[AI] Rise of the robogeeks
Forget the likes of Terminator and Wall-E - the first intelligent robot to stalk this earth could be seriously square, says Michael Brooks by Michael Brooks IN December, philosopher and artificial intelligence expert Aaron Sloman announced his intention to create nothing less than a robot mathematician. He reckons he has identified a key component of how humans develop mathematical talent. If he's right, it should be possible to program a machine to be as good as us at mathematics, and possibly better. This is no mad quest, insists Sloman, of the University of Birmingham in the UK. "Human brains don't work by magic, so whatever it is they do should be doable in suitably designed machines," he says. Human brains don't work by magic, so whatever it is they do should be doable by machine Sloman's creature is not meant to be a mathematical genius capable of advancing the frontiers of mathematical knowledge: his primary aim, outlined in the journal Artifical Intelligence (vol 172, p2015), is to use such a machine to improve our understanding of where our mathematical ability comes from. Nevertheless, it is possible that such a robot could take us beyond what mathematicians have achieved so far. Forget robot vacuum cleaners and android waitresses; we're talking about a machine that could spawn a race of cyber-nerds capable of creating entirely new forms of mathematics. The field of artificial intelligence has promised much before, of course. Early researchers thought it might open a fast-track to understanding consciousness, and there were claims that artificially intelligent computers and robots would change the world. The truth has been more prosaic. AI has done some clever things, such as give us great chess players and voice recognition software, but it hasn't delivered a revolution. But when it comes to mathematics, we can't rule one out yet, says Alison Pease, who researches the philosophy of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Pease teaches computers to do mathematics using AI programs, and thinks a computer really could astonish its programmer with a new mathematical insight. "Ours hasn't yet, but there is no reason why one shouldn't in the future," she says. The first concrete step towards this scenario came with a program written by Simon Colton, now at Imperial College London. The program was named HR, in honour of the mathematicians Godfrey Harold Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan. It looked for "interesting" sequences of numbers (New Scientist, 24 February 2001, p 13). Some of HR's discoveries have even been published - and HR, rather than Colton, got the credit. Though they might not look like cutting-edge advances, they could yet prove important. "I always refer to HR's work in number theory as recreational mathematics, but things that look insignificant can end up being hugely significant and interesting," Colton says. Pease and her colleagues Alan Smaille and Markus Guhe have recently taken things further. In their Edinburgh computing laboratory they have been running virtual mathematics conferences, populated entirely by digital mathematicians (see "Reinventing the conjecture"). So where might that lead? All the way to significant new mathematics, Sloman hopes. His idea is that our key mathematical capabilities are formed in childhood. So rather than engineering a fully fledged mathematician's brain, Sloman thinks we should build a robot with a child-like brain and let it grow into its mathematical destiny. There's just one problem. How do we know which of our childhood capabilities equip us for a life of juggling numbers? Sloman is busy gathering clues. The answer, he reckons, lies in the spatial awareness skills that children must acquire in order to negotiate their world: skills such as knowing that a toy train pushed into a tunnel will come out the other side. Or that a jigsaw puzzle piece fits its gap only when correctly oriented. Or that the number of toys on the sofa does not depend on the order in which you count them. >From the minds of babes You might be surprised to learn, for instance, that you grasped the topological concept called "the transitivity of containment" when you were still a toddler. Stacking cups, one inside the other, you learned that the small cup would fit not only in the medium-sized cup, but also inside the big one. Transitivity of containment, like other geometrical and topological concepts, is learned through experience. "There are hundreds, if not thousands more examples of things a child learns empirically, that are later seen to be theorems in topology, geometry and arithmetic," Sloman says. At some point, children make that jump for themselves. As toddlers, we soon translate our experiences into general theorems which we use to make predictions. Take the train-through-a-tunnel example. By repeated experiences like this, toddlers learn the basic properties of rigid rods. That's why a 3-year-old carrying a
[AI] judo champ
Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Judo champ teaches blind to fight back by Inner Sanctum column Mar 16, 2009 Award-winning judoka Tran Mai Thuy Hong has been named a 'youth with outstanding achievements' by HCM City authorities for teaching martial arts to the blind. Hong tells Van Dat why she chose this challenging path and reveals her future plans. Inner Sanctum: When and how did you get into judo? When I was young, I was so skinny and ailing that my mother forced me into many sports like swimming, table tennis and athletics. Fortunately, in 1991 when I was in sixth grade at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School, I had a chance to go to Ho Xuan Huong Club in District 3 where I saw many young people practising judo. Though I had never learnt it before, I could imitate their movements accurately. I then fell in love with judo and joined the club to train. At that time I did not think about achievements or becoming a judo professional. I just did it for the sake of health and amusement like any other sport. I was happy to make friends with many people at the club, entered competitions, and achieved some success. They encouraged me to stick to judo but in 2000 I had to stop due to shoulder trouble. After graduating from high school, I decided not to take the university entrance examination but continued to practice judo. But after the injury in 2000, I studied at the HCM City Pedagogy University. Besides studying at the school, I taught judo at the Tan Binh Culture and Sport Centre. In 2004 I enrolled at the University of Sports and Athletics and [part-time] at the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanity. Inner Sanctum: You are a girl yet you chose judo. Why? It is unfair to say that only men can learn judo. It is also helpful for women to improve their physical strength and confidence and, especially, for self-defence. Fortunately, I have never had to use judo to tackle a problem, only in competitions. Inner Sanctum: Why did you decide to teach judo to people with disabilities? Do you face any particular difficulty in doing this? The initiative came from the HCM City Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism. I was merely a trainer for visually impaired people. I faced many difficulties. In the beginning, I was struggling because there were no materials or books on teaching judo to people with disabilities. Other trainers and I gradually learnt on the job. Besides teaching [my students] the basic movements, I also have to teach them to judge the opponent's movements using just their hearing, one of the most difficult lessons. There is also a psychological problem because most people with visual disability are afraid of falling over but the training requires them to do it. Even after working with them for four years I do not totally understand them. Inner Sanctum: What have you and your students achieved in these years of toil? We have taught disabled people for more than four years at the HCM City Blind Association, Nguyen Dinh Chieu High School, and Thien An Open House. More and more people with disabilities attend our course. There are now around 200 trainees. In 2006 and 2007 four of my students won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the FESPIC Games in Malaysia and Asian Paragames 3 in Thailand. Last year another student, Trieu Thi Nhoi, attended the Paralympics in Beijing and finished seventh. Inner Sanctum: What has impressed you most while teaching judo to people with disabilities? There are many memories but what impressed me deeply was seeing my students train and compete like able-bodied people. I admired them and felt proud. Their performance encouraged me. Every time I have a problem with my job, whatever the difficulty, just thinking of my students' achievements helps me overcome it. Inner Sanctum: How do you feel now that the city has honoured you as a "Youth with outstanding achievements" this year? Surprised and happy, of course! It is a big encouragement for me to continue my mission to teach judo to visually impaired people, to help them become more confident and healthy and be part of the community. Inner Sanctum: What is your main job and what are your future plans? I work as a sports expert at the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism. I teach every Wednesday and Friday. Other trainers and I hope to get more and more disabled people to join our judo classes. I plan to co-operate with the HCM City Sport School and experts from the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism to write a book on training disabled people in judo because I wish to help blind people in other provinces learn the martial art as well. - VNS SOURCE http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01INN150309 __._,_.___ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home
Re: [AI] want to know the total number of blind and visually impaired people
Check website of ministry of social justice. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of kaustubh khare Sent: 13 September 2009 08:27 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] want to know the total number of blind and visually impaired people Hi all, I want to know the total number of blind and visually impaired people in india and world. Is any data available? Please reply. Kaustubh Khare To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] BSNL Broadband
if your phone and inter net in your name and you are getting 50 percent discount in monthly rental discount then no need to give certificate just ask them to visit their own web site here under the heading of gove. employees and blind people concession you will get it i got this discount in this way only firoz - Original Message - From: "Shyam M. Sayanekar" To: "Access India" Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: [AI] BSNL Broadband : Dear members, I have been using the Broadband connection for the last nine months but I have not claimed the twenty percent discount. Is there any member who is actually enjoying this benefit? If yes, what is the procedure of claiming it? what documents are required? please enlighten. : thanking you, : Yours, : Professor Shyam M. Sayanekar : : : To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] FW: Nasser Khan the hero of the film 'Shadow'
Good to know about this vibrant person. However, following points be please clarified: "Rides a bike! drives a car" I am shocked. Mentioning these as accomplishments of a totally blind person, Please clarify. Rajesh Asudani Assistant General Manager (PPS), Reserve Bank of India Nagpur 09420397185 O: 0712 2806676 Res: 0712 2591349 Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" John Milton -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Suhas Karnik Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 10:27 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in; nab_frie...@yahoogroups.co.in Subject: [AI] FW: Nasser Khan the hero of the film 'Shadow' Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:25:14 +0530 From: nab...@yahoo.in Subject: Fw: Nasser Khan the hero of the film 'Shadow' To: suhasvkar...@hotmail.com - Forwarded Message From: NAB (I) Employment To: suhasvkar...@hotmail.com Sent: Friday, 11 September, 2009 3:39:22 PM Subject: Nasser Khan the hero of the film 'Shadow' Dear Friends, The National Association for the Blind, (India) had organized a Dance Competition for the Visually Challenged Persons in Mumbai today at its Worli Seaface Complex. Shri Naseer Khan who played a lead role in the film 'Shadow' was the Chief Guest for the occasion. I had an opportunity to interact with him, and I found him very jovial, vibrant and full of life. In conversation with him I gathered following information: He was born with congenital cataract and became totally blind at the age of 16. At the age of 8, a house tutor was arranged for his basic education where he was taught Mathematics, Urdu and Arabic. 5 years later he sought admission in STD V in a small school at Kanpur. He used magnifying glasses to read the books, that also became difficult with gradual detoriation of his sight. Although he was a topper in the Class he left the school in STD VII. He learned typing then completed his Diploma Course in Electronics wherein he learnt to repair electronic goods. Later on he switched over to tanning of leather which was his traditional business. With the help of his elder brother who read books on tanning he learned about the trade. Soon, he mastered the art of leather tanning. Finally in the year 1995 he formed his first self owned Leather tanning business, and became a renowned tannery owner in Kanpur. Repairing electronics and tanning leather was not enough so he enrolled himself in Computer Education, and learnt programming and got himself into the IT field wherein he set up many Computer Training Centres in U.P. in the year 2000. He also became the first blind person to pass all 4 Certification of Microsoft. Post setting up of his above two businessess, he further went into learning about detergents and cosmetic products and developed his own unique formulas in detergent. He also venturmed in real estate and insurance sector. Inspite of having less education he appears to be a very accomplished and learned individual. He is well read and avid chess player. Besides his business abilities he is also a good swimmer, rides a bike, drives a car and plays the Harmonium. He forms a company 'Great Entertainments' and produce the film 'Shadow' in which he performed thrilling stunts like any other able bodied actor. Naseer delivered a very motivating speech at the Prize Distribution function for the Dance Competition and generously announced a 5 days free tour to Thailand for two persons for the 1st winner and 3 days free tour at any destination in India for the runners up. He also informed that he was unnecessarily dragged in a controversy and was charged as an ISI agent for which he had filed a Defamation Suit in the court. With regards, SUHAS V. KARNIK Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! Local Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. _ Sports, news, fashion and entertainment. Pick it all up in a package called MSN India http://in.msn.com To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 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
Re: [AI] World's only flying eye hospital
when will available in india sir! kishan lal sharma - Original Message - From: "Rohiet A. Patil" To: Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [AI] World's only flying eye hospital when will be the visit to india and where? Can we go to visit this hospital only? Please share if you have any idea regarding it. - Original Message - From: "Rahul Kelapure" To: "accessindia" Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:32 PM Subject: [AI] World's only flying eye hospital World's only flying eye hospital By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News On approaching the flying eye hospital, it looks like any of the other passenger jets on the runway waiting to take holidaymakers to exotic destinations. But this DC-10 jet is exceptional - it houses the only airborne operating theatre for eye treatment in the world. Its mission is to tackle avoidable sight loss and its charter reaches developing countries where 90% of the world's 45 million blind people live. Next stop is India, a country that has one of the highest rates of blindness among children - one in five of the world's blind children is Indian. Hospital with wings The flying eye hospital was the vision of one man, Dr David Paton, an eminent eye surgeon at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, US. TREATABLE CONDITIONS Cataract Childhood blindness Corneal blindness Diabetic retinopathy Glaucoma Retinoblastoma Retinopathy of prematurity Strabismus Trachoma In the 1970s, while touring throughout the developing world, he was shocked by the state of eye care services he found in these countries. Although the doctors he met there wanted to learn the necessary skills to cure blinding diseases like cataracts, glaucoma and retinoblastoma, the costs and practicalities involved prevented it. Dr Paton's solution was a mobile teaching hospital. With a fully equipped plane, donated by United Airlines, doctors trained in the latest ophthalmic techniques could bring their surgical knowledge and skills to the doctors and patients in developing countries. The local doctors can then use their newly learned skills in their homeland. The first hospital with wings was launched in 1982, its maiden voyage being to Panama. Since then, the flying eye hospital has visited 75 countries and saved the sight of tens of millions of people. Scrub room Once you board the aircraft, you enter a 48-seat classroom at the front of the plane, where doctors gather in the passenger seats for lectures and discussions, and to watch live broadcasts of surgical procedures being performed in the nearby operating theatre on the in-flight entertainment-style big screen. As you walk down the main corridor towards its tail, the landscape changes from aeroplane to hospital. There is a waiting room, an examination room and a laser eye treatment area. Next, at the middle and most stable part of the craft, is a fully equipped operating theatre with an adjoining scrub room where the surgeons prepare. The rear houses a peaceful yet cheery recovery room, with a row of beds adorned with teddy bears, fluffy ducks and a toy piglet. Its bowels, reached by a snug elevator for one, hold all the necessary power generators, air filters and water system gadgetry that allows the grounded hospital to function self-sufficiently for weeks on end and in any location, even a desert. The 21 crew members, including doctors, nurses and biomedical engineers and flight mechanics, are flown from country to country for up to 10 months of the year by United Airline pilots who volunteer their services. Onboard operations manager John Kona said: "It is a really tough schedule and it takes dedication. "You are away from your friends and family for all but two months of the year, living out of a suitcase and working seven days a week. REGIONS VISITED Africa Bangladesh China India Latin America and the Caribbean Vietnam "But when you see the smile on the faces of the children you help, all of that just melts away." One of the millions of children the ORBIS flying eye hospital team have helped is three-year-old Richard Mwaluko from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. At six months of age he was diagnosed with a rare type of squint, a condition that causes his eyes to turn in the wrong direction. Richard's mother, Mary, knew there was little she could do about her son's condition because she had no money or connections. Richard did not look like other children and, as he grew older, began to feel insecure because he was different. Mary was afraid Richard would grow up ridiculed by others and she decided to make the difficult journey to a far away hospital to seek help. She arrived at the hospital only to be told that they could not treat Richard's condition, and that without treatment he could lose the sight in that eye. But hope was not lost as the doctor mentioned that the flying eye hospital was due to visit Dar es Salaam. The operation on th
[AI] Skype call recording software for Linux
Friends, Can any 1 of u suggest a good software to record skype calls for Linux please... Thanks in advance. With best regards, Vijayalakshmi V For SUSHRAVYA SCHOOL OF MUSIC Ph:080-26390096 Web page: www.freewebs.com/sushravya Blog: www.sushravyasays.blogspot.com My songs link in cooltoad.com: http://music.cooltoad.com/music/search.php?TITLE=&ARTIST=&CATEGORY=&RATING=&SINCE=&USER=logica&o=1 "Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress, Working together is success." Jai Hindh DO NOT PRAY FOR AN EASY LIFE. PRAY TO BECOME STRONGER. DO NOT PRAY FOR TASKS EQUAL TO YOUR POWER. PRAY FOR POWER EQUAL TO YOUR TASKS. To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] BSNL Broadband
First of all, it is nesecary to have the landline and brodband connection on the name of a blind person. If not, you can transfer the same. After that you have to go to your nearest telephone exchange with an application of cleaming the benifit with your medical certificate. If they refuse to give you the facility, show them the bsnl tarif from there website. You can get this tarif from prateek's site, www.prateekagarwal.webs.com Thanks and regards, Rohiet A. Patil, Cell: 09850831774 - Original Message - From: "Shyam M. Sayanekar" To: "Access India" Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: [AI] BSNL Broadband Dear members, I have been using the Broadband connection for the last nine months but I have not claimed the twenty percent discount. Is there any member who is actually enjoying this benefit? If yes, what is the procedure of claiming it? what documents are required? please enlighten. thanking you, Yours, Professor Shyam M. Sayanekar To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] a book needed
Hi friends, I'm Surendra Gupta, in need of a book entitled 'The Diary of a Young Girl' by a 13-year-old girl Anne Frank? I'll be thankful to him/her whosoever send me that book. My Mobile No.: 0-9818974982 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] program for files with .jsp extention.
It's an extention related to Java. Click the link below to read more. Vetri. http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/ - Original Message - From: "surya prakash sharma" To: Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 3:56 AM Subject: [AI] program for files with .jsp extention. Hello friends, i want to know from the knowledgeable members about the program with which files with jsp extention could be opened. with best regards, S. P. Sharma e-mail: surya.sharm...@gmail.com Mobile: 09461306764 Landline: 0141-2341787 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] BSNL Broadband
Dear members, I have been using the Broadband connection for the last nine months but I have not claimed the twenty percent discount. Is there any member who is actually enjoying this benefit? If yes, what is the procedure of claiming it? what documents are required? please enlighten. thanking you, Yours, Professor Shyam M. Sayanekar To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] World's only flying eye hospital
when will be the visit to india and where? Can we go to visit this hospital only? Please share if you have any idea regarding it. - Original Message - From: "Rahul Kelapure" To: "accessindia" Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:32 PM Subject: [AI] World's only flying eye hospital World's only flying eye hospital By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News On approaching the flying eye hospital, it looks like any of the other passenger jets on the runway waiting to take holidaymakers to exotic destinations. But this DC-10 jet is exceptional - it houses the only airborne operating theatre for eye treatment in the world. Its mission is to tackle avoidable sight loss and its charter reaches developing countries where 90% of the world's 45 million blind people live. Next stop is India, a country that has one of the highest rates of blindness among children - one in five of the world's blind children is Indian. Hospital with wings The flying eye hospital was the vision of one man, Dr David Paton, an eminent eye surgeon at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, US. TREATABLE CONDITIONS Cataract Childhood blindness Corneal blindness Diabetic retinopathy Glaucoma Retinoblastoma Retinopathy of prematurity Strabismus Trachoma In the 1970s, while touring throughout the developing world, he was shocked by the state of eye care services he found in these countries. Although the doctors he met there wanted to learn the necessary skills to cure blinding diseases like cataracts, glaucoma and retinoblastoma, the costs and practicalities involved prevented it. Dr Paton's solution was a mobile teaching hospital. With a fully equipped plane, donated by United Airlines, doctors trained in the latest ophthalmic techniques could bring their surgical knowledge and skills to the doctors and patients in developing countries. The local doctors can then use their newly learned skills in their homeland. The first hospital with wings was launched in 1982, its maiden voyage being to Panama. Since then, the flying eye hospital has visited 75 countries and saved the sight of tens of millions of people. Scrub room Once you board the aircraft, you enter a 48-seat classroom at the front of the plane, where doctors gather in the passenger seats for lectures and discussions, and to watch live broadcasts of surgical procedures being performed in the nearby operating theatre on the in-flight entertainment-style big screen. As you walk down the main corridor towards its tail, the landscape changes from aeroplane to hospital. There is a waiting room, an examination room and a laser eye treatment area. Next, at the middle and most stable part of the craft, is a fully equipped operating theatre with an adjoining scrub room where the surgeons prepare. The rear houses a peaceful yet cheery recovery room, with a row of beds adorned with teddy bears, fluffy ducks and a toy piglet. Its bowels, reached by a snug elevator for one, hold all the necessary power generators, air filters and water system gadgetry that allows the grounded hospital to function self-sufficiently for weeks on end and in any location, even a desert. The 21 crew members, including doctors, nurses and biomedical engineers and flight mechanics, are flown from country to country for up to 10 months of the year by United Airline pilots who volunteer their services. Onboard operations manager John Kona said: "It is a really tough schedule and it takes dedication. "You are away from your friends and family for all but two months of the year, living out of a suitcase and working seven days a week. REGIONS VISITED Africa Bangladesh China India Latin America and the Caribbean Vietnam "But when you see the smile on the faces of the children you help, all of that just melts away." One of the millions of children the ORBIS flying eye hospital team have helped is three-year-old Richard Mwaluko from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. At six months of age he was diagnosed with a rare type of squint, a condition that causes his eyes to turn in the wrong direction. Richard's mother, Mary, knew there was little she could do about her son's condition because she had no money or connections. Richard did not look like other children and, as he grew older, began to feel insecure because he was different. Mary was afraid Richard would grow up ridiculed by others and she decided to make the difficult journey to a far away hospital to seek help. She arrived at the hospital only to be told that they could not treat Richard's condition, and that without treatment he could lose the sight in that eye. But hope was not lost as the doctor mentioned that the flying eye hospital was due to visit Dar es Salaam. The operation on the aircraft was a success and although Richard will need follow-up surgery in the future, he can expect a life with good vision. -- Rahul Kelapure (ADVOCATE) +919811650159 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia
Re: [AI] EPW
Respected Sir, The problem here is that, for accessing last 4 issues is a clickable on mouse over link elemment. Generally what I do is, root jaws to pc for activating such elements. Because generally the commands for activating on mouse over elements does not work with me in such situations. But in this case, the jaws curser also does not show the link of accessing last four issues. I think now members would be able to guide us in more proper way. Regards Amar Jain. - Original Message - From: "rambabu adikesavalu" To: Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [AI] EPW Dear Dr. Surya Sharma, This is regarding your query about EPW website. As you have rightly pointed, the site allows us to read and download articles from the current issue and four previous issues. The rest are archived very well which consist of all the articles, Commentaries, Bookreviews, etc. since the launching of EPW, I think from 1966. In order to read or download them, one has to take suscription. Generally, all the universities and leading educational institutes do have suscriptions and all the members of those institutes can avail the benefits within their premises. However, individual suscriptions are also available and you could enquire about it from them directly. Moreover, all the files in that site are of PDF format. Perhaps, you are not able to open the full articles because of that reason since Jaws does not recognise PDF immages clearly. I generally use Kurzveil for reading PDF files. Regards, Dr. A.Rambabu To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] EPW
Dear Dr. Surya Sharma, This is regarding your query about EPW website. As you have rightly pointed, the site allows us to read and download articles from the current issue and four previous issues. The rest are archived very well which consist of all the articles, Commentaries, Bookreviews, etc. since the launching of EPW, I think from 1966. In order to read or download them, one has to take suscription. Generally, all the universities and leading educational institutes do have suscriptions and all the members of those institutes can avail the benefits within their premises. However, individual suscriptions are also available and you could enquire about it from them directly. Moreover, all the files in that site are of PDF format. Perhaps, you are not able to open the full articles because of that reason since Jaws does not recognise PDF immages clearly. I generally use Kurzveil for reading PDF files. Regards, Dr. A.Rambabu To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] Now Nokia all set to enter into telecom services
The Hindu : Business / Companies : Now Nokia all set to enter into telecom services NEW DELHI, September 13, 2009 PTI Shashi Ashiwal. Display during the launch of Nokia N97 in Mumbai. Photo: Shashi Ashiwal. Having ruled the market for over a decade, the world's largest handset manufacturer, Nokia, is shifting gear to reposition itself from being a device maker to a services and solutions provider in the wake of mounting competition from players like Apple and Research-in-Motion. "Services is next big thing...we see people living their life 24x7 through applications on their mobile phones. Whether it is Twitter or Facebook, people live their life online," Nokia India Managing Director D Shivakumar told PTI when asked about the company's future plans. Nokia, one of the key developers of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), the second-generation mobile technology, is looking at providing various services and solution ranging from music downloads to games to financial services and information about prices and weather to the Indian farmers among many others. The company has already inked a location-based service deal with social networking site Facebook. Under the deal, people could update their location and status directly to the social networking site via a Nokia Ovi account. The company is also planning to enter the money market, with the launch of 'Nokia Money Service' - offering basic financial services on mobile phones - by next year. "The service would enable consumers to send money, pay for goods, services and bills, and recharge their prepaid SIM cards using their mobile phone," Mr. Shivakumar said. Keywords: Nokia , Telecom services RELATED TOPICS economy, business and finance business (general) lifestyle and leisure mobile phones science and technology technology (general) Email the Editor Zenith_Hindu_MPU_Sep09/Web300x250 google_ads_frame frame Ads by Google 3BHK & 4BHK Apartments Lanco Hills in Hyderabad, ClubHouse Mini Theatres, Party Halls & More!www.lancohills.com/A-World-Within The Economist Magazine Speculators & The Oil Price Know More @ Economist. Visit Now!Economist.com/The_Oil_Price Free Tech Information Browse Our Technology & IT Articles Online. Subscribe to Weekly Report!www.ITBusinessEdge.com google_ads_frame frame end Today's Paper TODAY'S PAPER ePaper Crossword Sudoku This Day That Age Archives GROUP SITES The Hindu Publications Business Line eBooks Sportstar Images Frontline The Hindu About Us Contacts Archives Subscriptions RSS Feeds Site Map Home News Opinion Sport Business Arts Life & Style S & T Education Health Classifieds Today's Paper Topics Group Sites The Hindu Business Line Sportstar Frontline Publications eBooks Images Disclaimer: The Hindu is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu. Comments to : web.thehi...@thehindu.co.in Copyright © 2009, The Hindu To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] Conference In Pune
Dear friends, ILS Law College is hosting a conference on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disability on 19th of this month from 10 pm to 5 pm. Mr. S.K. Runta - an eminent lawyer from New Delhi and Mr. Rajesh Asudhani - Asst. manager in RBI Nagpur are invited resource persons. Proff. Sanjay Jain - faculty member of ILS Law College is also going to make a presentation on Judicial Approaches to Rights of Disabled. The venue of this conference will be: Conference Hall Saraswati Building ILS Law College Law College road The conference is split into three sessions and arrangements for lunch and tea will be made. I on behalf of my college humbly request to people living in and around Pune to kindly this event and make this a success like the last year. For any more information you are free to contact the undersigned. Regards Arpit Jain Mob: +919762170993 E-mail: arpit@gmail.com Also, you can even contact Proff Sanjay Jain on +919422391719 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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] program for files with .jsp extention.
Hello friends, i want to know from the knowledgeable members about the program with which files with jsp extention could be opened. with best regards, S. P. Sharma e-mail: surya.sharm...@gmail.com Mobile: 09461306764 Landline: 0141-2341787 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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
