DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - April 5, 2017
-- a Deaf Cash Mob
What is a Cash Mob? Somewhat similar to the flash mob
in past years. The participants purchase something
as a way to support the business and, in the case
of the Deaf Cash Mob, to thank the shop for
supporting the deaf. Employees at the
Knoxville Center for the Deaf showed up at the
local Chick-fil-A restaurant to order food
and greeting the restaurant employees. A
picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-cash-mob/
-- good or bad joke
Is it a good joke or a bad joke? There was a
posting on an Australian web site, saying
that Australian researchers developed an app
that would help deaf babies how to speak!
It was something like an April Fools' Joke.
So, good joke or bad joke? Remember hearing
babies only speak baby-talk until they become
a few years older.
-- Deaf 14,813 Alarm Boxes
Deaf Alarm Boxes in New York City? There are
14,813 of these such boxes on public streets.
Almost all people use cell phones, including
the deaf, to report fires. Yet, way back in
2011 a New York judge ruled that these fire
boxes cannot be taken down until something
deaf-friendly can be used as a better way
to report fires. No one, however, knows of
a better way, and so, these fire boxes
continue! And it costs New York a lot of
money to continue, something that the city
government hates.
Latest deaf jobs
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- engineering marvels that help the deaf
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
4/02/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
