Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-13 Thread shraddha edke 
My Pleasure Mahendra!

Regards,
Shraddha.

On 3/13/16, Mahendra Galani  wrote:
> thanks for posting Sharadha.
> At 11:58 AM 3/13/2016 +0530, you wrote:
>>Absolutely Great Gread! Here it goes: Justice
>>Richard Bernstein - “Law is a Great
>>Equalizer† By Pramila Komanduri Fri,
>>03/11/2016 - 10:48 -- sharo...@eyeway.org
>>Justice Richard Bernstein is the first blind
>>Justice who has been elected by the people of
>>the state of Michigan to serve on the Michigan
>>Supreme Court since January, 2015. Born blind
>>with a condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa he
>>attended public schools in Michigan with special
>>education programs and services. He graduated
>>Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan
>>and completed his law degree at Northwestern
>>University’s School of Law in Chicago. Justice
>>Bernstein built his legal career in Michigan as
>>an attorney and a diligent advocate for the
>>rights of people with and without disabilities.
>>Some of the cases which he undertook led to
>>landmark legal decisions which determine the
>>guidelines for safe accessibility for people
>>with disabilities in commercial facilities,
>>airlines and airports across the US. Inerview:
>>Question: What kind of support system did you
>>have at home with your family? Answer: Justice
>>Bernstein: I had an incredibly supportive family
>>and that was a blessing: my parents, my brother
>>and my sister were all just amazing. I was
>>raised with the idea that there were no limits
>>and no obstacles and that life would be
>>challenging, difficult, and hard but that there
>>would be nothing that would be impossible and
>>nothing that I couldn’t hope for, envision, or
>>dream that could ultimately happen. I was taught
>>Braille at a very early age which I haven’t
>>used in well over 25 years as technology has
>>provided a greater level of opportunity to
>>people like myself than we could have ever
>>imagined or even thought was possible.
>>..Question: What issues did you have while
>>growing up in getting involved in sports or
>>other activities? Answer: Justice Bernstein: It
>>was a very difficult time in school because they
>>didn’t really know how to accommodate somebody
>>like myself with a disability such as blindness.
>>When I was going to the gym class for the
>>physical fitness I was pretty much on the
>>side-lines while everybody else got a chance to
>>be a part of it. As I got older things got a lot
>>better as I was presented with opportunities in
>>which I had chances to experience things that I
>>never even knew existed and have adventures. I
>>became part of a program called Achilles which
>>believes that anybody who wants to run should
>>have a chance to do so. It works with severely
>>disabled people like myself and gives us an
>>absolutely incredible opportunity. Thanks to
>>Achilles I run with guides who give me
>>directional cues as I participate in a marathon:
>>hard right, soft right, hard left, soft left. I
>>have been a pretty intense athlete for about
>>eight or nine years. I have had the incredible
>>opportunity to complete 18 city marathons and a
>>full Ironman competition. ..Question: Do you
>>train with a guide for swimming, a lead rider on
>>the tandem bike and a guide for the marathon in
>>the Ironman competition? Answer: Justice
>>Bernstein: That’s correct. It’s the same
>>person for the whole event. It was a lot of
>>training, discipline and work. It took about 2
>>years of training to do an Ironman. For those
>>people who aren’t familiar with an Ironman, it
>>is a 2.4 miles swim, followed by a 112 miles
>>bike ride, which is followed by a 26.2 miles
>>run. If you stop or rest or take a break while
>>you are doing this competition you run the risk
>>of missing a cut-off and being immediately
>>disqualified from it. So you have to start off
>>early in the morning. From start to finish it
>>took 14 hours and 36 minutes of non-stop motion,
>>with no break. I want you to imagine how it
>>would feel if you dive into a frigid body of
>>water. The temperature of Lake Coeur d’Alene
>>in Idaho where I swam was 55° F (about 13° C).
>>Imagine getting kicked in the face by all the
>>other swimmers and trying to surface but you
>>can’t. Imagine having other swimmers get
>>entangled in the rope that connects you to your
>>guide. When you get entangled you start to drown
>>and you panic and try to get oxygen while the
>>waves come rushing up on you. You come to
>>realize through these kinds of competitions that
>>you are always going to have what you need when
>>you need it. I think the essence of it is that
>>while the body might be mortal the spirit is all
>>powerful. When people with disabilities are
>>given the opportunity and the chance they can do
>>anything and everything that you could ever hope
>>to imagine. Disabled people know what we can do.
>>We simply need able-bodied people to give us a
>>chance and give us an opportunity to do it.
>>..Question: Did you find

Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-13 Thread Mahendra Galani 

thanks for posting Sharadha.
At 11:58 AM 3/13/2016 +0530, you wrote:
Absolutely Great Gread! Here it goes: Justice 
Richard Bernstein - “Law is a Great 
Equalizer” By Pramila Komanduri Fri, 
03/11/2016 - 10:48 -- sharo...@eyeway.org 
Justice Richard Bernstein is the first blind 
Justice who has been elected by the people of 
the state of Michigan to serve on the Michigan 
Supreme Court since January, 2015. Born blind 
with a condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa he 
attended public schools in Michigan with special 
education programs and services. He graduated 
Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan 
and completed his law degree at Northwestern 
University’s School of Law in Chicago. Justice 
Bernstein built his legal career in Michigan as 
an attorney and a diligent advocate for the 
rights of people with and without disabilities. 
Some of the cases which he undertook led to 
landmark legal decisions which determine the 
guidelines for safe accessibility for people 
with disabilities in commercial facilities, 
airlines and airports across the US. Inerview: 
Question: What kind of support system did you 
have at home with your family? Answer: Justice 
Bernstein: I had an incredibly supportive family 
and that was a blessing: my parents, my brother 
and my sister were all just amazing. I was 
raised with the idea that there were no limits 
and no obstacles and that life would be 
challenging, difficult, and hard but that there 
would be nothing that would be impossible and 
nothing that I couldn’t hope for, envision, or 
dream that could ultimately happen. I was taught 
Braille at a very early age which I haven’t 
used in well over 25 years as technology has 
provided a greater level of opportunity to 
people like myself than we could have ever 
imagined or even thought was possible. 
..Question: What issues did you have while 
growing up in getting involved in sports or 
other activities? Answer: Justice Bernstein: It 
was a very difficult time in school because they 
didn’t really know how to accommodate somebody 
like myself with a disability such as blindness. 
When I was going to the gym class for the 
physical fitness I was pretty much on the 
side-lines while everybody else got a chance to 
be a part of it. As I got older things got a lot 
better as I was presented with opportunities in 
which I had chances to experience things that I 
never even knew existed and have adventures. I 
became part of a program called Achilles which 
believes that anybody who wants to run should 
have a chance to do so. It works with severely 
disabled people like myself and gives us an 
absolutely incredible opportunity. Thanks to 
Achilles I run with guides who give me 
directional cues as I participate in a marathon: 
hard right, soft right, hard left, soft left. I 
have been a pretty intense athlete for about 
eight or nine years. I have had the incredible 
opportunity to complete 18 city marathons and a 
full Ironman competition. ..Question: Do you 
train with a guide for swimming, a lead rider on 
the tandem bike and a guide for the marathon in 
the Ironman competition? Answer: Justice 
Bernstein: That’s correct. It’s the same 
person for the whole event. It was a lot of 
training, discipline and work. It took about 2 
years of training to do an Ironman. For those 
people who aren’t familiar with an Ironman, it 
is a 2.4 miles swim, followed by a 112 miles 
bike ride, which is followed by a 26.2 miles 
run. If you stop or rest or take a break while 
you are doing this competition you run the risk 
of missing a cut-off and being immediately 
disqualified from it. So you have to start off 
early in the morning. From start to finish it 
took 14 hours and 36 minutes of non-stop motion, 
with no break. I want you to imagine how it 
would feel if you dive into a frigid body of 
water. The temperature of Lake Coeur d’Alene 
in Idaho where I swam was 55° F (about 13° C). 
Imagine getting kicked in the face by all the 
other swimmers and trying to surface but you 
can’t. Imagine having other swimmers get 
entangled in the rope that connects you to your 
guide. When you get entangled you start to drown 
and you panic and try to get oxygen while the 
waves come rushing up on you. You come to 
realize through these kinds of competitions that 
you are always going to have what you need when 
you need it. I think the essence of it is that 
while the body might be mortal the spirit is all 
powerful. When people with disabilities are 
given the opportunity and the chance they can do 
anything and everything that you could ever hope 
to imagine. Disabled people know what we can do. 
We simply need able-bodied people to give us a 
chance and give us an opportunity to do it. 
..Question: Did you find out about Achilles 
yourself or did somebody tell you about it? 
Answer: Justice Bernstein: They recruited me. I 
got a call from Dick Traum who is the founder of 
Achilles International and he told me

Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-13 Thread Dr.B.S.M.Kumar 
Dear Mr. George,
Thanks for resending the link. I was able to open the same and read the article.
It's a great motivating and inspiring article.
regards,


On 3/13/16, Bhupendra Tripathi  wrote:
> Dear George Sir,
>
> The link shared regarding  the interview of the Blind Supreme Court
> judge  is  giving 404 Error - Page not found.
>
> Kindly check and if needed resend the correct link
>
> Regards
>
> Bhupendra Tripathi
> Manager, RBI
> Ahmedabad
>
> On 3/13/16, George Abraham  wrote:
>> Good Morning!
>>
>>
>>
>> Happy to share the latest interview fromEyeway. Meet a judge who happens
>> to
>> be blind from birth who was recently elected onto the Supreme Court in
>> Michigan, USA.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer
>> %E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri
>>
>>
>>
>> He feels that judiciary is great profession for visually impaired persons
>> though the qualifying test is totally inaccessible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Read and enjoy!
>>
>>
>>
>> George
>>
>> George Abraham
>>
>> CEO
>>
>> Score Foundation
>>
>> 17/107, LGF,
>>
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>>
>> New Delhi 110024
>>
>> Ph: 91 11 26472581,91 11 46070396
>>
>> Mob: 91 9810934040
>>
>> Email: geo...@eyeway.org
>>
>> Website: www.scorefoundation.org.in/www.eyeway.org
>>
>> Skype: georgeabraham13
>>
>>
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Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-12 Thread Bhupendra Tripathi 
Dear George Sir,

The link shared regarding  the interview of the Blind Supreme Court
judge  is  giving 404 Error - Page not found.

Kindly check and if needed resend the correct link

Regards

Bhupendra Tripathi
Manager, RBI
Ahmedabad

On 3/13/16, George Abraham  wrote:
> Good Morning!
>
>
>
> Happy to share the latest interview fromEyeway. Meet a judge who happens to
> be blind from birth who was recently elected onto the Supreme Court in
> Michigan, USA.
>
>
>
> http://eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer
> %E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri
>
>
>
> He feels that judiciary is great profession for visually impaired persons
> though the qualifying test is totally inaccessible.
>
>
>
> Read and enjoy!
>
>
>
> George
>
> George Abraham
>
> CEO
>
> Score Foundation
>
> 17/107, LGF,
>
> Vikramvihar, Lajpatnagar 4,
>
> New Delhi 110024
>
> Ph: 91 11 26472581,91 11 46070396
>
> Mob: 91 9810934040
>
> Email: geo...@eyeway.org
>
> Website: www.scorefoundation.org.in/www.eyeway.org
>
> Skype: georgeabraham13
>
>
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Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-12 Thread George Abraham 
Dr Kumar,

The link is fine. Pl try the link below!

Good Morning!

Happy to share the latest interview fromEyeway. Meet a judge who happens to be 
blind from birth who was recently elected onto the Supreme Court in Michigan, 
USA.

http://eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer%E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri

He feels that judiciary is great profession for visually impaired persons 
though the qualifying test is totally inaccessible.

Read and enjoy!

George
George Abraham
CEO
Score Foundation
17/107, LGF,
Vikramvihar, Lajpatnagar 4,
New Delhi 110024
Ph: 91 11 26472581,91 11 46070396
Mob: 91 9810934040
Email: geo...@eyeway.org
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Subject: Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme 
Court. (blind judge)

Hi George,
I receive the following message:
Page not found | eyeway .
Can you check this out and please send the correct link.
regards,


On 3/13/16, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
> Good Morning!
>
>
>
> Happy to share the latest interview fromEyeway. Meet a judge who happens to
> be blind from birth who was recently elected onto the Supreme Court in
> Michigan, USA.
>
>
>
> http://eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer
> %E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri
>
>
>
> He feels that judiciary is great profession for visually impaired persons
> though the qualifying test is totally inaccessible.
>
>
>
> Read and enjoy!
>
>
>
> George
>
> George Abraham
>
> CEO
>
> Score Foundation
>
> 17/107, LGF,
>
> Vikramvihar, Lajpatnagar 4,
>
> New Delhi 110024
>
> Ph: 91 11 26472581,91 11 46070396
>
> Mob: 91 9810934040
>
> Email: geo...@eyeway.org
>
> Website: www.scorefoundation.org.in/www.eyeway.org
>
> Skype: georgeabraham13
>
>
>
>
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Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-12 Thread li...@srinivasu.org 
Link was broken. Here is the 
linkhttp://www.eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer%E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri

If this dies t work either, go to Eyeway.org and hit on interviews. You should 
find it there. 

George and all, when you share any links, use shortener utilities like bit.ly 
so that your link is not broken. 

Regards,
Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu
Sent from my iPhone 5C

> On 13-Mar-2016, at 11:55, Mahendra Galani  wrote:
> 
> page not found.
> At 09:48 AM 3/13/2016 +0530, you wrote:
>> Good Morning!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Happy to share the latest interview fromEyeway. Meet a judge who happens to
>> be blind from birth who was recently elected onto the Supreme Court in
>> Michigan, USA.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer
>> %E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> He feels that judiciary is great profession for visually impaired persons
>> though the qualifying test is totally inaccessible.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Read and enjoy!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> George
>> 
>> George Abraham
>> 
>> CEO
>> 
>> Score Foundation
>> 
>> 17/107, LGF,
>> 
>> Vikramvihar, Lajpatnagar 4,
>> 
>> New Delhi 110024
>> 
>> Ph: 91 11 26472581,91 11 46070396
>> 
>> Mob: 91 9810934040
>> 
>> Email: geo...@eyeway.org
>> 
>> Website: www.scorefoundation.org.in/www.eyeway.org
>> 
>> Skype: georgeabraham13
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-12 Thread shraddha edke 
Absolutely Great Gread!

Here it goes:

Justice Richard Bernstein - “Law is a Great Equalizer” By Pramila Komanduri
Fri, 03/11/2016 - 10:48 -- sharo...@eyeway.org

Justice Richard Bernstein is the first blind Justice who has been
elected by the people of the state of Michigan to serve on the
Michigan Supreme Court since January, 2015. Born blind with a
condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa he attended public schools in
Michigan with special education programs and services. He graduated
Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan and completed his law
degree at Northwestern University’s School of Law in Chicago. Justice
Bernstein built his legal career in Michigan as an attorney and a
diligent advocate for the rights of people with and without
disabilities. Some of the cases which he undertook led to landmark
legal decisions which determine the guidelines for safe accessibility
for people with disabilities in commercial facilities, airlines and
airports across the US.
Inerview:
Question: What kind of support system did you have at home with your family?
Answer: Justice Bernstein: I had an incredibly supportive family and
that was a blessing: my parents, my brother and my sister were all
just amazing. I was raised with the idea that there were no limits and
no obstacles and that life would be challenging, difficult, and hard
but that there would be nothing that would be impossible and nothing
that I couldn’t hope for, envision, or dream that could ultimately
happen. I was taught Braille at a very early age which I haven’t used
in well over 25 years as technology has provided a greater level of
opportunity to people like myself than we could have ever imagined or
even thought was possible.
..Question: What issues did you have while growing up in getting
involved in sports or other activities?
Answer: Justice Bernstein: It was a very difficult time in school
because they didn’t really know how to accommodate somebody like
myself with a disability such as blindness. When I was going to the
gym class for the physical fitness I was pretty much on the side-lines
while everybody else got a chance to be a part of it. As I got older
things got a lot better as I was presented with opportunities in which
I had chances to experience things that I never even knew existed and
have adventures. I became part of a program called Achilles which
believes that anybody who wants to run should have a chance to do so.
It works with severely disabled people like myself and gives us an
absolutely incredible opportunity. Thanks to Achilles I run with
guides who give me directional cues as I participate in a marathon:
hard right, soft right, hard left, soft left. I have been a pretty
intense athlete for about eight or nine years. I have had the
incredible opportunity to complete 18 city marathons and a full
Ironman competition.
..Question: Do you train with a guide for swimming, a lead rider on
the tandem bike and a guide for the marathon in the Ironman
competition?
Answer: Justice Bernstein: That’s correct. It’s the same person for
the whole event. It was a lot of training, discipline and work. It
took about 2 years of training to do an Ironman. For those people who
aren’t familiar with an Ironman, it is a 2.4 miles swim, followed by a
112 miles bike ride, which is followed by a 26.2 miles run. If you
stop or rest or take a break while you are doing this competition you
run the risk of missing a cut-off and being immediately disqualified
from it. So you have to start off early in the morning. From start to
finish it took 14 hours and 36 minutes of non-stop motion, with no
break. I want you to imagine how it would feel if you dive into a
frigid body of water. The temperature of Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho
where I swam was 55° F (about 13° C). Imagine getting kicked in the
face by all the other swimmers and trying to surface but you can’t.
Imagine having other swimmers get entangled in the rope that connects
you to your guide. When you get entangled you start to drown and you
panic and try to get oxygen while the waves come rushing up on you.
You come to realize through these kinds of competitions that you are
always going to have what you need when you need it. I think the
essence of it is that while the body might be mortal the spirit is all
powerful. When people with disabilities are given the opportunity and
the chance they can do anything and everything that you could ever
hope to imagine. Disabled people know what we can do. We simply need
able-bodied people to give us a chance and give us an opportunity to
do it.
..Question: Did you find out about Achilles yourself or did somebody
tell you about it?
Answer: Justice Bernstein: They recruited me. I got a call from Dick
Traum who is the founder of Achilles International and he told me that
he thought that this would be a program in which I would be
interested. A lot of times you just have to reach out to people with
disabilities and let them know that you are there and let them

Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-12 Thread Mahendra Galani 

page not found.
At 09:48 AM 3/13/2016 +0530, you wrote:

Good Morning!



Happy to share the latest interview fromEyeway. Meet a judge who happens to
be blind from birth who was recently elected onto the Supreme Court in
Michigan, USA.



http://eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer
%E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri



He feels that judiciary is great profession for visually impaired persons
though the qualifying test is totally inaccessible.



Read and enjoy!



George

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Re: [AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-12 Thread Dr.B.S.M.Kumar 
Hi George,
I receive the following message:
Page not found | eyeway .
Can you check this out and please send the correct link.
regards,


On 3/13/16, George Abraham  wrote:
> Good Morning!
>
>
>
> Happy to share the latest interview fromEyeway. Meet a judge who happens to
> be blind from birth who was recently elected onto the Supreme Court in
> Michigan, USA.
>
>
>
> http://eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer
> %E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri
>
>
>
> He feels that judiciary is great profession for visually impaired persons
> though the qualifying test is totally inaccessible.
>
>
>
> Read and enjoy!
>
>
>
> George
>
> George Abraham
>
> CEO
>
> Score Foundation
>
> 17/107, LGF,
>
> Vikramvihar, Lajpatnagar 4,
>
> New Delhi 110024
>
> Ph: 91 11 26472581,91 11 46070396
>
> Mob: 91 9810934040
>
> Email: geo...@eyeway.org
>
> Website: www.scorefoundation.org.in/www.eyeway.org
>
> Skype: georgeabraham13
>
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>
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[AI] Fascinating interview with a judge from the Michigan Supreme Court. (blind judge)

2016-03-12 Thread George Abraham 
Good Morning!

 

Happy to share the latest interview fromEyeway. Meet a judge who happens to
be blind from birth who was recently elected onto the Supreme Court in
Michigan, USA.

 

http://eyeway.org/?q=justice-richard-bernstein-%E2%80%9Claw-great-equalizer
%E2%80%9D-pramila-komanduri

 

He feels that judiciary is great profession for visually impaired persons
though the qualifying test is totally inaccessible.

 

Read and enjoy!

 

George

George Abraham

CEO

Score Foundation

17/107, LGF,

Vikramvihar, Lajpatnagar 4,

New Delhi 110024

Ph: 91 11 26472581,91 11 46070396

Mob: 91 9810934040

Email: geo...@eyeway.org

Website: www.scorefoundation.org.in/www.eyeway.org

Skype: georgeabraham13

 

 


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