Just bought a new HD 
flat screen with Dolby stereo. I love turning up the
volume so I can feel the vibration as if I was there in the scene. It's great when I am at home alone, with my hearing parents gone for the evening, my enjoyment was cut short when a police officer is at the door, gesturing that a neighbor is complaining about an earthquake. 
At today's AG Bell Board Meeting, they are seriously considering offering a formal apology for over a century of oppression. They have chosen a Deaf individual from within Volta, with PR skills, to select an appropriate response from the racks of a local Hallmark store. 
payment of several thousands to each Deaf, in a form of monopoly dollars from their Parker Brothers mutual stock funds. To qualified for reparations, each Deaf individual must be release from the mental institution, and be certified by a staff psychiatrist that he is not a threat to oral Deaf community.
Here is an opportunity for those Deaf laid off during the recession, the state in compliance with a new federal law requiring diversity in the workforce, have set up a program to hire and train the Deaf. They are now scheduling orientation session at its facilities, with an interpreter on site, initially the state are planning on recruiting over a hundred Deaf inmates for jobs as license plate press operators. All will undergo background checks, must have a felony conviction, a life sentence to qualified for the positions. Salary is below minimum wages, minus restitution, enough to purchase a pack of cigarette at the prison commissary to trade for protection from the gangs on your block. The job will look good on your resume before the parole board. If you are interested in applying for a job, just robbed your local bank and get a referral from the judge. All successful candidates will received an uniform, room and board, at state expenses. 
We never had an interpreter when our supervisor held a safety talk session at our warehouse. No wonder why we Deaf
lemmings are accident-prone. Billions are lost in productivity, an interpreter is an investment, not a burden. It's a myth that the Deaf are incapable of forming their own opinion, lemmings is often used as a metaphor jumping into conclusions, following whatever popular, just to be "in," without knowing the consequences which may be negative. We live in the "me" world, that you are with us or not. We don't tolerate dissenters among us, in some society, they're executed. 
Lemmings "mass-suicides" are staged on Disney's "White Wilderness. If we continues to ignore the threats to our Deaf culture, like lemmings, extincting ourselves out of existence. Deaf Anthology may lead you over the cliff, or diverted your attention to preserved our Deafhood.
I wish I can mow my lawn just as good.
Saved from being crushed, hope he's on our Deaflympics team.
It narrowly missed me, causing me to dropped my Sidekick.
What a mess! Just wiped his butt and now this.
Watch your steps! Glad he's not my husband when angry.
The job isn't completed yet, maybe he was run over.
"You, me, together forever," was signed three times between father, MIT Professor Koestler (Nicolas Cage), and alcoholic, depressed over his wife's death, and his hearing-impaired (HOH)son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) in "Knowing," A thriller now in theatres this week. That scene was also in the preview trailer. If Caleb, was a Deaf child, there would've been protests as why the director didn't cast a Deaf child actor instead.
flares that obliterated our world. That wasn't in Revelation. Caleb doesn't like wearing his hearing-aid due to static interferences from unknown sources. Once again, we see sign language when Caleb and Lucinda met in the museum. They both have something in common. When Caleb brings home a sheet from the time capsule that was opened, his father noticed a pattern, numerology showing the dates, deaths, locations of all past disasters such as JFK assassination, as well as those that haven't yet occurred, which the Professor witnessed, feeling helpless that nothing could prevent these thing from happening. At one point, Caleb have a nightmare, wildlife burning in a forest fire, which the father rushed up comforted him, giving him assurances that he'll never leave him alone, was that going to affect us all, that remains to be seen. The subway incident reminds me of a day at Universal Studio. He lost faith claiming "there's a reason for everything," wait a minute, isn't his deranged father a pastor. Why are Lucinda and Caleb "predestined," to be taken to a newer world, to regenerated ourselves, seeing the symbol, "Tree of Life," lets hope they don't make the mistakes of mankind, as history can be a rerun.
My verdict: "Thumbs up!"
I think now it's time to start thinking about the next generation of videophones. Videophones we have today have its own limitations. In the future, you will be able to call your hearing parents that don't know how to sign, and see each others face to face, the interpreters will be in the box on the corner of the screen, or you can select the caption mode option and read what they are saying without the interpreter. Today you only see the interpreter when you use VRS, tomorrow you can see your doctor, child's teacher, etc directly. Your supervisor can see you when you call in sick, so get rid of the golf clubs in the background. you can call anyone worldwide, even to video cell phones. Technology can even go a bit further, probably not in our lifetime, as actually seeing your parents signing, thanks to character generators (CG) using animation, or even holography, which was recently demonstrated on CNN during the Presidential campaign. The videophones is also connected to the Internet, have digital photo frames, etc. 
are not limited to the Deaf, as it will be essential in our global economy. 
Last night, I was watching the Apprentices, where two teams was assigned to promote the product, seeing that Donald Trump. making a cameo appearance on the commercial, endorses ACN Iris 3000. I will not be surprised if Sorenson goes out of business, if it limited itself to the Deaf consumers, following TTYs to extinction like the dinosaurs. We once can't live without TV, now we can't live without mobile devices. The future is in telecommunications, not real estate.
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to it with vodka.
se, was awarded the prize, but when he came to the station, he was disqualified as he was a minor. The station, after protestes from its listeners, have a change of heart, decided to award the prize to that Deaf guy who won in the first place. After a review of policy, it was decided that the station will notified the Deaf winner by text messaging, but he still have 15 minutes to response to claimed the prize. "I am looking forward to Detroit..."
times as man seek guidance from the stars.
Dear Abbey, 
Dear Confused Mother,
Deaf Anthology agreed that we should appreciated our American Indians, they care about the land we live on, the air we breathe, the water we drink, that we should look to nature to guide us in our daily lives that the Great Spirit provides us.
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Deaf boys as Pinsetters to earn a few cents.
Deaf Anthology which did the interview with AG Bell President, using Ruthie Jordan, as the interviewer. Deaf Anthology is not affiliated with either DBC nor AFA nor AGBell. Their viewpoints are of their own, not of Deaf Anthology. We are an entertainment venue, not a political outlet, mostly we do fictional stories and once awhile we may have an opportunity to do items that are newsworthy such as the interview with AGBell that was cited in their response to AFA, we are not involved in the dispute between the two teams. Deaf Anthology sometimes write an article on some issues, using the sa
rcasm approach, but the judgements are left to the Deaf people themselves to form their own opinions, we tried to be neutral, but we may biased, which is unintentional. If we don’t maintain our “professional” standards, AGBell have a right to denied us an interview in the future, if they don't trust us. Deaf Anthology are like the newspaper reporters on the frontline during the war, but not without risks to themselves. 
We want to keep our reputation intact. We intent to do more videos in the future, when opportunities arises. One thing about being Americans, we have the freedom of speech (or signing for that manner), protected by our Constitution, and we tolerated the diversity of our viewpoints.Revised 3/17/09
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Deaf Anthology # 65: AGBell President Jay Wyant.
VLOG: This is Smokey, I will like to thank Catherine Murphy, media coordinator at AG Bell, for setting up this interview with the new President of AG Bell, Jay Wyant, and also I will like to thank Ruthie Jordan, a NTID film school alumni, for agreeing to do the interview. Finally, we have our first Vlog on Deaf Anthology. Hope there will be more video projects in the future. Meanwhile enjoy the rest of the summer. ASL, oral, and voice interpreters coutesy of AG Bell.
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Milwaukee is known for its breweries such as Miller, Pabst, etc. but lately microbreweries are carving a notch the marketplace, creating beers for specific taste or certain population. What about 
cigarettes, the major brands are well-known, but in North Carolina, a group of Deaf investors decided to start their own tobacco crops, harvest them, and distribute them to their kind, as Deaf consumers have significant buying power. They combined two words, "Deaf" and the slang; "Fag," meaning cigarettes, not sexual orientation, which may be the first impression. "Deafag" is expected to be a best-seller, a novelty item. The only twist is the warning label, that smoking may cause cancer of the cochlear, rather than breast as commonly seen, the FDA approves the label changes. It provides us a way to advocate our agenda. However, NIH,
research are noticing and documenting of cochlear cancer incidents. They are trying to established a connection between CI and cancer, smoking only increases the risks. Our Deaf CI children are exposed to second-hand smoke daily. CDC in Atlanta are keeping statistics and following the subjects over the time period, dividing them in a control groups for study. Off the point, anyway they hope to produce their first "Deafag" commercial produced in time for the Super Bowl.
Jon: "I thought Harpo of the Marx brothers is Deaf but I was mistaken."
It has been confirmed that a Deaf man, age 47, was on board United Flight 175 that crashed into the south 
tower at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The flight left Logan International Airport in Boston at 7:58 am en routed to Los Angeles when it was diverted by 5 Al-Queda terrorists that hijacked the Boeing 767, the second to hit the WTC at 9:03 am , killing all 65 aboard, after American Airlines Flight 11 crashed in the north tower earlier. The ticket was found by a NYC fireman in the debrises, and held over the years until he decided to search the family of the victim. The ticket is now in the Gallaudet archives, collections of Deaf historical artifacts.
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ambulance, was pronounced dead upon arrival at the famed Clooney Medical Center in downtown Chicago. The father, under suicide watch, is awaiting bail hearings tomorrow morning. His lawyers are setting up an insanity defense. The police investigating, thinks the homicide is not premeditated. The school district refuses to comment, citing its confidentiality policy. However, the mother, spills the beans, agreeing to a news conference, describing to the media, her frustrations of 
unproductive IEP meetings, our the years with the school district, wanting nothing but the what is in the best interests of her Deaf child, "my husband, being proud, desperately want to communicate our Deaf son, who loved so much, but the school district refused to send an outreach specialist to teach us ASL, citing budget cuts. The quality of education of the mainstreamed Deaf child have been declined since the Deaf are exempted from the 'Left No Child Behind' laws, which I think is a misguided interpretation. on their part. The Deaf teacher have been supportive of our cause, but was excluded from the IEP meeting, suspended for expressing her personal opinion that the Deaf child would be better off placed elsewhere. The Deaf teacher was replaced by an audist, a school board candidate, with an agenda of her own selfish desires, spreading misconceptions. She have the nerve to tell us that "our Deaf child wouldn't amount to anything," that was the last straw that cause my husband to pull out the weapon. All she cares about is getting commissions for every Deaf child referred for a cochlear-implant (CI). Why? They are branding our Deaf children like cattle's and keeping them in their stockyard to increase their market values to fatten themselves with state funds. They even declined our request for a voucher to participate in volunteer transfer program (VTS) to attend a charter school in the suburbs that have a nationally recognized full-service Deaf programs, that can meet my Deaf son's needs. Our school district is corrupted, mismanaged state funds, diverting them to their pet projects such as new musical equipment for the school band, and outfitting a foreign language speech labs, leaving peanuts to the Deaf program which lacks the necessities, and teacher are overworked due to staff shortages and high turnover rates." Sympathies are pouring in, even offers of college scholarship. The father was released on bail, on his own recognition, then moved the family to Cinncinatti, Ohio to start a new life. A Catholic prison Chaplin, concerned about their plight, managed to have the tui
tion waived so the Deaf child can enrolled at the St. Rita's School for the Deaf. A Deaf mentor volunteered to work with the family, teaching the parents ASL. The Deaf community petitioned the judge for leniency, citing a hostile audism environment as a cause of the violent rampant. We can now expect the school district to be held accountable and liable if they didn't follow through. In conclusion, the state replaced the administration, the father was reunited with his Deaf son, given a slap on the wrist, a nine months probationary period, with SBA grants, opened a neighborhood bar and grill, rather than sitting behind bars, which host the popular monthly Deaf Chat gathering. IEPs are no longer for rubber stamping, frustrating parents, and letting a Deaf child falls through the cracks. 
The FAA suspended indefinitely a Deaf pilot license after flying through restricted airspace over Washington, DC. The incident occurred when he decided to diverted from the original flight plan previously filed. His impulsive decision to visit a friend in North Carolina, along the way to the EAA in Oshkosh, Wisconsin almost costs his life, F-16 fighter planes scrambled into the air when a blip of unknown origin appears on the radar screen heading toward the nation's capital. Patriot defense system also have been tracking the unidentified aircraft, locking its target. Area tower controllers alerted Homeland Security after the Deaf pilot, apparently not knowing what he's getting himself into, failed to respond to radio contact, obviously. F-16s escorted him to a nearby military base for interrogations. The order to fire was reversed when a F-16 pilot, a CODA, with gut feelings was able to make visual identification of the
Cessna 172, which reveals that it is owned by a Deaf pilot from Boston, satisfied that he's not a threat. The Deaf pilot, who wishes to remain anonymous, apologized to the Washington Post, that he "was trying to impress a friend, who was with him in the ROTC program at Gallaudet." The air force put a reprimand in his personnel folder. This Deaf pilot nearly cause havoc, evacuation of the White House and the Capitol. President Obama was at MSSD diversity program, as a role model that we can achieve anything. While the case is still under investigation, the Deaf pilot would at least have something to 
brag about at bars. He's hoping that he'll get his license back before next year's Deaf Fly-In Convention. The FAA is considering a proposal, that have been on the back-burner, to grant a research on the feasibility of allowing text communication between Deaf pilots and air traffic controllers. Meanwhile, the father have grounded him, literally. We Deaf enjoy our freedoms to fly like a bird, climb like a monkey, the roar the countryside like a lion, and to dive deep like a dolphin, but it all come with a responsibility. 
A fire that burned a dormitory at the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in Tuscan Friday night caused $200,000 worth of damage, authorities said.
the premises, as they have been practicing fire drills since October, taking it seriously.
It has been confirmed that Fr. Donald Zerkel, former director of St. John's School for the Deaf have been selected as the new Archbishop of Milwaukee, according to today's issue of the Vatican News. Thomas Coughlin, first Catholic Deaf priest in America, was unable to make a comment, it is assume that he's a Mark 7 in upstate New York, preparing for the summer session. Meanwhile, the local ICDA is in celebrating mood, praising God. We felt that Fr. Zerkel can reach the seven hills of Rome as long he don't commit one of the seven cardinal sins. As a boy, Zerkel dreamed of playing in a Cardinal uniform, but now it is more likely he will be praying in a Cardinal robes that his favorite team will be in the fall classics. The fundamentalist feared him, hoping doesn't have the six letters in the middle like both his first and last name, the mark "666" of Revelation. The Pope 
selected Fr. Zerkel as he wanted to place an "emphasis on diversity within the Church, reaching out to all segments of the population, he understands the Deaf being oppressed for so long, once thought being unsavable. I was taught to sign 'good morning' to my flocks, but was embarrassed when I was told not to make a fist, then I was taught the 'ILY' sign but still couldn't get it right, was embarrassed once again when I was told not to do it in reverse, please be patient with me, now that I have got the VP installed at the Vatican, I hope to communicate with you Dead, I meant Deaf people soon."
Audism Anonymous is a new group therapy sessions conducted by a Deaf 
psychologist to deprogrammed former audist using the 10 points program, first step toward recovery is to admit that they are audist, attitudes like alcohol, can be destructive to the person's physical and mental well-being. The Deaf psychologist can prescrib
ed medication in severed cases. They received instructions in ASL and Deaf Culture. If you know of anyone who is an audist, please referred them to us, and we will take it from there. We will protect their confidentiality, what differences does it make, we Deaf know who they are anyway. In order to be released from the program, one must survive a Deaf social event, and gain acceptances from us all. Life is like a puzzle, we have to put ourselves back together right after we fall apart. Check the yellow pages for the local Audism Anonymous in your area. 
