DeafDigest Blue - November 12, 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/fast-deaf-news-in-old-days/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/odd-deaf-property-in-little-rock/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/auto-dealership-or-deaf-social-club/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/dog-for-the-deaf/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -- examples of discrimination against deaf http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/the-economist-magazine-cfo/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: The Narragansett Historical Society (MA) staged an event to honor the memory of Florence Breevort Kane. She was deaf and was a world-renowned sculptor during the Roaring Twenties. She passed away in 1956. The Medical Council of India said that students that belong to either one of the 21 different disabled categories can take medical school entrance exams. Deafness has been included in these 21 disabled categories. An advocate from Connecticut said the governor, in a budget cutting move, chose to eliminate all 40 state interpreters instead of making across the board cuts. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and Board of Parole both asked the U.S. District Court of Nebraska to dismiss parts of ACLU's class action lawsuit, with respect to discrimination against deaf prisoners. They said ACLU has been too overreaching on violations that have not yet been committed by prison officials! Future deaf business entrepreneurs are taking part in a workshop that is taking place in Washington, DC. 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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) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 A DEAF CLUB IN NEW CAR DEALERSHIP? Years ago, a popular and a well-known deaf man worked in a Washington, DC new car dealership. He specialized in sales of new cars for deaf customers. The dealership general manager hated it when many deaf friends came to the dealership just to chat with the deaf salesperson. This general manager asked his deaf salesman: is this an auto dealership or is this a deaf social club? Few weeks later, the deaf salesman quit his job. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/auto-dealership-or-deaf-social-club/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A deaf supply clerk in office thought hearing person said: I need cream He actually said: I need ream (of photocopying paper) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube A DOG AS A PET OR AS A HEARING EAR DOG? DeafDigest editor and his wife, with the family dog, were staying at a hotel in North Carolina as a stopover on way to Holiday Season vacation in Florida. The hotel in North Carolina allowed dogs, but there is an extra charge for it. The hotel policy is no charge if the dog is certified as a Service Dog. DeafDigest editor's dog is a pet, not a Service Dog. The hotel, however, said that if the dog's owner is deaf, then this dog is "certified" as a Service Dog, no matter if the dog is a pet! This was a surprise because DeafDigest editor expected to pay extra for the dog in the hotel room. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/dog-for-the-deaf/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series One thing that it is important to remember is that many realtime captioners started off as court reporters. Most court reporters learn a steno theory that incorporates a number of brief forms that can be used to save time in court proceedings. Phrases like "where do you live," "state your name," "do you know," and "I don’t remember" come up frequently in the work of a court reporter. Many court reporters devise ways to write these phrases and many others in one stroke on the steno keyboard. Some captioners try to delete or eliminate some or all of these phrases from their dictionaries when they start captioning, but sometimes a few of these phrases may remain and may cause some embarrassing errors. A common way to write "at that time" is with the steno TAT. Unfortunately, if the word "tattered" is not in a steno writer's dictionary, it might come out as "at that timered." -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: One of the most discriminated-against-deaf professions is EMT. Many local fire departments do not want to hire the deaf as EMT despite their qualifications and their credentials. Despite rampart discrimination, we do have a few deaf individuals serving as EMT. The newest deaf EMT is Kasey Holland who is now stationed at Central Ohio Joint Fire District. When not busy serving at EMT and volunteer firefighter, she attends classes at Central Ohio Technical College, majoring in Radiology. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Growing up Bethan Hindson, a deaf woman in United Kingdom, wanted to become a veterinarian. Everyone told her - no you can't because you are deaf. She would not listen. Now she is winding up her 5th year of studies at the Royal Veterinary College. And then onwards to a long career working with animals. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. 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