DeafDigest Blue - January 7, 2018 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; 22nd year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on sub/unsub 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/complicated-job-training-for-deaf/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/refusing-to-attend-interpreted-event/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-people-eat-at-diner/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/oral-communications-struggle/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest welcomes unique deafnews tips; mailto:barry@deafdigest.com sources of unique deafnews are never revealed; always confidential -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- paralyzed deaf organizations http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/former-teacher-at-deaf-school/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: Deaf artist David Bloch (1910-2002) was praised by art critics for his works. The family has donated his works to a museum in Shanghai. Big question - why 8 months and not immediately? This concerns a 12-year olddeaf boy from Pakistan who accidentally crossed the border into India. He was kept by authorities in India for 8 months before being returned to Pakistan. We shall never know! The deaf of Ghana is not too happy about impoverished deaf people begging on the streets, saying it makes them look bad. The National Science Foundation is hosting the Deaf College Innovation Bowl, encouraging deaf students to come forward with their innovations. Pepsi Center, in Denver, has agreed to provide captions on the scoreboard, in a lawsuit settlement. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube EATING AT A DINER When hearing people go to a diner to eat, they often sit on the counter. When a group of deaf people enter a diner, they always sit at a table, not at a counter. Why? Because deaf people don’t like to move their head and neck to chat with friends. At the counter hearing people just use their ears to chat! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-people-eat-at-diner/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube PREFERING THE DEAF OR PREFERRING THE HEARING? An oral deaf person struggles with ASL with a deaf friend. That oral deaf person and that ASL deaf person were invited to a hearing party. That oral deaf person rejects the ASL deaf person during that party because he wants to communicate with hearing. The funny thing is that he struggles while communicating with hearing. Which is better for oral deaf person? To struggle with ASL with a deaf person or to struggle to communicate with the hearing? - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/oral-communications-struggle/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A deaf person thought hearing person said: I need to get Bill (another hearing person in another room) The hearing person actually said: I need to get pill (for his own medicine) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Broadcast captioners, CART captioners, and court reporters use the same basic skills to do their jobs. Even though you may know that they all use the steno machine to perform their functions, what you may not realize is that they may be performing more than one of these jobs at the present time. You may think a person is only a court reporter, a CART captioner, or a broadcast captioner. However, the fact is that a court reporter may go to court and act as a court reporter at a trial during the day, and that same person may go home that night and put on his or her headphones and be the one who captions your 11 o'clock local news. The CART captioner in a college class this morning may be the court reporter in a deposition being taken at a law firm this afternoon. Although many realtime captioners and court reporters specialize in a single area, there are some who work in combinations or even all of these professions. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: For many of us, the deaf, the web sites are not accessible. Simply put, there are not enough captions and too many sites are audio-based. Addressing this issue is the International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet during a recent press conference. note: still more and more no-captions lawsuits -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Vladimir Putin and the deaf? He would not allow deaf Russian children to be adopted by prospective parents in USA - but he has allowed Russian Sign Language to become official, and with it - free textbooks and interpreters. Is he pro-deaf or anti-deaf or is deaf-neutral? -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 2018 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