[Ohio-talk] FW: Second Sight News for June 30, 2017

Wed Jul 5 17:48:00 UTC 2017

Judy, this is beautiful . Thanks for sharing... I acctualy tuned into
the fireworks and concert on PBS last night. The music was fantastic
and a friend described the fireworks, awesome. I could hear the
sounds, BOOMS, through the windows, lol! It was great... Cheryl Fields

On 7/3/17, Judy via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> June 30, 2017
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> Here is your Second Sight news feed!
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> The upcoming Fourth of July holiday is typically when we focus our thoughts
> on independence and pay homage to our Founding Fathers and to honor and pay
> tribute to the brave men and women who fought and died for the freedoms that
> we enjoy today.  In this issue, as we prepare to celebrate our nation’s
> birth with a long weekend, barbeques, and fireworks we would like to relay a
> story from Argus 2 user, Jaime Carley, as she explains how the Argus 2 has
> helped her to achieve greater independence in her life.
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> A New Sense of Independence
> By Jaime Carley
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> After I received my Argus 2, I realized there were small things that I had
> missed over the years due to my vision loss from retinitis pigmentosa.
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> Growing up, my father was in aviation. He specialized in weather research,
> and as a result my family traveled all over the world.  My father would
> teach us about different types of weather and how it affected our day-to-day
> life.  Looking back, I never fully appreciated what he was saying until
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> I was visiting my son’s house in Colorado last summer.  In the part of
> Colorado where I live, lightning and thunderstorms are quite rare, yet a
> summer storm was brewing while my son and I were sitting out on his back
> patio. As I sat and listened to the intensifying storm, it reminded me of a
> Kansas Rolling Storm— intense thunderstorms that you could almost feel in
> your bones. I have always considered myself fortunate to have had some sight
> growing up, and watching lightning is something that I had always enjoyed
> while I still had my sight. I have fond memories of listening to
> thunderstorms and watching the lightning as it would light up the evening
> sky. Then, my son had a great idea.
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> “Mom, you should go get your Argus and see how it works during a lightning
> storm. See if you can pick up the lightning strikes.”
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> After I put on my Argus, I could not believe it! I could see how the
> lightning was illuminating the Colorado sky and putting on a fantastic show.
> I was viewing nature’s very own firework display—bright, colorful, and loud.
> I was so excited to finally be able to see for myself what was happening in
> front of me instead of relying on someone else’s words.  That night, my son
> and I sat out for hours watching the storm; something I hadn’t been able to
> do for most of my adult life. It was an amazing feeling being able to do
> something as simple as watch lightning.
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> To many it may not seem like a big deal, but when your world has been dark
> for so many years, an event like the lightning storm becomes a truly
> life-changing experience. I have a new sense of independence that I had lost
> with my vision as an adult. Simple things like lightning and fireworks were
> always a big part of my life that I had enjoyed watching while growing up.
> During my adult life, I had to learn to adjust to hearing the lightning from
> a thunderstorm or fireworks at a 4th of July celebration, while missing out
> on the brilliant displays of light and color.
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> Today, as I sit on my back porch watching the fireworks from the local
> racetrack with my Argus II, the joy I feel is nearly indescribable.
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> Message from the editor:  To all Argus 2 users reading this, please take the
> opportunity this weekend or on Tuesday to watch a fireworks show in your
> local area.  We have heard from many users that fireworks is something that
> users can enjoy with the Argus 2.  Please let us know your experiences so
> that we can publish them in a future issue or on our blog.  Email your
> stories to dtsutsui at secondsight.com
> <mailto:dtsutsui at secondsight.com?subject=My%20July%204th%20Experience!>  or
> call (818) 833-4136 and leave a message...and enjoy the light show!
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Wishing You All the Best,

Cheryl E. Fields

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human
life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will
never sit.
--D. Elton Trueblood