VIDEO [CC] - Deaf Artist and Photographer, Jennifer Tandoc of Philippines.
Jennifer Tandoc is a professional artist, photographer and very talent that strives to create art that represents the Deaf community.
Tandoc says "Over the years, My art work has drawn a lot of positive attention. One of my dream is to become famous and successful as an artist and also, I fell in love with photography the minute my Dad gave me an old Kinolta Minolta. Photography became my passion!"
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The Daily Moth is a new ASL radio show, delivers news in video using ASL. The Deaf host, Alex Abenchuchan, covers trending news stories and Deaf topics. The video shows of artist and photographer Jennifer Tandoc, each piece of art takes hours and hours of work. There's something hidden in all of her designs.
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VIDEO [CC] - Republican Donald J. Trump has been elected president of the United States of America, Deaf feminists and queers stunned.
WASHINGTON -- CNN: Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States, CNN projects, a historic victory for outsiders that represents a stunning repudiation of Washington's political establishment. The billionaire real estate magnate and former reality star needed an almost perfect run through the swing states -- and he got it, winning Ohio, North Carolina and Florida.
The Republican swept to victory over Hillary Clinton in the ultimate triumph for a campaign that repeatedly shattered the conventions of politics to pull off a remarkable upset. Clinton conceded to Trump in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Speaking at a victory party in New York, Trump was gracious toward Clinton and called for unity.
"We owe (Clinton) a very major debt of gratitude to her for her service to our country," Trump said. "I say it is time for us to come together as one united people."
He added: "I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans."
Trump won with 288 electoral votes compared to 215 for Clinton, according to CNN projections. Latest election results.
Trump's supporters embraced his plainspoken style, assault on political correctness and vow to crush what he portrayed in the final days of his campaign as a corrupt, globalized elite -- epitomized by the Clintons -- that he claimed conspired to keep hard-working Americans down.
His winning coalition of largely white, working-class voters suggests a populace desperate for change and disillusioned with an entire generation of political leaders and the economic and political system itself.
Now, Trump faces the task of uniting a nation traumatized by the ugliest campaign in modern history and ripped apart by political divides exacerbated by his own explosive rhetoric -- often along the most tender national fault lines such as race and gender.
Trump is sure to follow his own playbook -- Trump will be the first president to enter the White House with no political, diplomatic or military executive experience. His victory will send shockwaves around the world, given his sparse foreign policy knowledge, haziness over nuclear doctrine, vow to curtail Muslim immigration and disdain for US alliances that have been the bedrock of the post-World War II foreign policy.
His promises to renegotiate or dump trade deals such as NAFTA and to brand China a currency manipulator risk triggering immediate economic shocks around the globe.
Global markets already began tumbling late Tuesday.
Trump, 70, will be the oldest president ever sworn in for a first term and will take the helm of a nation left deeply divided by his scorched-earth campaign. His victory was built on fierce anger at the Washington establishment and political elites among his grass-roots voters, many of whom feel they are the victims of a globalized economy that has resulted in the loss of millions of jobs.
His victory ends Clinton's crusade to become the first woman to ever rise to the nation's highest office. It's a humiliating chapter in the long political career of Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
Trump's win also deals a painful rebuke to President Barack Obama, whom he pursued for years with his birtherism campaign built on the false premise that Obama was born outside the United States. Now Trump will have the power to eviscerate Obama's political legacy -- including the Affordable Care Act, the latter's proudest domestic achievement.
But there are deeper, more fundamental questions about Trump's presidency that will be key to his capacity to unify a deeply divided country and appeal to Americans who will feel outraged and disgusted by his victory.
He's got the attention of the whole world -- Trump's campaign was built on rage, falsehoods and singling out culprits for the ills of modern America, including undocumented migrants, foreign nations such as China and Muslim immigrants.
He mocked a disabled New York Times reporter, vowed to use the power of the presidency to put Clinton in jail and pledged to sue women who accused him of sexual assault.
Trump has promised to build a wall on the southern border and make Mexico pay for it, and to deport undocumented migrants. He has vowed to reintroduce interrogation methods for terror suspects that are more extreme than waterboarding.
So the demeanor that Trump will adopt as president and the manner in which he will behave will be closely watched -- not just in the United States, but among nervous leaders abroad.
One of the many uncertainties about Trump's coming presidency is how his White House will interact with Republicans in Congress - and whether he and GOP leaders will heal their rift from the campaign.
Republicans repelled a Democratic bid to recapture the Senate, giving the GOP control over Capitol Hill and the White House.
That means it would fall to the GOP either to rubber stamp policies likely to mark a break from conservative orthodoxy or to provide a check on the power of Trump, who has shown every sign he will use executive power aggressively.
House Speaker Paul Ryan will face intense pressure from pro-Trump members of his own coalition to cooperate with the new president.
Senate Republicans, meanwhile, are likely to hold Trump's feet to the fire to ensure he lives up to his promise to appoint justices who could ensure a generational conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Clinton apparently failed to reassemble the diverse coalition that helped Obama win the presidency in 2008 and 2012.
The events of Clinton's terrible final week on the campaign -- the revival of her email controversy by FBI Chief James Comey and a damaging drip, drip, drip of revelations by WikiLeaks which her campaign says was orchestrated by Russian intelligence -- could have helped consign her to defeat.
There also is the question of Trump's temperament. Clinton repeatedly warned that he was unfit to control the nuclear codes because he could be baited with a tweet.
Obama passionately denounced Trump as intellectually and temperamentally unfit to succeed him in the Oval Office.
But now, he will be forced to greet his successor on the morning of Inauguration Day in January, and look on while he is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
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VIDEO [CC] - Nyle DiMarco: "My Upbringing With My Deaf Family"
Nyle DiMarco does not consider himself to be disabled by deafness and sees his media profile as an opportunity to bring awareness to Deaf culture. He views deafness as an advantage in modeling because he is accustomed to conveying messages without speaking. He also holds the belief that Deaf roles should be played by Deaf actors.
Fact: DiMarco have over 25 Deaf members in his family. Yes, it is genetic; However only 10% are born to Deaf parents. Come and meet his family and learn what Nyle do everyday and with his activism for #DeafTalent. ASL vlog with closed captions.
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This video exists because last year I was named "BeYoutiful" by a Deaf owned company, Convo.
DiMarco is a spokesperson for LEAD-K (Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids). He is also a signer and creative collaborator on The ASL App, an app that teaches conversational ASL.
In 2016, DiMarco started The Nyle DiMarco Foundation. It is a non-profit organization with the purpose of providing more access to resources for Deaf children and their families.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf Parents learn they will be grandparents for the first time goes viral on the Internet.
A Deaf couple in Michigan receive gift bags from their daughter and her husband in Florida containing a framed ultrasound of their first baby that is on the way. While connected over FaceTime, their heartwarming reactions are captured on camera. What a special moment!
Kimberly Lynn, sister and her husband live in Florida and their Deaf parents live in Michigan. They are expecting their first baby in June and wanted to make the moment special.
They invited them to her house for dinner, set up a face-time with Kristy and Timmy, and then gave them gift bags that contained a framed ultrasound.
VIDEO [CC] - THIS IS NORMAL - A short film about being Deaf, being hearing, and being human.
THIS IS NORMAL is about a young Deaf woman named Gwen who undergoes an experimental medical procedure that is supposed to 'cure' her of her deafness and give her the ability to hear. Despite the controversy, Gwen risks her friends, culture, and identity to discover the answer to the question, 'Is it worth giving up who you've been for the 'maybe' you could BECOME?'
VIDEO [CC] - How do a Blind person and a Deaf person communicate ?
'The Tommy Edison Experience', who’s been blind since birth, teams up with Deaf YouTuber Rikki Poynter to answer to the popular question “how does a Blind person and a Deaf person communicate with each other?”.
VIDEO [CC] - Weird News: Google Earth images of Antarctica have revealed what look like pyramids, lost civilisations to aliens?
Heavy com share an article: Tonight, Ancient Aliens’ premiere episode for the new season is scheduled to be about “Pyramids of Antarctica.” But are there really any pyramids in this snowy, icy world? Unfortunately, rumors that circulated several years ago were later debunked. Will Ancient Aliens add any new information to the mix?
Here’s what you need to know.
Several years ago, the Internet was filled with stories about explorers who found pyramids in Antarctica. The most frequently repeated story was tracked down as originating from a website called Voice of Russia, later renamed Sputnik News. You can read one of the first stories, from 2013, here.
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According to the rumors, a team of European and American scientists had found three ancient pyramids, two which were 16 kilometers inland and one near the coast. But the details in the stories were always very sparse. Websites included pictures, such as this article, and a link to an article on ScienceRay, which purportedly included photos, was often posted (which no longer works.) The story traveled across the Internet, but it wasn’t verifiable. The names of the explorers weren’t shared and more details were never available.
Back in 2012, a discussion about the articles appeared on a Google message board here, where one poster noticed something interesting. He said the story had circulated for a very long time, but someone had recently “republished” the story with three images. He noted that the sources of the images, which appeared with the story, were not of pyramids in Antarctica. One photo was from International Mountain Guides and one was from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. The third, according to another submitter, may have been of the Schatz Ridge near Sentinel Range.
Some theorize that the photos used are likely of “glacial horns,” such as the Matterhorn which is on the border between Switzerland and Italy in Europe.
Is An Ancient City hidden under Antarctica? - Could Antarctica have actually been home to an ancient civilization?
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Those who want to believe in the pyramid theory point to the idea that Antarctica may not have always been covered in ice. They sometimes mention the ancient Piri Reis map and the theory that it shows the coastline without ice. The Piri Reis map is a world map made in 1513 based on military intelligence from the Ottoman admiral Piri Reis. About 1/3 of the map still survives. Some claim that it shows prehistoric exploration of Antarctica, along with notes that the climate was warm. But other experts dispute this claim and say that it either depicts a South American coast in that region or is just a guess and not based on genuine knowledge. Bad Archaeology addressed the idea of ancient civilizations in Antarctica back in 2007.
Most scientists disagree with the idea that Antarctica has pyramids or lost civilizations. But you’ll likely still find romantics who point to the Piri Reis map and other findings and insist that what is deemed impossible might not be.
VIDEO [CC] - The Presidential Candidates Parody Compilation 2016 - Best Video of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Parody on YouTube.
The presidential candidates of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump didn't go anywhere near each other the entire time they were onstage of the Presidential Election 2016. Here's the presidential candidates parody compilation with closed captions and english subtitles.
Hamilton Parody - Hillary Rodham Clinton! - The Key of Awesome put a Hamil-ton of work into this parody with English subtitles.
Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton. Epic Rap Battles of History - English Subtitles.
Donald Trump: EpicLLOYD - Hillary Clinton: Kimmy Gatewood. Subscribe to Epic Rap Battles Channel.
Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Debate Parody - The Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Debate is going to be a one of a kind debate match-up.
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Parody Productions believe that our Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Debate Parody has the best impressions. Parody Productions hope their Debate Video catches half the funny fireworks the real Trump Hillary debate is going to have.
This is a parody of the movie 300, starring Donald Trump as the Spartan king Leonidas. Trump continues his victorious path through the US Presidential Election 2016. Will he Make America Great Again?
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After forcefully succeeding president Obama he faces the globalists and their puppets. But with only 300 Spartan warriors, can he beat George Soros himself?
The Trumpinator - Donald Trump's method to deal with the republican nomination process during the US presidential election 2016.
Cette double parodie de Treat You Better (Shawn Mendes) et Me Too (Meghan Trainor) met en vedette Philippe Lacroix dans le rôle de Justin Trudeau et Simon D. Scott dans le rôle de Donald Trump. Subscribe to Flip TFO Channel.
M.A.M.O.N. - Latinos VS. Donald Trump short film cortometraje - M.A.M.O.N. (Monitor Against Mexicans Over Nationwide) is a satirical fantasy sci-fi shortfilm that explores with black humor and lots of VFX the outrageous consequences of Donald Trump´s plan of banning immigration and building an enormous wall on the Mexico - US border. English Subtitles.
The dark comedy showcases a spectacular fight involving bizarre weapons, and numerous dark jokes about the cliches and stereotypical antics of the Mexican and Latino community, as the quinceañera, the quetzalcoatl, the lucha libre, the mariachi, the chapulÃn colorado, etc. Subscribe To "The Late Show" WeCanFxit Channel.
Donald Trump Begins The Dawn Of The Donald - Every legendary cartoon character needs a fitting origin story. Mr. Cartoon Donald Trump, this is yours.
Trumperor - Episode One - Comedy - Donald Trump Presidency Parody - Watch this lunatic in his first days in the Oval Office.
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Donald J Trump is running for President, and is the presumptive republican nominee. Well this video parodies what it might look like with the billionaire in the white house. A reality show centric presidency, vain and focused on social media. More concerned about his twitter account following than real issues. Subscribe to Trumperor Channel.
How Donald Trump Really Won... This is all in satirical comedy. Democrat supporters, you'd know the reason why Trump would become president.
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This is all in satirical comedy, this is all by going on Twitter and observing what you're all doing, which has basically been this for the entire year and beyond. Trump supporters to congratulate on your victory. Subscribe to DAGames Channel.
John Lewis Advert Parody - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - Parody of John Lewis advert buster replaced with Hillary and Obama. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are shown as the mum and dad, who have built their child a trampoline in the garden. However, the trampoline is the White House and Hillary Clinton is their daughter.
Hillary is desperate to get her new present, but along comes the newly-elected President Donald Trump as Buster the Boxer who steals her thunder. And, to really kick poor Hillary when she's down, the advert ends with the tagline, “you can’t always get what you want”. Subscribe to LQ Meme Central Channel.
Hillary Clinton's campaign were disappointment from the Republican swept to victory over Hillary in the ultimate triumph for a campaign that repeatedly shattered the conventions of politics a remarkable upset in America history.
VIDEO [CC] - Shit hearing people say: "Deaf People" Red, White, and Brown by Russell Peters the comedian.
Russell Peters is a Canadian comedian and actor of Indian descent. Those sneaky Deaf people! Here's a clip from 2008 special, "Red, White, and Brown."
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Peters' stand-up performances feature observational comedy, using humour to highlight racial, ethnic, class and cultural stereotypes. He often refers to his own experiences growing up in an Anglo-Indian family, and impersonates the accents of various ethnic groups to poke fun at them. As he told an audience in San Francisco, "I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them." Russell Peters began performing in Toronto in 1989... Read More on Wikipedia.
VIDEO [CC] - Share: Debunking myths about Deaf people by Rikki Poynter.
A Deaf activist and Youtuber Rikki Poynter discussion and conversation questions about the Debunking myths about Deaf people these today - closed captioned.
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Loud sound coming near the end. You've been warned. Also, thanks, Bobby, for helping me with the driving scene! http://sullyzenphoto.com
John Cena is an American professional wrestler, rapper, actor, and reality television show host signed to WWE, where he is assigned to the SmackDown brand. Cena started his professional wrestling career in 1999.
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John Cena's sign language of rapper "You Can't See Me" is the debut studio album by WWE's wrestler John Cena and his cousin, Tha Trademarc, billed together as John Cena & Tha Trademarc. It was released on May 10, 2005, by WWE Music Group and Columbia Records... Read more on Wikipedia.
VIDEO [CC] - Ellen interview with a Deaf and Blind teen who's defying the odds on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
LOS ANGELES -- In a clip from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Marvin Pearson is an incredible young man and varsity football player who hasn't let anything stand in the way of doing what he loves. Marvin Pearson is one special guy, and he came on the show to tell Ellen about his story.
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Marvin is a high school senior who is both Deaf and Blind. He has a cochlear implant in one ear to help him hear. Marvin doesn't let his Disabilities stop him from doing anything, in fact, he uses them as motivation when playing football, track and wrestling.
Marvin goes above and beyond in everything that he does, and Ellen's friends at Shutterfly loved his story and surprised him with $10,000! The show was taped in Studio 11 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Find out more about Shutterfly and see more memorable moments here, http://www.ellentv.com/shutterfly.
VIDEO [CC] - A Bad Lip Reading turns the second Presidential Debate at University of Nevada into a poetry slam.
Donald and Hillary try to top each other's poetry while occasionally fielding questions from the audience. Who knew that the presidential debate could be so poetic?
The candidates attempt to outwit each other through the medium of verse in Bad Lip Reading’s hilarious new video.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton appears to recite surreal pieces such as “Because Zombies” and “Stealthily Bobby” in the spoof slam, which uses footage from the second debate.
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Her GOP rival, Donald Trump, meanwhile, goes slightly darker with his telling of the sinister “Mike the Merry Cricket” and “My Garden.”
“It was not good in my garden that year, it was not good in my garden,” he appears to say at one point. Trump later adds, “I am not brave, I am a merchant.”
The CSD has made a commitment to be a Deaf centered environment in which the design of learning and the language of instruction are consistent with a Bilingual-Bicultural approach to educating Deaf children.
The school values itself as a multi-cultural community of varied ethnic backgrounds through which people are able to learn and work together to promote the academic, linguistic, vocational, cultural, social, emotional and physical development of Deaf children. The involvement of parents, students, staff, the Deaf community, the business community and the community at large is regarded as essential to the mission of the school.
A safe, academic, Deaf-centered culture is nurtured at CSD. Dedication to students is the hallmark of CSD staff. Visit CSD website, http://csdeagles.com
Thank you to Dyer Art Center & SLT for your support from the National Technical Institute of the Deaf and community in America.
A new version "#Whereisthelove" by The Black Eyed Peas featuring The World was released on August 31, 2016, in collaboration with a great number of artists within the music industry. The proceeds of the charity single will go to educational programs.
“The term is abhorrent and should never be used. The fact that we are talking about this during a very important moment in American history has upset me deeply,” Matlin said in a statement on Friday.
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Three staffers on the reality TV show, who requested anonymity due to non-disclosure agreements, told the Daily Beast that Trump often treated Matlin with disrespect and called her “retarded,” both behind her back and in front of her. A former Apprentice contestant also told People that Trump made sexual comments to Matlin and other women on the show.
“I am Deaf. There are millions of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people like me, in the United States and around the world who face discrimination and misunderstanding like this on a daily basis. It is unacceptable,” said Matlin, who has indicated her support for Hillary Clinton throughout the campaign.
“As a person who is Deaf, as a woman, as a mom, as a wife, as an actor, I have a voice. And I’m using that voice to make myself heard… and vote.”
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Man killed in apparent road rage incident in Coral Springs, Florida was legally Deaf, friends say.
CORAL SPRINGS, FL -- ABC News: Detectives say it's unclear whether charges will be filed. A man who was killed Thursday in an apparent road-rage incident in Coral Springs was legally Deaf and used sign language to communicate, the victim's friend told Local 10 News on Friday.
"He had that disability. He was hearing impaired, but nonetheless he was a very productive member of society. He worked at a job and he had a normal life as best as it could be," family friend and chaplain, Ken McLymont, said.
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Coral Springs police Sgt. Carla Kmiotek said Paul Peterman, 37, of Margate, was airlifted to a hospital after being involved in an altercation with another driver that ended in the area of Atlantic Boulevard and Riverside Drive in Coral Springs.
He was pronounced dead later in the day.
Kmiotek said the other driver, identified as Joshua Tullis, 37, of Coral Springs, fled the scene, but has since contacted detectives.
Kmiotek said he is cooperating with investigators, and it's unclear whether charges will be filed against him.
Authorities have not said how Peterman died, but said that they are still interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence.
Kmiotek said he was not stabbed, nor shot.
Loved ones said Peterman was an Eagle Scout and was involved in theater. He was also a warehouse manager at a professional lighting company and was engaged to be married.
Anyone who witnessed the altercation is asked to call Coral Springs police, or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.
UPDATE: AUSTIN, TX -- 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 into a Deaf man dies in the Florida 'road rage' incident.
Paul Peterman, a 37-year old Deaf man, was killed last Thursday (October 13) in a road rage incident in southern Florida. The other driver is a 37-year old Joshua Tullis, who is a firefighter with the county sheriff's office. The cause of death has not been determined and no charges have been filed, but the investigation is ongoing. Watch The Raw Cell Phone Video. Story at the Daily Moth's Article.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf people for generations in Bali's village, everyone speaks sign language of the Indonesian island.
KIKI SIREGAR BENGKALA -- Straits Times: Balinese women dressed in gold bodices dance to rhythmic drumming while waving fans as men in purple outfits sit cross legged around them, jiggling their arms and chanting. It appears to be just another show on the Indonesian resort island, known for its ancient culture and rituals, but there is a key difference - the dancers are all Deaf and cannot hear the beat.
They perform the moves, learnt over months of hard training, from memory.
The village of Bengkala has been home to an unusually large number of Deaf people for generations, and nowadays about 40 out of its approximately 3,000 residents have severe hearing loss.
But unlike in other parts of Indonesia where they could face mistreatment, local people have taken the Deaf residents to their hearts. In many ways, life in the small hamlet has come to revolve around them.
As well as the dance project, a unique sign language called Kata Kolok has been developed in the isolated village which has been mastered by those with hearing impairment, as well as many of those who can hear, prompting interest from scientists around the world.
In addition, Deaf villagers are trained in skills such as making handicrafts that can be sold in the heaving tourist resorts of the island, and they work side by side with other villagers in the rice fields.
"Human rights are the same everywhere. So I thought, why should the Deaf be ostracised?" said Ketut Kanta, who heads a community group for the village's Deaf residents.
The approach is relatively unique in Indonesia, where the disabled often suffer harsh discrimination.
Bengkala, in northern Bali, has existed for about eight centuries.
Residents often scrape a living tending to the surrounding rice fields and education levels are generally low.
In the past, villagers thought the high incidence of deafness was due to a curse but those superstitions - and the prejudices they created - have largely been abandoned after experts concluded it was due to a recessive gene common among the local population.
It was not until the 1960s that the village began to make efforts to better integrate its Deaf residents and nowadays everyone is treated equally, according to village head I Made Arpana.
"We don't differentiate between Deaf villagers and non-deaf villagers," he said, adding that the community did not want the hard of hearing residents to feel "inferior".
A key factor in creating this peaceful co-existence has been Kata Kolok, which literally translates as "Talk of the Deaf", and is used to varying degrees by around 80 per cent of the villagers.
It is different from international and Indonesian sign language. It has grown organically over the decades and has its own unique signs created by villagers to reflect how they see the world.
Attempts to ensure harmony in the village start at a young age, with a Bengkala elementary school teaching all children side by side.
The 77 students are all given lessons in the local sign language, and are introduced to elements of Indonesian and international signing.
Made Budiasih, whose seven-year-old son goes to the school, said she was worried for his future when they discovered he was deaf at birth, but said the inclusive educational centre had made all the difference.
"I was despairing, but then I found out about this school," she said.
Still, it is not always easy teaching deaf students as they often become frustrated and act out, according to teacher I Made Wisnu, who has been working at the school for a decade.
There are no junior high schools equipped to teach Deaf students, so most have to drop out of the system once they've graduated from elementary classes.
Despite the challenges, village chief Arpana is determined to safeguard the unique culture of the hamlet's Deaf community, saying he would be a "sinner" if he did not.
The clearest expression of the village's warm embrace of its hard of hearing population is the unique project "Dance of the Deaf", which has started to draw a trickle of foreign visitors to the out-of-the-way village, giving residents hope for a brighter future.
Tambourine player I Wayan Getar, speaking in sign language through an interpreter, told AFP: "Tourists from China and Europe are coming to watch us, and they really enjoy it."
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: This smart vest lets the Deaf ‘hear’ with their skin, what are the limits of human perception ?
SAN FRANCISCO BAY -- Singularity Hub: Take a second and concentrate on your surroundings: the subtle flickering of your laptop screen, the faint whiff of lingering coffee, the muffled sounds of traffic, the warm touch of sunlight peeking through your window.
We owe our understanding of the world to our various senses. Yet what we naturally perceive is only a sliver of the physical world.
The eerie beauty of infrared is beyond our grasp, as are the air compression waves that bats use for navigation, or the electromagnetic fields that constantly course through our bodies.
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“Your senses limit your reality,” said Stanford neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman at the TED conference last year in Vancouver, British Columbia.
We are slaves to our senses, and when we lose one, we also lose our ability to perceive that fraction of the world. Take hearing, for example. Although cochlear implants somewhat restore sound perception as an inner ear replacement, they’re pricey, surgically invasive and very clunky. They also don’t work very well for congenitally Deaf people when implanted later in life.
According to Eagleman, replacing faulty biological sensory hardware is too limited in scope.
What if, instead of trying to replace a lost sense, we could redirect it to another sense? What if, instead of listening, we could understand the auditory world by feeling it on our skin? And what if, using the same principles, we could add another channel to our sensory perception and broaden our reality?
Our “Mr. Potato Head” Brain - Eagleman’s ideas aren’t as crazy as they sound.
Our brain is locked in a sensory vacuum. Rather than vision, smell, touch or sound, it only understands the language of electric-chemical signals that come in through different “cables.” In essence, our valued peripheral organs are nothing but specialized sensors, translating various kinds of external input - photons and sound waves, for example - into electricity that feeds into the brain.
“Your brain doesn’t know and it doesn’t care where it gets the data from,” says Eagleman. Your ear could be a microphone, your eye a digital camera, and the brain can still learn to interpret those signals. That’s why cochlear and retinal implants work... Read More at Singularity Hub.
VIDEO [CC] - Weird News: Clown sighting pranks have happened since the 1980s - but never quite like this in America.
WASHINGTON -- The professional clowning community has a serious image problem in America. In recent weeks, stories of so-called “creepy clowns” and “killer clowns” have been popping up all over local newscasts across the country and disseminated through social media. While parents and educators express concern for the safety of children, the ones in real danger may be the clowns themselves.
In 2016, anyone who dares to leave the house dressed as a clown may become the victim of a vigilante or even an angry mob. Vox attempts to sort through the madness in an informative seven-minute mini-documentary called “America’s Creepy Clown Craze, Explained.” Produced and narrated by Christophe Haubursin, the video not only explores the current wave of clown-related pranks but also the longstanding historical roots behind the current, widespread anti-clown sentiments. Here's the mini-documentary with closed captions.
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Some may assume that the public’s fear of clowns, or coulrophobia, began with John Wayne Gacy, the Illinois serial killer who performed at charity events and children’s parties in the guise of “Pogo The Clown.” But Haubursin traces the problem back to the 19th century, when a man named Joseph Grimaldi was “the most popular entertainer in England.” Grimaldi’s costuming and makeup set the precedent for modern day clowns, but his private life was marred by depression and alcoholism. Writer Charles Dickens immortalized Grimaldi’s private struggles, first by editing his memoirs, then by including a “disturbed clown character” based on Grimaldi in his 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers. That changed the public’s perception of clowns in general.
Today, there are few positive clown role models in popular culture. The two jesters best known to the public are Batman’s murderous nemesis, Joker, and The Simpsons’ “morally, financially, and physically bankrupt” Krusty The Clown. It’s gotten so bad for clowns out there that some are being arrested for “disorderly conduct” simply for wearing their work clothes in public places. Organizations like the World Clown Association may try to redeem the art form, but the damage may be irreparable.
Jennifer Tandoc is a professional artist, photographer and very talent that strives to create art that represents the Deaf community.
