DeafDigest Blue - October 30, 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/deaf-deaf-deaf-shouting/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/broken-captioning-device/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-nervous-with-different-store/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-not-know-about-penny-noise/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- honored self-taught deaf astronomer http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Try products from Harris Communications risk free for 30 days! 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Years ago, one did - Ralph LinWeber wrote a book on history of Toledo MudHens minor league baseball team. And now this - Chris Gardner, a deaf British soccer fan wrote a book on his beloved minor league soccer team - the Forest Green Rovers. In a special ceremony, the team honored him for publishing this book. Geeta, the young deaf woman, accidentally strayed over to the India-Pakistan border and stayed in Pakistan for about 12-13 years. After being returned to India, she started searching for her real family. A year later, she is nowhere closer to finding her family members. At any rate she is now considered a full fledged citizen of India. A deaf teenager fought a one-man battle with Sky, a big British telecommunications provider, and won. He was upset when programs were not captioned - and took issue with Sky. After several months, Sky relented and agreed to put in captions. The banks have been warned to must make their ATMs and Websites Accessible. Yet for reasons of their own, they have ignored these warnings, especially TD Ameritech. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 DEAF UNEASY WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE You are deaf and you go to the same barber, the same Starbucks, the same bank for a long time. These people know you and respect you as a customer, no matter that you are deaf. But if you go to a different barber, a different Starbucks and a different bank, then you feel little nervous. These people do not know you and may not know what to do with you because of your deafness. This is why you are nervous. This week's ASL video in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-nervous-with-different-store/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing friend was explaining a plot of land with his deaf friend The deaf person thought hearing person said: this land is a more The hearing person actually said: this land is a moor (moor is an old fashioned word meaning land that cannot be farmed for crops; no one really uses that word any more) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube A BIG DEAF EMBARRASSMENT AT A BANK A deaf person, carrying a big jar of coins, went to a bank coin counting machine. He poured these coins in the machine and waited for it to be counted. Several pennies were "stubborn" and could not go through the coin machine. The deaf person then poured these same rejected pennies into machine 4 or 5 times. The machine still refused to accept these few pennies. As a result, there was so much noise from the clanking of these rejected pennies. Everyone at the bank looked at the deaf person, who did not know about the noise. The bank manager walked over to the deaf person and asked him to stop with these rejected pennies. Very embarrassing! This week's ASL video in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-not-know-about-penny-noise/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Captioning is being offered at more and more "live" events across the country and around the world. In addition to the television broadcast of sporting events, you will find some sports stadiums now offer captioning of what is going on within the stadium. When a referee makes a call that the audience can hear, that is being captioned. When a song is sung, that is being captioned. When the crowd is cheering or booing, that is being captioned. Captioning helps people fully participate in the experience. Some colleges and universities are now providing captioning for graduations and sporting events. The captioning may be displayed on screens in the auditorium or stadium, on the Web for live viewing, or possibly sent to handheld devices. People with a hearing loss who would benefit from captioning at sporting or entertainment events, conventions, conferences, or other public gatherings can make the request of the planners of these events to provide captioning. Sometimes it is just a matter of educating people about what captioning is, the technology that is available, and the importance of providing these services. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: What is the mood on the Gallaudet campus among everyone (students, faculty, staff) and outside (everyone else) on upcoming announcement of next Gallaudet president? Just one word - as one Gallaudet administrator told DeafDigest: tense -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The Employment Appeals Tribunal (UK) ruled against deaf diplomat Jane Cordell. She requested an oral interpreter for her diplomatic assignment to Kazakhstan and was turned down. She sued the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, accusing the agency of discrimination. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. 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