[nabs-l] New THOUGHT PROVOKER 143-TheVirtualBlindnessChallenge:The Reality Show

Sun Mar 15 23:15:26 UTC 2009

Ok. I am thinking of talking to my client's who are therapists in the field 
and see what feedback they can give me. I really hope that will help me so I 
can get a jump start on working tward an hour for a massage.
Rania,
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From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
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143-TheVirtualBlindnessChallenge:The Reality Show


>I would look at how you transition from one part of the body to the next. I
> mean, are your strokes slower than other peoples? I bet not, so I would 
> look
> to see how you move around the table and move from one section of the body
> to the other. (If others can due 3 strokes, then so should you.)
>
>
>
>
> Robert Leslie Newman
> Email- newmanrl at cox.net
> THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
> Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Rania
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:57 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] New THOUGHT PROVOKER 143-
> TheVirtualBlindnessChallenge:The Reality Show
>
> Know I didn't I failed the Massage Technique and Practice class again. As 
> a
> result I am now applying to Institute for Theraputic Massage. I like what 
> I
> am hearing about the school as well as there experience with teaching 
> blind
> people. That school is also the school ware my massage therapist attended
> and was vary pleased. I am going for a toor on Wednesday so they are going
> to tell me what will transfer over to there program. Some of my client's 
> who
> are also massage therapists told me that it sounds like I will be in a 
> more
> supportive place. They also told me not to be afraid to use the techniques 
> I
> learned from my local community college's massage program such as nmt and
> sheiatsue and apply them to my own routine when giving a massage and 
> adding
> new techniques I learn such as rakie and medical massage. Do you have any
> tips for geting my massage down to an hour? I am still not understanding 
> the
> consept of doing less of a few strokes. Does that mean instead of doing
> efflorage 3 times only doing it twice? Thanks for your help.
> Rania,
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] New THOUGHT PROVOKER 143- The
> VirtualBlindnessChallenge:The Reality Show
>
>
>> Rania
>>
>> Thanks for writing in. so I for get, did you pass and get your massage
>> license?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert Leslie Newman
>> Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>> THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>> Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Rania
>> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:59 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] New THOUGHT PROVOKER 143- The Virtual
>> BlindnessChallenge:The Reality Show
>>
>> I think this would be a wonderful idea. I think it would help sited
>> people gain a better understanding of how we do things.
>> Rania,
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
>> To: "nfbnabs" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 11:04 PM
>> Subject: [nabs-l] New THOUGHT PROVOKER 143- The Virtual Blindness
>> Challenge:The Reality Show
>>
>>
>>> NABS
>>> RE:  The Virtual Blindness Challenge: The Reality Show
>>>
>>> Here is my 143rd THOUGHT PROVOKER. It is a reality show. Fully
>>> sighted contestants agree to forgo their sight and learn blindness
> skills.
>>> There are challenges, winners and losers. Have a read and tell us
>>> what you think; is there value in this shows concept? If you have not
>>> read the PROVOKER, it follows.  Recall that I collect responses and
>>> post them upon my web site for all the WWW to read and learn from and
>>> that URL is-
>>> Http://thoughtprovoker.info <http://thoughtprovoker.info/>   If you wish
>>> to
>>> receive THOUGHT PROVOKERS sent directly to you, just write me and
>>> ask,
>>> at- newmanrl at cox.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> THOUGHT PROVOKER 143
>>> The Virtual Blindness Challenge:
>>> The Reality Show
>>>
>>> "Welcome to The Virtual Blindness Challenge: The Reality Show!  (On
>>> screen a tall dark-haired man stands, long white cane in one hand,
>>> cordless microphone in the other.) This is Final Challenge Day of
>>> week four, the final test. In today's challenge our remaining two
>>> students will have their final faceoff. The one to successfully
>>> complete their challenge assignment first will win the grand prize of
>>> $10,000. Will it be Patty Hartman, twenty-six-years old, a single
>>> mother, and unemployed?" (The screen shows a petit blonde woman with
>>> a black sleepshade strapped snuggly over her eyes and upper face. She
>>> stands smiling; a long white cane as tall as she rests easily at her
>>> side.)
>>>
>>> The MC steps around to the second student. "Or will it be Simon
>>> Brown, 32, married, a recent veteran of the Iraq War, soon to enter
> college."
>>> (The screen fills with a well-built young man with a dark, suntanned,
>>> skin tone; standing at military ease, a long white cane as tall as
>>> his eyebrows in the crook of an elbow.  His facial expression below
>>> the black of the sleepshade shows the nonchalance of confidence.)
>>>
>>> "But before we show highlights of Patty's and Simon's progress to
>>> date, allow me to set the stage.  Twenty-eight days ago twelve fully
>>> sighted participants began the Virtual Blindness Challenge. All
>>> agreed to wear sleepshades, were given the same tools, and taught the
>>> same blindness skill-sets. Ten have been eliminated. The judging is
>>> simple--if you don't excel, you are cut. This challenge is to find
>>> the
>> best."
>>>
>>> "Let us take a quick review of Patty's journey in virtual blindness
>>> from that first day, up to this Final Challenge."
>>>
>>> The first scene: Patty is pulling on her sleepshade, a look on her
>>> face that may have said, "I'm not sure what I'm getting myself into,
>>> but I'm committed, I doing this!" Second: the first cane travel
>>> lesson; a hesitant step, uncoordinated probing and swinging of the
>>> cane. Third: learning Braille; writing with a Braille slate and
>>> stylus; fingers reading a thick Braille magazine. Fourth: pouring
>>> water from a large pitcher into a small glass; Fifth: frosting a cake.
>>> Sixth: threading a needle with a wire-loop needle threader; using a
>>> sewing machine. Seventh: seated at a computer, the screen showing
>>> what she is typing and a synthesized voice enunciating what she keys in.
>>> "Blindness is doable." Eighth: drilling a board with an electric hand
>>> drill.
>>>
>>> The MC extends the microphone toward her. "Patty, how are you feeling
>>> about your blindness skills?  Ready for this Final Challenge?"
>>>
>>> "You bet, Ross, I'm very ready. Just in the past week my ability to
>>> pick-up on echo location has come in strong and now on travel, I can
>>> fly!"
>>>
>>> "Now here is Simon's journey in virtual blindness."
>>>
>>> First scene: Simon, face showing quiet self-confidence slips his
>>> sleepshade down over his eyes. Second: cane held steady in his strong
>>> grip, he explores a staircase. Third: inserting a sheet of paper into
>>> a Braille slate; reading a Braille label on a can of soup. Fourth:
>>> checking meat on a hot charcoal grill. Fifth: threading a
>>> self-threading needle; hand-sewing a button onto a man's shirt. Sixth:
>>> keying into a laptop, its screen showing a familiar logo, and from
>>> the speakers we hear, "Google." Seventh: Cutting with a circular saw;
>>> sanding a newly built picnic table.
>>>
>>> "Simon, how are you doing? Up for the final cut; ready to take the
>>> grand prize home?"
>>>
>>> "Yes, sir.  That's affirmative.  And Ross, you once compared this
>>> challenge to military boot camp. I would say, yes, in that both are a
>>> form of preparation, of training the mind, and training muscle memory.
>>> But the game is different; war can kill you, blindness will not. Life
>>> goes on and you just use alternative methods to be successful."
>>>
>>> The camera focuses on the MC handing each of them a Brailled sheet.
>>> "Though
>>> the day has just begun, you two have much to do. Here are your last
>>> challenge instructions. Read your challenge and do your best!  We'll
>>> be waiting here at the finish line with the grand prizes-winner takes
>>> all!
>>> And
>>> the clock starts now!"
>>>
>>> The camera zooms to both contestants, seated, intense faces, fingers
>>> reading their instructions.
>>>
>>> The camera follows as both contestants walk down the front steps.
>>> Simon turns right, long strides carrying him swiftly south. Patty
>>> turns left, north, her shorter stride quickening, moving into a trot,
>>> cane flashing in the early morning sun, she begins to run.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Leslie Newman
>>> Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>>> THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>>> Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
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