VIDEO [Subtitles] - Feminem - Language Sign France Music Interpretation.



Translation & Sign Song by Delfi Saint Raymond and Laety Tual.



Disclaimer: The video that follow is not appropriate for children. This interpretation includes signs considered profane or vulgar. This is a song by Stéph Chivot, who is known for making music related to sensitive issues. References to politics, religion, and sex commonly appear in his lyrics. Chivot's music expresses his own opinion and perspectives.





Translation & LSF Song: Delfi Saint Raymond and Laety Tual

Production: Delphine Labes

Assistant Production: Gilles Hachani

Lights: Matthias Berger

Subtitles: Camille Niccolini

Lyrics and Singing: Kty Chioetto

Music: Rézis Friaud - Gnangnan Power

The original clip to see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxDHnlP7Xs4

Thank youto the residents of Castle, Jerome and David

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Vidéo sous-titrée - Feminem - Langue des Signes France Interprétation.

Désistement: La vidéo qui suit n'est pas approprié pour les enfants. Cette interprétation comporte des signes considérés comme vulgaire ou blasphématoire. Il s'agit d'une chanson de Stéph Chivot, qui est connu pour faire de la musique liée à des questions sensibles. Les références à la politique, la religion et le sexe apparaissent souvent dans ses paroles. Chivot musique exprime sa propre opinion et perspectives.



Traduction & Chantsigne : Delfi Saint Raymond et Laety Tual

Réalisation & Montage : Delphine Labes

Assistant Réalisation : Gilles Hachani

Lumières : Matthias Berger

Sous-titres : Camille Niccolini

Paroles et chant : Kty Chioetto

Musique : Rézis Friaud - Gnangnan Power

Le clip original à voir ici : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxDHnlP7Xs4

Merci aux habitants du Château, à Jérôme et à David

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Deaf Awareness: "Two Deaf Babies" Short Film Documentary



ASL Rose was founded in 2004 by two Deaf women, Dr. E. Lynn Jacobowitz and Dr. Adonia K. Smith, for the purpose of creating, publishing, and distributing ASL-English bilingual materials.





ASL Rose provides consultation, training, material development, and video production. The guiding philosophy of ASL Rose is that all of our products provide access to both ASL (DVD, web-based TV, animated video) and English (text, closed captions, and voice-over) audiences.



The first product of ASL Rose, Have You Ever Seen…? An American Sign Language (ASL) Handshape DVD/Book received a five-star rating review in the educational book category...Read more: http://www.aslrose.com/history.php Visit for more information: http://www.aslrose.com

VIDEO [CC] - Documentary Film: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the house of God.



MILWAUKEE, WI - Movie about Catholic priest sex abuse scandal makes US premiere in Milwaukee. The controversy over the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal hits the big screen. Five Deaf men who led the first known public protest against clerical sex abuse in the United States.



Not only that, but Friday night is the US premiere of the film. It's called Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God a documentary focused on the sexual assaults within the church right here in Milwaukee. With bright lights, ticket lines, even a red carpet, the event had all the trimmings of a blockbuster premiere.





The film brought a message to the big screen. Telling the story of hundreds of young men abused by Father Lawrence Murphy, the headmaster at St. John's School for the Deaf in St. Francis. Showing the film to many of the victims themselves, filmmaker Alex Gibney uses the documentary to expose their pain and the cover-up by the Catholic Church... Read more: http://todaystmj4.com/news/local.html



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VIDEO: NBC's "The Doctors" Shines a spotlight on dogs for the Deaf - Oct 5th, 2012.



A Southern Oregon non-profit showed a national TV audience just how much it is making a difference in people's lives today. This as Central Point's Dogs for the Deaf was invited to be a special guest on NBC's syndicated show, "The Doctors."



NBC5's Laura Cavanaugh reports. The Rogue Valley's own Carrie Brooks took center stage in front of a national television audience Thursday on the set of NBC's "The Doctors." The certified dog trainer demonstrated how highly trained dogs, like Bonsai, help work sounds for those with hearing loss.





Brooks, along with Oscar-winning actress, Marlee Matlin, sang the praises of Southern Oregon's Dogs for the Deaf... Read more: http://www.kobi5.com/component/zoo/item/nbc-s-the-doctors-shines-a-spotlight-on-dogs-for-the-deaf.html

VIDEO [ASL/CC] - 'It's My Role!' Short Film Directed by Jules Dameron.



Starring Ipek Mehlum & Amber Zion, in a comedy short film. Directed by Jules Dameron & Written by Erik Call. A true comedy gem of the Deaf community!





Directed by Jules Dameron Written by Erik Call Co-Producer Joseph Ausanio Director of Photography Ruan du Plessis Composer Wenda Zonnefeld Starring Ipek Mehlum Amber Zion Matthew Jaeger Anna Schumacher Lindsay W. Evans Brett Schlank Lexi Marman Joseph Ausanio Assistant Director Kevin Huie Boom Operator Kevin Huie Editor Kevin Crowley Sound Editor & Mixer Nelson W. Oliveros Foley by Angelina Faulkner Special Effects & Titles Kevin Crowley Special Thanks To: Ali Mojahedi Dickie Hearts Erik Call Joseph Ausanio Marcelo & Lori Tubert Matt & Kay Daigle Robert Rossi Scott Tuomey The Fountain Theatre A Jules Dameron Production, 2012.



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VIDEO: Taylor Swift donates concert tickets and $10,000 to Deaf students after give-away prank. internet trolls Deaf school and Deaf school still wins!



BOSTON, MA. - Taylor Swift is giving $10,000 and concert tickets to a Boston school for the Deaf after a prank involving an online contest promising an on-campus performance by the Grammy-winning singer.



Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston was disqualified from the contest because many of the votes were from Internet pranksters who thought it would be funny for a school for the Deaf to win tickets to a live concert.





The Boston Globe reports that instead, Swift and contest sponsors will donate a combined $50,000 to the school, and U.S. cable channel VH1’s Save the Music program will donate $10,000 in musical instruments... Read more: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/1265519--taylor-swift-donates-to-deaf-school-after-online-prank



Taylor Swift - Mean - Music video by Taylor Swift performing Mean. (C) 2011 Big Machine Records, LLC.



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VIDEO [CC] - Exclusive interviewly with Deaf couple, Melody & Russell Stein the owner Mozzeria restaurateur in ASL.



Husband-and-wife restaurateurs Melody and Russell Stein, who are Deaf, sign about how they were able to create a successful pizzeria. The Steins opened Mozzeria in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood in December 2011.





Mozzeria offers an unique dining experience. Experience sumptuous pizzas cooked in our beautiful, 5,000-pound Stefano Ferrara oven, visit Mozzeria.com for more information. Source



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VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Documentary: The Projected Image: Disability stereotypes in film.



TCM's original promo for October 2012 programming, "The Projected Image: Disability In Film," Tuesday evenings starting at 8pm ET throughout the month.





Actors Robert David Hall, Danny Woodburn, Kurt Yaeger, Marlee Matlin and series curator and co-host Lawrence Carter-Long look back to pay it forward by dismantling stereotypes of disabled people in the movies, part of TCM's October programming ",





The Projected Image: A History of Disability In Film" presented in partnership with Inclusion In The Arts. Tuesday evenings throughout the month. For more information, please visit tcm.com/dif

VIDEO [ASL] - "ASL is a Gift" is a poem written by Julie Rems-Smario and translated by Deanne Bray.



Final revision of ASL translation on September 21, 2012. It was June 2012 when Wayne Betts gave one small suggestion in adding something to ASL. He signed SI5S. I expanded on that idea and made this version into the translation that I am fully content and will stick to this.





Here is my ASL translation of ASL is a GIFT in American Sign Language. Happy Autumn!



Julie Rems-Smario wrote...



ASL is a gift of language

ASL is a gift of embracing

ASL is a gift of understanding

ASL is a gift of communication



ASL is a gift of dignity

ASL is a gift of acceptance

ASL is a gift of creativity

ASL is a gift of intelligence



ASL is a gift of connection

ASL is a gift of expression

ASL is a gift of healthy self-esteem

ASL is a gift of creating a whole child

ASL is a gift of human rights for your Deaf child

ASL is a gift of love.



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RAW VIDEO: Cop kicks legally Deaf man in the face during arrest in Canada.



COLD LAKE, AB. - A YouTube video of an Alberta RCMP officer kicking Richard Claybert in the face has sparked an investigation and caught the attention of the province.



According to a statement released by RCMP, three officers from the Cold Lake detachment responded to complaints of a noisy party in a parking lot of a community hall early Saturday, Sept. 22.





While responding, one of the party organizers asked for police assistance in clearing the crowd. An intoxicated man refused to leave and two officers began the process of putting the man under arrest while the third officer continued crowd control. According to Metro Edmonton, it was the third time police were called to the hall that night.



RCMP have identified the man being arrested as 21-year-old Richard Claybert.



In the grainy, shaky footage posted to YouTube, Claybert appears face-down on the ground while two officers attempt to handcuff him. Onlookers taunt and yell at the officers and you can hear one man shouting "Seven-11 for the rest of your life, man. Seven-11," although it is not clear whether it is coming from a bystander or an officer... Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/26/richard-claybert-kicked-in-face-cold-lake-rcmp_n_1916888.html

Deaf News: The show will be one of the first of its kind designed specifically for Deaf audiences in the United States.





NEW YORK CITY -- Westchester Newsday - Croton woman hosts talk show for the Deaf - Television is a visual medium, but most talk shows just aren’t the same on mute. One Croton-on-Hudson woman is turning the traditional interview format on its head by telling her guests to talk with their hands.



Independent producer Aidan Mack has teamed up with White Plains Community Media (WPCM) to produce “The Aidan Mack Show,” in which Mack interviews guests exclusively in American Sign Language. The show will be one of the first of its kind designed specifically for Deaf audiences.



“I realized that I wanted to reach a larger audience, the hearing community, and work with them to become more comfortable interacting with Deaf people, regardless of language differences,” she said. “At the same time, I also want to dispel the misconceptions and myths about Deaf people, and show that Deaf people do live normal lives like everyone else.” ... Read The Full Story.



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ROCHESTER, NY. - Rochester has more Deaf and Hard of Hearing residents per capita than the national average and a larger Deaf population than many other similarly sized cities, a new report out of Rochester Institute of Technology has found.



Rochester’s sizable Deaf community has often been assumed but was never quantified until the report, written by Gerard Walter and Richard Dirmyer from RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.



The study found other cities have more total Deaf residents per capita, but among college and working aged people, Rochester has one of the largest populations in the country. In particular, the study found Rochester has far and away the highest percentage of Deaf residents enrolled in secondary education, likely driven by NTID.



“Often times it’s difficult to understand how many people are really in the community,” said Thomas Pearson, director of the National Center for Deaf Health Research at the University of Rochester. “This has been a real challenge for anyone interested in the field.”



Using American Community Survey data, Walter and Dirmyer found there are 43,000 Deaf or Hard of Hearing residents in the Rochester metro area, about 3.7 percent of the population. That’s higher than the national average, which is 3.5 percent.



Rochester doesn’t have the highest population per capita as is often suggested, however. The report only looked at a handful of cities, but found 3.9 percent of Pittsburgh’s population is Deaf or Hard of Hearing. The authors of the report attribute that to more elderly residents living in Pittsburgh than in Rochester, and the onset of age-related deafness... Read more: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120925/NEWS01/309250048/Rochester-Institute-of-Technology-deaf?odyssey=nav|head



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THE WASHINTON POST - Sign language that African Americans use is different from that of Whites.



Carolyn McCaskill remembers exactly when she discovered that she couldn’t understand white people. It was 1968, she was 15 years old, and she and nine other Deaf black students had just enrolled in an integrated school for the Deaf in Talledega, Ala.



When the teacher got up to address the class, McCaskill was lost. “I was dumbfounded,” McCaskill recalls through an interpreter. “I was like, ‘What in the world is going on?’ ”



The teacher’s quicksilver hand movements looked little like the sign language McCaskill had grown up using at home with her two Deaf siblings and had practiced at the Alabama School for the Negro Deaf and Blind, just a few miles away. It wasn’t a simple matter of people at the new school using unfamiliar vocabularly; they made hand movements for everyday words that looked foreign to McCaskill and her fellow black students.



So, McCaskill says, “I put my signs aside.” She learned entirely new signs for such common nouns as “shoe” and “school.” She began to communicate words such as “why” and “don’t know” with one hand instead of two as she and her black friends had always done. She copied the white students who lowered their hands to make the signs for “what for” and “know” closer to their chins than to their foreheads. And she imitated the way white students mouthed words at the same time as they made manual signs for them... Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sign-language-that-african-americans-use-is-different-from-that-of-whites/2012/09/17/2e897628-bbe2-11e1-8867-ecf6cb7935ef_story.html

VIDEO: Deaf man shot during attempted robbery in Pennsylvania.



KENSINGTON, PA. - Deaf man shot during attempted robbery in Kensington.

Philadelphia police are investigating the shooting of a Deaf man in Kensington early Tuesday morning.



The shooting happened around 4:15 a.m. on the 1800 block of East Thayer Street.



Police say a Deaf man in his 20s was sitting on the front steps of a house with some friends when a suspect approached and announced a robbery.





Investigators say the suspect demanded money from the victim but the man did not understand. That is when the suspect fired a shot, hitting the victim in the stomach.



The victim was taken to the hospital and is listed in critical condition. Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8823746

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf culture and community will likely disappear from Stem Cell cure.



LONDON - Prediction 30 years from now, Deaf culture and community will disappear! As seen on article Deaf Gerbils 'Hear Again' After Stem Cell Cure - BSL Zone: The End A drama envisaging a terminal decline of Deaf Culture.





We are therefore currently only showing this film with subtitles. Here's the linked to watch video: http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/zoom-focus-the-end/



Whether you are hearing or Deaf, it is recommended to watch this film with subtitles. There is spoken content which Deaf people will struggle to understand without subtitles, and there is British Sign Language which many hearing people will not understand.



This film was written and made with Deaf and hearing people in mind, and the film-makers really wanted to make a crossover film from the perspective of Deaf people and Deaf Culture.



Ted Evans (Writer/Director) and the team behind The End quite rightly want the film to be accessible for everyone - However watching the film without subtitles would prove to be very difficult.



We are therefore currently only showing this film with subtitles. Here's the linked to watch video: http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/zoom-focus-the-end/



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VIDEO: [CC] - PrankandSpank: TruTV Top 20 Most Shocking.



The tubers entertaining Deaf couple Annette and Scott Kerr presentation in the "PrankandSpank" on YouTube. The channel is based around what some might see as humour which is produced to provide entertainment for the community.



The couple were on TruTv before last year in the top 20 for paint face prank but it was number 14 now again they made it and jumped up the charts to the top 3! Thank you all for making this possible.



Video source by Eric Nusbaum for recording and sending Scott the file as the producer was supposed to notify him when the clips were going to be aired as they don't have TruTv channel in Canada.





Spank and Prank Tweets "We're a Deaf couple who are taking pranks to the next level. The spank at the end of the prank is a way of saying you got Pwned!"





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VIDEO: Exclusive Interview with Matt Hamill at UFC 152, win over Roger Hollett in Toronto, Canada.



TORONTO - UFCMatt (The Hammer) Hamill's return to the Octagon was less than thrilling. Hamill may have won his first post-retirement bout with a decision over Roger Hollett, but he didn't win many fans with the slow, plodding bout.



The crowd at UFC 152 in Toronto booed the bout, and the fight was panned on social media. Read more: sports-injured-matyushenko-calls-hamill-win-weak-fight-mma





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Matt (The Hammer) Hamill talks about his return to the Octagon at UFC 152, a win over Roger Hollett, feeling rusty after a long layoff, the promse he made to his grandfather, and much more with MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani.



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Rare Footage of Matt Hamill's College Wrestling Days! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aecrm8aF-Xk



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VIDEO [CC] - Movie highlights Deaf sports camp with NBA star



DENVER, CO. - Colorado film, 'Spirit of Love,' highlights Deaf community and life of NBA star, Mike Glenn. 'Spirit of Love: The Mike "Stinger" Glenn Story' takes basketball legend's story to big screen. The film will be presented with sign-language and captioning for all audiences. Anne Trujillo reports.



The recreation center in the heart of Denver's Swansea-Eylria neighborhood is busy for the fourth day of filming.



"Action! Rolling camera A," yells a young woman wearing headphones.



There are teens everywhere. Some are operating cameras and computers. Some are making their film debuts as young actors. There's even a retired NBA player in the mix.





All are under the careful direction of Colorado film producer Darla Rae.



"Make sure you keep your energy up. I need to feel the excitement in your voices," said Rae to the group of boys practicing their lines standing next to retired NBA player, Mike "Stinger" Glenn.



For nearly two weeks various locations in Denver have been transformed into scenes to replicate rural Georgia and locations where Glenn grew up.



"It's a feature film based on the story of how I established the nation's first basketball camp for the Deaf and hard of hearing," said Glenn.



Rae argues it's that and so much more. She says the film is named "Spirit of Love" after an award with the same name that Glenn received from the NBA Players Association honoring him for the positive impact he's had on Deaf communities across the country... Read more: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/colorado-film-spirit-of-love-highlights-deaf-community-and-life-of-nba-star-mike-glenn-

VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Exclusive interview with Matt Hamill by ZVRS.



a famous Deaf fighter presentation of Matt "The Hammer" Hamill with the ZVRS for interview.



Hamill was a freestyle wrestler who won gold and silver medals at the Deaflympics, and had only started training in MMA a mere six months before being cast for the show.





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VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Full Documentary Film: Mosdeux - The Deaf Family.





Mosdeux is a Deaf owned film studio which develops, produces and distributes film. It has produced several feature and short films targeting the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities.



The Deaf founders, Chad W. Taylor and Wayne Betts, Jr. established Mosdeux to bring the cinematic perspective to the Deaf community with stories originating from the Deaf community.



The Deaf Family portrays a dysfunctional deaf family going through everyday trials and tribulations. As each character encounters and muddles through a new challenge, they come to realize that they must accept their own identities as Deaf individuals if they want to be accepted by everyone, including hearing people.



Mosdeux - The Deaf Family - Part 1 of 12.



Copyright © Hands On VRS, Inc. Produced by Mosdeux. Allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as film entertainment. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.



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VIDEO: Marlee Matlin tweets concerns about a possible stem cell cure for deafness.



LONDON - British researchers have been able to rebuild nerves in the ears of gerbils, and it is believed the same technique could one day be applicable to Deaf humans. However, Oscar-winning actress Matlin, who has been Deaf since she was 18 months old, is worried about the implications of the development. Matlin has been tweeting her mixed feelings about the recently announced “stem cell cure” for deafness.





Matlin commented that millions of Deaf Americans who communicate in sign language do not regard deafness as a "handicap" or a "'disease' to cure." She posted these comments on Twitter: “Imagine how I must feel with my children with me at the grocery store and someone says "I heard there's a cure for your deafness!" Think.”



"Deafness cure" is trending. My concern is that it's bigger than a "trend." It involves people and not as simple as the 4 letters in "cure." According to The Telegraph, some Deaf people feel that they don’t need to be fixed by medical intervention. The National Association of the Deaf says that many profoundly Deaf people who sign consider themselves to be part of a unique linguistic group through sign language and a unique Deaf culture.



Matlin's comments reflect the views of many members of the Deaf community... Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/marlee-matlin-tweets-concerns-about-a-possible-stem-cell-cure-for-deafness

VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD) has launched online VRS petition.



Here's the link to sign the online petition launched by the CAD to demand a permanent Video Relay Service (VRS) in Canada.





Join us to sign the petition to demand that the House of Commons, Government of Canada, Ministers of the Crown and Members of Parliament to support a permanent national Video Relay Services (VRS) in Canada by this fall 2012 with official spoken languages (English and French) and signed languages (American Sign Language (ASL) and Langue des Signes Québécoise (LSQ)). Read more: http://www.cad.ca/news_events_en.php?newsID=114



Also consider forwarding this to your friends, family, co-workers and anyone who wants to support the Deaf community in this petition. Why not post it on your Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites to get the word out too?



Petition Link URL:

www.change.org/petitions/petition-to-the-house-of-commons-ptition-la-chambre-des-communes-demand-permanent-vrs-now-demande-srv-permanent-maintenant

VIDEO: Deaf motorcross rider succeeds, and inspires from the communites.



CNN - Deaf motocross rider Ashley Fiolek won't let her disability keep her from dominating the Vice-Versa MX women's circuit.



Ashley is not only making waves as a female rider in the male dominated sport of motocross, but she's doing it without the ability to hear.





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VIDEO: Kansas budget cuts could mean bad news for the Kansas State School for the Deaf.



OLATHE, KS - A mandate to cut the budgets for Kansas state agencies could be bad news for a school in Olathe, Kan., that's been helping children since 1861.



In the kindergarten classroom at the Kansas School for the Deaf , kids are learning to communicate using their hands instead of their voices. They are immersed in American Sign Language.





Like the 140 other students at the school, they will be immersed in Deaf culture during their years here, learning to cope in a hearing world.



Mary Grove is a KSD senior. She's been a student here since she was 4 years old. "This is my second home, you know, and the people here are my family,’' she said.



KSD doesn't just serve the kids on campus its outreach program supports 255 students and 87 teachers in 108 districts across the state... Read more: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/state/kansas/budget-cuts-threaten-150-year-old-kansas-school#ixzz274GYfjZ1

VIDEO [ASL] - Exploring power and privilege: Reframing Pledges by Deaf/Coda/Hearing Interpreters. Interpreters from a retreat share their thoughts on the power of reframing.





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VIDEO [ASL/CC] - ADA Effective Communication using Title III and ASL from the Disability and Communication Access Board - Honolulu, Hawaii.



Communication Access Provisions Title III of the Americans with Disability Act for Public Accommodations: http://hawaii.gov/health/dcab/docs/fact_sheets/ca_pa.pdf





Lack of effective communication. ADA effective communication systems tool in the ongoing battle against disability discrimination. In a recent in-depth article assessing the impact of the ADA in Hawaii. http://dredf.org/international/paper_y-g.html



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TORONTO - SPORTSNET UFC: Another hill for Hamill to climb at UFC 152. Matt (The Hammer) Hamill makes his return to the Octagon at UFC 152 against Canadian Roger Hollett. It is Hamill's return to the UFC after a year-long retirement, and is just one more challenge for the 35-year-old who was spent his entire existence on this planet defying the odds.



Hamill broke through to the public consciousness during season three of The Ultimate Fighter, the season that featured Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock as coaches and was eventually won by Michael Bisping. Viewers were enthralled with Hamill's story, being the only Deaf fighter to compete under the UFC banner.



Hamill was a freestyle wrestler who won gold and silver medals at the Deaflympics, and had only started training in MMA a mere six months before being cast for the show. Viewers not only loved his “Rudy”-like inspirational story, but also enjoyed his interactions with his coach Ortiz, who admitted Hamill “reminds me a bit of me.”... Read more http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2012/09/13/bardsley_matt_hamill_ufc152_toronto/



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VIDEO: An education vlog in American Sign Language - Should we get rid of small d in Deaf ?



The topic about small d and big D for Deaf bothers me. I don't know about you but I have mixed feelings because it splits the groups as those who are labeled as small d and big D.





Transcript: According to Deaf in America, Voices from a Culture, I am raising a question if the idea if outdated. Why? In 1972, James Woodward proposed "to use the lowercase deaf when referring to the audiological condition of not hearing, and the uppercase Deaf when referring to a particular group of deaf people who share a language -- ASL and a culture." ~From Deaf in America, Voices from a Culture. As seen on article: Got D for Dandy and for Deaf?



I used to think that way before as I had studied about it back in the 80's. At that time, most people seemed to agree about the concept. But now my thinking about it has changed. Why? I have several reasons to get rid of small d/big D concept but still keep the big D only. Why?



Even a person who don't identify themselves as a Deaf person and is not immersed in ASL and Deaf culture call themselves alternatively such as hearing impaired, hard of hearing or a person with a hearing loss as they avoided labeling themselves deaf which is their decision so why should we continue to use small d? What should we do with a small d in Deaf? Just get rid of it! But continue to use big D. Why? Here are several justifications.



Must we know the language? Yes, it is important but allow me to present the points. People, in general, who belong to their ethnic groups like Italian, African, etc. Do they use small i in Italian, nor small a in African although not all of them know the language or even culture especially here in America but we still refer them capital I in Italian-American or a in African-American. I am Italian but I don't know the language so should I call myself small i? Heck, no because it doesn't work that way. So why should it be different for the Deaf?



The big D in Deaf is used regardless of not having full understanding of ASL or Deaf culture. They will continue to go through a process experiencing what we call Deafhood. They will get to that point. Let's say when they finally get to the meat of ASL and Deaf culture, then they "graduated" to earn a big D? No! Deafhood is a process. That's why this kind of thinking is considered new that caused me to question whether or not that topic in the book is considered outdated.



Do you think that no, we should keep on labeling small d and big D or keep the big D for all regardless of not having the knowledge of ASL and culture and that big D represents a cultural group anyway... Read more: http://deafprogressivism.blogspot.com/2007/10/should-we-get-rid-of-small-d-in-deaf.html

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Sarah Churman's 'Powered On' details her life's journey and offers unique insights from the perspective of a woman who has experienced both sides of a disability.



ABC News - Sarah Churman, 29, was born with a tiny fraction of her hearing. Last year she had surgery to implant a new device, The Esteem, into each ear. Her mother-in-law cashed in her retirement to part of the $60,000 bill.



Before Sarah and her husband, Sloan, left for the hospital to have the surgery, Churman's mother-in-law made one request of her son: film Churman's reaction to hearing for the first time. The 90-second clip has gone viral, having been viewed more than 14 million times.



Churman tells her story in a memoir titled "Powered On," which will be released soon by Indigo River Publishing. Here is an excerpt... Read more http://abcnews.go.com/Health/sarah-churman-book-excerpt-deaf-woman-describes-hearing/story?id=17221083#.UFFcSnphuSo.



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VIDEO: Deaf gerbils 'hear again' after stem cell cure, Health and science reporter, BBC News.



UK researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.



Hearing partially improved when nerves in the ear, which pass sounds into the brain, were rebuilt in gerbils - a UK study in the journal Nature reports.





Getting the same improvement in people would be a shift from being unable to hear traffic to hearing a conversation. However, treating humans is still a distant prospect. Fergus Walsh reports.



However, in about one in 10 people with profound hearing loss, nerve cells which should pick up the signal are damaged. It is like dropping the baton after the first leg of a relay race... Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024



Watch the original BBC video - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19580117

VIDEO: Deaf police to monitor security cameras in Mexico.



OAXACA, MEXICO - The Oaxaca government has invested 56 million pesos ($4.4 million) to place at least about 230 security video cameras in the downtown historic city of Oaxaca and the suburbs that are monitored by Deaf and speech impaired police.






The camcorders are 15 meters (49 feet) high and can reach various points simultaneously with an infrared camera. Ignacio Villalobos Carranza, Deputy Secretary for the Ministry of Public Security of Oaxaca, said most of the monitoring of the 230 cameras is done by law enforcement officials that are hearing or speech impaired.



He noted these police officers have a very strong Deaf and visual sense and can better detect what is happening in different places where the cameras are located; they can often remotely read the conversations of people, to the benefit of this security system that operates 24 hours a day.



Spanish-language video from BBC Mundo Deaf police to monitor security cameras in Mexico - The ability to lip read conversations is a fantastic advantage, but the project raises the question of whether Deaf people would actually be better at security monitoring in general. As far as I know, there are no studies comparing hearing and Deaf people on specific monitoring tasks but there is evidence that Deaf people have certain advantages in visual attention.



This isn’t vision in general, such as having sharper visual acuity where there seems to be no difference, but there is good evidence that Deaf people are better at noticing things in the periphery of vision and detecting movement. This potentially makes them perfect for the job and likely better than their hearing colleagues. So the project turns out to be a targeted way not of recruiting ‘disabled people’ into the workforce, but of recruiting the ‘superable’. In fact, turning the whole idea of disability on its head... Read more: http://mazmessenger.com/2012/05/26/quick-news/deaf-police-monitor-security-cameras/

VIDEO: Subtitles - Save Deaf young people's support at school in International Sign.



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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf Black Culture in film Social Awareness Movement Tyler Perry Studios.



The mission is simple:



• To spread and increase awareness about the lack of Deaf African-American actors cast in roles in the mainstream movie industry and in television.



• To increase recognition for Deaf Talents of Color who are performers, sign language & culture coaches, stuntmen, filmmakers, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, etc. in the mainstream movie industry and in television.





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VIDEO: Deaf man makes plea for return of ear implants.



WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OH - A local rugby player had his ear implants stolen this past Saturday, and he says they were only 5 feet away!



It’s a big deal because Allen Lee, 23, is legally deaf in both ears and he needs his implants to work. Allen plays rugby for the Cleveland Eastern Rugby Team and was at a match in North Chagrin Park when someone took his bag that contained the implants.





Hazel Lee, Allen’s mother, called FOX 8 in a desperate attempt to track down his stolen hearing aids. Park rangers said they wish Allen would have reported the crime on Saturday – the day it happened – so they could have started their search right away... Read more: http://fox8.com/2012/09/10/man-makes-plea-for-return-of-ear-implants/

VIDEO: [ASL] - Nothing too see here - Just an Anti-Masturbation ASL video made by Jehovah’s Witnesses.



Jehovah's Witnesses' video goes viral on YouTube and social media networking around the globe. This is what it looks like when Jehovah's Witnesses use their hands to tell Deaf and Hard of Hearing people that masturbating is wrong. Awkward message!



Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals consistently find disgusting and sparked a chorus of outrage after the unedited American Sign Language (ASL) version is an inapporpriate gestures signs & body language cues - kind of makes it that much more illustrative.



Jehovah's Witnesses's sign language video is facial expressions and body language cues in spoken communication between individuals - a significant role in communication that certain basic facial expressions and body language of human emotion are recognized which was misleading sign language for Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.



To see just how different, watch and learn from the humorously-religious video by Jehovah's Witnesses.





Full unedited version on the official Jehovah's Witnesses website. A link to the original... "God's Love" 22-Gain the Victory Over Masturbation (ASL) : http://www.jw.org/apps/index.html?option=QrYQFVTrlBBX&selLang=ASL&selPub=732. Anyhow, publishers have a lot of for viewers to embed JW's content off-site and the video link has been removed.



Check out humor animated gif: http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/jehovahs-witnesses-want-deaf-people-to-stop-mastu



Jehovah's Witnesses Cult Exposed - The Jehovah's Witnesses The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. is a legal organization in use by the Jehovah's Witnesses. They attacked our business and our personal lives. They did this through JW members in the chartered banks, in government departments, and in the many other places mentioned throughout websites.





The video sounds familiar within Law of Moses and the Islamic holy book, the Quran/Koran, as well as various thereon. It is so sadistic quotes Jehovah's Witnesses bible - they really are fearful for the future of humanity when Jehovah's Witnesses allow such old Barbaric practices to continue, which recent reports made by public to the communities.



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