DeafDigest Blue - January 14, 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/deaf-people-eat-at-diner/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/oral-communications-struggle/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/slow-deaf-communications/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-sports-fans/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -- another bad comment about the deaf; cost deaf leader his job http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/deaf-friendly-driverless-bus/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: Past top officers of the Hong Kong Association of the Deaf have accused this agency of funds embezzlement. The government is looking into this matter. Crotched Mountain, in New Hampshire, which closed up its deaf school program in 1979, continued with its Audiology services for years. Now this time this program is being closed up, too - severing all links to the deaf! The employment tribunal in Great Britain found a police department of discrimination by refusing to accommodate the needs of a late-deafened police officer. The Kosovar Association of the Deaf (Albania) said education of the deaf in the nation is a big problem. Alaska Legislature has a bill to discuss - to possibly create the state Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: 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 VOICE OR FAX OR EMAIL OR RELAY Before a deaf man started his successful business, he was employed in hearing workplaces. He said that hearing bosses were not patient with him because of slow communications. The deaf man was using fax, emails and relay to communicate with hearing clients, but the boss was not happy. The boss wanted faster communications, and that means voice only - without fax or emails or relay. The deaf man quit and started his own business, and he is much happier. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/slow-deaf-communications/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 DEAF WATCHING OR NOT WATCHING SPORTS Many deaf people love to watch sports, the same as hearing people. But do these deaf fans really watch the football game or a baseball game at a stadium? Many of them talk to each other with ASL and do not really watch the action closely. Yes, hearing fans talk a lot with each other, but their eyes are on the field and their ears listen to friends' voices. The deaf fans cannot watch ASL hands and the action on the field at the same time! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-sports-fans/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing person came out of a barber shop and met his deaf friend. The deaf friend thought hearing person said: Look at my grew cut The hearing person actually said: Look at my crew cut -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series "There were a lot of mistakes in the captioning of a television program I watched. Should I make a complaint about it?" One of the first things you need to consider when evaluating captioning on television is if it is realtime captioning, meaning it is being done "live," or if it is offline or post-production captioning, meaning that the program is prerecorded. If the program is prerecorded, the captioning should be close to 100% correct. If you are watching a prerecorded television show and you see mistakes in the captioning, please contact your cable or satellite TV service and/or the television station directly. In order to get better quality captioning, we have to let the people who are responsible know that someone is watching the captioning and that the quality of the captioning is important to us. If the program is being broadcast "live" and the captioning is being done in realtime, a few mistakes are to be expected. Even the very best captioners make some mistakes. However, if there are many mistakes or if it is hard to understand the captioning because of numerous inaccuracies, it is also important that you contact the service provider. Sometimes we just change the channel when we are watching poor captioning. If we do not make a complaint, the people in charge may not know that they are losing viewers because of bad captioning. It is important that caption viewers become advocates for better quality captioning. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: Word is out that the captioning lawsuit in Arizona is not doing too well. The judge in the lawsuit gave hints that she may rule against the ADA. She is implying that the ADA requires no captioning at all, be it open or closed. If the judge rules against us, she is opening the doors for an automatic appeal - which only succeeds in one thing, making the attorneys richer! note: Times have changed; all movie theaters are required to have equipment for closed captioning, even if almost all of them oppose open captions. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Steve Noyce is no longer the superintendent of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind. He was ousted by the Utah school board. No reason was given, but in 2009 he was appointed over the strong opposition of the Deaf Community. They felt he would suppress use of sign language in the school environment. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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