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From our correspondant and photographer James Burke!
"Herewith a shot of the Heritage Barge, 77M, formerly used as a floating crane at Fenniscourt Lock on the Barrow. WI got in a huge 130t crane to lift her to dry land but the weight was too much once the crane arm (jib?) was extended so they are getting a bigger one. They need to raise and swing the barge over the fence and every metre extended adds 8 tons to the weight, according to the crane driver. He could lift her vertically but not over the fence, which would mean extending the crane. They lifted the barge slightly to weigh it and it is over 70 tonnes. It has a hold full of poured concrete which was used as ballast for the crane and also for repairs over the years, under CIE mostly. She is now being pensioned off and will be stored in their yard next to the lock.
In the landscape picture, John O'Neill (in hard hat, foreground, looking this way) looks on at the first attempt to raise the barge. He would welcome any information anyone has on the boat. She has a Perkins engine rather than the standard Bollinder, plus the Priestman crane.
Next attempt to raise her is tomorrow Friday."
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Looks daft to me. It wouldn't be too hard to break her back. The first thing I'd do is remove the crane from the bow.
One bargee I know ,many years ago,when the canal was closed due to a breach, used two cranes to lift his barge onto a trailer. That way there would be four slings holding her rather than two.
"" Perhaps they're afraid that whoever eventually buys it will start dredging operations...LOL""
can you imagine the health and safety regs on that hehehehe it would be worth doing just to see their faces.
one of them tried to "instruct a (old) fisherman how to lift a fish box" in kilmore reciently. luckly some one was able to restrain the man .
[quote Mick Farrell]That stuff is actually quiet strong John. I managed to foul something
similar, descending in one of the SEW locks a few years ago. It managed to
hold one side of 31B (about 50 tons) up two feet before I got the Swiss Army
to deal with it...!!!
Yes Mick I use it as a temporary stern line when casting off singlehanded - it floats so i don't have to worry about fouling the prop.
But Breakaway only weighs 3 tonnes.
If they need a 130 tonne crane to lift the barge I doubt if (?10mm) nylon line could hold it if it got moving.
Judging by the lugs on the bollard it's more likely to be 3/4" than 3/8"s
John. I'm assuming it's purpose was to guide the boat whilst it was
swinging on the crane's cable. Something about the size and strength of a
shoelace would probably be sufficient...!!! Whether a person could hold
it or not is a seperate issue, but not really dependant on "string" size.
It's simple "String Theory"...!!!
[quote Mick Farrell]Judging by the lugs on the bollard it's more likely to be 3/4" than 3/8"s
John. I'm assuming it's purpose was to guide the boat whilst it was
swinging on the crane's cable. Something about the size and strength of a
shoelace would probably be sufficient...!!! Whether a person could hold
it or not is a seperate issue, but not really dependant on "string" size.
It's simple "String Theory"...!!!
Doesn't String Theory usually work in an 11-dimensional manifold?
Take your point re line being used to control swing - it does look incongruous as a mooring line for a boat that size/weight though...
John SV Pseudo Riemannian Manifold
77m was lifted today by a 180 ton capacity crane. The driver said she weighed between 73 and 78 tonnes.
Thanks to John O'Neil for letting us know when the lift was happening.
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It's a Cata Party!
I was going to take a nap before the expansion goes live at 4:30 am (there are advantages to living in a weird timezone!), but I'm too excited to sleep.
My original plan was just to download the digital version and have an easy night. But then I discovered that a bunch of my classmates were getting together for a midnight release party. Oooooh yeah!
It was so much fun! Us Newfoundland gamers don't have many opportunities to get together. Plus, our "island in the middle of the Atlantic" status makes it difficult to attend conventions or other large scale gaming events. So it felt like a mini Blizzcon in the mall, with about 150-200 of us chilling on the floor, listening to each others' epic kills, guild drama and pet collecting habits.
I don't think EB Games was quite expecting such a huge crowd. After all, it was the smallest store out of the 4 in the area that were having midnight releases (I actually had no idea WoW was so popular here, St. John's is a very small city and way more artsy than geeky). But I suppose the fact that we were in the mall (Newfoundland this time of year is snowy/rainy/coldy and waiting outside is near impossible) added to the fact that we don't get the chance to congregate often convinced us all to step out into the night. Even though I was 30ish or so in line and near the front, I still didn't get my copy until well after 1 am.
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December 7, 2010 at 4:55 am
Wow! 150-200 people? That's awesome!
I had a great time getting my hard copy, too. First time I've ever gone for the midnight release. It was a lot of fun. 🙂
December 9, 2010 at 11:31 am
I remembered how the last WoW release for WotLK at both the Avalon and Village malls went with lines of 75+ each and decided to do what I did last time – Walmart! They're 24hrs at the moment so I just walked in at 12:05, waited for two people ahead of me to decide if they wanted the collector's edition or not – which they had a lot of – and walked out at 12:12. Simple.


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If you think an album inspired by the second law of thermodynamics sounds boring as hell, you would be right.
Muse�s latest, �The 2nd Law� (or what I like to call �53 minutes and 36 seconds of my life that I will never get back�) , breaks the first rule of rock �n� roll. It�s dull. How dull? It�s as interesting as watching ice melt, which happens to be a common example of entropy, a key property of the second law of thermodynamics. Go figure.
Muse (singer-songwriter-guitarist-pianist and resident conspiracy theorist Mark Bellamy, percussionist Dominic Howard and bassist-singer Chris Wolstenholme) and their diehard fans are fooling themselves if they think this is a good album. It�s not. I have had bowel movements with more intensity, complexity and drama than the sonic excrement that the England�s prog-rock power trio passes off as music here.
�Supremacy� starts the album off strong, so strong that it�s going to make you wish Muse was commissioned to do the latest James Bond theme song (rather than Adele) and think this critic is totally off his rocker. Bellamy threatens, �You don�t have long/I am on to you/the time, it has come to destroy/Your supremacy�. Gee, what I would have paid to hear Mitt Romney or President Obama say that during one of the debates. This would-be �Kasmir� for the end of days initially erupts with an uncompromising mix of choppy, bone-scraping guitar riffs, pummeling drumbeats, snarly bass lines and stabbing synth chords.
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Bellamy is being driven absolutely batty by his sour paramour�s misdeed on the dubstep-flavored, dysfunctional relationship ditty, �Madness.� Bellamy, whose main squeeze is Kate Hudson, wrestles with the sheer insanity and lack of better judgment on both parties� part that is keeping them together. Then, out of left field, Bellamy has an epiphany that this �madness� is worth fighting for. Huh? With a voice that sounds like a cross between Bono and George Michaels, Bellamy, who sounds like he�s going to break into �Faith� at any second, coos, �Come to me/Just in a dream/Come on and rescue me/Yes I know/I can�t be wrong/And baby, you�re too headstrong/Our love is madness.� If we wanted lovey-dovey sensitivity, we would be listening to John Mayer.
�Panic Station� sounds like a blatant rip-off of Power Station�s �Feel the Heat,� so much so that the members of Muse must be in a little panic that Robert Palmer�s estate might sue them for copyright infringement. Fueling his stinging bile with a wicked backbeat of springy bass and stomping drums, Bellamy snaps, �Do what the (expletive) you want to do.� And, obviously, that includes ripping off other artists without their consent.
Bellamy � who has made such a lucrative career ripping off Queen that one would expect that he wears Freddie Mercury Underoos � is at it again on the over-the-top anthem �Survival,� with its bombastic mix of rousing orchestration, a riff-shredding, Brian May-inspired guitar solo and the roaring chant of �Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Win! Win! Win! Win!� Structured around Queen�s �Don�t Stop Me Now,� the lethargic �Explorers� is a quasi-lullaby Bellamy wrote for his new son (which is great if you want to give the kid night terrors). An ivory-tickling Bellamy laments about how Mother Nature has been raped and pillaged and left to rot. Pleasant dreams. By the time, Bellamy whispers, �Shhhh. Go to Sleep,� the listener has already dozed off.
On �Big Freeze,� Bellamy sounds like he is suffering from a life-altering brain freeze that is making him think he�s fronting U2. Alongside an Edge-like guitar and synth chord shimmy, Bellamy bemoans, �We are on a hiding to nowhere/We still hope, but our dreams are not the same/And I, I lost before I started/I�m collapsing in stellar clouds of gas.� Stellar clouds of gas? More like a bunch of hot air.
The album�s defining, sink and swing moments come with �The 2nd Law: Unsustainable� and �The 2nd Law: Isolated System,� the premise of which sounds like a comedy routine on �The Big Bang Theory� that doesn�t quite work.
The dubstep, misstep �The 2nd Law: Unsustainable� is as enjoyable as taking a surprise AP chemistry test with a gun pressed against your temple. After feverish strings and disembodied vocals collide to no avail, an unnamed female (anonymity was a smart move on her part) gives us a yawn-inducing crash course on thermodynamics and how �a species set on endless growth is unsustainable.� Then, a robotic voice slices and dices the song�s not-so-buzzworthy, buzzword �unsustainable,� which sounds like a geek�s riff on Britney Spears� �Womanizer.� Ridiculous and rudimentary to a fault, sounds like a half-baked studio trick run amuck with convoluted social commentary on humanity, which isn�t worth figuring out.
Featuring cascading piano notes, creeping percussion, EDM-strings and �random radio and TV transmissions broadcast on March 29th 2012 between 18:48 and 19:10� (which are as boring as the liner notes� description), the album�s head-scratching closer, �The 2nd Law: Isolated System� boasts the notion, �In an isolated system, entropy can only increase.� Pretty soon, Muse can test these scientific theories on itself because the band will become an �isolated system� if it continues to produce such drivel.


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Goodness knows that more Californians need access to higher education. And that scholarship money for middle-class families -- who don't have all the money for higher tuition or the full benefit of breaks for those on the lower ends of the income scale -- would be a good public policy.
But state legislation to provide such scholarships looks much more like a political weapon than a real push for a policy. And as a political weapon, it's being used in a way that's likely to mislead the public.
The middle-class scholarship bill is a statewide talking point for Democratic legislative candidates in this spring's primary elections, which conclude June 5. If you've received a piece of political mail from a Democrat in California, you've probably seen references to it. And this week, just in time for the election, Democrats held a vote on the legislation--thus putting most Republicans in a position to vote against a popular-sounding measure.
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In the long run, however, this sort of thing makes it harder for Democrats, or for anyone, to dig the state out of its hole. University access isn't a problem in California because hard-hearted Republicans are blocking scholarships for middle-class families.
It's a problem because of the constant cuts to higher education (and the resulting tuition and fee increases) that are produced by the state's broken budget system.
You can't fix the universities without fixing the budget system first.
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�BREAKING DAWN�/Kinston
Tickets are still available for �Breaking Dawn � Part 2,� the movie concluding the �Twilight� series, which will premier at 10 p.m. today at Premiere Theatres, 1176 Hill Farm Road. The movie opens nationwide Friday. Call the theater at 252-522-2544 or go to uecmovies.com.
SHOPPING SPREE/Kinston
The Holiday Shopping Extravaganza will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Community Council for the Arts, 400 N. Queen St. A huge array of vendors will be under one roof for a shopping gala to kick off the holiday season. The re-opening of the Gift Shop will part of Friday�s activities. A lunch of soup, sandwich, beverage, chips and dessert will be available between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday at a modest charge. There will be drawings and special sales during Friday and Saturday featuring products from the vendors and the work from local artists and artists from the region and across the state. Gift wrapping is free. Both days are open to the public with no admission charge. Call 252-527-2517.
GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK/Washington
Find out how North Carolina became known as the �Tar Heel State� at a program Sunday that begins at 2 p.m. Participants can explore the history behind tar kilns and their important role in the naval stores industry. A Tar Kiln Hike will provide a glimpse of the past with views of real tar kilns like those common in Eastern North Carolina in the 1700s and 1800s. Meet at the Ivey Gut parking lot and dress appropriately for the weather. The hike will last about an hour. For directions, or more information, call the park at 252-923-2191.


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Allen Holub's Bio
Allen is a consultant, trainer, and speaker, specializing in Lean/Agile process infusion, Agile/OO architecture, and cloud-based web-application development. He's worn every hat from grunt programmer to CTO, and has written hundreds of magazine articles for various technical publications and a dozen books, including Holub on Patterns: Learning Design Patterns by Looking at Code. He is a regular speaker at various conferences, worldwide.
- Agile Certifications Are Actively Destructive
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Simulation Leads to Success in High-Consequence Training
By David J. Letts, Vice President, RaytheonProfessional Services LLC
A group of oil and gas offshore workers are scrambling out of a helicopter cabin that is partially submerged in water. Thankfully, their "crash" and escape are part of a simulation training exercise in the massive 40-foot-deep pool at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The same facility where Raytheon Professional Services and its training partners now are preparing oil and gas rig crews for potential high-consequence incidents—and to help prevent them in the first place.
Several hundred miles away, in a trauma unit in a Florida hospital, the floor is bustling as emergency medical technicians relay vital information to a nurse, who, in turn, begins coordinating the patient's care with the rest of the trauma team. They've performed these tasks hundreds of times—but this sequence is different: no shouting, darting about, frantically searching for staff, answers, or equipment. Instead it is a symphony—everyone playing their part in harmony, at the right pace, anticipating their team members' responses and needs, as well as those of the patient.
While ongoing and on-the-job training is part of every hospital worker's experience, it is frequently uneven in its application and effectiveness. The team at Baptist Health in Alabama took their efforts further, designing and deploying simulation training known as SMART, which stands for Synergistic Medical and Resource Team training. The goal is to deliver mission assurance—just like in the military—by increasing group emotional intelligence.
At a time of when many industries in the global economy are becoming increasingly complex and regulated, where the magnitude and ramifications of business decisions are dramatic, there are three key things we can learn from Raytheon's vast experience training the U.S. military's war fighters, the FAA's air traffic controllers, and NASA astronauts.
1. Simulation training is essential for practicing how to perform at peak levels in high-stakes environments where failure is not an option. Pilots learn in a simulated cockpit for a reason; they can train under variable conditions without the fear of crashing. They can even train on what to do if they crash. For other high-consequence industries, such as health care and oil and gas—and even the automotive industry where technicians must ensure that the cars they build and maintain are safe for families to drive—failure is not an option. Simulation training helps to standardize responses, improve communication, and react effectively to situation variation. For astronauts who have never launched into orbit, it is difficult to imagine what weightlessness feels like and how to perform tasks in it without first having simulation training. For oil rig workers, how would they respond if the helicopter they use every day failed? Simulation training helps them make critical decisions under stressful and realistic circumstances, so they can respond effectively if and when they encounter a similar situation in real life.
2. Group emotional intelligence can be learned—and this is a critical success factor when making decisions and working together under stressful conditions. The "intelligence" in a group is very different than individual emotional intelligence. Group emotional intelligence comes from the patterns of behavior or norms that develop as the group goes about its task and is critical to understand in order to improve outcomes in high-consequence situations. Think of a cardiac surgeon—especially one newly assigned to a hospital with an unfamiliar staff. How will they all work together seamlessly when a patient having a heart attack arrives? Having group emotional training means the staff is not barking orders or misreading charts, and everyone knows where to stand, what to do and what the expectations are. The results look and sound different from an untrained effort. The team is calm, confident, and focused on the patient. They aren't nearly as likely to make a costly mistake.
There are several ways to achieve group emotional intelligence, including:
- Removing organizational barriers and replacing them with cohesive group roles. Instead of the hierarchical doctor vs. nurse dynamic, the whole team is attuned to the mission-critical goal or situation at hand.
- Learning effective role-based communication strategies to use within the group is the next piece of training that knits these employees together.
- Communicating information clearly, at the right time, and in meaningful context reduces mistakes, increases efficiencies, and delivers desired outcomes.
3. "Mission Assurance" should be a goal of all organizations. In the military and in the enterprise, this ideal applies system engineering, risk management, quality, and management principles to achieve success of an operation from start to finish, whether on the battlefield or in the boardroom. In hospitals, it can be applied to do the exact same thing. The need for clear communication and practice may sound obvious, but medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion dollars each year, approximately $13,000 per error. After participating in SMART and group emotional intelligence training, Baptist Health Hospital experienced significant improvement in outcomes in terms of delivering mission assurance including a:
- 66 percent reduction in the unexpected admission to critical care units
- 95 percent reduction in the need of re-intubation after surgery
- 47 percent reduction in post-operative complications system-wide
- 7.7 percent reduction in staff turnover, demonstrating that training also has an impact on employee satisfaction
By applying high-consequence training methods that the military and NASA have successfully used for years, industries can improve outcomes and efficiencies, mitigating or eliminating risk and even helping them meet their regulatory requirements. The ripple effect can be vast. The training can make employees more confident and in control, more valuable to the company, and more likely to stay on in their role. It can help us protect our goals, the environment, and even a life.
David J. Letts is vice president of Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company. Delivering more than 7 million hours of custom training in 30 languages to learners in 100 countries each year, RPS is a global leader in learning services and outsourcing. RPS improves clients' business performance by redesigning how they train their employees, customers, and partners; implementing their new training design; and managing their training in long-term outsourcing engagements.


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Eliphaz's First Speech. 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2If someone attempts a word with you, would you mind?
How can anyone refrain from speaking?
3Look, you have instructed many,
and made firm their feeble hands.
4Your words have upheld the stumbler;
you have strengthened faltering knees.
5But now that it comes to you, you are impatient;
when it touches you, you are dismayed.
6Is not your piety a source of confidence,
and your integrity of life your hope?
7Reflect now, what innocent person perishes?a
Where are the upright destroyed?
8As I see it, those who plow mischief
and sow trouble will reap them.
9By the breath of God they perish,b
and by the blast of his wrath they are consumed.
10Though the lion* roars, though the king of beasts cries out,
yet the teeth of the young lions are broken;
11The old lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12A word was stealthily brought to me,*
my ear caught a whisper of it.
13In my thoughts during visions of the night,c
when deep sleep falls on mortals,
14Fear came upon me, and shuddering,
that terrified me to the bone.
15Then a spirit passed before me,
and the hair of my body stood on end.
16It paused, but its likeness I could not recognize;
a figure was before my eyes,
in silence I heard a voice:d
17"Can anyone be more in the right than God?e
Can mortals be more blameless than their Maker?
18Look, he puts no trust in his servants,f
and even with his messengers he finds fault.
19How much more with those who dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed more easily than a moth!
20Morning or evening they may be shattered;
unnoticed, they perish forever.
21The pegs of their tent are plucked up;
they die without knowing wisdom."
* [4:10] The lion: used figuratively here for the violent, rapacious sinner who cannot prevail against God.
* [4:12–21] A dramatic presentation of the idea of human nothingness in contrast to God's greatness (v. 17). The message of the "private revelation" that stirs Eliphaz so deeply is in reality expressed countless times in the Bible. The statements of the friends are often "truths" that are insensitive or irrelevant to Job's questioning.
b. [4:9] Ps 18:16; Is 11:4; 2 Thes 2:8.
d. [4:16] 1 Kgs 19:12.
e. [4:17] Jb 9:2; 15:14–16; 25:4; Ps 130:3; 143:2.
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Shop Local Saturdays are EVERY LAST Saturday on the month hosted by retail shops in Downtown Loveland. Visit local retailers this day for a free gift!
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Lore In Progress:
When the World was still a cooling blob, it captured an eerie companion--a glowing crystalline sphere that came to be known in lore as the Mad Moon. This small orb was full of violent radiance--a visual reminder of conflict in the heavens, bright enough to compete with the sun in daylight.
But the Mad Moon was no inert rock. It was more truly a prison, in which two warring ancient intelligences had been captured and flung into exile aeons before, once the vast Primordials that underlay creation had tired of their endless strife. The punishment for these Ancients was to be locked together in one form, forever falling through infinity...and thus it went until our unfortunate world captured that wanderer.
For ages, primitive societies rose and fell beneath its weird glare; creatures of varying intelligence and sophistication gazed up in wonder and curiosity, to whatever extent their sentience allowed. Meanwhile, orbital stress and tidal forces allowed the Mad Moon's inhabitants to begin exploit what were at first the slightest of weaknesses, as they set to work prying open their prison. The cracks spread slowly, from the tiniest fractures, until at last there were millions of fissures, vast and aglow with weird energies.
On one apocalyptic night, the moon finally shattered, torn apart from within. Most of the moonstuff was flung into space or consumed as it hit the atmosphere. A few rare fragments fell to earth, either as fused molten lumps or as jagged crystals. The shards lay where they had fallen, and gradually the land around them recovered. As the survivors of the prehistoric cataclysm recuperated, flourished and developed civilizations, the Mad Moon became less a memory than a dream, with the night of its destruction woven into their myths.
The fallen shards of primal matter had fractured into their original composites: Radiant and Dire. In its pure form, each type of stone gave off a peculiar energy. For those who settled around the sites, they found themselves feeding on this unearthly power until they had not only harnessed the energy but made themselves dependent on it. They built shrines around the Ancients and revered them, ironically, as godlike entities that had fallen to earth.
The Ancients, both Radiant and Dire, provided many benefits: kinetic energy, mana, protection, even resurrection. But the emanations changed everything in their influence. Around the Radiant, the effects were bright and colorful, evoking lightness and charm. Around the Dire, a sinister radioactive glow, a visual seepage indicative of poison and decay. Neither force was neutral; they were both perfect complements and total contradictions that could never be at peace.
As each stone's cultural influence spread, it eventually came in conflict with the societies of its rival. Interference between the Ancients was cause for war, as the presence of one caused a corresponding fall-off in the energy of the other. Each stone could only be restored to full power with the destruction of its Foe-stone. And so the enthralled creatures rallied to protect their land by destroying the neighboring Ancient, and from far and wide the Heroes heard the call to battle and came to join, hardly realizing that in some sense both sides were the same.
For all this time, the Ancients had been patiently working to resume the timeless war that had been the cause of their initial banishment. And as Heroes from all over found themselves drawn into the fray, none suspected that they were taking part in the ultimate battle of a conflict that had raged since the beginning of time.
This lore underlies some of what appeared in "Tales From the Secret Shop" comic...it normally wouldn't be exposed outside of actual storytelling, but since people want more insight and the ability to comment on the lore in progress, I'm posting it here.


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Ganesha or GobarGanesha
This is the time to celebrate Ganesha festival in our India. There are many mythological stories about the lord Ganesha and some beautiful knowledge about the shuttle aspects about those stories that reveals the secrets of lord Ganesha as binding energy of different sets (GANAAs). Today I will write about lessons from Ganesha for progressing in corporate ladder. How they are applicable to our day to day work lives! Let's see.
The big head stands for wisdom. It contains millions of mental hooks to hand the ideas that come through experience and exposure via the big ears (listening) and narrow eyes (for focusing, focusing and focusing!).
The long nose is to probe around! An excellent way ti gather information for your self-improvement manual! It is flexible, moves 360 degree !
The small mouth is to speak less and to ask questions, sometimes even stupid questions, to get excellent answers which can then be hung on mental hooks in the big head.
The teeth represent hidden assets!
Now, four hands to me represent "delegation," when you ask or instruct others to help you to get things done! It's so necessary to achieve goals in life – short, medium and long term – at home and in the office.
The elephant generally walks in a very leisurely manner, waving and wondering, but slowly, slowly and surely reaches the goal. Never in a hurry. An elephant never has a heart attack!
These and many more qualities of the elephant gave it the status of Lord Ganesha in our mythology. Ganesha was not born a god! Though he started to totem he rose to the "ranks" of God, to be worshipped before Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
A sub-ordinate who is not a Ganesha is a GobarGanesha – the other end of our elephant! As I look at life, I can be a Ganesha or a GobarGanesha - as a son, a father, a grandfather, a consultant, an employee or employer, and so on. In fact, from day to day we tend to swing like a pendulum from happy Ganesha to Ganesha to GobarGanesha – back and forth, from minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day, and year to year. But it is up to us which mode we are in most of the time.
Excerpts from the book "Simple Ways to Make YOUR BOSS SUCCEED!" By Promod Batra and Vijay Batra.
So this year Ganesha festival, let's all pray to the almighty for blessings, that we retain the our status as Ganesha most of the time. A happy Ganesha mode. And let's play our different roles in our lives with 100%.
All the best.
I posted such article earlier Woh Shaam Kuchh Ajib Thi..., that was also a book excerpts. And few more articles about Ganesha. Let me know do you like this article?
IPSec Purpose
This time, I want to share some knowledge about IPSec. IPSec is, a kind of framework that specify how to transfer your data over unsecured network. Internet is omnipresent but, untrusted/unsecured network. Anyone over Internet can see your data, alter your data.
IPSec Examples.
The solutuin is IPSec. VPN uses IPSec protocol. VPN is used to connect to your office/coportate network using Internet. Bank transaction uses IPSec. The connection between two mobile operators' PLMN is over IPSec. Femtocell connects to core network of mobile operator using IPSec.
IPSec How it works?
IPSec provides security by encrypting the data. It may also add authentication header, so if someone alter/temper the data, one can detect it. It implements some proven complex matahemtical algorithms for encryption, authenticaiton and key exchange. Both parties perodically keep changes the sceret keys for robust implementation. IPSec has set of protocols defined in vrious RFC documents. It implement database to store the security association for each tunnel. It has its own challenges with NAT.
For detail information, you can Google it. I found this link very useful:
An Illustraed Guide to IPSec
I prepared a mindmap using FreeMind tool, as a summary. Have a look.
Acronyms :
AH Authentication Header
ESP Encapsulating Security Payload
IKE Internet Key Exchange
ISAKMP Internet Security Association Key Management Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
RFC Request For Comments.
SA Security Association
SADB Security Associations Database
SPD Security Policy Database
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Non-medical options, like following good sleep hygiene, making adjustments to your schedule and sleep environment, and practicing relaxation techniques are usually the first step in treating shift work sleep disorder. If you've tried these and you still have symptoms that interfere with work or family life, your doctor may suggest medication. This might be medication to help you stay alert at work, or to help you sleep during your off-hours.
Helping you feel alert: There are medications, such as modafinil (brand name Provigil) and armodafinil (brand name Nuvigil) that increase wakefulness and can help make people alert and productive on the job. If you've made changes to your sleep behaviors and schedule, but still feel very sleepy or have many bouts of falling asleep when you're supposed to be awake, your doctor may suggest a medication as an option.
These medications work by turning on the systems that normally keep your brain awake during the day. These medications are not amphetamines and are not habit forming.
Helping you sleep: Sleep aids to help you fall asleep and stay asleep might be suggested to temporarily help a shift worker who needs to sleep during irregular hours. Examples of sleep aids include benzodiazepines, non-benzodiazepine hypnotics, and certain antidepressants.
You should ask your doctor which of these may be the best match for your symptoms and your health history.


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Israel escalates aerial offensive on Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault targeting hundreds of Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip Thursday as Palestinians reported the strikes also hit a home and a beachside cafe, raising the total number of people killed in this week's offensive to at least 85. Israel's missile defense system also once again intercepted rockets fired by militants at the country's heartland.
Military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said Israel struck more than 320 Hamas targets overnight, focusing on underground tunnel networks and rocket launching sites. In all, the military has struck 750 sites since the offensive began on Tuesday.
Israel has mobilized 20,000 reservists for a possible ground operation into Gaza, but for the time remains focused on maximizing its air campaign, Lerner said. A ground invasion could lead to heavier civilian casualties on the Palestinian side and put Israeli ground forces in danger.
Neither side is showing any sign of halting their heaviest fighting since an eight-day battle in late 2012. Israel says that Hamas must cease rocket fire from Gaza for Israel to consider a truce. Militants have fired hundreds of rockets, striking across the length of Israel and disrupting life across the country.
No Israelis have been seriously harmed as the "Iron Dome" defense system has intercepted at least 70 of the projectiles destined for major cities. The system is designed to intercept rockets headed toward populated areas, while allowing others to fall in open areas.
"The ground option needs to be the last option and only if it is absolutely necessary. It is a carefully designed plan of action," Lerner said.
The Israeli security Cabinet met to discuss its next moves.
Secretary of State John Kerry, in Beijing for a summit with Chinese leaders, said the U.S. is trying to stem the surging violence in a way that allows the Jewish state to continue defending itself from Hamas rocket fire. He called it a "dangerous moment" for the Mideast.
Kerry said he has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the operation was going according to plan, with Israel targeting various Hamas interests.
"The military's successes so far have been very significant," he said. "We will continue until they understand that this escalation is not beneficial to them and that we will not tolerate rocket fire toward our towns and citizens."
Palestinian medical officials said one strike early Thursday struck a home in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, killing eight members of the Al Haj family. Tractors cleared away large piles of debris from the demolished building as one man laid atop a mattress and blankets that remained.
An earlier strike killed eight people who were at a Gaza beach cafe watching the World Cup semifinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands, Mahmoud Sawali said, adding at least two of his brothers were among the dead.
"We only ask of help from God. Here I have two brothers who are martyrs, and I'm looking for the third," he said.
The Israeli military said it was investigating both incidents. It also said it struck a car in Gaza carrying three Islamic Jihad militants involved in firing rockets. The militant group confirmed that its men were killed in the strike. Hamas officials said that the Palestinian side of its border crossing with Israel had also been destroyed in Israeli airstrikes.
The Health Ministry in Gaza has reported 85 deaths, including 22 on Thursday. It says about half were women and children though the exact breakdown could not immediately be confirmed.
Israel accuses militants of deliberately endangering civilians by using homes and other civilian buildings for cover. The military has also directly targeted the offices and homes of known militants that it says are used as command centers. The military says it contacts the families first to ask civilians to evacuate before striking its targets. Many of the dead appear to be relatives of wanted militants according to names of the dead provided by the Palestinians.
Hamas is firing rockets from "within houses and streets and neighborhoods which are populated with civilians ... exposing these civilians to retaliation and to backfire," Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said.
After an overnight lull, militants resumed their barrage toward central and southern Israel. Remnants of a long-range rocket fired from Gaza landed in a gas station in south Tel Aviv after being shot down by the Iron Dome.
The longer range of the rockets fired from Gaza has disrupted life across southern and central Israel, where people have been forced to remain close to home, and kindergartens and summer camps have closed. Israeli television has been a constant news loop with updates from both sides of the border and even radio music stations were interrupting songs with news of every siren informing of incoming rockets.
"We heard the siren and we immediately entered the home shelter," said Avraham Nachum, from the southern Israeli town of Netivot. "One of the boys was in the shower. He didn't manage to step outside of the shower on time."
Besides firing toward Israel's two largest cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Hamas also launched a rocket that reached the town of Zichron Yaakov, more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Gaza.
Initially, Israel said that "quiet would be met with quiet" but as the rocket fire has reached deeper into Israel officials have taken a tougher stand saying the rocket threat against Israel must be lifted.
"The state of Israel is ready for every scenario in order to protect its citizens," said President Shimon Peres. "The Hamas is killing the citizens of Gaza by placing them where rockets are being fired."
Late Thursday, Israeli police said they intercepted a Palestinian car whose two occupants were trying to smuggle a bomb into Israel from the West Bank. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the men were arrested at a West Bank checkpoint, and the bomb was being dismantled.


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In addition to criminal justice agencies, the following groups have an interest in the homeless encampments problem and should be considered for the contribution they might make in gathering information about the problem and responding to it:
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There are three primary methods for counting unsheltered homeless people. Your community's characteristics determine which is most appropriate. The first, called the "public places" method, is a direct count of people in a non-shelter location; e.g., walking through a homeless encampment and taking a head count. This works if you know where all the encampments are and can reliably count everyone residing there. The second method is to augment the counts in non-shelter locations with an interview component, helping to ensure the people counted were not counted twice and actually are homeless. Conducting interviews is recommended if you also want to get information about this population as part of your project's scanning phase. You could learn what services the subjects use and what it would take for them to leave the chronically homeless lifestyle. The third method involves counting users of soup kitchens and other social services for the homeless. One advantage of this strategy is that it allows you to reach people who may not be living in known, public areas. A Guide to Counting Unsheltered Homeless People discusses the pros and cons of each method and is an invaluable resource.43
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Good way to lose weigh Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Good way to lose weigh Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 Next Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Health and Fitness View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Ayita20Joined: 30 Jan 2007Posts: 60Location: Costa Rica Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: Yinglish: Do you have any advice or tip in order to get motivation to keep you doing exercises? I mean, every New Year I have started to do exercises and few weeks after that, something happens, I loose my motivation and I stop doing exercises. In addition, as I wrote before, I cannot stop eating. I dont know how to control this anxiety. _________________XOXO, Adri Back to top YinglishJoined: 30 Jan 2007Posts: 99 Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: Quote: Do you have any advice or tip in order to get motivation to keep you doing exercises? One way is to find a mutual friend who is willing to exercise with you or at least someone that can hold you accountable for your exercise schedule. Telling everyone you know about your exercise plan can also keep you motivated. The important idea is accountability. Sometimes when you're feeling unmotivated, having someone to remind you of your exercise committment can keep you on track. Quote: In addition, as I wrote before, I cannot stop eating. I dont know how to control this anxiety. It's ok to eat. You just have to be selective on what you eat. If you're hungry, eat fruits/vegetables. If you're thirsty, drink water or fruit juice. Avoid foods with a lot of sugar and/or fat. Eat white meat (chicken, pork) with skins removed. Eat wheat bread instead of white bread. Read the food labels and know what you're eating. Back to top Ayita20Joined: 30 Jan 2007Posts: 60Location: Costa Rica Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:51 am Post subject: Yinglish First than anything else, Thank you for all your advices! I really appreciated it! Quote: One way is to find a mutual friend who is willing to exercise with you or at least someone that can hold you accountable for your exercise schedule. Telling everyone you know about your exercise plan can also keep you motivated. The important idea is accountability. Sometimes when you're feeling unmotivated, having someone to remind you of your exercise committment can keep you on track. I think that could really works! I never thought about that, but it is better to exercise if you are no alone, because if you dont want to continue you mutual friend will motivate you, but if you friend dont want, you can motivate him/her... I mean you are going to motivate each other. Quote: It's ok to eat. You just have to be selective on what you eat. If you're hungry, eat fruits/vegetables. If you're thirsty, drink water or fruit juice. Avoid foods with a lot of sugar and/or fat. Eat white meat (chicken, pork) with skins removed. Eat wheat bread instead of white bread. Read the food labels and know what you're eating. Related to the food... I will try to keep your advices in mind, in order to reduce or loss weight and I will let you know about the results later. Do you have any good diet? I really want to work on this._________________XOXO, Adri Back to top peter_scotchJoined: 16 Jun 2007Posts: 1 Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:53 am Post subject: weight loss Suggestion Hi buddy there are many exercise which are very useful for secure weight loss. However, it is better if you would fallow, Aerobic exercise which is so effective of maintaining normal good health, especially the muscular strength of the heart. To be useful, aerobic exercise requires maintaining a target heart rate of above 50 percent of one's maximum heart rate for 30 minutes, at least 3 times a week. Brisk walking can accomplish this._________________adipex Back to top R.TJoined: 10 Nov 2008Posts: 3 Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: Loose weight I'm 21 too & I am trying to get on a diet. If you go on a diet thats not eating much that stresses you out & it isn't good for your health. You may loose weight but your wieght would come back fast. Not only would your weight come back but you may tend to gain more than you used to weigh also. The best way to loose weight is to eat healthy & excersize. Excersising burns calories & also makes your mataboism work more. So even if your just sitting down you burn more calories than you used to If you don't have time to work out just try to walk alittle more. Use stairs & don't use elevators much. Just by doing that your matabolism would change alittle. Back to top YkriJoined: 17 Nov 2008Posts: 4 Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:27 am Post subject: i want to lose weight too i have heard the most important thing for dietting is ur feelig. to elevate ur mind, it is a good way to use the mirror. so if u see ur frame with the mirror everyday, u can find out where u want to tight the flab. and u will feel like u really want to be slim. so, use the mirror everyday watching urself, then it makes u feel u really want to lose wight! but i think walking is the best way to lose weight thats what i do when i really want to lose my weight! Back to top mitsunaJoined: 09 Nov 2008Posts: 5Location: Tokyo Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: Hi! I'm a japanese girl. In Japan, "Banana Diet" is in fashion now! You must eat only banana for breakfast, but you can eat it as much as you like. And you can eat ordinarily for lunch and dinner. Please try! Back to top Tan,Joined: 09 Nov 2008Posts: 8 Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:07 pm Post subject: If you can, don't eat almost everything. If you take in only water, you cannot keep fat. Human can live over 1 week with water without any food. Back to top nicewitchJoined: 11 Jun 2008Posts: 40 Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject: This is not a good thing to do. Our body has memory of the starvation period of time. Once you eat, even a little, everything is stocked and you put all your weight back and even more. the only way to lose weight in the healthy manner is with a balanced diet avoiding saturated fats_________________http://chocolate-diet.sylickon.com Back to top MrWriteJoined: 12 Feb 2009Posts: 26Location: Czech Republic Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:18 am Post subject: Food addict Next time you eat, eat a little slower. Then note the time when you don't feel hungry any more. But what do you do? You keep eating. You may be addicted to food. Also there are probably many times when you go the fridge - or the cookie jar, when you aren't really hungry. Same thing, it is food addiction. You need to come to terms with this before you can lose weight. Don't feed your addiction. I have some tasty recipes on my website if you want to try some healthy food. Just don't eat too much of it!_________________www.jeremytaylor.eu Back to top beibeizhuJoined: 29 Mar 2009Posts: 61 Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:19 am Post subject: Only my opinion If u want to lose weight, u should eat less rice and meat, especially in the evening. I suggest u can do some exercises in yr off time. Meanwhile,drink water much better than all kinds of beverage.Please remember vegetables and fresh fruit are good for your health. Back to top peterteacherJoined: 13 Apr 2009Posts: 86Location: Australia Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject: How to lose weight. You can't beat WALKING! A couple of people have already mentioned walking and I fully agree. I don't recommend dieting. It only works in the short term. It makes you unhappy and you always just want to end the diet and eat more and more. I'm a taekwondo player and I have stayed about the same weight for well over the past 10 years. If you don't feel like doing really hard exercise though, walking works just as well. If you run 5 kms it burns the same amount of calories as walking. It's difficult to get out of the house and go for a run, but it should be easy to put on your iPod and go for a nice, hour-long walk walk a couple of times a week or more._________________Try some mini, on-line adventure games to help your English at: www.gameenglish.com Back to top Rose_GengJoined: 08 Apr 2009Posts: 6 Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:09 am Post subject: Black coffee can help loose weight Drinking black coffee may help you to loose weight becuase caffein can improve decomposeing fattiness in your bodys. By the way, more coffee = less sleeping= less eating= less fattiness. Back to top beibeizhuJoined: 29 Mar 2009Posts: 61 Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:46 am Post subject: my boyfriend is super fat, because he often eating on the bed at night. he moves a lot,but he is also fat! I will marry him at 10yue. Back to top Jenniferdu521Joined: 29 Mar 2009Posts: 72 Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:30 am Post subject: I will marry him at 10yue Congratulations Rita! Hope you can happiness forever! Back to lose weight, I think their are a lot ways to do it. but the key point is insist on. if you can insist on one way 3 months, I promise you can success! 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2013 Program Review for Instructional and Non-Instructional Programs
Executive Summary
Thirteen instructional and three remedial/developmental programs participated in the annual program review process at Kaua'i Community College. Of the 13 instructional programs, two are rated healthy, nine are rated cautionary, and two new programs with insufficient data were rated unhealthy.
Instructional Programs
The health of the accounting program remains cautionary. This is due to the high number of majors declared in accounting (73.5) and the low number of jobs available in the county (11) leading to an unhealthy demand indicator. Persistence increased from the previous year moving the effectiveness indicator back to healthy.
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The health of the ABRP program remains cautionary. The fill rate and average class size dropped from last year to this year 100% to 72%, but the efficiency remained healthy. The large percentage swings are caused by the small student enrollment in this program. There are very few job listed in the county for this major keeping the demand indicator unhealthy. However, our students do report getting jobs despite the county job statistics.
Automotive Mechanics Technology
The AMT program's health is cautionary, where it has been in recent years except last year when it jumped to healthy. The cautionary health overall is due mainly to the low demand indicators. The demand indicators are low, although we feel many more available jobs are never listed but filled by word of mouth.
Business Technology
The program's health is rated cautionary for the second year in a row this year due to a continued lower report of available jobs. The drop in demand is probably due to the choice of SOC codes used in the analysis. The effectiveness indicator dropped to cautionary and the fall to spring persistence dropped from the previous year by 21%.
Culinary Arts
The culinary program continues to be healthy and is one of the best programs on our campus.
Early Childhood Education
The ECE program remains cautionary. The demand indicator remains unhealthy, but we still feel this is indicative of not capturing all of the jobs, outside of ECE teaching, our graduates seem to land. The number of majors is low. We had some urgent issues in the program's lab pre-school this past year that resulted in the closure of the lab school. The lab building is being remodeled and the curriculum revamped for re-accreditation and things should improve thereafter.
Electronics Technology
The ETRO program's health remains the same as last year – cautionary. This is because of the unhealthy demand indicator caused by low numbers of county jobs available. The SOC codes used are not capturing all of the jobs available to our graduates! Many of our students go on to bachelor's degree program and are not immediately seeking jobs.
Electrical Installation and Maintenance Technology
This is a new program that is just starting to collect data. The initial health is rated unhealthy. We have just hired the first faculty member for this program (January 2014) and hope he can jumpstart it.
Facilities Engineering
The FENG program remains cautionary as both efficiency and effectiveness remain cautionary. The fill rate did increase from last year, but persistence has dropped again.
Hospitality and Tourism
HOST moved from healthy to cautionary as fall to spring persistence decreased almost 8% from the previous year. The number of majors increased from 46 to 59.5 with little growth in the reported number of jobs.
Liberal Arts
The liberal arts program dropped from healthy to cautionary as the demand indicator dropped from cautionary to unhealthy. The decrease in the demand indicator was due to the 8.5% decrease in the number of liberal arts majors. This decrease was due to students choosing other majors, especially new programs we have begun offering. With more new majors in the pipeline, the decrease in liberal arts majors is likely to continue. However, we feel the quality of the program and the benefits it provides for transfer students remains exceptional.
Medical Assisting
This is a new program that is just starting to collect data. The initial health is rated unhealthy due to the lack of data.
The nursing program also continues to be healthy with no marked change in any of the indicators over the previous year.
Remedial and Developmental Math, Reading, and Writing
Overall, the remedial and developmental (R/D) math program is considered cautionary. There was a decrease of enrollment of 55 students from the previous year. Spring enrollment also decreased slightly probably due to the shortened R/D path way. There was a 9% decrease in enrollment for the AtD cohort with placement, which is unhealthy and suggests that new students are delaying their study of mathematics. One strategy for consideration is mandating that students take math in their first year of college. The average class size was 19.4 with the fill rate of 87.8%.
In R/D Reading the rating was also cautionary with 107 students enrolled in the 12-13 year for a decrease of 8 students from the previous year. The average class size was 13.9, down from 18.3 the previous year. The fill rate was 55.5% which is 17.6% lower than the previous year. Demand is considered healthy according to existing benchmarks, while efficiency is cautionary and effectiveness is unhealthy. These classes are typically low enrolled and have no reading faculty per se. In addition the low enrollment for each course impacts the effectiveness measures negatively. A new project, reading across disciplines (RAD), may provide some help in spreading the responsibility for reading beyond the English Department.
In R/D Writing the overall program is Healthy. The average class size was 14.9, down from 18.2 the previous year. The fill rate was 79% which is 12% lower than the previous year. Retention in the courses that are one level below college level is at 95% and for courses that are two levels below it is at 94%. Though the successful completion numbers were 55% for remedial and 72% for developmental courses the success in the next level were at cautionary levels.


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