A deaf-blind Virginian woman and her husband were denied service in a restaurant because of her service dog, according to this WLJA ABC Channel 7 news report posted last Friday. The restaurant managers basically told the couple to leave because of the service dog. The couple tried to explain that Read More
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Deaf-Blind Virginian Denied Restaurant Service Because of Her Service Dog, Islamic Belief Behind It?
May 17th, 2010 by Under The Hill
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NECA Proposals to FCC could kill VRS Industry
May 8th, 2010 by Under The Hill
SorensonVRS issued a nationwide plea to the Deaf/HoH consumers, asking for their help to convince the Federal Communication Commission not to accept the proposals from the National Exchange Carrier Association, which could doom the future of the video relay service industry. The link from Read More
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Rest in peace, Todd Silvestri, Great Football, All-American Wrestler Star
May 1st, 2010 by Under The Hill
Vincent Todd Silvestri, a former Gallaudet University football and wrestling star, a US Deaflympic wrestler, and coach, died suddenly yesterday or last night. I really don’t know the full details but I’m informed by someone on Facebook that he hung himself and that his younger brother, Read More
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Mike McConnell Ranted On Deaf People on Radio?
February 18th, 2010 by Under The Hill
Mike McConnell ranted on and on about deaf people on his radio talk show… in Texas? Our Mike McConnell of Kokonut Pundit blog? Actually no, it’s not really him. It’s the other Mike McConnell, the hearing radio talk show host in Texas. Mike the Kokonut was kind enough to share Read More
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Bowling Green State Student Did Master Thesis on Deaf Bloggers
February 6th, 2010 by Under The Hill
Mike of Kokonut Pundit has something juicy for DeafReaders, Tayler, Ridor, Mishka Zena, Fookem, etc.: Empowerment in the Deaf Community: Analyzing the Posts of Internet Weblogs. The thesis was done by a Master of Art student at Bowling Green State University in Ohio last summer. Check out the PDF Read More
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Deaf people more gullible for global warming claims?
February 3rd, 2010 by Under The Hill
The awesomeness of Kokonut is just. . .awesome, dude. Global warming science is not that awesome. But there are enough people to believe that global warming is real, that scientists said so, and it’s a great cause for concern, so then it must be awesome of some sort, I guess. Well, you can put Read More
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Deaf Conservative Republicans Blog Has New Bloggers
December 1st, 2009 by Under The Hill
Mike McConnell and I are pleased to introduce two new deaf bloggers to Deaf Conservative Republicans blog: Jeff Kurz and Eddie Runyon. Welcome abroad, guys! Jeff has his first new blog yesterday: Forecast on Government Health Care Reform: Another Failure. We are hoping for few more deaf Read More
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Disney Not to Caption/Subtitle All Movies in rental DVD?
November 17th, 2009 by Under The Hill
Don’t be surprised by the above headline. Disney’s “marketing decision” to not to included closed captioning or subtitles for the deaf in the rental DVD of a popular 3D animation movie, “UP“, could either be a sign of things to come or just a dumb-ass decision made by the new people Read More
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OpenCongress.org: Track new legislations from U.S. Congress
September 9th, 2009 by Under The Hill
There is a great website that every American of all ages should bookmark it right away and visit it daily (or whenever is convenient), it is called OpenCongres.org. In that website, you can keep track of any new legislation, even read the whole bill yourself; check out which US Representative (of Read More
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Are you thick-skinned or thin-skinned?
July 15th, 2009 by Under The Hill
Reading from NAD’s blog about “Strategic Information Sharing or Malicious Gossip” got me thinking about this adage: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Whoever said that must have been a truly thick-skinned person. Or must have been incredibly hardened Read More
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Gallaudet Forcing Students to Volunteer?
July 5th, 2009 by Under The Hill
He’s back and he is at it again! At least he must be doing something right to recognize the obvious flaw (and irony) of forcing young people to volunteer. Personally, I say that forcing people to volunteer is asinine, whether it is to benefit academic institutions, companies or the government Read More
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WOSU-TV Interviewed Deaf-Blind Man…for RADIO only?
June 24th, 2009 by Under The Hill
Today, I learned that WOSU has interviewed Bryan Grubb, a deaf-blind right activist and a motivational speaker from central Ohio, about deaf-blind rights. It was assumed that his interview would be telecast on WOSU-TV channel (Columbus, Ohio) sometime in the near future, with captions, of course. Read More
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Closed Captioning not necessarily alone improve one’s reading proficiency
June 5th, 2009 by Under The Hill
This morning, reading JJ Purorro’s blog about his campaign to convince Netflix to include closed captioned movies offered on Netflix’s “Instant View” online rental service, which doesn’t offered the closed captioned versions. I commended him for setting up a Facebook campaign to rally Read More
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Prayers for Swine Flu Victims; Can you read lips covered by face masks?
April 28th, 2009 by Under The Hill
So far, over 150 people died from swine flu and there may be more to come out of this swine flu pandemic eventually. From this point, we should all say a prayer to the swine flu victims as more people are suffering and dying unexpectedly from it, especially in the more severe cases. Your Read More
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DeafReaders Politically Ignorant or Don’t Care? A Poll
February 18th, 2009 by Under The Hill
Given the disappointing lack of responses and interest from DeafReaders (and Deaf Village readers) over my blog or DCRepublicans blog on the particular subjects with politics, the stimulus package bill and the U.S. economy. Mike of DCR and I have come to a conclusion that the majority of the Read More
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Rush Is Always Deaf
February 9th, 2009 by Under The Hill
Did you know that Rush Limbaugh is deaf? Click here to see the photo of Rush wearing his cochlar implant, hat-tip to Mike. Read More
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Congress to introduce Americans With No Abilities Act 2009
February 4th, 2009 by Under The Hill
I cannot really believe this but Congress is introducing a new but ridiculous legislation that would ensure America as the most unproductive and non-abled nation in the world but would benefit all 300 million Americans anyway. Great for job creation! Read it all below: The Americans With No Read More
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ASL Idol on 3.7.2009
February 3rd, 2009 by Under The Hill
Once again, the fabulous and popular ASL IDOL, courtesy of CSD, is being held on March 7th, 2009 at Westerville Central High School, Westerville, Ohio – click on me for the map. See the poster below. Come one, come all. No idea who will be the judges? Could be you! Read More
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Google Earth 5: Going back in time
February 2nd, 2009 by Under The Hill
I had recently downloaded the latest (beta) version of Google Earth for the new features: historical imagery, 3D view of ocean floors, and visit the landscapes of Mars. During the tryout of Google Earth’s historical imagery, I thought about Gallaudet University and what the campus looked like Read More
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Obama’s 100 Tons of Trash Left While Everyone Celebrated Inauguration Day
January 24th, 2009 by Under The Hill
Whoa. To Obama’s hearing and Deaf supporters who attended the Inauguration Day at Washington, D.C., nice going! Leaving that much trash at the Mall is truly mind-boggling. 100 tons of trash! DCRepublicans blog has something to say and ask about what happened on Jan. 20th below: And I wonder Read More
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New from Ancestry.com for 2009: Deaf Marriages 1889-1894
January 7th, 2009 by Under The Hill
Hmm, something new coming soon from ancestry.com (click on the graphic screenshot below to expand): No idea when that will come out, could be sooner or later this year, if you’re a Ancestry subscriber or thinking of doing your own family tree research, Ancestry.com could be the place to start Read More
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Merry Christmas to the DeafReaders and all the folks out there
December 25th, 2008 by Under The Hill
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to DeafRead, the Deaf and HoH folks out there. Enjoy the picture. Ho Ho Ho. Read More
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Poll for DeafReaders: Would You Join Or Avoid It?
November 13th, 2008 by Under The Hill
This poll is for all DeafReaders and deaf voters of college age (Gallaudet, NTID, CSUN, etc.). Please take your lovely time to consider and vote for your choice. It’s worth thinking about this. Meanwhile, DCRepublicans have something to share with you all about Rahm Emanuel, back in a CSPAN Read More
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Deaf Conservative Republicans – A new blog
November 10th, 2008 by Under The Hill
No more hating and dissing the Republicans, okay? Obama is the new President, we know that and accepted the will of the people of the United States. But that doesn’t mean it’s end of deaf Republicans and conservatives still out there in the nation. I know there are some of you among the Deaf Read More
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National Forum on Disability Issue in Columbus, 7.26.08
July 26th, 2008 by Under The Hill
Today, as a representative for the Ohio Association of the Deaf, I’ll be attending the National Forum on Disabilitty Issue at the First Church of God’s Conference and Technolog Center just about south of Columbus. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) will appear live via satellite link from his Read More
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The Parallel: Deaf Protest 2006 & Presidential Election 2008
July 18th, 2008 by Under The Hill
Back in May of 2006, as the students, the faculty, staff and the deaf community were protesting the choice of Jane K. Fernandez as the next president of Gallaudet, I began to observe, research and understand what had transpired in the events prior to the protest, with a wide range of Read More
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Robriefs 7.13.2008
July 13th, 2008 by Under The Hill
Robrief no. 1: Jerry Springers Hosting Miss Universe Tonight? Jerry Springer, famous for his wild’n’crazy Jerry Springer show, is co-hosting with Melanie Brown (of the Spice Girls fame) for the Miss Universe pageant tonight, broadcasted on NBC from Vietnam. That’s a first, since Read More
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Robriefs 7.11.2008
July 11th, 2008 by Under The Hill
Robrief no. 1: iPhone3G – Apple woes Hey, Apple, next time… don’t try to launch and activate a popular product for customers worldwide. One country at a time, please. Trust me, it would be A LOT easier! Robrief no. 2: All your fakes are belong to us! Enjoy the Attack of the Photoshopped Read More
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Robriefs 7.7.2008
July 7th, 2008 by Under The Hill
Robrief no. 1: Men’s Fertility in late 30s/early 40s Plummets? Saw two news today, one from Reuters UK news and one from ABCNews, as well as numerous other articles on the same subject. Reading the articles very carefully, I have one conclusion for it: Bullshit. Rather, these reports about a Read More
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Blogging to be punishable by death in Iran
July 5th, 2008 by Under The Hill
Wow, talk about a giant step backward to dark age medieval standards. From iAfrica.com report, Iran’s parliament is about to debate a draft bill that would criminalize bloggers or webmasters and punish them to death for promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy from Islam in Iran. I Read More
