DeafDigest Blue - December 17, 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/asl-classes-with-football-players/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/cochlear-implant-and-tinnitus/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/ugly-deaf-incident-at-mcdonalds/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-general-manager-of-pizza-chain/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -- worst comment about the deaf http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/astronomy-sign-language/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: The Tallahassee federal court settlement will force the state to provide interpreters for deaf prisoners. This settlement was 328 pages long. Deaf people of Spain are now able to watch theatrical plays with captions on a screen near the stage platform. Deaf users may not know it, but the technology behind the text telephone has changed. Deaf people may not even feel the change, either. This was the focus of a press release issued by AT&T. In Changchun, part of Northeast China's Jilin province, there is a cobblestone artist. It is Zhao Na, who is deaf. She amazes residents and tourists with her artistic designs on the cobblestones. She is well paid for her work. Ireland has finally given sign language official recognition after several attempts in the past by deaf groups. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: mailto: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) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 AN UGLY DEAF INCIDENT AT MCDONALDS A deaf husband and wife couple, both of them anti-hearing extremists, walked into a local McDonalds. They used ASL to order their food. Of course, the woman behind the counter did not understand ASL. She called for her manager to help. Yes, the manager also did not understand ASL. It only made the deaf couple angrier and angrier. At this point, another deaf couple entered McDonalds and saw this incident. They were so embarrassed that they quickly left the place. DeafDigest does not know what happened afterwards. But signing ASL with hearing people that does not know ASL is the worst example of Deaf Extremism! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/ugly-deaf-incident-at-mcdonalds/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing person was on the telephone The deaf person thought the hearing person said: Taylor wants to see you The hearing person actually said: Tailor wants to see you -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube WHY DID A DEAF GENERAL MANAGER QUIT HIS JOB? A deaf man was a general manager of a pizza place, which is part of a well-known pizza chain. He was the top boss at the pizza place. Everybody reported to him. One day he quit. Why? He had no interpreter and the job was stressful. Customers complaining. Kitchen staff arguing. Waiters arguing. Health inspectors show up without warning. Executives from the national chain headquarters show up without warning. Truck drivers arrive and complain about not being paid for the deliveries, etc, etc. Hearing managers face the same thing, but they can communicate. The deaf manager, without interpreter, was almost helpless in communications! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-general-manager-of-pizza-chain/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series "There are television news programs where some of the people speaking are from foreign countries (Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, etc.). English is not the language of these countries; however, the captioning is in English. How is the captioner doing that?" If a person does not hear the sound of a newscast, what he or she may not realize is that there may be times when the video shown on the screen does not match the sound that is being heard. In this case, an interpreter's voice may actually be heard even though the video depicts a leader from a different country who may be speaking. In other instances, the people at the television station may show a clip of a news event where a person is speaking; yet the voice that is heard is that of the television anchor or reporter. For television programs that are captioned in advance, one of the ways that some captioning companies indicate that a person is speaking who is off screen is by putting the text in italics. However, it would not be possible to do that when a program is being captioned "live" or in realtime. A realtime captioner will usually write everything that is being said without indicating that the voice is coming from someone who cannot be seen. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: Will a deaf audiologist, with a CI, better understand the needs of deaf person as opposed to a hearing audiologist? This will be the challenge facing Bill Raymond, who is deaf and wears a CI and is becoming Australia's first deaf CI audiologist. He is graduating from The University of Queensland with a degree in Audiology. Not sure, however, if Australia has deaf audiologists that do not have a CI. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The state appeals court in Washington (state) ruled that Regal, AMC, and Cinemark must do more to provide deaf patrons with captions in movie houses. The court said: it is a violation of state law to not make closed captioning technology more available -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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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