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Kamiya talks down mass-production policies
Does this guy ever shut up? Let your games do the talking.
"I heard there were a huge amount of people working on [Capcom's] Devil May Cry 4, just an enormous amount of people," Kamiya said in an interview with Edge. "Didn't help them, did it?"
wow he's really downplaying DMC4... Whether he thought the game was good or not, I'm still surprised this was said.
Well seeing that DMC was better then Bayonetta I really don't see your point. It obviously helped them seeing that DMC games sold better and Dante is better loved by gamers so much so that they are ready to commit murder because Capcom changed them.Big words from developers that basically copied Dante's style to a tee only with incomprehensible story and dialogue and pointless over sexism.These several hundred developer teams you are so against made GOW, Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden some of the best series in the gaming world. So they are obviously doing something right.From the results of what happened with Bayonetta over these other games having less people didn't exactly help you either.
"a pan-continental development operation with a reported 600 people involved."
That is just insane. I agree with his comment on DMC4, I enjoyed the game but there was a definite lack of style that was seen in part 3. Also the last portion of the game where you play as Dante was truly disappointing.
Who ever made that design decision should and hopefully be fired.
I loved Bayonetta and Vanquished and I can't wait for Rising. Love this guys style and over the top action.
I really liked DMC4. Not the best in the series but my personal fave.


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I see many people asking for SQLite tutorials around, and since I am using SQLite for the next part in the Advanced RSS Reader Tutorial, I thought I would write up a quick tutorial on using SQLite with the iPhone SDK.
1. Project Requirements
I suggest that you have at least a basic understanding of SQLite, writing SQL statements, the XCode interface and using the terminal in OSX. If you don't know anything about any of these topics then this tutorial probably isn't for you.
2. Creating our SQLite database for our tutorial
We first need to create a database for use with our application. For the purposes of this tutorial we will be building a database of animals along with a little information on them and a picture.
Fire up a new Terminal window and make a new folder to store the database in, here are the commands I ran
cd /Users/lookaflyingdonkey/Documents
mkdir SQLiteTutorial
cd SQLiteTutorial
sqlite3 AnimalDatabase.sql
You should now be at a "sqlite" command prompt, this is where we will be building our database structure and entering some test data.
For our example we need the name of the animal, a short description and a link to an image. Follow the commands below to create the table and to enter some sample data.
CREATE TABLE animals ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(50), description TEXT, image VARCHAR(255) );
INSERT INTO animals (name, description, image) VALUES ('Elephant', 'The elephant is a very large animal that lives in Africa and Asia', 'http://dblog.com.au/wp-content/elephant.jpg');
INSERT INTO animals (name, description, image) VALUES ('Monkey', 'Monkies can be VERY naughty and often steal clothing from unsuspecting tourists', 'http://dblog.com.au/wp-content/monkey.jpg');
INSERT INTO animals (name, description, image) VALUES ('Galah', 'Galahs are a wonderful bird and they make a great pet (I should know, I have one)', 'http://dblog.com.au/wp-content/galah.jpg');
INSERT INTO animals (name, description, image) VALUES ('Kangaroo', 'Well I had to add the Kangaroo as they are the essence of the Australian image', 'http://dblog.com.au/wp-content/kangaroo.jpg');
The first command will create the table with the required structure and the next four will insert some test data for us to work with. To ensure that you have entered the data correctly you can execute "SELECT * FROM animals;" and see if it returns the items above. Once you are confident that everything had been created successfully you can leave the sqlite command line by typing ".quit".
3. Creating our Project
Now that our database is all ready to go we need to setup our X-Code project.
Start off by creating a new "Navigation-Based Application".
Give your Project a name, I called mine "SQLiteTutorial".
Now set your screen layout to how you prefer it, I suggest making the window as large as possible, and making the code view as tall as possible by dragging the horizontal slider to the top. This will allow you the most room to move when building your application.
Now its time to create the required classes and views for our application, we will start off by making our views.
Right Click on the "Resources" folder in the left hand pane and click "Add File", we want to create a new "View XIB" under the "User Interfaces" group.
We now need to give it a name, to stick the Apple's naming conventions we are going to call it "AnimalViewController.xib", Now Click "Finish".
Now we need to create two classes, the first one will represent an animal, right click on the "Classes" folder in the left hand pane, click "Add > New File…", choose the "NSObject subclass" template under the "Cocoa Touch Classes" group and name it "Animal".
The second class will be for our AnimalsViewController, right click on the "Classes" folder in the left hand pane, click "Add > New File…", choose the "UIViewController subclass" under the "Cocoa Touch Classes" group and name it "AnimalViewController".
4. Adding SQLite Framework and our Animal Database
Now that we have created all of our views and classes it is time to start the real grunt work.
First off we need to include the SQLite libraries so our application can utilise them. To do this you will need to right click on the "Frameworks" folder in the left hand pane, then click on "Add > Existing Frameworks…", then navigate to "/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS2.0.sdk/usr/lib/" and double click the "libsqlite3.0.dylib" file. A popup will appear, just click "Add" and the library will be added to your project.
We also need to add our database we created earlier to the Resources folder, to do this simply right click on the "Resources" folder, click "Add > Existing Files…", navigate to the location you created the database in then double click on the AnimalDatabase.sql file. Another popup will appear, just click add.
All done with the importing, time to code!
5. The Coding begins!
We are going to start the coding by building our "Animal" object, every animal will have 3 properties, a name, a description and an image URL.
Open up the "Animal.h" file from the "Classes" folder and edit its contents to look like below,
@interface Animal : NSObject {
NSString *name;
NSString *description;
NSString *imageURL;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *name;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *description;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *imageURL;
-(id)initWithName:(NSString *)n description:(NSString *)d url:(NSString *)u;
Most of the above code should be pretty familiar to you, the only thing that may not be is the initWithName line, this line will allow us to create a new object with the required data, we could have used the default init function, but it will be easier for us to define our own.
Now we will actually have to implement the Animal Object, open up the "Animal.m" file and edit its contents to look like below:
#import "Animal.h"
@implementation Animal
@synthesize name, description, imageURL;
-(id)initWithName:(NSString *)n description:(NSString *)d url:(NSString *)u {
self.name = n;
self.description = d;
self.imageURL = u;
return self;
The above code should be pretty easy to read as well, it basically stores the supplied data from the initWithName function and return the object (self).
Now its time to setup the Application delegate to access the database.
Open up the "SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate.h" and edit its contents to look like below:
// Import the SQLite database framework
@interface SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate : NSObject
UIWindow *window;
UINavigationController *navigationController;
// Database variables
NSString *databaseName;
NSString *databasePath;
// Array to store the animal objects
NSMutableArray *animals;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UINavigationController *navigationController;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *animals;
What we are doing here is importing the SQLite database framework and creating some variables for storing the database details and an array of animal objects.
Now open up the "SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate.m" file and edit its contents to look like below:
#import "SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate.h"
#import "RootViewController.h"
#import "Animal.h" // Import the animal object header
@implementation SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate
@synthesize window;
@synthesize navigationController;
@synthesize animals; // Synthesize the aminals array
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
// Setup some globals
databaseName = @"AnimalDatabase.sql";
// Get the path to the documents directory and append the databaseName
NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDir = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];
databasePath = [documentsDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:databaseName];
// Execute the "checkAndCreateDatabase" function
[self checkAndCreateDatabase];
// Query the database for all animal records and construct the "animals" array
[self readAnimalsFromDatabase];
// Configure and show the window
[window addSubview:[navigationController view]];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
- (void)applicationWillTerminate:(UIApplication *)application {
// Save data if appropriate
- (void)dealloc {
[animals release];
[navigationController release];
[window release];
[super dealloc];
-(void) checkAndCreateDatabase{
// Check if the SQL database has already been saved to the users phone, if not then copy it over
BOOL success;
// Create a FileManager object, we will use this to check the status
// of the database and to copy it over if required
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
// Check if the database has already been created in the users filesystem
success = [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:databasePath];
// If the database already exists then return without doing anything
if(success) return;
// If not then proceed to copy the database from the application to the users filesystem
// Get the path to the database in the application package
NSString *databasePathFromApp = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:databaseName];
// Copy the database from the package to the users filesystem
[fileManager copyItemAtPath:databasePathFromApp toPath:databasePath error:nil];
[fileManager release];
-(void) readAnimalsFromDatabase {
// Setup the database object
sqlite3 *database;
// Init the animals Array
animals = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
// Open the database from the users filessytem
if(sqlite3_open([databasePath UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK) {
// Setup the SQL Statement and compile it for faster access
const char *sqlStatement = "select * from animals";
sqlite3_stmt *compiledStatement;
if(sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sqlStatement, -1, &compiledStatement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK) {
// Loop through the results and add them to the feeds array
while(sqlite3_step(compiledStatement) == SQLITE_ROW) {
// Read the data from the result row
NSString *aName = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char *)sqlite3_column_text(compiledStatement, 1)];
NSString *aDescription = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char *)sqlite3_column_text(compiledStatement, 2)];
NSString *aImageUrl = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char *)sqlite3_column_text(compiledStatement, 3)];
// Create a new animal object with the data from the database
Animal *animal = [[Animal alloc] initWithName:aName description:aDescription url:aImageUrl];
// Add the animal object to the animals Array
[animals addObject:animal];
[animal release];
// Release the compiled statement from memory
Now I know that may look like a fair bit of code and it probably also looks quite scary! But really it is quite simple and I have tried to comment nearly every line to describe to you what the line does and why it is there.
The checkAndCreateDatabase function checks to see if we have already copied our database from the application bundle to the users filesystem (in their documents folder), if the database hasn't already been created or it has been removed for some reason it will be recreated from the default database.
Next the readAnimalsFromDatabase function will make a connection to the database that is stored in the users documents folder, and then executes the SQL statement "SELECT * FROM animals". It will then go through each row that is returned and it will extract the name, description and imageURL from the result and build an Animal object for each. You will see the "sqlite3_column_text" function used here, there are many more of these for returning other field types such as "sqlite3_column_int" for integers, "sqlite3_column_blob" for blobs or "sqlite3_column_value" to get an unknown value.
Now that we have the data in our array and we have it in our known format we are ready to start displaying it.
Open up the "RootViewController.m" file and edit the numberOfRowsInSection to look like the following:
SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate *appDelegate = (SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
return appDelegate.animals.count;
What this does is it creates a link to the application delegate, and then the second line returns the size f the animals array in out Application delegate, this array was filled previously from the SQLite database.
Now in the cellForRowAtIndexPath function you will need at change it to look like the following:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
// Set up the cell
SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate *appDelegate = (SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
Animal *animal = (Animal *)[appDelegate.animals objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[cell setText:animal.name];
return cell;
We pretty much just added 3 lines under the "// Set up the cell" line, the first one is the same as we added previously to access the application delegate. The second line creates a new Animal object based on the array from the application delegate, it will be used to create a row for each individual record in the database. On the final line we are just setting the text of the cell to the name field from the Animal object.
You can now run the program and you should see a table view with the 4 animals we added to the database, if you added more than my default animals you should see them in here as well.
We will now setup the AnimalViewController, open up the "AnimalViewController.h" file and edit its contents to below:
@interface AnimalViewController : UIViewController {
IBOutlet UITextView *animalDesciption;
IBOutlet UIImageView *animalImage;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextView *animalDesciption;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIImageView *animalImage;
What we are doing above is adding an outlet for the description and image for the Animal, we will use these later on when we link the view up.
Now open up the "AnimalViewController.m" file and add a synthesize call for for the description and image, this will go under the "@implementation AnimalViewController" line, like so:
#import "AnimalViewController.h"
@implementation AnimalViewController
@synthesize animalDesciption, animalImage;
Now it is time to make the detailed view page appear when you select a record. Open up the "AnimalViewController.xib" file from the resources folder and the interface builder should appear.
The first thing we need to do is to set the File's Owner Class to AnimalViewController, this is done by selecting the "File's Owner" item in the main window and then clicking Tools > Identity Inspector in the top menu, and then selecting AnimalViewController from the class dropdown.
Your inspector window should now look like this:
We are going to be using a UITextView for the description (as it will allow for word wrapping and scrolling in the case that the description is quite large) and a UIImageView to display the image. I have laid mine out like below:
Now that we have everything laid out it is time to link them all up, start by holding control and click+drag from the "File's Owner" to the "View" objects, a little gray menu will appear and you will need to select view. Now hold control and click+drag from the "File's Owner" to the UITextView in the layout window, you should see "animalDescription" in the popup list, select it. Repeat this process for the UIImageView and you should see animalImage appear, select it also.
Now save the interface and close the interface builder.
Nearly done! All we have to do now is to setup the code for when a user presses on a record in the table view.
Open up the "RootViewController.h" file and edit its contents to below:
#import "AnimalViewController.h"
@interface RootViewController : UITableViewController {
AnimalViewController *animalView;
@property(nonatomic, retain) AnimalViewController *animalView;
We are creating an instance of the AnimalViewController to be used bu the RootViewController when a user presses on an item.
Now open up the "RootViewController.m" file and edit the top part of the file to look like below:
#import "RootViewController.h"
#import "SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate.h"
#import "Animal.h"
@implementation RootViewController
@synthesize animalView;
This will just synthesize the animalView that we just added.
First up lets set the default title of our view, to do this you need to uncomment the viewDidLoad function, and edit it to below:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Uncomment the following line to add the Edit button to the navigation bar.
// self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
self.title = @"My Zoo";
We also need to edit the didSelectRowAtIndexPath
function in this file, edit it to look like below:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
// Navigation logic -- create and push a new view controller
SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate *appDelegate = (SQLiteTutorialAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
Animal *animal = (Animal *)[appDelegate.animals objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if(self.animalView == nil) {
AnimalViewController *viewController = [[AnimalViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"AnimalViewController" bundle:nil];
self.animalView = viewController;
[viewController release];
// Setup the animation
[self.navigationController pushViewController:self.animalView animated:YES];
// Set the title of the view to the animal's name
self.animalView.title = [animal name];
// Set the description field to the animals description
[self.animalView.animalDesciption setText:[animal description]];
// Load the animals image into a NSData boject and then assign it to the UIImageView
NSData *imageData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[animal imageURL]]];
UIImage *animalImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:imageData cache:YES];
self.animalView.animalImage.image = animalImage;
What we are doing here is checking to see if the animalView object has already been created, if not then create it.
The next few lines are used to setup the animation (slide from right to left) and to set the actual data fields to those of the selected animal.
Now you should be ready to fire up the application and see it in all its glory.
You should see your windows looking like below.
5. Project Files
Here are the source files for this project: Download the project source files
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to post them here and I will try to get back to you ASAP. Also keep your eye out for my second part to the advanced RSS Reader tutorial, it will be using TouchXML, SQLite, UIWebview and more!
original post is here

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London: A simple test which asks people who are middle aged and above to sit on the floor and stand up with as little support as possible can predict mortality, scientists claim.
The ability to sit on the floor before rising to a standing position is closely linked to all causes of death, according to a new study.
Researchers found that adults who needed to use a number of aids such as their hands and knees to get off the floor were six times more likely to die than those who didn`t.
It supports previous research that found musculo-skeletal fitness is a strong predictor of health in the middle aged and above, the `Daily Mail` reported.
Tests on more than 2,000 men and women in Brazil were `remarkably predictive` or mortality rates.
"If a middle-aged or older man or woman can sit and rise from the floor using just one hand - or even better without the help of a hand - they are not only in the higher quartile of musculo-skeletal fitness but their survival prognosis is probably better than that of those unable to do so," study leader Dr Claudio Arazjo, from the Exercise Medicine Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, said.
The test was a simple assessment of the subjects` ability to sit and then rise unaided from the floor. It was performed in 2,002 adults aged between 51 to 80 years.
The subjects were followed-up from the date of the baseline test until the date of death or 31 October 2011, a median follow-up of 6.3 years.
Before starting the test, they were told that without worrying about the speed of movement, they have to try to sit and then rise from the floor, using the minimum support that they believe is needed.
Each of the two basic movements were assessed and scored out of five, with one point being subtracted from five for each support used (hand or knee, for example).
Over the study period 159 subjects died, a mortality rate of 7.9 per cent.
The majority of these deaths occurred in people with low test scores - only two of the deaths were in subjects who gained a composite score of 10.
Overall, subjects in the lower score range of the sitting test had a five to six times higher risk of death than those in the higher groups.
Scores of eight and above had a particularly low risk of death in the tracking period, and each one point increase in score was related to a 21 per cent reduction in mortality.
The study was published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention.


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Latin America videos
In Latin America, GM soy production has caused the destruction of millions of hectares of forest in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. It has poisoned humans, livestock, and ecosystems.
The video Killing Fields: The True Cost of Cheap Meat, goes into this important story in detail.
The use of GMOs and increasingly aggressive chemicals transforms Argentina's agricultural industry. Cases of cancer and deformities are rising – the local population fights against an invisible danger. This video shows pictures from "Stories from a wounded land", a photo-essay by the journalist Alvaro Ybarra Zavala on the terrible impacts of GMO agriculture in Argentina. Some of the images are shocking. (Time: 3:07)
Since being elected in 2008 as President of Paraguay, the 'Red Bishop' Fernando Lugo has been unable, or unwilling, to deliver on promises made to the landless farmers who got him to power in the first place. Meanwhile US and Brazilian-based soya industries are rapidly expanding and taking over Paraguay's agriculture, polluting much of its land and water sources and depriving small farmers of their means of livelihood. (Time: 8:29)
A new video of Andres Carrasco, professor of Molecular Embryology Laboratory at University of Buenos Aires, talking about his research showing birth defects cause by glyphosate, present in Roundup Ready Soy. (Time: 37.23)
This news report by journalist Rolando Grana, recorded in Santa Fe, Argentina, graphically shows the tragic human consequences of glyphosate spraying of GM soy, including babies with birth defects. It contains interviews with Dr Dario Gianfelici, a medical doctor; scientist Prof Andres Carrasco, whose research showed that glyphosate/Roundup causes birth defects in doses far lower than those used in agricultural spraying; and the journalist Marie-Monique Robin, who made the film, The World According to Monsanto. (Total time 21:51)
Hats off to this mother of three who got fed up and took charge. Thirteen years ago, Sofía Gatica's newborn died of kidney failure after being exposed to pesticides in the womb. After the despair came anger, then a fierce determination to protect the children in her community and beyond. (Time: 3:32)
Head of Paraguay's food and agricultural service attacked for destroying illegally planted transgenic corn
Miguel Lovera, currently serving as the head of SENAVE, Paraguay's food and agricultural service, is currently the target of attacks for his agency's decision to destroy 44 hectares of illegally planted transgenic corm. Lovera, who also served as chief climate negotiator for Paraguay, discusses some of the challenges of enforcing agricultural and environmental regulations in a new democracy. (Time: 10:00)
A video produced by Chile without GMOs and narrated by Daniel Muñoz. The Chilean Congress has convened to inquire into GMOs in Chile. In Spanish with English subtitles – press the CC button for subtitles. (Time: 3:27)
Much of the cheap meat and dairy produce sold in supermarkets is only made possible as a result of serious human rights abuses and environmental damage in one of Latin America's most impoverished countries. This film documents the experiences of some of those caught up in Paraguay's growing conflict over soy farming. (Time 10:00)
On May 19 2009, a group of activists visited the WWF-Netherlands head office to protest against this organisation's initiative the 'Round Table on Responsible Soy' (RTRS). (Time 3:10)
Paraguay has become one of the world's biggest suppliers of genetically modified soya – much of it destined to feed cattle that ends up on European plates. This episode of Unreported World reveals how our demand for meat is driving the industrial farming of soya to disastrous lengths. (Time 23:53)
What's behind the "responsible" soy label? Detective Pig finds out... The soy industry is not what it seems. Soy production in South America means deforestation and pesticide poisonings – just to feed Europe's livestock. (Time: 1:30)
The action against the Round Table to show rejection! (Time 7:31)
Local farmers tell their stories of living with the devastating effects of soy cultivation in Paraguay. Support Friends of the Earth's work in Paraguay. (Time: 6:35)
The plight of the New Mexico heritage chili tradition, as it is threatened by incoming GE seeds, which could pollute the seeds that have been passed on for generations. (Time 8:20)
Excellent short German documentary, with English subtitles, about the effects of glyphosate-tolerant GM soy cultivation in South America and the import of GM soy animal feed into Europe. Includes interviews with researchers, Prof Andres Carrasco, and Prof Gilles-Eric Seralini. (Time: 7:51)


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(Cross posted from my new blog Bay City Urbanist. For the moment, until readership builds up on the other blog, I will continue to cross post some material over here, but in time will transition more content to being exclusively on the other blog.)
If you haven't noticed the trend, bikes are a discussion topic in Santa Monica right now. At City Hall Wednesday night at 7pm, the planning commission will be discussing 3 topics relevant to bicycling, most notably the discussion of the pending bicycle plan update, item 9-B. If your interested in attending or commenting on the bike plan portion, you may not want to show up early, I've heard word the meeting may go late, and 9-B is last item. Regarding the bike plan, the commission will be discussing "Status, implementation plan, key milestones, priority, funding status, challenges, and planning commission role."
Just before it, 9-A, will be a discussion of the demolition and rebuilding of parking garage 6, which includes plans for additional bike parking capacity in addition to significantly more car parking spaces. The idea of adding a lot more car parking while the claimed goal is no new net car trips in LUCE, is entirely contradictory to me, but that is a whole other can of worms.
About the parking garage and concerning bikes, I am most concerned with how bike parking is designed or integrated into the building. Currently most parking garage bicycle parking is underutilized because no one knows it exists and parking garages are never inviting spaces for someone on a bike, both in inhuman aesthetic design and the hazard of drivers pulling in and out and searching for spots. Bike theft is also a significant concern in this city, and bike parking must be designed with visibility and security in mind. In regards to pedestrian issues, I am most concerned with sight lines and lead up space at entrance and exits for cars, since existing parking garages downtown are often difficult to cross on the sidewalk without someone nearly bumping into you in their car, and drivers frequently block the entire sidewalk while waiting to merge with backed up traffic.
Early in the evening is 8-A, a recommendation to the planning commission to remove the formally proposed roundabout from the plans for Main St. at the future Civic Center Drive that would connect between 4th and Main just south of the Court House. Being a fan of roundabouts, both for the significant public safety benefits in reduced severe intersection traffic crashes, reduced speeding, and the aesthetic qualities, I'm somewhat disappointing that this is the recommendation. Although apparently prior meetings showed a lack of support for the idea. I do think there are intersections that might be better served by one, such as one block North once Olympic Drive connects across to Ocean Ave, and I hope that removing the circle here doesn't indicate an unwillingness to try them again in other places.
Something I find missing in the staff report concerning the roundabout is while there is much talk of the aesthetic qualities of the proposed circle, apart from the ambiguous description of traffic calming, almost no mention is made of the significant public safety benefits of roundabouts compared to other intersection treatments like stop signs. For a primer on the oft misunderstood roundabout, I recommend Tom Vanderbilt's, author of "Traffic", article in Slate, "Don't Be So Square, Why American drivers should learn to love the roundabout."
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Bike Plan Update & Other Issues To Be Discussed At Tonight's Santa Monica Planning Commision Meeting
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Markham Web Content Viewer (JSR 286)Actions
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Markham 2020: What's NXT
Following the Markham 2020 Community Engagement process that involved a series of Public Open House meetings, Mayor Scarpitti hosted a City led event, Markham 2020: What's NXT on April 6th at the Flato Theatre. At this event, industry and thought leaders from TD Bank, York University, Seneca College and Scotiabank presented their ideas on the future of Markham. We invite you to further explore the content of the event as follows:
Video Vignettes
Mayor Frank Scarpitti Remarks
Q&A session #1
Q&A session #2
Warren Jestin's Remarks
Derek Burleton Presentation
York University - Seneca College Videos
Public Qs & As
Presenters' Bios
York University President Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri
Mamdouh Shoukri, C.M., O.Ont., PhD, FCAE, P.Eng, was appointed the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of York University on July 1, 2007.
Dr. Shoukri began his career in academia at McMaster University, where he joined the faculty in 1984. He served in a number of leadership roles there, including Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Vice-President Research & International Affairs.
Dr. Shoukri serves on the Ministry of Industry's Space Advisory Board, the Boards of Directors of Universities Canada and the Loran Scholars Foundation, and is Chair of the Government and Community Relations Committee for the Council of Ontario Universities. He is a member of the Standing Advisory Committee on University Research (SACUR) for Universities Canada, and was a founding Board Member of the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and a member of the Ontario Research and Innovation Council (ORIC).
For his contributions to the flourishing of Ontario's academic institutions as an engineer and administrator, Dr. Shoukri was named a Member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario in 2013, and awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal. He is a Senior Fellow of Massey College, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Shoukri's scholarly interests are in thermo-fluid science, and he is the author or co-author of more than 120 papers that have appeared in refereed journals and symposia.
TD Bank Deputy Chief Economist Derek Burleton
Derek is Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist for TD Bank Group. In his role, he leads a team of economists that provides leading analysis on the Canadian economy and financial markets. Each year, he travels extensively across Canada, speaking at more than 50 events on economic and financial developments. As a respected commentator, Derek has been quoted by many media outlets – including the Globe and Mail, Financial Times and the Economist. He also is frequently interviewed on the radio and television.
Derek maintains a strong interest in Canadian public policy issues, and has written substantive reports on health care sustainability, education and immigration reform. He participates in a number of advisory and steering committees both internal and external to TD Bank Group and currently serves on the Board of the Toronto Association of Business Economists (TABE).
Derek Burleton received his Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University and an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics. Derek has fifteen years of experience as an economist in the financial industry.
Seneca College President David Agnew
With extensive experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors, David Agnew became the fifth president of Seneca College in July 2009.
Under his leadership, Seneca has experienced record growth in enrolment and expanded its offerings in both undergraduate and graduate programs. One of the largest colleges in Canada, Seneca is growing its applied research, broadening international and corporate partnerships, investing in capital improvements and adopting an innovative academic direction to increase experiential, cross-disciplinary and flexible learning opportunities.
Mr. Agnew was Secretary to the Cabinet and head of the public service in the Government of Ontario, Canada from 1992 to 1995 after serving as Principal Secretary to the Premier. In 1995, he led the Public-Private Partnerships Project and was seconded to Massey College at the University of Toronto where he was a Senior Resident.
He was the President and CEO of UNICEF Canada, the first head of the organization recruited from outside the development sector. As Principal for the international consulting firm Digital 4Sight, he led the firm's global research initiative on Government in the Digital Economy. In the co-operative sector, he was the Executive Vice-President and Corporate Secretary for the Credit Union Central of Ontario. Mr. Agnew was the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments, the national dispute resolution service for consumers and small businesses.
Mr. Agnew's working life started in high school as a newspaper reporter in Toronto and he continued his journalism career in St. John's, Ottawa and Edmonton, Canada. He was the gold medallist when he graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a B.A. in political science. Following his studies, he was a Parliamentary Intern at the House of Commons of Canada.
Mr. Agnew is the current Chair of the Colleges Ontario Committee of Presidents and serves on numerous other boards and committees including, The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC), the Council on Foreign Relations' Higher Education Working Group on Global Issues, CivicAction Steering Committee, ventureLAB's Board of Directors, ontarionewswatch Advisory Board and Canadian Ditchley Foundation Advisory Board. He is past Chair of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Board of Directors, former member of the federal government's Science, Technology and Innovation Council and served on the campaign cabinet of the United Way of Toronto.
In 2012, Mr. Agnew received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his service to the community.
Former Scotiabank Senior Vice-President & Chief Economist Warren Jestin
Warren Jestin is Scotiabank's Chief Economist and has been with the Bank since 1979. He manages a team of Economists providing research and support to Scotiabank's domestic and international business lines and clients from retail to capital markets. Warren travels extensively meeting with clients and external organizations to discuss the latest economic and financial market developments.
Reflecting his strong interest in policy and education, Warren is currently Chair of Ontario's Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) and serves on the boards of the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Seneca College and the Sobey School of Business.
Warren is the Economist in Residence at the University of Guelph's College of Management & Economics.
Warren has been a member of the C.D. Howe Institute's Monetary Policy Council, the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, the Learning Partnership, and the Markham Stouffville Hospital Board of Directors, where he is past Chair. He has also been involved with policy committees of the Canadian and Ontario Chambers of Commerce and the Toronto Board of Trade.
Before joining Scotiabank, Warren earned a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, worked at the Bank of Canada and taught at several universities.
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While the whole WoW community was all up and arms about the Fireland nerfs, I was too busy having fun with the actual game.
I cannot help but enjoy all the chatter going on on the web about the Firelands now being a joke and the cries from hardcore raiders about how now their achievement has been taken away, blah blah blah.
Really guys, really? No matter what blizzard does it seem that someone will complain, but with all the attention being paid to raids I cannot imagine why so many are so upset.
If you are truly that good and that hardcore you should have been 6/7HM. Even if you were just semi hardcore 4/7 should also have been yours pretty easily. Anyone that completed T11 on heroic should have been working on hardmodes day one (well, I guess week two after pwning Rag)… if you weren't, then you got exactly what you asked for after Wrath, OMG let me be LEET and better than everyone again! Newsflash! you truly are not, so many d-bags out there are still not 7/7 HM and they still think they are top raiders.
Trust me when I tell you that casual raiders like me (someone that is ok with no doing HM at all) doesn't care about your shinnies.
I have killed Rag with two toons now, as a healer and as a tank. My big regret is that I did it once with just some people I knew, and another with a total pug. I have been able to put with some of the best raiders in our server and it has been a fun experience. I just enjoy killing things with my guild so much more. We are going to be working on that though. Being able to pug gives me the opportunity to learn fights and mechanics, and then come up with my own strategy with less wipes with my friends.
One interesting thing about Firelands is that most of the encounters are exactly what I expected them to be. Frustrating for no good reason. I have not done heroics yet, but even the normal encounters are so dependent on random crap that it really separates people. Its not just the bads from the good either, it is also separating people by computer performance. A lot of things have a huge lag component. Shannox, you stand on fire and you die… but you have only seconds to get out.
Even thought they are complex, one encounter that I liked a lot was Domo. The encounter is extremely easy for people that have raided for a while, but still challenging. It scales great too, if you have awesome healers you can let something happen more times… if you are great at movement, the same. The encounter is probably one of the best bosses I have seen designed. It is also easy to explain and execute. That is probably my favorite encounter in Firelands.
Rag is probably my least favorite. Not because I died there quite a bit while people learn the fight, but because it is just too much going on. It is not interesting or fun, it is basically a lot of… omg someone messed up, we all died, walk back. There are a lot of defile like situations where one messup will kill everyone.
I have a solid strategy now for that encounter that is a combination of several things that I have seen other people do. The frustrating part is that there is still an element of luck to the encounter. One simple timing thing can be the difference between a wipe and a kill.
One of the things that I don't understand about strategies for that fight is how people assign DPS.
You have 8 sons to deal with in 10 man and there is always a split depending on where the hammer lands.
S – S – S – S – S – S – (H) – S – S (right split)
S – S – S – S – (H) – S – S – S – S (middle split)
S – S – (H) – S – S – S – S – S – S – (left split)
Most people end up assigning a number to each person and having them kill that sun regardless of split. It always leads to trouble. All the sun run to the hammer and if they hit the hammer they blow up causing a wipe most of the time, if two sons hit it, game over.
The way I will deal with it when I am actually leading a kill will be that 4 people are assigned a side of the hammer. The rest of the DPS will then be cleaners.
The split should also take into consideration DPS numbers and stuns.
S – S – S – S – 1D – T – (H) – T – 2D (right split)
S – S – 1D – T – (H) – T – 2D – S – S (middle split)
1D – T – (H) – T – 2D – S – S – S – S – (left split)
Tanks and top DPS are what matter the most.
When you are learning the fight, this is probably the hardest thing to get consistently. If you work on that first, the rest of the fight can be directed by the RL, however telling everyone what to kill can be a daunting task and what makes Rag hard to pug.
On the second hammer phase you have the added mobs to deal with. As a tank you have to just pick it up, deal with your son, then kill the add. That also takes a little be to get used to if the tank is new.
This is the first time that I actually wanted to write an addon that just slots people for you and spams it so they know where to go.
I still dislike Firelands quite a bit. I hope there is never another raid like this one again. I hope that Dragon Soul is more ICC or Ulduar than ToC. However, I am comfortable enough with it to take groups through it now. It will be nice to get some legendary weapons out of there.


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Interview: Los Angeles Lakers Wesley Johnson Talks About Life As A Laker, His Luxury Kick Game And Why Dwight Howard Didn't Fit As A Laker
There isn't a more cherished NBA franchise than the Los Angeles Lakers. One bad season won't break what that Purple & Gold means to the league and it's fans. Don't believe me? What other team can travel all the way to China and shut an entire airport down?—Terrence Watson (@LowerEastScribe)
"We landed at Beijing International airport at around 7 p.m. that evening and they cleared the whole airport for us," Los Angeles Laker small forward Wesley Johnson said. "I mean, it's not like this was 2 a.m. or something, it was the middle of the evening. They let us threw, we got on the bus and then they let everyone back in the airport. Me and Nick (Young) were laughing because we thought, 'this is crazy.'
VIBE: Anything else crazy happen while you were in China?
We had people outside the hotel like we were Beyonce and Jay Z. They wanted to see and meet everyone from Kobe and Pau, to Robert Sacre. I knew it was crazy to be a Laker, I just didn't know it was like this. When I was with Minnesota we played the Lakers in London. The crowd cheered for us, but the announcers couldn't even say one persons name on the Lakers during the introductions. It was too loud. I knew they get love but experiencing it was crazy. That purple and gold is crazy.
What are some of the other perks of being a Laker?
I mean there's definitely certain advantages. It's fun to go out and you don't have to worry about getting in anywhere. Or let's say your girl or your fiancé heads out somewhere crowded. She hits you up, makes a call and can get a table right away because you're a Laker. It's crazy. Lakers rule LA.
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Fingerprinting costs $10 per card and can be done any time simply by stopping by the Campus Safety office located on the main level of the Morrison Commons. The fee can be paid in cash or billed to your campus account.
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First photos: Lindy Klim gives birth to baby number four
Model and fashion designer Lindy Klim has celebrated the birth of her fourth child, a daughter named Goldie.
Klim, 39, is understood to have given birth in Melbourne, where she splits her time with her home in Bali. It's the first child for Klim and her fiance, Adam Ellis.
Lindy Klim and her partner Adam Ellis posted photos with baby Goldie on Thursday. Photo: Instagram
She has three other children, Stella, Rocco and Frankie, with Olympic swimmer Michael Klim.
On Thursday, Klim posted on Instagram: "Welcome to the world little Goldie Ellis, beautiful little sister to Stella, Rocco and Frankie."
Lindy Klim posted this photo of her daughter, Goldie, on Thursday. Photo: Instagram
Klim tagged Ellis and her daughter, Stella, in the post that showed Goldie's little feet.
On her Instagram stories, Klim posted a photo of Goldie with three of her friends, suggesting the birth took place at a Melbourne hospital.
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"I've read that the Japanese agreed to surrender days before the bomb was dropped.."
I read about the bombing once. The two bombs dropped were also part of the ongoing testing to determine effects. I am not familier with the political details before the bombings, but the literature concerning the weapon developement seems to indicate 'data collection'. Political 'object lesson' or 'demoralization', possibly motivated bt the first Japanese attact, might have felt 'just' to a few in power at the time.
"I don't want any single person ever to be able to "push the button" and generate a fuckstorm of destruction on earth.."
I do remember a conversation from HS concerning the MAD model. It was clear at the time that full nuclear exchange would just about cause our mass extinction and much of the other life on the planet. While I might understand 'why' a full exchange could be considered, I was wondering if the 'first strike/launch' country should be considered the victor, and no responce launch of weapons would be considered. This would insure, or atleast offer some degree of survival for part of the human population and biosphere. Being moralistic about the issue of 'first strike', seems to contain a Faustian bargain of extinction. A lock-out system to control any retaliation strike could be considered, but I expect that such a system would not survive the hawks on both sides. Sadly we are still the quiet victims of nutty.
I've been to a war and survived it.
Before we ban nuclear weapons, think on this: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY, a general nuclear war will result in the destruction of people who profit from war.
The profit-takers' fear of dying is our best insurance against such a war.
The religious crazies among us? Their actions require a different analysis.
@ Tom Serbeck - Spot on - people know the results if anybody started a nuclear war - and it just won't happen - Iran, nope. They know that if they dropped a bomb anywhere - Iran would no longer exist - Arms dealers know they and their families could well die, and there goes the fabulous ship they just bought. They will want to keep their money coming in from the smaller arms. It is just good for their business.
It is very big problem if the religious crazies get their hands on a nuclear bomb totally different scenario.
I would rather have 'Mutually Assured Reasonable Happiness'.
Why is it that when people argue that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary, they never bother to ask whether the entire war was necessary in the first place? Had the Japanese stayed home and conducted tea ceremonies and Zen meditation rather than invading China, New Guinea, The Philippines, and elsewhere, and had they not engaged in the various well-documented war crimes against both civilians and prisoners of war—not to mention the attack on Pearl Harbor—there would never have been a Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Would there?
@strega watched video. My running thought is yikes. I know it was written as a farce but yike. At least the prime minister thought about consequences of the red button.
Absolutely not. We bear some shame for how we handled the end of the war, they bear the BLAME for starting it.
It would likely have taken over a year and a million casualties on both sides to have invaded Japan. And while we were bogged down in that mess, the Soviet Union might have absorbed Western Europe as well as Eastern Europe.


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Crimes @ RBI
S.O.S - e - Clarion Of Dalit - monthly newspaper on web working for the rights & survival of the oppressed editor: NAGARAJ.M.R VOL.3 issue. 21 27 / 05 / 2009 Editorial : Crimes @ RBI An appeal to central information commission Ref no. RTI APPEAL via web DPG/B/2008/80341 RBI is a public authority , set up by an act of parliament. Numerous irregularities , illegalities , crimes have taken place at RBI , still it is fully covered up by those in influential positions. We requested the CPIO of RBI HQ for information as per RTI Act ( our letter dt 20th September 2008 ) about various issues concerning the activities of that institution in whole. However the CPIO OF RBI HQ through his letter no.DAPM.CO.RIA.4001/07.50.01/2008-09 dt October 03rd 2008 declined to give information citing certain ruses. ( RBI Ref no. RIA 798/2008-09 ) He has stated that some information pertains to security press , nashik & note press at mysore. True , both those institutions are fully owned subsidiaries of RBI , hence RBI is in a position to answer. Still , RBI can transfer a copy of our RTI Application to those authorities as per provisions of Sec 6(3) of RTI ACT 2005. CPIO didn't do that. One more ruse of CPIO of RBI is that , I am seeking his views / opinions on issues concerning RBI activities. He is wrong , I am seeking to know the official / legal stand of RBI regarding it's activities for example , appointment of rowdies as loan recovery agents by banks , etc. CPIO has failed to state the official stand regarding various activities of RBI. One more ruse given by CPIO of RBI is that I have raised many issues , to be specific 103 questions on various topics concerning RBI , giving information on all those diverts the resources of authorities , hence information request is denied. TRUE , information sought is many , so do the crimes @ RBI which are also many. When compared to magnitude of crimes @ RBI which is 3-4 times the entire budget outlays of Indian government to the tune of crores of rupees , the resources spent to ascertain information as per our RTI Application is just few hundreds of rupees. When compared to the money spent by RBI officials by way of TA / DA during their travel , etc, our information request resource needs are peanuts. To sum up , CPIO of RBI is hell bent to protect the criminals @ RBI lest the truth comes into open. Hereby , we request the honourable central information commission to order the RBI to give us truthful information in whole , so that justice is given to those victimized & fat criminals are sent to gallows. JAI HIND. VANDE MATARAM. Read the article "Crimes @ RESERVE BANK OF INDIA" @ http://theftinrbi.blogspot.com/ , http://theftinrbi.rediffblogs.com/ , http://theftinrbi.wordpress.com/ Your's sincerely, Nagaraj.M.R. CRIMES OF RBI & CBI & IT'S COVER-UP - An appeal to honourable supreme court of India The central bank of India Reserve Bank Of India , which is supposed to direct the fiscal policies of government of India , has failed to do so. It has enabled many looters in the garb of entrepreneurs , to swindle the exchequer to the tune of crores of rupees. The premiere investigating agency of India CBI has failed to nail the culprits. Hereby , I do request the honourable supreme court of India to treat this as a PIL application & to provide speedy justice in following cases. Read the article "Crimes @ RESERVE BANK OF INDIA" @ http://theftinrbi.blogspot.com/ , http://theftinrbi.rediffblogs.com/ , http://theftinrbi.wordpress.com/ Read the article "PF scam shame shame judges" @ http://corruptmajority.blogspot.com/ , http://corruptjudges.rediffblogs.com/ SOILED NOTE FRAUD CASE @ RBI BANGALORE - Trauma of an old man Complete case details also available at http://members.lycos.co.uk/ganapathihariram/ As per allegations of RBI management Bangalore in 1977-79 , criminal nexus of RBI employees stole Rs. 220000 from RBI Bangalore. All the banks , government treasuries in Karnataka , submit defaced / soiled currency notes to RBI Bangalore in exchange for good notes. RBI after collecting such defaced currency notes , sorts out fairly good notes which can be reissued & burns off the remaining totally defaced currency notes. All these process is done in a systematic manner. As per allegations of the management , the crime took place in the period of 1977-79 at RBI Bangalore. A nexus of employees, took away the currency bundles meant for destruction & substituted it in the place of bundles of reissuables. Charge sheet issued by RBI Bangalore office to mr.G.Hariram Staff no.3698/156/84-85 dt 1 april 1985 Amended charge sheet staff no 3798/156-84/85 dt 8 april 1985 CBI has charge sheeted 17 employees in connection with this case , case olde no. cc34/1989 new no. sc 436/1991 . the honourable 21 city additional city civil & sessions court Bangalore in it's order dated 24.01.1992 discharged 03 charge sheeted employees , as the prosecution failed to prove the charges against them. They came out clean , as they were innocents saddled with the crime done by others. One of the charge sheeted employee who turned approver for the prosecution, has given detailed account of the crime. Nowhere he has mentioned the involvement of accussed no.15 mr.G.Hariram in the crime. Even after coming out clean, mr.G.Hariram was not reinstated into service by RBI. They gave the ruse of domestic enquiry & showed contempt to the court order. On appeal, the honourable high court of Karnataka ordered RBI to review it's order with respect to mr.G.Hariram , still RBI failed to reinstate mr.G.Hariram into service , once gain showing contempt to the court of law. In India as per law , the decisions of court of law are binding on all , orders of court over rides the organisation's internal rules , service rules , etc. inspite of lack of evidences, in a whimsical manner the higher authorities of RBI , fixed some innocents as the scape goats heaped all charges against them ( against whom they had personal grudge , dislikes ). RBI repeatedly showed contempt to the court orders , dismissed the scape goat - ailing old man mr.G.Hariram from service. RBI snatched away his PF money towards the alleged loss to the bank , didn't pay his gratuity amount , salary arrears and finally he was even deprived of the pension. As a result , the old man has even lost his social prestige, dignity , his family suffered a lot & he is a mental wreck today. Why RBI authoroties are hell bent upon to send away the innocents / scape goats away from service ? why CBI didn't conduct polygraph tests of all the accussed , specifically higher officers of RBI , managers of RBI office Bangalore ? probably the scape goats were aware of the crimes master minded by higher ups & didn't co-operate with the higher ups in their crimes. So, the criminals were afraid that the scape goats will blurt out truth to the world , fixed non co-operating innocents themselves as criminals. Who will give justice to innocents like old man mr.G.Hariram & who will bell the corrupt , criminals , fat cats of RBI ? APPEAL UNDER SEC 19 (3) OF RTI ACT 2005 OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA & GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA APPLICATION FOR INFORMATION AS PER RTI ACT 2005 ( SEE RULE 22 OF RTI ACT 2005 ) FULL NAME OF THE APPLICANT : NAGARAJ.M.R. ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT : NAGARAJ.M.R., EDITOR , E-VOICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, # LIG-2 / 761, OPP WATER WORKS OFFICE, HUDCO FIRST STAGE, LAXMIKANTANAGAR, HEBBAL, MYSORE , KARNATAKA PIN – 570017. DETAILS OF DOCUMENTS / WRITTEN STATEMENTS / INFORMATION REQUIRED : HEREBY , I DO HUMBLY REQUEST YOU TO GIVE ME WRITTEN STATEMENTS / ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS - WHICH IN ITSELF ( ie answers ) ARE THE INFORMATION SOUGHT BY ME. WITH RESPECT TO CASE NO old CC34 / 1989 & NEW NO SC436/1991 AT 21 ST ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL & SESSIONS COURT BANGALORE CHARGE SHEETED OFFICER MR.G.HARIRAM RBI BANGALORE CHARGE SHEET NO staff no.3698/156/84-85 dt 01.01.1985 Amended charge sheet staff no.3798/156-84/85 dt 08.04.1985 1. Why didn't you notice the alleged crimes of 1977 , 78 & 79 till the mid of 1979 ? 2. This crime came to light only due to anonymous phone calls of good Samaritans to authorities , but not due to your inspection . is your inspection division working properly ? 3. why there is no security check up of officers during entry & exit out of premises ? 4. why there is no individual weighment , individual statement of value of bags of reissuable notes & bags of note meant for destruction , after sorting is done, why they are not tallied with total weight , value of notes issued for sorting ? 5. Immediately after noticing the crime, why did not you transfer all the employees of those sections ? 6. why did not you take steps to preserve3 & protect respective documents relating to such high profile crime ? 7. why didn't you immediately issue charge sheet to all the accussed & waited till 1983 ? 8. Why RBI has left out , so many officers ( who worked in the same sections for more period than accused officers ) from domestic enquiry ? 9. why CBI also failed to put those people in the charge sheet before the court ? 10. is it because they were in favorable terms with the vested interests ? 11. did the CBI dance to the tune of vested interests in RBI while preparing charge sheet & during investigation , instead of independent investigation ? 12. those left out probables from the charge sheet might have caused the destruction of evidences / records. During the course of domestic enquiry / court proceedings , it has been recorded that some records have been destroyed. Are not CBI & RBI responsible for destruction of evidences , aiding true criminals get away ? 13. in normal times , what is the period specified in RBI regulations for preserving old documents / records ? 14. after noticing such a high profile crime the RBI must have taken utmost care to preserve such old records for indefinite time , for producing before courts of law as & when demanded. But it didn't , why ? 15. does not this point to connivance of higher authorities of RBI , with the criminals ? 16. RBI authorities have conducted domestic mass enquiries , instead of individual enquiries , is it not detrimental to the rights of defense ? 17. RBI authorities have stated that court proceedings & domestic enquiry are independent of each other & are not binding on one another. However RBI authorities straight away took on record of domestic enquiry the court statements , evidences , but didn't honour the order of same court of law ? why this double standard by RBI ? 18. The alleged crime was committed in 1977-79, but charge sheet was framed in mid 1985 , why this long delay ? 19. didn't this facilitate the masterminds of crime to destroy , manipulate evidences ? 20. as stated before court , indeed some records , 22nd currency note packet were missing , who is responsible for it ? 21. has the CBI conducted enquiry , polygraph test of RBI higher officers - S.N.RAZDAN , W.S.SARAF , J.P.AWASTHI , J.MITRA & others , if not why ? 22. is it not due to inefficiency , negligence of duty by such high ranking managers , that such a crime occurred in RBI Bangalore ? 23. what disciplinary action RBI has taken against the inefficient , negligent higher officials ? 24. whatever internal rules an organization makes must be within the line of law. If such internal laws of the organization are violative of law , fundamental rights of employees , such internal rules become illegal. Are not the way of RBI disciplinary proceedings illegal ? 25. as per RBI pension regulations 1990 , RBI has the right to deduct any loss caused to the bank , from the pension of RBI employee if the misconduct of employee is proved in judicial proceedings . even though mr.G.Hariram came out clean from the court , why RBI has denied his pension ? 26. judicial courts of law are appellate authorities over & above , domestic enquiry committees & judicial orders supersedes the domestic enquiry proceedings. Still RBI showed contempt of court & didn't reinstate mr..G.Hariram into service , why ? 27. even if an employee's misconduct causing loss to the bank is proved , before denying him pension (towards making up loss to the bank) , previous sanction of the central board of RBI must be taken. But in mr.G.Hariram's case , pension was denied in full without taking previous sanction of the central board of RBI , is it not illegal ? 28. RBI alleged that mr..G.Hariram caused loss to the tune of Rs.14000 to the bank & recovered it from his provident fund dues. There was nothing left over to recover , still RBI completely denied pension to mr.G.Hariram , why ? 29. ideally, domestic enquiry findings / disciplinary actions should be completed first , then the employee can appeal to appropriate court of law. In mr.G.Hariram's case , CBI & RBI failed to prove the charges in court of law , as a result court discharged him from the charges. To cover-up it's failures RBI management dragged domestic enquiry much beyond court orders date & gave findings indicting mr..G.Hariram. does the enquiry officer of domestic enquiry think that he is over & above the court of law ? is it not illegal & contempt of court ? 30. ideally , RBI authorities should have appealed to higher court against lower court order discharging mr.G.Hariram from charges. But it was not done , why ? 31. did the RBI pay interim relief to mr.G.Hariram , during suspension period ? 32. the undue delay in filing charge sheet , consequent destruction of key evidences , dishonour / contempt of court orders , undue haste in giving findings , dismissal , denial of of pension without central board's sanction , all point towards criminals within RBI higher management. What disciplinary action has been taken against J.P.AWASTHI, S.N.RAZDAN,J.MITRA, W.SARAF & others ? if not why ? 33. why charge sheet was amended? Is it legal ? 34. did the charge sheet was amended to falsely implicate mr..G.Hariram , by including cancelled note vault in the charge sheet ? 35. does not this itself show that it is not statement of actual happenings / facts , but a cunning ploy to mislead investigation towards fixed innocents from actual criminals ? 36. is it true that that only 5% of sample inspection is done out of bundled verified defective note packets ? 37. is not the conduct of joint / mass enquiries of all charge sheeted officers illegal ? 38. how come such an important evidence 22nd note packet went missing ? 39. is it because it may point towards real criminals ? 40. as per the statement of management witness / inspection head / expert mr.vijendra rao , the notes of earlier dates have been removed from packets made into new bundles , right ? 41. as per his statement , entire certificates , seals of some asst treasurers are there , who didn't work at all on that day is not it ? 42. does not it show that some body else was misusing the seals , putting some innocents seals over the notes ? 43. does it not show that , crime has taken place at verification section ? 44. does it not show involvement of some asst treasurers ? 45. why asst treasurers have not been charge sheeted ? 46. why inspection of RBI Bangalore office was not done between 1975 & 1979 ? 47. is it not true that you failed to produce all records showing internal inspection / audits , during domestic enquiry & court proceedings ? 48. your expert mr.vijendra rao has stated that some seal marks are smudged , he has stated some seal marks appears to be so & so. He has clearly nowhere stated that this seal mark is exactly this , so he himself is not 100% sure ? 49. your expert nowhere said that 100% sure this seal mark is this , on that day this seal was issued to mr.G.Hariram , isn't it ? 50. your expert says during 1975 , he didn't notice3 any fraud. However approver says fraud was there before mid 1977 also. Why no action has been taken ? 51. why you didn't produce all records of all persons , who have specifically worked in alleged sections , the registers of those departments with daily activity report containing seal nos , packet nos , bag nos , etc ? 52. are not their chances of some criminals putting the seal marks of innocent officers over the notes , bundles , bags , etc ? 53. your expert is not 100% sure of seal mark , your records are not there to prove the presence of charge sheeted officers in the alleged sections , neither your expert nor your records are 100% sure on what date , at what stage , by whom crime was committed , isn't it ? 54. is not the charge sheet amounting to higher ups picking up officers they dislike & falsely implicating them ? 55. is it not cunning ploy of higher ups to divert attention from original criminals ? 56. why no action was taken against currency officer of 1977-79 mr.J.Mitra ? why his pension , super annuation benefits were not withheld ? 57. what is your justification , supporting evidence , records for picking up only three officers including mr.G.Hariram for legal prosecution and leaving the majority of probables ? 58. why you have dropped charges against five asst treasurers ? why you didn't even conduct domestic enquiry against them , let alone legal prosecution ? 59. Is it RBI's & CBI's way of fair play & justice ? 60. as inly 5% sampling of verified note bundles are done , there are more possibilities of rebundled packets getting unnoticed in relaxed 95% lot , isn't it ? 61. you have left out so many officers who worked in those sections, some of whom even became management witnesses , instead of being charge sheeted by the management, is it fair play & legal ? 62. who are the bank employees , from whom you have recovered the alleged bank loss of Rs.220000 ? 63. were all of them charge sheeted , enquired , legally prosecuted , dismissed & their pension , gratuity withheld ? 64. you don't have any internal statuotary records to prove that mr.G.Hariram worked in those departments , except a currency officer's office note dated just on the eve of charge sheet years after the alleged crime ? does it not prove that this note has been concocted just to fix mr.G.Hariram ? 65. where as you have records of other officials attendance in those departments , but not charge sheeted them why ? 66. three officers of staff grade A daily work in three sections out of 40 officers , why you have picked up only mr.G.Hariram , out of 1095 working days , he has worked for only 223 days in those sections , still those officers who worked for more days in those sections are not charge sheeted why ? the approver , the management expert witness , shift registers , V2 registers , Destruction certificates , Form CD 55 , etc , nobody , no records were able to say on what date , at what stage , by whom crime took place , also they were unable to say on what date at what stage crime was committed by mr.G.Hariram ? is it not futile imagination , cunning ploy of RBI higher authorities to fix innocent Mr.G.Hariram ? 67. the management expert witnesses said , the most probable place of crime is punching / Cancelled Note Vault , incinerator , where asst treasurers were joint custodians . they were not enquired & let off why ? 68. the charge sheet alleges extraction / substitution of defaced note packets. Where as the management expert witness say substitution of defaced notes only ? is not there difference between loss of one number of note & 100 number of notes ? 69. as per the normal course of duty , staff officers does not count notes in each bundles , but they just count the number of bundles only. Is not there chances of inserted note bundles or bundles containing less number of notes going unnoticed ? is it not the failure of statuotary system of work practices ? 70. does not all these prove higher authorities of RBI & CBI were hell bent to fix mr.G.Hariram & to shield the original criminals ? Questions with respect to other cases : 71. how do you monitor the work of bank officials nominated as directors of companies which have availed bank loans ? 72. how do you monitor the work of companies , in which banks have invested ? 73. how do you monitor the rapid wealth growth of certain bank officials , who work in shares investment / equity funds section , etc ? 74. inspite of project reports by bank officials , over assessment of collateral securites / value of debtor companies by bank officials , the loans become NPAs & full value cann't be realized in the market by selling off the assets of debtor companies also. In such cases , what action is taken against erring bank officials who collude with criminal industrialists for availing higher amount of loan than permissible ? 75. give bankwise specific figures of NPAs. 76. give names of industrial groups / promoters whose companies have become NPAs , so that public can be aware of them , before investing in new companies promoted by them. 77. is not collection of loan from debtors of bank through rowdies / recovery agents , illegal ? 78. why not criminal complaints filed against bank mangers for aiding , abetting rowdism , murdering people ? 79. if your method of employing rowdies to collect loans of Rs.10000 from commoners is right , what would you do to a promoter of a debtor company to recover loans of crores of rupees , supari killing ? but debtors of crores of rupees is let off coolly by banks , why ? 80. what is the exact amount of loss caused to the exchequer by karim lala telgi who printed fake stamp papers ? 81. what action has been taken against those involved ? 82. have you taken action against all those mentioned by telgi during narco analysis test , if not why ? is it because they are powerful & bigwigs ? 83. how you are controlling the illegal finance activities , money lending by individuals , pawn brokers & chit fund companies ? 84. how you are monitoring the receipt of public donations , foreign donations by many NGOs ? 85. how many erring NGOs , chit fund companies , pawn brokers , individuals you have booked for illegal finance activities ? Questions relating to RBI CURRENCY NOTE PRESS MYSORE 86. who were responsible for selling the good printing machine at security press nasik to scamster karim lala telgi as scrap ? 87. who recruited the candidates below merit rankings in R.B.I for what criminal roles ? 88. how many irregularities have taken place in R.B.I till date ? 89. who is responsible for installing, operating & supervising the security set-up in R.B.I ? 90. how the raw materials ie number of paper sheets, ink, etc are accounted for in inward stores & while issuing for printing ? 91. how wastages, scrap of ink , papers , etc in the printing process are accounted for? 92. How the finished goods ie currency notes are accounted for ? 93. Who keeps physical figures & possession of goods, inventory of all the above? 94. How the scrap paper is disposed off ? 95. From security angle who keeps track from start till dispatch ? 96. Give me the merit ranking list of all candidates for the post of stores assistant in BRBNMPL in the year 1995-96 ? 97. give me the merit ranking list of all candidates for the post of process assistant at BRBNMPL in the year 1996 ? 98. give me the merit ranking list of all candidates for the post of process assistants & maintenance assistants at BRBNMPL in the year 1996-1998 ? 99. is not RBI & BRBNMPL authorities created by statuotary laws , fully funded by public money ie from government exchequer ? 100. still why BRBNMPL & RBI refused to answer my previous information request as per RTI Act ? are you afraid that skeletons will come out of cubboard ? 101. what action initiated against the SBI branch Bangalore & SBI Overseas branch for loss of cheque / draft amounting to crores of rupees ? if not why ? 102. give me specific figures bank wise with respect to loss caused to the bank by loss of cheques or demand drafts , etc ? 103. how RBI is containing crimes of loss of cheques / DDs causing huge losses to the banks to the tune of crores of rupees ? YEAR TO WHICH ABOVE PERTAINS : MAJORITY OF DOCUMENTS PERTAINS TO YEAR 1988 onwards . SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE DATED BACK TO 1947. FEES PAID : IPO NO 63E 318935 FOR RUPEES TEN ONLY Favouring CPIO RBI HQ MUMBAI PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FROM WHOM THE INFORMATION IS REQUIRED : V.S.DAS , CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER , O/O HONOURABLE GOVERNOR, RBI HQ , CENTRAL OFFICE , AMAR BUILDING , P.M.MARG ,MUMBAI-400001. Date : 01.11.2008 Your's sincerely, Place : Mysore Nagaraj.M.R. FINANCE SCAMS IN INDIA & 5-STAR LEADERS WITH BEGGING BOWL In " mysooru mithra" a kannada daily dated 15/06/2005, the editor has written about a copy of the complaint made by Transparency International India-Bangalore to central vigilance commission of india. In indian banks , there is a strange practice that whenever a cheque is put before the clearing house by a bank, the clearing house sends that cheque to the service branch of bank paying. The service branch then sends that cheque to the appropriate bank branch for deduction of cash from the cheque account. In this travel , if the cheque is lost or misplaced midway, the service branch pays out of it's suspense account to the cash collecting bank. Logically, afterwards the service branch must initiate a thorough inquiry, get authentication from both persons one who gave cheque & other who collected cheque. Finally, the money must be transferred from the account of cheque giver to the suspense account. However , upto 1997 two branches of state bank of india in bangalore & overseas branch sufferred from frequent loss of cheques totally amounting to RUPEES THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED CRORE. In all cases of cheque loss the bank has paid out of suspense account, totally amounting to Rs.3200 crore. However the bank has not initiated any enquiry to recover that amount from the cheque givers. In the 1997 internal audit report of the bank itself , this has been clearly pointed out. Till date, even the central vigilance commission has not initiated any action about it. A member of central vigilance commission happens to be ex-chairman of state bank of india. It is just an instance of two branches of SBI, what about hundreds of branches of SBI, what about thousands of branches of other public sector,private sector & co-operative banks. It is fraud,fraud,fraud all the way. Few months back to cover-up the crimes of global trust bank ( GTB) , it was taken over by oriental bank of commerce ( OBC). While sanctioning a loan of just Rs.10000 to a common man , he has to comply with lengthy legalities. If he defaults, bankers breath down his neck, bankers send rowdies in the form of recovery agents to humiliate the common man & his properties are auctioned-off, finally all dues to the last penny are recovered. In most of the cases bankers even force the defaulters to commit suicide. However influential persons easily gets loans amounting to hundreds of crores of rupees, coolly defaults, siphons-off the funds & shuts his shop. No recovery at all , just it becomes a non- performing asset (NPA) in the bank ledger. The total NPAs of all public sector banks is more than Rs.80000 crore. This burden is spead over the crores of hapless indians. The government takes pride in murdering forest brigand veerappan. The ill-gotten wealth of veerappan is not even pea nuts before this huge amount. Remember past finance scams – MS SHOES, HAWALA, HARSHAD MEHTA SHARE SCAM, KETAN PAREKH SHARE SCAM, UTI, etc. totally in all these scams billions of dollars of public money have gone to the coffers of criminals. These scamsters put veerappan to shame in their turnover. However the government is not even exhibiting a fraction of it's ELIMINATE VEERAPPAN DRIVE against these scamsters, why? In india, both central & state government tax/ revenue officials are neck deep in corruption. By, taking bribe they make lower assessment of income, gains, etc & spare businessmen from the tax payment. The government in return for favours received from lobbies, gives tax exemptions to them at it's sweet will. All these scams & it's cover-ups are insider jobs. The government is not interested to collect, recover it's own monies amounting to billions of billions of dollars every year. However our 5-star leaders living at the expense of tax-payers, go-on foreign jaunts with a begging bowl for a few lakhs of dollars. What a shame? More than 50 billion indians are barely surviving on a single meal per day & hundreds are dying due to starvation, billions don't even have basic necessities of life. If the government even just collects a fraction of it's dues from scamsters, defaulting industrialists – people won't die of hunger in india. Has this enlightened our thick skinned netas ? AN APPEAL TO Mr.P.CHIDAMBARAM UNION FINANCE MINISTER GOVERNMENT OF INDIA An age old saying – AS THE KING SO DOES THE SUBJECTS. In india various financial scams, crimes & it's cover-ups have taken place amounting to billions of billions of dollars have taken place, made possible , just due to the involvement of the king – the netas & government officials themselves in the shameful act – the crime. The tax officials are utterly corrupt, the wards of these officials spend double their pappa's salary just during weekends. Now, realise their financial might. These ill-gotten wealth is destabilising our economy & might have even found it's way into the hands of underworld, terorrists. INDIA WILL BE DEFEATED FROM CRIMINAL FORCES WITHIN LIKE THIS NOT FROM THE EXTERNAL FORCES. Hereby, the HRW urges you to make public: 1. the financial worth of finance minister to tax official at circle level, on annual basis including his spouse's worth & property details. 2. to make public the NPAs, losses & monies under litigation by both private & public sector banks annually. 3. to make public measures taken to recover these monies. 4. to publish annual accounts with complete details of discretionary funds allotted to the defence ministry, president, prime minister, chief ministers , governors & intelligence agencies. 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So, yes, I've reached the sleeves on my latest attempt at OWLS. They might be dragging.
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Parkinson disease is a degenerative disease of the nervous system. It gradually decreases motor abilities. Signs and symptoms of Parkinson disease include tremors, weakness, loss of balance and decreased ability to walk. These changes make patients more vulnerable to falls and further injury. Although the disease affects the nerves, muscle conditioning and balance work through exercise may delay functional impairments in people with Parkinson disease.
Researchers from Oregon investigated whether a particular style of exercise, Tai Chi, is effective at improving balance and function in patients with Parkinson disease. The trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that Tai Chi was associated with improved balance.
This randomized trial included 195 patients with Parkinson disease with average age 69 years old. The patients were randomly assigned to one of three exercise groups for 24 weeks. Participants were assigned to Tai Chi classes, resistance training, or stretching for 60 minutes twice per week. At six months, Tai Chi was associated with:
Randomized control trials are considered some of the most reliable forms of research. This trial design allows researchers to control for other factors that may affect the outcome and compare treatment choices with other options. This study was particularly well done and took many steps to ensure reliable results. In addition, Tai Chi has been shown effective to help balance and basic conditioning in people with other health conditions, making these results even more likely.
Tai Chi is an exercise program that includes strengthening, stretching, postural stability, and balance work. Its focus on functional movement as well as its gentle approach may make it an ideal program for people with neurological challenges. Other exercises may also help improve strength and endurance but Tai Chi may have a particular benefit of helping to decrease falls as well. Talk to your doctor or therapist about which exercise programs or combination of programs may be best for you.
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Li F, Harmer P, Fitzgerald K, et al. Tai chi and postural stability in patients with Parkinson's disease.N Engl J Med. 2012 Feb 9;366(6):511-9.
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