Matt Hamill won UFC fight

Matt is on the left, Reese is on the right

Matt Hamill won his UFC fighting tonight. He beat Reese Andy by TKO in 2nd round (2:19). His record improves to 5-2.

Check out the summary of the fighting at UFC link. Be sure to scroll down and see it under Matt Hamill’s name. Also check out his fighting history from his first fight to the current one at this link.

Way to go, Matt! and keep it up! We support you all the way.

Signing Santa Brings Joy To Deaf Children

Thief stole sidekick from Deaf woman, took a picture of himself, led to his arrest

This Cincinnati, Ohio gentleman snatched a cell phone from a lost, deaf woman who had gotten out of her car to look for a street sign. Later, Gary Walker, 24, took a phonecam shot of himself. A few weeks after the robbery, the victim, Ashlee Hutchens, downloaded her data from the phone network into a new handset and Walker’s photo popped up. Police then sent it out to the media and subsequently arrested Walker. From Cincinnati Enquirer:

Later, Gary Walker, 24, took a phonecam shot of himself

 

“All of a sudden his picture came up and (Ashlee) said, ‘Oh my god, Mom, that’s him and that’s the shirt he had on,’” Christine Hutchens said.

“I get very upset when the elderly, kids or handicapped people become victims of these offenses,” said Officer Tamar Skelly, who is with Crime Stoppers.

http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/cell-phone-thief-tak.html

Deaf ‘Extreme Makeover’ couple gets financial aid

We, FB editors, just found out and really happy to hear that the Vardon Family who were Extreme Makeover winner will get financial aid.

The Macomb Daily and The Daily Tribune report Sunday the couple didn’t request money, but donations started coming after media outlets this month reported on their plight. [Read more...]

Jimactor & Jflmad Italy Vacation (part 6)

By Jimactor

Summary: Visited old church & walked in the heart of the city.

Jimactor & Jflmad Italy Vacation (part 5)

By Jimactor

Summary: Part 2 Colosseum and visited old church

Poll: Believe in Santa Claus

Did you believe in Santa Claus when you were a little kid. Were you so excited or scared or cried to see Santa Claus? Have you ever write a wish lists letter to Santa Claus before? Met deaf Santa Claus?

Jimactor & Jflmad Italy Vacation (part4)

By Jimactor

Summary:Forum part 2

See What I’m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary

Deaf people can do anything but hear. But an all deaf rock band? An international deaf comic famous around the world but unknown to hearing people? A modern day Buster Keaton who teaches at Juilliard but is currently homeless? A hard of hearing singer who is considered “not deaf enough?” 

SEE WHAT I’M SAYING follows the journeys of four extraordinary deaf entertainers over the course of a single year as their stories intertwine and culminate in some of the most important events of their lives……(read more, click: http://www.seewhatimsayingmovie.com/ )

Jean Stewart of Scotland, Countess of Morton, was Deaf

King James I and Queen Joan Beaufort of Scotland’s daughter Princess Jean a.k.a Joan (1428 – 1486) was also known as “the dumb lady of Dalkeith” was born deaf and in public used sign talk even though in that era it was seemed to be improper. She was married to the 4th Lord Dalkeith and Earl of Morton, James Douglas in 1457. Betrothed at age 13 to her cousin, James Douglas, third Earl of Angus, in an arranged marriage, but he died before the wedding. Sent to France in 1445 for education at a nunnery. In 1457, she married to James Douglas, 4th Lord Dalkeith and 1st Earl of Morton, she became the Countess of Morton. She had four children; Janet, Elizabeth, James and John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton. Buried with her husband in the Morton Monument tomb at St. Nicolas Buccleauch Parish Church, Dalkeith, near Edinburgh. Her simulacrum on the Morton Monument tomb2 is presumed the world’s oldest representation of a deaf person as sculpture. [Sources from RoyaList Online and wikipedia.org]