Alessio: WorldSign Week. News from around
the world happening the past week.
The Women's March was a worldwide
protest that occurred last January 21st.
Dawn: The goal of the march was to
support causes such as women's rights,
health care reform, natural environment
protection, LGBTQ rights, freedom of
religion, and several other causes.
The rallies were focused on US President
Donald Trump, especially his anti-women
comments and other offensive remarks.
Numbers are still being tallied but
reports say that all over the world,
nearly five million people marched in
major cities, and in more than 500 U.S.
cities, more than 3.3 million people
flowed into the streets.
The largest one was in Washington, D.C,
with over half a million attendees.
Political scientists say the D.C.
demonstration may be one of the
largest in American history.
-After the success of the Women's March,
the question is "what now?"-- history
shows it was difficult for popular
movements to stay consistently active
long-term and to plan actions that would
create political change.
But the event organizers were not
ruffled by the obstacles.
Within minutes after the march in
Washington, D.C., they hosted a four-hour
pep rally and networking session called
"Where Do We Go From Here?" to keep
the interest up.
Trump's reply to all this: he tweeted
that the elections were already over and
said "why didn't these people vote?"
and that celebrities were hurting the cause.
He later tweeted a more
politically correct comment.
-Many devices in your home or office
or car have battery.
There are risks involved with battery.
Alessio: Yes. There are always risk
involved with battery.
It was recently brought to our attention
when Samsung's Galaxy Note 7
first came out in 2016.
It was praised for having better battery
life than the other competitors.
Then the phones started blowing up.
So, Samsung issued a massive recall.
The replacement phones also blew up,
forcing the company to halt production.
After a gigantic internal investigation,
Samsung announced that the culprit was
lithium-ion batteries.
The phone cases were too small, leading to
batteries short circuiting and exploding.
Lithium batteries were introduced to the
world in 1991 and today, most phones
carry it along with numerous
other electronic devices.
-Millions of people carry devices that
has lithium batteries.
Using laptops, taking pictures with
cameras or smoking electronic cigarettes.
Electronic cigarettes injuries are on
rise after many of devices exploded in
person's face. After seeing the Galaxy
Note 7 exploding battery disaster, you
may be wondering "will my phone
explode?" Note 7 isn't the first phone
to have battery problems and it won't be
the last. There are always risk
involved with devices that have
batteries. Follow the safety instruction
and precautions will reduce risks.
-Okay. next story. It is official.
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the
45th President of the U.S. From some
angles the Trump presidency has been off
to a rocky start and it was
right off the bat.
Dawn: Yes. Trump administration declared
inaccurate facts, presented as
"alternative facts" about the small
crowds at the inauguration.
Other reported that Trump was angry that
U.S. intelligence agency workers didn't
cheer. The biggest whopper: White House
secretary Sean Spicer said "This was
the largest audience to ever witness an
inauguration--period--both in person and
around the globe." but many reports and
photos show otherwise a
smaller inauguration audience.
-Pushing the inauguration controversy
aside, Trump has begun to turn his
attention to his new job.
He assured the people he was ready to
begin governing. The White House has
seen Trump signed few executive orders
such as directing federal resources to
building the Mexican border wall and a
temporary ban on most refugees.
Trump himself hinted the orders when he
tweeted: "Big day planned on NATIONAL
SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other
things, we will build the wall!"
He will also begin affecting changes to
the country's policies on issues like
climate change issues and immigration laws.
-It's time for Deaf news - DeafWire!
Alessio: Ah Welcome to DeafWire, first news:
Oklahoma's office of the District
Attorney (D.A.) announced that Pearl
Pearson, a 64-year-old deaf man who
suffered extensive injuries from an
encounter with troopers during a traffic
stop in 2014 would not go to trial and
his charges was dropped.
The original incident: state troopers
stopped Pearson, pulled him out of his
vehicle and rained blows on him for
seven minutes, leaving him with a
swollen and bruised face.
Pearson was charged with fighting the
officers and resisting arrest.
-After the incident, police refused to
release the dashcam video.
However, few weeks later, after the
media frenzy died down, they quietly
released the video which showed troopers
screaming at Pearson and pulling him out.
Pearson has no criminal record and was
stuck with the charges for three years
until now. The reason for the D.A.
tossing the case out?
The cost of translators was too high.
Dawn: Deaf advocates say all Canadians
should be able to text 911 in
emergencies. Not all regions have 911
services that are accessible to the deaf
and hard-of-hearing.
The Deaf Wireless Canada Committee
(DWCC) was formed in 2015 to support
wireless technology issues for the deaf,
deafblind, and hard of hearing.
The group applauds how progressive
Canada is but said as long the regions
where text with 911 don't exist,
there's work to do.
-Even in regions where text with 911 is
available, it still is too difficult for
a deaf person to get in contact with a
responder. In order to even use the
system, the user must have a phone that
allows texting while a phone call is
connected and they must be registered
for the system through their wireless
service provider! Deaf Wireless Canada
Committee wants the whole process
streamlined with less steps so the user
can quickly and easily connect, which
could be life-saving if time is vital.
Alessio: There have been claims of
sexual abuse at a deaf school in Wales,
United Kingdom. The allegations begin
when researcher Cedric Moon interviewed
former pupils and discovered logs of
sexual abuse incidents. Sexual abuse is
notorious at deaf schools, especially
in the past, thanks to greater anonymity.
Per statistics for 2015 in the U.S.,
54% deaf boys have been sexually abused
compared to 10% of hearing boys.
Deaf girls at 50%, compared to
hearing girls at 25%!
For over 10 years, public schools were
required by law to report campus crimes
to the government but it is not
required for deaf schools, which makes
it very difficult to analyze
allegations. This is a developing story.
-That's it for DeafWire!
Developing story in Nigeria, officials
are saying that Islamist terrorists are
now using babies in suicide attacks?
Dawn: Yes. Nigerian officials warned
that the terrorists used the babies
to avoid detection.
These methods have been used in the
recent attack in the town of Madagali,
where two women passed a security
checkpoint after being mistaken for
civilians because they were carrying
babies. Officials told media the use of
babies could begin a "dangerous" trend.
-Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria is
widely suspected of being behind the
recent baby-using attacks. The group has
used many women and girls in suicide
bombings and it was suspected that these
females were from the thousands of
people they kidnapped over the years.
Boko Haram's seven-year war on Nigeria
has killed more than 20,000 people,
forced 2.6 million from their homes and
created a massive humanitarian crisis.
The increased suicide bombing campaign
was a response to getting pushed out of
their territory by Nigeria and allies' troops.
-Next story - in Iceland. They are up to
something new for renewable energy.
Alessio: Iceland is digging the world's
deepest geothermal well into the heart
of a volcano to draw out renewable energy.
At a depth of 5 kilometers, the intense
pressure and heat at such a depth could
extract 30 to 50 megawatts(MW).
To understand how large the energy is,
one MW can power as many as 1000 homes!
Geothermal energy's benefits are significant:
it operates in a range of 400 to 500%
efficiency for home heating in colder
climates and compared to solar and wind
technologies, the energy is present to
use all the time 24/7 until volcano is
not there anymore.
-The tiny island nation of Iceland is
renowned for pioneering geothermal
energy. They are the world leader in the
use of geothermal energy and produces
around 26% of its own electricity from
geothermal sources. There are risks to
the environment such as releasing
subterranean greenhouse gasses and
triggering small earthquakes.
Geothermal energy is much more clean in
comparison with fossil fuel.
-Developing news in Ireland.
Abortion has been sensitive area for
many people around the world.
In Ireland, there is a ban.
Dawn: Irish women are going to stage a
nationwide strike to protest the
country's extreme abortion ban.
The Republic of Ireland's abortion laws
is among the most restrictive in the
world. Having an abortion is a crime
punishable up to 14 years in prison.
What makes the ban more brutal: it
applies to all pregnancies, including
rape. Media reported even in some cases,
women who lost their unborn babies due
to defects were punished.
Because of the ban, many Irish women are
forced to go abroad if they wanted to
get an abortion. Estimates reports 12
Irish women travel to
Great Britain every day.
In all, about 5,000 a year.
-The United Nations' human rights
committee has called on the Irish
government to reform its abortion
legislation after they ruled that it
subjected a woman to cruel, inhuman and
degrading treatment and violated her
human rights. It was the first time that
an international human rights committee
recognized that criminalizing abortion
was a violation of a woman's human
rights. Currently, Irish women and their
allies have scheduled the strike for
March 8 and have called on the
government to hold a referendum to
change the abortion ban, if done, would
grant fetuses "the same citizenship and
rights as a pregnant woman."
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