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		<title>BSL version of Interim Group Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The report that was put up from the Interim Working Group was all in English: there is now a BSL copy available on the website. It is late, but hope the issues become more widely accessible. All comments are welcome. Interim Working Group meeting is Feb 1st, from 6pm at Bristol Deaf Centre. The AGM [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=430&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bristol Deaf Centre &#8211; clock ticking down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick post here: the clock is fast ticking down&#8230; 8th February: Annual General Meeting of Bristol Deaf Centre (deadline for motions is Wednesday 25th January) 1st February: Open meeting of Interim Working Group: see the other blog for: a. information about 1st February meeting b. summary of information collected so far (in English, I understand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=372&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent: Bristol Deaf Centre sale and closure imminent!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s official re: the seriousness of the situation of the Bristol Deaf Centre, which faces imminent closure, as reported by the Evening Post just before Xmas. This follows an article by Charlie Swinbourne recently on the woes being faced by Bristol Deaf people &#8211; which is, to put it metaphorically, a large pair of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=351&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bristol Centre for Deaf People meeting: high passions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended an eventful (open public) meeting at Bristol Centre for Deaf People (BCDP) on Friday night. Am not going to do a &#8216;report&#8217;, impossible, cos so much happened, but this is my brief &#8216;tweets&#8217; timeline as a way of summary: Emergency General Meeting was called to discuss cuts in services by Bristol City Council [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=332&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Symposium in Applied Sign Linguistics &#8211; Documenting Sign Languages for Learning and Teaching Purposes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 11:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the successful 1st symposium that took place in September 2009, the 2nd one is fast coming up at the Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol, from June 30th to July 2nd. This second symposium aims at bringing together scholars, researchers and educational practitioners to discuss the ‘documentation’ of sign languages for teaching and learning purposes. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=328&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book/DVD offer extended / citizenship website now up / group rights research findings included</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 10:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick message here that the special offer on the book/dvd (BSL), Citizenship and the Deaf Community, has been extended by Ishara Press until the end of June 2011. This co-incides with a new website http://deafcitizenship.com A few words about the website: I bought the domain name in 2007. I wanted the BSL DVD to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=326&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Excellent Press Release from Irish Deaf Society regarding Italian Parliament proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 22:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks again to Alison, for passing on a copy of this excellent Press Release: At the moment, the Italian government is discussing the enactment of the Italian Sign Language (LIS) bill at the moment. However, a proposal was made to rename the Italian Sign Language as the language of mime and gesture (LMG), in effect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=324&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Italy proposals met with opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 20:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TigerDeafie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather worrying events in Italy have drawn the attention of the world&#8217;s Deaf people. The full details are at Grumpy Old Deafies and I wanted to add my support for the opposition to what&#8217;s happening in Italy &#8211; I wrote to the President of the Italian Parliament and others yesterday to express my extreme concerns [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=319&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PhD Book/DVD details: Citizenship and the Deaf Community</title>
		<link>http://drstevendemery.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/phd-bookdvd-details-price-reduction-until-end-of-may-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks for everyone who attended the launch of the Book/DVD and raised interesting questions and engaged in an absorbing discussion.  There were many questions raised that gave me a lot to think about, many of which would be useful for further reflection. Finally, however, the DVD is available. The DVD is inside the back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=294&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary sets the standards for the world&#8217;s Deaf people!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few words about a conference that took place in Budapest, Hungary on 25/26 March to which I was an invited speaker, entitled: &#8216;Multilingualism in Europe: prospects and practices in East-Central Europe&#8217;. Detailed conference information can be found here There is an explanation of the conference in International Sign via You-tube here It was specifically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drstevendemery.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165099&amp;post=291&amp;subd=drstevendemery&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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