DeafDigest Blue - July 17, 2016 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; 20th 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/hearing-always-ask-same-question/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-discrimination/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/careless-people/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/caption-friendly/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- medical researcher at big research facility http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Try products from Harris Communications risk free for 30 days! 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At the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in the Philippines, employees have been taking a Deaf Culture Sensitivity Training workshop. It was given to  check-in staff, ground handlers, terminal duty officers, customer service representatives, security, and other staffers. airport The Upper House legislative body in Japan has rejected a bill that would support the rights and the needs of the deaf! It was a big shock; no one knew it was coming! There was a big story in the newspaper in Sacramento, CA about medical facilities ignoring the needs of the deaf in hospitals and medical clinics. Japan finally joins the list of nations that offer video relay services for the deaf. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- youtube video with text WONDERING WHY DeafDigest editor is always wondering why people are careless about their hearing aids and CI. They often misplace or lose them, and cannot afford new hearing aid or new CI. Same thing with deaf babies with CI. These people are careful with their laptops and iPads but not careful with their hearing aids and CI. Always a mystery! youtube video with text http://deafdigest.com/videos/careless-people/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A deaf employee was complaining that her feet was getting cold. The fellow employee said: You can borrow my kitchen borrow a kitchen? The fellow employee actually said: You can borrow my heater -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- youtube video with text CAPTION-FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS Deaf people love to go out and eat - no matter if it is low cost fast food restaurant or a bar that serves hamburgers or fancy restaurants. These deaf people know which restaurants are caption-friendly and which are not! What is a Caption Friendly restaurant? Captions always turned on restaurant TV sets are Caption Friendly? Restaurants that never turn on captions are not Caption Friendly! youtube video with text http://deafdigest.com/videos/caption-friendly/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series A stenocaptioner does not type words letter by letter.  The captioner strokes whole words and phrases on the steno machine.  The words in the dictionary in a computer-aided transcription program are matched against those steno strokes to translate them into English. Erroneous translation can sometimes occur because of other words entered in a captioner's dictionary. A captioner might have meant to write the following sentence: "As the farmer was preparing to plant his crops, he saw he could move the row bottom any direction." However, because of words entered in the captioner's dictionary, the sentence might be displayed as: "As the farmer was preparing to plant his crops, he saw he could move the robot omnidirection." -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: Tony Wallace, who is deaf, just started work as the law enforcement officer in Noonah, Alaska. This town, near the British Columbia border, has 900 residents. He will also help with the EMS and with the fire department. editor's note: Tony was tragically shot to death several years later while serving summons at a house. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Mark Grisanti, a senator with the New York State legislation, has been credited by a Buffalo, NY newspaper for saving the schools for the deaf in the state - by getting the 4201 Special Schools funding restored - that the governor wanted to remove. editor's note: schools for the deaf - Fanwood, St Mary's, Lexington, Rochester, Nill Neck and a couple others are called "4201 schools" - these schools are privately run but get state funding. Politicians have for years wanted to cut 4201 funding, but have failed to do so. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. 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