tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50659448594437304772012-02-16T17:10:26.835-08:00"My life with a CI, Writing and More"Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-62833260121907861082012-02-13T22:37:00.001-08:002012-02-13T22:37:49.527-08:00

  Five years ago this month, I was about to change my life for the second time, in thirty-nine years in 2007. Sometime this year, marks forty-five years of living with a hearing loss and a disability that forever changed my entire course of my life from the beginning. It all began in 1968, while living on my Grandfather’s farm in rural Douglas County, Oregon. I was just a tad kid at age three,

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-88919645593044735282012-01-11T02:40:00.001-08:002012-01-11T02:40:21.458-08:00

  You’re the only one in the restaurant, besides, the waitress, the cook and the night manager who’s about to get off work soon – than, all a sudden its dead quiet – you’re the only customer in the place and the all the ice bins getting filled at three am in the morning and it’s music to your ears! Almighty! It’s music to your ears and the sounds of ice being dumped into the ice bins at each and

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-86590923282748970582012-01-08T21:49:00.001-08:002012-01-08T21:51:48.914-08:00

Year number five is coming soon, only four more weeks to go, than a five year blog post will be reported and maybe a video post as well? Stay tuned to this bat channel as our card crusader becomes embroiled into five years implant drama to be told and written soon.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0Western, Eugene44.043503 -123.14672tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-78437820054562762602012-01-04T03:29:00.000-08:002012-01-04T03:29:40.245-08:00

Hi Folks, Just a little tad note to let everyone know, that I'm still around and alive still, even tho, I haven't blogged in a while, but, things have been marching up over my my writing blog, than I have been posting here lately. 2011 was another one of those banner years where things came and gone for the most part after 4 years with my CI already - 2012 will be another banner for me as well,

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-72810569595928594652011-12-22T04:40:00.001-08:002011-12-22T04:40:13.714-08:00

What is your favorite memory with your Cochlear Implant at Christmas time?

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-31674192575592684732011-12-15T06:29:00.000-08:002011-12-15T06:29:52.323-08:00

Well at least everyone is in the Christmas Spirit - I hope? What's so special about the occasion to folks who lure and the blogs for ideas about Christmas?

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-10465783014930511482011-12-11T03:12:00.001-08:002011-12-11T03:15:25.914-08:00

Christmas seems to be the most wonderful time of the year! The the spirit of the holiday season brings on many surprises and wonder meanings of the holiday tradition. But, more importantly, many folks will be hearing the traditions of Christmas for the very first time this holiday season, while others continue the enjoy the magnificent sounds of the holiday cheer with their Cochlear Implants.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-52113405811800835732011-12-06T00:24:00.001-08:002011-12-06T00:24:20.453-08:00

A few days ago, I got an email from a volunteer firefighter in Chili, New York, which is in upstate New York. He had sent me an email to let me know that there are now approximately 50 known D/HOH firefighters in the United States, mostly on the east coast – with a few of them reported on the west coast. It’s amazing that the fire and emergency services has been taking in hard of hearing

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-80434165172920956112011-11-24T00:04:00.001-08:002011-11-24T00:04:55.943-08:00

When it comes to sports, the number one communication tool is between coach and his entire team, from swimmers to assistants and his staff, the lines of communications is the number one tool of the trade. In Connecticut, a mother of a young achieving swimmer with a Cochlear Implant is getting the rift from his “Interim Coach” on the swim team. The coach claims to have “tried” to communicate with

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-30134140564347453172011-11-08T17:06:00.000-08:002011-11-08T17:07:29.599-08:00

Images of the world have changed since the war began ten years ago – 9/11 was the turning point. “The point of no return”. Everywhere you turn, everywhere you look, everywhere walk, drive and read, you hear about the “OCCUPY PROTESTS”. These protests remind me of the 1960’s, when the height of the Vietnam War was just getting underway. In reality its damage control – protesting that has caused

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-76702891022438411182011-10-31T13:42:00.000-07:002011-10-31T13:44:17.560-07:00

 Today is Halloween - as the darkness falls into its prime during the evening, the ghostly hours of the sacred spirits come to life. The horrors of creepiness in the American folklore of ghost story telling brings those living on the edge of their seats, as the spirit world comes to life. A door creeps open and closes on its own for no particular reason. A cabinet door slams shut loudly. The

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-45664417442680350222011-10-28T00:11:00.000-07:002011-10-28T00:11:46.281-07:00

You know your a late nighter. You know your a snooker. You know your sitting in a booth at a local joint in the middle of the nigght - getting on the Wi-Fi Network, checking your email, reading up on your class assignments and having late night bickering matches with your online friends at the same time. You know your addicted to - the internet. Word spreads like wildfire that the internet is

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-34115963615197572052011-10-24T15:27:00.000-07:002011-10-24T15:28:16.090-07:00

New recruits working together in a project. It's been a crazy life since my last blog post. It has been hectic with training of 75 new Community Emergency Response Team members with the city for the past four weeks and all have graduated with certifications as Basic CERT Training from the city of Eugene. They graduated with a grand finale drill over the weekend on what they learned over the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-12058675231130979612011-10-08T01:19:00.000-07:002011-10-08T01:19:25.214-07:00

When it comes to eating your favorite dish after an electrical fire, the staff goes realistically insane to restore to the a local eatery to normalcy. But, after calling for my own slice of an american favorite, I'm given a wrong order, the shortly thereafter, I'm back at the door wondering what what went wrong, I'm given the mistaken order and that of my own for the price I paid for my own

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-65582431161916344292011-10-06T03:49:00.000-07:002011-10-06T03:49:55.907-07:00

 1955 - 2011 Apple Inc., released a statement that computer pioneer, Steve Jobs, 56, passed away peacefully Wednesday. No other information was released by the company on the cause of his death. Steve Job's death leaves behind a legacy that has spanned an era from the first Apple Computer he built in his parents garage to the mega millions to a computer that become his life and his future.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-24618732696997917962011-10-06T03:25:00.000-07:002011-10-06T03:25:47.740-07:00

As a writer and blogger - burning the midnight oil is a pretty well oiled machine. It's a daily pain to deal with writer's block, a blueberry muffin and constant rewrites before publishing the final draft. It seems more Canadian than, an Eskimo bar to being a blog writer, than, a talented writer overall. Your wits and talents clash, but, your written words become the medium of the craft you

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-24778424425033185292011-10-05T02:32:00.000-07:002011-10-05T02:33:44.693-07:00

When sound becomes day, it becomes the elegance of life. When you have a life altering surgery, the light at the end of the tunnel, becomes brighter. It pretty much works the same way with a Cochlear Implant. The gift of hearing becomes the light at the end of the tunnel, while the sounds of deafness becomes the sheer elegance of reality. Has those that come to terms with their hearing loss,

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0Eugene, OR, USA44.0520691 -123.086753643.9607726 -123.24468209999999 44.143365599999996 -122.9288251tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-20075124585564692162011-10-04T03:14:00.000-07:002011-10-04T03:14:13.199-07:00

Perhaps they call the first five years - the perfection years, when you have a Cochlear Implant? I am actually looking looking forward to year number Five coming in February 2012. For the first time in nearly five years, my life has ultimately changed the way I hear, in today's hearing world. It's perspective that keeps the perfection going and the journey enhanced with an indulgence of CI

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-20103334775989453372011-10-03T18:21:00.000-07:002011-10-03T18:21:04.466-07:00

You seen the footage. You seen the images, you wonder what is next to top the headlines in the world's breaking news. But, all the inquiring minds wonder how and where the next breaking slumlord will hit? The world his hurting badly for hunger, jobs and the dreams they've always wanted. America are still the prestige of the American dream. War, terror and dialogues of a continued recession

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-40716240654495546052011-10-03T11:45:00.000-07:002011-10-03T11:46:01.880-07:00

I was reading up on a blog over on the Cochlear Community website over the weekend about a person who thought or was told that she could not get a Cochlear Implant? Several people chimed in and thought that trying to give an honest answer would be the best way to explain to the potential candidate that she should get a second opinion from another audiologist? This would be my recommendation if

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0Eugene, OR, USA44.0520691 -123.086753643.9607726 -123.24468209999999 44.143365599999996 -122.9288251tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-64563969900405799082011-10-03T02:30:00.000-07:002011-10-03T02:31:02.485-07:00

Author's CI after activation Every time, I watch a video on YouTube about a Cochlear Implant activation, I get an influx of email regarding my own Cochlear Implant activation from viewer comments, I posted on YouTube of other peoples activations or "turn-on's" as they call them nowadays. It's amazing how many people view a CI as an excuse to leave both the Deaf and Hard of Hearing worlds,

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0Eugene, OR, USA44.0520691 -123.086753643.9607726 -123.24468209999999 44.143365599999996 -122.9288251tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-33204377923826112652011-10-03T00:30:00.000-07:002011-10-03T00:33:38.348-07:00

You sit quietly at your chair, while the fire crackles in the background - wait, there's no fire in the fireplace. Damn. What was I thinking? Fall has arrived, the grass is wet, the clouds are gray, white and blackish. It's be been raining off and on since midday, but the temps have been cool and chilly, not to mention the weather is showing signs, its the beginning of fall. Now, we're already

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0Eugene, OR, USA44.0520691 -123.086753643.9607726 -123.24468209999999 44.143365599999996 -122.9288251tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-10650506513842233702011-10-01T10:07:00.000-07:002011-10-01T10:07:43.968-07:00

When it comes to having Cochlear Implant. The world changes in many ways. You may gain and you lose some friends along the way, because you choose to have a life altering decision to change your life to a better one with greater technology and faster bionics. Yesterday - I got a got an email from a viewer on YouTube. Asking me, "what is it like with your Cochlear Implant?" I told him, "forty

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-24796788719361911362011-10-01T04:26:00.000-07:002011-10-01T04:26:42.847-07:00

The calm before the storm. The ritual before the lecture. The enemy within the course of the prey. The nemesis has escaped it's prey - now, the ultimate price must be paid for its capture. The reward? The mounting on the wall and the bragging rights to hell and and back. With the collection of the trophy, the rights to brag, one's call brings the ultimate tag of rejoice and sacrifice. One's

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-44908214181895115802011-09-30T01:47:00.000-07:002011-09-30T01:47:22.967-07:00

With the fall upon us and the changes in the weather in the United States, its time to once again, think about the mystics of fall and the foliage of colors in the nations forests and more. The fall rains are reportedly on their way as I set watching an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC and thinking of next weeks episode of "Castle," which is now in its 4th season? Rick Castle is a media

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-65413539206669081862011-07-17T09:21:00.001-07:002011-07-17T09:21:34.994-07:00

You wish it was only a temporary fix. But, you wish you hadn’t done it in the first place. Your stuck with a decision you can’t reverse. Viola – welcome to the world of Cochlear Implants, where the world changes everything. You’ve researched long and hard for days in and nights out with countless hours of non existent purges of sleep. Your genes are telling you, your at your cross hairs of

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-508159747046798522011-06-01T08:00:00.000-07:002011-06-01T08:00:11.177-07:00

Last night, I had a chance to sit down in a local restaurant and do some computer work on my laptop. While, I was there, a women walked up to me, as I was having a Yahoo chat with my brother – she started becoming an inquiring mind about my Cochlear Implant. She told me she had never seen one up close, but and “Live” on a person wearing one. It was an astounding moment cold blooded in and out

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-21399987715986249302011-05-25T23:43:00.000-07:002011-05-25T23:43:47.700-07:00

Yesterday - well Monday night, I had a chance to hear from a husband who's wife just recently gotten a Cochlear Implant a few weeks ago from OHSU in Portland, Oregon. She had never heard or had any normal hearing in her life. I couldn't imagine what life would be like, not having the sounds of the hearing world from birth onward to her adult life. As Kathy becomes adjusted to life in the hearing

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-62217600790220512362011-05-14T05:56:00.000-07:002011-05-14T05:56:51.844-07:00

It's 5:30 in the morning daylight hasn't risen across the horizon yet - the stupid cloud cover is covering up the warmth and the sun, but there's a threat of thunderstorms in the forecast for later today. Great. Just great. What am I supposed to do on a Saturday with no sunshine in the forecast and while a bug guilt sunks down on those goonies at the campree on the Oregon Coast? Wait a minute?

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-64262652110851341032011-05-11T11:06:00.000-07:002011-05-11T11:06:39.593-07:00

My world is only perfect, almost. It's neither good or bad, ugly or tormented - but, it's not the devilish danger of chocolate pudding either. Something more vanilla is probably the right answer. In all my years of having a hearing loss, the world has changed in so many light years of the universe. The heart and soul could never change the past, but, the future is already written, sorta - it's

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-21424797855308254682011-05-11T01:15:00.000-07:002011-05-11T10:06:26.603-07:00

I got so many blogs these days, I just never know which blog I'm going to hit, until I get the "friggin," computer. It's been a while since I've actually written my last blog post. Many day's I can never think what I'm going to actually write or research. I often actually wonder how many people actualy read this stuff? With no stats to compare, its hard to distinguish the true bonding as a

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-88161744128520236952011-04-18T15:47:00.000-07:002011-04-18T15:47:43.483-07:00

Nucleus Freedom Processor Getting new maps for your speech processor is one of the most recommended chores as a Cochlear Implant recipient. It keeps with the changing pace of one's journey into the hearing world - the daily life changes are always changing with new sounds to be heard and sounds you've never heard in ages to come since you lost your own hearing. I lost my own hearing over

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-71756774798441529632011-04-14T02:15:00.000-07:002011-04-14T02:15:42.324-07:00

Has a person with hearing loss for over forty years, one's memories of the loss can be tragic, scary, traumatizing, a learning experience or a life long commitment to understand one's disability. Four years ago, it was just that, a learning disability that eventually prepared me for better things in life - Cochlear Implant. Not knowing how life would carry the weight of a win-win situation or a

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-146131452701260062011-04-03T21:07:00.000-07:002011-04-11T07:43:33.654-07:00

Wow - what has the world come too? Why has the world changed? Why has the world become unstable with protests and civil wars against governments, that have prolonged dictatorship and shun democracy has people reach out to seek the elegance of democracy and freedom. The Egyptians have proved to the world, that freedom comes with a hefty price, in order to make amends to the basic human right -

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-80528954218077258912011-02-02T06:12:00.001-08:002011-02-02T06:12:53.094-08:00

When it comes to comes to getting a new upgrade with your cellular provider you often wonder, what the next month’s billing is going to look like? Your emotional wreckage starts to sputter into overdrive, you start to break into a sweat, but – you sputter into the chaos of hell and wonder how your going to muster a championship game between the Steelers and the Super Bowl.  You wonder how,

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-45970142066893999162011-02-01T13:18:00.000-08:002011-02-01T13:18:40.242-08:00

When it comes to preserving history, it becomes a significant battle between the property owner, city, museum and the generations of life, that has spurned the values interest of historical landmarks. Cottage Grove, Oregon, is considered one of the treasured cities of Oregon's historical generation. The barn you see in this picture at right, sits on private property overlooking the Highway 99

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-13154224929448771602011-02-01T05:35:00.000-08:002011-02-01T05:35:04.357-08:00

Dear readers, I have decided to change the name of the blog from "Jeff's Bionic World to "The Bionic World & More," to reflect the on going different subject matters I currently write about on the blog. As 2011 gets under way, there will likely be more changes through out the year as well as in the coming weeks. If there is a subject you would like for me to cover, please feel free to send me

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-53197285748602248472011-01-31T03:29:00.000-08:002011-02-01T04:56:05.013-08:00

When it comes to losing weight, you've probably stumbled on one of those late night pitchmen hawking the latest innovations of losing weight. But, when it comes to addiction, it becomes an intervention. Losing weight shouldn't be as hard as you think - but with the proper eating habits and tools, your likely to to drop to your ideal weight. Board registered Interventionist and founder of the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-34406253895394214402011-01-28T06:18:00.000-08:002011-01-28T06:18:28.291-08:00

Here is an interesting posting and link that I got this morning in my email regarding noisy environments and smartphones. http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/1/28-8401_NIH-Grant-Enables-Cochlear-Implant-Breakthrough_article.html

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-84426790054911551642011-01-28T05:50:00.000-08:002011-01-28T05:50:14.822-08:00

I was thinking, it's been almost four year's since, the day, I walked out of the Eugene Hearing and Speech Center thinking - "why," am, I about to get myself  into some serious trouble? It wasn't until two weeks later or so, I did the same thing again - this time, I walked out of the Audiology Department of the Oregon Health Science University Hospital in Portland, thinking, "Dude, your

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-72667954362115272922011-01-24T06:02:00.000-08:002011-01-24T09:05:11.609-08:00

Each and every year as the world turns - no, not, the canceled CBS soap opera. I was talking about the planet EARTH! Yes, the planet we live on nimrod!My life has spanned for forty five years with a shoe box full of cherished memories. I don't know many times, I've written about the chaos, breakdowns and misdeeds & misgivings of friendships, that have disappeared into the twilight zone. But, due

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-38687514039454749922011-01-21T01:53:00.000-08:002011-01-21T02:19:07.375-08:00

I have been thinking as 2011 and the next decade gets underway, there should be some type of contest for 2011? I have thrown several ideas into the hat, such as re-naming the blog to reflect the wide range of topics that I currently blog about, beside the continuous stories about my Cochlear Implant journey and its tribulations into the hearing world.There is also thought about merging the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-2835536493741011502011-01-17T02:41:00.000-08:002011-01-17T05:01:38.618-08:00

That's what Democratic State Representative Mitch Greenlock of Portland thinks.Greenlock a retired Director of Public Health at Oregon Health Science University Hospital in Portland is proposing a bill in the Oregon Legislature to outlaw having children under the age of six banned from riding in bicycle trailers.A published report in the Portland area bicycle website, BikePortland.org has caused

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-18655668692987095242011-01-14T01:57:00.001-08:002011-01-14T01:57:46.138-08:00

Opening night at a spanking new arena that took two years to build and millions of dollars in Phil Knight money – The University of Oregon Ducks Men’s Basketball Team got its opening night win over the USC Men’s Basketballs team in Eugene on Thursday night. After, a thunderous opening ceremony in the heart of the University of Oregon campus – Phil Knight along with his family, friends, students

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-91931100228946477092011-01-08T19:38:00.001-08:002011-01-11T14:40:42.901-08:00

I sit in restaurant booth, flanked by walls and a "No Minors" permitted sign on the very same wall. People are playing the lottery on a Saturday evening. Which is flanked by the predicted cold weather to blast the state once again. The skies are nothing but a glow of the heavens and the brightness shines as they cast the reflection of their light among the city lights below and the clouds

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-46180746205963310082011-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:002011-01-07T16:42:22.435-08:00

I normally don't shed tears at the beginning of each new year, but, for the new year of 2010 and 2011, there were some tears to be shed among the ironic twists of life in the past year. The century is now 11 years old and still has a ways to go - a long ways to go until, it reaches the end of the century at 2100.I'm often bewildered at how life resolves around the lives we encounter on an

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-78836601852128067662010-12-29T12:36:00.001-08:002010-12-29T22:25:55.850-08:00

When it comes to end of the year rituals things tend to get pretty ugly with all the gray and white hair, I keep getting year after year - only to be told, I'm still cute as the kid they knew in the day and age as if the "Wonder Years", never left home.I a look back at the most recent year of 2010, which is coming to a close in a matter of a couple of days. Life in the fast lane has been nothing

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-43499377905735522462010-12-28T17:01:00.000-08:002010-12-28T18:17:31.946-08:00

Christmas has already passed and many haven't even had their chance to get home or get to their planned destination for the annual Christmas holiday, due to severe weather and stubborn blizzards involving snow. I used to fly the friendly skies many years ago, but only during the time when the weather was absolutely amazing - the summer and fall months.Winter months would probably encase my genes

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-55796540661754070732010-12-28T02:35:00.000-08:002011-01-07T16:31:23.221-08:00

I am completely friggin' out for some reason. I know this is the first business day of the year - well it at least it was a few days ago, sigh. The first Monday of 2011. How freaky is that? Quick, someone pinch me in the arm and tell me its - 2011, and, that I'm not stuck in Cannes, either!Ok, better yet - hit me in the head Billy Crystal style with a fry pan as Danny Devito did with Crystal in

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-7563664154297057862010-12-24T05:45:00.001-08:002010-12-24T05:45:28.428-08:00

There was a notation that this day would come. Its been a year since she passed away at the age of eighty-two. The lives of those left behind, were changed forever. At the time of her death, she was hoping that a miracle would happen and be able to finish what had begun of her life. But, a stroke took away the most precious gift of life – her mobility. Her faith was stronger than the pearls

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-81593352744043871832010-12-19T21:13:00.000-08:002010-12-19T22:02:30.207-08:00

I often get stumped by secrecy and why people do it. What is there to hide and why? Why can't the truth be simple as a grain of salt, than the grief of an agony spat of misery. It's often said, that people have something to hide and we wonder why? Perhaps they're in an ironic twist of "cloak and dagger," to accomplish their mission or to get the job done.The problem persists when it comes to

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Four days ago and less than a week to go before Christmas, things are getting closer to reality than I can count. Five more days will ring the hardest part of life - the passing of my grandmother.This will, literally be the be the second Christmas without her, but largely the ultimate time of reflection of her 82 years of life. I'm not really prone to reflections of life all that easy as the "

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-10565620569239923892010-12-12T20:41:00.000-08:002010-12-13T04:29:32.133-08:00

Last week, I was agonizing with my brain on rather, I should be picking my cross hairs between having a Christmas or not having Christmas at all. I figured the timing was right to settle the score with my inner abilities and make the point a majestic one.I decided that this Christmas, my Grandmother would've wanted me to enjoy the holidays as token of love and harmony. So, I did the most

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-22807204556871749202010-12-09T05:34:00.000-08:002010-12-09T05:36:56.792-08:00

I often wonder where silence comes from, especially after I shut down my CI for the night. The world changes instantly and automatically. Life reverts back to the old to the new in a snap the following morning, after wearing my processor all day the day before.Its often taken for granted that hearing loss is not curable, but with hearing aids it amplifies the sounds to a punch where a person can

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-22808218829657197662010-12-03T08:51:00.000-08:002010-12-07T10:29:53.397-08:00

We all have dreams. Many dreams we really want to pursue in life, in reality what is your strongest most desired dream? One that you can full fill in no time - something that is quick, easy and simple as a snap of a magical genies fingers, as 1, 2, 3 and its done with.When I speak about hearing loss, I always make sure, I make one of the biggest dreams of life come alive an inspiration to those

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-1370171573434005032010-12-01T03:07:00.000-08:002010-12-01T04:11:31.917-08:00

Are you considering a Cochlear Implant? Are you in need of answers before you commit to a big decision? A Cochlear America Representative and the members of the Eugene-Springfield Cochlear Awareness Network will be holding an annual meeting at the Eugene Hearing and Speech Center 1500 West 12th Street (W.12th and Almaden St., just East of Chambers Street, south of W.11th Ave. at Almaden Street)

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-10823218951989449502010-11-30T03:38:00.000-08:002010-11-30T04:24:18.246-08:00

I'm blogging at 3 am in the morning Pacific Time and I'm getting spooked with a case of writers block write for my next blog post. Why a case of writer's block at this hour, when I've been trying to write the same thing down on paper before composing it here on blogs dashboard?"Beats me the hell outta me!," I'm still trying to figure that part out, thank you. With less than 30 days to go before

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-55007105535864756722010-11-28T03:15:00.000-08:002010-11-28T06:22:47.368-08:00

I decided that I do something different with the blog this holiday season. As I never really written a holiday series since I started blogging a few years ago, when I learned what a blog was or what it was about.It's amazing on what we see today in the published world of blogs, some good, some bad and some virtually become instant stars overnight, as they do on such sites as YouTube and more.

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How can I ever forget - the great snow, the "Nor'Wester" of the century. 1969, was a bravo year during the early stages of winter right after Christmas 1968. The new year was just beginning, children were still out of school at the time, still enjoying their vacation before going back to school.A couple of weeks later, chaos hit the Willamette Valley. This is how a remember the turn of events

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The holidays are ironically approaching fast with Thanksgiving just around the corner, only a week away, than, the countdown to Christmas. Everyone, that gets a CI nowadays before Christmas or Thanksgiving are in for an amazing surprise and a wonder journey among those family and friends, who have been wondering where the REAL you has been after all these years.The magic of holidays could bring

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-80426336534952170532010-10-07T02:34:00.001-07:002010-10-07T03:45:22.339-07:00

I often wonder where silence comes from? The world is strange in ways that makes living the mystic of one's life. Hearing loss is no stranger. Not, even to a cat or dog. Even, the great pumpkin."The great pumpkin?", exactly what I said. They're bright, orange and fruity, but, certainly not tooty! Remember folks, IHOP's current "Rooty Tooty" commercial was invented on the pancake breakfast with

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The Oregon Ducks finally win their first home game against Portland State after a 69-0 shutout - not once, but, twice within a week! Last weekend, they played against the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville and showed them some hard and tough Pacific Northwest College Football and how its done to perfection, eventually they shutout the Volunteers as well, but, the score eludes my forty-five year

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-60713780963505035382010-09-08T02:16:00.000-07:002010-09-08T02:43:05.981-07:00

The Summer months have been strange, we only had a trace of rain since the Spring, now, as we wind down, toward the Fall and Autumn months - It, FINALLY started raining yesterday. I spent most of my night with my windows open, listing to the echo's of rain pounding against the trees and the walls of the house.Its amazing on how much you can hear, when the nature comes calling with rain and wind.

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A crash course in life? Blah! Its just another foolish thought in life. I wasn't considering crashing into a tree or a stump, I was thinking more like a soft bed with clean spring sheets from the housekeeping department at the nearest bellhop along the strip."The strip?", exactly - but, I wasn't talking about Las Vegas, silly, I was talking about the local drag down the street from me, the major

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-23290075207047681862010-06-21T00:30:00.000-07:002010-06-21T01:16:59.879-07:00

Every moment of my day, I always wonder if the following day will be the end? The feeling is strange, perhaps, its the curiosity of life? Since, December, I've been bummed, cranky and stonewalled since my Grandmother passed away. The other day, I was just going through some photos in my digital camera that I had taken of her on her birthday and during the 50's cruise BBQ at the nursing home last

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-87893579236975140302010-06-12T03:48:00.000-07:002010-06-12T04:23:14.175-07:00

Spring is almost over, the beginning of summer is just a tad couple of weeks away - even tho, the temp's in some parts of the United States are showing Summer blossoms and high temp's are already starting to swelter in some areas, especially in Arizona, where the highs were into the 100s.Summer time is the time for fun, blossom and BBQ's with family, friends, co-workers and people you enjoy being

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-55244125996172011972010-05-12T13:59:00.000-07:002010-05-13T01:39:13.846-07:00

When you get elected to a hearing loss association board, you hope it doesn't become a political chore or a scandalizing hit, like Watergate during the Nixon years. All of a sudden you realize it isn't what it was meant to be - a politically incorrect show with Rush Limbaugh fans, who think the own the crowned jewel.You get elected to the board after a membership vote, than serve your term, you

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-75186166681410348632010-03-21T23:50:00.000-07:002010-03-23T04:47:18.465-07:00

Its been three months, since my grandmother passed away. The pain is like no other pain that you've endured with other relatives that have passed on. However, this one is likely to take its toll for a long time to come.With my family in a mess and a boiler from past deeds in other family matters, it just never seems to get any better than the ongoing pain, sorrow and agony. Cancer is a silent

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-52809464007805413482010-03-01T11:50:00.000-08:002010-03-01T11:51:08.679-08:00

When it comes go having a major impact in one's life things change so dramatically that is a good thing that each of those involved have a great support group, during one's transition from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing world to the Hearing world.Getting support shouldn't be has hard as trying to stick a needle into the hay stack and holding it firmly, whereas the idea is just like a cup of cheese.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-25865359563928356792010-02-26T09:30:00.001-08:002010-02-26T10:44:30.773-08:00

Every moment of my daily life, I wonder if the next moment or the next day will be the end? It seems curious to think this at an age where, things are leading toward senior moments. I'm getting close to my mid forties and I wonder daily, if I should be worrying about life at this age and century? Its sounds to good to be true - however, the thought just gives my brain something to tinker

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-74246537274391051842010-02-25T07:20:00.000-08:002010-02-25T07:23:10.848-08:00

Watch the video and you'll understand where it comes from the heart.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-2230167040997339172010-02-23T22:44:00.000-08:002010-02-23T22:58:22.274-08:00

The art of one's mind is the state of one's worries. It wasn't something simply built to complain about, it was built to store one's memory of life and one's memory of worries.It was built like a brick. It was built as stone, life became someone else's plan, it became our own. The plan was built to perfection, but, the road to perfection was just simply impractical. How annoying could it be?

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-72974809430903256442010-02-22T10:09:00.000-08:002010-02-22T12:04:27.393-08:00

Marking an anniversary is like taking the polar plunge on NBC-TV's, "Deal or No Deal". In reality its just the opposite, there's no turning around, there's no going back to your old ways of life, but starting news one's in the process. That's exactly what happen three years ago today, when I took the plunge to have my Cochlear Implant activated by my audiologist.Misery wasn't the problem,

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-77622088489542065412010-02-18T02:39:00.000-08:002010-02-18T04:13:24.487-08:00

As a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Public Safety Consultant, I found a couple of interesting videos on the Community Emergency Prepareness Information Network website or CEPIN with closed captioning on two of their videos, one is on YouTube and the other is in Vimeo, I have included the one from Vimeo in today's blog posting. CEPIN Deaf/Hard of Hearing Emergency Preparedness from CEPIN on Vimeo.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-64544030832417996672010-02-15T23:55:00.000-08:002010-02-16T00:11:45.991-08:00

There has been a lot of thoughtful things going on since my last posting a week ago. Much of those thoughts have been surrounding the memories of my grandmother, whom passed away in December.I am somewhat forgetful, than being a sinister crazy ol' mule for thinking that she'd be back tomorrow or the night after. In a heartbeat things just haven't been felt the same as if she were still here with

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-8501170032724456662010-02-08T06:29:00.000-08:002010-02-08T06:55:12.206-08:00

This past weekend, I celebrated my 3rd anniversary of my CI surgery. It had only downed on my while traveling up Interstate 5 to Portland, Oregon, with a fellow ham friend on Saturday morning to the radio shop. While conversing with him, I had realized that Super Bowl Sunday was the big day - especially with a magnificent New Orleans Saints win over the Indy Colts!While traveling at the speeds of

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-70363157701632649752009-12-31T23:50:00.000-08:002010-01-01T00:25:23.075-08:00

Three weeks before Christmas 2009, there were hopes that my beloved grandmother would be with us for another christmas, despite her continuing battle with her health. She spent a great deal of her 82 years loving and caring for her family, including her grandchildren and two great grandchildren.But, she never gave up the fight and was always looking for a winning way out of the continous losing

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-45530439465320273632009-12-15T23:30:00.000-08:002009-12-15T23:32:39.203-08:00

This past weekend was one of the most strangest weekends in nearly 20 years - yup, that's exactly what I said, twenty years in the making.In the last days of 1999 and the first two days of 2000, my grandfather has passed away unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on the family ranch, that has been in my family for many moons and generations since the 1940's, I believe.This weekend the urgency of

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-19398426549681019462009-11-19T13:29:00.000-08:002009-11-19T14:55:35.224-08:00

Google the most famous internet search engine has finally come away with helping those with hearing disabilities in their quest to make the future of online videos more enjoyable to those around the world. In a published report in today New York Times Google, announced their intentions to caption You Tube videos for the deaf and hard of hearing.In a move that is likely to cause noise among those

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-32435077660035171852009-11-18T23:05:00.000-08:002009-11-18T23:26:51.380-08:00

Lat weekend I went to the movies with my folks, my first in a LONG TIME, since I had my implant done two years ago, amazingly its almost three years coming in February! It was a complete awesome experience, being able to switch from my everyday day program to either my noise or music program, where I literally forgot which program was which from the state and it didn't down on me until after I

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-54674691951596694422009-11-04T06:05:00.000-08:002009-11-04T06:17:02.165-08:00

Cochlear Corporation recently came out with a new Cochlear Implant called the Nucleus 5 this fall and was released to the Unites States market just two months ago in September. Photos and more information is available by clicking the link and visiting the Cochlear website for more information.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-43825252001108353422009-11-04T05:36:00.000-08:002009-11-04T05:37:00.422-08:00

Yolo dolo

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Life as a CI has its rewards in the hearing world, the opportunities are overwhelmingly debatable by those in the deaf and hard of hearing world.Since, my last blog post, changes in my professional life have changed gears faster, than I could count. When, I started my CI journey back in the spring of 2005, I never in my wildest dreams would think my professional career would litarally take off

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-6280172906259761872009-09-27T11:00:00.000-07:002009-09-27T11:12:51.011-07:00

Howdy folk, sure has been an interesting summer this year, now that we are into the swing of fall here in Western Oregon, fire season got off to a LATE start this month with two big fire over 10K in the Cascades ranges one is 20 mile east of Oakridge, the other is about 30 miles east of Roseburg, Oregon and between the two fires its about a 20 - 25 mile separation between the two fires.Good thing

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-87940266536499226892009-09-01T03:33:00.001-07:002009-09-01T03:33:21.207-07:00

I have created a CI Support group for those interested in the Cochlear Implant process and more over at the Cochlear Community's website. I am hoping that I could get enough people to join to be able offer a monthly live support group meeting in the Eugene/Springfield area.Please click on the link below and join the Cochlear Community today.Lane County CI Support GroupJeffShared via AddThis

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OregonShared via AddThis

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There has been a lot of talk on the Cochlear Nucleus Forum about Cochlear Implants overseas - last week there was an interesting post from a gentleman seeking out hard concrete answers in his quest to see if a cochlear implant would help restore his hearing.Living overseas in a third world country, seems to be a hit or miss in the quest for answers. In reality, a CI will help restore one's

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-5001372394855288672009-08-17T10:03:00.000-07:002009-08-17T10:05:19.959-07:00

Summer is back - gonna be a warm one today!

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News: Local | "Time won’t wait on trek to summit " | The Register-Guard | Eugene, OregonShared via AddThis

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There has been some talk over on the Cochlear support forum mailing list about smoke detectors recently, however, it came to my thought that this first posting of the day of just on that topic - SMOKE DETECTORS.So far I have found that First Alert makes an affordable strobe light smoke detector for the hearnig impaired. However the smoke detector pictured in this article can be hard wired to

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-89651155925370420692009-06-12T16:20:00.000-07:002009-06-12T17:49:27.324-07:00

Reality tv in this country is becoming a reality of its own, the switch from analog television to digital television, becomes an era of its own on Saturday.Reality television as we know it today, not in tv's episodic series where, Paris Hilton teams of up with Nicole Richie and drums up slacker life from Rich broads to cool broads on whimps. I'm talking about the reality that over 5 million

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-49400022031338840742009-06-01T22:40:00.000-07:002009-06-01T22:40:23.028-07:00

Consumer Reports: Hearing Aid Shoppers Pay High Prices, Get Mediocre Fittings

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It has become a strange place to even think about the strangest of things life can actually think in its worst case - seeing a family member with many generations under his or her belt with lots of lease on life, but, when the time comes to rob them of their own mobility and functional everyday enjoyment of daily life, they become a ferrit of sorts.Delays in life isn't what we all want, but it's

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Being a writer and blogger on the move, its always important to have a sense of security to the everyday world - the internet. Someone once told me that today's wireless internet is life we can not life without, infact that's true.In today's world, pretty much everyone in America and around the world has some kind of wireless device with them everyday and hour, rather its a cellphone with a

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Doing presentations during in-service week to a group of 40 plus 9-1-1 dispatchers and call takers is like a Bass Fishing tournament it the middle of Lake Mead. As a deaf and hard of hearing consultant, I've dreaded on some of the most gracious fishing tournaments of life - ok, this isn't about fishing its actually about achieving something worthwhile for a worthy cause.Making life easier for

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906156270180981082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5065944859443730477.post-21070461171384785122009-02-26T05:52:00.000-08:002009-02-26T05:58:27.183-08:00

Well, I've been trying for the last couple of days - wondering why I can't get any sleep? No kitty it has nothing to do with your assesments either! oh well, just another one of those crazy days in the life and times.

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This sounds like a grudge between a Landlord and the federal law, but when it comes to Service Dogs, they're protected under the federal law and the ADA. This landlord on the Oregon Coast needs a refresher course in front of a judge!!http://kezi.com/news/local/89729

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Two years ago, its was almost a dream, two years later it became a reality. Today its just the beginning of a journey that began forty years earlier at the age of three and four.As, I share the story of life and a journey made possible by my ever lasting indecisions of life, has become a stable of positive decisons working to make one's wonder of life a success story. Life is good, hearing is

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Today we celebrate the birthday and the amazing dream of a man who envisioned a dream of that America would come to terms of one of the most shocking realities of life in a generation far much longer than his, "I have a dream" speech.Martin Luther King, Jr. , was a powerful voice in the 1960's. During the civil rights movement, he created one of the most powerful influences in America that we

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If President Lincoln was here today, his encouragement of Obama's goal for the Oval Office would have been admired as win for all Americans.

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