DeafDigest Blue - July 30, 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/videos/deaf-arguing-about-meeting-seats/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/strange-deaf-research/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/fingerspelling/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/unionstation/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -- deaf artist who became a war correspondent http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/deaf-rocket-scientist/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: Most deaf people of Tanzania do not watch TV even if their families watch it all the time. Reason - no interpreters on the screen! And even if there were captions, many of these deaf people are illiterate. This matter was mentioned in a newspaper story. Do candidates for local district seats care about education of the deaf? In Seattle's District 4, seven candidates are hoping to win the election. Just one - Jennifer Crow said deaf education is a priority with her even though she has no connections to the deaf. Six other candidates said nothing about deaf education. The Nazionale Sordi, Italy's national office for the deaf, has created a web site that provides complete information on deafness and of the deaf - photographs, newspaper articles, multimedia resources, deaf associations and videos in sign-language. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are studying the connection between deafness and dizziness. Many older deaf people suffer temporary bouts of extreme dizziness before it goes away! The Flagstaff Unified School District reached a working agreement with the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind on education of deaf students in their district. Last year the agreement was revoked. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 VIDEO OF A DYING LANGUAGE In Great Britain and Scotland, deaf people used fingerspelling for many years with both hands. This fingerspelling language is dying because younger people use signs not fingerspelling. As a result, there is a project right now – to visit older people in Scotland that continue to use two-hand fingerspelling. The deaf filmmakers want to video this fingerspelling before these older people die. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/fingerspelling/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale The deaf person thought hearing person said: these people are more The hearing person actually said: these people are poor -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube UNION STATION IN WASHINGTON, DC Union Station is not too far from Gallaudet University. This station has a lot of history. Many years ago Gallaudet students went to the Union Station to take the trains back to their home towns. There were always many Gallaudet students at Union Station greeting each other for the fall semester, and saying farewell after the spring semester. Times have changed. Students either fly or drive. But many deaf people still go to Union Station – because it has a big Food Court and students always get tired of college food! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/unionstation/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series "I think I'll drop out of school and become a CART provider or realtime captioner." Have you ever heard someone say something like this? People have heard that you don't need a four-year degree to be a CART provider or realtime captioner, and they think it is something that they could achieve without much work or effort. Realtime captioners use the same skills as court reporters, and what many people don't realize is that realtime captioners are actually among the cream of the crop as far as people using those skills. Court reporters must learn speed and accuracy on the steno machine, and they also must have good English grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation skills and excellent listening skills and hearing. In addition to possessing those skills of a court reporter, realtime captioners and CART providers must be able to understand what is said and write on their steno machine something they know will come up correctly on their computer screen. If they hear an unusual word or term, they may have to fingerspell that word or use a synonym in order to convey the proper meaning of the word. They do not have time to look up words in a dictionary or to research something online. They are required to have knowledge about a wide range of topics. Although formal education may not be required, a lot of practice and real-world knowledge is necessary to be a good realtime captioner or CART provider. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: Even though Gary Malkowski, a deaf man, was a one-term Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament, he continues to be an influence in the province. He was instrumental in working with two other complainants with the Human Rights Commission to reach settlement to have Ontario movie houses install captions. Everyone agreed it was a win-win situation; just that they had to go through the arduous process to achieve that result. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Among golfers, both deaf and hearing, lost golf balls are a way of life. One can joke about it or cry about it. In the case of Scott Phillips, it is not a joke, but for a different reason. Scott, who became deaf in his twenties, operates his Premier Lake Balls business in Hartlepool, County Durham in England. These resold golf balls means approximately one million dollars per year in sales! He has seven divers working for him, looking for these lost golf balls in lakes. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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