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Wildfires continue to threaten homes in West.
BY P.J. HELLER | BOISE, Idaho | August 8, 2007
Firefighters in Montana were hoping for favorable weather conditions Wednesday to gain ground on a wildfire threatening some 1,500 homes in the resort community of Seeley Lake.
In California, meantime, the Zaca wildfire grew to more than 72,000 acres but winds pushed it away from the Santa Barbara County mountain communities that it has been threatening. More than 800 people remain evacuated and road closures on Highway 154 remain in place. The fire, being fought by more than 2,300 firefighters, was 68 percent contained. The fire has been burning since July 4.
At Seeley Lake, the forecast called for cooler temperatures, cloud cover and air inversions, all of which would help in the battle to contain the Jocko Lakes blaze burning since Friday. The fire is about 33 miles northeast of Missoula. It has burned 18,000 acres was 10 percent contained.
Some 675 homes in the area remain evacuated. One home has been destroyed and another home and a commercial building have been damaged.
The fire was one of 13 reported burning throughout the state. A similar number of fires was reported in Idaho.
The Chippy Creek fire, at more than 50,000 acres, was the largest wildfire burning in Montana. It was located about 24 miles north of Thompson Falls and was 5 percent contained. About 50 homes remain evacuated.
The 44,000-acre Ahorn blaze burning 30 miles west of Augusta was just 2 percent contained. The fire, which was threatening some 162 homes and has prompted evacuations, was caused by lightning on July 11.
Elsewhere in Montana, 240 homes were briefly evacuated south of Billings after a 150-acre wildfire was sparked by a 12-year-old playing with fireworks. No homes were reported damaged.
Other evacuations were ordered for residents in the Darby area threatened by the 500-acre Tin Cup fire. The fire was reported two miles from the town and was 30 percent contained. Evacuation orders also remained in place for homes threatened by the Sawmill Complex of three fires burning 22 miles southeast of Missoula. That fire has burned more than 14,000 acres since it was started by lightning July 15.
In Idaho, the Cascade Complex fire, which grew to nearly 70,000 acres since it started July 17, was 30 percent contained. The East Zone complex of three fires northwest of McCall was at 55,042 acres with containment remaining at 15 percent. The fire has been burning since July 6. Full containment was expected Aug. 30.
The National Interagency Fire Center said a total of 40 large wildfires were burning across the West. More than 835,000 acres have been burned.
Elsewhere, a fire burning in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has forced more evacuations. The blaze, about 61 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie, has grown to nearly 16,000 acres and forced more than 200 people from their homes. The fire was 20 percent contained.
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A nun arrives home, perhaps after church, her habit a pastel blue contrasts with the warm colours of Florence's walls.
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Of all the sculpture in Florence, this is my favourite. The skill of the the artist, Giambologna, is superb, I never tire of looking at it, the folds in Nessus' skin, the musclature, the hair. A masterpiece.
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A' Design Award and Competition is pleased to announce that the design project i.Dummy by Winswin Ltd has been announced as a winner of the Golden A' Design Award in Engineering Design Competition Category.
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Winswin Ltd, the lead designer of the award winning Engineering work i.Dummy demonstrated "The i.Dummy project was conceived 5 years ago by Dr. Allan C.K.Chan of the Institute of Textiles & Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This was done as dummies are vitally used in the fashion industry for design and fitting and they are often available in single size and shape. Even when they are billed as a certain size, their shape and physical profiles can be variedly different. Coupled with various differences of many ethnicities, the finding of a dummy that can adequately represent the "person" has remains difficult." Learn more about the award winning design: https://competition.adesignaward.com/design.php?ID=36778
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i. Dummy was designed by The designer/inventor: Dr. Allan C.K. Chan. , The designer/inventor(mechatronics): Dr. Steven Peng , The designer/inventor(software advice) : Dr. A. Luximon , General Manager: Ms. Kylie Chan, Project Manager: Mr. Gordon Wong, and Mechanical Engineer: Mr. Simon Wong
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FM Story: FC United – Chapter 2 – The Time to Play
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.1st chapter: Ian arrives at Manchester'
After 21 games in charge, half-way through the main season, Ian Martin's FC United lie in 1st place. They have won 13 games so far using Ian's 4-4-1-1 formation tactic, drawing seven and losing just one. This is an impressive place to be in as the Christmas period draws closer and with four points behind FC United and 2nd placed Altrincham, things are looking good for the Spaniard's side. They've conceded just fifteen goals, the best record in the division, scoring 38, the second best for goals scored.
Halambiec and George Thomson have been FC United's top scorers up until this point, with the Polish midfielder scoring thirteen and the Englishman up front netting an impressive twelve. Perry Cotton, Louis Rowley and Callum Harris lead the way with assists, with Cotton bagging 6 and the other two picking up five. Goalkeeper Tom Bradley has received the lowest average rating so far this season, whilst David Ferguson and Mateusz Halambiec have the highest. The team's morale is high and nearly all of the players have been impressing in their last five games.
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Ian Martin had a complete shakeup in terms of the squad, believing that there was a lot of dead-weight and players who were not going to make the cut. The more high profile transfers saw Jerome Wright leave on a free to Brackley, whilst Dale Tonge transferred to Harrogate. What Ian Martin did do, however, was bring a number of high quality players into the club. The most noteworthy was the £24,000 signing of Mateusz Halambiec from Morpeth, and the arrival of David Ferguson from Shildon on a free transfer. Additionally, Ian managed to secure the loans of Reece Webb-Foster from Bradford and Kane Lewis from Liverpool.
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After signing for FC United for £24,000 in July, Mateusz Halambiec has become an integral part of the team. After making 26 appearances, he has scored 13 goals and picked up 3 assists as the centre-midfielder has greatly impressed both the boss and the fans in the first half of the season. He has some good all-round stats, with an impressive set of physicals and some good technical and mental stats for a sixth-tier player.
Player To Watch: George Thomson
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#3 – This impressive team goal, finished by Jason Gilchrist.
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#1 – Beautiful team passing play, Halambiec's first goal for the club.
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Government Assures Service Chiefs
Following a meeting of the three service chiefs with the members of the Sixth Pay Commission on Friday, Defence Minister AK Antony asked the Army, Navy, and the Air Force to submit a list of their anomalies which can then be discussed with the Finance Ministry.
Antony was also present at the hour-long meeting, which was attended by Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major and Vice Chiefs of Army and Navy, besides Defence Secretary Vijay Singh.
The meeting, held at Antony's insistence, was the result of two rounds of presentations made by the armed forces before the Defence Minister pointing out anomalies in the pay commission report and demanding more salaries for soldiers and increase in allowances.
At the meeting, Air Chief Marshal Major, speaking on behalf of all three wings of armed forces, made a strong plea for increasing the special pay for soldiers below officer ranks to Rs 3,000 from Rs 1,000 as recommended by the pay commission.
Pay commission officials said the ''existing edge'' of armed forces personnel over their civilian counterparts had ''not only been maintained, but also suitably enhanced''. The concept of ''military service pay'' (MSP), under which Rs 6,000 per month will be given to officers up to Brigadiers and Rs 1,000 to jawans, NCOs and JCOs, for instance, will help in enhancing the edge. In fact, said the commission officials, 61% of the expenditure of the new recommendations will accrue to armed forces, which constitute 40% of the total number of central government employees, apart from the Railways.
Nonsense, say the armed forces. ''We are not looking for an 'edge' over our civilian counterparts. We want compensation for the hardships of our service lives. Moreover, there should be parity of pay for the length of service between IAS and armed forces officers,'' said an officer.
Added another, ''We owe it to the soldiers we command that they be given at least Rs 3,000 as MSP. It's actually unfair that officers will get Rs 6,000, while all the other ranks will get only Rs 1,000. The MSP should be graded.''
Overall, the armed forces want at least a 40% hike over what has been proposed by the pay commission to ''attract and retain talent'' in their fold.
(Based on reports published in Times of India and Indian Express on 05/04/08)
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- Anonymous7:55 PM
the service chiefs are up in arms for their men...good most certainly, but what about the veterans who toiled hard to win kargil, or for that matter even the 1971 war with pakistan. why should they not take up the cause of pensioners, who look upto the service chiefs to fight their cause. i hope someone is listening.ReplyDelete
Bidyut Chatterjee
There is one Antony to listen to complaints of Armed Forces. There is one Shivaraj Patil for IPS lobby. What about we people ? Go the following link and see how we are cheated by spc. Reading shocking news about spc in the following link.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:36 PM
A FRESH and potentially crippling round of exodus has hit the army, which is already facing a severe shortage of officers. Dozens of officers have sought premature release from service, and a larger number plan to do the same. All are apparently disappointed with the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. South Block sources told Hindustan Times that 69 middle-rung officers have initiated paperwork to quit since March 24, when the pay panel submitted its report to the government. "This is the tip of the iceberg. We have feedback that hordes of lieutenant colonels and colonels are queu-ing up to quit. The pay panel is the villain of the piece," a senior officer said. The army is already short of 11,153 officers, and the recent developments have made its worst fears come true. Infantry battalions are facing an unprecedented officer crunch and the situation is likely to worsen now. A standard infantry unit is supposed to have 23 officers but units are making do with just 12-14 officers in operational areas, and less than 10 elsewhere. The commanding officer of an infantry battalion said, "Desperate measures were being taken to shore up units. Nine newly commissioned lieutenants were sent to my battalion to make up for the officer shortage. But it hardly helped because they were not trained to lead a company-level force in operations." These units require middle-rung officers who have done specialist courses and form the backbone of the army's fighting force. WHY m The pay panel has recommended only a 13-15 per cent hike in take-home packages of Major to Brigadier ranks. The defence minister has assured that corrections would be sought in the pay panel report. But officers planning to quit say they can't wait.ReplyDelete
A major, who plans to quit, told Hindustan Times, "I was undecided on whether to quit or not. I have now made up my mind. There's a growing sense of despondency among my colleagues."
The army can turn down requests for premature release. But Lieutenant General H.S. Bagga, a former director general (personnel) and co-author of A.V Singh. Committee report on restructuring the officer cadre, said: "Even if the army does not release them, the big question is how will it keep them motivated?"
Defence Minister A.K. Antony has assured the service chiefs, who have met him twice since March 24 over the stingy proposals, that the ministry would push for corrections in the pay panel's report to meet the aspirations of soldiers.
But desperate officers are running out of patience and scrambling for alternative ca-reers. The take-home package of major to brigadier has gone up by just 13-15 per cent, officers said. "We have got peanuts. A large number of those who still join the army would do so only if they have been rejected in the civilian domain. The trend will seri-ously undermine the quality of military's human capital and threaten its operational ef-fectiveness," a senior officer said.
The pay panel, however, has defended its proposals saying that the armed forces have been given their due. The military has now proposed a 40-60 per cent increase over the hike suggested by the panel, though initially it had suggested a fourfold increase. A lieu-tenant colonel, who is quitting, said, "I have no time to wait for the government to con-stitute the Seventh Pay Commission 10 years hence."
The navy and air force, which are facing a shortage of 1,403 and 1,368 officers respec-tively, are also keeping a track of developments triggered by the pay panel's report.
A Report from Hindustan Times-08/04/08 [DEEPAK THAKUR]
- Anonymous2:55 PM
65 army officers quit after pay panel reportReplyDelete
Mon, Apr 7 10:10 PM
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Unhappy with a pay panel's recommendation, 65 officers of the Indian Army have put in their papers in last two weeks, an official said Monday.
'Sixty-five officers of the army has resigned since the Sixth Pay Commission's report (submitted) on March 24,' a senior defence official told IANS.
'The officers have sought a voluntary retirement and their applications will have to be processed before approval,' added the officer, who did not wish to be identified.
Most of them are of the colonel and lieutenant colonel ranks.
The large number of resignations in a span of just two weeks have come at a time the army is facing a shortage of 11,200 officers. Earlier, around 3,000 mid-level commanders had sought voluntary retirement to move to the lucrative private sector.
There has been a large-scale resentment among the rank and files of the armed forces over what they see as disparity between them and civil officers.
The officers' representatives had a meeting with members of the Pay Commission April 4.
India's military chiefs had April 1 met Defence Minister A.K. Antony to covey their disappointment over the pay scale recommendations.
Led by the Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, who is chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, the Indian Army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor and the Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major met Antony in his South Block office and submitted their memorandum against the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
This was the second such meeting in a week, with the service chiefs having met the minister March 27.
The defence ministry has now decided to take up the grievances of the forces with the Anomalies Committee of the finance ministry.
The pay commission, headed by former Supreme Court Justice B.N. Srikrishna, has recommended a 40 percent across-the-board pay hike for armed forces personnel, doubling their allowances and military service pay (MSP) for officers up to the rank of brigadier and equivalent, as also for PBORs.
Apart from pushing the case for PBORs, the forces had pointed out that after taking into account taxes and other deductions, the wage hike in real terms would amount to only 20 percent.
Then, the demand for parity of armed forces personnel with civilian employees has not been addressed, the memorandum says.
The recommendations translate into a take-home package - before tax - of Rs.25,760 for officers at the entry level of lieutenants and equivalent and rising to a maximum of Rs.65,090 for lieutenant generals and their equivalents.
The vice chiefs of the three services and army commanders and equivalents - also three-star officers - will get a fixed salary of Rs.80,000 per month.
In the case of PBORs, the commission has recommended that at the entry level, sepoys (privates) and their equivalents receive a minimum of Rs.7,860, rising to a maximum of Rs.40,600 for subedar majors and their equivalents.
The commission has also recommended military service pay of Rs.6,000 for officers up to the level of brigadier and equivalent and of Rs.1,000 for PBORs.
The recommendations will entail additional annual expenditure of Rs.63.86 billion ($1.5 billion) in the defence sector, the commission said in its report. It also said the exchequer would stand to save Rs.18 billion if its other recommendations are implemented.
@ 'Sixty-five officers of the army has resigned since the Sixth Pay Commission's report (submitted) on March 24,' a senior defence official told IANS.ReplyDelete
Let them return their free of cost BSc degree's , MTech's, Flying licenses before leaving defence.
Officer's don't think you are PBOR who can leave after their engagement.
PBOR's join as metric pass and leave like that only they don't take Free degrees like officers.
i have been telling people that we in army should get tax concessions,liberal allowances for extra and temporary duties.ReplyDelete
double the NPA.
surgeons and other busy specialist should be paid extra for thier call duties and after hour operations.
superspecialist deserve more pay than these secretories.
is any body listening.
With the armed forces and IPS officers voicing their unhappiness over the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, the government on Tuesday set up a high-level committee to look into their grievances.ReplyDelete
The Finance Ministry on Tuesday constituted a three-member committee comprising Finance Secretary D Subbarao, Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and Defence Secretary Vijay Singh to look into the modifications suggested by these forces.
The committee has been asked to submit its report within two months, official sources said on Tuesday.
The government's step comes in the wake of dismayed officers meeting Congress party President Sonia Gandhi to air their grievances on the Pay Commission's recommendations.
The three Defence Service Chiefs have submitted proposals to the Defence Minister saying that the armed forces have not got fair treatment from the Pay Commission.
The three Services Chiefs submitted detailed modification proposals to the government seeking redressal in stagnation being faced by officers of the rank of Majors and Colonels in the Army.
In their proposals to the Ministry of Defence, the armed forces are, among other things, seeking a hike from Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 in the minimum military service pay for personnel below officer ranks.
They have pointed out anomalies in the new pay structure between soldiers and personnel below officer rank and their counterparts in paramilitary forces.
The armed forces also want more running pay bands for officers of the rank of Majors, Colonels and Brigadiers.
- Anonymous3:30 PM
Defence personnel cried and an empowered committee has been set up (for uniformed services only). Police has also approached top brass. IAS and scientist have their own trumpet to blow.ReplyDelete
What about the normal govt employee.... is there anybody listening to them or not...
I think he will vanish unnoticed and unmarked.
Again IAS guys are asked to pacify armed forces. They will use this as an excuse to bolster up their salary further.ReplyDelete
Copy of Staff Side Secretary letter dated 8th April, 2008 in NC/JCM-2008/VI CPC (CS) addressed to the Cabinet Secretary.ReplyDelete
Dear Sir,
As you are aware that the report of the VI CPC has been submitted and there are varied types of commentaries including expression of anger amongst the Central Govt. employees in various parts of the country.
We, Staff sie members of the National Council JCM have discussed and prepared a Note which we are enclosing herewith.
We will like to request you to kindly advise Secretary (DOPT) who is also the Chairman of the Standing Committee (NC-JCM) to call the meeting of the Standing Committee to discuss al these matters in presence of Secretary (Expenditure) and orders concerned.
I have met the Secretary (Expenditure) who has kindly clarified certain issues. This has gone a long way in proper understanding of the issues involved.
An early action would help clear the atmosphere.
Thanking you,
Copy to Secretary, DOPT. And To Secretary (Expenditure)
The modification required to be made to the report of the 6th CPC
1. A.The minimum wage
The computation of minimum wage of the 6th CPC is not acceptable for the following reasons in brief..
i. Prices applied for various commodities (included in the basket) is the wholesale price as increased by 20% which is not the norms prescribed by the 15 ILC;
ii. The exclusion of 25% for meeting expenditure connected with social obligation like marriage, education of children, recreational needs etc. is on the untenable grounds.
iii. The exclusion of 10% for the housing requirement (on the ground that HRA is given separately) is not correct as HRA is not a full reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the employee.
If these corrections are carried out the need based minimum wage will be what is computed by the staff side.
B. Even as per the formulation adopted by the 5th CPC the minimum wage works out to Rs.7400 i.e. by application of the percentage increase of the net national product which comes to 56.2%
C. The Commission, without assigning any reason has rejected the demand of the staff side for parity in the minimum wage with what is obtaining in certain specified public sector undertakings.
D. For the above reasons, the minimum wage need to be worked out afresh and the same reflected in all the pay bands appropriately by applying the resultant multiplification factor as was done by the 5th CPC.
2. Fitment formula
Rejection of point to point fixation, (which is normally adopted by the PSUs in their wage revisions as fitment formula) is for no sound reasons. There is no 40% hike as propagated by the Commission.. By withdrawing the benefit of merger of DA the actual rise is between 15 to 28% . Our demand in this connection is as under:-
(a) The merged portion of the DA should be taken into account to arrive at the revised basic pay and Grade Pay in each case.
(b) Since quite a number of pay scales have been merged together (especially in Gr.B & C cadres)the senior employees who were in higher scales of pay and who have put in large number of years of service progressively get reduced benefits.
(c) Taking these two factors into account we suggest that the fitment formula as suggested by the Commission may be amended to incorporate the following:
" subject to the condition that the pay and grade pay so fixed is not less than 2.625 times of the pre revised basic pay."
` The multiplication factor of 2.625 is the same as is applied in the case of the entry grade pay band and grade pay in the case of Gr.A officers. This clause will make good the loss of benefit one might suffer due to the exclusion of the DP from the computation process of fitment formula.
3. Rate of increment.
(a) The rate of increment suggested by the CPC is to be raised to 3.5% for the following reasons:
(i) The 2.5% is below the existing rate of increment in many grades.
(ii) Due to the compounding factor, over a period of ten years, this might rise to 4.5% still less than the prevailing rate of increment in the PSUs which is 5% and above.
(b) The condition prescribed i.e. to have a minimum six months for applying the uniform date of increment must be done away with, as it is only to be applied in the initial year.
4. Transport allowance.
The recommendation of the Commission is to subsume the CCA in the Transport allowance and raise the existing Transport allowance by 4 times. This has reduced the proportionate benefit to certain grades and categories of employees. We make the following suggestions:
(a) Since the CCA has been subsumed in this allowance, no condition should be imposed for the grant of this allowance.
(b) Taking into account that some of the employees might get reduced benefit from the across the board rise at the rate of 4 times, the following rates may be applied.
Employees drawing grade pay
A-1/A class cities
Rs.5400 and above.
Rs. 3200 + DA
Rs. 2400 + DA
Rs. 4200 – 4800
Rs. 2400 + DA
Rs. 1800 + DA
Rs. Below Rs. 4200
Rs. 1600 + DA
Rs. 1200 + DA
5. Fixation of pay on Promotion
In the present scheme of things, wherein many grades have been merged under one single Pay band, promotion will not bring about any significant rise in emoluments. The benefit will be very insignificant in the case of promotion from one grade to another where the grade pay is one and the same. In that case the one increment benefit will be less than even what is obtaining today. We suggest to incorporate the following clause to take care of this situation.
"the pay plus grade pay so fixed on promotion shall not be less than 10% of pay plus grade pay the individual was drawing in the feeder cadre."
6. Allowances and benefits withdrawn.
Certain allowances and benefits have been withdrawn to be replaced with a new scheme. The New scheme will have to be formulated on the basis of discussion/agreement in the National/Departmental Council as the case may. Till such agreement is reached, the old scheme of allowances and benefits will continue to be operated relating to the revised basic pay and grade pay.
7. Special duty allowance of North Eastern Region.
We hope that the SDA will now become available for all employees working in the North Eastern Region. However, we feel that it is likely that the phraseology employed in detailing the scheme is capable of misinterpretation giving room for further discrimination amongst the employees posted in N.E. Region. This may therefore, be appropriately clarified to mean that the employees and officers working in North Eastern Region is entitled to draw this allowance .
8. Daily allowance on tour:
The rates of daily allowance which include the following elements, viz. food, conveyance and accommodation suggested by the Commission to the officers other than Gr. A is extremely meager and would not go to meet the expenditure involved. We suggest the following amendment .
The rates prescribed for grade pay of Rs. 4200 to 4800 and below Rs. 4200 may be replaced with the following.
Rs. 4200 to 4800
Reimbursement of hotel accommodation of upto
Rs. 1000 per day . reimbursement of travel charges
upto Rs. 150 per diem for travel within the city and
reimbursement of food not exceeding Rs. 200 per day.
Below Rs. 4200
Reimbursement of hotel accommodation of upto
Rs. 700 per day . reimbursement of travel charges upto
Rs. 150 per diem for travel within the city and
reimbursement of food not exceeding Rs. 200 per day.
9. Promotion. ACP Scheme.
The scheme should be improved to provide three promotion at the intervals of ten, twenty and twenty five years of service.
10. Inappropriate rationalization
There is a great deal of resentment over the rationalization of the scales of pay of S9 to S12. The grievances in this must be addressed by appropriate decisions.
11. Pension.
The Staff Side appreciates the acceptance of some of its suggestions for improving the pension of the old pensioners by the Commission. However, we feel the following amendment is needed in the case of pensioners.
(a) to raise the minimum pension from the suggested 50% to 75% i.e. from Rs. 3330 to Rs. 4995.
(b) The 5th CPC suggestion to refix the pension on the basis of the notional pay as on 1.1.1996 is to be implemented. The pension entitlement has to be worked out on that basis. The new commutation table to be applied only prospectively.
(C) The restoration of commuted value of pension should be on completion of 12 years
12. Fast track committee.
There are cases like the Master Craftsmen, where the existing pay scales have been reduced to a lower scale. To consider these types of cases, a fast track committee may be set up.
13. Anomalies.
There are certain anomalies arising from the disturbance of vertical and horizontal relativities etc. For quick and time bound disposal of these anomalies a Joint Committee of the National Council JCM with the participation of the Secretaries of all concerned Ministries should be constituted.
14. Grameen Dak Sewaks.
Grameen Dak Sewaks are employed by the Postal Department. They constitute the largest segment of the workforce of the Postal organization. We suggest that the pay, allowance, pension and other benefits in their case should be proportionately what is suggested to the regular civilian employees. Since the Group D Cadres have been abolished, they may be promoted/absorbed/regularized in Group C cadres in the same manner provided for matriculate/non matriculate regular Group D employees.
- Anonymous7:35 PM
Binu has put the finger at right place. Most of the so called resignation offers from service officers are from those who have received MBA like degrees from prestigious institutes like IIMs, XLRI, MDI etc at initiative of Army/Air Force/Navy and at Govt expense.ReplyDelete
If the officers are leaving due to their own policies(Intended or unintended), why so much of hue and cry?
A large number of officers who have offered to exit Army are those who have not been found fit for further promotion and are looking for greener pastures outside (which they would have looked for in any case, sixth pay commission or not, thanx to economic growth and good opportunities outside for trained people(at Govt expense)). Then why blame Sixth pay commission for the self inflicted exodus?
It is time Army/Navy/Airforce start accepting the realities and amend their promotion policies from ranks and relax intake standards. They are certainly capable of training the recruits to their requirements.
- gupta11:49 AM
anonymous has himself noted that officers are leaving armed forces for the greener pastures .So u admit army is no longer lucrative.A sound economy which is offering greener pasture can only do so if your frontiers and national interests are well guarded.There is a strong case on the side of armymen to make their service attractive , capable to retain the talent produced at high cost of training and than suitabaly utilising these trained men in other discipilines .All that is possible at the command of the nation should be done for those who spend best of their life on the borders sacrificing the comforts and company of their families.A nation not doing so can only do it on its peril.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:23 PM
since the nation and all its civilian population does not care about us armed forces personnel( amply reflected in the 6th CPC) ... i suggest lets all do what we never thought of doing...lets jus leave all the border post and dissappear... let the civilian junta fend for themselves and fight the terrorists and the Paki's or the Chinese... why care for the civilians when they dontt care about us.,..a day spent at a border out post or tyhe high seas..will give the on job training.. then let them ask the same questions they are asking now...i,d love to see there faces then.....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:09 PM
There is a visible anomoly in gradepay for army officersReplyDelete
As per pay commission it is 40% of the maximum of old scale.With that formula it should be
Maj 6420
Lt Col 7560
Col 7740
You can see that no one has been given less than 40% of max of old scale in civil.In few cases they have been given more.Are pay commission officials seeing this blog.They may check their calculations
- Anonymous8:43 PM
preferential treatment to civil pay scaleReplyDelete
The grade pay is to be 40% of the max of earlier scale. But for civil scale namely S25 "15100-400-18300" it is as high as 8300 which works out to 45.34 % of 18300.
In case of Army for a similar scale of Lt Col 15100-400-18700 ( including rank pay it only 6600 which stands to only 35.3% of the max of earlier scale. Why this step motherly treatment to the real sons of motherland. is it just justice Krishanan
- Anonymous9:53 PM
Armed Forces being isolated from the society have been naive. They have been busy fighting the terrorists or guarding the borders and also saluting and always saying 'Yes, Sir'.ReplyDelete
In the fourth pay commission an integrated payscale of Rs 2300-5100 + (Rs200-1200) Rank Pay was introduced. Minimum pay of Lt Col was fixed at Rs 4700 (Rs 3900 + 800 rank pay). In the fifth pay commission, the Lt Cols were given the payscale of Rs 15100-18700 (including rank pay of Rs1600) i.e. the same as that of a Director of an IAS cadre.
However now the sixth pay commission has given grade pay of Rs 6600 to a Lt Col but Rs 8300 to the Director. This is a great anomaly and probably Justice Sreekrishna, the chairman of the pay commission and othe members have overlooked this fact. An IAS officer becomes Director after 12-14 years of service. An army officer also becomes Lt Col after 14 years (including 1 year of pre-commissioning training). Other Group 'A' officers in the rank of Director had a payscale of Rs 14300-18300 i.e. lower than that of a Lt. Col. However all civilian officers in the payscale of Rs 14300-18300 have been given grade pay of Rs 7400 whereas, Lt Cols who had a higher payscale have been given lower grade pay of Rs 6600.This is just not understandable.
Committee of Secretaries should correct this anomaly and grant grade pay of Rs 8300 to Lt Cols. Grade pays of all ranks can be correspondingly enhanced by applying similar logic.
Another great injustice seems to have been done with the Jawans. Earlier the jawans used to get pension based on the maximum of the payscale so as to compensate them for the truncated career because of early retirement and lack of promotions because of steep pyramid. However sixth pay commission has recommended the pensions of Jawans to be the same for civilians i.e 50% of last pay drawn. This will bring down the pensions upto almost 30% in comparison with the civilians though military pay of Rs1000 will offset this a bit. A uniform formula of 50% pension based on maximum of payscale for both the men and officers should be applied for armed forces. After all this pay commission has recommended withdrawal of pension weightage (number of years based on rank used to be added earlier to give enhanced pension to defence officers and men) for defence personnel both officers and men.
Moreover military service pay of jawans should not be fixed as Rs 1000 for all ranks. A sepoy who just joins and a Subedar Major with 30 years service have been equated with each other. It will be more prudent, if the MSP is fixed at say 30% of the pay (basic + grade pay). The same rule should apply to all officers irrespective of the rank. Why leave our revered Generals! I recommend, oh sorry, I hereby suggest that they should also be given the MSP.
Our brothers in other uniforms like the Police and the para-military should also get
something like MSP; we can call this PP (police pay). PP can be fixed as 50% of the MSP. We should not forget that the Police and the para military forces are also fighting the militants and are handling internal security.
Armed forces HQs must present these points in the correct perspective and by giving sound logic. First of all the senior officers of the armed forces should understand this sound logic themselves, develop it further and then present a strong case before the Govt. Our Honourable Defence minister Shri Antony is an above-board person. It is certain that if the case is presented in the correct perspective, the abovementioned anomalies will be removed. After all it was our Honourable Defence Minister Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav who had intervened and got enhanced the Siachin allowance from Rs 1200 to Rs7000 though the fifth pay commission had simply recommended all allowances to be doubled. Similarly, the flying pay had been enhanced from Rs 1200 to Rs 7000. Now also these allowances should be more than doubled. After all the effect of inflation (Dearness allowance on pay and dearness pay + dearness pay) since 1.1.1996 (date of mplementation of fifth pay commission) has more than doubled. This simply means that in real terms all the allowances have been reduced.
Ever thought of a pay commission which reduces pay and pension, just the opposite for which it was made by our Govt! Should not the Chairman and the members of the sixth pay commission be penalised and even punished for their acts of commission and ommission. They have done what even Pakistan, China or USA could not have been able to do i.e. lowering the morale of our jawans and officers in uniform. This can only spell doom for the security of our Great country. Can we allow some immature people to play with the security of the country!
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The official press release after cabinet approval is silent about 15% pay for paramilitary forces but media hype do exist about increased hike for paramilitary forces. The confirmed media reports indicate the officers of Central Para Military Forces, all the posts of Additional DIG upgraded to DIG level by the Pay Commission to continue to be manned by the cadre officers of CPMFs;As replacement of the pay scale of Rs.24050-26000, a separate pay scale has been carved for DGPs, , who were in this pre-revised scale. This would take them to the level of Rs.80000 in two years as against three years in the pre-revised scale and DIG-scale abolished in IPS but what is the real hike for lower ranks of the paramilitary forces. Did they approve the recommendation for 15% pay hike or do they grant any MSP for them. Please clarify. If no how the vast majority of the paramilitary being hailed as to be benefited from the cpc. Please clarify.ReplyDelete


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Though I missed the opportunity to participate in Red Bull Amaphiko when it came to Baltimore, I did get the opportunity to interview one of its 2017 fellow, Dominic Nell (aka Farmer Nell). Other fellows of the program include past guests C Harvey and Walker tha Urban Farmer. Farmer Nell has his feet planted in two worlds. The first is the world of photography and videography, which is his bread and butter. That hustle and a joke he made while on the job for a client allowed him to step into the world of urban agriculture and found City Weeds. Listen as Nell explains how he got started with City Weeds, how he uses his day job to push his passion project forward, and what he wants the urban youth to take away from his social programs. Follow Dominic on Instagram, @nellaware.
Episode 55 – Darren Rogers
Darren's path to I Am Mentality and following his personal legend was a long, windy road. Darren grew up crack infested 1980s Baltimore City, and even moving out to the county didn't give Darren peace. Darren knew of his father growing up, and it wasn't until later in life did he develop a solid relationship with him. Listen as Darren talks about his struggle with religion, starting I Am Mentality, and why he wants to give today's children the tools for success he didn't have growing up.
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Letmeknowyouanatole – Good Night
PC_III – Exit Exit
Ryan Little – Falling Down
Episode 54 – Erin Baynham
Youtube has taught me a lot about makeup. Baking, contouring, highlighting…it's amazing to see what people can do with it. Social media has become an incubator for the multi-billion dollar industry, giving amateurs the chance to have their artwork on the same platforms as the pros. Amidst the beauty blenders and Urban Decay, my guest Erin Baynham thinks we may be going a tiny bit overboard. Erin's the host of the Scandalous Beauty podcast, where she interviews world-renowned makeup artists and skincare professionals. Listen as we talk about makeup as a rite of passage for young girls, why Erin and a well-respected MuA think we're in the dark ages of makeup, and social media advice from a professional. Did I mention Erin's also MICA's social media strategist? Find Erin on IG: @erinbaynham.
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Ryan Little – Silver Surfer
Nctrnm – Blonde, Golden
Nevermore Eleanor – Invitation
Mystery Mammal – Nothing Else Matters
Episode 53 – Megan Lewis
Megan's got murals all around Baltimore, and to have her art as part of the city is an honor in itself. But Megan wasn't always a muralist; there was a point in her life where she may not have picked up a paintbrush at all. A chance encounter with Dr. Joann Martin, co-founder of the Great Blacks in Wax Museum gave Megan the push she needed to get where she is today. Listen as we discuss the pitfalls of pride, not being recognized for her work, and watching other people run with her ideas. Follow Megan on IG: @urbanhipsta. You can look at more of Megan's art here.
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Kick, Push – Ryan Little
Sweet Me – Loyalty Freak Music
Blonde – Nctrnm
Cosmic Kitten – letmeknowyouanatole
Episode 52 – Where's Buffy?
Dis a short one, but still full of the stuff you've come to expect from the podcast. I talk to the creative minds behind the Where's Buffy? podcast, and we chop it up a bit too. If you want more, check out Episode 124 of Where's Buffy? featuring yours truly right here.
Episode 51 – Creative Mornings Panel
Happy New Year! If you follow me on IG you know I've been quiet because I'm working on a new project. Something very personal and unfortunately very common in the black community. Follow @absentsireshow and bookmark absentsirepodcast.tk to stay updated (email newsletter may be coming). Now that I've a second to breathe, here's the audio from my first ever panel where I'm the moderator!
I sat down with Montier and Chavon of SVNCRWNS along with Nicolas and Chris of Noisy Tenants to discuss how both camps are using their creative juices to control the context of Baltimore's neighborhoods and its people. A quick note, in the beginning I reference the movies Dope and Straight Outta Compton but never tied the two together. What I wanted to say (but didn't because I was nervous) was how two movies can put one neighborhood/area in different contexts, and you get different stories. But you knew that already because Local Color listeners are smart. Enjoy! (P.S. follow Creative Mornings on IG, @baltimore_cm) Pics of the event below, courtesy of Laura Ferrara.
Episode 50 – Will Walker
For my 50th episode of Local Color, my guest Will Walker met me at the far side of Druid Lake Park. The part where you can walk along that small stone wall and get a view of the JFX and Charm City. Listen as we talk about Will growing up in Cleveland, being the son of a cop, finding passion in cooking, and hosting Creative Mornings Baltimore. Follow Will on IG, @waternoxygen.
Pasta – Fleslit
Good night – Letmeknowyouanatole
Summertime Boom Bap – Ryan Little
Ali Babab – Oelek
California – James Pants
Chill Mode – Audiobinger
Episode 49 – Melony Hill
Melony Hill is proof and a living, breathing reminder that black women are indestructible, and their willpower is infinite. The whole deck was stacked against her, from day 1. But through it all Melony took her traumatic experiences and turned it into success. Listen as we talk about Melony's contentious relationship with her mother, how the cover of a Playboy got her off the streets, and her advice to aspiring self publishers, and anyone who feels like life has cast them aside. Follow Melony on IG: @strongerthanmystruggles
Keshco – Prickly Ascent, Hammond Horror
Rafael Archangel – So Cold, Melancholy Tune, Calm Down
Fleslit – Money Problems
Ryan Little – Get Up
Episode 48 – GRID Alternatives Mid Atlantic
Back before us millennials had the audacity to think we could be whatever we wanted, there was a time we had computers…with no internet. Hard to believe, but it's true. What's even harder to believe, scientists have been tinkering with solar thermal energy since the early 20th century! As technology advanced, so did ideas about solar energy, and government attitudes toward the renewable energy source (climate change deniers notwithstanding). Enter GRID Alternatives; a non-profit that provides solar energy installations to low income families, free of charge! Listen to volunteers and employees of GRID explain why they chose to set up office in the Mid-Atlantic, the valuable experience volunteering has, and why they're so charged up about solar energy! Follow GRID on IG: @gridmdv
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Albatross and Where's My Jetpack?! – Computer Music All-Stars
Episode 47 – Wallace Lane
"Jordan Year" is a big step for writer and poet Wallace Lane. It represents a selfishness he had to cultivate in order to be happy and turn away from a career in Criminal Justice. It's also the author's first book, self-published and auto-biographical. The title of the book also holds a certain significance for Wallace, one he explains in this interview. Wallace is already working on a second edition of the book, and all his plans moving forward are about giving back to Baltimore's youth. Find Wallace on IG, @wallykool. Pick up a copy of Jordan Year here or at Dovecote Café!
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Khalid Abdu on Debrezeit Eritrean youth conference (EYSNS): March 4-2013
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good job khalid
I really appreciate your matured responses and discussions, keep it up, Eritrean needs children like you. God bless u.
I have high hopes for you bro and hope our future leaders keep all this in mind. Good luck
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Navy NCP interview advice
I'm applying for the Navy NCP and I will have my interviews at the end of this month (most likely in person). I'm wondering what kinds of questions I should have ready for the nurses, as well as some advice on how I should answer their questions (besides honestly :P).
Also, would buying a dress suit be over the top? I was thinking a pencil skirt with a solid blouse and heels, since it is July in the south I'd hate to wear pants!
Any pointers you'd offer up?
Thanks in advance for the advice!
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from USJul 10, '12Hello, I was in the NCP program and just accepted my commission. I had 2 interviews, one by phone and the other was in person.
The in-person interview was at a Starbucks and was relaxed. The interviewer was wearing shorts and a collared polo top. The questions were not difficult; they just asked questions about myself, why I chose to become a nurse and why I chose to join the Navy. The phone interviewer asked me simple questions about the nature of my previous jobs (I seriously had a job title of "Party Expert" haha) and how I applied my leadership skills in organizations in school.
My opinion is that a dress suit may be overdone. However, it depends on the where the interview is held and what the interviewer instructs you to do. I was told I could just wear nice casual clothes. I live in Texas, so I wore a skirt and a conservative top.Jul 11, '12I had my interview at a naval hospital. It was more of a panel interview with 3 people and definitely not as casual as utamaverick's experience. It was in the winter and I wore a pant suit and I didn't feel over dressed. (But I tend to err on the side of being more formal than not.) Honestly, I don't remember the questions, but I think they were similar to utamaverick's. There was nothing unexpected - all pretty standard interview stuff.Jul 20, '12Thanks guys. I will most likely be having my interview at a Naval Hospital. I won't be wearing a suit but just a nice skirt and blouse sounds like it should be ok.Jul 20, '12Quote from chelaurenSounds great!! Best of luck with the interview and keep us posted. I hope to be in the same position as you early next yearThanks guys. I will most likely be having my interview at a Naval Hospital. I won't be wearing a suit but just a nice skirt and blouse sounds like it should be ok.
AngelaAug 1, '12Quote from chelaurenGood luck your way!!Alright guys, it's official. My interviews are tomorrow!! Wish me luck.Aug 1, '12It went really well! I had a panel of 4 nurses asking me questions. They said I was impressive and they liked all my answers. We'll see if it helps my chance any!
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Navigating women's safety in public space: Amsterdam/Bangalore
During the fall 2013 semester, I coached a project that aimed to improve women's safety in public spaces, commissioned by Cisco. This was a parallel project that was run simultaneously in Bangalore. Our partner there was Fields of View at IIIT-B University with whom we exchanged insights about the difference and similarities between the cities on this topic. The results of their project Convers(t)ation can be viewed here.
The Amsterdam team developed a necklace to explore relationships between scent, emotion and body posture. PosturAroma senses the angle of the back and uses scent as trigger, to remind the user to keep her head up, and straighten her back when stepping into the world, increasing her feeling of confidence to increase her feeling of safety.
Perception of safety
The design team of the Amsterdam part of this project consisted of a Dutch girl, and two boys from India and Japan. One of the first challenges of the team was to get a grip on defining 'safety' in a team that was culturally so diverse. It's a complex subject matter that can be looked at from the angles of law enforcement, city-making and government policy, family responsibilities, cultural and socially defined roles, norms and values regarding women and many others. One of the defining moments was when the team decided that from some points of view Amsterdam is a relatively safe place, without immediate risks for women. However, they also agreed that perception of safety (how safe people feel) doesn't necessarily correlate with statistics on safety in certain areas.
Embodiment: posture and scent as emotional triggers
The projects main goal became to design a technological intervention to improve the feeling of safety. Focal points were embodiment (posture as expression as well as source of confidence, or lack thereof), scent as emotional trigger (explore to what extent certain scents can be coupled to trigger positive emotions), and experimental use of technologies and hacking. The design iterations were developed to explore and understand these ideas better and come to an integrated prototype.
Hacking, making, tinkering
The team made a lot of iterations in a really hands-on way. The collection of skills enabled tinkering with hardware (accelerometers and Arduinos) and hacking consumer electronics (electronic vaporators), and digital fabrication (lasercutting, 3D printing) to design a necklace with a futuristic feel to make a fashion statement for this iteration. A fashion designer was attracted to bring in the craft practices of knotting. What was great about this project was the profound focus on probing by design, really trying out things and testing out ideas by seeing and feeling what it would be like.
The research paper about PosturAroma was presented at the 9th International Conference on Design & Emotion themed "Colors of Care" in Bogota, Colombia, 2014. It won the Award for Best Design Case and was featured on Fast.Co, Ideo.org, PSFK, Crisp.nl, Discovery Canada, and presented at the 2014 Rome Maker Faire.
Hout, van, M., Mul, L., Bogers, L. & Ito, S. (2014). PosturAroma – The Embodiment of Safety, in: Salamanca, J., Desmet, P., Burbano, A., Ludden, G., Maya, J. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Colors of Care: The 9th International Conference on Design & Emotion, Bogota, Colombia.
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For the last year now, I have been attending a church that meets on Sunday nights. For 20 years of my life Sunday mornings were always consumed with running around and getting ready for church, THEN running around DOING things for church.
This new found free time on Sunday mornings has become a time of weekly quiet and reflection. The one point in the week where I can relax and meditate (meditate sometimes means sleeping).
Morgan Hochstetler (Usticks555) introduced me to this AWESOME worship band The Ember Days. This group has been my music of choice on Sunday mornings… or any other time I want to relax and go into a quiet reflexive mood.
I HIGHLY recommend you check them out. Even if you do not consider yourself a Christian, their music is AMAZING and you might juuuusssst enjoy it.
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Casserole Recipes – Oatmeal-Walnut Topped Sweet Potato Casserole
Oatmeal-Walnut Topped Sweet Potato Casserole
What you need:
2 ½ lbs. sweet potatoes
1 piece orange, zested and extracted of its juice
1 t. cinnamon, ground
1 T. honey
½ c. milk
½ dried apricots, diced
½ c. oatmeal
½ c. walnuts, chopped
¼ c. brown sugar, firmly-packed
2 T. extra virgin olive oil
2 T. butter, cut to pea-size pieces
What you need to do:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Arrange the sweet potatoes on a sheet tray. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes (if you
notice that they are still hard in the middle, don't worry).
3. Meanwhile, prepare the topping by putting the oatmeal, walnuts, brown sugar, olive
oil and butter into the food processor. Pulse the ingredients until they're well-
4. Crumble the mixture over the potatoes in a 2-quart baking or casserole dish.
5. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until the mixture is heated through and the
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Jesus' final words to his disciples, before he ascended to heaven were, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you" [Matthew 28:19-20].
Jesus' command was clear: make disciples. Because Jesus was serious about it, we are as well. We believe discipleship occurs best in the midst of intentional, healthy relationships. There are opportunities for people of all ages to connect in community and grow in the character and competency of Jesus.