Deaf Anthology # 256: "KFC"

Attention Deafies everywhere, free food today at your local KFC, delicious grilled chicken, finally something that's not fried. Available all day nationwide. Our reputation is at stake, let's show the world that we Deafies love free food. Plan your strategy carefully, pick up a free chicken at each KFC locations in your area to fill up a bucket. Go out there for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Today the day we stuffed ourselves with freebies. This alert courtesy of Deaf Anthology, our mission is to wipe out hunger among the Deaf. This Deafchicken escaped from the farm, a fugitive on the run, probably not tasty anyway.

Revised 4/27/09

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Deaf Anthology # 255: "Refreshment Provided II"

Gary Brooks's "Refreshment Provided," makes me think about two possible solution to the problem. The first, is to have a separate room for refreshments, so Deaf when they arrived can eat all the food that want and chat all they want without being required to see the speaker.In the refreshment room, they will serve just the basics, you know, like chips, hot dogs, pickles, and a potato salad. Of course, a few condiments, salsa, relish, etc. The Deaf will be stuffing themselves and drown themselves with unlimited refills of pink lemonade loaded with sugar. What a great place to keep up with the latest rumors, who cares about the speaker's topic, the main thing the food is free, all my friends here. They think they got the last laugh, leaving nothing behind to those still in the next room listening to the Deaf speaker, whoever he is, so what. Meanwhile, the speaker thanked the few Deaf in the room after answering their questions. The host then locked the doors and bought in the catering people from the local well-known restaurant, set tables, and serve Kobe steaks, lobsters, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, etc. with choice wines, and a salad bar. Everyone who attended sat through the seminar received a $100 Visa gift card and a complimentary book signed by the Deaf speaker himself.
The second solution, is to delayed the start of the speaking session and let all the Deaf eat first, and announced them, that the food have been contaminated, and everyone will be sicken, unless they were given the antidote pill which is not available until after the speaker's finished with his lecture. The food will be served fresh afterwards. Most Deaf missed the speech because they have to vomit. They can't sue because they didn't read the clause in the liability waiver they signed before they ate.
Thinking of food, that reminds me that I have to do some grocery shopping!

Revised 4/26/09

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Deaf Anthology # 253: "Classroom"

In the classrooms, you'll never know how your Deaf pupils answered your questions, here is a few, it can be hilarious, at least we know they are intelligent.

1. TEACHER: Mary, find North America on the map. (Mary point her finger on a map)

Mary: There!
TEACHER: Correct. Class, who discovered America?

CLASS: Mary.

2. TEACHER: John, why you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

John: You told me do without using tables.

3. TEACHER: Loretta, what one important thing we today have, not have ten years ago.

Loretta: Me!

4. TEACHER: George Washington admitted chopped down his father's cherry tree. Why his father not punished him?

Bob: Because George still have axe.

5. TEACHER: You sign your prayers before eating?

Peggy: No, Mom good cook.

6. TEACHER: Did you copy your brother's story about your dog?

Buster: No, sir. It's the same dog.

Revised 4/22/09

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Deaf Anthology # 252: "Segregation"

Misha Zena recently posted about segregation between oral and ASL Deaf in the public schools, so lets assume that these may be the scenario we are facing: 1. An ASL Deaf woman was not hired to be a cafeteria cook because the school have an oral Deaf child.
2. An ASL Deaf janitor,despite his seniority, was laid off, under the pretext of budget cuts, because of an oral Deaf child at the school where he works.
3. An oral Deaf boy peed in his pants because an ASL Deaf boy is in the bathroom.
4. The oral Deaf pitcher, despite his undefeated season, suffered his first loss when his school team had to forfeit a game because the visitor team have a few ASL Deaf on its rooster.
5. An oral Deaf child have to stay indoors during recess because the ASL Deaf are on the playgrounds.
6. The oral and ASL Deaf live a couple blocks from each others, but the school board have to foot the bill of having two separate buses taking them back and forth from school.
7. Parents of an oral Deaf child refused to come to PTA functions as Deaf ASL teachers are on its staff.
8. An ASL Deaf child have to eat on his own, meals delivered to him in the classroom, while the oral Deaf child in the noisy cafeteria.
9. The parents complained that a Deaf ASL gang grabbed their oral Deaf child in the hallway and push him into the locker. The Principal called both parents to come to a meeting, but the parents refused to see each other, therefore, they can't be disciplined.
10. The oral Deaf child is the smelliest in class because he refused showering with the ASL Deaf after gym which was divided in half so they have no contacts with each others. They closed the swimming pool.
11. There was never a school assembly because both oral and ASL Deaf children can't be together, even no movies as long as there no agreements between parents whether the closed-captioning can be displayed or not.
12. No field trips because of objections from parents. Hearing children have to suffered because of the ridiculous arrangement they have to put up with. The school board obviously can't afford to duplicate expenses. No extra-curricular activities after school, not even a Jr NAD chapter. There you have it, what a mess we are getting ourselves into. Deaf Anthology opposed segregation now and forever, the school setting is an ideal place to learn from each other. If there is a split at school, then there is a split in our community.
Is the city going to cancel the annual fourth of July fireworks because of the possibility of both ASL and oral Deaf children may be at the park. If they segregated the public schools, they might as well segregated its public services having separate water fountains for ASL and oral Deaf, just like they once were in racially divided Deep South. The Deaf can't ever be separated but equal. ACLU, where are you?
Revised 4/21/09

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Deaf Anthology # 248: "Teenage Pregnancy II"

The polls are closed, the results are in.

Our Question:

What will you advise an unwed pregnant teenager that will give birth to a Deaf baby?

Your Answers:

Adoption....................87......11%

Abortion.....................23...... 2%

Parental Decision......80......10%

ASL...........................548......70%

Oral..............................8........1%

CI................................29.......3%

775 total votes

Everyone of you out there who participated, we are sending you cigars, yes, it's a boy.

That nurse, isn't she beautiful, don't you think?

Alternative storyline, ......unfortunately it was stillborn.

Deaf Anthology may do another poll in the future, any suggestions?

Revised 4/16/09

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Deaf Anthology # 246: "Dr. Mengele"

Josef Mengele, a German physician well-known for his advance medical researches was born in Bavaria on March 16, 1911, have been credited being the first to performed cochlear-implants on Deaf children that was selected at random, mostly orphans. A project was underway testing several prototype CI devices. Originally the intention was to implant transmitter where subhuman species can be guided on the battlefield on what amount to be a suicide mission such as clearing a minefield. Josef Mengele began his medical practice after being wounded on the Russian front, awarded the Black Badge. He was then assigned to a clinic at Auschwitz where he began his career. He held the rank of captain in the SS during the Nazi era. The Nazis considered Deaf children as subhuman species, therefore they qualified for the cochlear-implants research, experiments have revealed that the brain can be simulated with sounds, but the question remains whether they can be differentiated. They were fortunate to be Deaf rather than dead, they rather be fed well as subjects than starving behind in the barracks, however they have a sense of guilt not following their parents to the gas chamber. It is understandable why they refused to take showers when the Allies rescued them. The Deaf children was willing to undergo experimentation without anesthetic in order to increased their chances of surviving the war years. Few lived to sign their tales as most was injected with chloroform into their heart, the only humane treatment available. Josef learned to sign his nickname as the "Angel of Death," he is also known as the "Angel of Deaf," for allowing a few Deaf to survived the concentration camp wholesome, letting SS guards to molested them, in exchange for cash to purchase dwindling medical supplies. CI manufacturers still refused to admit that Josef Mengele is a pioneer that contributed to their successes in developing the modern version. One of the Deaf survivor managed to track down Josef in Brazil to forgive him, he was amazed that he and a few Gestapo learned Gestuno, as he was still conducting experiments on Deaf tribal children kidnapped from the Amazon River basin, in an unsuccessful effort to clone the Fuhrer with his DNA samples. Mengele later drowned, ending the manhunt from publishers seeking his memoirs.

Revised 4/15/09

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Deaf Anthology # 244: "Choice"

Are the media biased being Pro-choice, supporting parents decision to have their Deaf child CI, without giving the Pro-Life an egual opportunity that advocate that a Deaf child be naturally immersed in ASL. Deaf Anthology questioned the timing of this article that featured the CI Deaf children in the classrooms after the AFA rally whereas last summer it published a similiar article featuring CI Deaf children and their family after the DBC rally. Is that a coincident, I think not. Who controlls the media, controls our way of life. I don't think Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is giving us a balance viewpoint.

Early implants, aids bringing deaf children into hearing world

Abby Voss, wearing a cochlear implant, works with teacher Debbie Schrader during a recent kindergarten class for children with hearing loss at Lowell Elementary School in Waukesha. Mandatory screenings for newborns help babies with hearing loss get care early.
Waukesha - Walk into Debbie Schrader's special education room at Lowell Elementary School and you'll see a typical preschool class: cute, energetic 3- and 4-year-olds tumbling around, jabbering, pointing and playing.
Though most of these children are profoundly deaf, they respond to Schrader's microphone-enhanced verbal instructions. Sign language? Not in this class.
Thanks to rapid advances in technology, the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing can be much different today than the instruction kids with such disabilities received five or 10 years ago.
Mandatory hearing screening for all newborns, digital hearing aids and cochlear implants - worn by nearly every deaf child in Schrader's morning class - enable deaf children to develop hearing and language skills they never could have acquired naturally.
But not everyone is in favor of interventions such as cochlear implants. Traditionalists, many of whom are deaf, worry that deaf culture and American Sign Language could diminish in importance if deaf children have the opportunity to mainstream at earlier ages.
Parents, meanwhile, face a multitude of decisions about what educational track they want their hearing-impaired children to take.
For decades, the Waukesha School District has hosted a program for the deaf and hard of hearing that attracts students from as far away as Madison. Students attend Lowell, Butler Middle School and then Waukesha West High School, which has about 10 deaf students this year.
Because of new technologies and early interventions, enrollment in Waukesha's program has dipped, requiring the recent elimination of an American Sign Language interpreter and an educational assistant, said Deb Koller, a teacher and special education coordinator for Waukesha's program.
"Years ago, kids with mild to moderate hearing loss wouldn't have been detected until kindergarten or first grade," Koller said. "Now, many are getting hearing aids at 3 months old. Some are able to go back to their local attendance schools."
Mandatory screening
At birth, all kids in hospitals are subjected to universal newborn hearing screening. In Wisconsin, public school special education doesn't start until a child is 3, so many deaf children receive earlier services from the nonprofit Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in West Allis.
The center has picked up more families, especially minorities, since newborn hearing screening became widespread, according to Chris Kometer, a program director at the center.
"We're seeing kids who formerly wouldn't be served by our programs," Kometer said. "In 2008, we served 50% more families than in 2007."
For children with severe to profound hearing loss, cochlear implants are a popular option. The devices are surgically implanted in the cochlea, where they electrically stimulate the auditory nerves to provide hearing, said Linda Burg, an audiologist and coordinator of the Koss Cochlear Implant Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Sounds are detected and transmitted to the internal device by a digital sound processor worn on the ear, Burg said.
Thanks to new research and expanded insurance guidelines, deaf children can have both ears implanted starting at 2 years of age, she added.
"Young brains have more plasticity," Burg said. "If we implant them very young, they can develop speech and language like a normally hearing child."
That presents new challenges for educators.
"With cochlear implants or digital hearing aids, you're opening a new file box," Koller said. "You have to fill that new box with files, such as the understanding of long sounds versus short sounds."
Special teacher training
Cochlear implants do not represent sound in the same way that most people hear noise, Koller said. Because of that, Waukesha's teachers about six years ago underwent training to help children with the devices learn how to speak and decipher language.
Many teachers and medical staff try to avoid the ethical debate about cochlear implants by talking to parents about all the options for their children.
Remember Schrader's preschool students who don't sign?
She uses a different approach with her afternoon class of similarly aged deaf and hard of hearing kids called "total communication." That method combines American Sign Language and listening skill development.
Some prefer signing
Despite new technological options, many parents prefer that their children focus on signing. Jamie Pieper, 25, was most interested in hearing aids for her deaf daughter. Now 2, the child received them in both ears when she was 8 months old.
"I've thought about it, and I decided it wasn't something I wanted to force on her," said Pieper, speaking through a sign language interpreter. "It was a struggle for me. But I come from the deaf culture, and I greatly value the deaf experience."
Pieper has hearing parents, as well as a fiancé and 10-month-old son who also have normal hearing.
Pieper said she may enroll her daughter in the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, a residential school in Delavan that serves 3- to 21-year-olds. The school has about 130 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and is known for its emphasis on teaching all subjects through American Sign Language.
In Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Sign Language School similarly stresses instruction in ASL in its 3-K to eighth-grade curriculum.
In Waukesha, students at West High School are old enough to share perspectives about the technologies influencing their disabilities.
"I don't want them (cochlear implants)," Kayla Waters, a freshman, said through an interpreter.
"I want to stay deaf," she added. "Part of talking deaf is using sign language."
West Junior Abby Peterson walks between both worlds. She was born deaf, and her hearing parents were denied cochlear implants for her as a baby. When Peterson was 9, she announced that she wanted to undergo the surgery. Now she converses with hearing people and signs to her deaf friends.
"The first thing I heard with my cochlear implants was all my 's' sounds," Peterson said. "I could hear the wind. I thought it was whispering to me."
Peterson loves to sign because it was her first culture.
"I'd rather have kids wait until they were older so they can connect with their deaf friends," she said. "I'm happy that the doctor denied my mom and dad."
Enjoying music
The problem with waiting to implant older children, experts say, is that rapid gains with speech and language made from birth to age 3 are difficult to replicate later in life.
The discussion isn't likely to cease as long as technology keeps advancing. In an industry where speech understanding has always been the technological priority, researchers are now bringing musical enjoyment to the deaf and hard of hearing.
"Cochlear implant companies are working on better ways to transmit music and improve the quality of sound," said Burg at the Medical College. "Now, iPods can be directly plugged into the implant, and they also work with Bluetooth technology."

Deaf Anthology acknowledge the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the writer Erin Richards that published the original article yesterday.

Revised 4/14/09

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Deaf Anthology # 243: "Adoption"

A Deaf couple, unable to conceived a child of their own, were excited when a Deaf newborn was available for adoption. They rushed to the hospital to bring him home but was dismayed that their Deaf child was cochlear-implanted (CI) without their knowledge. They are planning a civil lawsuit seeking punitive damages for letting their Deaf child goes through the suffering and pain of having it removed and leaving a permanent scar, requiring further skin grafts. "We are a Deaf couple, we repainted the child's room, put in a swing set in our backyard, looking forward to raising a Deaf child in our natural environment, immersed in ASL, but the hospital tries to altered our dreams." The hospital spokesman, refused to make a comment citing patients privacy policy. However, an administrator admitted that it is "standard operating procedure" to CI every Deaf infant, which is just as common as circumcision. The news anchor, being sympathetic, "I can understand why that Deaf couple is very upset." A CODA federal judge granted temporary injunction, allowing state legislators to scheduled a hearing on the issue. A Deaf Pediatric testified that the Deaf child became disoriented at night, losing his balance, even before crawling, which is critical to learning to walk. Jury selection is now underway, Deaf lawyers are able eliminate perceived audists from the courtrooms with their set of questions. If this practice is widespread, we are investigating a possible motion to change the case to a class-action status once we have documentation to that effect. We urged our Deaf advocates to check the policies of their local hospital complex to prevent this scenario from happening again. My biggest fear is that if the Deaf themselves don't adopt these unwanted Deaf children, they'll be classified as special needs and become a ward of the state, and be Cochlear-Implanted (CI) which will become routine before placement in a foster family. Foster family are usually only interested in their monthly maintenance fees, pretending to love them, until their on their own once they reached legal age. No wonder statistics have shown a higher suicide rate of Deaf children raised in a foster home, being deprived of their birthright. "In order to save our Deaf culture, we must save our Deaf children," is a motto we adhered to.

Adoption Anyone?

Revised 4/13/09

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Deaf Anthology # 241: "Is God Deaf?"

God created us in his image, therefore he's Deaf like us!

Are we Deaf because of the sins of our parents?

Are we Deaf because we were defective at birth?

What's the purpose of our life and why are we here?

Where were we before and after our existence?

Why are all the sufferings on earth with the wars and the audism everywhere?

We may be distracted by Tiger Woods and the Masters this weekend, but perhaps we should put our thoughts to Jesus Christ, our Master. Tiger Woods resurrected the game of golf, but Jesus Christ is the Resurection.

We don't have all the answers but we do have hope!

(John 11:25-26)

Revised 4/11/09

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Deaf Anthology # 240: "Birkat Hachamah"

Ever void a check. Once nothing existed, vast emptiness, void of anything, then God decided to get a big bang out of it, creating the universe, letting there be light out of darkness, giving us the sun that some of us worshipped, the source of life. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but what about the one in the sky. The Jews have a ritual, Birkit Hachamah, recognizing the sun, reciting a prayer every 28 years when the sun is in the position where it was at the time of creation some 6,000 years ago, according to their Talmud. No comments from the evolutionists. Maybe I should think about that during a visit to the planetarium.

Revised 4/9/09

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Deaf Anthology # 239: "Robbery"

NYPDEvidence # 4516

This Deaf robber always have a habit of breaking into homes of Deaf families, using the addresses from the TDI directory. He was never caught until one night his flashlight awaken a Deaf child who signs to him that "Jesus watching you." The Deaf robber laughed it off and ignored the warning. The Deaf robber screamed in pain after being bitten in the crouch. The Deaf child signs to him, "You and Jesus, my dog, met." The Deaf suspect was handcuffed and taken into custody, held without bail. Police got a search warrant and recovered the stolen goods from the rented public storage.
Give that dog a Bud, no I meant a bone!

Revised 4/10/09

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Deaf Anthology # 237: "Silent Word"

Was at the laundromat recently, it's cluttered with religious materials, Watchtower among them, and some tracts, so I pulled out the Silent Word, a newsletter for hypocrites like me. Rather than "What's Up!," I substituted it with the "So What!" column.
So What! QEV 2011 (Queen Elizabeth Version) will replaced the KJV 1611.

So What! Fantastic Saturday with a prostitute after curfew.

So What! It's so damn hot in Phoenix for DBFA so we'll be better off going to SGDC in Danville where it's cooler.

So What! Gay retreat in January in the marshlands of New Jersey.

So What! Mission team to condemned everyone at the Deaflympic this fall in Taiwan.

So What! Clark breaks Charles Spurgeon records with over 4,516 saves (more than a pitcher) with doors locked preventing escaped from boring sermons. Fire marshals issued a citation.

So What! Convicted former assistant pastor from Menomonee Falls on the Late Show with David Letterman explaining how he broke into people's homes.

So What! "Nightmares at Hampshire View" bombed at the box office.

So What! Jack finally owns a bar, his namesake.

So What! Join us for Deaf Nude Week at the Rice Ranch. Come for the orgasm experience.

So What! We opposed corporal punishments but you can spank your wife for sexual gratification.

So What! "Brainwashing our Deaf," now available from our publisher.

Revised 4/9/09

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Deaf Anthology # 236: "Hedgehog In A Fog"

The Russian Folklore "Hedgehog in a Fog," was selected at an international animation festival in Japan as the best animated film of all time, even beating out Disney entries. So enjoy the video with subtitles. Just recently watched an interesting documentary on the history Soviet animation. What is your interpretation of this story.

Revised 4/8/09

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Deaf Anthology # 234: "Polar Bears"

Wild polar bears can be friendly sometimes like this one playing with the dogs in the Canadian Hudson Bay area.

As a matter of fact, there is a Deaf polar bear, "Alaska," at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore that was recently featured in the Highlight magazines that often found in doctors' offices.

Revised 4/6/09

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Deaf Anthology # 233: "Soul"

Life a rat race, literally, my Deaf Buddha friend been trying to sell his soul, I told him that he better ask the guy downstairs in hell as he might be interested, maybe throw in his pet hamster. Maybe he's thinking suicide which I feared, if that's the case, he ought to contact a crisis intervention Deaf counselor available 24/7 on 211 via videophones. These Deaf professionals are trained in the mental health field, so it's out of my hands. Now he is mentioning that his soul is KIA. He confuses me, I knew he died on the battleground in his previous life on the Korean penisula. I told him to cut his wrist and get it over with. I wish he been reincarnated as a mosquito so he wouldn't bother me after I swatted him. This Deaf Buddha, a pacifist, into eastern philosophies. Now he's asking for alms to help with the downpayment. What the hell he's talking about, it's all nonsense, now he's hanging his "tracts." So that explains it, the brochure is about "SOUL," a new 2010 model from KIA, a Korean auto manufacture.

All that time I thought he was a yin yang.
Revised 4/02/09

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Deaf Anthology # 232: "DUI"

Alaskan state trooper stopped a Deaf driver on suspicious of driving under the influences of alcohol (DUI), "Damn that Deaf guy is Drunk," radioed to the dispatcher requesting an interpreter on the Seward Highway outside of Anchorage. The Deaf guy admitted having a few Buds, but refused to take a breathalyzer until the interpreters shows up. "If I have to freezed my ass waiting for that damn interpreter, so be it," the Deaf scribbling on a note exercising his rights under Alaskan laws. It's getting dark, a few hours have passed and still the interpreter haven't shown up. "That Deaf stubborn, stood his grounds," finally the interpreter shown up apologizing that she was at a party with friends when she was paged.

Time was on the Deaf side, because during all that time waiting, he became sober enough to pass the test, and is off the hook. The frustrated trooper asked the interpreter "didn't you mentioned that you were at a party...?" The interpreter fails the breathalyzer and was arrested on the spot and taken to jail. At least the officer have someone's collar, and having no sympathy. The Deaf driver bailed out the interpreter the next day, last I heard is that they got married.

Revised 4/02/09

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Deaf Anthology # 231: "Powerball"

It's been confirmed that an Illinois Deaf man, on his way to snowmobiling in northern Wisconsin, bought the winning powerball ticket at a gas station in Appleton. "It's a thrill to hit the 2.5 million dollars jackpot, until I realized that I could lose my monthly SSI benefits, food stamps, Medicaid coverages, and my subsidized HUD apartment. " Mike received a letter from the Social Security Administration reminding him that he's limited to having $3,000 in his savings account.
After thinking about it overnight, he decided not to come forward to claim the prize, throwing away the ticket into the fireplace, the "government have been taking good care of me, I enjoyed life without responsibilities," Howard quoted in an interview with the Northwest Herald at his home in McHenry County. The expiration date passed so state officials return the unclaimed money, increasing the jackpot to 126 millions to be drawn Saturday night. No wonder why some of us are really "Deaf and Dumb."

Revised 4/2/09

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Deaf Anthology # 230: "Quiet Zone"

"Quiet Zone," a spinoff of ER, starring Marlee Matlin as a Deaf administrator of a suburban Chicago hospital, trying to balance her life with a household of four kids after a divorce, and to make matters worst, her ex-husband, also a doctor, is a threat to her sanity, opposing her of every initiatives in the boardroom, preventing healthcare reforms, as an strategy to gain sole custody. A pilot episode will be shown tonight 10/9c on NBC, disrupting the schedule, as the network haven't yet include the new series in the fall lineup. The brass will be awaiting results from the overnight Nielsen ratings and the reviews of the critics before making a decision. Deaf Anthology felt it's unfair to air a pilot without prior announcements, so we have to depend on our friends e-mailings their friends letting them be aware of tonight show. Marlee Matlin is looking forward to returning to her familiar roots. There is no shortages of issues in this medical comedy genre, a Deaf scriptwriter hired to our team, giving us feedbacks. This is Marlee Matlin second attempts into television after the short-lived "Reasonable Doubt," cancelled due to lackluster ratings. Our sucess depends on you, the audience. Marlee Matlin was quoted in an interview at the station, "that it isn't easy being a administrator and being a soccer mom, being neutral when you are an advocate, making decisions such as adopting a Deaf dog or pulling a plug of a patient on life-support, dealing with the influences of drug companies, and meeting the expectation of taxpayers of quality care in this recession that affects us all. Marlee is on the record supporting universal healthcare coverage, it's a right, not a privilege. Marlee Matlin have a busy schedule ahead of her, attending a "Nightmares at Hampshire View" world premiere movie tonight, an ASL film directed by Mark Wood, in Riverdale. Also Marlee will be hitting the late night circuit being on David Letterman to promoting her new book, "I'LL SCREAM LATER." Don't forget to watch the "Quiet Zone," starring Marlee Matlin 10/9c tonight on NBC.
Revised 4/01/09

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