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VIDEO: Deaf News: USA Today reporter interview with a girl signs Christmas concert for Deaf parents.





CLEARWATER, FL -- KODA girl signs Christmas concert for Deaf parents of Clearwater, Florida, A 5-year-old became an Internet sensation overnight for doing what she says is "easy for her." Claire Koch used sign language during her Christmas pageant to share what she was singing with her Deaf parents.





Lori Putney Koch her 5-year-old daughter, Claire, did a better job signing for her Deaf parents at a kindergarten holiday concert at Plumb Elementary School.



Very entertaining video of a KODA (kid of deaf adults) enthusiastically singing holiday songs using sign language and animated facial expressions, as seen on http://youtu.be/zQeygYqOn8g. Source



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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Deaf campaigners hope Mandela interpreter scandal will help raise standards.



The European Parliament has been hosting a conference, organised by the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (EFSLI), aimed at improving training across the EU.



“I was appalled by the standard of interpreting obviously,” said efsli’s President, Peter Llewellyn-Jones, referring to what happened at the Soweto stadium. “But I think I would say that man (#fakeinterpreter) has done more for our cause that we could have achieved in 10 years of campaigning. Because now everybody is talking about the standards of interpreting and that’s what we have been trying to raise the profile of.”



The timing of the forum, so soon after the South African scandal, is coincidental.







The organisers claim that around the world untrained and unqualified interpreters deprive Deaf people of proper services on a daily basis. Their aim is to improve and harmonise standards across the EU.



Hungarian centre-right MEP, Ádám Kósa, who is Deaf himself, said: “We cooperate with the Association of European Translators and they have finalised guidelines for a three year sign language translation training programme, about the knowledge that needs to be acquired. And also EU institutions like the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission must be accessible for Deaf people. For that citizens need quality translation.” ... Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/17/deaf-campaigners-hope-mandela-interpreter-scandal-will-help-raise-standards



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VIDEO: 'Saturday Night Live' fake interpreter from Nelson Mandela funeral strikes again.



NEW YORK CITY - 'Saturday Night Live' kicked off its John Goodman-helmed episode with President Obama (Jay Pharoah) lamenting the "series of unfortunate events" that happened at the memorial for Nelson Mandela.



First of all, there was that selfie with the Danish Prime Minister, then the handshake with Raul Castro ("He told me he was Edward James Olmos,") and finally, the sign language interpreter who didn't appear to know sign language. Naturally, after mentioning him, Thamsanqa Jantjie (Kenan Thompson) appeared behind the POTUS and proceeded to "loosely" interpret the rest of the speech.



Most importantly, 'SNL' reminded us that lost amongst all the hoopla were the feelings of poor Angela Merkel, he never got her selfie with Obama, even after he spied on her.





An SNL interpreter skit is making people laugh all across the United States of America this week, as SNL decided to make a parody of the #fakeinterpreter who made off-key signs at the memorial service following the recent death of Nelson Mandela. The video is swiftly making the rounds online over the debacle, and viewers are saying that it’s crazy to think that this spoof really isn’t that far off the mark of what really happened with the schizophrenic sign language “expert” last week.



The SNL interpreter skit comes at a time that many citizens across the globe are still mourning the tragic loss of Nelson Mandela, but both the Deaf and others were recently shocked at the real-life debacle of what happened with the sign language interpreter at the peaceful man’s memorial service. Thamsanga Jantjie says he has gone to School Specialized for the Deaf and is skilled in the use of sign language, but the South African actually used bogus signs throughout the service.



Now, Jantjie is adding that he suffers from schizophrenia, and during the speech, the dubbed fake interpreter was having insane visions of flying angels coming into the stadium, preventing him from signing properly. Of course, SNL decided to make a skit of this interpreter’s debacle, and the result is very funny. ... Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/snl-interpreter-skit-fake-interpreter-debacle-a-hit-parody-of-mandela-service



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The #fakeinterpreter incident during Nelson Mandela's memorial teaches us an important thing - if you can't sign, don't pretend you can.



However, there is a large number of incompetent communication support workers "interpreting" for Deaf children in mainstream schools in the United Kingdom.



Deaf children are born with the same basic capacities for learning and language as all children; they can and should reach their full potential with appropriate, visual, quality educational programmes and support - it is their human rights!







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Signed Version - Real Interpreter: Bringing the Deaf community real sign language interpreting of the Nelson Mandela memorial by Convo.



The Convo VRS company provides the Deaf community REAL sign language interpreting of the Nelson Mandela memorial at realinterpreter.com.



An incident occurred during the memorial service in which a man, now dubbed the “#fakeinterpreter”, stood next to speakers and interpreted the entire event in sign language. However, none of his signing was legitimate and the Deaf community was not given accessibility to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. This site is our way of honoring him while bringing language accessibility to the Deaf community all over the world, just what Mandela would have wanted.



We want this to be a place of community exchange and resources. We welcome submissions of speech translations in your country's sign language. Together, we can show the world what REAL sign languages look like. Contact submit@realinterpreter.com if you’d like to contribute.



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Nelson Mandela was honored by loved ones, world leaders, and thousands South Africans in a memorial service on December 9th, 2013. Mandela was a one-of-a-kind human being who devoted his life to ending racism, poverty, and inequality. Nelson Mandela's legacy lives on.



Real Interpreter is brought to you by the team of Convo, a Deaf-owned and Deaf-run VRS company in USA. More about convorelay.com.



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VIDEO: ‘The Simpsons’ have predicted the future and we haven’t noticed it.





HOLLYWOOD -- The Simpsons has taken historical, cultural, and political people and events and turned them into the butts of the longest-running satire in television history. Most of the time they're making fun of something that just happened, but what about all those times when The Simpsons created it first? Does this mean the show can predict the future? See for yourself.



From predicting Donald Trumps run for presidency to the massive outbreak of the Ebola virus, we count down 10 Times The Simpsons Predicted The Future.



‘The Simpsons’ have predicted the future - 1 to 21 times.



1. In 1999, radiation spawned mutant tomatoes.



Season 11, Episode 5, “E-I-E-I-D’oh!” Full mutant vegetable article here.



2. In 2008, Homer’s voting machine changed his vote.



Season 20, Episode 4, “Treehouse of Horror XIX” Full faulty machine article here.



3. In 1995, an entire lemon tree was stolen.



Season 6, Episode 24, “Lemon of Troy” Full lemon theft article here.



4. In 1995, Lisa’s “future” fiancé could verbally communicate with his watch.



Season 6, Episode 19, “Lisa’s Wedding” Full “Smartwatch” segment here.



5. In 1996, TV evangelists worshipped “the all-mighty dollar.”



Season 7, Episode 12, “Team Homer” Full pope article here.



6. In 1994, horse meat was a secret ingredient.



Season 5, Episode 19, “Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song” Full horse article here.



7. In 1998, Professor Fink made hamburger earmuffs.



Season 10, Episode 2, “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace” Full hamburger earmuffs article here.



8. In 1994, an Apple product wasn’t always sure what its owner was trying to say.



Season 6, Episode 8, “Lisa on Ice” FUN FACT: “Eat up Martha” helped design the iPhone. Read about that here.



9. In 1991, Ringo took decades to respond to his fans.



“They took the time to write me, and I don’t care if it takes me another 20 years. I’m going to answer every one of them.” Season 2, Episode 18, “Brush With Greatness” Full Beatles article here.



10. In 1998, Springfield kids were stoked about a yard work simulator.



Season 9, Episode 12, “Bart Carny”



11. In 1995, Lisa’s “future” college librarian was a robot.



Season 6, Episode 19, “Lisa’s Wedding” Full robot librarian article here.



12. In 1992, Herb Powell built a baby translator.



Season 3, Episode 24, “Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?” Full baby translator article here.



13. In 1995, a “future” dorm room had a Rolling Stones tour poster.



Season 6, Episode 19, “Lisa’s Wedding”



14. In 2002, before Guitar Hero existed, Mick and Keith gave Homer a Guitar Hero jacket.



Season 14, Episode 2, “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation” Full “Guitar Hero” clip here.



15. In 1991, Homer dreamed of the Land of Chocolate during a meeting.



Season 3, Episode 11, “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk” See full chocolate land article here.



16. In 1996, a high-tech intercom looked exactly like what would become the first-generation iPod.



Season 8, Episode 5, “Bart After Dark” Full iPod commercial here.



17. In 1993, Gunter and Ernst were attacked by one of their tigers.



Season 5, Episode 10, “$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)”

Full article here.



18. In 1998, Homer stole used cooking grease to turn into quick cash.



Season 10, Episode 1, “Lard of the Dance” Full grease article here.



19. In 1995, “future” phones had video capabilities.



Season 6, Episode 19, “Lisa’s Wedding” Full iPhone FaceTime commercial here.



20. In 2009, a sign was not a cop.



Season 20, Episode 13, “Gone Maggie Gone” More of our photos of tourists ignoring shutdown signs here.



21. And in 1994, Homer did that thing.



Season 6, Episode 5, “Sideshow Bob Roberts” Full “Wrecking Ball” music video here.



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VIDEO: [ASL] - ASL Morning Message Special Edition: 'Fake Interpreter'



This video covers the 'Fake Interpreter' - Deaf community from California School for the Deaf to educate about the #fakeinterpreter issued in which the Deaf communites were in shock and outrage around the global claims that the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial was a fake. CSD collections the TV news reporters interviewed several Deaf communities around the globe.







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VIDEO [CC] - PETA: Olivia Munn Exposes Chinese Fur-Farm Cruelty.



Warning: This video contains graphic content may disturbing, the features images that may shock or sensitive audiences.



PETA: (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) - Actor Olivia Munn - star of HBO's hit series The Newsroom - is taking her role as senior financial reporter to a new level by exposing "globalization at its worst" in her brand-new undercover video exposé, which reveals never-before-seen footage of animals being beaten, stomped, genitally electrocuted, and skinned alive on Chinese fur farms, where there are no penalties for this abuse.



China is the world's largest exporter of fur, and undercover investigations repeatedly reveal what the fashion industry won't tell you: foxes, minks, rabbits, and even dogs and cats are mercilessly killed in order to make fur coats, vests, trim on jackets, purses, and other accessories.



"Who needs fur to feel beautiful?" Olivia asks in her beautiful print ad, shot by top photographer Emily Shur, as a poignant reminder that fur only looks good on its original owner: the animal.







Olivia reminds us that when it comes to violence on fur farms, "There's nothing good about pretending like you don't know." Please take a minute to watch the undercover video footage. Then share the video on Facebook and Twitter to let your family and friends know not what they might be wearing, but whom. Petition: olivia munn/peta.org



Olivia exposes the intense suffering of animals on fur farms in this shocking video. Find out where fur really originates and who's really paying the ultimate price for it. Learn more: http://on.fb.me/xYJbT1



Please share to stop abuse the animals. Official PETA website: www.peta.org
VIDEO [CC] The video has been going viral... S-A-N-T-A: Adorable girl signs kindergarten holiday concert for Deaf parents.





CLEARWATER, FL -- A "fake" sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial prompted one Deaf mom to show the world how it's really done.



Very entertaining video of a KODA (kid of deaf adults) enthusiastically singing holiday songs using sign language and animated facial expressions. Watch this and it would be the best 3:40 minutes you've spent in your day.





Lori Putney Koch of Clearwater, Fla., on Wednesday tweeted that her 5-year-old daughter, Claire, did a better job signing for her Deaf parents at a kindergarten holiday concert at Plumb Elementary School.



In the too-cute video posted on YouTube, Claire (in the middle, with the blonde hair) can be seen singing along with her classmates while signing in American Sign Language. Her animated facial expressions are just Claire being herself, her mom told TODAY Moms: "She is full of personality and spunk, that's the Claire we know."



The video also caught the eye of actress Marlee Matlin, who is Deaf.



Both Koch, who works as a business analyst at ZVRS, a video relay service company for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and her husband, Tom, who runs his own SCUBA business, were born Deaf. Claire and her sister, 2-year-old Charlotte, can hear, Koch said, but have been exposed to American Sign Language since birth. "It is our first language in our household," she told TODAY via email.



"Claire used sign language in the play because she was considerate of us and wanted us to understand the lyrics to the song," Koch said. "She was signing to her parents, looking right into my iPhone as she knew I was recording her. We don't use our daughter as an interpreter, but if there is something we missed, she would likely relay it to us."



Koch said there's a community of KODA, Kids of Deaf Adults (or CODA, Children of Deaf Adults), who are enthusiastically applauding Claire's lively performance.



Meanwhile, the interpreter at Nelson Mandela's funeral has told a Johannesburg newspaper that he was experiencing a schizophrenia episode during the funeral. His gibberish sign language outraged Deaf people around the world... Read more: http://today.com/moms/s-n-t-adorable-girl-signs-kindergarten-holiday-concert-deaf



You can check out "S-A-N-T-A" by Super Simple Learning here: http://youtu.be/mGAYzlqj-aE - Thank you for making the S-A-N-T-A song and all the other great music videos you have to offer for kids!



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VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Exclusive Interview with Marlee Matlin: Fake interpreter at Mandela memorial was 'Offensive'



CNN - Shock and outrage around the world amid claims that the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial was a fake. Interpreter at Mandela memorial dubbed a 'fake,' group says.



The Deaf Federation of South Africa says the unnamed man is not a recognized professional.



"The so-called 'interpreter' who interpreted at the official memorial service for late former president Nelson Mandela at FNB stadium has been dubbed the 'fake interpreter' and the Deaf community is in outrage," Bruno Druchen, national director of DeafSA, said in a statement.



"He is not known by the Deaf Community in South Africa nor by the South African sign language interpreters working in the field."



OutFront: Marlee Matlin, she lost her hearing when she was 18-months old, and went on to be the youngest person to win the Oscar for "Best Actress". She currently appears on the ABC family series ‘Switched at Birth.



"It was almost like he was doing baseball signs," Deaf actress Marlee Matlin told CNN on Wednesday, through a sign-language interpreter. "I was appalled."



Though each country has its own sign language, all of them entail facial expressions, she said. She called his lack of facial expression "a giveaway."



"I knew exactly right then and there that he wasn't authentic at all, and it was offensive; it was offensive to me." ... Read more: http://outfront.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/11/marlee-matlin-fake-interpreter-at-mandela-memorial-was-offensive/



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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO [CC] - Mandela memorial 'fake' sign language interpreter defends himself. A South African sign language interpreter accused of gesturing gibberish during the Nelson Mandela.



JOHANNESBURG - A South African sign language interpreter accused of gesturing gibberish during the Nelson Mandela memorial on Tuesday has spoken out.



Thamsanqa Jantjie said he suffers from schizophrenia which affected him during the service.



The 34-year-old told Johannesburg’s Star newspaper he started hearing voices and hallucinating while on stage.



Jantjie explained how the condition has affected him: “I see angels come to the stadium. Sometimes I will react violently on that place. Sometimes I will see things chasing me. You know, I was in a very very difficult position,” he said.





Interpreter refuses to sign for CNN. Thamsanqa Jantjie, the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial, defends his "translation" at the event.



“Please forgive me, but what I was doing, I was doing what I believe is my calling, I was doing what I believe makes a difference to the country,” Jantjie continued.



After the memorial, South Africa’s leading Deaf association denounced Jantjie as a “fake.”



The South African government has admitted he was not a professional interpreter.







This, along with his admissions of past violence and his state of mental health at the memorial service, has promoted awkward questions about security. ... Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/12/mandela-memorial-fake-sign-language-interpreter-defends-himself



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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Captioned - Deaf Advocates say sign language interpreter was meaninglessly waving his arms around.



NEW YORK (ABC News) - This is a special room in New York with his ABC news digital special reports speaking gibberish with his hands, experts say.



About the man who steady provided sign language translation on the stage during Nelson Mandela's memorial service and children's children with world leaders the gestures. Apparently all made up in signing any language, BBC's Ross has more information from Johannesburg and Barack Obama was one of the busiest men on the planet.



Barack Obama the man next to him doing the sign language interpreting the speeches at the memorial ceremony for Nelson Mandela. He did it for hours. But Deaf people started complaining over the Internet that they were missing out the chair of the society of South Africa came to tell us what he made at the ceremony.





Now is sending them some stood it doesn't have meaning that there I don't know what this means of the sign language interpreter.



So together we watched one of Nelson Mandela's grandchildren deliver. You can see even wonders if a rocking horse was mentioned in the podium because the interpreter the for one. Many people that hope that that be plenty of singing and dancing to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela they weren't really ready for all those long speeches at the ceremony. But the biggest headache now for the South African government which organized the event is to explain how this man got the job.



Fortunately from local TV it's clear that to interpret his a completely different page. An extraordinary case of lost in translation.



For more on this I'm joined now by the president of the National Association of the Deaf Chris Wagner was talking with as via an interpreter. What was the signer do weighing that make people think he was a fake. ... Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/video/nelson-mandela-memorial-interpreter-angers-deaf-community-21185135



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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO [CC] - I'm schizophrenic, says 'fake' interpreter - DeafSA says, it really is a huge insult to Deaf community.



JOHANNESBURG - The Madiba memorial interpreter - who has been dubbed a “fake and a fraud” - is receiving treatment for schizophrenia.



Thami Jantjie, the fake interpreter, said in an interview with Talk Radio 702 he is currently receiving treatment for this disorder.



Jantjie also questioned why nobody picked up at the time that he wasn't interpreting properly.



"Remember, you are talking about an interpreter who has been interpreting through these years. If I was wrong why should it become an issue now?” he asked.



Jantjie said he is sad because he believes the issue could have been dealt with early if DeafSA had picked up his way of interpreting.





Interpreter refuses to sign for CNN. Thamsanqa Jantjie, the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial, defends his "translation" at the event.





Thami Jantjie, the infamous sign language interpreter at the Mandela memorial service on Monday, says he suffers from schizophrenia.



"It should have been put in clarity a long time ago,” he said. "What I have been doing, I think I have been a champion of sign language.”



He said that he doesn't want to discuss his condition as it will harm his children. Jantjie added that he is a senior interpreter with SA Interpreters.







The sign language interpreter who sparked outrage within the Deaf community says he may have suffered a kind of "schizophrenic" attack during the Mandela memorial and apologises for any offence caused.



If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.



The words of former president Nelson Mandela. But at his memorial service on Tuesday, the Deaf community was short-changed by an apparently unqualified sign language interpreter.



Event organisers are now passing the buck as to who was responsible for hiring him. ... Read more: http://www.enca.com/south-africa/fake-interpreter-speaks-accusations



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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: The international Deaf community is angry over what they say was a fake sign language interpreter used at Mandela's memorial.



JOHANNESBURG -- 'Fake' Mandela memorial sign language interpreter incites anger. It was an event the whole world was watching, but some Deaf people couldn't understand a word spoken at Mandela’s memorial and took to Twitter to vent their frustration.



Allegations have been made that the sign language interpreter used at the memorial may have been unqualified.



Braam Jordaan, a Deaf South African citizen and board member of the World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section (WDFYS), told SBS he believes the interpreter is a fake.



"The structure of his hand, facial expressions and the body movements did not follow what the speaker was saying," he told SBS via email.



Watch: The sign interpreter signing at the Mandela memorial service.


Mr Jordaan says the interpreter, who was signing for a portion of the ceremony including Obama's speech, was simply making up his own signs.



"I was really upset and humiliated by the mystery interpreter who was supposed to be signing what Barack Obama, the president of United States of America was saying," he says. "He made up his own signs."



"What happened at the memorial service is truly disgraceful thing to see - it should not happen at all.



"What happened today will be forever aligned with Nelson Mandela & Deaf Community, thanks to this fake interpreter."



Mr Jordaan says there have been question marks over the same interpretor at previous ANC events.



Watch: The interpreter signing along to Jacob Zuma at ANC Centenery Celebrations in Bloemfontein, South Africa in January 2012.



The Oceania representative for the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI), Sheena Walters, also states that the signing used was not recognisable as any accepted form of international or South African sign language.



“It seems quite obvious that the interpreter isn’t using South African sign language,” she told SBS. ... Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/12/11/anger-over-hoax-mandela-memorial-sign-language-interpretor



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