DeafDigest Blue - February 26, 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/deaf-badge/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/principal-love-hate/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-not-hear-fighting-voices/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-actors-cut-out-of-movies/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- avoiding the word deaf http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Try products from Harris Communications risk free for 30 days! 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Top stories about the deaf: For the first time in Ghanaian deaf history, the Ghana National Association of the Deaf is publishing a directory of national sign language. Tsogo Sun, a hotel chain in South Africa, has established a deaf chef program to train deaf people to become chefs in their hotels. No interpreter was present during a meeting to discuss Civil Defense emergency plans in New Zealand. Deaf people weren't too happy about it. Indiana is not giving up as far as their refusal to provide for an interpreter for a deaf prisoner. As a result the ACLU is teaming up with the Department of Justice to fight the state. Not just deaf passengers on American airflights that demand captions, the deaf of Canada is demanding the same thing. A deaf Canadian attorney is fighting Air Canada to provide captions. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 FIGHTING OR PLAYING? We often see dogs rough it up with each other. Are they fighting or playing? Hint - look at dog's tails and jaws. We often see hearing people "rough" with each other. Are they fighting or playing? Hearing people can tell by listening to their voices - angry voice or playful voice. We, the deaf, often cannot tell if it is playing or fighting! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-not-hear-fighting-voices/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A deaf fan and a hearing fan were talking about football. The deaf fan thought the hearing fan said: This team likes to bliss The hearing fan actually said: This team likes to blitz (in football, blitz means putting a higher number of defensive players to rush the quarterback before he could set off the pass) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube HIRING A CONSULTANT IN A MOVIE FOR NOTHING From time to time Hollywood people hire Deaf Consultant to work with directors and producers in a big filming that involves a deaf actor. And sometimes hiring the consultant is a waste of time and waste of money. Why? Because when filming is finished, the film editors may cut out scenes that involve deaf actors! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-actors-cut-out-of-movies/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Stenocaptioners and CART providers use what are called brief forms, which are abbreviations for a word or phrase, in order to be able to write quickly in steno. Even though captioners try very hard to be as accurate as possible, sometimes they make mistakes. If the brief form isn't in the captioner's dictionary or if they slightly misstroke it, captioning errors can occur. Many times these types of errors occur with proper names or places, so if you're trying to read through this type of error, try replacing the erroneous word with an appropriate name. A few examples would be: "They went to Luxembourg and beverage." "President Kennedy told crutch to take his missiles and go home." "The leaders were a Pittsburgh Pirate and adroit Tiger." These should be: "They went to Luxembourg and Belgium." "President Kennedy told Khruschev to take his missiles and go home." "The leaders were a Pittsburgh Pirate and a Detroit Tiger." -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: Will the Supreme Court be soon fielding a deaf-related case? And if so, it is attached with an unusual circumstance. It is so unusual that an attorney, familiar with legal issues of the deaf and a veteran administrator of an interpreting agency both have never heard of it. It involves a trial that took place 20 years ago. A deaf person in the trial was attended to by an interpreter. The attorney, working the pending Supreme Court case, is trying to locate that long forgotten interpreter. This is strange; how would interpreters be expected to remember an assignment that took place long time ago? Busy interpreters pretty much have a hard time remembering precisely what was interpreted yesterday, let alone 20 years ago! Is the attorney trying to challenge the interpreter's credentials and the clarity of his signs at that time 20 years ago? -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers and the Mano a Mano are working together to establish a directory of interpreters that know sign language other than just ASL. There are many deaf people that know Spanish and need Spanish signing interpreters. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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