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Archive for March 26, 2007
March 26, 2007 at 8:16 am
· City
indianexpress: When bureaucrat CK Anil was shunted out from his post as the Pune Municipal Transport’s (PMT) general manager by the State government recently, he joined others who had been at the helm and moved out before tangible changes were visible in the transport body’s functioning.
Consider this. C K Anil’s tenure lasted three months. Before him, Niranjan Kumar Sudhanshu stayed for 16 months, Charuchandra Pathak for 21 months and Shirish Karle for 9 months.
PMT officials said every time a new general manager took charge, there was an attempt to bring some method to transform the transport body. Anil, who was in charge from December 15, 2006 to March 17, 2007 ensured that the the PMT broke even after 30 years of loss-making.
“ He cut expenditure and increased income by putting buses that were stationed in depots for minor repairs on the roads,” they said.
However, a little over three months after he took over as general manager, the State government issued orders on March 17 to send him back to Bihar.
To protest against such untimely transfers as that of Anil’s that have an adverse effect on the PMT’s functioning, citizens groups like the Nagrik Chetna Manch, Janwani and Pune Traffic and Transport Forum (PTTF) have decided to write to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
Janwani member Ranjit Gadgil said Anil’s transfer came at the time when the PMT actually needed a boss. “Firstly, the PMT-PCMT merger is likely to happen very soon. The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is in a nascent state and needs constant monitoring. At this point, if the general manager is transferred, the organisation becomes headless. This will definitely impact the transport body,” he said.
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March 26, 2007 at 8:15 am
· City
indianexpress: With evils like terrorism and war plaguing the world, Nobel laureate and Buddhist leader, Dalai Lama, on Sunday urged people to study and imbibe knowledge of religion to understand what is right and wrong.
He was in the city on the occasion of a congregation held to commemorate the 2550th anniversary of the Mahaparinirvana of Buddha.
“To understand what is the right path, one needs to base knowledge upon extensive study. At the same time, one should not just be satisfied by attaining bookish knowledge, but understand and implement it in the course of life,” the Dalai Lama said, adding he respected the importance that Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar gave to education, so that one could make informed choices and decisions.
Praising the country for its proverbial ‘Unity in diversity’, the Buddhist leader said that the world could take a lesson in tolerance from India. “The world today is torn apart in the name of religion. India, on the other hand, has religions that were born inside it and those that came from other countries. Despite this, it treats different religions at par and is highly tolerant,” he said, adding that people should try to learn the principles of different religions — which espouse the universal message of peace and non-violence.
The Dalai Lama also stressed that Gautam Buddha was not treated as God in Buddhist philosophy and that he was a human being. “Buddha was a human being and he lived a normal mortal life. Hence, we do not call Buddhism a religion of the Gods, but a religion of the people,” he informed.
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March 26, 2007 at 8:14 am
· City · Special Mention
indianexpress: Ever dreamed of beating the Deccan Queen on a bicycle all the way from Pune to Mumbai? A 48-year-old just did that on Sunday — 20 minutes before the train did. Vinod Punimiya left the city at 7.10 in the morning and reached Dombivali by 9.20 am after riding for two hours on the trot without even taking a breather.
The Mumbai-based businessman, who was accompanied by a team of doctors, rode at speeds ranging from 90 kmph to 130 kmph. Even though it sounds crazy, the man has achieved similar feats in the past. “I have beaten everyone from the fastest runners to buses.
The only thing left for me was to pip the Deccan Queen, known for its fastest speed of 105 kmph,” he said.
Predictably, Punimiya found the ghats the most challenging to negotiate. “I maintained a speed of 80-90 kms from Lonawala to Khopoli,” he said.
So how did he achieve the level of fitness and concentration for a man pushing 50? “I cycled to Pune at about 2 am regularly for four months, accompanied by my family doctor. I kept increasing my speed every week. This gave me immense confidence,” he said. “I am God-gifted with reserves of energy.”
The decision to take this challenge up obviously did not go well with the family. But despite the objections, he didn’t give up.
His better half, an elated Indira Punimiya said she was apprehensive at first.
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March 26, 2007 at 8:13 am
· City
indianexpress: With Pune turning into a mall city, increasing parking on roads is leading to citizens’ protest. On Saturday evening, corporators, NGOs and several citizens from Aundh staged a ‘symbolic’ rasto roko in front of Ozone building on ITI Road to voice the misuse of road space in front of the mall that has been turned into a car park for customers.
“Huge traffic jams are caused on the road outside where customers park their cars. Ozone has 584 sq metres of basement sanctioned for parking but uses that space as storage,” said DVR Rao of the Aundh Vikas Mandal (AVM) which had organised the demonstration along with former mayor Dattatreya Gaikwad.
According to Rao, the Mandal had filed an application under the Right To Information Act wanting to know the parking space availability in the mall and had received a reply from the Pune Municipal Corporation stating that 584 square metres of space in the basement had been sanctioned for parking.
“However, it also stated that recently some part of this had been reallocated for some other purposes. We are now finding out how and why this reallocation was done. However, the entire basement is being misused for commercial and storage purposes. Part of it has become a food court too. Initially when the building was under construction the builder had promised us that the mezzanine and basement would be for parking,” added AVM member Saryu Sanghvi.
Corporator Shivaji Bangar and other residents said weekends were particularly bad with a large area of roadspace blocked by vehicles.
“We have written to the city engineer and the traffic police to put up a no-parking sign and post a constable. We also want a divider. We will ensure there is no misuse of basement parking in any mall in Aundh area,” said Gaikwad.
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March 26, 2007 at 8:12 am
· City
indianexpress: Citizens can now access property tax documents at the Pune Municipal Corporation building. Legal advisor of the PMC Dilip Pingale agreed to this after a debate over section 4 of the RTI Act at a meeting on Sunday.
RTI activist Vivek Velankar had argued that citizens be allowed access to the public documents at the PMC office and demanded an explanation from the officials for not allowing it. The issue grew into a debate because of the PMC tax department’s wrong assessment of several properties and serving citizens with inflated tax bills. The practice of collection of excess tax was brought to light after RTI activist Vihar Durve moved a requisition seeking to know year-wise cases filed by people in courts contesting tax assessments. The requisition revealed that the PMC had charged excess property tax for over a decade without making a correct assessment of the properties. The Small Causes Court directed the PMC to refund over Rs 1.83 crore including interest of Rs 4.3 lakh to citizens.
At the meeting, PMC tax collector Dayandand Sonkamble said his department would act fast on the grievances. RTI activists will meet municipal commissioner Nitin Kareer on April 3 next month to apprise him of the implementation of section 4 of the RTI Act.
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March 26, 2007 at 8:12 am
· City
indianexpress: The Suvarna Sahakari Bank Sangharsha Samiti has threatened to launch an agitation in front of the residence of the bank’s director Dyaneshwar Agashe from April 2 to demand justice for the small investors, bank account holders and members. “Agashe took loans worth Rs 30 crores and the cooperatives department has issued only simple notices to him. But we want to know why no recovery action has been taken against him,” the Samiti has demanded.
The Samiti members during a meeting held on Sunday flayed the co-operatives department and has decided to launch an agitation to press for succor to the investors.
Meanwhile, Janata Dal state office-bearer and Depositors Rights Protection committee general secretary Sanjay Khandalkar, in a press release, alleged that the directors of co-operative banks and consumer co-operative societies were ‘mafias’ operating with full support of the co-operative department.
“It is the co-operatives department’s job to regulate the co-operative banks and consumer co-operative societies. However, the department is selectively applying the laws to target common borrowers, guarantors and their relatives,” Khandalkar added.
The release further stated that the special recovery officers of all the co-operative banks and societies were issuing notices related to confiscation of property and auction to the borrowers and guarantors without any legal sanction. The recovery officers have made fake documents and sold the confiscated goods with the help of police, Khandalkar further alleged.
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March 26, 2007 at 8:09 am
· Technology
bbc: Fewer than half of the UK’s 29m adult internet users believe they are responsible for protecting personal information online, a survey suggests.
One in six of the 2,441 people surveyed felt responsibility rested with banks.
The research, for a government-backed online safety campaign, found 12% had suffered online fraud in the last year - at an average loss of £875.
The same number (5%) had experienced fraud while shopping online as had had their bag, wallet or mobile stolen.
Time and effort
The survey, devised by Get Safe Online in conjunction with the BBC News website, marks the start of an internet safety week to help raise awareness of online issues.
WHAT IS PHISHING?
The practice of sending out e-mail messages that look as if they come from a financial institution and which seek to trick people into handing over confidential details.
More hi-tech terms defined
Get Safe Online managing director Tony Neate said: “The internet now is the real world.
“We don’t blame the police when we get burgled and we must take responsibility for what we do online in the same way we do for securing our houses and cars.”
Some 48% of the internet users surveyed online between 2 and 5 March felt they were primarily responsible for the online safety of their personal information.
One in six thought it was their bank which was wholly responsible, while 13% thought it was up to their internet service provider.
HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE
Use passwords made up of letters and numbers and change them regularly
Install spam filters and if you do receive spam messages, delete them immediately
Install anti-spyware and anti-virus software and keep it up to date
Ensure home wi-fi has a password and firewall
If you suffer an online fraud, report it to your bank, the police and the retailer you used
Ensure your computer’s firewall is switched on
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March 26, 2007 at 8:08 am
· Technology
cnet: The same technology used in Nintendo’s popular Wii video game console that lets you bowl strikes and hit tennis volleys like you’re Venus Williams is also making its way into mobile handsets.
Responding to a flick of the wrist or sweep of the arm, tiny sensors called accelerometers, which measure linear acceleration in the Wiimote game controller, translate motion into action on the screen. When the technology is added to a cell phone, the handset’s utility changes in several intriguing ways. It can, for example, function as a motion-sensing mouse that lets you browse the mobile Internet by tilting the device left, right, up or down. It even can allow you to monitor a fitness workout by measuring the number of steps you take, your speed and the calories burned.
Experts say this is just the beginning. As accelerometers advanced from one-axis to two-axis to three-axis measurement capabilities, their accuracy has improved dramatically. And some companies, such as the 3-year-old start-up Invensense, are taking the technology a step further by combining three-axis accelerometers with gyroscopes, which measure rotation speed, to create even-more accurate sensors that could be used to improve photo stabilization and location and navigation services.
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March 26, 2007 at 8:07 am
· Technology
itwire: In a major blow to the HD DVD camp, Microsoft has conceded the Xbox 360 games console may eventually support Blu-ray.
Sony dub Aussie PS3 launch a “delightful success”
Microsoft says – “Not our problem” to Xbox Live fraud incident
Xbox UK head Neil Thompson has stated that if Blu-ray defeats HD-DVD in the high-def format war then Microsoft will add Blu-ray support to the Xbox 360, reports Gamasutra.
Speaking to the BBC, Thompson is quoted as saying: “Whatever format wins it is highly likely we will offer a solution. The only debate is if you want to watch Blu-ray movies and pay the extra money for that feature. We prefer to offer the consumer choice.”
Thompson’s comments come as Sony’s Blu-ray enabled PlayStation 3 hits the shelves in Europe, the Middle East and Australia. Microsoft plans to release an optional HD DVD player for the Xbox 360 next week, but Thompson’s comments leave open the possibility of an optional Blu-ray player in the future.
The XBox 360 comes with a 20GB hard drive and the optional HD DVD drive will sell for $AU250, on top of the $AU650 for the Xbox 360 Premium Pack or $AU500 for the Xbox 360 Core System.
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March 26, 2007 at 8:06 am
· Technology
itwire: Boogie, a game under development at Electronic Arts’ Canadian studio in Montreal, will have players creating their own music videos to any of several dozen licensed tracks.
Whereas PlayStation dance games use a mat controller, the nunchuck and Wii remote will control the Boogie character’s lower and upper body. Boogie will also have a karaoke aspect, allowing players to sing, presumably using an as yet unannounced microphone accessory for the Wii.
“We’re creating something new and different for gamers of all ages to enjoy; the complete party package where gamers can dance as well as sing,” said Alain Tascan, Vice President and General Manager, EA Montreal.
It is also possible that players will be able to turn their performances into stand-alone videos that can be shared online.
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