DeafDigest Blue - January 15, 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/rome-restaurants/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/joke-interview/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-ada-lawsuits-california/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-strangers-with-other-deaf-strangers/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- Fortune 500 corporation president 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/deaf-clerk-with-hearing-customer/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: There is a drive in Hong Kong to make sign language an official language of the deaf. The U.S. Justice Department is now involved in the lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections, saying the deaf inmates have been continuously mistreated. Gavin Reid, British deaf yachtsman, was given a national award for rescuing a hearing yachtsman that was in distress. Both yachts were racing against each other, but Gavin disregarded his yacht's chances of winning in order to save the life of a rival. The deaf were excluded from a disability conference that addressed the best ways to empower these people in the Singaporean society. An irony? Yes! The EEOC said that deaf applicants & deaf employees are entitled to accommodation with everything - be it job interviews, on the job and job training, staff meetings and even during exit interviews. Employers cannot skip any of these phases in the work place. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates Deaf Dentist; College Park. 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The deaf employee thought the supervisor said: I will call helpless The supervisor actually said: I will call helpdesk -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube EATING AT A RESTAURANT Two deaf people entered a restaurant and saw two other deaf people chatting at one table. These two deaf people were strangers to the other two deaf people. Should these two deaf people introduce themselves to the other two deaf people - like this - Hi, I am deaf? Hard to say. Hearing people don't introduce themselves to strangers and say - Hi, I am hearing! Perhaps this is OK in a small town, but possibly not OK in a big city like New York or Los Angeles? This week's ASL video in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-strangers-with-other-deaf-strangers/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series "How does that machine work?" Over the years, as a court reporter and CART captioner using a steno machine, I cannot tell you the number of times that I have heard this question. It is a little difficult to answer that in a single sentence. Today's steno machines are intricate computers themselves, and they record the keystrokes that are being entered by the court reporter or captioner. The steno machine is usually hooked up either via a cable or in a wireless manner to another computer. That computer has Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) software loaded on it. The CAT software accepts input from a steno keyboard and translates it into text. The most important part of making the words translate properly is what is called the dictionary or dictionaries that the captioner or court reporter has loaded in that CAT software program. A dictionary is a list of words, phrases, punctuation, and symbols and the associated steno. It basically tells the computer how to translate what the captioner is writing on the steno machine. As the captioner writes on the steno machine, the CAT software matches the steno being written with entries in the dictionary and translates those strokes into English. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: Weather is crazy in USA. Hot in one part of USA while freezing in other part of USA. What did one school district in Connecticut have to say about the "heat wave" hitting the area few weeks ago? It said that money saved on fuel is earmarked towards $125,000 needed to educate a deaf student that resides in the district. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The Deaf Canadians have massed for a protest rally over the shutting down of the government-financed relay center. The trial basis service in operation for nearly two years in British Columbia and Alberta are being closed on January 15h. And the deaf people are not too happy about it. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. 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