VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: America's Next Top Model winner Nyle DiMarco is joining 'Dancing with the Stars' will be on March 21 at 8pm on ABC.
LOS ANGELES -- America's Next Top Model winner Nyle DiMarco is trading his smize for dancing shoes: the 26-year-old model/actor/Deaf activist will compete on season 22 of Dancing With the Stars, a source tells E! News exclusively.
Sources confirm that the most recent champion of Tyra Banks' modeling competition is heading to the DWTS ballroom, where he'll be joining rumored fellow cast member Jodie Sweetin on the series which our insiders have also confirmed, and will be the second-ever Deaf contestant on the show.
Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin competed on the series in 2008, coming in seventh place with partner Fabian Sanchez during the ABC reality hit's sixth season. Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi eventually took home the Mirrorball Trophy that year.
The new cast will dance in the footsteps of 17-year-old Bindi Irwin, who took home the trophy with six-time champion Derek Hough, beating out Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, soldier Alek Skarlatos and Grease Live star Carlos PenaVega.
ABC declined to comment on the casting report, but the official cast announcement will be made on Good Morning America on March 8, ahead of season 22's March 21 premiere.
One certainty for next season: We won't be seeing Julianne Hough anymore. The pro-turned-judge is stepping away from the series after two years at the judges' table, she confirmed on Feb. 17, but there's good news too: Len Goodman, who left for a season to spend time with his newborn grandson (and continue judging on the original British series, Strictly Come Dancing), is coming back.
DWTS season 22 debuts Monday, March 21 at 8 p.m. on ABC - SOURCE
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LOS ANGELES -- America's Next Top Model winner Nyle DiMarco is trading his smize for dancing shoes: the 26-year-old model/actor/Deaf activist will compete on season 22 of Dancing With the Stars, a source tells E! News exclusively.Sources confirm that the most recent champion of Tyra Banks' modeling competition is heading to the DWTS ballroom, where he'll be joining rumored fellow cast member Jodie Sweetin on the series which our insiders have also confirmed, and will be the second-ever Deaf contestant on the show.
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Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin competed on the series in 2008, coming in seventh place with partner Fabian Sanchez during the ABC reality hit's sixth season. Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi eventually took home the Mirrorball Trophy that year.
The new cast will dance in the footsteps of 17-year-old Bindi Irwin, who took home the trophy with six-time champion Derek Hough, beating out Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, soldier Alek Skarlatos and Grease Live star Carlos PenaVega.
ABC declined to comment on the casting report, but the official cast announcement will be made on Good Morning America on March 8, ahead of season 22's March 21 premiere.
One certainty for next season: We won't be seeing Julianne Hough anymore. The pro-turned-judge is stepping away from the series after two years at the judges' table, she confirmed on Feb. 17, but there's good news too: Len Goodman, who left for a season to spend time with his newborn grandson (and continue judging on the original British series, Strictly Come Dancing), is coming back.
DWTS season 22 debuts Monday, March 21 at 8 p.m. on ABC - SOURCE
Watch Dancing with the Stars Mondays at 8|7c on ABC - Mondays at 8 pm on ABC.
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Deaf News: Deaf woman denied interpreter by cops who arrested her after car accident sues city and NYPD.
NEW YORK CITY -- A Deaf woman was mocked and wrongly arrested by New York City Police Department cops after a minor car accident - all because they refused to get an interpreter to hear her side of the story, a new Manhattan federal lawsuit alleges.
Tanya Ingram's alleged ordeal began around 3:15 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2013, when she and another car collided at the intersection of Second Ave. and E. 120th Street.
The other driver got out of her car and rushed toward Ingram, apparently angry and shouting, the suit claims.
Ingram felt threatened by the other driver’s behavior so she "picked up a small metal pipe that she had in her car and exited the car, gesturing to (the other driver) to back away with her free hand. At no time did Ms. Ingram swing the pipe, nor did she ever attempt to strike (the other driver)," the suit states.
The cops who arrived on the scene some 45 minutes later spent considerable time speaking with the other driver in the accident, the suit says.
They refused to provide Ingram with the means to communicate, however - though she repeatedly pointed to her ear and shook her head to show her hearing impairment, she says.
One of the responding officers asked Ingram for her keys and opened the trunk. He then made several gestures to indicate a pipe, and she retrieved it from the car.
As the officers mulled about the scene of the accident, an EMT dispatched to the intersection approached Ingram. She explained that she was Deaf through gestures, and he gave her a piece of paper and pen so that she could speak with him. The officer who had opened her trunk was 10 feet away.
"You did not understand me. That's not right. I know she's lying to you. How can I tell you my story? I want my rights. Call interpreter," the note stated.
Ingram, 51, tried to show him the note, and while he glanced at it, the cops "expressed visible annoyance" and ignored her.
She then saw several officers speaking with each other and they "appeared to be mocking her use of gestures."
When the cops moved to arrest her, Ingram had no idea what was happening and became "extremely frightened and utterly bewildered as to the reason for her arrest began crying and repeatedly tried to audibly shout, 'Why?,'" her lawyers maintain.
Ingram was ultimately detained for 24 hours and never received an interpreter as required by law, she alleges.
She had been charged with four misdemeanors menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment, and resisting arrest but all charges were dropped in July 2013, the suit contends.
Ingram is seeking unspecified damages.
Asked about the lawsuit, a city Law Department spokesman said that: "The complaint will be reviewed."
Ingram’s lawsuit is one of several recent false arrest claims in which Deaf individuals allege they were denied an interpreter.
Also Thursday, Susan Herman, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Collaborative Policing, said the department is hosting an outreach event for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing this March at the former police academy building on E. 20th Street.
At the event, they hope to distribute visor plaques for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing so they can better communicate with police officers, she said.
These plaques would say that the driver is Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing and the driver's preferred method of communication, as well as various symbols and words, to explain things such as why an officer has stopped the driver.
Deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers will also be able to indicate whether they're having a medical emergency, Herman says.
The NYPD will soon launch a pilot program in three precincts to increase access to in-person and tablet-based American Sign Language translation. The department also worked with the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community to create a roll call training video, she told The News. SOURCE
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NEW YORK CITY -- A Deaf woman was mocked and wrongly arrested by New York City Police Department cops after a minor car accident - all because they refused to get an interpreter to hear her side of the story, a new Manhattan federal lawsuit alleges.Tanya Ingram's alleged ordeal began around 3:15 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2013, when she and another car collided at the intersection of Second Ave. and E. 120th Street.
The other driver got out of her car and rushed toward Ingram, apparently angry and shouting, the suit claims.
Ingram felt threatened by the other driver’s behavior so she "picked up a small metal pipe that she had in her car and exited the car, gesturing to (the other driver) to back away with her free hand. At no time did Ms. Ingram swing the pipe, nor did she ever attempt to strike (the other driver)," the suit states.
The cops who arrived on the scene some 45 minutes later spent considerable time speaking with the other driver in the accident, the suit says.
They refused to provide Ingram with the means to communicate, however - though she repeatedly pointed to her ear and shook her head to show her hearing impairment, she says.
One of the responding officers asked Ingram for her keys and opened the trunk. He then made several gestures to indicate a pipe, and she retrieved it from the car.
As the officers mulled about the scene of the accident, an EMT dispatched to the intersection approached Ingram. She explained that she was Deaf through gestures, and he gave her a piece of paper and pen so that she could speak with him. The officer who had opened her trunk was 10 feet away.
"You did not understand me. That's not right. I know she's lying to you. How can I tell you my story? I want my rights. Call interpreter," the note stated.
Ingram, 51, tried to show him the note, and while he glanced at it, the cops "expressed visible annoyance" and ignored her.
She then saw several officers speaking with each other and they "appeared to be mocking her use of gestures."
When the cops moved to arrest her, Ingram had no idea what was happening and became "extremely frightened and utterly bewildered as to the reason for her arrest began crying and repeatedly tried to audibly shout, 'Why?,'" her lawyers maintain.
Ingram was ultimately detained for 24 hours and never received an interpreter as required by law, she alleges.
She had been charged with four misdemeanors menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment, and resisting arrest but all charges were dropped in July 2013, the suit contends.
Ingram is seeking unspecified damages.
Asked about the lawsuit, a city Law Department spokesman said that: "The complaint will be reviewed."
Ingram’s lawsuit is one of several recent false arrest claims in which Deaf individuals allege they were denied an interpreter.
Also Thursday, Susan Herman, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Collaborative Policing, said the department is hosting an outreach event for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing this March at the former police academy building on E. 20th Street.
At the event, they hope to distribute visor plaques for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing so they can better communicate with police officers, she said.
These plaques would say that the driver is Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing and the driver's preferred method of communication, as well as various symbols and words, to explain things such as why an officer has stopped the driver.
Deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers will also be able to indicate whether they're having a medical emergency, Herman says.
The NYPD will soon launch a pilot program in three precincts to increase access to in-person and tablet-based American Sign Language translation. The department also worked with the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community to create a roll call training video, she told The News. SOURCE
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Deaf News: Dozens of local Deaf and students and their service providers are dreading a recent announcement Deaf Schools into closures in Ontario.
BELLEVILLE, ON -- Intelligencer: Dozens of local Deaf and learning disabled students and their service providers are dreading a recent announcement of the need for efficiency at five specialized institutions across the province will translate into school closures.
Union representatives held a meeting in Belleville Friday to rally students, staff and parent support in their bid to stave off what they say will be imminent school closures unless action is taken to demonstrate a strong case for why local public schools aren’t properly equipped to provide the specialized services delivered by institution like Sir James Whitney and Sagonaska Demonstration Secondary School.
“Closure are going to happen if we don’t do something,” said Daryl O’Grady, local president for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). “We’re getting a campaign together to fight.”
He said the Education Ministry is linking planned reductions to declining Deaf student enrollment.
“They sat back and watched these programs get to where they are now so they can come and say we don’t have the numbers,” O’Grady said. “As a union we will be calling them out on that. This is a good turnout and it shows that people are concerned here,” he said, of the meeting held at the Travelodge Hotel on Friday.
Ann Carr, a former counsellor at the local schools, warned that inaction will be costly once the school year ends and changes are implemented in the fall.
“These children need people qualified to be with them,” Carr said. “When these children go into the regular system they’re just going to have someone who took a regular sign language course. If I were you guys I would go to the local public board and find out what they’re going to do for your kids before the cuts come.
“You are in danger,” Carr said. “These kids have a right.”
She urged students and staff to lobby the mayor and other levels of government to back their campaign to protect jobs and specialized student education here.
“If you don’t do it now, at the end of June you guys are going to have nothing,” said Carr. “At the end of June they’re going to say goodbye. This is for real, you have to start moving today.”
Sarah Colbeck is not only a social worker providing services at both aforementioned schools, but she’s also speaks from the unique perspective of being a mother with four children taught at the Dundas Street West site.
“Deaf children get full access to certain services for free,” Colbeck said of the current system, which if changed will force parents to either send students to schools farther away or foot the bill to find services and American Sign Language tutors.
“Once you close that school it’s going to be a disaster,” Colbeck said. “It’s going to have a big impact on the hearing schools (public schools) as well because they’re not prepared to cater to each student’s needs. Many professionals in these schools have no idea how to approach a Deaf child and their needs.”
The other option is send children to public schools with limited resources to tailor to each student’s individual needs.
“The community and parents have to work together and fight,” Colbeck said. “We have to spread more awareness that the schools actually benefit the children.” The prospect of job losses also hangs over her head.
In her current role, Colbeck is employed .5 at Sir James Whitney and .5 at Sagonaska, so “if Sagonaska closes I would lose .5 of my job this fall and how am I supposed to support my family,” she said through an interpreter. Source
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BELLEVILLE, ON -- Intelligencer: Dozens of local Deaf and learning disabled students and their service providers are dreading a recent announcement of the need for efficiency at five specialized institutions across the province will translate into school closures.
Union representatives held a meeting in Belleville Friday to rally students, staff and parent support in their bid to stave off what they say will be imminent school closures unless action is taken to demonstrate a strong case for why local public schools aren’t properly equipped to provide the specialized services delivered by institution like Sir James Whitney and Sagonaska Demonstration Secondary School.
“Closure are going to happen if we don’t do something,” said Daryl O’Grady, local president for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). “We’re getting a campaign together to fight.”
He said the Education Ministry is linking planned reductions to declining Deaf student enrollment.
“They sat back and watched these programs get to where they are now so they can come and say we don’t have the numbers,” O’Grady said. “As a union we will be calling them out on that. This is a good turnout and it shows that people are concerned here,” he said, of the meeting held at the Travelodge Hotel on Friday.
Ann Carr, a former counsellor at the local schools, warned that inaction will be costly once the school year ends and changes are implemented in the fall.
“These children need people qualified to be with them,” Carr said. “When these children go into the regular system they’re just going to have someone who took a regular sign language course. If I were you guys I would go to the local public board and find out what they’re going to do for your kids before the cuts come.
“You are in danger,” Carr said. “These kids have a right.”
She urged students and staff to lobby the mayor and other levels of government to back their campaign to protect jobs and specialized student education here.
“If you don’t do it now, at the end of June you guys are going to have nothing,” said Carr. “At the end of June they’re going to say goodbye. This is for real, you have to start moving today.”
Sarah Colbeck is not only a social worker providing services at both aforementioned schools, but she’s also speaks from the unique perspective of being a mother with four children taught at the Dundas Street West site.
“Deaf children get full access to certain services for free,” Colbeck said of the current system, which if changed will force parents to either send students to schools farther away or foot the bill to find services and American Sign Language tutors.
“Once you close that school it’s going to be a disaster,” Colbeck said. “It’s going to have a big impact on the hearing schools (public schools) as well because they’re not prepared to cater to each student’s needs. Many professionals in these schools have no idea how to approach a Deaf child and their needs.”
The other option is send children to public schools with limited resources to tailor to each student’s individual needs.
“The community and parents have to work together and fight,” Colbeck said. “We have to spread more awareness that the schools actually benefit the children.” The prospect of job losses also hangs over her head.
In her current role, Colbeck is employed .5 at Sir James Whitney and .5 at Sagonaska, so “if Sagonaska closes I would lose .5 of my job this fall and how am I supposed to support my family,” she said through an interpreter. Source
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VIDEO: Top 10 best and funniest Super Bowl commercials! - 2016 funniest advertisers from the United States.
Some made us cry, others made us cry laughing. Here are the most memorable commercials of Super Bowl 50. You can enjoy the best of the best. Here’s a look at the best ads of the 2016 Super Bowl season.
Commercial's Names & Brands:
1. Snickers - Marilyn Monroe, Willem Dafoe
2. Hyundai - First Date W/ Kevin Hart
3. Coca Cola - Brotherly Love
4. Doritos - Super Bowl Baby
5. Taco Bell - Quesalupa
6. Coca Cola - Mini Hulk vs Ant Man
7. Buick - Ft Emily Ratajkowski
8. Heinz Ketchup - Wiener Stampede
9. T-Mobile - Drop The Balls With Steve Harvey
10. Toyota - Prius
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Some made us cry, others made us cry laughing. Here are the most memorable commercials of Super Bowl 50. You can enjoy the best of the best. Here’s a look at the best ads of the 2016 Super Bowl season.
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1. Snickers - Marilyn Monroe, Willem Dafoe
2. Hyundai - First Date W/ Kevin Hart
3. Coca Cola - Brotherly Love
4. Doritos - Super Bowl Baby
5. Taco Bell - Quesalupa
6. Coca Cola - Mini Hulk vs Ant Man
7. Buick - Ft Emily Ratajkowski
8. Heinz Ketchup - Wiener Stampede
9. T-Mobile - Drop The Balls With Steve Harvey
10. Toyota - Prius
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VIDEO: Asian woman pretends to be Deaf to reject the guys trying it on with her on a night out goes viral on social media.
Metro: It seems one girl has finally had enough of the long process involved in rejecting guys on a night out.
When a young woman is approached by a stranger in a club, she starts using "sign language" in order to pretend to be Deaf. It appears she thought this would be a way to reject his advances, and it worked!
What should be a simple ‘Sorry, I’m not interested’ often turns into a lengthy attempt of explaining you either have a boyfriend, are engaged or even that you swing the other way.
Sometimes it’s because the guy interested in you is incredibly persistent but often it’s just because – in definite British fashion – we’re just too damn polite and scared of hurting someone’s feelings.
But this girl, however, is sick and tired of being polite and making excuses. So, she’s opted for for another way to reject their fellow clubber.
In a video posted to Imgur by user Tausif007, a girl can be seen turning a guy away with the use of sign language.
A brave move, but one that most definitely worked.
But it turns out, she didn’t actually sign anything – she simply waved her hands around.
One Reddit user commented: ‘I am a teacher for the Deaf and she did not sign a single American Sign Language. She would have been embarrassed if I signed back.’
So perhaps in future, it’d be best to learn the sign language before somebody does actually begin to sign back. Owned! Source
Metro: It seems one girl has finally had enough of the long process involved in rejecting guys on a night out.
When a young woman is approached by a stranger in a club, she starts using "sign language" in order to pretend to be Deaf. It appears she thought this would be a way to reject his advances, and it worked!
What should be a simple ‘Sorry, I’m not interested’ often turns into a lengthy attempt of explaining you either have a boyfriend, are engaged or even that you swing the other way.
Sometimes it’s because the guy interested in you is incredibly persistent but often it’s just because – in definite British fashion – we’re just too damn polite and scared of hurting someone’s feelings.
But this girl, however, is sick and tired of being polite and making excuses. So, she’s opted for for another way to reject their fellow clubber.
In a video posted to Imgur by user Tausif007, a girl can be seen turning a guy away with the use of sign language.
A brave move, but one that most definitely worked.
But it turns out, she didn’t actually sign anything – she simply waved her hands around.
One Reddit user commented: ‘I am a teacher for the Deaf and she did not sign a single American Sign Language. She would have been embarrassed if I signed back.’
So perhaps in future, it’d be best to learn the sign language before somebody does actually begin to sign back. Owned! Source
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf drivers faced with disbelief, disrespect during Winnipeg traffic stops due to communication barriers in Canada.
CBC WINNIPEG -- Two young Winnipeggers are urging Winnipeg Police Service to be more professional when dealing with people who are Deaf after both experienced officers who didn't believe them and refused to try to communicate with them at traffic stops.
Dana Zimmer and Jenna Irwin both experienced incredulous officers who didn't initially believe they were Deaf during traffic stops.
"It's happened a few times. I'm not a bad driver but it has happened a few times, and sometimes my interactions with police are very cordial – very simple, I'll get a ticket and that's it, but every once in a while it's just a little bit different," said Zimmer.
Zimmer remembers a time a few years ago when she was pulled over, and the officer started talking to her after she rolled down her window.
"Of course they'll be talking, that's natural, that's what they would normally do, and I gestured that I'm a Deaf individual and I use sign language," she said. "They just kind of gave me this look like they didn't believe me. They didn't actually think I was a Deaf person so they just kept talking to me as if I could understand them."
Zimmer said she tried again to communicate that she was Deaf, but the officer seemed frustrated.
"I felt that I needed to prove myself as a Deaf individual, and I didn't know how I was going to do that other than saying that I was Deaf. I felt that they just didn't believe me," she said.
Zimmer said the officer motioned for her to get a pen and paper, which she didn't have handy, so he went to his car and came back with a ticket.
She said the ticket had to do with a new rule she wasn't aware of.
"When someone says they're Deaf, they need to be able to interact with them in an appropriate way," said Zimmer. "You're going to be interacting with different people in the community, and it needs to always be professional."
Irwin has experienced the same thing. She says it usually takes several gestures and requests to have officers believe she is Deaf. "I think the first and second time they try to talk, and they think I'm lying, and then I'm like, 'No, I can't understand you,'" she said.
She recently had an experience on her way home from work where she tried to use a pen and paper to communicate with an officer, but he refused. He went back to his cruiser car and she waited 45 minutes for another officer to show up who knew some sign language.
She says the officer could've communicated to her he was calling someone who knew sign, but he refused to use a pen and paper to communicate.
"I think sometimes the police officers just don't want to take the time or make the effort to communicate with us," she said. I think we all want to be treated equally. We want to feel as though we're the same as everybody else, and communication is very important. Eye contact is very important. I'm not too sure why they would assume we should be treated any differently just because we're Deaf."
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CBC WINNIPEG -- Two young Winnipeggers are urging Winnipeg Police Service to be more professional when dealing with people who are Deaf after both experienced officers who didn't believe them and refused to try to communicate with them at traffic stops.Dana Zimmer and Jenna Irwin both experienced incredulous officers who didn't initially believe they were Deaf during traffic stops.
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"It's happened a few times. I'm not a bad driver but it has happened a few times, and sometimes my interactions with police are very cordial – very simple, I'll get a ticket and that's it, but every once in a while it's just a little bit different," said Zimmer.
Zimmer remembers a time a few years ago when she was pulled over, and the officer started talking to her after she rolled down her window.
"Of course they'll be talking, that's natural, that's what they would normally do, and I gestured that I'm a Deaf individual and I use sign language," she said. "They just kind of gave me this look like they didn't believe me. They didn't actually think I was a Deaf person so they just kept talking to me as if I could understand them."
Zimmer said she tried again to communicate that she was Deaf, but the officer seemed frustrated.
"I felt that I needed to prove myself as a Deaf individual, and I didn't know how I was going to do that other than saying that I was Deaf. I felt that they just didn't believe me," she said.
Zimmer said the officer motioned for her to get a pen and paper, which she didn't have handy, so he went to his car and came back with a ticket.
She said the ticket had to do with a new rule she wasn't aware of.
"When someone says they're Deaf, they need to be able to interact with them in an appropriate way," said Zimmer. "You're going to be interacting with different people in the community, and it needs to always be professional."
Irwin has experienced the same thing. She says it usually takes several gestures and requests to have officers believe she is Deaf. "I think the first and second time they try to talk, and they think I'm lying, and then I'm like, 'No, I can't understand you,'" she said.She recently had an experience on her way home from work where she tried to use a pen and paper to communicate with an officer, but he refused. He went back to his cruiser car and she waited 45 minutes for another officer to show up who knew some sign language.
She says the officer could've communicated to her he was calling someone who knew sign, but he refused to use a pen and paper to communicate.
"I think sometimes the police officers just don't want to take the time or make the effort to communicate with us," she said. I think we all want to be treated equally. We want to feel as though we're the same as everybody else, and communication is very important. Eye contact is very important. I'm not too sure why they would assume we should be treated any differently just because we're Deaf."
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The Aidan Mack Show "The Deaf Community" in ASL version.
The Aidan Mack Show sharing the vlog "The Deaf Community" all about Starkey Hearing Foundation issues - Aidan Mack will entertain, humor, empower, involve, connect, inspire, provoke thought and enlighten both non-signing and signing, hearing and Deaf viewers.
Aidan will cover a vast range of various topics such as beauty, celebrity news, fashion, politics, animals, education, Deaf and hearing related issues and inspiring stories, parenting, social issues, workplace issues, friendship, current events, breaking news, health, human rights, sex, friendship, dating and relationships we face throughout our lives.
Aidan Mack hopes to bring non-signing and signing, hearing and Deaf people to a comfortable level where they can connect, understand, learn, embrace, empower, prosper, contribute, interact, and respect each other regardless of the cultural, identity and language differences, and bridge the gap between the Deaf and hearing communities.
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The Aidan Mack Show sharing the vlog "The Deaf Community" all about Starkey Hearing Foundation issues - Aidan Mack will entertain, humor, empower, involve, connect, inspire, provoke thought and enlighten both non-signing and signing, hearing and Deaf viewers.
Aidan will cover a vast range of various topics such as beauty, celebrity news, fashion, politics, animals, education, Deaf and hearing related issues and inspiring stories, parenting, social issues, workplace issues, friendship, current events, breaking news, health, human rights, sex, friendship, dating and relationships we face throughout our lives.
Aidan Mack hopes to bring non-signing and signing, hearing and Deaf people to a comfortable level where they can connect, understand, learn, embrace, empower, prosper, contribute, interact, and respect each other regardless of the cultural, identity and language differences, and bridge the gap between the Deaf and hearing communities.
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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: National Geographic - "What It’s Like To Read Lips" This eye-opening video beautifully depicts what it’s like to be Deaf.
Have you ever tried to hear what a person was saying based on the way they move their lips?
It’s a well-know that many of those who are Deaf converse through lip-reading. But have you ever stopped and thought about just how hard that can be?
In a video produced by Little Moving Pictures, one woman, Rachel Kolb, perfectly articulates what it feels like to experience a world that you can’t physically hear.
The video shows a range of people speaking about every day experiences. Each story is subtitled. But as their stories continue, the subtitles begin to blur until they completely vanish and the audio fuses out until the video is completely silent – with only lips moving on the screen.
The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. We look for work that affirms National Geographic's mission of inspiring people to care about the planet. The filmmakers created the content presented, and the opinions expressed are their own, not those of the National Geographic Society.
But as people talk faster, the lips become pretty much impossible to read – seriously giving us an in-depth look into what those without the ability to hear have to focus on every day.
Rachel also highlights the fact that speech is not just movements of the lips and sound. It is accents, it is people’s mumbles, the way some may cover their mouths when they talk – the list is endless. All things that many of us unknowingly take for granted.
Rachel describes lip-reading as ‘putting together a puzzle without all the pieces’.
She said: ‘There have been times when I’ve questioned why I even try to lip read.
‘To wade through this swamp, when I could just use sign language.’
She compares the use of sign language to being in a different world – a world filled with ‘rich expression and culture.’
But for Rachel, when lip-reading works, she feels something that she thinks sign-language cannot offer her all of the time. ‘When I focus on one legible face, and launch into a conversation, something clicks.
‘Right then, I feel something extraordinary. Human connection.’ Source
See more from National Geographic's Short Film Showcase: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase
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Have you ever tried to hear what a person was saying based on the way they move their lips?
It’s a well-know that many of those who are Deaf converse through lip-reading. But have you ever stopped and thought about just how hard that can be?
In a video produced by Little Moving Pictures, one woman, Rachel Kolb, perfectly articulates what it feels like to experience a world that you can’t physically hear.
The video shows a range of people speaking about every day experiences. Each story is subtitled. But as their stories continue, the subtitles begin to blur until they completely vanish and the audio fuses out until the video is completely silent – with only lips moving on the screen.
The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. We look for work that affirms National Geographic's mission of inspiring people to care about the planet. The filmmakers created the content presented, and the opinions expressed are their own, not those of the National Geographic Society.
But as people talk faster, the lips become pretty much impossible to read – seriously giving us an in-depth look into what those without the ability to hear have to focus on every day.
Rachel also highlights the fact that speech is not just movements of the lips and sound. It is accents, it is people’s mumbles, the way some may cover their mouths when they talk – the list is endless. All things that many of us unknowingly take for granted.
Rachel describes lip-reading as ‘putting together a puzzle without all the pieces’.
She said: ‘There have been times when I’ve questioned why I even try to lip read.
‘To wade through this swamp, when I could just use sign language.’
She compares the use of sign language to being in a different world – a world filled with ‘rich expression and culture.’
But for Rachel, when lip-reading works, she feels something that she thinks sign-language cannot offer her all of the time. ‘When I focus on one legible face, and launch into a conversation, something clicks.
‘Right then, I feel something extraordinary. Human connection.’ Source
See more from National Geographic's Short Film Showcase: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase
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'Bad Lip Reading' Of The Democratic Debate
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A Bad Lip Reading Of The NFL 2016
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf-Blind housing project will be first of its kind in Manitoba, Canada.
CBC WINNIPEG -- 10 suites at Gas Station Arts Centre redevelopment will be designed for Deaf-Blind people. Winnipeg will soon be one of the first cities in Canada to have specialized housing designed for people who are both Deaf and Blind.
Bonnie Heath, executive director of the Resource Centre for Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind, has put down payments on 10 suites in the residential portion of the new Gas Station Arts Centre, which is slated for the corner of River Avenue and Osborne Street.
"We're very excited," Heath said, adding that the need for this kind of housing is great.
"The Deaf-Blind individuals that I'm in contact with in their own homes right now feel isolated and unsafe."
She added, "You have a combination of you can't see and you can't hear; you don't know who's coming into your place. You don't know, for example, one of my Deaf-Blind friends said she wouldn't even know the toilet was running over until the water was at her ankles in the dining room."
Heath works with dozens of Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind - people with a combination of no vision or low vision and hearing that rely on interpreters to communicate.
The apartments will not only bring members of the Deaf-Blind community under one roof, the apartments will be designed with them and for them for safer and easier living, said Heath.
"Sharp edges, you know, things that we take for granted when we can see, getting around corners - those types of things will be avoided."
Winnipeg-based architect Steve Cohlmeyer, whose resume includes The Forks, will tackle the project, which he acknowledges will be a first for him.
"At the level of problem-solving, I think it's really exciting - and exciting because there's a whole service aspect and a kind of integration of a whole group I was unaware of when I first got the call," he said.
Some of the features Cohlmeyer is considering is a tactile approach to design - for example, surfaces that will distinguish between rooms.
"For people who have no sight and zero hearing, we'll certainly want to explore the kinds of things you can help feel your way through a space," he said, adding that for people with partial sight, high-contrast spaces may be important.
"Exaggerated colour difference or dark and light contrast will be a helpful thing to have," he said. "So you can see where a door cabinet is against a light floor as opposed to all-white cabinets and all-white floors."
In the coming months, Cohlmeyer will visit Deaf-Blind clients to "watch how they live" to source his design solutions. He said he is also travelling to Toronto and the United States to visit existing Deaf-Blind housing to learn what works well and what doesn't.
"Even when you're well-acquainted with an environment you can still bump into things, so we want to be watching and learning as much as we can about how we facilitate movement and operation of equipment within the unit itself and how they can move again between the unit and even elevators and an outdoor terrace." Source
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CBC WINNIPEG -- 10 suites at Gas Station Arts Centre redevelopment will be designed for Deaf-Blind people. Winnipeg will soon be one of the first cities in Canada to have specialized housing designed for people who are both Deaf and Blind.Bonnie Heath, executive director of the Resource Centre for Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind, has put down payments on 10 suites in the residential portion of the new Gas Station Arts Centre, which is slated for the corner of River Avenue and Osborne Street.
"We're very excited," Heath said, adding that the need for this kind of housing is great.
"The Deaf-Blind individuals that I'm in contact with in their own homes right now feel isolated and unsafe."
She added, "You have a combination of you can't see and you can't hear; you don't know who's coming into your place. You don't know, for example, one of my Deaf-Blind friends said she wouldn't even know the toilet was running over until the water was at her ankles in the dining room."
Heath works with dozens of Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind - people with a combination of no vision or low vision and hearing that rely on interpreters to communicate.
The apartments will not only bring members of the Deaf-Blind community under one roof, the apartments will be designed with them and for them for safer and easier living, said Heath.
"Sharp edges, you know, things that we take for granted when we can see, getting around corners - those types of things will be avoided."
Winnipeg-based architect Steve Cohlmeyer, whose resume includes The Forks, will tackle the project, which he acknowledges will be a first for him.
"At the level of problem-solving, I think it's really exciting - and exciting because there's a whole service aspect and a kind of integration of a whole group I was unaware of when I first got the call," he said.
Some of the features Cohlmeyer is considering is a tactile approach to design - for example, surfaces that will distinguish between rooms.
"For people who have no sight and zero hearing, we'll certainly want to explore the kinds of things you can help feel your way through a space," he said, adding that for people with partial sight, high-contrast spaces may be important.
"Exaggerated colour difference or dark and light contrast will be a helpful thing to have," he said. "So you can see where a door cabinet is against a light floor as opposed to all-white cabinets and all-white floors."
In the coming months, Cohlmeyer will visit Deaf-Blind clients to "watch how they live" to source his design solutions. He said he is also travelling to Toronto and the United States to visit existing Deaf-Blind housing to learn what works well and what doesn't.
"Even when you're well-acquainted with an environment you can still bump into things, so we want to be watching and learning as much as we can about how we facilitate movement and operation of equipment within the unit itself and how they can move again between the unit and even elevators and an outdoor terrace." Source
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VIDEO [CC] - GoFundMe - The Deaf Talent Project for the community.
We are a Deaf fimmaking team and there is nothing we are more passionate about than seeing the accurate representation of the Deaf on the media and equal access to jobs for all peoples with disabilities in the entertainment industry.
This is why we support the #DeafTalent movement and this is why we are working to create a #DeafTalent PSA where Deaf talent in front of and behind a the camera can show the world their skills. Our project will showcase popular Deaf professionals in entertainmnet fields such as: acting, directing, modeling, writing, dancing etc. connecting them and thier work with the public. Now we need your help! Donate to help the project: HERE.
In order to make a high quality product that does justice to the talent of it's 100% Deaf cast and crew we need to fundraise money to rent filming equipment, studios space, food for the cast and crew, flying out some of the name talent signed onto the project, and marketing to make sure this project gets in front of the people who make decisions in the industry.
So, please donate whatever you can to help us achieve our goal! If you can't donate funds but have another way of helping us spread the world about Deaf talent whether it be through food donations, connections to publicity for the project, or simply by sharing this campaign every little bit helps! Donate to help the project: https://www.gofundme.com/deaftalent. We are so grateful for all of your love and support! Read More.
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We are a Deaf fimmaking team and there is nothing we are more passionate about than seeing the accurate representation of the Deaf on the media and equal access to jobs for all peoples with disabilities in the entertainment industry.
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This is why we support the #DeafTalent movement and this is why we are working to create a #DeafTalent PSA where Deaf talent in front of and behind a the camera can show the world their skills. Our project will showcase popular Deaf professionals in entertainmnet fields such as: acting, directing, modeling, writing, dancing etc. connecting them and thier work with the public. Now we need your help! Donate to help the project: HERE.
In order to make a high quality product that does justice to the talent of it's 100% Deaf cast and crew we need to fundraise money to rent filming equipment, studios space, food for the cast and crew, flying out some of the name talent signed onto the project, and marketing to make sure this project gets in front of the people who make decisions in the industry.
So, please donate whatever you can to help us achieve our goal! If you can't donate funds but have another way of helping us spread the world about Deaf talent whether it be through food donations, connections to publicity for the project, or simply by sharing this campaign every little bit helps! Donate to help the project: https://www.gofundme.com/deaftalent. We are so grateful for all of your love and support! Read More.
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VIDEO [CC] - Canadian Hearing Society: Modern fire safety for people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
TORONTO -- Bellman & Symfon “Visit” Package The Visit smoke alarm/transmitter and alarm clock with bedshaker. This alarm detects smoke and smoldering fire immediately and the transmitter sends the signal to the alarm clock receiver to alert you. Smoke alarms are essential to help you feel safe and protected in your home.
For more information, contact us at Phone: 1.800.465.4327 TTY: 1.877.215.9530 or visit our website www.chs.ca/bellman.
Note: None of Deaf Talent to hire for advertising for the Deaf Canadians community? Canadian Hearing Society is focusing on oral and hear without sign language nor Deaf culture. Canadian Hearing Society is NOT recommended to the Deaf association, organization and community in Canada.
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TORONTO -- Bellman & Symfon “Visit” Package The Visit smoke alarm/transmitter and alarm clock with bedshaker. This alarm detects smoke and smoldering fire immediately and the transmitter sends the signal to the alarm clock receiver to alert you. Smoke alarms are essential to help you feel safe and protected in your home.
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For more information, contact us at Phone: 1.800.465.4327 TTY: 1.877.215.9530 or visit our website www.chs.ca/bellman.
Note: None of Deaf Talent to hire for advertising for the Deaf Canadians community? Canadian Hearing Society is focusing on oral and hear without sign language nor Deaf culture. Canadian Hearing Society is NOT recommended to the Deaf association, organization and community in Canada.
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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Starbucks employee's kind act for Deaf patrons goes viral on social media in the United States.
LEESBURG, VA -- ABC News: A Virginia man's Facebook post is creating some internet buzz after he shared a note from a Starbucks employee who offered a kind gesture.
Ibby Piracha, who is Deaf, told ABC News through an interpreter that he was surprised Friday morning to be greeted by the familiar barista with sign language.
"I usually use my phone and I'll text them what I want to order," Piracha of Leesburg, Virginia, said. "She was saying she looked on YouTube because she had a lot of customers that came in using text. I was very surprised she was willing to learn sign language and it shows she respects Deaf people ... she's an inspiration."
Piracha, 23, said the female barista handed him a note that read, "I've been learning ASL just so you can have the same experience as everyone else."
Piracha posted a picture of the kind words to Facebook, where it received over 2,000 “shares.”
"I was very shocked to go in there one day and have her sign a little bit and I kind of smiled, thinking about it and I even told the Starbucks manager, 'You know, I was very impressed by your employee."
The manager at the Starbucks where Piracha received the note told ABC News that while he could not comment on this particular incident or name the employee, he confirmed Piracha's account.
“We are proud that our store partner employee is taking this initiative to learn American Sign Language to better assist and serve her customers,” a Starbucks spokeswoman told ABC News. “We always love to hear stories of meaningful connections between our partners and customers.”
Piracha said he hopes his Facebook post gets the message across that "the hearing world and the Deaf World are trying to communicate."
"I definitely want people to understand that Deaf customers can have a really great review," he added. Source
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LEESBURG, VA -- ABC News: A Virginia man's Facebook post is creating some internet buzz after he shared a note from a Starbucks employee who offered a kind gesture.
Ibby Piracha, who is Deaf, told ABC News through an interpreter that he was surprised Friday morning to be greeted by the familiar barista with sign language.
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"I usually use my phone and I'll text them what I want to order," Piracha of Leesburg, Virginia, said. "She was saying she looked on YouTube because she had a lot of customers that came in using text. I was very surprised she was willing to learn sign language and it shows she respects Deaf people ... she's an inspiration."
Piracha, 23, said the female barista handed him a note that read, "I've been learning ASL just so you can have the same experience as everyone else."
Piracha posted a picture of the kind words to Facebook, where it received over 2,000 “shares.”
"I was very shocked to go in there one day and have her sign a little bit and I kind of smiled, thinking about it and I even told the Starbucks manager, 'You know, I was very impressed by your employee."
The manager at the Starbucks where Piracha received the note told ABC News that while he could not comment on this particular incident or name the employee, he confirmed Piracha's account.
“We are proud that our store partner employee is taking this initiative to learn American Sign Language to better assist and serve her customers,” a Starbucks spokeswoman told ABC News. “We always love to hear stories of meaningful connections between our partners and customers.”
Piracha said he hopes his Facebook post gets the message across that "the hearing world and the Deaf World are trying to communicate."
"I definitely want people to understand that Deaf customers can have a really great review," he added. Source
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Deaf News: Masked men with gun rob at Florida Avenue and Pennsylvania Ave in broad daylight near Gallaudet University campus.
WASHINGTON DC -- Masked men held up a liquor store in Hill East this morning, police said.
The armed robbery happened in the World Wine & Spirits at 1453 Pennsylvania Ave. SE about 11 a.m.
Authorities said they’re looking for:
Three men also robbed a man at gunpoint near Gallaudet University in broad daylight yesterday, police said. The armed robbery occurred on the 700 block of Florida Avenue NE about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The victim was in the area when the three men surrounded him, according to authorities. One of the men then put a gun to the victim’s head, while demanding money.
The men soon after took the victim’s wallet. They then ran to a car and drove away. Police haven’t released detailed descriptions of the suspects. Source
WASHINGTON DC -- Masked men held up a liquor store in Hill East this morning, police said.The armed robbery happened in the World Wine & Spirits at 1453 Pennsylvania Ave. SE about 11 a.m.
Authorities said they’re looking for:
(1) B/M, slim build, 20 years of age, greyish jacket with a hoodie, white tennis shoes with red laces, armed with a handgun, wearing a mask.
(2) B/M , slim build, 20 years old, wearing a mask.
Both last seen running south in the 900 block of 15th Street SE.
Three men also robbed a man at gunpoint near Gallaudet University in broad daylight yesterday, police said. The armed robbery occurred on the 700 block of Florida Avenue NE about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The victim was in the area when the three men surrounded him, according to authorities. One of the men then put a gun to the victim’s head, while demanding money.
The men soon after took the victim’s wallet. They then ran to a car and drove away. Police haven’t released detailed descriptions of the suspects. Source
Deaf News: Profoundly Deaf woman allegedly raped by two men in caravan through a social media site in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
BELFAST -- A profoundly Deaf woman was allegedly raped by two men in a caravan after arranging a meeting over social media, a court heard today.
Police claimed one of the pair had manipulated and coerced her into getting a taxi to the traveller site in west Belfast. The woman has also alleged her drink may have been spiked during the incident on the Glen Road early last Friday.
David Spence, 18, and Francis Gavin, 23, appeared before magistrates in the city accused of carrying out the sex attack. Both men deny charges of rape, insisting all contact with the woman in her thirties was consensual.
Spence, a trainee joiner from Ardcaoin Avenue in the Dunmurry area, was granted bail on conditions that include a ban on accessing computers. But Gavin, of Glen Road Heights in Belfast, remains in custody while checks are carried out on proposed addresses.
A judge was told the woman had been in contact with Spence through a social media site before a meeting was arranged. Describing her as vulnerable, an investigating detective said she made it clear that she was not interested in having sex at the encounter.
The officer claimed Spence had ignored requests to come to her house, instead arranging for a taxi to bring her to the Glen Road traveller encampment. Following the alleged attack he said she left the caravan and walked a quarter of a mile down a lane in the dark before reporting the incident at the first house with lights on.
Defence barrister Tom McCreanor, for Spence, put it to the officer that his client and the woman had "intimate and suggestive" social media exchanges before meeting.
The detective replied: "She does mention she likes sex. However, she is saying that's within a long-term relationship." Photographs were also sent between her and Spence, the court heard. Asked if the woman's vulnerability related to a hearing issue, the officer said: "This lady is profoundly Deaf."
He also claimed: "From the content of text messages there was bit of manipulation or coercion." But Mr McCreanor argued that his client had been in "consensual and encouraged communication" with the woman.
He told the court she willingly got a taxi to the caravan and was never prevented from leaving.
Granting bail for Spence to return to court in four weeks, District Judge Fiona Bagnall ordered him to live with his parents under curfew. He was banned from using mobile phones, computers and accessing social media sites, and must not go near either the alleged victim's home or the traveller site.
Gavin also faces unrelated charges of common assault, criminal damage to a window and possession of a knuckle duster over an incident on January 25.
Defence solicitor Eamon O'Connor stressed his client is not accused of making any of the arrangements to meet the alleged rape victim.
"He was at the site when the alleged injured party arrived," Mr O'Connor said. "He made the case in ten interviews that any contact between himself and this lady was entirely by consent."
During cross-examination the detective confirmed the woman claimed her drink may have been spiked. Forensic tests are still being carried out to establish if there is any substance to her concerns. But with police claiming Gavin has used six addresses in the last five years, his bail application was adjourned for further checks on where he might live if released. Source
BELFAST -- A profoundly Deaf woman was allegedly raped by two men in a caravan after arranging a meeting over social media, a court heard today.Police claimed one of the pair had manipulated and coerced her into getting a taxi to the traveller site in west Belfast. The woman has also alleged her drink may have been spiked during the incident on the Glen Road early last Friday.
David Spence, 18, and Francis Gavin, 23, appeared before magistrates in the city accused of carrying out the sex attack. Both men deny charges of rape, insisting all contact with the woman in her thirties was consensual.
Spence, a trainee joiner from Ardcaoin Avenue in the Dunmurry area, was granted bail on conditions that include a ban on accessing computers. But Gavin, of Glen Road Heights in Belfast, remains in custody while checks are carried out on proposed addresses.
A judge was told the woman had been in contact with Spence through a social media site before a meeting was arranged. Describing her as vulnerable, an investigating detective said she made it clear that she was not interested in having sex at the encounter.
The officer claimed Spence had ignored requests to come to her house, instead arranging for a taxi to bring her to the Glen Road traveller encampment. Following the alleged attack he said she left the caravan and walked a quarter of a mile down a lane in the dark before reporting the incident at the first house with lights on.
Defence barrister Tom McCreanor, for Spence, put it to the officer that his client and the woman had "intimate and suggestive" social media exchanges before meeting.
The detective replied: "She does mention she likes sex. However, she is saying that's within a long-term relationship." Photographs were also sent between her and Spence, the court heard. Asked if the woman's vulnerability related to a hearing issue, the officer said: "This lady is profoundly Deaf."
He also claimed: "From the content of text messages there was bit of manipulation or coercion." But Mr McCreanor argued that his client had been in "consensual and encouraged communication" with the woman.
He told the court she willingly got a taxi to the caravan and was never prevented from leaving.
Granting bail for Spence to return to court in four weeks, District Judge Fiona Bagnall ordered him to live with his parents under curfew. He was banned from using mobile phones, computers and accessing social media sites, and must not go near either the alleged victim's home or the traveller site.
Gavin also faces unrelated charges of common assault, criminal damage to a window and possession of a knuckle duster over an incident on January 25.
Defence solicitor Eamon O'Connor stressed his client is not accused of making any of the arrangements to meet the alleged rape victim.
"He was at the site when the alleged injured party arrived," Mr O'Connor said. "He made the case in ten interviews that any contact between himself and this lady was entirely by consent."
During cross-examination the detective confirmed the woman claimed her drink may have been spiked. Forensic tests are still being carried out to establish if there is any substance to her concerns. But with police claiming Gavin has used six addresses in the last five years, his bail application was adjourned for further checks on where he might live if released. Source
VIDEO [CC-English] - Deaf Stand-up Comedy Gags with John Smith (ENG) & Rob Roy (AUS) for Deaf events in Germany.
Today we present you some Stand-up Comedy gags of the two Deaf world Stars: John Smith of England, and Rob Roy of Australia. In "Police" John gives all viewers concrete tips on how to make excuses & alibi with his family on the highway from a conflict with the police.
The requirement for this is only one thing: Collective Deaf Power! Likewise, John & Rob one thing in common: a airplane quirk-probably because they are both often on world tour? - Rob shows as visual Mastermime his Showpart "Airplane " and John ask us in his gag “Air Control ” - "Can Deaf peoples works on airport as air traffic controllers?” Have fun to watch the video in English.
John Smith (England) - http://www.beautifulbsl.co.uk
Rob Roy (Australia) - https://www.facebook.com/deafmanwalking
Camera: Jan Sell & Marco Lipski
Postproduction: Lipsell
English Subtitles: Marco Lipski & Frederike Schinzler
Voicing: Marco Lipski (German)
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Today we present you some Stand-up Comedy gags of the two Deaf world Stars: John Smith of England, and Rob Roy of Australia. In "Police" John gives all viewers concrete tips on how to make excuses & alibi with his family on the highway from a conflict with the police.The requirement for this is only one thing: Collective Deaf Power! Likewise, John & Rob one thing in common: a airplane quirk-probably because they are both often on world tour? - Rob shows as visual Mastermime his Showpart "Airplane " and John ask us in his gag “Air Control ” - "Can Deaf peoples works on airport as air traffic controllers?” Have fun to watch the video in English.
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VIDEO [CC] - Exclusive interview with a Deaf-Owned business of the Mastyl Signs company in Flint, Michigan.
The Daily Moth is a new ASL radio show, delivers news in video using American Sign Language. The Deaf host, Alex Abenchuchan, covers trending news stories and Deaf topics.
Exclusive interview with a Deaf-owned business-Mastyl Signs is a small family owned custom sign business located near Flint, Michigan.
Mastyl Signs specialize in small sandblasted signs for home and businesses, do also provide other types of custom signage.
Deaf people can sign. This Deaf man can also make signs.
Feel free to explore this site and see what we have to offer, check out his shop and order your custom sign at www.mastylsigns.com
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The Daily Moth is a new ASL radio show, delivers news in video using American Sign Language. The Deaf host, Alex Abenchuchan, covers trending news stories and Deaf topics.Exclusive interview with a Deaf-owned business-Mastyl Signs is a small family owned custom sign business located near Flint, Michigan.
Mastyl Signs specialize in small sandblasted signs for home and businesses, do also provide other types of custom signage.
Deaf people can sign. This Deaf man can also make signs.
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Feel free to explore this site and see what we have to offer, check out his shop and order your custom sign at www.mastylsigns.com
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Deaf News: Teacher slaps toddler caused Deaf for wanting food in bother’s school in India.
AGRA, INDIA -- A hungry two-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly slapped so hard by a teacher for asking for food at his older siblings' school during a mid-day meal service that he has lost his hearing. Doctors have confirmed that the minor has suffered "at least partial loss of hearing" after the incident which took place in Mansukh Pura, Bah, on Wednesday.
The boy, Rajat Singh, had on Wednesday gone to the government school where his three older siblings Rohini Singh, Radha Singh and Rohit Singh study. During the mid-day meal he sought food from teacher Raghuvir Raghuvir, who then slapped the minor as he was "not a part of the school".
"My son has lost his hearing ability in one ear," said Rajat's father Shyamvir Singh, "Rajat is yet to enrol in primary school but he wanted to attend class with his brother and sisters. He was hungry and asked for food, when Raghuvir slapped him hard on the face. The slap caused Rajat's ear to bleed. Later we found out from doctors that he had partially lost his hearing ability."
Rubbishing Shyamvir's claims, the accused teacher, Raghuvir, told TOI: "Shyamvir is not telling the truth. The child was normal till the end of school. The matter was sensationalized after the child reached home."
He said, "I did slap Rajat for wandering around the school ground alone, where stray dogs could have attacked and hurt him. The blame for that would have fallen on me for being negligent."
A written complaint has been received in the matter from Shyamvir Singh and police said they will take the appropriate course of action after conducting a thorough investigation. Source
AGRA, INDIA -- A hungry two-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly slapped so hard by a teacher for asking for food at his older siblings' school during a mid-day meal service that he has lost his hearing. Doctors have confirmed that the minor has suffered "at least partial loss of hearing" after the incident which took place in Mansukh Pura, Bah, on Wednesday.
The boy, Rajat Singh, had on Wednesday gone to the government school where his three older siblings Rohini Singh, Radha Singh and Rohit Singh study. During the mid-day meal he sought food from teacher Raghuvir Raghuvir, who then slapped the minor as he was "not a part of the school".
"My son has lost his hearing ability in one ear," said Rajat's father Shyamvir Singh, "Rajat is yet to enrol in primary school but he wanted to attend class with his brother and sisters. He was hungry and asked for food, when Raghuvir slapped him hard on the face. The slap caused Rajat's ear to bleed. Later we found out from doctors that he had partially lost his hearing ability."
Rubbishing Shyamvir's claims, the accused teacher, Raghuvir, told TOI: "Shyamvir is not telling the truth. The child was normal till the end of school. The matter was sensationalized after the child reached home."
He said, "I did slap Rajat for wandering around the school ground alone, where stray dogs could have attacked and hurt him. The blame for that would have fallen on me for being negligent."
A written complaint has been received in the matter from Shyamvir Singh and police said they will take the appropriate course of action after conducting a thorough investigation. Source
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Raleigh police officer uses sign language to talk Deaf ratchet teen off bridge in North Carolina, Mom says:
RALEIGH, NC -- WNCN-TV: A Raleigh police officer used sign language to talk a Deaf 16-year-old off the Rock Quarry Road bridge over I-40 on Tuesday, according to the officer’s father and witnesses at the scene.
The mother of a Deaf teen says a Raleigh police officer saved her daughter’s life after he used sign language to help talk her off a bridge.
Maria Daley says she was “terrified and didn’t know what to do” as her daughter was standing on a bridge over Interstate 40 Tuesday afternoon.
She says she’s grateful for the officer who used sign language to communicate with her 16-year-old daughter until she came down off the bridge.
“If the officer had not been there, she probably would have jumped,” said Daley to WNCN. “Normally when the police are called, none of the officers know sign language. I’m very excited someone was out there to communicate with her.”
Raleigh police blocked all lanes near Rock Quarry Road starting around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The girl came off the bridge around 4:45 p.m. She was unharmed, police said, and was being evaluated at a local crisis center.
Daley says her daughter “got upset and said she was going to hurt herself” after Daley took away her phone. Daley later found a note left for her saying she was going to the bridge.
Daley says she was trying to protect her daughter by taking the phone away after she caught the teen using anonymous messaging apps on her phone, such as Kik. The popular messaging app has been linked to a growing number of child sexual abuse cases.
The officer has declined to be identified and the Raleigh Police Department says they have no American Sign Language training program. The officer learned how to sign on his own, police say.
One of the North Carolina Department of Transportation cameras picked up the officer making gestures to the girl. Witnesses tell WNCN they saw the officer communicate with the girl by sign language for about 30 minutes.
“It’s good that he knew sign language, I feel like more people need to learn it,” said witness Sean Day. “It shows that he had a lot of patience and he didn’t let whatever he had on his mind interfere with what was going on.”
Daley hopes the powerful moment will encourage more people to learn sign language, leading to more shared connections and maybe saved lives. Source
RALEIGH, NC -- WNCN-TV: A Raleigh police officer used sign language to talk a Deaf 16-year-old off the Rock Quarry Road bridge over I-40 on Tuesday, according to the officer’s father and witnesses at the scene.
The mother of a Deaf teen says a Raleigh police officer saved her daughter’s life after he used sign language to help talk her off a bridge.
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Maria Daley says she was “terrified and didn’t know what to do” as her daughter was standing on a bridge over Interstate 40 Tuesday afternoon.
She says she’s grateful for the officer who used sign language to communicate with her 16-year-old daughter until she came down off the bridge.
“If the officer had not been there, she probably would have jumped,” said Daley to WNCN. “Normally when the police are called, none of the officers know sign language. I’m very excited someone was out there to communicate with her.”
Raleigh police blocked all lanes near Rock Quarry Road starting around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The girl came off the bridge around 4:45 p.m. She was unharmed, police said, and was being evaluated at a local crisis center.
Daley says her daughter “got upset and said she was going to hurt herself” after Daley took away her phone. Daley later found a note left for her saying she was going to the bridge.
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Daley says she was trying to protect her daughter by taking the phone away after she caught the teen using anonymous messaging apps on her phone, such as Kik. The popular messaging app has been linked to a growing number of child sexual abuse cases.
The officer has declined to be identified and the Raleigh Police Department says they have no American Sign Language training program. The officer learned how to sign on his own, police say.
One of the North Carolina Department of Transportation cameras picked up the officer making gestures to the girl. Witnesses tell WNCN they saw the officer communicate with the girl by sign language for about 30 minutes.
“It’s good that he knew sign language, I feel like more people need to learn it,” said witness Sean Day. “It shows that he had a lot of patience and he didn’t let whatever he had on his mind interfere with what was going on.”
Daley hopes the powerful moment will encourage more people to learn sign language, leading to more shared connections and maybe saved lives. Source
Deaf News - Deaf students abused by priests at Clercs de St. Viateur win record $30-million settlement in Quebec, Canada.
MONTREAL, PQ -- For the 150 victims, Deaf and severely traumatized, it took decades to come forward with their accounts of sexual abuse at the hands of the Clercs de Saint-Viateur.
But they finally named the 33 priests and religious staff and five lay people who they say abused them at the Montreal Institute for the Deaf, a boarding-school for young boys run by the Clercs, and on Wednesday they were awarded $30 million – by far the largest settlement for sexual assault in Quebec history.
At the top of the list is Father Anthime Paiement, accused of sexual assault by 24 young boys at the Institute. Most of the boys were around 10 or 11 years old at the time; some were as young as seven. Paiement’s obituary in 1998, at the age of 91, said he devoted his entire life to the Deaf, as a teacher and chaplain at the Institute, among other places.
Then came Brother Philippe Paquette, who 10 victims said repeatedly assaulted them, in the dormitory or the classrooms or priests’ quarters, where he lived from 1949 to 1984.
According to his obituary, his tasks included teaching the “little ones,” surveillance, cinema, and discipline. He died in 2009 at the age of 82.
Brother Gérard Barrette, meanwhile, was accused by seven plaintiffs in the class action suit of anal rape, among other things. Perhaps he is still alive.
The abuse spanned from 1940 to 1982. Some of the victims were abused over the Christmas holidays. Some were abused throughout their first year at the school on St-Laurent Blvd. in Villeray in 1962. Others were assaulted on a regular basis, over their entire stay – up to seven years’ time.
The list of abusers also includes the director of the institute, the nurse, the dormitory supervisor, and the priest at the confessional. According to one victim, the boys soon stopped going to confession. Another said he was abused by a priest, and when he sought help at the infirmary, he was assaulted there too.
For Robert Kugler, who has represented the victims since the class action lawsuit was launched in 2010, the amount of the award reflects the extent of the abuse and the vulnerability of the victims.
“All the victims were handicapped – they were Deaf and had difficulty communicating. They were stuck,” said Kugler, of the firm Kugler Kandestin. “It’s simply tragic.”
While no amount of money can replace what the victims lost in their lives, Kugler continued, it can help them move forward, get therapy and improve the rest of their lives.
The Clercs de Saint-Viateur du Canada will pay $20 million, while the Institut Raymond-Dewar – the new name for the Montreal Institute for the Deaf, as of 1984 – will pay $10 million.
If divided equally among the 150 victims, the $30 million would amount to $200,000 each.
But Kugler expects more victims will likely come forward, now that they have reason to believe it will lead to compensation. And an adjudicator, former Court of Appeals Judge André Forget, will be tasked with interviewing the plaintiffs, in private, to determine whether they deserve the base amount of compensation, 25 per cent more, or 50 per cent more, depending on the gravity of the abuse, and the gravity of the consequences of the abuse.
In 2011, the Congrégation de Sainte-Croix accepted to pay $18 million to former students who were sexually abused between 1950 and 1991 by members of the order in various schools, including Notre-Dame College in Montreal. Read The Full Story.
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MONTREAL, PQ -- For the 150 victims, Deaf and severely traumatized, it took decades to come forward with their accounts of sexual abuse at the hands of the Clercs de Saint-Viateur.
But they finally named the 33 priests and religious staff and five lay people who they say abused them at the Montreal Institute for the Deaf, a boarding-school for young boys run by the Clercs, and on Wednesday they were awarded $30 million – by far the largest settlement for sexual assault in Quebec history.
At the top of the list is Father Anthime Paiement, accused of sexual assault by 24 young boys at the Institute. Most of the boys were around 10 or 11 years old at the time; some were as young as seven. Paiement’s obituary in 1998, at the age of 91, said he devoted his entire life to the Deaf, as a teacher and chaplain at the Institute, among other places.
Then came Brother Philippe Paquette, who 10 victims said repeatedly assaulted them, in the dormitory or the classrooms or priests’ quarters, where he lived from 1949 to 1984.
According to his obituary, his tasks included teaching the “little ones,” surveillance, cinema, and discipline. He died in 2009 at the age of 82.
Brother Gérard Barrette, meanwhile, was accused by seven plaintiffs in the class action suit of anal rape, among other things. Perhaps he is still alive.
The abuse spanned from 1940 to 1982. Some of the victims were abused over the Christmas holidays. Some were abused throughout their first year at the school on St-Laurent Blvd. in Villeray in 1962. Others were assaulted on a regular basis, over their entire stay – up to seven years’ time.
The list of abusers also includes the director of the institute, the nurse, the dormitory supervisor, and the priest at the confessional. According to one victim, the boys soon stopped going to confession. Another said he was abused by a priest, and when he sought help at the infirmary, he was assaulted there too.
For Robert Kugler, who has represented the victims since the class action lawsuit was launched in 2010, the amount of the award reflects the extent of the abuse and the vulnerability of the victims.
“All the victims were handicapped – they were Deaf and had difficulty communicating. They were stuck,” said Kugler, of the firm Kugler Kandestin. “It’s simply tragic.”
While no amount of money can replace what the victims lost in their lives, Kugler continued, it can help them move forward, get therapy and improve the rest of their lives.
The Clercs de Saint-Viateur du Canada will pay $20 million, while the Institut Raymond-Dewar – the new name for the Montreal Institute for the Deaf, as of 1984 – will pay $10 million.
If divided equally among the 150 victims, the $30 million would amount to $200,000 each.
But Kugler expects more victims will likely come forward, now that they have reason to believe it will lead to compensation. And an adjudicator, former Court of Appeals Judge André Forget, will be tasked with interviewing the plaintiffs, in private, to determine whether they deserve the base amount of compensation, 25 per cent more, or 50 per cent more, depending on the gravity of the abuse, and the gravity of the consequences of the abuse.
In 2011, the Congrégation de Sainte-Croix accepted to pay $18 million to former students who were sexually abused between 1950 and 1991 by members of the order in various schools, including Notre-Dame College in Montreal. Read The Full Story.
Related:
Montreal Institute For The Deaf Ex-Students Allege Horrific Abuses
Sexual Abuses Children At Montreal School For The Deaf
Mea Maxima Culpa Silence In House Of God
Related Post: #Deaf Canadians
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Youth snow camp held for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, instructors communicate with campers by American Sign Language.
BEND, ORE -- KTVZ: People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing have to navigate a world of sound, where the primary means of communication is spoken language. But or one week a year, that all changes.
This weekend at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon Adaptive Sports hosted a snow camp. This was the third annual camp held just for teenagers and young adults who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Although the ski and snowboarding skill levels vary between volunteers, they do all have one thing in common. They are all fluent in American Sign Language.
With the help of an interpreter, we talked to some of those taking part in this special program. Will Roach is a volunteer instructor and one of the people behind the idea.
"We thought about all the Deaf students who are isolated, and we thought, 'Why not get them all together, and we could have instructors who are Deaf, so they could have direct communication?'"Roach said.
For the participants, communication makes all the difference.
"Well, Will was teaching me, and it's really nice to talk to other Deaf people here. That's really the best part," said one of the campers.
Officer coordinator and instructor Cara Frank knows how important this camp is first0hand. She was born Deaf.
"It really has a special place in my heart," she said. "Just having another role model that you can relate to growing up, it's really key. And that's what this camp is about."
Everyone we talked to said they will absolutely be back next year.
Oregon Association of the Deaf has a variety of other programs. Their goal is to provide outdoor recreation experiences to people with physical and cognitive disabilities. More information can be found at oregonadaptivesports.org. Source
BEND, ORE -- KTVZ: People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing have to navigate a world of sound, where the primary means of communication is spoken language. But or one week a year, that all changes.
This weekend at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon Adaptive Sports hosted a snow camp. This was the third annual camp held just for teenagers and young adults who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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Although the ski and snowboarding skill levels vary between volunteers, they do all have one thing in common. They are all fluent in American Sign Language.
With the help of an interpreter, we talked to some of those taking part in this special program. Will Roach is a volunteer instructor and one of the people behind the idea.
"We thought about all the Deaf students who are isolated, and we thought, 'Why not get them all together, and we could have instructors who are Deaf, so they could have direct communication?'"Roach said.
For the participants, communication makes all the difference.
"Well, Will was teaching me, and it's really nice to talk to other Deaf people here. That's really the best part," said one of the campers.
Officer coordinator and instructor Cara Frank knows how important this camp is first0hand. She was born Deaf.
"It really has a special place in my heart," she said. "Just having another role model that you can relate to growing up, it's really key. And that's what this camp is about."
Everyone we talked to said they will absolutely be back next year.
Oregon Association of the Deaf has a variety of other programs. Their goal is to provide outdoor recreation experiences to people with physical and cognitive disabilities. More information can be found at oregonadaptivesports.org. Source
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Starkey Hearing Foundation's exploitation becomes boycott from the Deaf community around the globe.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Thousand of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people around the world concerns with Starkey Hearing Foundation issues over exploitation from celebrates and NFL players who does not knowledge in Deaf Culture nor Sign Language, but just "Hears" which a lead under fire in the Deaf community. Here's the story covers about the Starkey Hearing Foundation's exploitation.
The Daily Moth is the most popular Deaf News in the United States, sharing the extremely important message to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community about the Starkey Hearing Foundation issues.
California Association of the Deaf's concerns with Starkey Hearing Foundation - During a pre-Super Bowl 50 event hosted by Starkey Hearing Foundation, over seventy people received free hearing aids. While it was hailed by the media as a good deed, parents of Deaf children felt it was exploitation. In this interview, Alex discusses why they felt that way and how Starkey could better frame Deaf people.
To view California Association of the Deaf's letters. To learn more about ASL and early language acquisition, go to http://www.asl4deafkids.org. Warning: California Association of the Deaf's website may be hacked, claimed by Google. The Deaf community believe it comes from the Starkey Hearing Foundation. What a shame.
There's more about the Starkey Hearing Foundation issues from the United Kingdom "Deaf Culture and the Starkey Hearing Foundation."
A Deaf vlogger Genki Steph from the United Kingdom sharing the video in British Sign Language discussion topic regarding the Starkey Hearing Foundation and the open letter sent by Stefanie Ellis-Gonzales.
Nice to see the patriachy alive and thriving! Open letter from the United Kingdom: Letter Here.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Thousand of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people around the world concerns with Starkey Hearing Foundation issues over exploitation from celebrates and NFL players who does not knowledge in Deaf Culture nor Sign Language, but just "Hears" which a lead under fire in the Deaf community. Here's the story covers about the Starkey Hearing Foundation's exploitation.
The Daily Moth is the most popular Deaf News in the United States, sharing the extremely important message to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community about the Starkey Hearing Foundation issues.
California Association of the Deaf's concerns with Starkey Hearing Foundation - During a pre-Super Bowl 50 event hosted by Starkey Hearing Foundation, over seventy people received free hearing aids. While it was hailed by the media as a good deed, parents of Deaf children felt it was exploitation. In this interview, Alex discusses why they felt that way and how Starkey could better frame Deaf people.
To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.
To view California Association of the Deaf's letters. To learn more about ASL and early language acquisition, go to http://www.asl4deafkids.org. Warning: California Association of the Deaf's website may be hacked, claimed by Google. The Deaf community believe it comes from the Starkey Hearing Foundation. What a shame.
There's more about the Starkey Hearing Foundation issues from the United Kingdom "Deaf Culture and the Starkey Hearing Foundation."
To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.
A Deaf vlogger Genki Steph from the United Kingdom sharing the video in British Sign Language discussion topic regarding the Starkey Hearing Foundation and the open letter sent by Stefanie Ellis-Gonzales.
Nice to see the patriachy alive and thriving! Open letter from the United Kingdom: Letter Here.
Related Post: #Starkey Hearing Foundation
VIDEO [CC] - A short film Bison TV Presents “The Button” in ASL version.
The Bison TV Productions “The Button” about love story of the American Civil War parody from Gallaudet University on Vimeo.
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VIDEO: The movie references used by The Simpsons side-by-side with the actual scene.
HOLLYWOOD -- Things you didn't know about 'The Simpsons' the movie references. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
The Simpsons' tribute to Film industry. Here's some of the many tributes that The Simpsons' have paid to Cinema. Along their 27 seasons this mythic tv show has used as reference movies from famous directors such as: Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola or Steven Spielberg. Music: Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing) - The Benny Goodman Orchestra.
Films That Appear:
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Fugitive (1993)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Birds (1963)
Risky Business (1983)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Psycho (1960)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Basic Instinct (1992)
An Official and Gentleman (1982)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
2001: A Space Odissey (1968)
Trainspotting (1996)
Thelma and Louise (1991)
The Godfather (1972)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Shining (1980)
Spiderman (2002)
ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Dr. Strange Love (1964)
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Maggie Simpson In 'The Longest Daycare'
Mind Blowing Facts About 'The Simpsons'
‘The Simpsons’ Have Predicted The Future
The Simpsons' Movie References
HOLLYWOOD -- Things you didn't know about 'The Simpsons' the movie references. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
The Simpsons' tribute to Film industry. Here's some of the many tributes that The Simpsons' have paid to Cinema. Along their 27 seasons this mythic tv show has used as reference movies from famous directors such as: Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola or Steven Spielberg. Music: Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing) - The Benny Goodman Orchestra.
Films That Appear:
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Fugitive (1993)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Birds (1963)
Risky Business (1983)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Psycho (1960)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Basic Instinct (1992)
An Official and Gentleman (1982)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
2001: A Space Odissey (1968)
Trainspotting (1996)
Thelma and Louise (1991)
The Godfather (1972)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Shining (1980)
Spiderman (2002)
ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Dr. Strange Love (1964)
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Watch full episodes of The Simpsons - http://fox.tv/watchsimpsons
The Simpson's official site - http://www.thesimpsons.com
Related The Simpsons:
Maggie Simpson In 'The Longest Daycare'
Mind Blowing Facts About 'The Simpsons'
‘The Simpsons’ Have Predicted The Future
The Simpsons' Movie References
