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A social networking symposium is planned for Fri 9/18. SDC (Bldg 55) from 8AM - 1PM. Featured speakers are Professor Neil Hair of the Saunders College of Business and Professor Elizabeth Lawley, Director of the lab for Social Computing in the Golisano College of Computing at RIT.
For more info, go to
http://www.rit.edu/ntid/ntiditc/
Check out the new studio. Faculty can apply to use the room. If interested in a tour of the room, contact Roland Brian via rjbetc at rit dot edu
http://online.rit.edu/faculty/facilities/tlt_studio.cfm
Check out access to RIT library resources using these web widgets. For ex., access articles in our databases when using Google Scholar, browse our library catalog with this toolbar etc.
http://library.rit.edu/guides/doing-library-research/web-widgets-library-research.html
This film which was shown at the Deaf Rochester Film Fest is now available for sale.
Contact Cheryl Mawhiny at camnmc@rit.edu. Eventually it will be sold through Harris Communications, but for now you can get it directly from NTID Marketing for $29.99.
This documentary is comprised primarily of archival and recent video footage of various
performances and interviews of Deaf poets who were experimenting with poetic devices in ASL from approximately 1984 - 1992. The beginning of the film gives an overview of the history of poetry as an oral form and its transformation to the written page
as a literary exercise. Interviews with deaf poets illustrate the reluctance many Deaf individuals felt to engage in what they felt was a means of expression
belonging solely to the Hearing world. Robert Panara, Bernard Bragg, Ella Mae Lentz and Clayton Valli talk about their experiences with writing and performing poetry. Allen Ginsberg's historic visit to RIT/NTID and meeting with Robert Panara served as a catalyst and inspiration to Deaf poets Patrick Graybill, Peter Cook, and Debbie Rennie. Although this documentary will appeal to artists and the general public, Deaf or Hearing, the objective is to create a record of this exciting and historic time period, which those of us in Rochester at the time were fortunate to have witnessed and in which we were participants. This time period was unprecedented and not yet replicated. Ultimately, this
film is a gift to the Deaf community, a compilation of outstanding and thought-provoking works performed by seasoned poets as well as those just starting out at the time. When the Deaf Community realized that ASL was a true language, their art and hearts could at last be shared!
From NTID News
DVD that uses American Sign Language and English-based sign language to test for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in deaf and hard-of-hearing adults is now available.
Researchers at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology developed the test in response to the estimated incidence of ADHD in the deaf and hard-of-hearing population being as high as 38 percent.
Accurate diagnosis of ADHD is important so that appropriate treatment or accommodation can be provided. But existing tests printed in English are not valid for many individuals who typically depend on sign language for accurate communication and whose first language is often not English.
The Attention Deficit Scales for Adults: Sign Language Version is the first linguistically accessible ADHD assessment instrument designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults. It is a computerized sign language version of the original Attention Deficit Scales for Adults published by Santo J. Triolo and Kevin R. Murphy in 1996. The test uses an interactive interface t o present instructions and items in ASL or in English-based sign language, with optional voicing, along with English captions. Clients view and respond to 54 statements, such as, "I get restless easily," indicating the frequency with which each statement accurately describes them.
"We are trying to be sensitive to accessibility issues and meet the needs of the community," said Ila Parasnis, a professor in NTID's Department of Research and Teacher Education. "They have complete control over how they see the test items." Parasnis carried out this project with Gerald P. Berent and Vincent J. Samar, also NTID researchers.
The DVD is the result of intensive collaboration at NTID among experts in deaf education, sign language translation, media production and programming. Clinical psychologists and several members of Rochester's deaf community also were consulted about the usability of this test.
The DVD, which works on both PC and Macintosh computers, includes the interactive test software and two manuals for test administration and interpretation of automatically generated test results.
The DVD is $149.95 plus shipping and handling and can be purchased by calling NTID at (585) 475-6906 V/TTY.
What is ADHD?: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder produces distractibility, impulsivity and hyperactivity which create an enormous challenge to learning in a traditional classroom and multimedia learning environments and functioning in the workplace and other settings. It has recently been recognized that ADHD is a biological disorder that persists throughout the lifespan. The incidence of ADHD in the hearing population is estimated at approximately 5 percent and in the deaf population at between 5 and 38 percent.
Dear readers:
Remember The Tactile Mind Weekly? Well, the same people who brought you that wildly popular e-zine are now about to launch a new email publication for the signing community!
CLERC SCAR will publish essays, poetry, fiction, and artwork that will, as we sign it in ASL slang, "scar" your minds! Instead of multiple pieces in one long email message, each item will appear in its own email message, allowing you to keep, delete, and forward exactly what you want to keep, delete, or forward. Everything will be archived online as well. We will start firing away on July 1.
We are also opening a small online bookstore specializing in the most important signing community books and videos. All sales will support the email publication.
We will need your support. Here are some ways you can support this venture:
Subscribe. Just email subscribe@clercscar.com with the word "Yes!" if you want us to add you to our mailing list.
Encourage others to subscribe. Forward this message to as many people as you can. Once we start publishing on July 1, forward the pieces you like the best to your friends.
Write. We consider any topic and any style, but it should be related to our community in some way. Also, we accept letters to the editor in response to our pieces. Send to editor@clercscar.com.
Refer others to us. If you are on some listserves and someone writes a really good post that, with some editing, would make for a great article, forward it to us. If you're in a conversation with friends, and someone makes a great point or tells a funny story, encourage that person to write it down and send it to us. If you read somewhere a great piece and you think that a larger audience should read it too, we will be happy to consider reprinting it. The same goes for visual art.
Shop at our bookstore. In the beginning, we'll start with a few books but will add on more titles. Please feel free to recommend books and videos to us. We will publish book reviews, too.
We are very excited about this and hope you are, too!
John Lee Clark
Text Editor
Adrean Clark
Visual Art Editor
Hoy statue in DC?! Yes!
Check this link http://www.legacyforohio.org, click "Blog", then "H" and "Hoy".
Submit your comments (right side of the screen) in supporting Dummy Hoy statue.
Also send an email to these respectful Senators and Representatives that you support William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy to replace William Allen Statue.
The members of the National Statuary Committee are:
Senator Wagoner (Chairman):
Senate Building
Room #129, First Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 614/466-8060
Email: SD02@senate.state.oh.us
Representative Letson (Vice Chairman):
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Phone: (614) 466-5358
Fax: (614) 719-3964
Email: district64@ohr.state.oh.us
Senator Fedor:
Statehouse
Room #051, Ground Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 614/466-5204
Email: fedoroffice@maild.sen.state.oh.us
Senator Gillmor:
Senate Building
Room #035, Ground Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 614/466-8049
Email: SD26@senate.state.oh.us
Representative R. Adams:
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Phone: (614) 466-8114
Fax: (614) 719-3979
Email: district79@ohr.state.oh.us
Representative Yates:
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Phone: (614) 466-1308
Fax: (614) 719-3587
Email: district33@ohr.state.oh.us
The information about the statue is below for your reading.
http://uschsonline-exhibits.uschs.org/statuaryhall/uschs_statuary-00.htm
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/nat_stat_hall.cfm
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/allen_w.cfm
The Statue of William Allen is scheduled to be removed when and once a replacement is set. The reason of being replaced is that he was an "opponent of the Emancipation Proclamation." He owned slaves and opposed to what President Lincoln announcing to free the slaves.
This is a good chance to have the William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy statue being the one to be replaced.
Why: A man of honestly in baseball. An umpire asked Hoy if he caught on bounce or fly (not usual for an umpire to ask a player in/or during the
game) He responded on a "bounce". The owner of the baseball team praised him as "I would rather loose the game on honestly than win by cheating."
The oldest, longest, lightest and shortest man in the centerfield history.
Oldest: 99 Years old when he passed on (May 23, 1862 - December 15, 1961)
Longest: 17 years
Lightest: 145/150 lbs
Shortest: 5'4" - 5'5"
Education: 7 years, 1872-1879. Valedictorian for the high school!
Record: Multi Leagues played:
Northwestern League, National League, American League, American Association, Brotherhood League, Pacific Coast League - As Milwaukee Brewers (brief stint), Oshkosh, Washington Senators, Buffalo Bison, Louisville Colonels, St Louis Brownstockings, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angeles
The only man in history of 19th century to throw from centerfield to catcher without a bounced or relayed with not once, not twice but thrice in one game in 1889 barehanded! Guess who was the catcher? Connie Mack!
Can you image, 5'4" player (Hoy) catching a ball and then "firethrow"
from deep part of the centerfield across the field to the catcher square "miff" into his hands without bounce or relay (2nd base or Shortstop to catcher). "It was like he (Hoy) was throwing pitches from the centerfield. No one could even do that in history.
Baseball average: .288 - .291 (record varies from books)
Players he had teamed with: Connie Mack, Commie Comiskey, Honus "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner, Clark Griffith, Fred Clarke, Frank Chance, Frank Selee, Sam "Wahoo" Crawford, King Kelly, Hubble Hargroves, Deacon White and several late 19th to early 20th Century players.
Introduction: baseball hand signals! Strikes, ball, safe, arm swing (run to home from third base coaching box)
A true Ohioian! Born in Houcktown, Ohio (southeast of Toledo), married in Cincinnati, Ohio, Died in Mt. Healthy, Ohio (Cincinnati), cremated and scattered in Lytle Park, in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Induction (Hall of Fames): 1) American Athletic Association for the Deaf, 2) Louisville Colonels, 3) Ohio School for the Deaf, 4) Hancock County Sports, 5) Baseball Reliquary - Shrine of the Eternals, 6) Ohio Baseball, 7) Star In Their Time, 8) Cincinnati Reds, and waiting for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Location: Hoy Field at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. and Hoy Street at Wisconsin School for the Deaf at Delavan, Wisconsin.
"Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero" documentary order yours at http://www.dacorpictures.com,, Inventor of the puzzle ball, poet, father of 6 children, farmer (bought land from the famed poetesses sisters Cary estate in Cincinnati and managed it for 20 years), personnel director at Goodyear in Akron during The Great War and he hired Deaf workers for the balloon department.
Currently working on feature film, "The Legend of Dummy Hoy". Release
date: TBD.
Proclamation: Buffalo (NY) May 23, 1995, Louisville (KY) May 23, 1995, Columbus (OH) May 8, 1995, Cincinnati (OH) May 23, 1995, Oshkosh (WI) April 25, 1995, and Charles County (MD) May 23, 2003.
Statue: Should a Hoy statue be selected, it would be the shortest statue in history! Whats more, he will be the first Deaf person to be a statue and placed in Washington, D.C. a history to be witnessing!
Steve Sandy
Associate Producer and Researcher
Camp Mark Seven will be hosting a local walk-a-thon fundraiser on September 5th, along the Erie Canal in Fairport, NY. There will be speakers, childrens activities, refreshments and raffle prize drawings.
We are very pleased to announce that an on-line registration option has been set up, and is now available at:
http://www.campmark7.org/walknsign/