DeafDigest Blue – October 30, 2011Blue Edition              Barry Strassler, Editor http://deafdigest.com – updated every Monday

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Last week’s ASL Videos with captions: http://deafdigest.com/videos/tinnitus-to-be-deaf-or-hearing/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/cause-of-deafness-swallowed-tobacco/

This week’s ASL Videos with captions: http://deafdigest.com/videos/slow-deaf-communications/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-sports-fans/

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Waking Up Has Never Been Easier

Harris Communications is pleased to introduce 3 new alarm clocks from Bellman & Symfon: the Alarm Clock Pro, Classic and Visit.

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The Alarm Clock Classic is for the price conscious and has fewer features than the Pro. The Alarm Clock Visit has all the features of the Pro and connects to the Bellman Visit[tm] alerting system.

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or contact us at: mailto:info@harriscomm.com

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AT&T INTRODUCES VL5

In April AT&T Video Relay Service launched VL5 for Mac, PC, iPhone 4, iPod Touch, and iPad 2.

AT&T VRS partnered with Yellow Pages to provide new search features in video calling.

The AT&T VL5 app for the iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4th Generation, and iPad 2 allows Deaf and hard of hearing individuals to place and receive VRS and Point-to-Point (P2P) calls – wherever WiFi or mobile broadband is available. The VL5 app includes one-click calling and direct access to YPmobile.

Learn more about VL5 at: http://www.att.com/vl5

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The DeafDigest is divided into Blue and Gold sections, both ranked equal in contents, features and ads. This is the Blue section.

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– Dedication

DeafDigest dedicates this edition to Bruce Bedford that departed us. While he was deaf he was never part of the Deaf Community. Anyway he was a professional photographer for 40 years for the Carroll County Independent and the Conway Daily Sun, two small town newspapers in New Hampshire. His bosses allowed him to roam elsewhere to take pictures that he felt were the best fit for these newspapers. He was one of the few full time newspaper photographers as most newspaper budgets would not allow full timers in this profession!

– What the stories are saying about the deaf?

Andrew Parry, a deaf Australian, has made his debut as a clown at a circus performance, and he is hoping to make it with the TV show Australia’s Got Talent. He grew up as a figure skater, this skill which came in handy while learning how to be a clown.

Zimbabwe has come up with a sign language dictionary which is quite an accomplishment. Reason is that different sign languages exist in the country. And the dictionary tries to involve these different signs for the same word. This project involved deaf leaders from different parts of the nation. And it took a year for their efforts to bear fruit.

– Very Hot News

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (UK) ruled against deaf diplomat Jane Cordell. She requested an oral interpreter for her diplomatic assignment to Kazakhstan and was turned down. She sued the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, accusing the agency of discrimination.

– Sunday October 23rd

The Ontario Camp for the Deaf would not allow two town councilmen from entering the premises. This stems from the camp’s expansion plans coming into conflict with the community. The council was going to review the proposal, and the camp did not want the councilmen looking around on the property.

– Monday October 24th

Cathal Thompson, a deaf man from Ireland, has lost over 70 pounds in the local Biggest Loser contest, and is in running for the Unislimmer of the Year honors.

– Tuesday October 25th

Time.com’s Techland has given a Tech Humanitarian Award to Universal Subtitles for captioning over 25,000 videos in less than a year. Universal Subtitles is an on-line open source program that allows users to caption their videos.

– Wednesday October 26th

An era is coming to an end, thanks to today’s changing society. The last Miss Deaf America pageant will take place at the NAD Conference in Louisville, Kentucky next year. After that, no more. In its place will be the NAD Miss Deaf America Ambassador Program, which will promote goodwill among the deaf. Why is this era ending? Possibly because it has become more and more difficult to recruit young deaf women to compete in state pageants. Many of these pageants only had maybe just a few participants, sometimes just as many as two!

– Deaf Miscellaneous stuff

Abraham Glasser, New York, won the US Chess Association of the Deaf championship, which took place last week at St Paul, Minnesota. This organization has changed its name and it is now the United States Association for Deaf Chess Players. Finishing runner up is Dale Nichols of Minneapolis.

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(Thursday-Saturday Hot Deaf News will be in the Gold edition)

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VOICE OR FAX OR EMAIL OR RELAY Before a deaf man started his successful business, he was employed in hearing workplaces. He said that hearing bosses were not patient with him because of slow communications. The deaf man was using fax, emails and relay to communicate with hearing clients, but the boss was not happy. The boss wanted faster communications, and that means voice only – without fax or emails or relay. The deaf man quit and started his own business, and he is much happier.

– for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/slow-deaf-communications/

(for your convenience, video links are posted on top of each DeafDigest edition)

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Pre-Registration For Career Expo For People With Disabilities The Ronald Reagan Center Washington, DC November 18, 2011

visit: http://deafdigest.com/job-seeking-expo-for-the-deaf/

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DEAF WATCHING OR NOT WATCHING SPORTS Many deaf people love to watch sports, the same as hearing people. But do these deaf fans really watch the football game or a baseball game at a stadium? Many of them talk to each other with ASL and do not really watch the action closely. Yes, hearing fans talk a lot with each other, but their eyes are on the field and their ears listen to friends’ voices. The deaf fans cannot watch ASL hands and the action on the field at the same time!

– for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-sports-fans/

(for your convenience, video links are posted on top of each DeafDigest edition)

DEAF COMMUNCIATIONS AND HEARING COMMUNICATIONS One season during the 1970’s, the quarterback with the Long Beach State University football team used ASL to communicate with his coaches. Reason was that crowd noise prevented normal voice communications. Anyway, the 5th game of the World Series between St Louis and Texas was an example of serious problems with voice communications. Because of stadium noise, the St Louis bullpen coach could not clearly hear the telephone instructions from manager Tony La Russa. As a result, wrong pitchers entered the game, and St Louis lost the game for that reason. It should not have been a problem with the deaf. We use sign language to communicate. And ASL always wins over voice in noisy conditions.