DeafDigest Blue - November 20, 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/sad-prison-story/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/pound-not-piece/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/hearing-employee-refused-to-train/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/fired-and-apology/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- deaf Economist, Fortune 500 corporation http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Try products from Harris Communications risk free for 30 days! 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He also found time from his busy work to serve as president of the Optimist Club of Miami Lakes Deaf, as well as helping out the local deaf softball team as statistician. He had a great sense of humor and often laughed with his many deaf friends. DeafDigest dedicates this edition to Myron Goldman that departed us. He was a long time accountant in the Los Angeles area before retiring and relocating to Las Vegas. He practically saved the 1985 Deaflympics that took place in Los Angeles, stepping in as a replacement chairperson, in the middle of these athletic events. The organizing committee was beset with too many administrative problems and needed a quick replacement. In Las Vegas he established the Deaf Silver Knights, raising money for deaf local causes. Top stories about the deaf: The Vault Keepers, in Atulyakala, India, has been encouraging the deaf artists and designers with their work, for public exhibition. Kenneth DeHaan, ASL teacher at ASL professor at University of Pittsburgh, has filed a lawsuit against the SouthSide Works movie theater. Same reason as with many other lawsuits - no captions. Louisiana School for the Deaf has been working with the Louisiana State Police on best ways to train local police officers on how to deal with the deaf during traffic stops. The Mina Restaurant in Beijing was written up in a newspaper. All of the waiters in that restaurant are deaf. Passengers that bring "fake-hearing ear" dogs on airplanes, have become a problem with a number of airlines. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 relay 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 HEARING EMPLOYEE FEELS THREATENED BY DEAF EMPLOYEE A deaf man was hired by a big company. He was supposed to be trained by a hearing employee. The hearing employee was scared that the deaf person would learn fast and become a better employee than him. As a result the hearing employee refused to train the deaf employee for six months. The boss warned the hearing employee many times. But the hearing employee still refused. The boss got angry and threatened to fire the hearing employee. The hearing employee gave up and finally trained the deaf employee. It was the reason why deaf employee did nothing in his office for six months until hearing employee finally trained him! This week's ASL video in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/hearing-employee-refused-to-train/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale Deaf man and hearing man were talking about sports. The deaf man thought hearing man said: Jack Peterson is very good player with the Dodgers The hearming man actually said: Joc Pederson is a very good player with the Dodgers editor's note: Joc Pederson is the actual name of that player that play for the Dodgers. It is not a made-up name -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube REPEATED DEAF ANGER A deaf person went to the Dunkin' Donut drive in to order donuts and coffee. The employee refused to serve her. The deaf person complained about discrimination. The hearing employee was fired and Dunkin' Donuts apologized to the deaf person. This should be enough - but this deaf person continues to complain and complain. This is not fair to Dunkin' Donuts. This week's ASL video in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/fired-and-apology/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series This week our nation will celebrate a holiday when we can slow down and reflect on the many blessings we have in our lives. As a profession, court reporters and realtime captioners have much to be grateful for. They have skills and talents that are necessary to record and communicate important messages in our fast-paced world. I personally am very thankful for the hard work of the realtime captioners who bring us newscasts, sporting events, and other live broadcasts. Much of their work must be done when others of us choose to spend time with our families and friends. Most sporting events take place on the weekends, and newscasts are often during dinnertime or at bedtime for many of us. There are live events that must be captioned on holidays. When a disaster strikes or an emergency takes place, captioners must be there at all hours of the day and night. Thank you to all of you who have worked hard over the years to bring access via captioning and CART to people across America. For all of you who read steno, may I take this opportunity to say: HAP/PEU/THA*PBGS/TKPWEUFG For those of you who do not read steno, Happy Thanksgiving to you! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: The FCC headquarters hosted a E911 Disability Access Summit this week. Everyone was there (relay providers, TTY manufacturers, national and state leaders, etc). Addressed were the accessibility needs of the deaf, the hard of hearing, the Deaf-Blind and speech impaired. The goal is equal access for all on these internet, video and wireless venues. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Did the FCC emergency broadcast warning test of last week perform well? According to a deaf resident of Houston, TX, there was an ASL interpreter on the TV screen. That interpreter, however, was pictured "half on the screen, half off the screen"! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. 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