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	<title>Mishka Zena</title>
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		<title>Hearing Readers Criticized Dying Woman and Husband.</title>
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An article covered the recent lawsuit of a man against the hospital for its failure to inform him and his wife in a timely manner that her cancer was terminal. Reading the comments left by ignorant and insensitive readers left me feeling disturbed. Most of them showed a profound lack of understanding about ASL, written English, AND the  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2010/02/06/hearing-readers-criticized-dying-woman-and-husband/</link>
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		<title>Deaf Man Killed His Estranged Wife</title>
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This article appeared on the news yesterday. As a long time domestic violence advocate, I sighed and thought to myself &#8216;another one lost to domestic violence&#8217;. I do not know who this man is, nor do I know his wife and her hearing status. It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve encountered too often. One death due to domestic violence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2010/01/17/deaf-man-killed-his-estranged-wife/</link>
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		<title>Two Viable Employees Plead GUILTY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Straight from the Dept of Justice website:
&#8220;Anthony Mowl, the former assistant vice president of business development for Viable Communications Inc. (Viable), and Donald Tropp, the former human resources manager for Viable, pleaded guilty today to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Video Relay Service (VRS) program of more than $2.5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2010/01/13/two-viable-employees-plead-guilty/</link>
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		<title>FLash! Yehs Plead Not Guilty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The news we have been waiting to hear:

Viable executives arraigned
Deaf-services company&#8217;s president, others plead not guilty to charges
John T.C. Yeh, president of Rockville deaf-services company Viable, along with three other company executives, pleaded not guilty Monday in a New Jersey federal court to charges that include conspiracy to defraud the government.
A jury trial is scheduled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/12/18/flash-news-yehs-plead-not-guilty/</link>
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		<title>Prison for 26 Viable Defendants Sought By Prosecutors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Prosecutors have said that they will seek unspecified jail time in addition to forfeiture of the contractors’ business.&#8221;
More tidbits are included in the article. 
Twenty interpreters were used by the prosecutors investigating this systematic fraud.  
&#8220;The seven contractors who are allegedly defrauded the system account for approximately 15 percent of its total business&#8220;    Blink.  Damn, that&#8217;s a lot.  Twenty-Six Indicted in Scheme [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/12/16/prison-for-26-viable-defendants-sought-by-prosecutors/</link>
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		<title>26 Arrested for VRS Overbilling Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The investigations conducted by FCC had resulted in arrests of over 2 dozen pepole involved in overcharging FCC for generating fake calls.   These arrests took place in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Maryland.
&#8220;The indictments charge owners and employees of the following seven companies with engaging in a scheme to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/11/19/over-2-dozens-arrested-for-vrs-overbilling-scams/</link>
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		<title>Fiascos at DeafRead and DVTV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been away for a long time, doing a lot of traveling and working on other projects that produce concrete advocacy results in a healthy and positive direction.  Recently I checked out the blogs and vlogs. Seeing all these negativity in DeafRead and DVTV where certain people performed character assassinations and fabrications against other people, including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/10/12/fiascos-at-deafread-and-dvtv/</link>
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		<title>Deaf People: Bad News From State Supreme Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m interrupting my long-planned break from blogging. I&#8217;ve taken short breaks before, but not an extended break since I began blogging almost three years ago. I&#8217;m also spending minimal time on the Internet. So far, the break has been wonderful and I&#8217;m loving it. I don&#8217;t know how much longer the break will last, though. Many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/06/30/deaf-people-bad-news-from-state-supreme-court/</link>
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		<title>Legal Actions Against State By SSSD and Parents, SDSD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SSSD: Since the school is still slated to be closed on June 30th, SSSD filed a legal injunction at the federal courts against PA, asking the courts to stop the closing until legal proceeding against them are addressed.  Three families of four SSSD students have filed a lawsuit due to the lack of transitional plans. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/04/29/legal-actions-against-state-filed-by-sssd-and-parents/</link>
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		<title>Mandatory Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids Policies In WI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year some Deaf people went to the Wisconsin state legislature to express their opposition to this bill. This bill that would force all health insurance companies to cover the expenses of cochlear implants and hearing aids for Deaf children living in Wisconsin, wasn&#8217;t passed during that session.
This bill recently passed both the Senate and the Assembly easily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/04/24/mandatory-cochlear-implants-and-hearing-aids-policies-in-wi/</link>
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