinating and the presenters, Bettie Waddy-Smith (a former colleague of mine) and Genie Chisholm, were fluent users of ASL. It was also an eye-opening experience for me as a Deaf professional.Cued Speech is different. It is not [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Only From Wayne Betts, Jr
RidorLIVE Hiya. Sorry about this. Could not help it if I m not in hurry to get here. After all, when it is all done and all over, you guys can clean up the mess, right? I want to elaborate that Aidan is and will be accomplished filmmaker one day. And it irked [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

DeafVIDEO.TV Sponsor and Full Screen feature
DeafVIDEO.TV The first feature improved upon since launch is the Full Screen window. Formerly, it would open a video in the widest dimension as per your screen´s resolution, which often resulted in a blurry quality. The Full Screen window now pops up in a fixed width (700 pixels). The full screen video now is as large as can be without over-distorting the screen, and fits on [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Deaf Olympic Swimmer Makes a Splash
Karen Will Landgren is in the pool for two hours each day, swimming laps and practicing his turns six days a week. At age fifteen, Will is getting the chance to compete in the Deaf Olympics and he is aiming for the gold."Baseball is my favorite sport," says Will, "But swimming is a close second." During the summer, Will has practice each day, two hours in the morning and [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Stem cell research might help restore hearing
STONE DEAF PILOTS - the deaf tech blog Deafness and hearing loss are a result of varying circumstances. In my case, I contracted Haemophilus influenzae meningitis at age 3.5 years, which destroyed the stereocilia in both my cochleas.  The stereocilia are important for hearing since they act as "microphones" and sound filters.  Without them, sound doesn't travel to the brain.  In a [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Text transcripts on LiveJournal voice posts
STONE DEAF PILOTS - the deaf tech blog The LiveJournal blogging platform offers members the ability to do voice posts, and text transcripts are either made by the creator of the podcast or the readers; it's a community-driven effort and works quite well - many people are willing to do this. Podcasts that are under three minutes are automatically transcribed by SpinVox. Previously: Spinvox: [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Deaf Still Slave Face Hearing Salespersons????
ASLisRisen I am still facing in Deaf Court with an Honorable Deaf Judge Anything from his own vlog link: [link] (pls view on my about 2 minutes video)Here's the map of St. Louis city and county with 3 black X marks for Powerful Oral Deaf schools and plus 3 blue/green X marks as for ASL classes but I do not know where 2 other more ASL Classes in St. Louis County:Here's my [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Follow-Up on Firewalking
Deaf Pagan Crossroads As could be expected, there has been a considerable "buzz" generated by the Firewalking Video which was posted here at the Crossroads earlier. A number of comments were left and some emails sent which asked a couple of questions and expressed a lot of curiosity to understand firewalking better, and learn how I became involved in this. As a result, I have [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Rehabilitation after the Cochlear Implant
Bionic Ear When a person receives a cochlear implant, that's not the end of it. Getting the cochlear implant inserted is the easy part. The hard part comes in Rehabilitation therapy, which includes speech and listening therapy tailored based on the patient's background. A cochlear implant won't magically help a person hear on the phone and hear the words on [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Summer Nights from "Grease" performed in American Sign...
Learn ASL Excellent production, great actors, very cool video. [link]
Wed, May 23 2007

DWU Conference Video AD
via link submit Be sure to check out DWU Conference Video AD! [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Hearing Firefighter to Learn ASL
Mike McConnell I wonder what Neil over at Deaf Firefighter's Blog will say about this story about a hearing firefighter who decide to learn ASL. I'm sure it's a thumbs up from Neil.He embarked on an intensive sign-language program after he went on a medical call last summer and the 6-year-old daughter of a deaf woman ended up being a translator between emergency personnel and her [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

New MSSD Principal
Reflections: Sifting Realities I'd like to extend a hearty congratulation to Daniel Dukes! Daniel Dukes has been selected as the new MSSD principal.I'm sure that Daniel is excited about his new position and is eager to begin as principal. I believe he'll begin when Myra Yanke steps down at the end of the school semester.His wife, Beth, was a classmate of mine while we were graduate students in [...]
Wed, May 23 2007

Bob's Vlog: A conversation with Dr. Stephen Weiner
Inside Gallaudet President Davila has a conversation with the newly-appointed provost, Dr. Stephen Weiner.
Wed, May 23 2007