How are all of you doing?! I hope that every one of you are doing well, usually when it is nearing Christmas it is the month for us to be joyful and enjoy the mother nature depending on where some of us lives at or visiting in. I am over here on the very east part of the America, in the state of Kentucky so the mother nature over here is known to be bipolar sometimes and cannot decide what or which to throw at us. Is it cold? Is it warm? Is it chill? Or is it rain, snow or rains in very frigid cold temperature that turns the wet roads and grounds into ice? Sometimes I wish that the mother nature here in the state of Kentucky would just make up its mind and make it to happen. If I was to be asked by the mother nature which is it that I would like to have for the weather, of course I would say to give us good amounts of snow considering that it is in December which is the month that is known for the white snow and I would ask that the snow to be gone on certain days for any of us who have these monthly doctor appointment for a regular check-up due to some of our health or some jobs that force any of us to work regardless if the car is buried in the snow or not because I wouldn’t want anything to happen any of us when we truly have no choice but to go somewhere. I love snow, snow is my favorite weather although I am hardly a fan of the cold temperature and it wouldn’t be possible to have snows in hot or warm temperature obviously unless one day the mother nature decided to embarrass itself being drunk or something which would be something to see. Since I didn’t write a blog two days ago, as I usually blog every two days unless I have nothing to say, it is too late to blog because if I am to blog it would be the best to start at about 10 to 11 PM depending on how much I plan on to write and or I am not in the mood to write anything which I am sure that there is a lot of bloggers have those days or moments that they just don’t feel the motivation to write anything.
As far as some of the topics that I would like to talk about, I would write out a list of topics what I would like to talk about in a blog and then save it to OneDrive. Since that it is cloud storage, I can edit the list anywhere I am at so any time something pops in my head that I think they may be interesting enough to talk about on blog and then I open OneDrive on my iPhone, MacBook Pro or the Windows desktop to add the topics to the list then repeat. Anyway, I hope that you will enjoy some of these topics and my opinions or thoughts on these topics I have on the list.
12-2-2016 Tidbits
For some reason, I have this feeling that I won’t be able to complete the list of topics that I want to talk about here, because I have the time and the time limits every one of our activities daily. We follow the clock as if it is the law if you think about it, you get the time of birth and you get the time of death so everything we do is pretty much is goes with the time. It is 12:30PM now, so I am hoping that I will be finished by about 1:30PM and if I am unable to finish by 1:30PM then that will mean I must hold on to the rest of the topics for the next time.
Southside Theatre, Riverfall 10 Cinema and Fountain Place Cinema 8
A few months ago, I have written and not just only that I also have e-mailed these theaters about the closed captions for the Deaf moviegoers. I have been vocal through e-mails and on social media including blogs that these theaters need to start providing closed captions for the Deaf moviegoers. I have shared some basic information regarding American with Disabilities Act (ADA) law that all businesses are required to comply to provide accessible for the Deaf moviegoers and the people with disabilities such as blind people. I received some responses from two of the theaters out of three saying that they are not required to provide closed captions because it doesn’t say anything about specifically providing the closed captions FOR the theaters so of course that upsets me but I respond back as polite as I can be saying that for the businesses to comply the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) law that is required to provide equal accessible which that counts closed captions. Got responses from them once again, saying that something about there is a law that’s being worked on in the fall where it will specifically require that all of theaters to provide closed captions for the Deaf moviegoers and audio description for the blind people but that was last year so a few months ago I followed up on them about this they said that they still does not provide closed captions for the Deaf moviegoers nor the audio description for the blind people so that leaves me powerless. I tried everything in my power to advocate and to clarify that the quote “equal accessible” in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) law means that if they provide audio for the people who can hear then they need to offer equal accessible for the Deaf moviegoers so that they can enjoy watching the movies with closed captions just as the hearing people can enjoy watching the movies with audio so that’s unfair.
I even made the effort to give them the details for what they need to get that would considered the theaters complying the Americans with Disabilities Act by telling them to buy a few Sony Access Glasses which is closed captions or subtitles glasses for the Deaf moviegoers without breaking their banks. Sony Access Glasses costs about two or three hundred dollars each, while buying an equipment that runs the movie with closed captions can costs several thousand dollars and I also recommend another option which is to require the distributors to make sure that these movies to have burnt in closed captions which it means that all movies will have closed captions on the screens without any kinds of effects or additional equipment so that is another affordable option for them. If the hearing people is going to complain about having closed captions burnt in the movies, then we will complain about having the audio or the use of subwoofers (bass/vibration) that the hearing people enjoys so much. So, Southside Theatre in South Williamson, Ky, Riverfall 10 Cinema in Pikeville, Ky and Fountain Place Cinema 8 in Logan, Wv start providing the freaking closed captions for the moviegoers I mean it seriously. I am tired of allowing you to think that you can get away with some of our requests for closed captions and making up some stupid excuses about poor clarifications in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) law. It is time to get with the program, as there are many theaters who have already been providing closed captions for a few years now and all of you three have not yet even to provide closed captions for the Deaf moviegoers so that says how much of outdated you go about with your theaters business.
Against Immigrant? Stop that.
I am tired of seeing some people who tells other people, specifically people of colors that they need to get out of America and go back to their countries. What you don’t realize is that you may be immigrant too, America became the America because of immigrants as originally the America were belonged to native Indians and we were the ones who came in from Europe to steal a country that’s mostly belonged to the native Indians. After the election, with Donald Trump being elected to be the president many of you people have become selfish and un-American. It is very un-American of you to demand that the people of colors to leave the America and go back to the country wherever it is that they are from. While doing so, many of you don’t even realize that the reasons that you are here in the America is because your generations in the past were immigrants, I dare you to call up genealogist and hire to find some information of where your roots came from before you decide to pass a judgement. I know you are American, I am American too, in fact I am white as they can get but that does not mean that we aren’t from somewhere else because some of our family were from somewhere then moved to America to have a piece of the America’s dream that we know so well then here we are. So, if you are going to write some notes telling some of the people of colors that they have a week to get out of the America or else on some people’s Facebook wall posts or sticking them to their house’s doors I suggest that you don’t and get yourself a genealogist to look up your root then you could be surprised. We are in a country with many lands that is belongs to native Indians which we stole and killed unbelievable numbers of them for their lands to settles so be careful when you threaten some people of colors or immigrants of their evictions from the America that is meant for freedom. So, stop, I am disgusted by your remarks, your threats to the people of colors and immigrants.
YouTube Closed Captions Problematic
It seems that not everyone gets the message especially from the so-called top YouTubers like PewDiePie and few of others. I applause Rikki Poynter’s effort in trying to campaign the problem with closed captions by calling it #NoMoreCraptions and challenge them to check the closed captions that they were contributed by their viewers or fans to make sure that the closed captions are accurate with what YouTuber were saying in the videos. However, it seems that they take it as if it is no big deals, which they are beyond their thinking and that is something that Google who runs YouTube need to do something about that. I would recommend that YouTube to start enforce rules, that the YouTubers to check the contribute closed captions more carefully and if they are caught allowing some of the things that were said in the closed captions that doesn’t match the YouTuber’s speaking then they can get in trouble for it. American with Disabilities Act (ADA) law is law, not a policy nor terms of service but a law and that is something that YouTube need to realize. It isn’t just myself and Rikki Poynter who happens to be Deaf that likes watching some videos on YouTube and use YouTube for our videos as there are over a million Deaf people in the United States alone or 70 million Deaf people in the world so that is a huge number of people that they have think about as 70 million people isn’t small as it seems.
Mind you when I say 70 million Deaf people in the world, that is just for the Deaf people who uses sign language and the millions more Deaf people who doesn’t use sign language aren’t included.
Got A Military Man Flirting with You?
Have you been talking to someone who is in military and who is flirting with you or acting as if there is something going on between you both? If so then you need to be careful with that because there are few men who pretends to be in military service and flirt their way into making you think that they have some feelings for you or acting as if they are the Mr. Right person for you is just their way of flirting into your bank or credit card information. Some of them will look as if they really cares about you, they will make the effort to talk to you for more than one or two months while at the same time they will also be talking to the others women too by doing the same thing that they are doing with you and then once they feel or think that you become too comfortable with him then he will see if you are doing ok with your money such as in being able to afford some presents for your children or your family for Christmas because so that they can try to offer you by willing to pay your debts off or willing to pay thousands of dollars for some presents for your children or your family that you can give to for Christmas. When they do that, they will be asking you for your banking account or credit card information and they will pretend that they need them so that they can deposit some money to you. Don’t give the tiniest information of your banking or credit card information because it is a scam and they are trying to get your banking or credit card information so that they can steal money from you. This happened to a Deaf woman who I saw on Facebook and then there were more than few Deaf women who’s been victims of this so be very careful when you see anyone who happens to be pretending that they are in the military and that they ask you for banking or credit card information as if they are offering to give you some money. Never give any information for your bank or credit card online to anyone and if they do really want to give you some money then I would recommend that you tell them that they can give you money via PayPal because that would be the safest way for you to get money from anyone by only giving out your PayPal ID (not password, only ID that is associated with your PayPal).
This is coming from none other than the United States Army themselves about the romance scam: https://www.army.mil/article/130861/army_investigators_warn_public_about_romance_scams
Donald Trump Needs to Represent for America Instead of Trump Brand
One of few things that a lot of the people concerns about the president-elect Donald Trump, one of them being his company the Trump brand and his businesses. Many people are suggesting that Donald Trump is to be wholly separated from his Trump hotels, businesses and such because it wouldn’t look right if we have a president who is representing for his or her own business. We want a president who represents the country that president has been elected, in this case the America and Americans. So, a lot of people is looking forward to his meeting next week I believe, where he is supposed to be talking about how he will cut the ties with his business and focus on the only one thing which is his presidency. A lot of people along with the journalists of many newspapers outlet is suggesting that he is to give his business to a blind trust instead of handing over the company to his children because if he is to hand over the company to his children then he would still be involved in the business anyway as his children would be living at the white house with him and Donald Trump will still be associated with the business that he have built. I wholly agree with many of news that he should completely cut the ties with his business, handing over the business to a blind trust to run his business and not have any of his children to run his business because if his children are to run it then he would still be needed for the business because it is his children who runs his business if it is to be handed to them. By handing over the business to blind trust would means that Donald Trump would have no ties with the business, although he can still be earning the money from the business he built and he can gain them back after his presidency if he wishes so I think that would be the best option of how the president-elect Donald Trump should go about with the business of his own. We did not vote for a business person, we voted for the president and that’s what he should be as he ran for presidency in the first place.
Vatican warned that Priests is accused of sexually abusing Deaf children
Today I had got news that is related to the Deaf community, as I have a personalized news on Google and one of the news related that I added is Deaf. So underneath the Deaf news on Google news, I saw a title saying that Vatican is warned that there are priests in Argentina is accused of sexually abusing the Deaf children in that country Argentina. Of course, as soon as I saw that, I was disgusted and at the same time got very upset about it. Especially that they are Deaf children, not adults nor senior citizens but freaking children! What is going on over in Argentina, I mean seriously? You got some priests over in Argentina who is accused of sexually abusing the children in your Deaf community in Argentina. So, my question is what you are going to do about that? I suggest that you make the efforts to find a way to send them a letter either through e-mail or physically mail them a letter to the churches that priests come from and voice your thoughts about the fact that their priests are sexually abusing these Deaf children. Just because these children who happens to be Deaf, thinking that it may means that these Deaf children have something wrong with their brain or thinking that just because they are Deaf means that they may not be able to speak so they could be taken advantage of and sexually abuses them? This is sickening and we need to do something about that. Feel free to discuss about this in the comments section and tell me what is your thought on this!
Facebook Message is NOT E-Mails!
It seems that a lot of these people now who thinks that the messaging system or just because it says “inbox” means that they are the e-mail system and having the people to say “e-mail me on Facebook”. I am like, excuse me? E-mail you on Facebook? Oh, you mean message you on Facebook? No, they are meant for personal and close family or friends to message each other so no thank you. You may e-mail me though! Then had the person to e-mail me on Facebook, I said no, this is NOT e-mail this is Facebook message! E-Mail me using e-mail service like Google Gmail or Yahoo Mail or your own domain’s e-mail or whatever. I had some companies that I applied for, such as a videophone from a video relay service provider and then that internet marketing person had the audacity to search for me on Facebook then message me telling me when is it best time for him to contact me. I am like CREEPY! GET LOST! Even in that application I gave my e-mail address for them to e-mail me at but they had chosen to go that way and find me on Facebook just to message me to ask me when it would be the best time for him to contact me? I do NOT want him to do that way, that is so unprofessional and they have my e-mail address on the application that they could easily use to e-mail me with that question! So, for these of you who I don’t know, do not find my personal profile on Facebook and message me. I set up Facebook page there which you can find my Facebook page by looking for the name of “JoshiesWorld” and there you are free to message me through my page but not my private profile! Thank you so much!
Over to You
I think I am done for the night, the time runs out as I am supposed to stop at 1:30AM but it went by it as it is 2:10AM so it is going to be very tight and frustrating as when I will be trying to hurry to double-check everything what I had typed then share this on social media. Then I still have a movie to watch except that I now have less time of the movie time as I planned to watch a movie for about an hour but it looks like that must be about thirty minutes if I stop typing now so I am stopping. I hope that all of you enjoy these tidbits and please feel free to leave a comment below to discuss about these topics I shared my opinions or thoughts on. I bid all of you a good night and be safe! P.S. Thank you for all your time reading.
Joshua “Joshie” Sullivan.
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