Netrox on Cued Speech
Jamie Berke (About.com) The Netrox blog had an interesting argument in favor of cued speech. Blogger Jeff posted two scans of his writing, first at age 8 prior to learning cued speech and... [...]
Sun, Aug 06 2006 · hide this blog

Be Cautious of Milan 1880 Film
RidorLIVE Ramon Rodriguez Busted: Ramon ‘Silver Fox’ Rodriguez has pleaded guilty to the charge of offering, giving, soliciting or receiving a gratuity. Ramon Rodriguez is 76 years old and deaf as well. And yes, his girlfriend is deaf. Check this press release for further information. Tsk on Ramon for doing [...]
Sat, Aug 05 2006 · hide this blog

NAD YLC Olympics
NAD YLC Blog Dominic Adams and Matthew Kohashi starting the day! Amelia Smith and Amanda Kolb face-painting Cory Behm. Jon Craig doing the same thing with Dominic Adams. Magnets demonstrating a spirit chant. High-energetic Fava leading his group. Rebecca Lovitch passing orange to Sharon Opris. “Don’t kiss me, Spencer Hegranes,” says Zane Noschese. Javier Lamarena paying attention carefully to his precious egg! Tug-of-war makes a lot [...]
Sat, Aug 05 2006 · hide this blog

Deaf Iraqi girl to get Cochlear Implant
DeafBiz Guess where? Guess who’s paying for it? Supposed there was no Iraqi liberation? Then what would her life be? I dare those that are opposed to Iraqi liberation tell her to her face that she would’ve rely on Saddam Hussein and Iraq’s antiquated health care to help her hear. Deaf Iraqi girl to receive care in U.S. [...]
Sat, Aug 05 2006 · hide this blog

Jordan upped the ante with this memo for Interim Provost...
Mishka Zena August 4, 2006MEMORANDUMTO:    Members of the Campus CommunityFR:     I. King JordanRE:     Call for Nominations and Applications for Interim Provost Three days ago I sent you a memorandum with an update on the Interim Provost Identification Committee and a call for nominations and applications for the position.  I am sending you this follow-up today because I want to say more about how important it is [...]
Sat, Aug 05 2006 · hide this blog

Auditory Neuropathy
Jamie Berke (About.com) When is a hearing child deaf? When they have auditory neuropathy.... [...]
Sat, Aug 05 2006 · hide this blog

Lee Anne Ozee
Grant Laird Jr. Remember Lee Anne Ozee I knew Lee Anne from Sam Houston High School in Arlington, Texas. She was senior and I was junior at this time – almost 20 years ago. We went out together during homecoming date – it was a lot of fun. She was so exciting about it because she never been [...]
Sat, Aug 05 2006 · hide this blog

A Brave New Deaf World
Random Thoughts and Musings Disclaimer: this may sound like a paid advertisement for DeafRead.com, but I assure you that this is not the case! *chuckle*Before I address my topic, I'd like to say something to my audience, the Teeming Millions. This blogsite went public only a few days ago. The response has been amazing and I am humbled. Thank you to those of you [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Positive Feedback.
Sonny James I've recently learned of this link through an e-mail issue of DeafWeekly - www.voteforbarbie.com. Check it out! Barbie features a video on her campaign site using sign language to reach out to the deaf.It's not often I get to do this but whenever I get the chance, I give positive feedback. I sent Barbie an e-mail at info@voteforbarbie.com and thanked [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Alexander Graham Bell, the Greatest Canadian? or the Worst?
Banjo's World Was Alexander Graham Bell, the Greatest Canadian... or the Worst?Are these people really sure that Alexander Graham Bell is worthy of being given title of being one of the greatest Canadians in the history of Canada? CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) took a survey from the Canadians and took in the nominations; Alexander Graham Bell was 9th in the top 10 [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Be Civil ? Or Else!
RidorLIVE I finally understood how Gamesmaster has to deal with his people in The Uncanny X-Men, a popular comic book series. One time, someone tortured someone else in order to call the attention of Gamesmaster whom he appeared out of nowhere, by the way of Gamesmaster’s telepathic link. After few mind-boggling dialogues between Gamesmaster and Fitzroy, [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Interview With Coach Ed Hottle
RidorLIVE When I first heard of Ed Hottle, a certain person at Gallaudet told me that Gallaudet Athletics Department has hired “another” hearing person to coach the football team. At first, I groaned mainly because Gallaudet has a history of hiring coaches who claimed they will learn ASL but struggled for some numbers of football seasons. [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Picture Day!
NAD YLC Blog NAD YLC’s entire population strikes a crazy pose. Daniel Fava gets a hand up from his felow campers on the high wall. Campers Lizzie Finley, Petra Orlegard, and Noe Turcios enjoy a splash down during Outdoor Living Skills. Cameron Abey braves the storm while trying to keep his group’s tarp standing. YLC’ers gone MAD!!!! Jovanna Natale participates in an excercise [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Is it just me?
gnarlydorkette [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Deaf Chef Proves Discrimination
Jamie Berke (About.com) It is not often that I get "success story" e-mails like this one, reprinted below without any editing: Very often, when top Excutive chef or Excutive Pastry Chef take over business... [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Official Matt Hamill Website is Now Up!
Mike McConnell Official announcement from Matt Hamill directly to Kokonut Pundits about his new and exciting website. It's deadly blue! It shimmers! It's definitely a bold statement! It's the new official Matt Hamill website! Check it out folks.Matt Hamill also makes a bold and challenging statement on his new website just for Mike Bisping. When you click on the link to Matt [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

Spam on your pager?
Tayler Mayer Do you receive spam at your pager or handheld? I have the Sidekick 2. I have had it for about a month after it was first released, plus two years with the now discontinued black and white Sidekick. Up until 6 months ago, it was sweet sailing. All received emails were from people I knew. [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

DEAFHOODism: Part II
Mike McConnell Click me and check inside for free!Deafhoodism - a Deaf status quo; a system of Deaf beliefs accepted as authoritative where acceptance and, sometimes, blameless actions toward other deaf and hard of hearing individuals outside of Deaf culture would be required. It is also a self-discovery oriented process involving sustained meaningful interaction with and commitment to, Deaf social, cultural and/or [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

North Dakota: Where All The Nukes Are
DeafDC.com This Sunday is Hiroshima Day, the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and, three days later, Nagasaki. While the conventional wisdom is that the mass murder of 150,000 Japanese civilians (and U.S. prisoners of war) was absolutely necessary to end the Pacific sphere of World War II by minimizing U.S. troop casualties and [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

ASL Night!
NAD YLC Blog Jovanna Natale listens intently during Discovery Course. With a crowd full of camper spotting him for safety, Andrew Hursin climbs over the “electric fence”. After a job well done, Maria Solovey gets a congratulatory hug from Carla Baldwin. Need a helping hand? Barbra Spiecker climbs over during her time at Discovery. Emily Macedo smiles as she is passed across [...]
Fri, Aug 04 2006 · hide this blog

A gem from Deaf woman on driving
Deaf Ogre There is a heated argument (and wholly imbecilic to start with) whether or not a Deaf person can drive. I don’t need to expand on this idiotic argument any more than Banjo already did?which he did so thoroughly. Incidentally, I really don’t plan to make an entry about it until I just happened to give [...]
Thu, Aug 03 2006 · hide this blog

A question from a ASL student
Deaf Ogre My hearing friend (ASL student) asked me a question this afternoon and I quoted his question unabridged: If a Deaf oralist systemically rejects ASL, Deaf Culture and Deafness background, and attempted to imitate a hearing person, would s/he still be considered Deaf due to being incapable to hear anything? Another hearing friend of mine who saw our conversation made [...]
Thu, Aug 03 2006 · hide this blog

Giving Others the Chance
sComm This is the last installment in KDLT-TV’s three-part series. This one focuses on Jerry VanDenHul and his motivation for creating the Racin’ for a Livin’ reality show. It makes a brief mention of Greg Gunderson, and reveals a significant fact - that over 15 million online votes were cast during the voting period. [...]
Thu, Aug 03 2006 · hide this blog

Two brand-new NAD blogs are now live!
Jared Evans [...]
Thu, Aug 03 2006 · hide this blog

Air Travel Action Alert
NAD Advocacy View This Video Full Screen Editor’s Note: This video appears a bit out of focus because we used a web cam to record this message. Please bear with us as we continue to learn how to create and post web videos to the NAD Advocacy Blog. *Text below is an English translation of the ASL [...]
Thu, Aug 03 2006 · hide this blog