Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
TAYLORSVILLE » Thirty years ago, it was futuristic to think a deaf or hearing impaired person could communicate by standard telephone. With Video Relay Service, or VRS, that space-age fantasy is reality.
A Pretty Simple blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some of you will know about my project to get British Sign Language content on our corporate website. For the background to this, see the original business case and my experiences in the studio filming the videos. Last week I got the BSL videos from our audio/visual unit, with all the audio editing complete, bringing us [...]
Bill Totten's Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
No free tortillas in the Workhouse Republic by Joe Bageant JoeBageant.com (October 28 2009) Ajijic, Mexico - Every afternoon when I knock off from writing, after I suck down a Modelo beer and take an hour nap, I step out onto the 400-year-old cobbled street, with its hap-scatter string of vendors lining both sides. All sorts of vendors - vegetable vendors, vendors of tacos, chicharrones, chenille bedspreads...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
They went as temps to work at a Koreatown rehab center for deaf people. When funding dwindled, they stay on without pay. None of them know sign language.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
American sign language (ASL) is the third most used language in the United States, behind English and Spanish. It is growing rapidly in its popularity as a foreign language course in public schools and is accepted as foreign language credits in colleges and universities across the country.
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Now that concertgoers who attended Phish’s Festival 8 in Indio this past weekend are home, a slew of amazing clips have been uploaded to the major video sites. Head over to YEMblog for a complete accounting of the better Festival 8 videos, but we just had to share a few more clips of the sign language interpreter we told you about on Sunday , a “Team Hood” vid and a few epic playlists...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
DANHIKO School will hold a visual arts exhibition dubbed "Graphic Sign Language Strengthening Sign Expressions" from November 9 to 15.
Inside Out blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Holiday photos can look rather samey (I'm completely guilty of this – I have 40 pics of the Eiffel Tower, taken from minorly different angles), so I really love what my friend Dave Regos did when he recently was in Paris. His images show the alphabet of French shop signs. He kindly let me steal a few photos from his album (knowing that they combine two of my favourite things – fonts and...
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Ah, the humble door. A simple device that keeps civilization itself chugging along. When used properly, it keeps our stuff safe from ne'er-do-wells, allows us privacy in the bathroom, serves to add drama to practically any situation with a nice solid slam, and of course is heavily weighted with loads of symbolic... er... "symbolry" as the dumb guy who used to sit behind me in English Lit...
BASAS (British Association of South Asian Studies) (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies welcomes bids of up to £3,000 for pedagogic research or materials development projects in languages, linguistics and area studies. The remit of LLAS is to support teaching and learning of languages, linguistics and area studies in UK higher education. These guidelines have been produced to help potential bidders decide whether or...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Stefano Goodman uses a wheelchair and lives independently - with the help of two personal assistants. Such uniquely intimate relationships with strangers takes a bit of getting used to ... My disability means that I need help for almost all physical activity. So, to enable me to live an independent life in my own home, I need a live-in personal assistant. Do not call them 'carers' under any circumstances....
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This is cool. I’ve always wanted to learn American Sign Language. See the lyrics here. Related posts:Video: Hodgman and CoultonBook Review: The Somnambulist by Jonathan BarnesBook Review: Eclipse Two edited by Jonathan Strahan Related posts: Video: Hodgman and Coulton Book Review: The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes Book Review: Eclipse Two edited by Jonathan Strahan
Comments for kokonutguy (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
An interesting tidbit I found out recently. RIT library listed my blog by linking under " Deaf Native American Resources " to a piece I did about whether ASL has hurt Indian Sign Language where it is slowly disappearing . Scroll down to "Web Resources" to find my blog name.
The Daily What (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This x That: The USS New York — an amphibious transport dock constructed using salvaged World Trade Center metal — comes home . Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart . Joss Whedon writes an open letter to owners of the Terminator franchise offering to buy the rights for a solid four figures . The Tele Scouter generates subtitles for live conversation . Sign language interpreting...
The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Two bogus charity collectors have been stopped after a Lichfield police worker’s knowledge of sign language caught them out. The two teenage girls were pretending to be deaf as they got city shoppers and market traders to sign up and hand over money. But sharp eyed PCSO Hilary Gittins challenged the two after she spotted them acting [...]
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prmac | 07/07/2009
triggerhappy today announces Status Symbols 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Status Symbols is sign language for whats on your mind. The app came about after recognizing the need to communicate in loud places and quiet spaces. Come up with your own creative usage or be lazy and refer to our handy key. Soon to be universally recognized as the liberation of communication, status symbols = sign language...
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