DeafDigest Blue - July 31, 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/video-clock/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/newspapers/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-arguing-about-meeting-seats/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/strange-deaf-research/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- contract bridge rules changed by angry deaf player http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Try products from Harris Communications risk free for 30 days! 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Shop now: http://bit.ly/HarrisCommDDB16 Contact us at: mailto:info@harriscomm.com if you have questions. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest welcomes unique deafnews tips; mailto:barry@deafdigest.com sources of unique deafnews are never revealed; always confidential -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/deaf-perfomer-on-tv-sesame-street/ This picture is a reminder of the News #2 below (Australia) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dedication: DeafDigest dedicates this edition to Ron Emerson, Houston, TX, that departed us. He was a role model in among the deaf people of color in the Houston, TX and Washington, DC communities. He graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a degree in Accounting. He worked as an accountant for many years at George Washington University, while at the same time, holding a full time job at MSSD on the Gallaudet campus. He played basketball one season at Prairie View A&M, and while he was rarely used by the coach, he was a fan favorite. In a game that was a blow out, the coach will would not use him. It took a stadium-full screaming by fans to force the coach to put Ron into the game. He grew up an oralist, knowing nothing about ASL. It was basketball with deaf Houston teams that exposed him to ASL, a language he fully embraced for the rest of his life! And in which it enhanced his career at MSSD. Top stories about the deaf: ADA is now 28 years old and retired Iowa senator Tom Harkin, the father of ADA, celebrated it by teaching the Democratic delegates the sign for the word - America. We had Sesame Street TV series for years, and it was an educational tool for deaf children. Australia is coming up with its own version of Sesame Street. It debuted this week. The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has opened a new demonstration room for people wanting to know what assistive devices is all about. The Governor Baxter School for the Deaf which is a state funded school, is now allowed to raise private funds. It was part of a new state law. Deaf dogs moved to a prison! Well, there was a bad fire in California that threatened a kennel that held deaf dogs. For their safety, these deaf dogs were moved to a prison as temporary shelter. It is understood that inmates were thrilled to be taking care of them. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 CapTelŽ 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! CapTelŽ Captioned Telephone - See What Everyone is Talking About! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- youtube video A DEAF SEATING ADVANTAGE OR DISADVANTAGE Sometimes deaf leaders, before a big deaf meeting starts, would argue about where to pick seats around a large conference table. Do they seat next to the organization president? Or do they seat across the organization president? Or do they seat away from their enemies? Etc, Etc. Hearing people also argue about seating. The same as with the deaf! youtube video with captions http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-arguing-about-meeting-seats/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing person was bragging with a deaf friend. Deaf friend thought he said: I am a Kentucky kermel Kernel? He actually said: I am a Kentucky Colonel (for some weird reason, the word colonel is pronounced the same as kernel!) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- youtube video A STRANGE CI RESEARCH Some research assignments are strange. In India, the Defense Research and Development Organization is supposed to research better ways to make the Army stronger (weapons, missiles, computer technology, etc). Well, the government of India told this agency to do a strange research. What was that research? To find ways to make CI cheaper for the deaf! youtube video with captions http://deafdigest.com/videos/strange-deaf-research/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Most people reading this newsletter are probably aware of this, but many people in this country still do not know that the vast majority of realtime captioning on television is done by people who are using the skills of a court reporter. The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) is the organization that represents judicial reporters and broadcast and CART captioners across the country. Members of NCRA are meeting in Chicago from August 4th through the 7th for their 2016 Annual Convention and Exposition with the theme of "You are the Architect of your Future." The schedule will be jam-packed with educational sessions, the latest in new products and services showcased on the Expo Hall floor, and an array of networking opportunities that cannot be found anywhere else. There will also be specialized programs for students and instructors, as well as a two-day Certified Realtime Captioner Workshop. Speed and realtime contests will be held to showcase the talents of some of the best steno writers in our business. Because people in the broadcast television industry and the business world will still continue to need our services, there will probably be some captioning and remote CART provided from hotel rooms in the Hilton Chicago, where the convention is taking place. So when you watch your favorite live television show this week, you might wonder where that captioner is. Could he or she be in a hotel room looking out over Lake Michigan? -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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: Do nation's best deaf poker players come from NTID? Well, NTID boasts of two poker champions - Jonathan Rollins, class of 1993, who just won the deaf poker championship in Nevada. And there is tennis-playing Joe Neely who won another deaf poker tournament in Connecticut last month. Tennis? Joe holds the RIT record for most doubles wins in one season (13 wins in 2002) that he shares with deaf doubles partner Luke Faxon-St. Georges. (editor's note: Joe Neely has tragically departed us, smiling at his fellow poker players from upstairs) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies published results of weather and emergency warnings survey that the deaf and the disabled were asked to take part in. The conclusion was a hint that the deaf and the disabled need to have their communications equipment upgraded on a regular basis because of rapidly changing technological times. (editor's note: this story appeared five years ago, yet turtle-like progress has been made with the 911-text technology. We need to check again in another five years to check on the progress) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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