[Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] VI photographer- TV character in NCIS, Easter

[Lisa Yayla]

Hi,
Article from TV Guide about an upcoming tv show with a VI photographer, 
Easter Egg hunting, a blog about The Earth From Above and audio 
description of Wind in the Willows.

Best,
Lisa


John Billingsley, most recently seen on  The Nine  and perhaps best 
known as Star Trek: Enterprise's Dr. Phlox, will guest on the May 1 
episode of CBS' NCIS. He'll play a visually impaired photographer with 
an acute sense of smell whom the NCIS team enlists to help solve the 
case of a deceased petty officer who shows up in one of the shutterbug's 
recent pictures.In other casting news involving actors from shows with 
numbers in the title, a 90210er and a Party of Fiver are Medium-bound. 
Check out the <a 
href="http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Im-90210party-Scoop/700017606">Ausiello 
Report for deets.

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Todays-News/Casting-Ncis-Dials/800012333?rssDate=12345678


article
http://deafnn.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/wwwazstarnetcom-egg-hunt-thrills-students-at-school-for-deaf-blind/

Egg hunt thrills students at school for deaf, blind

/ARIZONA DAILY STAR /

Oscar Quintero has been on plenty of Easter egg hunts.
None of them compared to Saturday's, though.
For the first time ever, the visually impaired 15-year-old was able to 
hunt for eggs by himself.
Thanks to Qwest's Southern Arizona Telecom Pioneers, Quintero could hear 
where the eggs were hidden.
The club outfitted 40 large plastic eggs with electronic circuit boards, 
batteries and speaker phones so they would emit a beeping noise.
On Saturday, the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind on 
West Speedway placed those eggs and dozens of others out on the lawn of 
the campus, so visually and hearing-impaired students could go on a hunt.
The students who participated were those who live too far away to get 
home for the weekend, said Marcy Albert, one of the schools' deans.
There were plenty of cheers and giggles as 33 students raced from one 
egg to the next, sometimes by themselves, other times with friends and 
staff members by their sides.
Again and again, congratulations were heard as students showed off their 
brightly colored finds and struggled to juggle them.
Quintero found seven eggs during the first hunt of the afternoon.
His friends Josh Tall, 15, Jarod Tsosie, 16, and Abram Adison, 15, found 
10, nine and three, respectively.
"They were cool, they sounded like bombs," Tsosie said with a grin.
Sophomore Cassandra Jones, 16, teamed up with fellow student Alyssia 
Chiago, 9, for most of the afternoon.
"It was just a beautiful day today," Jones said through a sign language 
interpreter. "I just had a lot of fun."
Never taking her eyes off the big white rabbit walking upright through 
the crowd, Alyssia said she was having so much fun she hadn't even 
counted her eggs yet.
At the end of the hunt, the students turned in their eggs for a large 
basket filled with goodies. They also visited with members of the Tucson 
Fire Department, who showed off their fire engine and gear.
The Telecom Pioneers were thrilled to bring the beeping eggs to the 
school for the first time, said Sherry Daughtry, president of the group.
"It's been fabulous, oh my gosh,'' Albert said. "It's been beyond my 
wildest expectations of what it was going to be."


A new kind of photo
The Earth From Above
http://www.creativenarrations.net/2007/04/new-kind-of-photo.html

excerpt

Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls... An Audio Described Stream of Masterpiece Theatre's The Wind in the Willows

A new audio described adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic story The Wind in the Willows, which aired on PBS stations on Sunday evening, is now available online.  As is the case with all Masterpiece Theatre productions, this program was described by WGBH's Media Access Group. However, for this program, WGBH, producer of Masterpiece Theatre, sought and received the rights to stream the audio described version (no video) on the program's Web site. Due to rights restrictions, this content is only available online in the United States, its territories, possessions, and commonwealths.  

Here is the link to the program's site, and to the streaming audio files:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/willows/index.html