DeafDigest Blue - March 5, 2017 Blue Edition Barry Strassler, Editor http://deafdigest.com - updated every Monday America's Unique Deaf Stories; subscription at no cost to you Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 21st year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on subscribe and follow the screen weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-not-hear-fighting-voices/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-actors-cut-out-of-movies/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-sign-language-at-starbucks/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-good-and-bad-attitude/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- shop talk we hate http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Try products from Harris Communications risk free for 30 days! 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Top stories about the deaf: Nick Linton, not deaf, is a firefighter with the Waitemata Fire Service in New Zealand. He set up a new event - Hearing Impaired Emergency Services to help connect with the deaf community in need of such services. The deaf of Bermuda will be able to get a new app that will allow them to communicate, one on one basis with banks, telecoms and doctors' offices without using relay services. The 211 program is doing very well in Nova Scotia. It allows the deaf to dial up 211 on text to communicate with others. It may not work in USA, but in New Zealand, a group of national organizations have formed a coalition to try to have a new law passed - Accessibility for New Zealanders Act. Pope Francis granted sainthood to Father Antonio Provolo, born in 1801, and not deaf. He pioneered education of the deaf in Italy. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Survey: Have You ever been arrested or taken to prison? Survey conducted by Dr. Gabe Lomas, Western Connecticut State University. Do click on: http://deafdigest.com/survey-have-you-ever-been-arrested-or-taken-to-prison/ also click to see the video at: http://bit.ly/dhhcrimjust Walmart gift cards given to survey participants -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates Deaf Dentist; College Park. MD & Gaithersburg, MD (near Washington, DC & Frederick, MD & also Metro Washington) Complete Dental Services; assistants either know ASL or are deaf more information: http://www.drrattner.com/our-team/meet-our-team/ to contact Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates: http://www.drrattner.com/contact/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com (updated every Monday) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- READ WHAT THEY SAY Unlock the phone with CapTel® Captioned Telephone! CapTel shows word-for-word captions of everything a caller says over the phone, letting you read everything that they say. Like captions on TV – for the phone! Captions are provided by a free service, no monthly fees or contracts required. For more information or to order call 1-800-233-9130 V/TTY or visit http://www.weitbrecht.com/captel.html .  For more info about CapTel or any of the many assistive listening devices we offer, email: mailto:sales@weitbrecht.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! CapTel® Captioned Telephone – See What Everyone is Talking About! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube A SURPRISE FINGERSPELLING AT STARBUCKS A deaf person goes to the same Starbucks place for a long time. The staff knows him, knows his favorite coffee and knows his habits. Suddenly one morning, one of the staff people, beautifully fingerspelled - how do you want your coffee? It was a surprise because the staff member never fingerspelled. And she also beautifully signed thank you. Did that person know signs for a long time but hid it from the deaf person? Or did that person attend sign language classes recently? - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-sign-language-at-starbucks/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A deaf person and a hearing person were dining together at a French restaurant. The deaf person thought hearing person said: The claire is very delicious The hearing person actually said: The eclaire is very delicious -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube A TALE OF TWO DEAF SONS OF TWO BIG MANUFACTURERS Why are some deaf people successful in moving up the job ladder while other some deaf people are not successful? It may be just one word - attitude. One deaf son, after graduating from college, was hired by his father. He told the son to start at the bottom and to learn his way up. He did - and many years later he is the company vice president. Another deaf son, after graduating from college, told his father he must start at the top and said he did not go to college to learn how to sweep the factory floors. To this day, this deaf son is still jobless, after many years. Very important for deaf people to have good attitudes. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-good-and-bad-attitude/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series As we are reading through captioning errors, one of the easier types of captioning errors to understand is homophones. Since stenocaptioners primarily write phonetically rather than typing out words letter by letter, it is fairly easy for them to make this sort of error. What many people may not think about is how frequently a captioner has to differentiate between words that sound alike. A captioner may know the correct spelling of a word but choose the wrong steno outline. Some examples of this kind of error would be: "It would seamless interesting to him." "After the actor received his queue, he gave his line." "He let his car idol for a couple minutes." "The seen at the haunted mansion was rather Erie." And one where the stenocaptioner really has to maintain his/her focus: "The reign would seam to be heaven scent." These should read as follows: "It would seem less interesting to him." "After the actor received his cue, he gave his line." "He let his car idle for a couple minutes." "The scene at the haunted mansion was rather eerie." "The rain would seem to be heaven sent." -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com for Special Notes, go to the bottom of the Gold section -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: There are cowboys that round up cattle in the wild. There are also cowboys that round up cattle in the stockyards. Two different kinds of cowboys, but still a cowboy, nevertheless. Anyway there was an obituary of Meyer Rosenblatt, a deaf man, who departed us recently. As a young man before he moved on, he was a cowboy, rounding up cattle in the Omaha stockyards. Were there other deaf cowboys, or was he the only one? Do not know, but at any rate, DeafDigest dedicates this edition to Meyer. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Ed Waterstreet, who started Deaf West from scratch to become the nation's #1 deaf theatrical group, has retired as the Artistic Director. Replacing him is David Kurs. Very difficult for a theatrical group to survive these tough economic times, no matter if it is a deaf group or a hearing group. That Deaf West has survived over the years is a testimony to Ed's skills. Thank you, Ed for enriching our cultural horizons. Kurs, after graduating from Gallaudet, worked for the famous comedian Danny DeVito, as a young man before moving on. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on subscribe and follow the screen weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest Copyright 2017 by Barry Strassler, DeafDigest. DeafDigest conditions and terms http://deafdigest.com/deaf-digest-conditions-and-terms/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Attention: the employment ads section is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ All new jobs will be immediately posted in that section