DeafDigest Blue - December 18, 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/walk-away-from-hearing/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/speech-not-perfect/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/gesturelanguage/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/streetgestures/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- the 400 lightbulbs 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 a deaf girl with rough and tough hearing women http://deafdigest.com/deaf-girl-against-women-in-rough-sport/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dedication - from DeafDigest Sports a dedication DeafDigest Sports dedicates this edition to John Jackson that departed us this past Sunday. He was a tall man, about 6'6, played for these powerful Little Rock Association of the Deaf basketball teams that won three national tournaments during the fifties. He was impossible to stop in the paint, making it easier for the three Nutt Brothers (Clyde, Houston and Fay) to make their outside shots during these tense-filled games in the fifties against stronger deaf opponents. Legend has it that during a high school game with Arkansas School for the Deaf, he caused a near riot by lifting a short player above his shoulders for an easy tip-in basket. It was said that he forced the rules to be changed to prohibit this type of stunt! He has been enshrined into the Deaf Basketball Hall of Fame, was also one of the 15 best deaf basketball players named by sports writer Art Kruger (1900-1950's era) ...................................................... Top stories about the deaf: The Australian Football League must provide for interpreters at the Grand Final (same as our Super Bowl). A group of deaf fans filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission. It led to a ruling that interpreters must be provided. In an effort to help deaf Brazilians understand their Amazon heritage, the Inclusive Theatre has been using Brazilian Sign Language during museum visits and tours. Caroline Solomon, Gallaudet biology professor, will be awarded for her work by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. Parents of deaf children have accused a Cook County (Illinois) bus driver of dropping off children at wrong bus stops. Even when the children told the driver the drop off address was wrong, they were still "pushed" off the bus. Legal action is pending. The Davis Children's Nutcracker, an annual Holiday Season show in Davis, CA, has featured a deaf child in the program for the first time in 40 years this show has been shown. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube SPANISH SIGN LANGUAGE OR SPANISH GESTURAL LANGUAGE? Spanish Sign Language same as Spanish Gestural Language? Madrid is a city popular with tourists - the French, the Italian, the Dutch and from many other countries. Many Spanish people do not use English as second language. There is a lot of communication struggles between tourists and waiters, police officers, shop merchants, etc. This is where the deaf are equal to these hearing tourists - because all of them share communication problems! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/gesturelanguage/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing woman was chatting with a deaf woman The deaf woman thought the hearing woman said: Let's make some cookies She actually said: Let's bake some cookies -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube SIGN LANGUAGE COMMON ON MADRID STREETS! Spanish hearing people do not use sign language, but they gesture all the time. They even gesture much more than the Italians! DeafDigest editor, walking through Madrid sidewalks, was often confused. Many times he saw a lot of gesturing that was almost the same as sign language. After watching them he realized they were hearing and not deaf Did DeafDigest editor see a deaf person? Yes, but not in Madrid, but in Toledo, a beautiful tourist town, nearly 60 miles away. This week's ASL video in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/streetgestures/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Realtime captioners, CART providers, and court reporters use the same basic skills to do their jobs. Even though you may know that they all use the steno machine to perform their functions, what you may not realize is that they may be performing more than one of these jobs at the present time. You may think a person is only a court reporter, a CART provider, or a captioner. However, the fact is that a court reporter may go to court and act as a court reporter at a trial during the day, and that same person may go home that night and put on his or her headphones and be the one who captions your 11 o'clock local news. The CART provider in a college class this morning may be the court reporter in a deposition being taken at a law firm this afternoon. Although many captioners, CART providers, and court reporters specialize in a single area, there are some who work in combinations or even all of these professions. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: This coming December 21st will be something special for us, the deaf. Liberty University will play against Lipscomb University in a NCAA-I basketball game. Just another NCAA-I basketball game? Not quite. Dwight Brewington, who is deaf, plays for Liberty University. Ryan Daniel, who also is deaf, plays for Lipscomb University. They are transfers from another NCAA-I basketball schools; Dwight from Providence and Ryan from Auburn. Do not be surprised if Ryan overtowers and overleaps on Dwight's layup attempt. Dwight is 6' 5 but Ryan is nearly 7 foot tall. And who knows, both teams may meet each other during the annual March Madness. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: A restaurant waiter, not deaf, was written up in a newspaper story. He was asked what was his memorable moment as a waiter. He said one night a group of four deaf men, all of them drunk, sat down at his table. While ordering food, they behaved obnoxiously, making inappropriate comments. The waiter hated serving that deaf group. But when they left, and paid their check - surprise, the tip was very big! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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