Tuesday, October 24, 2006
(2nd) Free Windows Live Messenger Name Cards!
Free Windows Live Messenger Name Cards
Monday, October 09, 2006
In protest, deaf students take over college building
Students said campus police on Friday morning forced their way into the Hall Memorial Building, shoving and elbowing students and pepper spraying some.
The school denied use of pepper spray and said authorities needed to rush in because of a bomb threat, though there turned out to be no bomb.
Ryan Commerson, a student and leader of the protests, said the campus police apparently did not know sign language and could not communicate their concerns to students as they pushed their way in.
A lack of knowledge of sign language by those charged with protecting the students has historically caused troubles at the university not far from the U.S. Capitol, but the school has previously said it took steps to address that.
Commerson said one student went to doctors on campus Friday after being sprayed because he had a burning sensation on his neck.
But Gallaudet University spokeswoman Mercy Coogan told CNN she checked with the head of security and was told that no pepper spray or Mace had been used and that no one was hurt.
University officials said the students were illegally occupying the building, and that authorities had the right to enter.
Coogan did not say how the bomb threat came in. Campus police called D.C. Metro police to the school, she said, but only campus police entered the building, and D.C. police soon left.
After the incident, the protests were calm. More than 200 people were inside the building taking part in the protests -- including some faculty.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
International Committe of sports for the Deaf
The games are built on 80 years of tradition. Organized since 1924 by the Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS (The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf), the first Summer Deaflympics were held in Paris. Winter Deaflympics were added in 1949. The Summer and Winter Deaflympics are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee, IOC.
The need for separate games for deaf athletes is not just evident in the numbers of participants. Deaf athletes are distinguished from all others in their special communication needs on the sports field, as well as in the social interaction that is an equally vital part of the games.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Use Gmail as a Hard Drive
Google Sketchup
*Click on a shape and push or pull it to create your desired 3D geometry.
*Experiment with color and texture directly on your model.
*Real-time shadow casting lets you see exactly where the sun falls as you model.
*Select from thousands of pre-drawn components to save time drawing.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
McDonlad's Video Game (Freeware)
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