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August 28, 2008
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DeafDC.com's mission is to provide access to information, resources and bottom-line benefits for deaf and hard of hearing professionals living in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and around the world. In addition, we are also the official Deaf Professional Happy Hour (DPHH)® website.
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 Deaf Redskin? Nah, Just Semantics. by Allison Kaftan
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Well, who knew? Turns out, according to the Washington Times, Reed Doughty, Redskins safety, has a hearing loss. Don't get too excited. He's definitely not deaf. Just has a hearing loss.
Gotta give up a simultaneous eye-roll and kiss-fist for ...[keep reading]
 Sticky Rice, I'm Stuck on You by Julie Hochgesang
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In DC, is there a place you can go where everyone knows your name in sign? (Okay, sorry for the lame attempt at trying to re-create the spirit of the theme song from "Cheers" ... Where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came. You wanna be ...[keep reading]
 September DPHH at Georgetown Washington Harbour by DeafDC.com
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It's that time of year again, the biggest DPHH of the fall slate! We're hosting the September DPHH at the Washington Harbor, with a new, unprecedented twist: choices galore! Meet at the water fountain that is adjacent to our usual location and have your pick of the bars that encircle ...[keep reading]
 Fruits and Elbow Grease by Vikki Porter
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You work hard. Put in the proverbial elbow grease. Pull teeth in order to get what you want or need, and you got the bite marks to prove it. And then... someone else comes along and shamelessly lays claim to the fruits of your labor.
Sounds like a typical cutthroat workday, ...[keep reading]
 Peak Oil and the President: An Energy Plan I Can Vote For by Chris Heuer
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Here's a joke about America's Energy Plan for you: A guy walks into a bar filled with average Americans and randomly asks them if they've ever heard of global warming (and the potentially serious impact it could have on future generations of human beings all over the world).
"Of course," almost ...[keep reading]
Downgrade U by Vikki Porter
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They say music reflect the current times. But in this day and time, the lyrics of the song-- "Upgrade U" by Beyoncé Knowles-- don't cut the mustard:
Partner Let me upgrade you
Audemars Piguet you
Switch your neck ties to purple labels
Upgrade you
I can (up), can I (up)
Lemme upgrade you
Partner let me ...[keep reading]
 Tagging Gender Identity by Josh Mendelsohn
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Several years ago, I had a good talk with a friend of mine who was planning on going through a sex change operation. She had long been a proudly out Lesbian, and I asked what had prompted her to decide to change her outward gender in a way that would ...[keep reading]
 National DPHH Website Launched by Shane Feldman
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The national Deaf Professional Happy Hourâ„¢ (DPHHâ„¢) website (http://www.dphh.com) was launched during the 2008 NAD Conference in New Orleans! We aim to set up and provide support to DPHHs in every major urban area with a significant deaf population. Several cities across ...[keep reading]
 iPhone 3G: First Impressions by Bobby Cox
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Well, in a word:Â "Wow."Â If that's enough for you, you can stop reading.
Oh, you want more details. Okay!
First, the bad news:Â The TAP plan is not available yet, so us early adopters of the iPhone 3G have had to pick the standard plans, which start at $69.99 per month, ...[keep reading]
I *heart* Muck Redux by Julie Hochgesang
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Last week during a hot cloudy hour when we couldn't swim in the pool (I had a housesitting gig at a friend's house with a pool), Muck (or Michelle McAuliffe, artist extraordinarie) and I were driving around College Park, talking about everything from IKEA lightbulbs to hearing boys. "One ...[keep reading]
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Alexander Graham Bell Association
DC Association of the Deaf
DC Self Help for the Hard of Hearing
Deaf Access Solutions
Gallaudet University
Greater Washington Deaf Asians
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Local open-captioned (OC), Rear Window Captioned (RWC) captioned and subtitled/foreign movies in the Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia regions searchable by state.
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Various employment opportunities are included in this area. With the goal of connecting deaf professionals with new opportunities, employers are free to add their own opportunities with no cost to them.
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Education of the self and others is critical towards realizing success in the professional workplace. This section provides links to continuing education and scholarship opportunities throughout not only the region but around the United States.
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Captioned Movies
Find captioned movies at the below URLs
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Deaf Professional
Happy Hour
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The Washington, DC DPHH has transitioned from DeafDC.com to DPHH.com. If you’re looking for the July 5th DC DPHH photos from Fado Irish Pub and the announcement about the August 1st DPHH location, go to:
http://www.dphh.com/washingtondc
(Bookmark this website for the DC DPHH!) [ more...]
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June 2008 DPHH Photos
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