tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76964611183148482502024-03-13T18:48:32.619-04:00RLMDEAFRLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.comBlogger438125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-56191907213245456862017-06-20T14:22:00.001-04:002017-06-20T14:24:26.453-04:00How CJ Jones Mobilized Deaf Communities With His Self-Promotion For "Baby Driver" Incoming FilmFor months, CJ Jones, longtime Deaf actor proudly self-promoted his first "major" film appearance in "Baby Driver", adrenaline-packed film which has well-received by the very influential "Rotten Tomatoes" aggregator thru YouTube postings and Deaf social media interviews.<br />
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_driver/#audience_reviews<br />
https://youtu.be/LqxLB8hAoDE<br />
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Too bad, "Baby Driver" producers, Wiki and other publicity sources didn't bother to enclose CJ Jones as part of the film cast because he had a pivotal role as the aging foster father to the leading character within the "Baby Driver" film. Neither the film poster or film trailer didn't include the image / appearance of CJ Jones. :-(<br />
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Driver<br />
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The IMBD social media aggregator is only the one of film community to list CJ Jones as part of the film crew and his biographical information - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890160/fullcredits/<br />
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The film producers and film studio and distributor ought to appreciate CJ Jones' self-promotion efforts for catching the niche audience to flock and see the "Baby Driver" film.<br />
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Haven't seen the film clip of CJ Jones' performance in "Baby Driver" film yet. Nor know if his performance is worthy-seeing. Just the film publicity still shots. :-(<br />
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Will the CJ performance be the standout role within the "Baby Driver" film? Wait and see..<br />
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<br />RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-7846776498559160732015-05-22T08:17:00.000-04:002015-05-22T08:17:12.167-04:00At last, society at large heard Deaf people's grumbles especially Deaf-BlindSurprisingly, the world of French filmaking and society at large surely heard the grumbles among Deaf and Deaf-blind people regard to the film casting of Deaf roles.<br />
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"Marie's Story" film still haven't cast the real Deaf-blind individual to play the role of Marie so far.<br />
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Don't know what will be the given response(s) by the Deaf-blind community regarding this French-produced film. Deaf actress Arlana Rivoire have been casted to play the untamed and unpolished Deaf-blind.<br />
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A deaf and blind girl is saved by a consumptive nun in Marie’s Story, a saccharine sister to Arthur Penn’s The Miracle Worker.</div>
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The film will feel familiar, which is mostly a tribute to the enduring power of Helen Keller’s biography.</div>
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This film have been limited released in 2014 around the world. It is currently screened @ the movie theater @ the Uniin Market commercial venue next to Gallaudet University's Kendall Green campus this week.<br />
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http://www.imdb.com/showtimes/title/tt3132714?date=2015-05-22&ref_=tt_wbr_sh<br />
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Of course, "The Miracle Worker". There is the same disease, same physical struggle with a stubborn teen to force her to learn, but in French not English.<br /><br />I appreciated the photography and the location but I continually had to resist the temptation to check my watch. It might be just over 90 minutes but at times it seemed like hours. It would drag and drag and then suddenly leap forward after she learns the sign for one object. The next thing we know is she is showing off how she can spell her name and understanding abstract concepts like 'patience'. There was also the monologue at the end which seemed especially message-y.<br /><br />I liked the acting by Isabelle Carré and Brigitte Catillon but Ariana Rivoire as the deaf/blind girl didn't impress. Possibly it was just because she had so little to work with. <br /><br />To sum up, see "The Miracle Worker" instead.</span></div>
"Marie's Story" film is also available for home viewing upon individual purchase -<br />
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RLMDEAF blogRLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-1712540960091191752015-02-15T06:22:00.001-05:002015-02-15T06:25:19.892-05:00Not Many People Realized Bill Gates's First Computing Experience Was Use of TTYAfter seeing the photo of young Bill Gates smiled with the use of modern model of TTY of the Deaf @ the university office where he hung out around. That explained how Gates got himself into the world of computing after real fascination how the electronic data transmitted over telephone wires.<br />
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Here is the proof of Bill Gates' acquiantance with the TTY machine is on the end of Wiki enclosure -<br />
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htt<a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33</a>p://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33<br />
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http://www.cs.rpi.edu/academics/courses/fall09/os/c01/. ( photo of Bill Gates in awe of TTY machine). <a href="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/academics/courses/fall09/os/c01/">http://www.cs.rpi.edu/academics/courses/fall09/os/c01/</a><br />
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The presence of Deaf people surely contributed to the innovations and best of humanity within the history of humankind like Thomas Edison's improvement of electric light bulb and movie camera and the cloverleaf design of modern highways, etc.<br />
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<br />RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-55036828022306488222014-11-24T13:34:00.001-05:002014-11-24T13:34:27.910-05:00RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-87691621833917219612014-11-24T13:33:00.002-05:002014-11-24T13:35:13.033-05:00DC's Marion Barry's Deaf Legacy The District of Columbia's "Mayor for Life", Marion Barry recently passed away at age of 78 last Sunday morning, November 23rd. Barry was well-known for promoting the civil rights for many people including Deaf people.<br />
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The Barry administration vigorously pushed the citywide public transportation provider known as "Metro" to install the TTY ( teletype machines for the Deaf) @ all Metrorail stations in mid-1980's before the passage of the American With Disabilites ( ADA) law in 1990.<br />
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Marion Barry's close friend and other Deaf residents founded the "DeafPride" non-profit organization to promote the civil rights for Deaf people within DC area. The organization was riddled with corruption and finanical mismanagement over years. The founder ( Wilson) was rumored for buying yacht and other luxury stuffs with organization funding from the city's finanical allocation. The "DeafPride" organization was located @ 1350 Potomac Avenue, Southeast. The founder was a hearing woman who had a Deaf son.<br />
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The Barry administration seems helping several Deaf DC teenagers got the summer jobs over years.<br />
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The former mayor attended Rep. Eleanor Horton's public forum on Hillary Clinton's health care reform in 1993 which handful of Deaf DC residents like Barbara Kannappell, Dr. Betty Miller and Robert Mason also attended. Barry arrived very late at the forum. Mason was supposed to hand over papers ( not related to health care reform) to Kannappell. Barry grabbed the seat in middle of Deaf group on the front-row seatings between me and Kannappell. He disrespectfully seized papers intentionally for Kannappell from Mason and browsed papers. Barry finally handed papers to Kannappell. Barry didn't offer any kind of apology for such an inconvience.<br />
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The German chancellor, Angela Merkel will step down in the mid-term of her 10 years reign.</div>
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Her replacement will be the current Female Defense minister as what Merkel groomed her to do that. </div>
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Will we see more militaristic Germany since the 1930's. </div>
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The European austerity already weaken the European defense force / system so far. </div>
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Will the time ripe for China and Russia to challenge Europe thru military threat? </div>
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The United States of America will be truly panicked about the military-weakening European Union and will be more likely to draw into the unpredictable chaos. </div>
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Ukraine also will drag Russia into unsettling financial chaos and blow up in Putin's face in time for the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014. </div>
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The French culture will be declared "dying". </div>
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The upcoming language war within Ireland which the Irish government try to revive the Irish language. </div>
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China already replace Japan's American film market which will affect the American behavior /mentality significantly after Hollywood hustle and whore herself to please the Chinese film censors. </div>
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The American spirit will tolerate the idea of Undemocratic ideals in name of financial progress and peace. </div>
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RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-51129673564088255522013-11-04T12:47:00.001-05:002013-11-04T12:47:21.900-05:00New FCC Leadership in Place with FCC Staff Replacement Deaf America ought to keep the close eyes on the new Federal Communication Commission (FCC) leadership under Tom Wheeler. The Wheeler's FCC probably could affect our Video Relay Service (VRS) usage.<br />
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The new FCC chief recently installed the new FCC team. U better to get know the major players within the FCC agency.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“This team will hit the ground running,” said Wheeler (<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pictured at his Senate confirmation hearing</em>). “With critical work to be accomplished for the American people and the Internet becoming ever more important in the lives of consumers and businesses across the nation, this team provides an excellent mix of governmental, private-sector and public-interest expertise.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also read:</strong> <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/fcc-chairman-julius-genachowski-resigns-82161" style="border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Resigning</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wheeler, a former cable and wireless industry lobbyist, was chosen by President Obama as former chair Julian Genachowski’s replacement. Genachowski stepped down in March after a term that included the FCC signing off on Comcast’s acquisition of NBCUniversal.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ruth Milkman, Chief of Staff.</b> Ms. Milkman served as Chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau from August 2009 to June 2011, and from June 2012 until the present. From June 2011 to June 2012, Ms. Milkman was Special Counsel to the Chairman for Innovation in Government. Previous experience at the Commission between 1986 and 1998 included serving as Deputy Chief of the International and Common Carrier Bureaus, and as Senior Legal Advisor to Chairman Reed Hundt. Ms. Milkman also was a founding partner of Lawler, Metzger, Milkman & Keeney, LLC and served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also read:</strong> <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/senate-confirms-tom-wheeler-fcc-chairman-ted-cruz-drops-objection/" style="border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Senate Confirms Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman After Ted Cruz Drops Objection</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Philip Verveer, Senior Counselor to the Chairman. </b> Ambassador Verveer served from 2009-2013 as U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy at the U.S. Department of State and, before that practiced communications and antitrust law in the government and in private law firms for more than 35 years. Ambassador Verveer’s previous service at the Commission includes tenure as the Chief of the Cable Television Bureau, the Broadcast Bureau, and the Common Carrier Bureau, where he participated in a series of decisions that enabled increased competition in video and telephone services and limited regulation of information services.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gigi B. Sohn, Special Counsel for External Affairs.</b> Ms. Sohn has served since 2001 as the President and CEO of Public Knowledge and, from 2011-2013 as the Co-Chair of the board of directors of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG). She has served on the board of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) and on the Advisory Board of the Center for Copyright Information. In October 1997, President Clinton appointed Ms. Sohn to serve as a member of his Advisory Committee on the Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Diane Cornell, Special Counsel.</b> Ms. Cornell has served as Vice President for Government Affairs at Inmarsat and Vice President, Regulatory Policy at CTIA, The Wireless Association. Ms. Cornell previously worked at the FCC, where she served as a Legal Advisor to three Commissioners, Chief of Staff of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Division Chief in the International and Common Carrier Bureaus. Ms. Cornell is a former President of the Federal Communications Bar Association and was previously a director of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). Ms. Cornell will have responsibility for issues in the International Bureau, as well as for FCC process reform.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Daniel Alvarez will serve as a legal advisor to the Chairman, with responsibility for issues in the Wireline Competition and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureaus.</b> Mr. Alvarez has practiced law at the firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP since 2005.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Renee Gregory will serve as a legal advisor to the Chairman, with responsibility for issues in the Office of Engineering and Technology and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, as well as incentive auction issues. </b> Ms. Gregory has worked at the Commission since 2012, first as a legal advisor to Chairman Genachowski and then as Chief of Staff of the Office of Engineering and Technology. Previously, she practiced law at the firms of Wiltshire & Grannis and Holland & Knight.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maria Kirby will serve as a legal advisor to the Chairman, with responsibility for issues in the Media, Consumer and Governmental Affairs and Enforcement Bureaus.</b> Ms. Kirby has served since 2012 as a legal advisor to the Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Previously, she worked in the New York City Office of Federal Affairs and for the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Deborah Ridley, Confidential Assistant to the Chairman.</b> Ms. Ridley has more than 20 years of executive administrative experience. She has held positions in the federal government, the banking industry and private not-for-profit organizations. Her titles have included Executive Assistant, Office Manager and Conference Services Manager. Most recently, she served as the executive assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sagar Doshi, Special Assistant to the Chairman</b>. Mr. Doshi is a graduate of Stanford University who has worked at Google and Protocol Link, Inc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jon Sallet will serve as Interim Director of the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force and will become Acting General Counsel</b> upon General Counsel Sean Lev’s departure before the end of the year. Mr. Sallet has been a partner in three law firms, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Jenner & Block and Miller, and Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, and served as Chief Policy Counsel for MCI Telecommunications, later MCI WorldCom. Mr. Sallet also served as Director of the Office of Policy & Strategic Planning for the Department of Commerce, and was a law clerk to the Honorable Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and the Honorable Edward A. Tamm of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jon Wilkins, Acting Managing Director and Advisor to the Chairman for Management.</b> Mr. Wilkins will join the Commission from McKinsey & Company, where he has been a partner in McKinsey’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology practice since 2003. He served on the Obama-Biden Transition Project in 2008 as a member of the senior leadership group for agency review. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wilkins also served at the FCC in the Office of Plans and Policy in 1998-1999, working on digital television, cable, and broadband policy development efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roger Sherman, Acting Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau</b>. Mr. Sherman previously served as the Democratic Chief Counsel to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and as Democratic Staff Director to its Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. During the 111th Congress (2009-2011), Mr. Sherman was Chief Counsel for Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and during the 110th Congress (2007-2009) he was Deputy Chief Counsel at the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Mr. Sherman also worked for Representative Henry Waxman as a legislative assistant from 1990-1992 and as a legislative aide to Senator Alan Cranston from 1989-1990. Prior to returning to Capitol Hill in 2007, Mr. Sherman spent 10 years as a Director of Regulatory Affairs and Senior Attorney at Sprint Corporation and practiced law at the firm of Wiley, Rein.</span></div>
RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-50004692401014561252013-10-27T15:42:00.001-04:002013-10-27T17:36:55.348-04:00The Obama Adminstration Failed To Accompany Deaf Americans' Language Access for the ACA Law In the meantime of the nearer deadline to January 1, 2014 for getting registered for the health insurance coverage among the millions and millions of uninsured individuals prior to the mandatory requirement by the Affordable Act Care of 2010 federal law known as the ACA or "ObamaCare".<br />
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The majority of Deaf American citizens and undocumented Deaf individuals still do not have any language access to understand the federal law for the health insurance coverage requirement or face the severe fine by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).<br />
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The federal government under President Obama's leadership and the Secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services, Kathleen Selbus surely failed the millions and millions of signing Deaf Americans and other deaf individuals whose lack the full language comphrension of the complicated ACA law without providing the full language access within the ACA website. The primary language among signing and culturally Deaf Americans are the use of American Sign Language (ASL).<br />
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The Affordable Care Act website clearly not provide the equal language access for the millions and millions of signing & culturally Deaf American citizens nor provide the gestural sign language for the undocumented Deaf individuals.<br />
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The Obama Adminstration provided numerous language access from Arabic to Spanish language on the ACA website while failed to provide the equal language access for the signing & culturally Deaf Americans and undocumented Deaf individuals.<br />
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Other deaf individuals whose attended the non-traditional educational settings of the Deaf like the public / private schools or schools specialized in audio-verbal therapy (AVT) to deny the use of any sign language which many of them lack the full language development or understanding of many reading materials. Those educational settings often undermine many deaf students from reaching their language acquisition potentials. The following individuals end up relying upon the use of American Sign Language or other means of gestural languages to grasp the concept and understanding of any given subjects.<br />
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The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) also failed to ensure that the millions and millions of Deaf Americans and the undocumented Deaf individuals to have the full language access to the ACA website thru the use of American Sign Language (ASL) and gestural sign language. NAD never did anything to make sure that the Deaf America to comply with the Affordable Care Act law before many Deaf Americans are innocently being fined.<br />
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Evidently, too many Deaf Americans and undocumented Deaf individuals completely having such an anxiety attack or total misunderstandings of what the ACA law all about from the social media postings.<br />
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Handful of low-income Deaf Medicaid and Medicare recepitents' health insurance coverage have been unjustly taken away without any due process because many states trying to save $$ for other uninsured hearing individuals.<br />
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The National Association of the Deaf ( NAD) never give any assistance to the emotionally distressing and language-deprived Deaf individuals how to deal with the systematic exclusion of their given health insurance coverages meeting the poverty level guideline, ex. making the formal request for an appeal hearing to keep / continue their state health insurance coverage. The direct assistance were privately given by the author of this blog without getting paid or formally recognized.<br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason ( RLM)<br />
RLMDEAF<br />
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<br />RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-33106800214566655622013-08-25T15:34:00.000-04:002013-08-25T15:34:08.020-04:00Constitutional Amendment to Protect American Sign LanguageThat is the time for us, Deaf America to mobilize to get the constitutional amendment to protect our minority or community language use with American Sign Language (ASL).<br />
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My 2006 "RLMDEAF" blog posting did urge Deaf America to get the congressional legislation for the protection of our minority / community language use known as American Sign Language. That blog posting mysteriously disappeared into thin air. Don't know how it disappeared.<br />
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This PDF attachment from the European Union is an excellent reading for how to get the constitutional amendment to protect our ASL from being assaulted upon, denied, watered down, dismissed, scorned, misguided and mangled.<br />
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Handful of Asian countries like Indonesia already had the legal protection of minority / community language. Australia ever have the congressional protection of indigenous language (s), too.<br />
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Let's get busy to get in the coalition with the allies of language rights to make the constitutional amendment to protect ASL as a minority / community language before the election of 2014 !<br />
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Please sign up for the coalition - ASL as Protected "Minority /Community Language" to get the U.S. Congress and the linguistic communities across the United States of America.<br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason<br />
RLMDEAF blog / vlog<br />
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<br />RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-56195644056203078612013-07-24T19:54:00.001-04:002013-07-24T19:54:26.676-04:00REAL SHAME ON ACCESS HOLLYWOOD AND SEAN BERDY! After viewing the YouTube posting of the Access Hollywood's latest interview with Sean Berdy on the issue of cochlear implant storyline within ABC Family Channel's " Switched at Birth" (SAB) tv show.<br />
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No open captions or visibility of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter in front of camera for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing YouTube viewers to understand and follow what the given questions to Berdy by the Access Hollywood interviewer.<br />
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That is so unfair to deprive the Deaf and Hard of Hearing TV audience to struggle or feel lost what is going on with the Berdy interview.<br />
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Sean Berdy and his agent and the ABC Family Channel publicity unit is also responsible for the lack of accessibility for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing YouTube viewers. All involved parties should make<br />
sure that the accessibility for the Deaf and Hard if Hearing YouTube viewers being provided with open captions either provide the transcript readily attached to the YouTube posting.<br />
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The Access Hollywood should re-post the Berdy interview with open captions real soon as possible for the fans of ABC Family Channel's " Switched at Birth" . Thanks in advance.<br />
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Please look at this enclosed link - <span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;">http://watch.accesshollywood.com/video/switched-at-birth:-sean-berdy-explains-the-cochlear-implant-controversy/2495657252001</span><br />
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I personally urge u to contact the Access Hollywood and Sean Berdy and the ABC Family Channel via email directly -<br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason of Los Angeles and Washington, DC<br />
RLMDEAF blog/ vlog<br />
rlmdeaf@hitmail.comRLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-2789655581425383042013-07-04T09:55:00.001-04:002013-07-04T09:55:22.417-04:00Truth About Our Fourth of July! Truth About Our Fourth of July !<br />
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The British king and the Parilament made the major mistake with the "salutary neglect" during the colonial rules until the end of "French and Indians" War. </div>
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The British government was in deep monetary debts from spending on wars. So the colonists did not pay their fair shares on the cost of security and protection against the Native Americans after the Proclamation Line of 1763 got issued. </div>
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The pre-Revolutionary colonists had most "freest" people on the world at that time, but they just don't want to pay the fair shares on taxes! In the end, the colonists just whined and revolted the words of Thomas Paine, an author of "Common Sense". </div>
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Look at today's America! Our government declared the war on whistleblower s like Snowden, financed the forced cochlear implant surgeries on our Deaf babies and kids without their own consent/permission like the cattle brandings and "Listening and Speaking Language" programs against Deaf signing kids. </div>
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Why didnt America prosecute the Big Banks for the major economic damages against the American people??? Our government didnt these things from what the Icelandic government done in past few years!</div>
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I could go much further, but let's stop for now. We need to take a hard look at our country what we are all about. </div>
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What are we really doing to ourselves?? Celebrate the Fourth of July ?? Don't think so! </div>
RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-52647626240077231222013-04-30T21:49:00.000-04:002013-05-01T01:09:42.204-04:00Should We Really Worry About Obama's FCC Chairperson Nomination - Wheeler ??For past ten years, the lives of Deaf Americans got more intertwined and greatly affected by the Federal Communication Commission generally known as the FCC than in the past 70 years. <br />
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After the existence of Video Relay Service (VRS) and Videophone (VP), the FCC led the communication policy greatly affecting the use of relay service - text and video services. This agency also do the payment allocation from the Telephone Relay Services (TRS) to cover the cost of interstate and local VRS calls among Deaf VRS/VP users. <br />
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For past few months, there were such a speculation about the replacement of FCC chairman after the Obama's re-election for bringing Obama's personal stamps on the FCC policies and leadership rudders. Names were suggested among the FCC advocates and communication industry. <br />
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<a href="http://business.time.com/2013/02/21/as-fcc-chiefs-term-nears-end-speculation-mounts-over-possible-successor/">http://business.time.com/2013/02/21/as-fcc-chiefs-term-nears-end-speculation-mounts-over-possible-successor/</a><br />
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To no available, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the organizations of the Deaf seems not bother to make the efforts to see the replacement for the FCC chairperson to remain the Deaf-friendly policies. <br />
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NAD had been cowardly backing off from pushing the inclusion of low-cost monthly broad width coverage for the low-income Deaf people for the purpose of VRS/VP use at their private residence. <br />
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<a href="http://www.nad.org/issues/civil-rights/communications-act/21st-century-act">http://www.nad.org/issues/civil-rights/communications-act/21st-century-act</a><br />
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NAD sacrificed the low-income Deaf people to preserve the 21th Century Communication Access legislation from being bonked out. The low-income Deaf people got sidelined from getting the equal access for the use of VRS/VP at home which the hearing low-income people regularly benefits from the Lifeline program for years. <br />
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The hearing low-income Americans greatly benefit from the which they would be not deprived from<br />
the phone access in any way. The hearing senior citizens in District of Columbia usually pay only one dollar for the monthly phone service while low-income elderly Deaf people have to pay the costly service for the broad width use for accessing to the VRS/VP at their residences. <br />
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Look at what the FCC offer the low-cost phone assistance programs for hearing low-income individuals since 1985 - <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/lifeline">http://www.fcc.gov/lifeline</a><br />
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Is that really fair for the low-income or elderly Deaf Americans to be burdensome with the costly of broad width access?? <br />
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The FCC under the Obama Administration vigorously fought for the Net Neutrality policies to be in place to assist the Rural America. The communication industry fought back against the costly installation of broad width line along the rural area which the Obama administration lost the major court case. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/technology/07net.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/technology/07net.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</a><br />
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Look at Presidential candidate Barack Obama's promises in 2007 - <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9806707-7.html">http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9806707-7.html</a><br />
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The Obama administration flinched on the issue of Net Neutrality in 2010 - <br />
<a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/the-obama-administration-flinches-on-net-neutrality.html">http://www.care2.com/causes/the-obama-administration-flinches-on-net-neutrality.html</a><br />
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The main question for all of us, Deaf America - Should we really worry about President Obama's nomination of FCC chairperson replacement - Wheeler, the lobbyist for wireless and cable industry?? <br />
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<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/30/obama-fcc-thomas-wheeler/2124719/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/30/obama-fcc-thomas-wheeler/2124719/</a><br />
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We need to think over and what to do next for ourselves within Deaf America. <br />
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ASLize yours, <br />
Robert L. Mason <br />
RLMDEAF<br />
<a href="mailto:rlmdeaf@hotmail.com">rlmdeaf@hotmail.com</a><br />
<br />RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-21424373864787997982013-03-18T23:02:00.000-04:002013-03-18T23:02:19.509-04:00Need Your Immediate Help, Deaf America To Get the Dalma Lami Cancel His TripWe, Deaf America could get the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Animal Welfare Society, the Deafhood supporters, Audism Free America (AFA), Audism Free Zone and other mores to show our real DEAF POWER to get the Dalma Lami to cancel his visit to the University of Wisconsin campus next May 15th to protest the university's arrogant and pathological and paternalistic attitude toward Deaf people in general. <br />
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Deaf America repeatedly tell the society at large that we really do not need to be FIXED at all. <br />
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We, Deaf people have our own rich and precious language, culture, norms and way of life for centuries! <br />
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Here is the info to get in contact with listed individuals and the Dalma Lami to boycott the visit and panel discussion until the University of Wisconsin to issue out the formal apology to us, Deaf America that is not necessary to fix Deaf people everywhere with their human mechnical ears experiment on poor and long-suffering cats and other animals in name of science. <br />
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<a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/21585">http://www.news.wisc.edu/21585</a><br />
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If any of you are not able to open the attached link above. <br />
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Here is the University of Wisconsin official news posting - <br />
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<img alt="Photo: the Dalai Lama" src="http://www.news.wisc.edu/story_images/0000/5297/Dalai_Lama_Waisman10_3011.jpg" /><br />
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The Dalai Lama arrives for a visit to the Waisman Center, escorted by Richard J. Davidson, in 2010.</div>
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Photo: <a href="mailto:photos@news.wisc.edu">Jeff Miller</a></div>
Event organizers today announced that the Dalai Lama will visit Madison on May 15, 2013, to lead "Change your Mind Change the World 2013," a series of panel discussions with thought leaders from a variety of fields, including neuroscience, economics and sustainability, moderated by Arianna Huffington and Daniel Goleman.<br />
The event is co-hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's <a href="http://www.investigatinghealthyminds.org/">Center for Investigating Healthy Minds</a> at the Waisman Center and the UW-Madison <a href="http://ghi.wisc.edu/">Global Health Institute</a>.<br />
"The dialogues at Change your Mind Change the World 2013 will revolve around how science, economics, environments, emotional intelligence and health care can combine to make the world a healthier, happier place," says <a href="https://www.waisman.wisc.edu/people/pi/Davidson_Richard.html">Richard J. Davidson</a>, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.<br />
During the panel discussions, the experts will present their best work on global health and sustainable well-being, organizers say. The Dalai Lama will respond to these insights and add his own thoughts and encouragement of how to continue to bring these ideas forward in the world.<br />
"Unsustainable consumption of natural resources now threatens the health of our planet and, subsequently, our human species," says <a href="http://ghi.wisc.edu/jonathan-patz-director/">Jonathan Patz</a>, director of the Global Health Institute. "Attendees will be challenged to explore new and interconnected solutions to global health problems. The complexity of these issues requires it."<br />
Panel discussions will take place at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison and will feature:<br />
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<li>His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, leader of Tibetan Buddhism, internationally revered spiritual leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, lifelong science aficionado;</li>
<li>Don Berwick, national leader on health care quality, former CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, recent administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;</li>
<li>Richard J. Davidson, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine, author of The New York Times bestseller "The Emotional Life of Your Brain";</li>
<li>Daniel Goleman, psychologist, science journalist, author of The New York Times bestseller "Emotional Intelligence," named one of the 25 "Most Influential Business Management Books" by Time magazine;</li>
<li>Arianna Huffington, author, syndicated columnist, founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post;</li>
<li>Ilona Kickbusch, director of the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva; interdisciplinary advisor on promoting health globally;</li>
<li>Lord Richard Layard, professor, economist, director of the Center for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, co-author of the United Nations' "World Happiness Report";</li>
<li>Jonathan Patz, whose work on global climate change led to a Nobel Peace Prize, director of the Global Health Institute and founding president of the International Association for Ecology and Health; and</li>
<li>Mattieu Ricard, bestselling author, translator, photographer and Buddhist monk, author of "Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill," dubbed "the happiest person in the world" by popular media. </li>
</ul>
Tickets will go on sale in April 2013. For more information or to sign up for the pre-sale list, visit the <a href="http://www.cmcw2013.com/">Change your Mind Change the World website</a>.<br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason <br />
RLMDEAF RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-2713064968385810012013-03-18T22:10:00.000-04:002013-03-18T22:10:24.016-04:00Who the FUCK the University of Wisconsin's Board of Regents Think?? That really <strong>APPALLED </strong>me most about the University of Wisconsin's Board of Regents' latest responses to the unimaginable and horrific "ongoing" experiments and mindless tortures on cats with their own dignifed names for the purpose of perfecting the human mechnical ears known as the fucking "cochlear implants". <br />
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<strong>LOOK</strong> at the UoW's Board of Regents' official response :<br />
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<a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/21478">http://www.news.wisc.edu/21478</a><br />
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If any of you are not able to open the attached link above. Let me post the copy and paste of <br />
the Regents' response - <br />
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UW-Madison response to Board of Regents PETA protest</h1>
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<em>Following today's protest by actor James Cromwell at the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Eric Sandgren, director of the UW–Madison Research Animal Resource Center released the following statement.</em><br />
<em>"Today's events are just another attempt by outside activists to draw attention to a cause. They have attacked and distorted this research -- which has very real benefits for people who are deaf -- from every angle imaginable. Exhaustive independent investigation by the USDA, which regulates the use of animals in research, </em><a href="http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/on_campus/on-campus-uw-madison-cleared-by-feds-in-peta-cat/article_3b084270-13d1-11e2-a91d-0019bb2963f4.html"><em>concluded that PETA's allegations are baseless.</em></a><em>"</em><br />
<em>For more information about UW-Madison's animal research program, visit </em><a href="http://animalresearch.wisc.edu/"><em>http://animalresearch.wisc.edu/</em></a><br />
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Jesus Christ! We, Deaf America and the rest of global deaf community DO NOT need any fucking medical research to restore our hearing loss (in their own terms). We, Deaf people around the world<br />
really are doing very FINE!!! <br />
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Global warmings and climate changes are really most IMPORTANT research to prevent any chaotic factors to make our lives more unbearable without substainal foods and environmentally-comfort weathers.<br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason </div>
RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-2087871197711437112013-03-15T14:15:00.000-04:002013-03-15T14:15:45.861-04:00Grizzly Moments<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-78215396426762980672013-02-09T02:12:00.003-05:002013-02-09T02:12:57.109-05:00Is Joseph the MetroWeekly's Coverboy Dysconscious Audist?DC's Metroweekly glossy magazine available every week for DC area's GLBT community. The magazine usually feature the selected guy within DC area to be their coverboy of the week. <br />
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This week's Coverboy happened to be the graduate of Gallaudet University - Joseph, an Asian 20s guy. Not available at this online posting yet. His photo and Coverboy Confidential data already went out on the printed copies of Metroweekly, but not posted online yet. Joesph was adopted as a kid from South Korea and raised in the Hawkeye State (Iowa).He also raised in the farm with 14 siblings. <br />
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That Joesph seems not wanted to disclose himself as a deaf person or really the HUG (hearing graduate) himself? His study major was government and had been in the student internship for Honorable Tom Harkins, U.S. Senator, D-Iowa. Joseph greatly admired the senator for his endless advocacy for disabled people as what Joesph said within the interview. <br />
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Joesph's exact quote for MetroWeekly's Coverboy Confidential interview : <br />
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<strong><u>Who is your greatest influence? </u></strong><br />
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<em>Tom Harkins. He's not only been an advocate for people with disabilities, but he's voted his conscience, what he thinks is right. Since I've been able to vote, I've voted for him. </em><br />
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Why I bring up this guy? Joesph might have the future political career of his. From what Joseph told the interviewer -<br />
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<strong><u>Define good in bed.</u></strong><br />
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<em>I wouldn't mind answering something like that, but I work with the government. And I have plans to run for office someday. </em><br />
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Joseph did not mention anything deaf or truly proud of being a deaf person. Or the Metroweekly magazine interviewer and editor rather omit any reference to him being deaf or really hearing himself?<br />
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The past deaf individuals like Lee Trevathan and Dan and Cesar Ayala have been featured as the Metroweekly's Coverboy. Lee Trevathan and Cesar Ayala made into the final selection for the annual Coverboy of the Year few years ago. <br />
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Look at the photo of Lee Trevathan for the MetroWeekly's Coverboy of the Year 2005 from Ridor9th's "Observe, Do Not Interfere" blog - <br />
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<a href="http://ridor.blogspot.com/2005/11/lee-trevathan-in-metroweeklys-top-ten.html">http://ridor.blogspot.com/2005/11/lee-trevathan-in-metroweeklys-top-ten.html</a><br />
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Dan, another Coverboy got mentioned about being deaf and studied to be the CDI (Certifited Deaf Interpreter) -<br />
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<a href="http://www.metroweekly.com/nightlife/coverboy/interview/?ak=7743">http://www.metroweekly.com/nightlife/coverboy/interview/?ak=7743</a><br />
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More of deaf guys being featured for the Metroweekly's Coverboy of the Year 2009 like Cesar Ayala -<br />
<a href="http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=6719">http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=6719</a><br />
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RLMDEAF will keep you, readers abreast of any future online posting developments about Joseph, the graduate of Gallaudet University to be available on Metroweekly.com <br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason (RLM)<br />
RLMDEAF <br />
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<br />RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-21391951051742406092013-01-23T22:56:00.000-05:002013-01-23T23:18:35.881-05:00 Deaf Gally Professor, L. Synder-Garnder Died in Recent FireRegretfully informed you, RLMDEAF readers about the unfortunate incident involved Deaf Gallaudet University math professor and her daughter and ten pets died in the rented house blaze. <br />
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The name of Gallaudet University deaf math professor - It's Laura Synder-Garnder. Very sad. Her deaf daughter, Mary Ann, a junior at Gallaudet University, was killed as well as ten pets- two dogs and eight cats. Laura Synder-Garnder had very outgoing personality. <br />
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<a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Deadly-Falls-Church-Fire-Engulfs-Home-188019451.html">http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Deadly-Falls-Church-Fire-Engulfs-Home-188019451.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/239434/158/2-People-2-Dogs-and-8-Cats-Die-In-House-Fire-in-Falls-Church-Va">http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/239434/158/2-People-2-Dogs-and-8-Cats-Die-In-House-Fire-in-Falls-Church-Va</a><br />
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Laura's son taught math at Gallaudet, too. <br />
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No photo available of Laura Synder-Garnder. Just the group photo of Gallaudet University's Science, Technology and Mathematics Department. No idea of what Laura Synder-Garnder look like. <br />
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<a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/STM.html">http://www.gallaudet.edu/STM.html</a><br />
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That assumed Laura Synder-Garnder to be the contractual employee, not the tenured or full-time professor. <br />
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Here is the individual photo of deceased Laura Synder-Garnder from Gallaudet employee file :<br />
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<a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/images/Academic/EMGS/Portraits/FacStaff/GSR_Snyder.png">http://www.gallaudet.edu/images/Academic/EMGS/Portraits/FacStaff/GSR_Snyder.png</a><br />
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ASlize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason (RLM)<br />
RLMDEAF blog <br />
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Correction : Mary Ann Synder-Garnder was the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) student, not Galladet University student as previously reported on this blog. Many thanks to Aaron Evans for the correction. Greatly appreciated for his correction, Evans. <br />
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Here is the Facebook page of Laura & Mary Ann-Gardner - <br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/InMemoryOfMaryannLauraGardner">https://www.facebook.com/#!/InMemoryOfMaryannLauraGardner</a>RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-22907363268971528472012-12-08T11:37:00.000-05:002012-12-08T12:00:02.693-05:00Sexual Assault at Md School for the Deaf, 12/9/12The latest sexual assault occurred at the MD School for the Deaf by male dormitory aide involved teenage girls. <br />
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How sad about any adult violate the child's body in that manner!! Why takes so long for the school authorities catch up with this sexual predator toward our precious deaf youth?? <br />
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At least, someone came forward to report on the male dormitory aide's inappropriate behaviors toward students. <br />
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So the MD School for the Deaf ought to screen all school personnel more vigorously to ensure no further sexual assaults happen again to any student(s). <br />
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<a href="http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/12/clarence-taylor-charged-with-sexual-abuse-at-maryland-school-for-the-deaf-82834.html">http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/12/clarence-taylor-charged-with-sexual-abuse-at-maryland-school-for-the-deaf-82834.html</a><br />
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Hopefully, the male dorm residence aide will be brought to the justice if he is really guilty of doing to students. This blogger do not know whether this sexual predator is hearing or deaf himself. <br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason <br />
RLMDEAF<br />
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************ LATEST NEWS UPDATE ABOUT MORE INFO ON THIS ACCUSEE (SEXUAL PREDATOR) . THIS DORMITORY AIDE IS DEAF HIMSELF WHICH HIS WIFE ALSO EMPLOYS AT MSD-FREDERICK ******************RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-17153137453936063372012-10-03T15:29:00.000-04:002012-10-03T19:18:40.907-04:00Real Shocking About Some Audist Hollywood Stars! From reading actor Robert Wagner's autobiography book this early morning. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-My-Heart-Low-Price/dp/B005K5PP3C">http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-My-Heart-Low-Price/dp/B005K5PP3C</a><br />
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You could find what Robert Wagner really look like - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wagner">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wagner</a> Actor Robert Wagner was known as the first twinky star for teen girl audience. <br />
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To my own shocks about the legendary actress Bette Davis was overly prejudiced toward anyone, who could not hear. Robert Wagner was a well-known actor in handful of films and television series. Wagner wrote that actress Bette Davis blurted out "She could not hear!!" in reference to actress Lillian Gish during the filming of "Whales in August" 1980s film. Actress Bette Davis scoffed about why Lillian Gish bother to perform at her own age. Both actress were in their 80s. Gish was in her nearly 100 years old. Bette Davis' sayings could be find on the page 222 of Robert Wagner's autobiography book. Bette Davis was among the <br />
Golden Age Hollywood's biggest and powerful movie stars. <br />
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Here is the information about actress Bette Davis - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Davis">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Davis</a> Many deaf people actually enjoyed the performance of Bette Davis over decades. <br />
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Robert Wagner also wrote that he proudly being part of the John Tracy Clinic in his autobiography on page 323. Wagner was the husband of respectable actress Natitale Woods whom died under suspectible nature - water drowning from the yacht. <br />
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Many deaf television audience fondly remember Robert Wagner from the ABC-TV's "Hart to Hart" detective couple show with actress Stephanine Powers in the 1980s decade. The "Hart to Hart" tv show was among the first television shows to be closed captioned for the deaf audience after very popular tv show, "Dynasty" among the deaf communities on every Wednesday nights! <br />
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You, readers could see his name on the John Tracy Clinic board members - <a href="http://www.jtc.org/about-us/board-of-directors">http://www.jtc.org/about-us/board-of-directors</a><br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason (RLM)<br />
RLMDEAF blogRLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-5069751073321437002012-09-16T16:28:00.001-04:002012-09-16T16:32:18.635-04:00Documentary on Sex Abuses of Deaf Boys Shown @ Toronto Fill Festival 2012The full-length documentary revisited the actual horrors of systematic sex abuses against deaf boys at the St. John Institute of the Deaf in Wisconsin got the royal treatment @ Toronto Film Festival 2012. <br />
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You could see the full film synopsis of the following documentary title - <br />
<a href="http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/meamaximaculpasilenc">http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/meamaximaculpasilenc</a><br />
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This documentary will be shown on HBO next year. <br />
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Just tune in for additional info on this documentary by further notice. <br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason (RLM)<br />
RLMDEAF RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-21192602850205187702012-09-09T12:06:00.001-04:002012-09-09T12:07:12.155-04:00Deaf character in "Resident Evil : Retribution" filmThere will be the deaf character in the upcoming sci-fic/horror/zombie film, "Resident Evil - Restribution", the fifth film sequel to the 'Resident Evil" back to 2002.- Wiki info on the first film - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/</a><br />
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Very same child actress from another film, "Orphan" play the deaf character in "Resident Evil "Restribution". The child actress is Arayana Engineer. Hpw odd for this kind of surname - Engineer. You probably remember the cute blond deaf girl primarly use sign language in "Orphan" thriller film. That is her! The child actress is really partially deaf herself, not profoundly deaf as widely believed at the beginning. <br />
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"Orphan" 2009 film trailer - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgxVIB2WuHU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgxVIB2WuHU</a> <br />
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Image of Arayana Engineer - <a href="http://www.superiorpics.com/pictures2/Engineer_sd2.jpg">http://www.superiorpics.com/pictures2/Engineer_sd2.jpg</a><br />
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Image of Arayana's character from "Orphan" film - <a href="http://www.zuguide.com/images/20462/20462.6.219.138.jpg">http://www.zuguide.com/images/20462/20462.6.219.138.jpg</a> from Arayanna Engineer's own website. <br />
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Arayanna Engineer was discovered by the agent when she signed with her real-life mother. Her life was completely changed as a superb perfomer in the 2009 film, "Orphan". Arayanna have many fans and admirers of her film performance in "Orphan". Many people considered Arayanna to be one of the best<br />
performer in "Oprhan" to the rest of film cast. <br />
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<a href="http://aryana-engineer.com/aryana.php">http://aryana-engineer.com/aryana.php</a><br />
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So the deaf character in 'Resident Evil - Retribution" will be not the signing one which the Wiki Encyclopedia incorrectly stated for this film. The deaf character in film trailer was seen by speaking orally "Do not go into this room!" as what the Wiki claimed. The deaf character and leading character known as "Alice", the anti heroine fought against the evils of corporatism and genetic engineering went astray led to the breeding of flesh-eating zombies. The relationship between the deaf child and Alice will be much like "Ripley and Newt" from "Aliens", the second film sequel to the 1979's "Alien" film. The name of deaf character is Becky. <br />
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You could see Becky a.k.a. Arayanna Engineer signed ASL in the official film trailer - <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetL5JuKGv4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetL5JuKGv4</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil:_Retribution">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil:_Retribution</a><br />
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Biographical info on Arayana Engiener -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryana_Engineer"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryana_Engineer</a><br />
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Here is the original film trailer (first film) of 'Resident Evil" (this trailer is very unjustifiable toward the whole fim) - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiS6gtClrqk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiS6gtClrqk</a><br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason (RLM)<br />
RLMDEAF blogRLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-79599081083120617802012-09-04T22:16:00.003-04:002013-03-27T15:59:43.667-04:00I was the FIRST to expose Tom Bertling as Lexie Cannes/Courtney O' Donnell Pretty Long Time Ago! I, Robert L. Mason, was the F I R S T deaf person to expose Tom Bertling as "Lexie Cannes" and "Courtney O' Donnell pretty long time ago like last Fall 2011. I left the urgent message on Ella Mae Lentz's Facebook (FB) Wall to warn her that Lexie Cannes/Courtney O' Donnell was really Tom Bertling, the destructor of Deaf Language/Community and other things. That was the phase when Lexie Cannes/Courtney O' Donnell.promoted hir own film release. <br />
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Trudy Suggs also inquired on my Facebook Wall how can I be sure about Tom Bertling being Lexie Cannes and Courtney O' Donnell. <br />
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How DID I find out about Tom Bertling being Lexie Cannes/Courtney O' Donnell thru his film publicity release, ex. "pretended interview by someone notable journalist, ex. Courtney O Donnell??? I noticed the similar facial resemble via face shape and hir own writing styles. <br />
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<a href="http://www.lexiecannes.com/">http://www.lexiecannes.com/</a><br />
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I regretfully not write out the blog in the first place which I would look up past blog postings to back up my own claim. <br />
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Well, Ricky Taylor a.k.a Ridor9th was very stupid to chew out Tom Bertling a.k.a Lexie Cannes/Courtney O' Donnell on Deaf Queers and Allies. I kept my cool by not being confrontational to Lexie Cannes/ Courtney O' Donnell. Just used the common sense! <br />
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Look at nothing new about Ricky Taylor a.k.a Ridor9th getting kicked out of handful of deaf blogs snd vlogspheres!! <br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason (RLM)<br />
RLMDEAF blogRLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-8922972558136505482012-08-29T12:05:00.001-04:002012-08-29T12:05:52.044-04:00Why Can't ASD Save the Building Facade???Many places across USA in name of historic preservation usually keep the historic building facades without totally demolishing the whole building(s) itself. <br />
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For example, the facades of row houses are structurally preserved for the way of new George Washington University mini-shopping mall in the 1980s to keep the 1800s row house building <br />
facades. <br />
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Look at numerous photos to get some ideas :<br />
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<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/2000Penn.jpg/800px-2000Penn.jpg">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/2000Penn.jpg/800px-2000Penn.jpg</a><br />
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<a href="http://szsdc.com/historic/historic.html">http://szsdc.com/historic/historic.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Pennsylvania_Avenue">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Pennsylvania_Avenue</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikaiya/2431746871/in/photostream/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikaiya/2431746871/in/photostream/</a><br />
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The American School for the Deaf (ASD) alumni should opt for the reasonable compromise for saving the building facade of Gallaudet Hall and let the whole building demolish for the new building<br />
addition against the facade. <br />
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<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/asd-board-of-directors-and-the-asd-alumni-association-please-help-save-gallaudet-hall-at-asd-american-school-for-the-deaf?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=10805929">http://www.change.org/petitions/asd-board-of-directors-and-the-asd-alumni-association-please-help-save-gallaudet-hall-at-asd-american-school-for-the-deaf?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=10805929</a><br />
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Hopefully for the alumni of American School for the Deaf will ask for the second or third opinon about preserving the building facade of Gallaudet Hall to let the new building to accompany the needs of 21th century students and still keep the historical memory of this historic building. <br />
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ASLize yours,<br />
Robert L. Mason <br />
RLMDEAF RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-22868883140765945492012-06-11T09:01:00.000-04:002012-06-11T10:13:38.856-04:00Mark Gobble, Former Texas School for the Deaf Principal DIEDMark Gobble, the former Texas School for the Deaf principal and current associate professor at Boston University (MA) tragically died at very young age (30s). Gobble got struck by car in "hit & run" manner while he jogged. The police were looking for the suspect so far. <br />
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Actual info from Kerri Ann Johnson with more details about the last moments of Mark Gobble via Facebook comment posting - Kerri Ann Jansson : The gist of it is that he was struck down by a car, a neighbor who happened to be a doctor saw it, and tried to save Mark's life performing CPR. Mark was then taken to the hospital where he died.<br />
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If any of you do not really know who Mark Gobble is. You either could do look up Mark Gobble on Facebook search (type Mark Gobble). Okay? <br />
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More information on Mark Gobble's professional accomplishments (click on CV) and other related information. Please check out his own website - <a href="http://markgobble.com/">http://markgobble.com/</a><br />
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Mark Gobble just got the postiton as an associate professor at Boston University last May 2nd. How tragic! His speciality was educational psychology which Gobble often gave professional lectures on the issue of Deaf Education. <br />
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My heartfelt sympathy go to Mark Gobble's loved ones and dear friends. Mark Gobble rest in peace. <br />
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LATEST NEWS - <a href="http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/jogger-served-as-inspiration-to-others?ref=scroller&categoryId=20000&status=true">http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/jogger-served-as-inspiration-to-others?ref=scroller&categoryId=20000&status=true</a><br />
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ASLize yours, <br />
Robert L. Mason (RLM)<br />
RLMDEAF <br />
<a href="mailto:rlmdeaf@hotmail.com">rlmdeaf@hotmail.com</a>RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696461118314848250.post-46560409303434206752012-06-09T13:06:00.001-04:002012-06-09T13:06:18.367-04:00Deaf and ZombiesWe, Deaf America seems reading more and more about so-called zombie attacks upon Americans. The mainstream media coined "zombie attacks" in form of cannabilistic-like behavior within the latest newsreportings from the infamous Miami facial chew-up to the recent confession by the college student with top G.P.A, ate the brain of his own victim. <br />
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The prominent Gallaudet alumni, Cadwallader Washburn once dealt with cannibals somewhere on the remote island while he traveled overseas. He regularly etched stuff during his globe-trotting travels. Washburn ended up on the unknown island and got the royal treatment from native islanders. At first, Washburn was not realized that he was being fattened up by the cannibals. He taught the cannibals handful of sign language, too. <br />
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Washburn finally remembered that he read books about some cannibals living somewhere on the island. He had to sneak off at night and escaped from the island. Washburn wrote in his journal about such adventure. Washburn also purposely starved himself from being eaten by cannibals until he found the right moment to escape from the island with cannibals. <br />
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<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=kNvGuljM99wC&pg=PA202&lpg=PA202&dq=cadwallader+washburn+deaf+cannibals&source=bl&ots=HlT3xzjd8i&sig=CAsH89MtBKT6I9JcraM8KZcpkTo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J3zTT6SpBuTx0gGe-uWkAw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=cadwallader%20washburn%20deaf%20cannibals&f=false">http://books.google.com/books?id=kNvGuljM99wC&pg=PA202&lpg=PA202&dq=cadwallader+washburn+deaf+cannibals&source=bl&ots=HlT3xzjd8i&sig=CAsH89MtBKT6I9JcraM8KZcpkTo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J3zTT6SpBuTx0gGe-uWkAw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=cadwallader%20washburn%20deaf%20cannibals&f=false</a><br />
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Here are the finest artworks of Cadwallader Washburn which currently displayed at the Washburn Arts Center on Gallaudet University campus - <a href="http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_148.pdf">http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_148.pdf</a><br />
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Great biographical stuff on Washburn by the Minnesota Association of the Deaf newsletter - <br />
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<em>Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn– Painter, United States</em><br />
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<em>Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in South Livermore, California (October 31, 1866 – December 21, 1965). Washburn became deaf at age 5 in 1871 from scarlet fever and spinal meningitis. His father, William Drew Washburn, was a U.S. Senator, and his family was wealthy with interests in timber, railways and mills(including the Gold Medal flour mills). He attended theMinnesota State Academy for the Deaf and then enteredGallaudet College in 1884. He also enjoyed studying insects, and in drawing illustrations he discovered an interest in art. After graduation he studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but then moved to New York to study art. One of his teachers,William Chase, brought him to Europe to study with the artist Joaquin Sorolla in Spain. He met Pablo Picasso in Paris. In Venice he experimented with and eventually became a master of drypoint etching, producing almost 1,000 etchings during his career. He also had exciting adventures. While in Mexico for his health, he was asked by the Chicago Daily News to interview Francisco Madero, the Mexican president, and was the only reporter to get in to interview him (using written Spanish) before he was assassinated.</em><br />
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<em>During the 1920s, he traveled with a professor from the University of Minnesota to the Marquesas Islands where he studied and drew sketches of birds and rare insects and successfully avoided being eaten by cannibals (he purposely stayed too thin for their taste). Just before he turned 77 in 1943, Washburn married Margaret Cowles Ohrt, who became his travel companion and interpreter.He received numerous honors for his works of art and his studies of insects, and Gallaudet University’s Washburn Arts Building was dedicated in his honor in 1969. Washburn’s works can be seen in many museums around the world, and also at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a historic deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, that was designed by his friend Olof Hanson (a renowned deaf architect who also attended the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and Gallaudet College around the same time as Washburn)</em><br />
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<em>BIG thanks go to the following individuals and organizations for their contributions to the September 28-29, 2010 tours of the deaf and hard of hearing artists at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts:</em><br />
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<em>Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens – Doug Bahl, Teika Pakalns and Cynthia Weitzel</em><br />
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<em>Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Debra “Debbi” Hegstrom, Kristin Lenaburg, Thomas Rassieur and the</em><br />
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<em>MIA Docent Program Sign Language Interpreters – Mary Baremore, Patty Gordon, Je rey Kirkwood, Lauri Krouse, Richard Laurion, Patty McCutcheon, the University of Minnesota</em><br />
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<em>Interpreting/Captioning Unit and Jules Peterson Eugène Laermans</em><br />
<br />ASLize yours, <br />
Robert L. Mason (RLM & RLMDEAF)RLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com0