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Marsha Graham Speaks Out on Juvenile Crime

Oct 9, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsSupporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Children Youth and Family, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile delinquency, Marsha Graham, Status offense

[Editor’s Note: Marsha Graham is one of my favorite Supporter Contributors, and a very dear friend. Without her help, I never would have gotten started learning ASL, and she’s been a cornerstone of aid and comfort to DeafInPrison.com, since we launched. This piece was originally a comment she wrote to the post Juvenile Crimes – Our

A Quick Tech Question

Jul 8, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsAdministrative Information#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Borg, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Google, Marsha Graham, Yahoo Messenger

By BitcoDavid Generally speaking, if it transfers energy through gears and pulleys, if it works by electrons coursing through wires, or if it involves bouncing binary digits off satellites – I’ve got it down. But Marsha Graham and I are working on ways to create virtual access to the ASL Meetup. What I would like

Update: 6/20/2013

Jun 20, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, ABC News, ASL Meetup, BitcoDavid, Bugs Bunny, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Errata, Marsha Graham

By BitcoDavid Here at DeafInPrison.com, we’re not above admitting to a mistake. After all, we make so few of them. But alas, to err is Human. Yesterday, we posted the story of a 12 year-old girl who was denied the right to use ASL on a New Jersey school bus. Well, it turns out that

Super Huge Digest Post – 6/14/2013

Jun 14, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, AlterNet, ASL Meetup, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Marsha Graham, Orange Is the New Black, Piper Kerman, Shanna Groves

By BitcoDavid OK. Spark up a Cohiba and get settled in. Books and Movies We recently did a review of the book, Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman. Well, Netflix is planning a streamed television series based on the book. As many of you may be aware, Netflix is working to position themselves

“Kissface” the Horse

Jun 5, 2013deafinprisonorg14 CommentsEditorials, News#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Boston, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Marsha Graham, Police Abuse, Police officer

By BitcoDavid Years ago, I lived in Boston‘s West Fens – a corner of the ghetto area, Roxbury. In those days, Boston police had one of the few mounted police divisions. These cops loved their horses, and saw the posting as a position of honor and dignity. The cops would be assigned to different beats

Better

May 5, 2013deafinprisonorg5 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, Baby Boom, BitcoDavid, Chris Walas, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jack LaLanne, Language, Marsha Graham

By BitcoDavid In a scene from Chris Walas‘s the Fly II, the lead character, Martin and his girlfriend are hiding out in a motel. He’s mutating into a giant fly – twitching, peeling and losing his teeth and hair. Beth, his girlfriend, tells him they need to get to a doctor. She say’s “you’re getting

Them Hearies; Who Can Figure ‘Em?

May 2, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, AnotherBoomerBlog, ASL, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Hard of Hearing, HoH Community, Marsha Graham

By BitcoDavid Marsha Graham raised an interesting point, this morning. In a post on her site, she asked why Hearies often leave the TV blaring in the background, while attempting an important business call. I responded as best I could with a comment. The above links will take you to her original post, and my

April at DeafInPrison.com

May 1, 2013deafinprisonorg19 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, ASL Meetup, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Lipreading Mom, Live Blogging, Marsha Graham, Red Sox, Supporter Contributions

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=138924950 key=key-2f9bnjhd5j5e2x77gezx mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

Coping With Innocence After Death Row

Apr 24, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentSupporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, Adobe PDF, AnotherBoomerBlog, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, DNA, Embedded Media, Exoneration, Innocence, Marsha Graham

By Marsha Graham The following embedded PDF written by by Saundra D. Westervelt and Kimberly J. Cook, examines the struggles of exonerated inmates, as they attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. [scribd id=137765917 key=key-144nimprbujdqbyovbs5 mode=scroll] Marsha Graham is the driving force behind several blogs, among them AnotherBoomerBlog. She is a good

Week From Hell – Morphs Into Digest Post

Apr 20, 2013deafinprisonorg5 CommentsDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, ASL Meetup, BitcoDavid, Boston Marathon, Computer Networking, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Marsha Graham, Mass RMV, Northshore Mall

By BitcoDavid Finally, a post. Let’s start with the fact that today’s 4/20. Those of you who know what that means… know what that means. As I understand it, Denver is embroiled in a huge, high profile celebration of this (very) unofficial, unconventional and controversial holiday. You can say what you want, but I’d be