DeafDigest Blue - February 19, 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/hearing-fool-deaf/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/hearing-ear-dog-deaf-confusion/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/deaf-badge/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/principal-love-hate/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- waste of money for hiring deaf movie consultant http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Try products from Harris Communications risk free for 30 days! 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To honor for her services, the police headquarters named the breakroom after her. Top stories about the deaf: A deaf prisoner in Louisiana field a discrimination lawsuit against the Livingston Parish Prison, saying his rights were violated because of his deafness. Buses in Regina (in Canada) will be outfitted with visual displays, telling deaf passengers of names of upcoming stops. The British government voted to require broadcasters to set up captions on their programs. There is a push in Australia to allow the deaf to serve on juries. Current law says outsiders cannot be in the jury room, and that includes interpreters. Aiken Public Safety officers (South Carolina) have been trained on how to better deal with the deaf during traffic stops. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Survey: Have You ever been arrested or taken to prison? Survey conducted by Dr. Gabe Lomas, Western Connecticut State University. Do click on: http://deafdigest.com/survey-have-you-ever-been-arrested-or-taken-to-prison/ also click to see the video at: http://bit.ly/dhhcrimjust Walmart gift cards given to survey participants -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS A COUNSELOR WITH DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CLIENTS? Are you a bright and motivated student who wants a M.S. degree? Would a scholarship help make this dream come true?* Western Oregon University’s Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (RMHC) program prepares Master’s level counselors to work with Deaf and hard of hearing clients.  The need for qualified rehabilitation counselors is at an all time high.  Graduates from this program find employment in such professional areas as state vocational rehabilitation, community mental health, and other partnering agencies.  The nationwide employment rate for recent graduates is 96 – 100% within six months of graduation. A Bachelor’s (B.S. or B.A.) degree is required to apply, as well as proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL). Individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, deaf blind, or members of traditionally underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications are being accepted now for the Fall 2017 school year. Deadline is Feb 15, 2017 or until the slots are filled.  Face-to-Face interview on March 3rd, 2017 or during March on Videophone if unable to attend the March 3rd face to face interview due to geography distance. *Substantial scholarship support is available to qualified students contingent upon continued federal funding.* Note: Applicants who are residents of WICHE states will be charged tuition at Oregon resident student rates.  Those states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. For more information and application materials visit http://www.wou.edu/graduate/ms-rehabilitation-mental-health-counseling/ You may contact me to request for informal informational meeting on Videophone/Skype/FaceTime to learn more about our Deaf track and the RMHC program, and the application process. Denise Thew Hackett, PhD, MSCI (Deaf and ASL fluent) Deaf Track Advisor Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR 97361 thewd@wou.edu -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 BADGE THAT SAYS DEAF Some deaf people wear badges that say this word DEAF. They want to warn hearing people that they must communicate with notes or by easy gestures. Worth it? Many deaf people prefer to be invisible! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/deaf-badge/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale There are two restaurants in Washington, DC that are lipread almost the same. One is Badeo Other one is Bar Deco a nightmare for lipreaders! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube HEARING LOVE - DEAF HATE DeafDigest editor taught at a deaf school many years ago. The school had an assistant principal. He was deaf. Hearing people loved him. Deaf people hated him. Deaf principal - but two different opinions about him? Interesting! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/principal-love-hate/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Although broadcast and CART captioners try to be as accurate as possible, there are times when they make mistakes. As we read through captioning errors, we have to always keep in mind that stenocaptioners are primarily writing words phonetically, and they are not typing out words letter by letter. As they are writing phonetically, sometimes they stroke syllables that should be more than one word, but the computer already knows these sounds as another word, and it translates it incorrectly. If a word doesn’t make sense, sometimes we need to mentally take the syllables of the erroneous word apart in order to make it make sense. Some of examples of this would be: "Ben McAdoo is a fungi to be around." "The lawyer recommended that they Sudan Jones for damages." "We told our realtor we wanted to Seymour houses." "After her birdie attempt, on the hole for parquet came up two feet short." These should be: "Ben McAdoo is a fun guy to be around." "The lawyer recommended that they sue Dan Jones for damages." "We told our realtor we wanted to see more houses." "After her birdie attempt, on the hole for par Kay came up two feet short." -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: While AgBell has appointed an executive search team to find a new Executive Director/CEO, a transition team has been formed to oversee the current operations. Said one AgBell member: Hopefully we will end up with the best candidate DeafDigest hopes that AgBell will hire a deaf person to become its next Executive Director/CEO. AgBell was founded in 1890 but did not elect its first deaf president (H. Latham Breunig) until the late 1970's. The glass ceiling blocking deaf candidates have been long lifted at Gallaudet and at NTID and even at one prominent oral school for the deaf. Not yet at AgBell. Hearing Loss Association and the NAD never had glass ceiling restrictions. Of course, the deaf person must be qualified, no questions about it. DeafDigest is sure we have plenty of qualified deaf candidates everywhere. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Some time ago a father of a deaf son was clocking car speeds in front of his house. He was afraid a speeding car may hit his deaf son that is playing in front of the house. The father was advised that if there were car accidents because of quick stops to avoid the radar, then there may be law suits against him! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. 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