DeafDigest Blue - August 23, 2015 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; 19th 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: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-last-minute-2/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/boss-confuses-deaf/ This week's ASL Videos: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-russian-accent/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-menu-numbers/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Don't Miss the Bus! 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To find out more, go to: http://bit.ly/HarrisComm_DDB082315 Contact us at: mailto:info@harriscomm.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest welcomes unique deafnews tips; mailto:barry@deafdigest.com sources of unique deafnews are never revealed; always confidential -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: The ZhasNur Public Association of the Deaf in Kazakhstan is working with other agencies to improve accessibility for the deaf at public facilities Zandisile Khobeni, a deaf man in South Africa, applied for subsidized housing in 2011. His application was approved and he was put on a waiting list. Four years later, he is still waiting, unaware that a bureaucrat pulled his name off the waiting list! Activists are very angry about it. Wearsafe Labs, Hartford, CT, is working with American School for the Deaf on special wearable tags that would provide identification for deaf individuals. A workshop took place at Shimanto-shi in Japan to educate the deaf on mental health issues. Natalia Belan, Melitopol, Ukraine, is the winner of the Miss Deaf World pageant. Not sure if American deaf women took part in that event. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 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! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- NOT KNOWING ACCENTS ON CAPTIONED TV PROGRAMS DeafDigest editor was watching a TV crime program - about members of the Russian mafia. The cops arrested the members of the mafia and brought them to trial. These actor Russians spoke with Russian accent - but a deaf person, watching that program, would not know it. The captions should have said (speaking with Russian accent) but it didn't http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-russian-accent/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- five things about the hearing aid http://deafdigest.com/five-things-about-deaf-hearing-aid/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DEAF NEVER ORDER WALL MENU ABOVE #11 A deaf man goes to a fast food restaurant, and looks at the wall menu. Each dish is numbered between #1 and #20 The deaf person never orders dishes #11 and above. It is much easier with two hands to tell him the menu number (up to 10). Above 10, forget it! http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-menu-numbers/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 2015 NAD National Leadership Training Conference more information at: http://deafdigest.com/2015-nad-deaf-national-leadership-training-conference/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- WHAT DO INTERPRETERS HATE? being constantly asked this question "how long would it take to learn sign language to become an interpreter?" COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series A captioner or court reporter may enter the same word into his or her personal dictionary in multiple ways. Because captioners write phonetically rather than letter by letter, they often hear the same word in different ways. For example, a captioner may enter the word "paparazzi" with different pronunciations. (Hint: EU is an "I" on the steno machine.) PAUP/RAUZ/EU=paparazzi PAP/AR/AZ/SEU=paparazzi PA/PA/ROZ/EU=paparazzi PAP/RAUT/SEU=paparazzi POP/ROZ/EU=paparazzi Even though the word "paparazzi" has been entered into the captioner's dictionary in multiple ways, if the captioner heard the word pronounced differently today and wrote it differently, it still may not translate properly. For instance, the captioner may write POP/ROT/SEU, and that could then translate as "pop rotsy." A PET PEEVE OF BEING DEAF in a relay call, the hearing person would tell the relay operator to tell the deaf person something, instead of directly responding to the deaf person (Every deaf person, no matter if it is ASL, oral, Cued Speech, late-deafened, hearing aid user, CI user, etc, share these pet peeves. You may laugh or cry) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DEAF HORRORS & NIGHTMARES AT RESTAURANTS - waiter never explains the tonite's specials with the deaf diner to see a list of past horrors: http://deafdigest.com/deaf-horrors-nightmares-at-restaurants/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com for Special Notes, go to the bottom of the Gold section -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafLaw Three deaf residents of the Prairie Village Healthcare Center, a residential living facility in Jacksonville, IL, have filed a lawsuit. They have accused the facility of discriminating against the deaf. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: DeafDigest dedicates this edition to George E. Detmold, who was not deaf. He served in the late fifties throughout the seventies as the dean at Gallaudet University, overseeing academic programs. Gallaudet won accreditation during the fifties and Detmold was there to make sure to maintain these tight academic waters. Some of his decisions were controversial but certainly made Gallaudet a stronger place for deaf students. He loved theater and directed several Gallaudet plays - and in a way, paved the way for the establishment of the National Theater of the Deaf. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The overzealous security guard who brutally tackled a suspected deaf shoplifter in a Los Angeles shopping mall, was suspended. His tackle was videotaped and distributed all over the world, much to the embarrassment of all particulars involved -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Deaf Apocalypse of the Week: when graduates get together for their 40th or 45th or even 50th anniversary of their high school reunions, what is the most common topic they talk about? About how deaf they have become! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest Copyright 2015 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