DeafDigest Blue - June 17, 2018 Blue Edition http://deafdigest.com/ - updated every Monday Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 22nd year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Employment ads web site: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/oralhistory/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/restaurant-stares/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/movie-manager/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/sign-language-hearing-tennis-players/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- insider's advice on getting deaf bills passed http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/communicating-without-asl/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: The Metro Deaf School, in St Paul, MN, has paid $7 million to purchase land for a new campus. India, some years back, passed a law sort of similiar to our ADA, yet in one state (Himachal Pradesh) it is not enforced. The reason is lack of written regulations on how to implement the law! The Norfolk Deaf Association, in Great Britain, is a social service agency serving the needs of 11,000 local deaf clients. This agency was forced to relocate. This relocation has cost the agency over $66,000 (in USA funds). The agency wasn't too happy about this forced expenditure. The police officers in New York City will be giving deaf drivers these communication cards, in hopes of improving communications with them. The MBEYA Zonal Referral Hospital has become the first medical facility in Tanzania to employ a full time sign language interpreter. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Check out the new post about how trauma can change you on HealthBridges http://healthbridges.info/?p=1825 HealthBridges is a website to learn about behavioral health and social service resources for Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing People Happy Summer :) The HealthBridges Team -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 at no-cost, with 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! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube A MOVIE HOUSE MANAGER IN A NEWSPAPER STORY A newspaper had a story about a movie house manager. The story said that every day he is busy - counting ticket sales, counting candy and popcorn sales, giving duties to his staff, checking newspapers to make sure movie titles and times are correct, etc, etc, etc. The newspaper did not mention one thing - that he should make sure that captions will work with the films that he would show at the movie house. DeafDigest worried that hearing people think captions are not important! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/movie-manager/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A deaf person was chatting with a hearing person. A third person passed through them while they were chatting The deaf person thought the hearing person said: He is deafy The hearing person actually said: He is daffy -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube SIGN LANGUAGE ON TENNIS COURT Belgium had two famous hearing tennis players - Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters. Belgium has 3 languages - Dutch, French and German. Justine spoke French. Kim spoke Dutch. They met each other for the first time at the age of 10., When they were on the same doubles team, they had to communicate with each other in sign language. Both women are now older and they both can speak English, and they have stopped signing to each other! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/sign-language-hearing-tennis-players/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series I have sometimes been asked the question, "When did captioning start on TV?" The captioning that we are now accustomed to on television is what is called closed captioning. Closed captioning is not visible unless it is turned on and a decoder is used. There is also what is known as open captioning. This is captioning that anyone viewing a broadcast will be able to see, and it cannot be turned off or hidden from view. Open captioning is rarely used on television anymore, but the first program to be captioned was open captioned. On August 5, 1972, Julia Child, "The French Chef," made history when she taught viewers how to make a chicken recipe. This was the first time Americans could view captions on a television show, and it was a very significant breakthrough for deaf and hard-of-hearing television viewers. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: We have another deaf member of a Parliament. This honor goes to Raghav Bir Joshi, a long time deaf leader in Nepal, was recently appointed to serve in the Parliament. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Doninic Badaracco, Bridgeport, CT, is late deafened and wears a hearing aid. He was a defendant in a court case. His hearing aid batteries died, and he did not have replacement batteries with him. As a result, the judge postponed the case until the next day! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Attention: the employment ads section: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ All new jobs are immediately posted