DeafDigest Blue - December 11, 2016 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; 20th 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-ceo-firing-deaf-employee/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/perfectscore/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/walk-away-from-hearing/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/speech-not-perfect/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- Roosevelt's Volunteers, World War I http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Try products from Harris Communications risk free for 30 days! 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Phone/VideoPhone: 856.874.8230 TTY: 856.428.8373 Fax: 856.428.0949 mailto:rndhh@centerffs.org -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest welcomes unique deafnews tips; mailto:barry@deafdigest.com sources of unique deafnews are never revealed; always confidential -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/picture-in-a-tv-sitcom/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: A group of actors researched past Broadway plays and discovered that producers discriminate heavily against deaf and disabled actors, an accusation that the theatrical industry has denied. Israeli activists do not quickly file discrimination lawsuits; instead they send warning letters through law offices, with threat of lawsuits if deaf discrimination problem is not fixed. These activists say it works and is better than wasting time in the court rooms! Officials with the Irish Prison Service admitted they have lost count of deaf inmates in the national prison system. A deaf person has complained that when captioning mistakes are made, the corrections are made at just one letter at a time. If the mistake is made at the beginning of the line, the correction goes backwards keystroke by keystroke until the correction is made. By the time there is a correction, the next dialogue is lost! Beth James, director, Jackson Center for Independent Living (Tennessee) said: I don't think people realize how many people are deaf in our community -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dr. Steven L. 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Or maybe it is a scout for a movie, looking for a perfect character for a new movie! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/walk-away-from-hearing/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing chef and a deaf friend were talking about vegetables The deaf person thought the hearing chef said: It must be jobbed The hearing chef actually said: It must be chopped -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube FAKE PERFECT SPEECH It is annoying for a deaf person that cannot speak well. He can pronounce just one word perfectly. Hearing people understand him saying that one word - and they think he has perfect speech! Very annoying and frustrating! This week's ASL video in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/speech-not-perfect/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Because realtime captioners do not use the QWERTY keyboard, the types of errors that they make are different than someone who is typing on a computer keyboard. Some people may think that captioners don't know the difference between simple words. If a stenocaptioner strokes the steno for "rain" instead of "rein," it is not because the captioner does not know the difference between those two words. It may just be that the captioner stroked the wrong stroke on the steno keyboard. Homophones are difficult for many captioners because they are words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Captioners are trained to write phonetically, so when two words sound the same, the captioner has to devise a system to distinguish between the two words. One of the solutions is to add an asterisk to the steno so that the strokes will be different. But now the captioner has to remember which stroke gets the asterisk: Do I add the asterisk to "guild" or "gild"? If you ever see a sentence captioned something like, "The Army kernel went to visit the sergeant," remember that the words "colonel" and "kernel" sound the same, and the captioner is writing phonetically. The captioner probably knows the difference between those words, but he or she just didn't write the steno to get it to translate properly. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: In the backyard of the American School for the Deaf (ASD), West Hartford, CT, something strange seemed to be going on, according to clueless neighbors. Three houses, sitting next to each other on Fern Street, suddenly had "For Sale" signs propped up in front. Was there a neighborhood feud that involved these three households? Or was is it something spooky, despite Halloween being gone for a month and half? Nope. These three houses were owned by ASD for years for occupancy by some staff members. Times have changed and school priorities have changed, hence these 3 surprise "For Sale" signs. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Did NFL ever have a head coach that was deaf? Sort of. It was mentioned in a newspaper story that Blanton Collier, who coached Cleveland Browns from 1963 to 1970, had to leave the coaching profession because of his deafness. He led the team to a NFL championship in 1964. At that time there was no Super Bowl. He passed away in 1983. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 2016 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