DeafDigest Blue - February 18, 2018 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; 22nd year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on sub/unsub 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/disappointment/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/vibrations/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/kicked-out-of-restaurant/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deafattorneys/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -- agreement between Big 3 national deaf organizations http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/deaf-built-stone-garden/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: The Kenya Society for the Deaf has told police officers to arrest parents who refuse to send their deaf children to deaf schools. A new bill is in the works in South Dakota to create an advisory board under Department of Education to help place deaf students at mainstreamed programs across the state. Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, not deaf, was named by Microsoft as the Chief Diversity Officer. In her long career, she has worked with the deaf in different capacities. Garden of Stones is a tourist attraction in Iran. It was created by Darvish Khan Esfandiyarpour beginning in 1961 and continuously built over the years. He owned the land and was able to do what he wanted to do with it. He is deaf. The Ireland's Got Talent TV program will feature Irish Sign Language choir. Two of the three family siblings are deaf and the third one, not deaf, is fluent. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- READ WHAT THEY SAY Unlock the phone with CapTel® Captioned Telephone! 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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) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube KICKED OUT OF A RESTAURANT This is a true story. A deaf woman, who is oral, entered an ethnic restaurant in a small town. She walked to the counter to order food. There was a communication problem. The restaurant owner, an immigrant from Asia, could not understand the speech spoken by the oral woman. And also, the oral woman could not read the lips of the immigrant woman. As a result, the immigrant woman ordered the oral deaf woman out of the restaurant ! DeafDigest wonders why the oral woman would not point to the menu to order the food she wanted? - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://35.182.75.222/videos/kicked-out-of-restaurant/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 DEAF ATTORNEYS BEFORE ADA AND AFTER ADA Before we had ADA, we had few deaf attorneys. But after the ADA was passed we have many deaf attorneys. Why? Because law schools, before ADA, refused to provide interpreters. After the ADA was passed, these law schools had to provide interpreters! This is why many young deaf attorneys thank ADA. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deafattorneys/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing person was having a conversation with a deaf person The deaf person thought hearing person said: Cadillac The hearing person actually said: Cat likes it -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series As the 2018 National Court Reporting and Captioning Week comes to a close, we can look back and celebrate memorable moments from across the country. This awareness week took place February 10-17, 2018. Court reporters have had, and do have, a large impact on capturing history for posterity. Captioners do wonderful work to help better the lives for millions of Americans who are deaf and hard of hearing by providing captioning in real time for live sporting and theater events, church services, movie houses, and many other venues. Included below are some fun and interesting facts about the court reporting profession. We invite you to visit DiscoverSteno.org and CaptioningMatters.org for more information. -- Capturing the record of important proceedings dates back to the fourth century B.C. -- The ampersand (&) is one of the earliest forms of shorthand. -- There are official court reporters who are employees of the court, freelance court reporters, broadcast captioners, and CART captioners (Communications Access Realtime Translation—often employed in classroom settings to assist students who are deaf and hard of hearing). -- In an emergency, broadcast captioners can provide vital information to 48 million Americans who are deaf and hard of hearing -- Court reporters and captioners use cutting-edge technology to bring the spoken word accurately to text in real time. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: The crackdown on workers brought in from other nations has impacted on Circus Chimera. For past several years this circus has employed a group of deaf men from Mexico, all entering the USA on work visas. Not any more. Instead of being productive North Americans, they are sitting home in Mexico. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: In Hawaii, deaf people are up in arms over proposed cuts in living assistance and with interpreter referral service. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. 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