Editorial Policy In Seach Of An Aggregator
Mephisto's Comedy Festival Setting up an aggregator? Well, here's an editorial policy you can use. No adaptation necessary, Just create a new page, call it Editorial Policy, cut and paste these guidelines and you will be ready to go. Blog entries are not accepted from bloggers if they do not relate to what the webmaster is interested in at this [...]
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Question
icedpinkchampagne Has anyone experienced this? I've been out of batteries for my right ear (hearing aid) for about two weeks now, so I've been using only the implant.But, when I listen to music.... like for example, I was listening to Oasis' Wonderwall just to listen to it and it suddenly seemed like I COULD hear in my right ear. Not like I was actually picking up sound... but as thoug...
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What Makes Good Accommodations?
Glenn's Story Book Glenn wrote:What makes good accommodations?That's something I have been thinking about lately.For my IT 428 class, I have two solo TypeWell transcribers. One has some experience, and the other has very little. They might seem to be getting the lecture OK, but I am beginning to really wonder about this. Last spring I had IT 422 with the same instructor. In that cla...
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State Gov't raids Deaf funds.
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone.First of all, I know I'm still in the whole Bailout madness stuff. But a lot of people will be tuned on Monday to the stock market and we'll see how the reaction goes. Just by the close of the day on Friday, it started falling. Thankfully, it closed. But that's just the *pause* in this financial mess.Then, out of the blue, I get notified of a newspaper ...
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For Some, Neither Hearing Aids Nor Cochlear Implants Work
Jamie Berke (About.com) Kpsampson on the forum has a problem: neither a hearing aid is helping enough, nor a cochlear implant. In the message "hearing aid problems," kpsampson asks: "Are there others who...
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*JUST* A MOM?
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear For so many years when interacting with medical professionals, I considered myself "just" a Mom, humbled by their expertise and ability.*I have since redefined myself*I have been working on a project with my two favorite health professionals, my pediatrician and my cochlear implant surgeon. The project involves distributing a questionnaire based on the study:Primary C...
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Trailer: Four Deaf Yorkshiremen and the Missing Wife!
Grumpy Old Deafies The film stars John Smith, Matt Kirby, Jonathan Reid and Ilan Dwek, and was made with the support of Remark! Production. It has been entered for the Deaffest Film Festival, so hopefully it'll be seen first on the weekend of 29/30th November in Wolverhampton, UK. The whole film will be released on YouTube on Monday 1st December. You can join the Four Deaf Yorkshireme...
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Oct 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Couple on Supernanny
Bionic Ear The Friday, October 10 (9:00pm/8:00pm cst) episode of Supernanny features a family headed by a deaf couple. Kip and Dorothy Baulisch of Omaha, Neb. and their four children — Melissa, 18; Jessica, 8; Jennifer, 7; and Kristin, 7. [link] (Flash...
Media Sun, Oct 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Vlogger meet Vlogger #2
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The "Turn it to the Left" Song and Lyrics
SpeakUpLibrarian This is a must watch video! I couldn't have said it any better!"Turn it to the Left"Rap song written and performed by Ben JacksonChorus:Turn it to the leftTurn, turn it to the left! Repeated three timesNow what kind of sounds can attack your ears?Well it's all kinds of noise you've been hearing for years.We got traffic, airplanes, power tools, and lawn mowers.Anythin...
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Casper the Friendly Coffee Urn and Other Mysteries
SpeakUpLibrarian I've been thinking about Tania's blog entry about how she is starting to discover new sounds with her cochlear implant. Sounds she was unaware of before and now must learn to identify - such as the gurgling sound gas makes when it runs through the pump into your car's fuel tank. I'm actually having the opposite experience these days and I wonder if that's normal with ...
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Sign or Speak?
Deaf - Hearing Relationship Sunday, Sept. 7 - Steve and I are asked to deliver messages for Sacrament Meeting in the Deaf Ward. Whether or not this is going to happen, I am not sure yet. Did I forget to mention in this blog that we are now officially members of the Salt Lake Deaf 1st Ward? Even though we [...]
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Conference Presentation: The Importance of Including...
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature Welcome Weaving Common Threads Conference Attendees. Note to the right side of this post you'll find a Deaf Character store where you can purchase the books that I discuss throughout the blog; my list of 100+ and Counting list of books currently with 185 contemporary publications; archives to view past posts; and a list of author interviews. Thanks for visiting! The I...
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Captioned Video: Myron Uhlberg speaks of The Hands of My...
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature Before, I posted the version that was not yet captioned. Three days ago this captioned version was made available. Here is the captioned version of Myron Uhlberg discussing his forthcoming book, Hands of My Father. I've also updated the earlier post with this video.
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WORD OF THE DAY: LANGUAGE
Mephisto's Musings Then there is the eternal fraccas between the value of Sign Language and oralism's imperialistic battle for the hearts and the minds of the great unwashed. Language. An emotive word. Language n. The music with which we charm the serpent's guarding another's treasure. Definition taken from The Devils' Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, Dover Thrif...
Language Audism Culture Sun, Oct 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

In Memory of Billy Taylor Sr.
Chrome Tattoo Gal's Run Escape Billy Taylor Sr. passed away Oct 4th, 2008 in the morning at 10:16 am. His son Ricky Taylor. He is also members of deafread.com his website [link] called The Countdown To The Resurrection, and deafvideo.tv included Hedy Taylor as Hedor. Billy graduated from Virginia School For The Deaf. My songs is for their deaf family. I know Billy in 1990 to 2008.
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"Not On My Watch"
Five String Guitar Nine days from surgery. I am optimistic of course, as always. Failure of any sort, is not even considered an option, as is any medical mishaps.As my cochlear buddy Abbie told me back in April, on the eve of my first surgical implant when I blogged about my worries after the surgeon outlined the circumstances that can happen (paralysis, taste disorder and death) " Not ...
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411: WestJet and Air Canada Fight Court Ruling on Free...
Tactile The World Greetings! As you may recall, from this May 2008 news release I had posted on my website, “411: Canadian Airlines to Allow SSPs Fly for Free”. An Usher Syndrome buddy and International Usher Syndrome Buddies Network founder, Ryan McNary of Edmonton, Alta. alerted me of the press release that tells us of another hurdle in accessibility [...]
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International Day of Sign Language
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Language Culture Sun, Oct 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

WORD OF THE DAY: ACTIVIST
Mephisto's Musings I'm never one for letting an opportunity to slip why, where I contribute to the intellectual development of Deaf and deaf people everywhere, Especially the deaf who love to bandy big words about as if they understood irony. Without much further ado, I present to you, the first in a series, Word Of The Day. And what better [...]
Language Sun, Oct 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Gallaudet's Enrollment Drops Below 1,000
Berke Outspoken "In the past five years, undergraduate enrollment has declined from about 1,400 to just under 1,000, said Paul Kelly, the university's vice president for administration and finance. " The italics were added by me, but this sentence is taken directly from today's Washington Post article, "Gallaudet's New Aesthetics," an update on what is happening with the effort to re...
Higher Education Culture Sat, Oct 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Daughters of Blessing #4
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature Rebecca's Reward (Daughters of Blessing #4) by Lauraine Snelling Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (October 1, 2008) This is the fourth book in Snelling's Daughters of Blessing series. I love the character Grace (Deaf Character) who has appeared in Snelling's Red River Series, the Return to Red River, and plays a more significant role in the Th...
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Happy FOOTBALL SATURDAY!
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!What a FOOTBALL Saturday! That is you are a Galladuet University Bison football supporter and a PSU football supporter as well.The mighty Bisons have gone on the road to take on Becker College today. It was reported that the Bisons have WON on their first Road Game win! Final Score: Gallaudet 26 Becker 18 .For info: [link] win puts the Bison recor...
Higher Education Sat, Oct 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Snap, Crackle, Pop
Sudden Silence Yesterday I heard something I’ve never heard before.  I actually never knew there was a sound associated with this activity at all.  It’s not like a mosquito or fly buzzing…both things that I know make noise but I’ve never actually heard.  This is something I just always assumed was silent. It was…bubbles popping.  Every now and [...]
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Would you send me to ALDA?
CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN Would you help me attend the Association of the Late-Deafened Adults Convention (ALDACon) in Chicago on Oct 29-Nov 2. I am trying to aim for $1,000 dollars in ten days and during the course of that time I will keep you all updated! The majority of the hard of hearing, hearing impaired and deaf people in the United States developed a hearing loss later on in life. ...
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