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This is the Blue section. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- - Dedication DeafDigest dedicates this edition to John Fedio, of Southeastern Pennsylvania, who departed us. In the early days of the TTY network, he was one of these dedicated TDI agents that served the TTY needs of the deaf in his community. The nationwide network of TDI agents have disappeared for good, because of the portable TTY devices. - Hot Newspaper stories during the week: these waterproof hearing aids http://deafdigest.com/waterproof/ * has DeafDigest editor's comments at the bottom British students of theology learning British Sign Language http://deafdigest.com/bsl/ * has DeafDigest editor's comments at the bottom - Very Hot News Some of you are football fans and may have watched the Sugar Bowl game. What about it? Do click on: http://www.allstatesugarbowl.com These pictures were taken by Michael Pimentel. He is deaf and served as an official game action shooter in the bowl game. He is credited for these game pictures. - Sunday January 3rd Rick Macomber, who is deaf, is a professional standardbred (trotters) racer in Indiana. His 2009 season was the best of his career, winning 310 races in 1,729 starts with prize winnings of $2,792,402. - Monday January 4th The National Fraternal Society of the Deaf (The Frat) will finally close on March 6th. The board gets together for one last meeting to disburse the remaining funds and then to host a reception. Said a board member: This will sadly close another chapter in the American History of the Deaf People - Tuesday January 5th It was announced on one of these British "gossip blogs" that deaf actress Genevieve Barr will be featured in an upcoming TV drama-thriller in a role of a woman, witnessing the murder of a police officer - Wednesday January 6th The National Association of the Deaf, searching for a new CEO to replace the retiring Nancy J Bloch, has come up with a CEO profile, whose qualifications would be a good match for the NAD. To read the press release, do click on: http://deafdigest.com/nad/ * has DeafDigest editor's comments at the bottom (Thursday-Saturday Hot Deaf News will be in the Gold edition) .. Deaf Miscellaneous stuff: Election officials in Florida's Broward County (which has a large population of deaf residents) have been dragging their feet on making their voting machines deaf-friendly. 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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) ................................................................ ................................................................ HAPPY NEW YEAR TAKE 10% OFF IN 2010! What's your New Years resolution? If the answer is being on time then you've come to the right place! Purchase either the Sonic Boom Alarm Clock or the Sonic Boom Alarm Clock with the vibrator at 10% off in January! It has many great features including a built-in receiver to pick up transmissions from other signalers. Call 1-800-233-9130 (V/TTY) or visit us at: http://www.weitbrecht.com/onsale.php?utm_source=dd for details. For a copy of our NEW catalog, email your request to: mailto:sales@weitbrecht.com We're now on Facebook! Come visit us! WCI. Providing Solutions for People with Hearing Loss. ................................................................ ................................................................ INTERPRETERS AT DOCTOR'S OFFICES More and more doctors agree that interpreters are important with deaf patients during medical appointments. The big issue is - who pays for interpreters? Doctors do not want to pay for interpreters. Insurance companies do not want to pay for interpreters. This is the big issue today. - for ASL News version, please click on: http://deafdigest.com/videos/medicalinterpreters/ (for your convenience, video links are posted on top of each DeafDigest edition) LOOKING FOR A JOB When deaf people look for a job, sometimes results are funny, and even sad. A Coda boss may refuse to hire the deaf. Or a boss, that knows sign language, may also refuse to hire the deaf. Yet, there are bosses that are not Coda or ASL signers but are happy to hire the deaf. Why? Good question! - for ASL News version, please click on: http://deafdigest.com/videos/lookingjob/ (for your convenience, video links are posted on top of each DeafDigest edition) MARK WOOD, THE DEAF MOVIE DIRECTOR Mark Wood, a 1989 graduate of California School for the Deaf at Fremont, is a movie director with four deaf films to his credit. He was interviewed and written up in the a recent edition of the school publication. The points he stressed was that his four films cost nearly half million dollars to produce. And that he is almost breaking even. And to fund these films he had to use the equity from his house. His goal is to make it in Hollywood. A GREAT WRITE UP ON GALLAUDET WOMEN'S BASKETBALL IN ESPN NEWS Every once in a while, the media (ESPN, Washington Post, Washington City Paper, USA Today, etc) writes something about the Gallaudet athletic teams. This time ESPN did, and the write up is great. 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A CHANGE AT DEAF ADULT SERVICES IN BUFFALO Tom Burns, not deaf, has left his position as Executive Director of the Deaf Adult Services in Buffalo, NY. Replacing him, for the time being, is Pamela Kefi, also not deaf. The Deaf Adult Services is the only deaf service agency serving the deaf in the Buffalo/Western New York area. The full story is at: http://deafdigest.com/buffalo/ A QUESTION ABOUT VIDEO RELAY THAT YOU WERE AFRAID TO ASK Q. The money that FCC oversees is not just for video relay. What others would the money be used for? A. captioned telephone, speech to speech, voice carry over. Keep in mind many people are late-deafened, as opposed to us, born-deaf. REASON FOR DEAFPHOBIA? From time to time, DeafDigest mentions deafphobia (a word that does not exist in our dictionary). It defines a hearing person deathly afraid of getting in contact with the deaf. Why are some hearing people afflicted with deafphobia? According to a science magazine, it may be something to do with emotions in the visual system that "warn" him of getting involved in an unwanted issue? DeafDigest editor does not pretend to be a psychologist, though. WHAT DO INTERPRETERS HATE? said a video relay interpreter: Not being able to complete a relay call. Western Union, Wachovia Bank, some Bank of America branches will not accept relay calls. They think interpreters, being third party, may not share information with the deaf person. if you have these "hate" or "horror" stories, please mailto:barry@deafdigest.com COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series What should we do if we have a complaint about closed captioning? Here is information from the FCC's Web site about what steps you should take: The FCC's closed captioning rules require consumers to first complain in writing to their TV distributor, such as your cable or satellite TV service, or to the TV station if you receive television via an over-the-air antenna, before contacting the FCC. Closed captioning complaints should be very specific. Include the following information in your written complaint to the TV distributor: * Your name, full address, daytime phone/TTY number, and any other contact information, such as an e-mail address if available, so they may contact you if any clarifications are needed * The name of the television program(s) you experienced closed captioning problems with * The name and number of the channel(s) the show was on (For example- Channel 3, The Art Channel) * The date(s) and time(s) you experienced the problems with closed captioning * A description of the closed captioning problem. For instance, "no closed captioning during entire show," "closed captioning disappeared 5 minutes after the program began," "closed captioning was garbled throughout the show," "the words were unintelligible such as 'axuy' and '&8777**edz'" or "the closed captioning was not in sync with the audio." ................................................................ ................................................................ weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com updated every Monday ................................................................ ................................................................ I THOUGHT THE DEAF COULD....... have always used the sign language (not every deaf person knows sign language) when a hearing person never meets a deaf person in his life his knowledge of the deaf are often wrong (series to continue for a number of weeks) ................................................................ ................................................................ For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com for Special Notes, please go to the bottom of the Gold section ................................................................ ................................................................ Surdus Remodeling LLC is one of Washington, DC and Maryland's premier Deaf Owned remodeling contractors. We have been renovating residential homes in the metro area. Is it safe to hire an unlicensed contractor? We are a licensed home improvement contractor and carry a surety bond and general liability insurance. Ask us why you need a licensed contractor. All of our work carries one year warranty. We will be happy to explain the details in our conversation with you. Our remodeling service includes: - Basement - Attic - Kitchen - Bathroom - Addition - Deck - Siding Are you thinking of remodeling your existing bathroom? We will finish your bathroom in one week or we will pay you $100 per day for every day we are late. We believe in making life more comfortable through quality remodels Elijah Gold, deaf owner Surdus, LLC Remodeling Based in Washington, DC http://www.surdusremodeling.com 866-520-8628 VOICE 202-540-8750 VP Licensed, Insured, and Bonded DC #68004119 MHIC #99522 *WE ACCEPT AMEX CREDIT CARD* ................................................................ ................................................................ http://www.healthbridges.info announcement HEALTH AND ADVOCACY INFORMATION FOR PERSON WHO ARE DEAF, DEAF-BLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING: Persons who are Deaf, Deafblind and hard of hearing are grossly underserved by both the physical health and the behavioral health care system. In many cases, the patient as well as the health care provider who may provide service to them, is unaware of laws that mandate the provision of accommodations in the health care setting so that all persons have equal access to health related information. A new web site called http://www.healthbridges.info was created by people who are Deaf, DeafBlind and hard of hearing. Each month the topics discussed will change. Please visit the site and let us know about topics that you want to learn more about. http://www.healthbridges.info ................................................................ ................................................................ Hot DeafNews boring, but important! A newspaper ran a story of a deaf man, in a home invasion robbery, being instructed to go to his bank to get money for the robbers. The twist was that one of the bank employees knew sign language, and the deaf man was able to quietly sign to him that he was being robbed. The story is at: http://deafdigest.com/biloxi/ * has DeafDigest editor's comments at the bottom .. The Deaf and the Law As much as California is broke, there is a new law - put into effect on January 1st that requires public colleges and universities to provide CART services for their deaf students. Story is at: http://deafdigest.com/california/ * has DeafDigest editor's comments at the bottom .. DeafADA Issue of the Week: Ontario's version of our ADA do read the newspaper story at: http://deafdigest.com/ontario/ * has DeafDigest editor's comments at the bottom .. The Captioning Blunder of the Week: the Blue Squirrel (Swirl) clothing is on sale .... What became of? Jack Hawkins, not deaf - past president, Alabama School for the Deaf (Alabama Institute for the Deaf & Blind) - present while he is still the chancellor of Troy University, he has taken on an additional position. Do read the story at: http://deafdigest.com/hawkins/ mailto:barry@deafdigest.com with "past" and "present" details .. News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: It is OK to have bad Hearing English, says Kirk Hazen, a West Virginia University linguistics professor. Hazen, who is not deaf, claims support from colleagues at George Washington University! If it is OK to have bad Hearing English then it is OK to have bad Deaf English, sez DEAFDIGEST! Said Daniel Moshenberg, a GWU English professor, who again is not deaf, "To start judging a people's intelligence by the way they speak is incorrect." A certain deaf leader, no longer alive, held this lifetime misconception that Bad Deaf English was equivalent to low intelligence level. .. News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: If University of California at San Diego has its way, then our deaf community will be served by deaf doctors. The collegiate program won a 5-year grant to train deaf medical students for careers in Deaf Medicine. (DeafDigest editor is not sure if the program succeeded in getting us more and more deaf physicians) .... Deaf Apocalypse of the Week: Year 2010 becoming a crisis among our interpreters? It has nothing to do with interpreting in person or video-interpreting or even of these confusing interpreting standards in many states. It has a lot to do with the year 2010 itself. How do interpreters sign 2010 - as if it is twenty-ten or two thousand-ten! Makes no difference one way or other to DeafDigest, though. .. A Vocational Rehabilitation counselor's great news: During the same week you were working on the mandatory project described last week...all your customers leave you alone and forgive you so you can finish it up! .. A Lipreading Problem: What did that person say? The numbers 15 and 50 lipread the same, so what is that person saying? Said a deaf person: I often had to ask to spell it out. the same goes for six and sixteen and even sixty and for other identical-reading numbers! if you have lipreading tales, please share these with mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- * YOU COULD PLACE YOUR PAID EMPLOYMENT ADS IN THIS SECTION * on a per-subscriber basis, the DeafDigest ad rates are the best in the nation. * For more information, send E-mail to mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- position opening Jr. Video Production Specialist Purple Rocklin, CA Reports to: Sr. Director of Marketing Communications Department: Marketing Communications FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-Exempt Location: Rocklin, CA for position description and application procedures, please click on: http://deafdigest.com/purple-job/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- position opening Teacher of the Deaf St Albans Regional Program St Albans, VT Time Base: Full time Qualifications: - Degree in Deaf Education, MA preferred. ASL fluency and English proficiency - VT Teaching license in Special Education and /or area of teaching assignment. - Knowledge of child development. Knowledge of curriculum and assessment. - Ability to apply classroom management and discipline techniques Responsibilities: - Teach all levels/content areas of elementary education. - Prepare lesson plans/curricula to meet IEP goals and objectives in accordance with the VT Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities. - Maintain an effective, orderly attractive and appropriately stimulating classroom. - Promote social, cognitive, emotional and physical growth in students. Please send letter of interest and resume to Jen Bostwick at mailto:jbostwick@vcdhh.org Or mail to: Jen Bostwick St Albans Regional Program 147 Knight Lane Williston, VT 05495 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- position opening Asst Head Football Coach/Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Department: Athletics Department Gallaudet University Washington, DC Job Number: HR-09111 Date Posted: 12/14/2009 Salary Range: $51,974 to $93,408 (11 months) Status: Accepting applications full information is at: http://deafdigest.com/deafdigestsports010210#JobOpening -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- (1/10/10 updated closing dates) Employment vacancies - School Educator I (closing date 1/11/2010) Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, Wilson, NC to view these vacancies please visit our website at: http://osp.its.state.nc.us/dhhssearchresults3a.asp?vacancykey=4421 contact person: mailto:cynthia.johnson@ncmail.net -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- position openings Team Leader/Mobile Mental Health Therapist Center for Hearing and Deaf Services Pittsburgh PA - Mobile Mental Health Therapist FT with/American Sign Language Outpatient/Adult Treatment Monday - Friday 37.5 hours per week. Master's Degree in Human Services AND 1 year of paid experience working with deaf population. American Sign Language fluency REQUIRED. Requires Act 33/34 Clearances, valid PA driver's license and access to a vehicle. Oversight of the OP component at HDS including clinical supervision of all the OP services. Coordination of community outreach activities (including networking and marketing of available services to the community at large), service coordination as well as ancillary services such as OVR, housing and peer support services. Maintain strong working relationships with internal (MBH and HDS) and external partners and resources. In addition, the Team Leader/Mobile MH therapist will provide community-based mobile mental health individual and group psychotherapy to an adult behavioral health population that includes mental health disorders with the deaf, hard of hearing, and/or deaf/blind population. The Team Leader/Therapist is responsible to evaluate, plan and provide clinical services across the continuum of care within the community in a variety of settings. The Team Leader/Therapist will also provide oversight of clinical documentation and charting at HDS according to Federal, State, County and Organizational polices and procedures. The Team Leader/Mobile MH Therapist will coordinate Treatment Team meetings including collaboration with psychiatric and other organization staff. to apply, contact: Karen Tarasenkov Human Resource Recruitment & Training Specialist Mercy Behavioral Health 1200 Reedsdale Street Pittsburgh, Pa. 15233 Phone: 412-697-6504 Fax: 412-323-6985 mailto:KTarasenkov@mercybh.org Mercy Behavioral Health is a part of the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System http://www.pmhs.org -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- job postings Deaf Counseling, Advocacy & Referral Agency San Leandro, CA - American Sign Language Instructor (Part-Time, Contract-based) - San Jose and San Leandro) to read on job description and on application procedures, click on: http://www.dcara.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=30 - Director of Community Relations to read on job description and on application procedures, click on http://deafdigest.com/dcarajob -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- position opening Independent Living Advisor Deaf Independent Living Association, Inc Salisbury, Maryland Full/Part Time Deaf Independent Living Association, Inc. is a growing organization that promotes access to services and resources for residents of the Eastern Shore of Maryland who are deaf or hard of hearing and provides opportunities for full participation in all aspects of community life. Responsibilities: Provide training in independent living skills, such as: teaching personal and household management, budgeting skills, TTY training, accessing and utilizing communication resources, medication administration and developing community relationships. Requirements: Fluency in American Sign Language and written English, High School degree required. Demonstrates competency in independent living skills, Valid driver's license required and good driving record. Flexibility in working hours required. Benefits: Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Pension, Life, Vacation, sick and personal leave, Healthy Lifestyle Benefit To Apply: Submit a cover letter, resume and three letters of references to : Deaf Independent Living Association, Inc. Human Resources Department 806 Snow Hill Road Salisbury, Maryland 21804 or fax to 410-543-4874. 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