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Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:16:36 -0700

It’s our Deaf Noam now 10 months old. He is sitting on his...

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:11:00 -0700

It’s our Deaf Noam now 10 months old. He is sitting on his dad’s first Devia chair. Developmentally he is growing nicely, now finally sitting upright on his own. He is also standing on both feet with help of his both hands on something.

He constantly hand babbles yet to form a sign word. He should be coming up with a sign word anytime. He is now wearing high ended digital aids (worth $5,000 fully paid by the state of Colorado) for short interventions daily, he loves music that he does actually dance to music and with 95 db loss in both ears, he can localize where sounds come from. He receives three time weekly speech auditory training. We do not yet know how good his speech auditory perception is, we will just go as to this point, no more than that.

Cognitively he is advancing nicely. When his dad picked up a t.v. remote control, Noam quickly looked at the t.v. expecting channel changes. It shows that he was aware of what is going to happen.

Devia oak chair by Uzi Buzgalo 2006 Here’s an oddity, we...

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:57:00 -0700

Devia oak chair by Uzi Buzgalo 2006 Here’s an oddity, we found this oak chair at a garage sale. Uzi saw out figures of hands and smoothened them, it is the very first Devia chair, one out of three seats here in our house. See the next posting with our Deaf Noam sitting on it.

Watch a new Deaf film “Beyond the World”! Think...

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:51:00 -0600

Watch a new Deaf film “Beyond the World”! Think about buying dvds for holiday gifts.

In 3 languages…

Soon to be released! — lightkitchen

I really look forward to seeing this film myself.

Haunted Dorm by Anne Marie Baer, one of her innovative ASL...

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:00:00 -0600

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Haunted Dorm by Anne Marie Baer, one of her innovative ASL lyrics works intended to protray Deaf experience of oppression in rather more literature sense. This work is still in process, there are so much being experimented in this work leaving to two main areas that still need fine tuning: ASL telling story technique and cinematic effects. I shared this with some of my friends and got different feedback. Holding it already for two years, I cannot hold it forever and do not think I will have time to re-shoot myself and do better video editing work, I decided to r e l e a s e ! Enjoy. If you like, do take the liberty to e-mail me and share me your reaction and thoughts. AnneMarieBaer@gmail.com

Finally a trick ‘n treat, here is newly released ASL...

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:01:00 -0600

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Finally a trick ‘n treat, here is newly released ASL literature work “Haunted Dorm” (see above, or click “Haunted Dorm” It was created two years ago, inspired by experience of oppression encountered in an ASL research project, I decided to turn it into a literary work piece that could serve a genre of entertainment work in ASL as well as for providing a deep thought provoking anaylsis useful for Deaf studies and social studies. The 3-min introduction explains about four actual characters how their shameness of being so ruthless oppressants and the point of climax of the story are intended to be interpreted.

In this work, I added a variety of cinematic effects that incorporates in ASL parameters to settings of the story to enhance effects. I wish to point out two well known Deaf film makers and a Deaf vlogger who also used similar cinematic effects in their works to add greater dimensions to our language and culture.

Barbara Digiovianni’s heartwarming congratalations to Julie Rems Smario for recieiving a Humanitarian award Internationally recognized at the eWomenNetwork Foundation International Femtor Awards Gala.

Daniele Le Rose’s presentation of “The Le Rose Cut” H-M-H model theory as well as Rene Visco’s film works that demonstrate these cinematic effects (scroll down to bottom)

The “Haunted Dorm” story lasts 11 minute, it is not like a 3 to 5 min quickie. It is for entertainment in first version, consider it not a final product yet. For feed back, take the liberty to e-mail me at AnneMarieBaer@gmail.com

Me and my grandmother on the 1st day of Sukkot holiday. Uzi...

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:01:00 -0600

Me and my grandmother on the 1st day of Sukkot holiday. Uzi Buzgalo 2007

Click here to watch me explaining about this artwork how it was developed here in our house.

This is Uzi Buzgalo’s other Devia artwork recently...

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:54:56 -0600

Me and my grandmother on 1st day of Sukkot holiday Uzi Buzgalo 2007

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This is Uzi Buzgalo’s other Devia artwork recently completed. Please see the artwork on my next posting, See everything in one place, picture of artwork and video in ASLThis is a remarkable example of how a Deaf individual self empowers by accomplishing something on his own and enjoys the ownership. This is in reference to my previous vlog discussion about Deaf empowerment issues, Difference between being self empowered and empowered by others. Instead of having to be with his all hearing families to celebrate Sukkot holiday, a Jewish tradition to build huts and tents, he stayed with his grandmother to build his own little one. His grandmother remains in his fondest memory for using Moroccan gestures and home signs that provided the foundation of his language development in his early childhood. You can notice his grandmother holding the chair steadily to allow her 10 year old Deaf grandson (Uzi) build his hut and self empower himself this way while his families celebrate Sukkot in the far distance as can be seen in the upper left of the painting.

See Uzi Buzgalo’s Arts Gallery

This is a follow-up discussion of previous vlog about Difference...

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:33:02 -0600

How processes of empowerment may differ in one having the ownership and self automation critical for Deaf individuals, community, and socialization processes. 4 min

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This is a follow-up discussion of previous vlog about Difference between being self empowered and empowered by others. I question whether empowerment by others on reliance of a philosophy, social theoretical framework will allow one to having a full ownership of achievement. Self empowerment does, and having an ownership is necessary for greater self automation that is the ability to have the best experience in socialization. When one has self automation, this person has the ability to self actualize to great extent.

To cite:

Baer, Anne Marie. (2007, October 18). How processes of empowerment may differ in one having the ownership and self automation critical for Deaf individuals, community, and socialization processes. Retrieved (put on date when you download it), from http://annemarieasl.tumblr.com/post/16185068.

Deaf discourse: What it means to be self empowered or empowered...

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:42:21 -0600

How a human group comes together to be empowered or only some being so. 3 1/2 min

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Second point - experience of Deaf survivors being fully participants, we all find it self empowering 4 min

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3rd video clip: There is a stark difference in being empowered by other and being self empowered 3 1/2 min

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Deaf discourse: What it means to be self empowered or empowered by other? Three video clips discuss on how social experience processes can have impact on one becoming emancipated to not being quite so. There is a difference in being empowered by other and being self empowered.

To cite:

Baer, Anne Marie. (2007, October 15). The
stark difference between being self empowered and being empowered. Retrieved October 15, 2007, from http://annemarieasl.tumblr.com/post/15740078

This is to get an idea how a signing baby develops language...

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:15:26 -0600

Deaf Noam infant at 7;0 mos already starts signing - video clips with an explanation about first year language development - 12 min in length with links to information

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This is to get an idea how a signing baby develops language during his first month to about 8 - 10 months before developing a first sign word. I cannot subtitle a 12 minute long video clip. For non signers and new ones, you can scale to video clips to observe our deaf Noam at 4;5 and 7;0 starts using hands to develop “pre” sign vocabulary, known as protoword. Also you can watch how mom and her infant interact.

Nature moms – a brief clear explanation of how signing enhances early onset language development

Dr Laura-Ann Pettito’s most recent work on hand babbling

New York Times on Infant’s hand babbling to language development

More current research information on babbling and the transition to prototypical sign can be found in chapter 9 “The Form of Early Signs: Explaining Signing Children’s Articulatory Development” by Richard Meier in an edited book: Schick, Marschark, & Spencer. (Eds.). (2006). Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf Children. (pp. 202-230). New York: Oxford University Press.

Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf Children

To cite:

Baer, Anne Marie. (2007, August 19). Deaf Noam infant at 7;0 mos already starts signing. Retrieved September 29, 2007, from http://annemarieasl.tumblr.com/post/9109141

I just found “ASL Now” card among old stuff in my...

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:36:23 -0600

Here is "ASL Now" card I bought 16 years ago - 2 min vlog

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I just found “ASL Now” card among old stuff in my box recently. Here is an explanation why I chose this card over “Deaf President Now” card even it was in 1991.

Jum Reilly the Deaf woman artist from Thailand

Easy to print a letter ready for Laurent Clerc I somehow...

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:09:55 -0600

Holler at the Post Office to make Laurent Clerc stamps 1 min

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Easy to print a letter ready for Laurent Clerc

I somehow stumbled upon this web that a fellow George Kononenko posted and thought we should do it massively to get the Post Office recognize our most valuable Deaf teacher of the Deaf, namely Laurent Clerc. Public awareness is one important key to promote bilingualism in our Deaf Ed.

My deaf mother during Nazi time in Germany - narration abt 10...

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:29:00 -0600

My deaf mother during Nazi time in Germany - narration abt 10 min with photos

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My deaf mother during Nazi time in Germany - narration abt 10 min with photos

My three deaf siblings and I are survivors if it was not for our grandparents who hid my mother in their house during her childhood. They had no choice but had to drill my mother to sound like a hearing to avoid suspicion. Many deaf people in Germany were sterilized. Despite my mother’s residual hearing with fairly good auditory speech comprehension, she still felt so suppressed from having to keep on concentrating. The psychological effect lasted through her lifetime. It would have made a huge difference if she and her family were allowed to speak, sign, and be bilingual.

To cite:

Baer, Anne Marie. (2007, July 27). Deaf Noam infant at 7;0 mos already starts signing. Retrieved September 29, 2007, from http://annemarieasl.tumblr.com/post/6927306

Let’s share our testimonials this weekend: video 1 and...

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:40:35 -0600

Let's share our testimonials on 27th and 28th during the AGB conference

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Let’s share our testimonials this weekend: video 1 and half min with a translation text.

I have been thinking about this upcoming AGB conference on July 27th and 28th..what we can do to continue open dialogue. I was impressed with Anon’s story on Deaf Cy Tea Time: Amy mother of CI children where he described his experience with cochlea implantation since age of 2 years. We really need to hear more stories from those who have been wearing CI since early age as 2 to 4 years. I am sure there are CI wearers who have positive outcomes with the device whereas some do not. We really need to hear more. As a researcher myself, I have read research articles on CI children, they are just methods with numbers, usually 24 children or more for statistics. Then there are analysis and discussion about results that do not reflect the actual picture of those who experience with language usage and socialization. It will be very valuable to hear more stories.

Now for these two days on 27th and 28th, how about we can make a tribute of truth by sharing a story about yourself, someone who you know, your friend, or family member’s experience with oralism excluding sign language and such suppression. I will be sharing my story with several black and white photos of my deaf mother raised in Germany during World War 2. She did had some hearing..and this will be coming this weekend.

Reading worthy sites:

John Egbert and Bilingual Coalition

Aquabb’s blog: Many choices, One Deaf World

Random thoughts n’ musing: More thoughts for hearing parents and for us to consider

Barb DiGi’s blog: It is no crying shame to be in protest

A recipe from our family friend Karsanbhai, with our...

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:55:07 -0600

To make myself and my guys happy..make puri naan bread!

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A recipe from our family friend Karsanbhai, with our affectionate thanks to Bindu:

Puri bread

A cereal bowl of all purpose flour
1 tablespoon of semolina flour (cream of wheat)
1 stick of butter
¾ tsp salt
Black pepper
Tumeric powder
1 clove of finely minced garlic
1 teaspoon of green chilis finely minced - to taste..until you feel palatably hot, that’s how it is to be!

Make dough with some amount of warm water added gradually kneading into a soft pliable dough. Roll into small balls, abt an inch in diameter and press them into “mini crepes”. Press them really thin then perforate holes with a knife tip. Fry them at medium heat until golden. Yummy!

Recently I landed on Pickled Relish’s blog Her site mostly...

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:41:59 -0600
For another serious Deaf cooker, here is my story how I became a kitchen fiend. 6 min of bit choppy impromptu

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Recently I landed on Pickled Relish’s blog Her site mostly talk about foods, I cannot help but say..fiiiiiiinally there is one good Deaf cooker. She reminds me when I was 20 years old 22 years ago.

Tips for deaf infant prereading skills development 1) Pick a...

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:58:27 -0600
Deaf infant Noam 6;0 mos old develops attention skills for prereading About 5 min, 2 min of my explanation, 3 min of us reading.

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Tips for deaf infant prereading skills development

1) Pick a book that has easy to see, single image each page.

2) Let your baby look at pictures before saying anything. It may take awhile before your baby will be ready to watch you signing.

3) Keep the image close to your face, allow the baby look at the picture then when s/he looks at you, s/he is ready.

4) Repeat same signs few times and stop when the baby looks away. That way s/he will learn it is the end of conversation when one is not looking.

5) Let baby touch your hand when signing, even on the image if there is texture to feel.

6) It is perfectly fine to fingerspell a or few short words. Even at this age, child develops acute receptive skills for reading fingerspelling important for English vocabulary development.

It is the beginning of child’s literacy and language development!

Author note: Please respectfully cite my work.

Embodiment of deaf consiciousness: Filtering mental processes,...

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:35:12 -0600

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Embodiment of deaf consiciousness: Filtering mental processes, experiences, and selection of mnemonics

In response to how deaf people handle mass of instant information in Internet, deaf v/blog sphere: LightKitchen points out a blog dicusssion Is the web killing out culture?

Author note: I insist you respectfully cite the discussion.

Gotta show off a new Devia work! This is “Six Days of Sitting”...

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:33:50 -0600

Gotta show off a new Devia work!

This is “Six Days of Sitting” artwork my husband Uzi just completed. As usual I helped to touch up a bit. The actual history to this creative work is..Uzi was one of deaf students who were all of sudden transported to the basement of a building when 6 Days War began. He spent 4 days sitting in the basement, in darkness without electricity but with a candlelight that drew all hands of deaf children. They played out thoughts for hours. The back seat resembles a small window concealed with blue paint, a broken iron decorator, and brown tapes taped over the glass to prevent from shattering. On fifth day, everyone got out and had to stay in Jerusalem while Israelis fought on the outskirt of the country until the war finally ended on the 6th day.