Wednesday 12 September 2012

Working more than 8 Hrs a Day ups Heart risk


Working more than eight hours a day raises the risk of heart disease by up to 80 per cent, a new study has revealed.

Researchers said that long working hours could be condemning thousands of employees to heart attacks and strokes.

The warning follows analysis of 12 studies dating back as far as 1958, involving a total of 22,000 people from around the world.

The analysis, by scientists at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, found that those whose working days that were longer than the traditional eight hours had a 40 to 80 per cent greater chance of heart disease.

The size of the increase varied depending on how each study was carried out.

The effects were more pronounced when participants were asked how long they worked for - but when researchers closely monitored working hours, the increased risk of heart disease was closer to 40 per cent.

Lead researcher Dr Marianna Virtanen said the effects could be due to "prolonged exposure to stress."

Other triggers could be poor eating habits and lack of exercise due to restricted leisure time.

Middle-aged workers putting in 55 hours or more a week had poorer brain function than those clocking up no more than 40 hours, with lower scores on tests to measure intelligence, short-term memory and word recall.

Britons work some of the longest hours in Europe, with full-time employees averaging 42.7 a week.

Those in Germany typically work for 42 hours, while Danes do 39.1.

It estimated that more than five million people a year in Britain work unpaid extra hours to hang on to their jobs.

But the long-term toll on workers' health could be devastating, the new research suggests.

"There are several potential mechanisms that may underlie the association between long working hours and heart disease," the Daily Mail quoted Dr Virtanen as saying in a report on the findings.

In addition to prolonged exposure to psychological stress, she said other triggers could be raised levels of the stress hormone cortisol, poor eating habits and lack of physical activity due to restricted leisure time.


Source : The Times of India

Book : Useful information to IPs / ASPs


Dear IPs/ASPs……all over India

‘USEFUL INFORMATION TO IPs/ASPOs’
a book by Shri.P. Karunanithy,ASP (HQ),Karaikudi Division, Karaikudi 630 003 - TN.
Mobile No. 094433 29681

        Shri. P. Karunanithy, ASPOs, Madurai North Sub Division Madurai 625002 has written the book ‘USEFUL INFORMATION TO IPs/ASPOs’ and the book was published by the All India Association of Inspectors & ASPs, Tamilnadu Circle. This book was supplied to all IPs/ASPOs in Tamilnadu Circle free of cost and the cost was borne by the Association. 

        The author, having gained valuable experience at various capacities, utilized his experience in a better way by compiling these rules and procedures. In short, this work will remain as a complete guide on rules and procedures, which our cadre needs. It has to be treasured.     

The book was got appreciation from the IPs/ASPOs in Tamilnadu Circle and Postal side trade union leaders. A complete study of fraud – a new subject is added to this book which is very useful guidance for IP/ASP.
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        This book will be supplied to the willing officials by registered post. It is requested that Rs. 80/- (Eighty only) being the cost of the book and registration charges may be remitted by Money order to ‘Shri. T.Suresh, Flat No. F2, Moovendar second street,Tiruvalluvar Street, Madurai Reserve Lines, Madurai 14 625014
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by TNIPASP Association.

Negative List Updation Patch - Updated upto 31/08/2012 Dated (11/09/2012)



Negative List Updation Patch - Updated upto 31/08/2012
This patch file updates the negative list available in Sanchay Post software. To confirm updation, use the "Database Discrepancies >> NSC >> Details of Negative List Updation" option available in DBAnalyzer software.
The file 'NL_20120831.exe' should be copied to DBAnalyzer folder and executed after completion of day's transactions. This will update the negative list upto 31/08/2012  in Sanchay Post.(Corrections received upto 30/08/2012)

In addition to Negative List, updations relating to PINCODE details are also done in the database. Hence, execution of this patch will take longer than the usual updation time. System Administrators should ensure that the server is not switched off till successful execution of the patch.

Downloadable from FTP site of PTC, Mysore.
Email issues related to this software to sblansupport@hotmail.com

Software Development Centre
O/o the Chief Postmaster General
Tamilnadu Postal Circle
Chennai - 600002
Phone: 044-65850861

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Determination of Seniority of Direct Recruits


Determination of Seniority of Direct Recruits


Minister of Persmin Shri.V.Narayanasamy informed in Lok Sabha on 22nd August, 2012 regarding the subject of seniority of gazetted officers in Central Services and Central Paramilitary Forces.

Written reply was submitted by the Minister to the above question, The seniority of officers in Central services is fixed as per provisions of statutory recruitment rules applicable to the post. In other cases instructions issued vide this Department’s O.M. dated 11.11.2010 will apply.

1. In central para military forces, the relative seniority of all direct recruits is determined by the order of merit in which they are selected for such appointment on the recommendation of the UPSC or other selecting authority; persons appointed as a result of an earlier selection being senior to those appointed as a result of a subsequent selection.

2. The seniority of Assistant Commandants(Direct entry) is being fixed as per the following norms:-

i. Inter-se seniority of directly appointed Assistant Commandants is determined by adding together the marks obtained by them in the recruitment test and the basic professional courses in the ratio of 50:50.

ii. Where promotions are made on the basis of selection by a DPC, the seniority of such promote shall be in the order in which they are recommended for such promotion by the Departmental Promotion Committee.

iii. Seniority of Assistant Commandants appointed through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) is as per the merit given by selecting authority.

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SQL Server Database Marked Suspect Recovery - SQL


SQL Server database can become marked suspect for several reasons, therefore regular database backup is mandatory. 
Possible causes include: 

1. Denial of access to a database resource by the operating system

2. Anti-virus/3rd party software blocking access

3. The hardware/network issue or corruption of database file(s)
Prior to resetting the status, the database file issue should be resolved. First check error logs and Event Viewer for related messages. If logs offer no help, then one way of resolution: create an empty database, copy over the damaged database files and restart the server. The (copied over) database may come up in the suspect mode. 

The recovery methods below are last resort only. At minimum the server should be rebooted (Windows restart - hardboot), if possible at all, a database copy should be created. If backup files exist, point-in-time recovery is preferred to emergency repair.

The following script resets the status of the database and checks the database for integrity.

-- Check suspect state (status) of all databases
SELECT DBName=NAME, [Status]=state_desc
FROM master.sys.databases
WHERE state_desc='SUSPECT'
------------                      
-- SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 - Recover database suspect sql server
USE master;
GO

EXEC sp_resetstatus 'CopyOfAdventureWorks2008';
GO
USE CopyOfAdventureWorks2008;

DBCC CHECKDB WITH NO_INFOMSGS;
GO