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Sign language becomes PC
DETROIT (AP) - Just like the
language we speak, political correct-
ness is transforming the way deaf
people sign.
No more twisting a pinky finger
next to the eye to represent slanted
eyes to sign "Japan" or using a limp
wrist to sign the word homosexual.
Politically correct signers now use
both hands in the shape of the Japa-
nese archipelago to sign "Japan" or
signing the letter Q for "queer."
"Because people were offended
by the old signs, there are a lot of new
ones coming out. You have to be
aware of changes every day," said
Patricia Fedelum, manager and inter-
preter at the Deaf Hearing and Speech
Center in Detroit.
Sheryl Emery thinks it's great.
When she first learned sign lan-
guage, she learned to describe her-
self by spelling the letter N in the air
and touching her nose to mean "Ne-
gro."
'Because people were offended by the old signs,
there are a lot of new ones coming out. You have
to be aware of changes every day.'
Patricia Fedelum
manager and interpreter
Next she used the symbol for
Black, moving the forefinger across
the forehead in a line. Now she opens
and closes her hands in a circle to
represent the African continent and
then signs "America."
"Some signs for Black people
don't put them in a positive light.
Newer signs are more culturally posi-
tive," said Emery, a rehabilitation
counselor for deaf clients with Michi-
gan Rehabilitation Services.
Michael Meldrum, director of
Educational Support Services at Ma-
donna University in Livonia, said it is
important to keep the vocabulary cur-
rent so teachers can "teach students
everything they need to know, so they
can function within the community
appropriately."
Just like in any other language,
change is sometimes slow. Leon
Fairfax, a postal worker who is deaf,
said he had not learned of many of the
new signs. But he said if a deaf person
preferred he use a different sign be-
cause another is offensive, he would
oblige.
"Each person is an individual and
they have their own signs. You have
to get to know someone and then
know their signs," he said.
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(Q.) When trying to lose weight, which is more important, trying to eat less or exercise?
(A.) When considering eating less or exercising more to help you lose weight, one is no more important than the other.
The goal is to achieve a balance between what you put into your body and the energy you expend each day. To
lose weight it is important to cut calories (about 500 calories a day to lose one pound per week). Remember, it is
not safe (and nearly impossible) to lose more than 2 pounds of body fat per week. Exercise is also an important
part of a weight loss plan for the following reasons: it increases your metabolism; it helps to increase muscle mass
(muscle requires more calories to maintain itself than fat); and exercise increases your metabolic rate for many
hours after you stop. Therefore you burn more calories while at rest if you have exercised than if you haven't. To
gain benefits from exercise you should perform an aerobic activity (dancing, walking, running, rowing, biking) at
least 3 times a week for thirty minutes.
(A.) The heart beats approximately 72 times per minute, 24 hours a day. Each beat propels two to three ounces of
blood into the arteries - four to six quarts a minute, 8,600 quarts a day. On average, the heart beats 104,000
times a day, 38 million times a year.
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