Sign Language Blog

Popemania and pizza perfection - WorldNetDaily
The very same Sunday the visiting pope ties up ground and air traffic throughout the East coast of the United States of America on planet Earth, my fondest friend “Freddy from Fresno,” not his real name, and I decide to go out for pizza at the

In Zimbabwe jail: A reporter’s ordeal - International Herald Tribune
HARARE, Zimbabwe : I had never been arrested before and the prospect of prison in Zimbabwe, one of the poorest, most repressive places on earth, seemed especially forbidding: the squalor, the teeming cells, the possibility of beatings. But I told

In Zimbabwe Jail: A Reporter s Ordeal - New York Times
HARARE, Zimbabwe I had never been arrested before and the prospect of prison in Zimbabwe, one of the poorest, most repressive places on earth, seemed especially forbidding: the squalor, the teeming cells, the possibility of beatings. But I told

Deaf feel dance ‘vibe’ - JCDC facilitates hearing impaired through - Jamaica Gleaner
Without being able to hear, it seems almost impossible for someone to be able to dance. However, with a routine and just through feeling the vibrations from the music, this can be achieved. The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has been

A school for the deaf - Las Vegas Sun
A charter school scheduled to open this fall will be the first school in Nevada dedicated to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Six years in the planning, the Las Vegas Charter School of the Deaf received final approval from the Clark County

Church Calendar - Daily News Journal
The Smyrna First United Methodist Women hosts its annual yard sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Smyrna First United Methodist Church, 301 Sam Hager Road, Smyrna, behind Regal Furniture. Furniture, books, dishes, and odds and ends will be available. All

Broward educator named to National Teachers Hall of Fame - Miami Herald
David Lazerson, right, a teacher at The Quest Center in Hollywood, is given the news Tuesday that he has been named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame by volunteer Carol Strickland. David Lazerson sat in the background strumming his electric

Marlee Matlin is eliminated from `Dancing With the Stars’ - ABC News
This week’s celebrity casualty was Marlee Matlin, who came into Tuesday’s results show with 21 out of 30 points. The actress, who is deaf, lost her timing at various points during her mambo Monday with professional partner Fabian Sanchez, and the

Aiding the deaf - Baltimore Sun
How she got started // Curran went to college as an education major, hoping to concentrate in special education. However, she decided teaching children wasn’t exactly what she wanted. Taking a break from college, Curran worked in customer service at

Calendar — Urbandale, Johnston - Des Moines Register
Recycled Art Show - April 21-25. Grimes Public Library, 200 N. James St., Grimes. 986-3551; www.grimes.lib.ia.us . Good News Five - Tenor, tenor/lead, and keyboard accompanist are needed. New Hope Assembly of God, 6800 Townsend Ave., Urbandale. 276