On 7/28/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send AccessIndia mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AccessIndia digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: What do you feel about this cane? (Kiran Kaja) > 2. structure of the eye (sarthak edu) > 3. Re: What do you feel about this cane? (Subramani L) > 4. Re: What do you feel about this cane? (Rohiet A. Patil) > 5. Re: What do you feel about this cane? (Vedprakash Sharma) > 6. Re: why so few mails (harish) > 7. unable recieve mails (anil reddy) > 8. facing problem in opening a savings bank account (amarnath de) > 9. Re: What do you feel about this cane? (Sameer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:05:10 +0100 > From: Kiran Kaja <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The point of using a long cane is to give sufficient time for a blind person > to react to any obstacles hanging or on the ground or significant drops in > the surphase. > > Any technology that can help in detecting hanging objects (head height) is > welcome. I wouldn't rely on technology to detect pits or steps going down > unless the technology is 100% accurate or at least close to it. > > Regards, > Kiran > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Subramani L > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Folks: >> >> Most of us are used to wielding a long white cane that touches the >> ground and lets us feel the obstacles ahead. Supposing if a new cane is >> physically half in length and can still help us spot both the barriers >> above the ground and the ones below (such as man holes and gutters), do >> you all think it would be comfortable to use? I initially thought this >> could be difficult for first timers, but if we have efficient >> technologies that can detect a pit ahead of us as efficiently as a >> hanging tree branch, why not? Before revealing anything more on this, I >> would like to study the initial feedback from all of you on this idea. >> Pl don't hesitate to write in with your thoughts. >> >> Subramani >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:06:59 -0700 > From: sarthak edu <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] structure of the eye > To: accessindia <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > ARTICLE 2: BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE EYE > > The eye is sense organ, like the skin, taste buds, and olfactory > regions. As such, eye is receptors whose sensitive cells may be > activated by a particular form of energy or stimulus in the external > or internal environment. The sensitive cells in the eye respond to > the stimulus by initiating a series of nerve impulses along afferent > sensory neurons that lead to the brain. > > No matter what kind of stimulus is applied to a particular receptor, > the sensation felt is determined by the regions in the brain that are > connected to the receptor. Thus, mechanical injury that might > stimulate receptor cells in the eye would produce sensations of vision > (flashes of light). Similarly, if one could make a nerve connection > between the sensitive receptor cells of the ear and the area in the > brain associated with sight, it would be possible to perceive, or > ?see? sounds. > > STRUCTURE OF THE EYE > Light rays enter the dark center of the eye, pupil. > > The conjunctiva is a mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and coats > the anterior portion of the eyeball over the white of the eye. Dust or > smoke may cause the blood vessels to dilate and give the conjunctiva a > reddish appearance commonly known as bloodshot eyes. > Cornea: It is fibrous, transparent tissue that extends over the pupil > and colored portion of the eye. The function of the cornea is to bend, > or refract, the rays of light, so that they are focused properly on > the sensitive receptor cells in the posterior region of the eye. > Sclera: The though, white, outer coat of the eyeball. > Choroid: It is a dark brown membrane inside the sclera. It contains > many blood vessels that supply nutrients to the eye. > Iris: The colored (it can appear blue, green, gray, or brown) portion > of the eye that surrounds the pupil. The muscles of the iris constrict > the pupil in bright light and dilate the pupil in dim light. > Ciliary body: Structure on each side of the lens that connects the > choroids and the iris. It contains ciliary muscles, which control the > shape of the lens, and secretes aqueous humor. > Refraction: Bending of light rays by the cornea, lens, and fluids of > the eye to bring the rays into focus on the retina. > Accommodation: The normal adjustment of the eye for seeing objects at > various distances. The lens is made thinner or fatter by the ciliary > body to bring an object into focus on the retina. > Aqueous humor: Fluid produced by the ciliary body and found in the > anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. > Vitreous chamber: The area behind the lens of the eye. It contains > vitreous humor. > Vitreous humor: The soft, jelly-like material behind the lens; helps > to maintain the shape of the eyeball. It escape from the eye can cause > blindness. > Retina: It is the thin, delicate and sensitive nerve layer of the eye. > As light energy, in the form of waves, travels through the eye, it is > refracted, so that it focuses on sensitive receptor cells of the > retina called rods and cones. > Rods: They are the photosensitive receptor cells in the retina that > are essential for vision in dim light and for peripheral vision. > Cones: They are the photosensitive receptor cells in the retina that > transform light energy into a nerve impulse. Cones are responsible for > color and central vision. There are three types of cones each type > stimulated by one of the primary colors in light (red, green, or > violet). > Optic nerve: Light energy when focused on the retina causes a chemical > change in the rods and cones initiating nerve impulses that then > travel from the eye to the brain via the optic nerve. > Optic disk: The region in the eye where the optic nerve meets the > retina. The optic nerve is known as the blind spot of the eye. > > Macula: It is a small, oval, yellowish area to the side of the optic > disk. It contains a central depression called fovea centralis. > > Fovea centralis: Location of sharpest vision in the eye. It is > composed of largely cones. > Fundus of the eye: The posterior, inner part of eye. > Optic chiasm: The point at which the fibers of the optic nerve cross > the brain (chiasm means crossing). > > > > dr. jitender aggarwal > ceo > sarthak educational trust > vikaspuri > ph: 9718711463 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:58:00 +0530 > From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <fda23f70e778f94293c28128b654e11c9a2...@dhtpmlmail.deccanherald.co.in> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Besides any reasonable doubts on such a cane, could you all pl enlist > the kinds of challenges a half-size cane would pose (that is assuming > the other half not touching the ground is efficiently compensated by > technology)? > > Subramani > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kiran Kaja > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > > The point of using a long cane is to give sufficient time for a blind > person > to react to any obstacles hanging or on the ground or significant drops > in > the surphase. > > Any technology that can help in detecting hanging objects (head height) > is > welcome. I wouldn't rely on technology to detect pits or steps going > down > unless the technology is 100% accurate or at least close to it. > > Regards, > Kiran > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Subramani L > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Folks: >> >> Most of us are used to wielding a long white cane that touches the >> ground and lets us feel the obstacles ahead. Supposing if a new cane > is >> physically half in length and can still help us spot both the barriers >> above the ground and the ones below (such as man holes and gutters), > do >> you all think it would be comfortable to use? I initially thought this >> could be difficult for first timers, but if we have efficient >> technologies that can detect a pit ahead of us as efficiently as a >> hanging tree branch, why not? Before revealing anything more on this, > I >> would like to study the initial feedback from all of you on this idea. >> Pl don't hesitate to write in with your thoughts. >> >> Subramani >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n >> > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:00:40 +0530 > From: "Rohiet A. Patil" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <a97b4691545541e39e069fb3ac06b...@rohit> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > I can not imagine myself to walk without touching the cane on the ground. > However any kind of technical enhancements are most welcome. > RGDS, > Rohiet Patil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kiran Kaja" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:35 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > > >> The point of using a long cane is to give sufficient time for a blind >> person >> to react to any obstacles hanging or on the ground or significant drops in >> the surphase. >> >> Any technology that can help in detecting hanging objects (head height) is >> welcome. I wouldn't rely on technology to detect pits or steps going down >> unless the technology is 100% accurate or at least close to it. >> >> Regards, >> Kiran >> >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Subramani L >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Folks: >>> >>> Most of us are used to wielding a long white cane that touches the >>> ground and lets us feel the obstacles ahead. Supposing if a new cane is >>> physically half in length and can still help us spot both the barriers >>> above the ground and the ones below (such as man holes and gutters), do >>> you all think it would be comfortable to use? I initially thought this >>> could be difficult for first timers, but if we have efficient >>> technologies that can detect a pit ahead of us as efficiently as a >>> hanging tree branch, why not? Before revealing anything more on this, I >>> would like to study the initial feedback from all of you on this idea. >>> Pl don't hesitate to write in with your thoughts. >>> >>> Subramani >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >>> [email protected] the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please visit the list home page at >>> >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:19:08 +0530 > From: "Vedprakash Sharma" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <22a34d2915204f57a7f51c015d1bb...@vedprakash> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I think it should be useful after some initial training. in fact we have > been so habitual with the present one that unless we have a new option > within reach, nobody wants even to think of some other alternative. but let > us have a possitive attitude. if the cost of the new cane is within the > reasonable limits, it may get popular one or the other day. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:34 PM > Subject: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > > >> Folks: >> >> Most of us are used to wielding a long white cane that touches the >> ground and lets us feel the obstacles ahead. Supposing if a new cane is >> physically half in length and can still help us spot both the barriers >> above the ground and the ones below (such as man holes and gutters), do >> you all think it would be comfortable to use? I initially thought this >> could be difficult for first timers, but if we have efficient >> technologies that can detect a pit ahead of us as efficiently as a >> hanging tree branch, why not? Before revealing anything more on this, I >> would like to study the initial feedback from all of you on this idea. >> Pl don't hesitate to write in with your thoughts. >> >> Subramani >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:58:04 +0530 > From: "harish" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] why so few mails > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <3c50f395e23f4bf0b2da67ddbbca6...@kotian> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=response > > Hi All > > We haven't as yet heard from the service provider regarding the problems in > the web server of AI. > > There may continue to be disruption in service, although I have undertaken > some damage control exercise > > Harish Kotian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandeep Singh" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 5:28 PM > Subject: [AI] why so few mails > > >> >> Hello, >> Is there some problem or all of a sudden it has dawned on all the AI >> members that not to flood the list is a good idea? Can we have a word from >> >> the moderators? >> Thanks and regards, >> Sandeep >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:26:06 +0530 > From: anil reddy <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] unable recieve mails > To: accessindia <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > hi sir i am not getting accessindia mails please tell me what should i > do to get back to accessindia > > thanks in advance > > -- > K. ANILREDDY, > M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE, > SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, > ROOM N.O. 304, > MEN'S HOSTAL [C], > UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, > GACHIBOWLI, > HYDERABAD, > 500046. > > MOBILE > 9849479718, > > EMAIL [ID], > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:28:47 +0530 > From: "amarnath de" <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] facing problem in opening a savings bank account > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <ffd2ae2c923440b39211b8742e2f6...@amarnathde> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > halo friends, > I need your suggestions regarding the following matter. > > I want to open a saving account either axis bank or icici bank. but none of > them are willing to open my account due to following problem: > as I am a blind person due to that, my signature will not match. they will > not open any account with left thumb impression. > though the nationalize banks are opening accounts with cheque, atm and > internet banking. but most of the private banks in Delhi are not giving > these facilities. > > what can I do? where can I submit complaints? how do I convince them? > > can any one of you help me? please, write immediately and supply documentary > evidence to solve my problem. > > with regards. > > Amarnath De. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:19:05 +0530 > From: "Sameer" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <003601ca0ee2$8adc94b0$0b0b1...@penyium4> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > Dear Friend, > > Such a cane would indeed be a good choice for us. However, it should be > accurate in determining both the low-hanging branch as well as an open > manhole cover. > > I eagerly await additional information from your end about such a product. > > Regards > Mr. Sameer Latey > Mumbai, India > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:34 PM > Subject: [AI] What do you feel about this cane? > > >> Folks: >> >> Most of us are used to wielding a long white cane that touches the >> ground and lets us feel the obstacles ahead. Supposing if a new cane is >> physically half in length and can still help us spot both the barriers >> above the ground and the ones below (such as man holes and gutters), do >> you all think it would be comfortable to use? I initially thought this >> could be difficult for first timers, but if we have efficient >> technologies that can detect a pit ahead of us as efficiently as a >> hanging tree branch, why not? Before revealing anything more on this, I >> would like to study the initial feedback from all of you on this idea. >> Pl don't hesitate to write in with your thoughts. >> >> Subramani >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4219 (20090705) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > AccessIndia mailing list > [email protected] > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > End of AccessIndia Digest, Vol 39, Issue 100 > ******************************************** >
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