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------Original message------ From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014 5:05:07 AM GMT-0800 Subject: AccessIndia Digest, Vol 60, Issue 190 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..." Please do not reply to this digest mail. You should put your comments into a new mail with appropriate subject line. _______________________________________________ AccessIndia mailing list [email protected] http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Today's Topics: 1. my introduction (g suresh) 2. . Re: . Re: guide me regarding antivir (Neelima Surve) 3. Re: Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill (Kotian, H P) 4. Re: Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill (Ketan Kothari) 5. alerts of Job (Eyeway Helpdesk) 6. Re: Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill (Kotian, H P) 7. Fwd: Bionic hand allows amputee to feel again (Sanchit Katiyar) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 13:49:39 +0530 From: "g suresh" <[email protected]> To: Accessindia <[email protected]> Subject: [AI] my introduction Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Dear friends i hope that you all are fine. i have recently joined in this E mailing list. Before i start to send new post i would like to introduce my self. Friends iam suresh My education qualifications i have completed MA B ED And also i have done DCA. Present iam working as a telugu pandit. My hobbies are reading books, magazines, singing songs and playing plute. My aim is i would like to become an IAS officer. Thanks and regards yours sureshgajula email ID: [email protected] skype ID: sureshgajula visit my profile at http://www.facebook.com/suresh.gajula.9809 mobile no: 9989269397/9247663108 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 14:39:22 +0530 From: Neelima Surve <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] . Re: . Re: guide me regarding antivir Message-ID: <CACWU1kM7itK9wWWYFtdT=sg5gm8uy2xrsx1dbpd9+9rp4qq...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yes. We have to pay for renewal. It depends on offers. The number is : Quick hill Support: 09272233000. Or you can visit www.quickhill.com -- God examine those whom loves he the most. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:07:55 +0530 From: "Kotian, H P" <[email protected]> To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AI] Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill Message-ID: <bea8645838d62348ae206f49353e047d90c22ab...@rbiexch01.rbi1.rbi.org.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear Ketan The question really is: 1 Wait until an ideal draft is ready which is acceptable to all stakeholders? 2 Get the legislation and work for the amendments. The difficult question is even if we wait and again go through the consultation process will the babus still water it down all over again? Even the one which went through the consultation process was not fully acceptable in some quarters. In my view, we the stakeholders should first work to make a draft which is generally good and not having serious concerns. I agree, it is impossible to get a draft which is 100% appealing to all. I think, no political dispensation is concerned with the political ramification of this bill and hence, it should not hold serious significance to any political entity which takes over post election. Therefore, in my focus should be first get a good draft and later, collectively work for its passage. We should not by any means compromise on "nothing for us without us". This is my personal take on this subject. Harish Kotian. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ketan Kothari Sent: 06 February 2014 13:06 To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill Dear friends, We have all been discussing this legislation for a few days now and obviously our passions are running high with the way this is being imposed upon us. I personally feel that this is also a significant way of looking at our polity and our sector: This law was to have been in actuality one of the most consulted and discussed piece of legislation in the history of this country. I remember having participated in several such discussions. But as it turned out: we are being handed a raw deal. Our sector is legitimately upset about this. Congress, BJP, Communists or any one do not really care for us. None of the senior parliamentarian is ever concerned about disability. India ratified UNCRPD without reservations: This could have meant 1 of 2 things: either the nation is serious to change the entire legal regime to bring it in tune with the Convention or (and this is more likely in our case) just ratify the damned document and make disabled happy. I am still perplexed as to how are we going to have UNCRPD implemented merely by having the new disability law (certainly not this one with all its inadequacies) when there are so many laws that run counter to the Convention. This sure needs to be kept in mind by us at the time of considering the new law and should also insist in the amendment of the other relevant laws. With best wishes, Ketan -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: [email protected] Skype ID: Ketan3333 Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:22:34 +0530 From: Ketan Kothari <[email protected]> To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AI] Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill Message-ID: <cac4klwus3ksd8uzl9buwi8heto+nc9w_cu+jqz+tvhsffxc...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Dear Harish, I entirely agree that we must not allow someone else to determine our rights. Although there were some concerns about the committee draft of 2011, it was thousand times better than what we are left with. I would like 2011 draft to become our starting point. My concern is that now "nothing about us without us" is also a dicy proposition as the house is divided; those who purport to work for us have shown us what and where everything is being led. Also, I would like to request our blind friends that while we have to guard our interest with full consciousness, we must also work for those disabilitiess that are more marginalized than others. Blind must take the leadership in this movement now as we did a few years ago. Let us hope that better sense will prevail. With best wishes, Ketan On 2/6/14, Kotian, H P <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ketan > > The question really is: > 1 Wait until an ideal draft is ready which is acceptable to all > stakeholders? > 2 Get the legislation and work for the amendments. > > The difficult question is even if we wait and again go through the > consultation process will the babus still water it down all over again? Even > the one which went through the consultation process was not fully acceptable > in some quarters. In my view, we the stakeholders should first work to make > a draft which is generally good and not having serious concerns. I agree, it > is impossible to get a draft which is 100% appealing to all. > > I think, no political dispensation is concerned with the political > ramification of this bill and hence, it should not hold serious significance > to any political entity which takes over post election. > > Therefore, in my focus should be first get a good draft and later, > collectively work for its passage. > > We should not by any means compromise on "nothing for us without us". > > This is my personal take on this subject. > > Harish Kotian. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ketan Kothari > Sent: 06 February 2014 13:06 > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill > > Dear friends, > > We have all been discussing this legislation for a few days now and > obviously our passions are running high with the way this is being > imposed upon us. I personally feel that this is also a significant > way of looking at our polity and our sector: > > This law was to have been in actuality one of the most consulted and > discussed piece of legislation in the history of this country. I > remember having participated in several such discussions. But as it > turned out: we are being handed a raw deal. Our sector is > legitimately upset about this. > > Congress, BJP, Communists or any one do not really care for us. None > of the senior parliamentarian is ever concerned about disability. > > India ratified UNCRPD without reservations: This could have meant 1 > of 2 things: either the nation is serious to change the entire legal > regime to bring it in tune with the Convention or (and this is more > likely in our case) just ratify the damned document and make disabled > happy. > > I am still perplexed as to how are we going to have UNCRPD implemented > merely by having the new disability law (certainly not this one with > all its inadequacies) when there are so many laws that run counter to > the Convention. > > This sure needs to be kept in mind by us at the time of considering > the new law and should also insist in the amendment of the other > relevant laws. > > With best wishes, > > Ketan > > -- > Ketan Kothari > Phone: [r] 24223281, > Cell: 9987550614 > MSN ID: [email protected] > Skype ID: Ketan3333 > > Time to meet up again! > Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for > any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > > Time to meet up again! > Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: [email protected] Skype ID: Ketan3333 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:39:37 +0530 From: Eyeway Helpdesk <[email protected]> To: accessindia <[email protected]>, rpp-india <[email protected]> Subject: [AI] alerts of Job Message-ID: <CABDxawoPYxC-Bbq=69tXSX_RbR_TAsAiQxoP8=vhgfdmr4d...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, Please find here below two job alerts from eyeway: 1. Required Tradesman Mate in Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers, Station Workshop EME, Meerut Cantt. Qualification: Matriculation pass from recognized Board or equivalent. Last date 21st February. Far areas: 28th February. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs or 1 February employment News page 2 2. Two posts for V.I. as Office Assistant (Multipurpose) in Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank. Those who have been declared qualified at the Online CWE-II for RRBs conducted by IBPS during September/ October 2013, can apply . Qualification: Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent. Also need Proficiency in local language. Application fee is Rs. 100/- Last date 11th February. Apply online. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs -- ** Best,Binni Kumari|Helpdesk Executive! Score Foundation 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email:[email protected] Websites: scorefoundation.org.in <http://www.scorefoundation.org.in/> www.eyeway.org ****** <http://www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia><https://twitter.com/friendsofeyeway> <https://www.facebook.com/projecteyeway> ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:21:46 +0530 From: "Kotian, H P" <[email protected]> To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AI] Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill Message-ID: <bea8645838d62348ae206f49353e047d90c22ab...@rbiexch01.rbi1.rbi.org.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Ketan Agreed in full. Presently, we are better than 1995 where there was no legislation. Presently, the effort is to better it. No way we should take any step backward. If we smell a rat, we better not shut our eyes. I think, all the sector has representative stakeholder. It is not important to fight for who will take the lead rather to take the business at hand seriously. Let us not take a privelleged position about championing the cause of the less privelleged. Each stakeholder is well capable of voicing their concerns. Let us all be at level field but work with a give and take spirit. Harish Kotian -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ketan Kothari Sent: 06 February 2014 16:23 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill Dear Harish, I entirely agree that we must not allow someone else to determine our rights. Although there were some concerns about the committee draft of 2011, it was thousand times better than what we are left with. I would like 2011 draft to become our starting point. My concern is that now "nothing about us without us" is also a dicy proposition as the house is divided; those who purport to work for us have shown us what and where everything is being led. Also, I would like to request our blind friends that while we have to guard our interest with full consciousness, we must also work for those disabilitiess that are more marginalized than others. Blind must take the leadership in this movement now as we did a few years ago. Let us hope that better sense will prevail. With best wishes, Ketan On 2/6/14, Kotian, H P <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ketan > > The question really is: > 1 Wait until an ideal draft is ready which is acceptable to all > stakeholders? > 2 Get the legislation and work for the amendments. > > The difficult question is even if we wait and again go through the > consultation process will the babus still water it down all over again? Even > the one which went through the consultation process was not fully acceptable > in some quarters. In my view, we the stakeholders should first work to make > a draft which is generally good and not having serious concerns. I agree, it > is impossible to get a draft which is 100% appealing to all. > > I think, no political dispensation is concerned with the political > ramification of this bill and hence, it should not hold serious significance > to any political entity which takes over post election. > > Therefore, in my focus should be first get a good draft and later, > collectively work for its passage. > > We should not by any means compromise on "nothing for us without us". > > This is my personal take on this subject. > > Harish Kotian. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ketan Kothari > Sent: 06 February 2014 13:06 > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill > > Dear friends, > > We have all been discussing this legislation for a few days now and > obviously our passions are running high with the way this is being > imposed upon us. I personally feel that this is also a significant > way of looking at our polity and our sector: > > This law was to have been in actuality one of the most consulted and > discussed piece of legislation in the history of this country. I > remember having participated in several such discussions. But as it > turned out: we are being handed a raw deal. Our sector is > legitimately upset about this. > > Congress, BJP, Communists or any one do not really care for us. None > of the senior parliamentarian is ever concerned about disability. > > India ratified UNCRPD without reservations: This could have meant 1 > of 2 things: either the nation is serious to change the entire legal > regime to bring it in tune with the Convention or (and this is more > likely in our case) just ratify the damned document and make disabled > happy. > > I am still perplexed as to how are we going to have UNCRPD implemented > merely by having the new disability law (certainly not this one with > all its inadequacies) when there are so many laws that run counter to > the Convention. > > This sure needs to be kept in mind by us at the time of considering > the new law and should also insist in the amendment of the other > relevant laws. > > With best wishes, > > Ketan > > -- > Ketan Kothari > Phone: [r] 24223281, > Cell: 9987550614 > MSN ID: [email protected] > Skype ID: Ketan3333 > > Time to meet up again! > Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for > any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > > Time to meet up again! > Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: [email protected] Skype ID: Ketan3333 Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, smses or makes calls asking for personal information like your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:23:42 +0530 From: Sanchit Katiyar <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] Fwd: Bionic hand allows amputee to feel again Message-ID: <CABUdnJzgP-gFLocsRvmwG=sJBq07gOppyET9gHMk-1U=v_b...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Bionic hand allows amputee to feel again Kounteya Sinha,TNN | Feb 6, 2014, 10.07 AM IST LONDON: The world's first bionic hand which feels a real human touch is here. A Danish man who lost his left hand in an accident nearly a decade ago has become the first to receive a bionic hand that feels in real time. The prosthetic hand was wired to the nerves in his upper arm. It has helped Dennis Aabo Sorensen grasp objects intuitively and identify what he was touching while being blind folded. "The sensory feedback was incredible," said the 36 year-old amputee from Denmark. "I could feel things that I hadn't been able to feel in over nine years." In a laboratory setting wearing a blindfold and earplugs, Sorensen was able to detect how strongly he was grasping, as well as the shape and consistency of different objects he picked up with his prosthetic. "When I held an object, I could feel if it was soft or hard, round or square," Sorensen said. This, experts say, is the first sensory-enhanced artificial limb. Initially, scientists were worried about reduced sensitivity in Dennis' nerves since they hadn't been used in over nine years. These concerns faded away as the scientists successfully reactivated Sorensen's sense of touch. The clinical study therefore provides the first step towards a bionic hand. The next step involves miniaturizing the sensory feedback electronics for a portable prosthetic. In addition, the scientists will fine-tune the sensory technology for better touch resolution and increased awareness about the angular movement of fingers. The electrodes were removed from Sorensen's arm after one month due to safety restrictions imposed on clinical trials, although the scientists are optimistic that they could remain implanted and functional without damage to the nervous system for many years. Sorensen lost his left hand while handling fireworks during a family holiday. He was rushed to the hospital where his hand was immediately amputated. Since then, he has been wearing a commercial prosthetic that detects muscle movement in his stump, allowing him to open and close his hand, and hold onto objects. Created by Silvestro Micera and his team at EPFL (Switzerland) and SSSA (Italy), a prototype of this bionic technology was tested in February 2013 during a clinical trial in Rome under the supervision of Paolo Maria Rossini at Gemelli Hospital (Italy). Sorensen underwent surgery in Rome at Gemelli Hospital on January 26. A specialized group of surgeons and neurologists, led by Paolo Maria Rossini, implanted transneural electrodes into the ulnar and median nerves of Sorensen's left arm. After 19 days of preliminary tests, Micera and his team connected their prosthetic to the electrodes - and to Sorensen - every day for an entire week. The ultra-thin, ultra-precise electrodes, developed by Thomas Stieglitz's research group at Freiburg University (Germany), made it possible to relay extremely weak electrical signals directly into the nervous system. A tremendous amount of preliminary research was done to ensure that the electrodes would continue to work even after the formation of post-surgery scar tissue. It is also the first time that such electrodes have been transversally implanted into the peripheral nervous system of an amputee. So what exactly did the team do? Micera and his team enhanced the artificial hand with sensors that detect information about touch. This was done by measuring the tension in artificial tendons that control finger movement and turning this measurement into an electrical current. But this electrical signal is too coarse to be understood by the nervous system. Using computer algorithms, the scientists transformed the electrical signal into an impulse that sensory nerves can interpret. The sense of touch was achieved by sending the digitally refined signal through wires into four electrodes that were surgically implanted into what remains of Sorensen's upper arm nerves. "This is the first time in neuro-prosthetics that sensory feedback has been restored and used by an amputee in real-time to control an artificial limb," says Micera. "It works like a brake on a motorbike," explains Sorensen about the conventional prosthetic he usually wears. "When you squeeze the brake, the hand closes. When you relax, the hand opens." WebSource: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Bionic-hand-allows-amputee-to-feel-again/articleshow/29935517.cms -- Best Regards Pranay Sharma -- With best regards, Sanchit Katiyar. E-Mail: [email protected] Skype ID: sanchit.katiyar11 facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sanchit.katiyar.5 Mobile: +919013816320. +919456616244. ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. 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