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Editorial: Unseemly row brings alive disability issues
Auckland :: New Zealand | over 1 year ago
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Saturday Feb 18, 2012 Mojo Mathers is the first member of Parliament in New Zealand who is oblivious to the hubbub, the muttered asides, the gossip and groans around her. To that extent, her hearing disability could be an advantage. But she also
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Parliament should lead by example on disability provision - PSA (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | over 1 year ago
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31 am Parliament should be setting an example to the country's employers by removing all barriers to Deaf and disabled people's participation in parliamentary debates, says Nicola Owen, PSA Deaf and Disabled Members' Network Spokesperson.
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University of Kentucky, deaf fan settle suit
Louisville :: KY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Ky. Charles Mitchell won't be able to hear the crowd noise or announcements when he goes to a University of Kentucky football game this fall, but he will be able to track announcements and read the words to "My Old Kentucky Home." Mitchell, a deaf
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Mojo Mathers makes history with maiden speech
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Wednesday Feb 15, 2012 Without words or even sound, members of the deaf community cheered on Green MP Mojo Mathers as she made her history-making official introduction to Parliament today...The MP spoke about the difficulties she had faced because of
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CNN sued over lack of closed captioning on website
Oakland :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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A federal magistrate has refused to dismiss a suit by deaf Californians against CNN for its refusal to add closed captioning to news video clips on its website. The lawsuit only alleges discrimination in the way the network delivers its news online
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James Jespersen, co-inventor of closed captioning, dies at 77
Mexico City :: Mexico | over 1 year ago
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Jespersen, 77, a co-inventor of closed captioning for the hearing impaired, won an Emmy Award for his work in 1980 and was honored at the White House. He worked as a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder in radio
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Does Jersey Shore's Snooki Look Better Without Makeup?
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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In addition to partying, tanning and "smushing," Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is known for her intense love of makeup. So it was quite the shock when the 24-year-old Jersey Shore star posted a pic of her totally bare-faced on Twitter Wednesday. "No make
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Cinemas open eyes and ears to audiences
Sydney :: Australia | over 1 year ago
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Boxing Day is as much an Australian tradition as spinnakers unfurling across Sydney Harbour or a Mexican wave circling the MCG on the opening day of the Test. This year, more than 3 million Australians who have hearing or vision loss will be able to
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Vela Announces Major Update Release for ArgoNavis Multiscreen HD & SD MPEG2 and H.264 Decoding Solution
Clearwater :: FL :: USA | over 1 year ago
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H.264 decoder solution, designed for the content distribution, ad insertion, local origination, medical imaging and education applications of broadcasters, cable operators, and other demanding users worldwide...The system is capable of decoding
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Deaf MP pushing for tech upgrade
Auckland :: New Zealand | over 1 year ago
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Friday Dec 16, 2011 Mojo Mathers will be relying on the "far from ideal" solution of electronic note taking to follow proceedings in Parliament when she takes her place there next week as New Zealand's first profoundly deaf MP. But Ms Mathers hopes a
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