Murphy paid a nice visit on the day I left for Austin to attend a two-day seminar at Wizard Academy. While packing, I grabbed the black vibrating travel alarm clock only to find it refused to tell time. No problem, time for a battery change. Click, click, clack, clunk. Nothing. Still refused to show its …
September 2005 archive
Hurricane Katrina Battery Relief Program
From Cochlear of Americas: “We at Cochlear are very saddened by the devastation Hurricane Katrina has left behind. As always, we are committed to supporting our users and keeping them ‘on the air,’ even those displaced by the event. “In an effort to provide some assistance, Cochlear Americas is launching a battery relief program. Through …
First Gallaudet Deaf President to Retire
Boy, I remember when I was a senior in high school when the students of Gallaudet made news. They protested the selection of a hearing president and won the protest. As a result, I. King Jordan was selected and led the school for the past 17 years. Couldn’t help but feel sorry for the hearing …
Travel and Vacation
Whenever you travel or go on vacation and stay in a hotel, ask the hotel (in advance while making reservations) for accommodations. Most will put you in a room with equipment such as a visual fire alarm and a TTY phone. Almost every hotel I’ve been to in the past few years has captions unless …
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