Re: [AI] converting audio format 4
You may also listen these files on some models of nokia phones. Regards Dinesh Kaushal blog at dineshkaushal.blogspot.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arvind Bhartiya Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:25 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] converting audio format 4 Hi! friends, i have downloaded an audio book which shows audio format 4. is there any way i can convert the file to a mp3 file. the reason i want to do this is to listen thru an portable mp3 player. otherwise i am restricted to the desktop since it plays only on audible manager or the windos media player. thanks ands regards arvind bhartiya Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
Re: [AI] Govt's blurred vision hits blind schools
I am amazed at the way Governments are handling disability issues! It is still in a Welfare Mode. Is it now against the policy of Inclusion? Why put the schools of the Blind to the Welfare Department. To me, it would be just and proper if the department education which deals with Education for all should also deal with education of Blind Children. The department of welfare should only step in to provide other necessary support through a convergence of schemes with the Education Deptt so that the users are not required to run to the office of the Welfare Deptt. Regards On 23/08/2008, prateek aggarwal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Govt's blurred vision hits blind schools HYDERABAD: Has the state government hit where it hurts the most? It perhaps has with two schools for the visually impaired in the city refusing to open, protesting an insensitive'' government move. These government schools for the visually impaired, one in Malakpet and another in Darul Shifa, are among the five schools in the state that are being shifted from the education department to the department of disabled welfare, as per a GO issued earlier this year. The Andhra Pradesh Welfare Committee of the Blind (APWCB) is now questioning why, after several decades of being under the education department, are these schools being shown the door. Both the schools have not reopened after the vacations that ended on June 12. It is simply injustice and discrimination against the visually impaired community. The way the government is trying to sideline the physically challenged by confining it to the disabled department is degrading the community, said an agitated N Venkat Ramulu, chairman of APWCB, adding that the government's decision is a violation of their right to equality. Apart from these five schools run by the education department for children with disabilities, 11 are being run by the department of disabled welfare of which five are for the visually and rest for the hearing impaired. Its being clubbed under one umbrella department that has irked the students and teachers of blind schools. Ramulu argues that the government should try and have such schools under various departments as against bundling all schools for the disabled under one department. Why are the visually challenged deprived of their right to choose the school they like? they question. Apart from these two schools, one school for the blind in Kadapa and two others for the hearing impaired in Hyderabad and East Godavari districts, are mentioned in the GO. A senior official of the department of women development, child and disabled welfare, however, maintains that bringing all such schools under one umbrella will lead to better management and hence better condition as they will get special attention. But APWCB members fear that the condition of these schools would only get worse with this move pointing out that the schools presently under department of disabled welfare are in a bad condition. If the government wants to improve the schools' condition, it should work to develop schools under both the departments, says Ramulu. However, state officials claim that teachers are encouraging the students to protest. They explain that many teachers in blind schools do not hold a degree in special education, which becomes a mandatory qualification once the schools move under the department of disabled welfare. In the absence of the degree, these teachers remain with the school education department and can be posted anywhere in the state. Senior teachers however, deny such apprehensions. Meanwhile, the APWCB threatens to go on fast unto death if the GO is not cancelled even as the government stands firm on its decision. Clearly, it is the over 140 students of these two schools who are the victims of this stand off. While children their age are busy attending school, students of these two schools are taking part in a relay hunger strike, which reached its 78th day on Wednesday. source: times of india. regards, prateek agarwal. cell: 09928341197 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- you can visit my website for lots of stuff related to visually impaired and others. please go on to www.prateekagarwal.webs.com Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile : +91-11-9811125521 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your
Re: [AI] for your immediate attention!
Hai Even I faced the same problem while joining in the PhD program two years ago in S.V. University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. According to the guidelines provided by the university, there are all other reservations including that of reservation for female, but not for physically challenged. As one of our friends said, some serious thought should be given in this regard. Vamshi. G Landline: 0877-2243861 Mobile: 09949349497 E-mail ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 8/24/08, Ram Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My dear friends, I require exact ugc guidelines regarding the reservation for the physically challenged in higher educational institutes (universities and colleges.). In Tamilnadu, the universities and colleges claim that reservation is allowed for the physically challenged only in under graduation and post graduation. But not for M.Phil and PhD. When the case is like this in Tamilnadu, the situation in some of the central universities is different. These central universities agree upon the 3% reservation for ph in all courses including M.Phil and PhD. But the problem is that, they say the reservation is applicable only based on the number of seats allocated for each course and not based on the total number of seats available for all courses in the university for that academic year. Most of the universities have only less than 10 seats for PhD and M.Phil under each department. If this is the case, no physically challenged can be accommodated in these courses unless they get through in merit. Hence, it is the need of the hour to insist upon the reservation for the physically challenged to be applied based on the total number of seats available in each university in that academic year. And the universities and colleges in Tamilnadu should be instructed to admit the physically challenged students in both M.Phil and PhD courses without any discrimination following the reservation being implemented in under graduation and post graduation admission. For the past several years, our brethrens are facing this problem in almost all over India. I feel that, something has to be done to get rid of this injustice against the physically challenged community. -- With wishes, D, Ramkumar, PHD Scholar in English, Pondicherry university (a central University). Mobile: 09952990192 home: 0413 3290383 skipe name: ramkumarpondicherry alternate email id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] AboutInstalling Ultimate Voice Recorderin Nokia n 72
Hello Friends, I want to install UltimateVoice Recorder in my mob Nokia n72. I want to know the advantages and disadvantages of this recorder. Will I have any problem after installing. Will the mob hang after installing recorder. Any one using this recorder can help me out and guide me how to use it also. Help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Tiku Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] How can I give a password to an Excel file using option dialog box
Hello Friends, Today I want to give a password to an Excel file, which cannot be opened by any other person. how can I use option dialog boxin menu and give password. to this file Please guide me. Tiku Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
Re: [AI] Congratulations to dipendra sir.
my heartiest congratulation and best wishes for high success. keep it on. best regards. gajendra - Original Message - From: sakinadhariwala [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mamta [EMAIL PROTECTED]; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Congratulations to dipendra sir. Hello sir MANNY MANNY CONGRETULATIONS. Sakina. - Original Message - From: Mamta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:19 AM Subject: [AI] Congratulations to dipendra sir. Hello friends, Please do join me in congratulating Dipendra sir. Sir, Heartiest Congratulations for being elected as Executive Committee member of the World Blind Union. Many thanks Mamta. Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] Blind Cricket Video
Hello list members, Does anyone have a video clipping of blind cricket? I will be highly obliged if you send me this video. Regards Abdul Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR Dosed by Baskar P – M E Team (from MphasiS Software Services) What is AIR ? Adobe Integrated Runtime, AIR is a new Adobe environment that is an extra layer of software that allows the same program to run on different operating systems and hardware, much like Java runs. AIR allows applications to be installed on the local operating system and accessed from the desktop just like the other applications that the desktop user runs. At the same time, AIR applications can access online information. AIR applications can run either online or offline, but is aimed at Web developers and its primary use is to enable Web applications and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to be deployed to the desktop. The eBay Desktop and Google Analytics are examples of prototypical AIR applications. What is its usefulness? Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that enables you to use your existing HTML/Ajax, Flex, or Flash web development skills and tools to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop. Adobe AIR applications support native desktop integration, including clipboard and drag-and-drop support, local file IO, system notification, and more. Benefits: Companies like eBay, AOL, and NASDAQ are already using Adobe AIR to deliver engaging RIAs to their users' desktops. With Adobe AIR, you can: • Establish a more persistent connection with existing customers • Deliver fully branded experiences with desktop functionality • Leverage existing personnel, processes, and infrastructure • Develop and deliver RIAs efficiently using proven Adobe technology • Increase the ROI of your web investments Many more product companies are started using AIR. Further References http://www.adobe.com/products/air/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Integrated_Runtime Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
Re: [AI] regarding hidden files edden
Hello, I am happy that it served your purpose. Thanks once again. Rgds. Suresh Kulkarni. - Original Message - From: mukesh jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [AI] regarding hidden files edden hullo sir, first of all, thank you verry much. i was surprised to read that you have said sorry for your poor english.infact, you have explained verry well and it did served my purpose. so i do once again express my hearty and sincere gratitude for taking in to consideration my problem and giving me such a nice way to resolve my problem. so please keep it up. thanks once again.take care and good bye. On 8/24/08, Kulkarni Suresh G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Mukesh, Just try this way and see whether it works. 1. Open 'My Documents'. 2. Activate tool bar (alt+T). 3. Go to folder options (O). 4. Control tab to 'View Page'. 5. Tab once or twice for 'Tree 1 Tree View Hidden Files and Folders open'. 6. Type 'S' for 'Show Hidden Files and Folder'. 7. Just check whether it is off or on. 8. If it is off, then press space bar once. It will be on. 9. No matter even if it is on, simply press space bar once or twice and put it on. 10. Now come to okay button and hit enter key on it. 11. Now you can check your missing file in 'My Documents'. Hope this helps you. Sorry for my poor English. - Original Message - From: mukesh jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 7:25 PM Subject: [AI] regarding hidden files edden hullo list, i have one difficulty. while checking the property of one file imn my documents, i have by mistake checked the check box hidden check box not checked. now i am not able to locate that file. could anybody please tell me how to find that file as it was verry important. your kind coperation in this regard is highly solicited. with regards, mukesh jain. -- Mukesh Jain email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 09977165123 happiness and joy are the wealth of prosperous life Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 -- Mukesh Jain email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 09977165123 happiness and joy are the wealth of prosperous life Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
Re: [AI] regarding hidden files edden
First go to my documents Press oult+T and hit enter on folder options go to view tab than go to treeview with the tab choose show hidden files - off press space on it and do OK. Worm regards, Mohammadwaseem Khan, Mobile:09213749272, Emails:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype:sweetboy250 - Original Message - From: mukesh jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 7:25 PM Subject: [AI] regarding hidden files edden hullo list, i have one difficulty. while checking the property of one file imn my documents, i have by mistake checked the check box hidden check box not checked. now i am not able to locate that file. could anybody please tell me how to find that file as it was verry important. your kind coperation in this regard is highly solicited. with regards, mukesh jain. -- Mukesh Jain email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 09977165123 happiness and joy are the wealth of prosperous life Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] Vocal joystick gives computer control to those with disabled hands
Vocal joystick gives computer control to those with disabled hands | Gaming and Culture - CNET News August 25, 2008 1:33 AM PDT Vocal joystick gives computer control to those with disabled hands Posted by Daniel Terdiman 1 comment list of 3 items Share Email Print list end An artist used a software program called Vocal Joystick to create this drawing of Mount Fuji. The software gives people with reduced or nonexistent use of their hands the ability to control a computer cursor by mouthing vowel sounds. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News) SEATTLE--For many Iraq war veterans who have returned home with debilitating injuries that, for example, make it impossible to use their hands, doing anything on a computer is a hopeless task. But a research project underway at the University of Washington's electrical engineering department could be the latest tool at such veterans' disposal, as well as for anyone who lacks the full use of their hands. The project, known as the Vocal Joystick, is designed to allow someone to control a computer cursor using nothing more than their voice. University of Washington graduate student Jon Malkin, who spoke at the Gnomedex conference here Saturday, described it is an extension of speech recognition technology. It works by having a user train the Vocal Joystick software with his or her voice. We can do a lot with that, Malkin said. Speech is a very complex signal. Vocal Joystick is being developed by students in the electrical engineering department at the University of Washington. Users can move a cursor around by mouthing a series of vowel sounds that correspond to different directional movements. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News) Indeed, he explained that the software allows a user four degrees of freedom, meaning that the cursor can be moved up, down, left and right, all with different vowel sounds. For example, to move left, the user would sound out the ee tone in feet. To go right, it would be the aw sound in law. Hitting the equivalent of the mouse button would be the u sound in but. It might be tempting to think that only the most basic tasks are possible with this kind of software, but Malkin said that one artist who has used the Vocal Joystick had employed it to paint a picture of Mount Fuji that he then showed the audience. The picture was very good, something that many people with full use of their hands would never have been able to create. He said the artist had created the picture in just three hours. One simple manifestation of the project is this game in which a person controls a fish that must swim around to eat other fish. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News) Malkin also demonstrated the software in real-time, showing how it is used in conjunction with a simple game where a player controls a fish swimming around trying to catch other fish. He proceeded to sound out vowel after vowel, and sure enough, on-screen, his fish moved around dexterously, chomping up snack after snack. The Gnomedex crowd went wild. Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10024508-52.html Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
Re: [AI] AboutInstalling Ultimate Voice Recorderin Nokia n 72
Hello, Video recording and images are disturbed. You can use video or camera by uninstalling ultimate recorder. As far as hanging handset is concerned, there is no problem. - Original Message - From: tiku raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:37 PM Subject: [AI] AboutInstalling Ultimate Voice Recorderin Nokia n 72 Hello Friends, I want to install UltimateVoice Recorder in my mob Nokia n72. I want to know the advantages and disadvantages of this recorder. Will I have any problem after installing. Will the mob hang after installing recorder. Any one using this recorder can help me out and guide me how to use it also. Help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Tiku Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
Re: [AI] How can I give a password to an Excel file using option dialog box
Hai Tiku Raj sir While saving an excel file, do the following. 1. Press ctrl+s to get the save dialog box. 2. Then press alt+l. 3. Then scroll down to the general options by using down arrow and press enter. 4. There you will be asked to give a password to that file. 5. You can give two passwords. One to view the file and another to modify the file. You can give a single password for both the activities. Hope this helps. Any doubt at any stage, feel free to contact me. Vamshi. G Landline: 0877-2243861 Mobile: 09949349497 E-mail ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 8/25/08, tiku raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Friends, Today I want to give a password to an Excel file, which cannot be opened by any other person. how can I use option dialog boxin menu and give password. to this file Please guide me. Tiku Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] 30 years ago, another project still no relief
30 years ago, another project still no relief by Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, At the time when the West Bengal government is trying to save Tata's Nano car project in Singur, an RTI application has exposed the state's track record on rehabilitation of people displaced more than 30 years ago due to the Damodar Valley project. Rafique Ansari's Right to Information application exemplifies story of thousands of oustees of abject poverty from being landlords and their fight for their rightful claim. Their land was taken over by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) in the 1950s for constructing a power plant. Once an owner of 23 acres of land acquired for the project in 1950s, Ansari, a disabled, is now a below poverty line card-holder and does not have money to send his son for higher education. The Central Information Commission, which was hearing his plea for denial of justice, estimated that he would have earned monthly income of Rs 48,000 from the land taken away for the project. His present monthly income is less than Rs 2,000. Ansari blamed DVC for his present state, claiming that proper rehabilitation never took place and he did not get a job either - like other disabled people in 1978. I could not get the promised job as I could not pay bribe to the officials of the corporation. Those below me on the disability list were given jobs, Ansari told CIC. The DVC, however, refuted his claim, saying he would not have got job as per the eligibility criteria fixed. Making a stinging observation on the rehabilitation package, Information Commissioner MM Ansari said the corporation has failed in its corporate social responsibility. While DVC may have made significant contributions to the process of development of infrastructure, it has also contributed to marginalisation of the displaced persons, who sacrificed their land for the project, he said. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=11dff7a2-2278-4bba-b7fb-ff7ee541a26fParentID=4ba4d36f-2193-4e8f-a689-808b247b9835Headline=30+years+ago%2c+another+project+%26amp%3b+still+no+relief Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled -
This article is from the New yourk times. Though it is not directly concerned with the Visually Challenged but is still worth reading. I dont know when we will have such laws in India. Kanchan U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled - NYTimes.com The New York Times Printer Friendly Format Sponsored By choke/choke_88x31 August 19, 2008 U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled By CHARLES V. BAGLI Facing potential lawsuits by the federal government, developers and landlords in New York City may need to spend tens of millions of dollars to renovate more than 100,000 apartments built since 1991 to comply with federal housing laws barring discrimination against tenants who use wheelchairs, real estate industry officials say. For 20 years, residential developers have complied with a city law requiring them to ensure that all the apartments they build are accessible to disabled tenants. Considered path-breaking legislation when it was enacted in 1988, the city law essentially meets the federal requirements of the Fair Housing Act, developers and city officials say. But the United States attorney's office in Manhattan has sent letters to about a dozen of the city's most prominent landlords and their architects saying that some of their buildings were not accessible to persons with disabilities, which would constitute discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. The recipients included Related Companies, the Durst Organization , Rose Associates, Rockrose Development and Silverstein Properties. The letters said that doors were not wide enough, and that kitchens and bathrooms were not big enough to allow someone in a wheelchair to maneuver. Also, the letters said, tenants could not install grab bars to lift themselves in or out of a tub, because the walls had not been reinforced. The federal prosecutor's office, which began sending the letters in January, has asked owners for meetings, building inspections and all the records of the design and layout of the apartments in specific buildings. Until recently, the real estate industry had hoped that the matter would quietly go away. But last week, the United States attorney's office filed a lawsuit against one of the recipients, AvalonBay Communities, and its architects, charging them with discrimination against disabled people by failing to provide sufficient access at Avalon Chrystie Place, a building on the Lower East Side with 361 apartments. Now other landlords and developers - virtually everyone who has built an apartment house in New York City since 1991 - fear they may be next. Along with city officials, they assert that compliance with what is known as Local Law 58 satisfies the standards set by the Fair Housing Act. This is not limited to these 12 or 13 buildings, said Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York , the industry's powerful lobbying arm. If there's a decision that Local Law 58 does not meet the criteria for apartments' being accessible, you could easily argue that every building built since 1991 wasn't built in accordance with the federal guidelines. Mr. Spinola estimates that 100,000 rental apartments have been built since 1991, as well as thousands of condominiums. The cost of renovating bathrooms and kitchens, one developer said, would be astronomical. Another said that his company was already redesigning apartments for future buildings in ways that would eliminate foyer closets to provide more room for entryways. City officials, who had scheduled a meeting with federal prosecutors for the day after the suit was filed against AvalonBay, promptly canceled it, furious that they had not been notified. In light of the U.S. attorney's lawsuit, we postponed our meeting so we could assess the matter, Martha Mann Alfaro, a deputy chief in the city's Law Department, said in a statement. However, we anticipate having productive discussions with the U.S. attorney. Rebekah Carmichael, a spokeswoman for the United States attorney, Michael J. Garcia, declined to comment, saying the office did not confirm or deny the existence of current investigations. Edward M. Schulman, general counsel for AvalonBay, said the company's housing was fully accessible to persons with disabilities. Our buildings have been constructed in compliance with New York City's Local Law 58, he said. We are at a loss to understand why the federal government is suddenly viewing New York City's Local Law 58 as deficient and unsatisfactory. This year, the landlords and architects enlisted the Bloomberg administration to help push back the federal prosecutors. And the Real Estate Board hired a former federal prosecutor, Sarah L. Shudofsky, to represent them. Jonathan Durst, co-president of the Durst Organization, described the investigation as an incredible waste of government resources. The Durst Organization got a letter concerning the Helena, a 600-unit apartment building at 57th Street and
Re: [AI] Is marriage portal required for the disabled?
Hi Amit, I am afraid that I don't subscribe to your view of having dedicated matrimonial cite for disabled. I understand that George has discussed on this aspect and I fully agree with him. Thanks and regards Asif - Original Message - From: Amit Bhatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:49 PM Subject: [AI] Is marriage portal required for the disabled? Dear friends, Do you consider the fact that getting a life partner for a Visually Impaired person is yet another challenge to be faced? Many people in my network and personally I do think that there should be a dedicated marriage portal for persons with disabilities in order to choose a marriage partner in easy way. There are some sites like bharatmatrimoni.com and shaadi.com where the option is given for persons with disabilities under the link: special cases but various kind of disability is not been classified or defined in a proper manner by the site's officials. Creating a marriage doorway dedicated to persons with disabilities is not an easy task for various technical and non-technical aspects, however, collective efforts by a few people or any NGO can make it happened! I just wanted to know the opinion of the members whether something can be done in this direction. Thanks, Amit Bhatt Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] automatically run programs or files from a CD
hello all at accessindia. sometimes, we want to automaticly run a software, or load some program from a CD without doing anything or going anywhere. the good example could be, running the jaws setup providing speech, or loading portable version of NVDA. in normal cases, if we normally write files to a disk, we need to take sited help on a different computer, for navigating folders of CD and running the exact file. however, the actual difference between a normally written disk and an autorun cd, is just 1 file with 2 lines of instruction. the file, which makes this difference, is called autorun.inf if the basic settings for how windows handle disk haven't be changed, as soon as you insert the disk, your operating system ( windows ) checks for this autorun.inf file and executes the instructions with in. this, file can be created useing simple note pad file, and needs to be saved with the name of autorun.inf note: the name should be autorun.inf, not autorun.inf.txt also, this file should be saved on the root of the drive, and not under any sub folders. the syntax of autorun can cover a lot of topics, such as creating icon of the disk, creating different submenus for different tasks, etc i, however, in this article is just covering a single aspect of autorun, and that is to automatically open/run a file. this, i can explain taking an example of some program/file to demonstrate the actual syntax. suppose i have NVDA's portable version, named nvda_portable the executable file to load NVDA, is called NVDA.exe located inside the nvda_portable folder. note: please configure any file/software/settings before writing to the disk. after this, no actual changes can be done. steps: 1. open note pad 2. write these lines to the file [autorun] shellexecute=nvda_portable\nvda.exe 3. save this file with the name of autorun.inf 4. copy this file to the root of the disk. 5. copy the nvda_portable folder 6. write all these files to disk. next time, as soon as you insert this disk into any computer having sound card, the NVDA will automatically load, and will start giving u the speech output like a screen reader. same format can be used for creating autorun of any other file, for example, the setup of jaws, powerpoint presentations, mp3 files, and many more. also, do not put the default drive letter in autorun file such as shellexecute=e:\jaws_setup.exe, because, different computers have different drive letters assigned to a CD you should right, shellexecute=jaws_setup.exe or, shellexecute=softwares\speech\jaws\jaws_setup.exe the location specifyed inside autorun.inf file should be exact location of that file on the disk. also, due to security reasons, autorun may not properly work on all USB drives.( however, they will surely work in all cd's) hopefully, this information could be useful for some of you. all your suggestions, feedbacks and views are welcome. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks, regards. ruchir. -- As long as forever, I will stay by your side, I'll be your companion, Your friend and your guide!!! Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
Re: [AI] Notice of intimation in regard with 3 General Body Meeting andElection
WWhat is this? -- From: Pradeep banakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 11:07 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Notice of intimation in regard with 3 General Body Meeting andElection Regd. No. 4866 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND (Affiliated to World Blind Union) KARNATAKA STATE BRANCH # 18, 14th Cross, Cholurpalya, Vijaya Nagar, Pipeline, Bangalore - 560 023 Ph : 23152072, Fax : 23489031, Mobile : 93412 24053, Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11.08.2008 To, All the Members of National Federation of the Blind, All over the Karnataka. rd Sub: -Notice of intimation in regard with 3 General Body Meeting and Election for 2nd Executive Committee. Dear Friends, I have the pleasure to inform you that Executive Committee of NFB Karnataka in its Meeting held on rd 02-08-2008 has decided to hold 3 General Body Meeting and Election for 2nd Executive Committee th on 28 Sep 2008. In accordance with the decisions taken by the Executive Committee in its said Meeting, the followings are communicated to you. a) Venue of the General Body Meeting and Election: Below mentioned shall be the venue of General Body Meeting and Election. Central Library (West) R.P.C. Layout Bus Stand, Bangalore-560 040. b) Date and Time: General Body Meeting and Election shall be commenced on 28th September 2008 as per the following schedule:General Body Meeting: -10.00 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. Lunch Break: -1.00 P.M. TO 2.00 P.M. Election (If it would be required):- 2.00 P.M. TO 5.00 P.M. Declaration of results and Vote of Thanks: -6.00 P.M. c) Agenda of the General Body Meeting: Following shall be the Agenda of the General Body Meeting. Confirmation of the minutes of last General Body Meeting of the NFB Karnataka held on 2nd July 2006. Matters arising out of the previous minutes. Presentation of Progress-Report by the General Secretary for the period beginning from rd 3 July 2006. Presentation of Brief summary of the Expenditure made by the NFB Karnataka during the said period. Presidential-Remarks on the functional and structural progress of the Federation during the said period. Considering the resolutions moved by the executive committee or individual members. Answering the questions received from the members. Any other item with the permission of chair. d) Election:General Body of the Federation shall elect the following office-bearers and member of executive committee for the next term of 4 years. a) President (One Post, Only Blind is eligible). b) Vice-President (Two Posts, Both Blind and Sighted are eligible). c) General Secretary (One Post, Only Blind is eligible). d) Secretary (Two Posts, Both Blind and Sighted are eligible). e) Treasurer (One post, only sighted is eligible). f) Members of Executive Committee (Seven Posts, Both Blind and Sighted are Eligible). g) Representative for N.E.C (One Post, Both Blind and Sighted are eligible). e) Date of membership to Qualify for the participation in proposed General Body Meeting and Election:As per the Section 6Aof the National by-laws of the Federation only those Members shall be qualified to take part in the proposed in General Body Meeting and Election. Who had got the Membership of stthe Federation up to 31 December 2007. As per the said provision the Executive Committee has approved a list of Qualified members. Same is being enclosed along with this letter for your reference. rdMembers may send their suggestions with documentary support to review the list up to 23 September 2008. The suggestion received after the prescribed date shall not be entertained. f) Registration:Each such member whose name appears in the approved list of Membership and willing to participate in General Body Meeting and Vote in Election, will have to register His/Her name by filling-up prescribed Registration Form and paying Rs. 10/- as a Registration Fees. The filled up Form along with payment of Rs. 10/- must be reached to ththe office of NFB, Karnataka at above mentioned address latest by 30 August 2008. The payment of the Registration fees shall be acceptable in Form of Bank-Draft, Money-order or by Cash. No Cheques / Postal Order will be entertained. Registration Form and Registration fees received after the thprescribed date of 30 August 2008 would not be entertained. The prescribed registration form is enclosed here with and same may be obtained from the office of NFB, Karnataka as well as NFB Mysore Unit. g) Facility of Escorts:Each Registrant Member shall be allowed to bring one escort with him/her on the Venue of General Body /Election. But for availing this facility the willing members will have to pay Rs. 50/- as a escort fees along with their Registration Fees. The escort fees also received after the prescribed date for thregistration that is 30
[AI] hello
Hello Kanchan Madam,have you received my mail? Srinivasan Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
Re: [AI] Is marriage portal required for the disabled?
Dear Asif and all, Creating an integrated platform by inclusion and being connected to the Mainstream in the Society is one aspect and providing a facility to make the things easy is a different part. I am afraid that Some of us have thought that by the endeavor of creating Matrimonial portal for disabled, we will be excluded from the mainstream of our Society. Well would like to differ here. The truth is that it becomes highly difficult when you go to select a life partner in general, unless and until you fall in love with someone. Most of the things are first created for non-disabled and then for disabled. And then we say, yes, we disabled people need to be connected to the middle-of-the-road in the Society. Why can't we do this first on our part and then let other non-disabled be connected to the Mainstream? The dedicated portal should be opened also for those non-disabled applicants who would be willing to get married with persons with disabilities. There are number of things for witch disabled are given with exclusive platform. These facilities and thresholds are provided to make the things easer and fulfill the needs, not to exclude from the Society. Thanks, Amit Bhatt - Original Message - From: Mohammed Asif Iqbal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Is marriage portal required for the disabled? Hi Amit, I am afraid that I don't subscribe to your view of having dedicated matrimonial cite for disabled. I understand that George has discussed on this aspect and I fully agree with him. Thanks and regards Asif - Original Message - From: Amit Bhatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:49 PM Subject: [AI] Is marriage portal required for the disabled? Dear friends, Do you consider the fact that getting a life partner for a Visually Impaired person is yet another challenge to be faced? Many people in my network and personally I do think that there should be a dedicated marriage portal for persons with disabilities in order to choose a marriage partner in easy way. There are some sites like bharatmatrimoni.com and shaadi.com where the option is given for persons with disabilities under the link: special cases but various kind of disability is not been classified or defined in a proper manner by the site's officials. Creating a marriage doorway dedicated to persons with disabilities is not an easy task for various technical and non-technical aspects, however, collective efforts by a few people or any NGO can make it happened! I just wanted to know the opinion of the members whether something can be done in this direction. Thanks, Amit Bhatt Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] computer training center in kolkata
Friends, A class 12th recently blind student alongwith his family has shifted in Kolkata last month wants to have computer training. Can any one pls provide all details about such center in Kolkata. Thanks and regards, Manoj Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
[AI] Mother Teresa and the joy of giving
Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements | Advts: Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | Opinion - News Analysis Printer Friendly Page Send this Article to a Friend Mother Teresa and the joy of giving Navin Chawla The Nobel laureate's biographer in his annual tribute on her birth anniversary notes that there was no difference between her precepts and her practice. — Photo: AFP Mother Teresa with the Nobel Peace Prize … accepting the award in the name of the poor. Mother Teresa, with whom I had 23 years of association, was a multi-dimensional figure, both simple and complex at the same time. Her attention to whomsoever was with her at any point in time — whether poor or rich, disabled, leprosy afflicted or destitute — was complete. Yet she also simultaneously ran a huge multinational organisation that had taken roots in 123 countries by the time she died in 1997. This included leprosy stations in Asia and Africa; hospice s for AIDS patients in North America, orphanages, homes for the elderly destitute, feeding stations and soup kitchens everywhere; Shishu Bhavans for orphans and abandoned children in most cities, drug de-addiction centres and home-visiting to comfort the sick, elderly and abandoned in the West; all these were achieved with a fair amount of precision and regularity by the Sisters and Brothers of her Order. Absent from this structure was the army of administrators and officials that we associate with global enterprises. When Mother Teresa was alive, I had expressed concern to her whether the organisation she had built from scratch had not overly grown and which would be difficult to sustain after she passed on. I had seen several other organisations begin to wither away soon after their charismatic founders became either physically debilitated or died. Why would this Order be any different, I asked. The first time I posed this question to her, she merely smiled and pointed her fingers heavenwards. The second time I asked, she set my question aside with a smile saying let me go first. On my persistence some weeks later, she finally answered, You have been to so many of our 'homes' (branches) in India and abroad. Everywhere the Sisters wear the same saris, eat the same kind of food, do the same work, but Mother Teresa is not everywhere, yet the work goes on. Then she added, As long as we remain committed to the poorest of the poor and don't end up serving the rich, the work will prosper. Present statistics reveal 758 'homes' all over the world, of which 244 are in India and 514 are overseas. They have a presence in 134 countries. The total strength of their nuns is 4,912. The number of men (Brothers of the Order) is 367 who work in India and 20 other countries besides. Quite clearly, the presence of the Order globally has not diminished. The apprehensions I voiced to Mother Teresa in her lifetime continue to be laid to rest. There were so many things that Mother Teresa would say or explain to me in her simple unaffected way during my association with her, that have become more meaningful to me as time goes by. My relationship with her grew into trust and confidence in the way that a guru-shishya relationship develops, often deepening with increased understanding. In the beginning when Mother Teresa spoke to me, or spoke in public, it seemed to me that she spoke everyday truths, and they seemed much too simple. My mind accepted them largely because of the respect in which I held her — a respect intensified because there was no difference between her words and her deeds, between her precepts and her practice and the fact that she could understand the poor because she was poor herself. But over the years, the deeper meaning of her words in their spiritual sense gradually began to be applied by me in my day-to-day life, and began to affect my inner being. Soon after 1992, when my biography on Mother Teresa was published, I visualised using the book royalty that I was beginning to receive for social causes. I felt instinctively that a book that was selling in her name should not enable me to keep all the income to myself. I posed my dilemma directly to her. She suggested that I must at the very least keep aside some amount for my daughter's education. She herself had encouraged my elder daughter to study overseas, and indeed herself provided a reference to a university in the U.K. The rest I could devote to charity if I wished to. That crystallised in my mind into establishing an NGO that could work with the marginalised, the disabled and especially the leprosy-affected, who had a special place in Mother Teresa's scheme of things. One day, even as such an institution was but a thought in my mind, I had asked her with what numbers I should begin. She said simply, Don't get lost in numbers. Begin humbly. Begin with one or two. Even if the ocean is less by one drop, it is still worth being. Mother
Re: [AI] U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled -
Hi! Kanchan interesting article. But don't you think that we have all the laws , they only need to be implemented honestly. arvind On 8/25/08, pamnani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This article is from the New yourk times. Though it is not directly concerned with the Visually Challenged but is still worth reading. I dont know when we will have such laws in India. Kanchan U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled - NYTimes.com The New York Times Printer Friendly Format Sponsored By choke/choke_88x31 August 19, 2008 U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled By CHARLES V. BAGLI Facing potential lawsuits by the federal government, developers and landlords in New York City may need to spend tens of millions of dollars to renovate more than 100,000 apartments built since 1991 to comply with federal housing laws barring discrimination against tenants who use wheelchairs, real estate industry officials say. For 20 years, residential developers have complied with a city law requiring them to ensure that all the apartments they build are accessible to disabled tenants. Considered path-breaking legislation when it was enacted in 1988, the city law essentially meets the federal requirements of the Fair Housing Act, developers and city officials say. But the United States attorney's office in Manhattan has sent letters to about a dozen of the city's most prominent landlords and their architects saying that some of their buildings were not accessible to persons with disabilities, which would constitute discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. The recipients included Related Companies, the Durst Organization , Rose Associates, Rockrose Development and Silverstein Properties. The letters said that doors were not wide enough, and that kitchens and bathrooms were not big enough to allow someone in a wheelchair to maneuver. Also, the letters said, tenants could not install grab bars to lift themselves in or out of a tub, because the walls had not been reinforced. The federal prosecutor's office, which began sending the letters in January, has asked owners for meetings, building inspections and all the records of the design and layout of the apartments in specific buildings. Until recently, the real estate industry had hoped that the matter would quietly go away. But last week, the United States attorney's office filed a lawsuit against one of the recipients, AvalonBay Communities, and its architects, charging them with discrimination against disabled people by failing to provide sufficient access at Avalon Chrystie Place, a building on the Lower East Side with 361 apartments. Now other landlords and developers - virtually everyone who has built an apartment house in New York City since 1991 - fear they may be next. Along with city officials, they assert that compliance with what is known as Local Law 58 satisfies the standards set by the Fair Housing Act. This is not limited to these 12 or 13 buildings, said Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York , the industry's powerful lobbying arm. If there's a decision that Local Law 58 does not meet the criteria for apartments' being accessible, you could easily argue that every building built since 1991 wasn't built in accordance with the federal guidelines. Mr. Spinola estimates that 100,000 rental apartments have been built since 1991, as well as thousands of condominiums. The cost of renovating bathrooms and kitchens, one developer said, would be astronomical. Another said that his company was already redesigning apartments for future buildings in ways that would eliminate foyer closets to provide more room for entryways. City officials, who had scheduled a meeting with federal prosecutors for the day after the suit was filed against AvalonBay, promptly canceled it, furious that they had not been notified. In light of the U.S. attorney's lawsuit, we postponed our meeting so we could assess the matter, Martha Mann Alfaro, a deputy chief in the city's Law Department, said in a statement. However, we anticipate having productive discussions with the U.S. attorney. Rebekah Carmichael, a spokeswoman for the United States attorney, Michael J. Garcia, declined to comment, saying the office did not confirm or deny the existence of current investigations. Edward M. Schulman, general counsel for AvalonBay, said the company's housing was fully accessible to persons with disabilities. Our buildings have been constructed in compliance with New York City's Local Law 58, he said. We are at a loss to understand why the federal government is suddenly viewing New York City's Local Law 58 as deficient and unsatisfactory. This year, the landlords and architects enlisted the Bloomberg administration to help push back the federal prosecutors. And the Real Estate Board hired a former federal prosecutor, Sarah L. Shudofsky, to represent them. Jonathan Durst,
