DeafDigest Blue - May 24, 2020 Blue Edition http://deafdigest.com/ - updated every Monday Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 23rd year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Employment ads web site: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-chinese-sign-language/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/important-deaf-house/ This week's ASL videos in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-ride-london-subways/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-crook-in-jail/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: A South African comedian mocked the signing of an interpreter during President Cyril Ramaphosa's speech. The DeafSA, not pleased with the mocking, has threatened legal action, forcing the comedian to beg for public forgiveness. .......... The Congressional Deaf Caucus has asked the White House to always include terps. Exactly what is Congressional Deaf Caucus and who is part of it? Googling it has disclosed Mark Takano and John Rutherford as co-chairs, and that it was relaunched in 2019. Does that caucus represent deaf people that work on the Hill or does it represent all of the deaf of USA? Do not know! If there were press releases and published announcements, then DeafDigest has never seen those. ......... Signing gloves do not help the deaf, said a deaf faculty member at Seattle Central College. There have been many versions of Signing Gloves since the first one came out in the early 1980's. And all of them failed badly for one reason - sign language dialects that the gloves could not recognize. ......... The CIT Group Inc is developing the Jordan Downs Apartments Project in Los Angeles, reserving 17 units for the deaf and the disabled. ........ We have the Deaflympics for top deaf athletes to compete against each other. We now have the International Abilympics (in the cake decoration category) for best deaf bakers to compete against each other. The next one is taking place in Russia next year. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 at no cost to the user, with 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, email: sales@weitbrecht.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! CapTel® Captioned Telephone – See What Everyone is Talking About! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube WORST BIG CITY SUBWAY SERVICE Many big cities all over the world have their own subway systems. Deaf people that live in these cities have no problems on the subways and get off at their stops. But one city has very bad subway service for the deaf. It is London. Ticket sellers are often rude. And many rides are changed at last minute with different routes or different platforms. Hearing can hear it with public announcements. Deaf can’t and there are not enough public displays to let them know of changes. This week's ASL video in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-ride-london-subways/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing person and a deaf person were talking about old time TV programs. The deaf person thought the hearing person said: I loved the pork character The hearing person actually said: I loved the Mork character note: Mork & Mindy was a popular TV program in the late seventies and early eighties. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube REMEMBERING A DEAF CROOK We have several deaf crooks that are in jail for their crimes. There is one deaf crook that DeafDigest editor remembers very well. That deaf person was a chairperson of a big deaf national softball tournament. His committee spent a lot of money for the tournament, but it was a flop. Few people went to the tournament. Few months later the committee had a party. The deaf chairperson gave a short speech. Everyone wanted to know if tournament made money or lost money. The chairperson would not admit anything. Suddenly he pointed to the table with delicious food and told the committee to grab the food. The chairperson then "disappeared" from the party. Did he steal the money for himself? That person is in jail but for something else. This week's ASL video in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-crook-in-jail/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Another question that people often ask me when they see me with the steno machine is how fast someone can write with "one of those machines." Most broadcast captioners and CART captioners start off as court reporters, and so they have passed the same tests that court reporters take in court reporting school. In many states, court reporters must pass a test at 225 words per minute in order to be certified. In order to achieve the Registered Professional Reporter certification offered by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), a court reporter or captioner must pass tests at speeds up to 225 words per minute. To obtain the Registered Merit Reporter certification, one must pass tests at speeds up to 260 words per minute. At the NCRA annual convention, there is a speed contest where contestants compete at speeds up to 280 words per minute. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Gallaudet men's basketball history book for sale https://app.mobilecause.com/form/LQ60XQ?vid=73t7e If you have any questions, please email kevin.kovacs@gallaudet.edu -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: A hot issue among the deaf in California is AB 2072, a piece of legislation that would amend the California Newborn Hearing Screening Program, banning deaf groups from giving parents information about ASL, Deaf Community and Deaf Culture. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Because of declining enrollment, Iowa Western Community College is terminating its ASL interpreter program. 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