WFP 125 x 125 Banner

The World Food Programme, has offered great incite on logistical nightmares it has encountered through A-Grade Journalism. I have discussed and used examples in the past including Nepal Logistically Challenge and Libyas desert corridor realising logistical dream.

It is for this reason I have decided to place a 125 x 125 Banner on Logistical Challenge to help support there cause.

Once again thanks WFP, and as token of your appreciation, if you can afford it please click here and make a small donation now, If you want to add a banner to your webpage I encourage you too please follow my source below.

WFP (1 July 2011). Link to Us | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme. World Food Program[online] www.wfp.org. Available from: SOURCE [Accessed 1/7/2011 July 2009].

Keywords in a plethora of text

How often does this happen? There was a really relevant point in a body of text you read a few days earlier and after finally tracking down that webpage in Google, or finding that ebook on your PC, its time to start breezing through 500 odd pages of text to find that elusive statement.
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To save some time simply Hit CTRL & F, & an impresive "Find" Utility should appear which allows you to enter a specific keyword. After you have entered a somewhat unique word or phrase associated with your search, click "Find" and with some luck you should be teleported to the hidden line in no time.
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Im surprised how often this can be overlooked, people use find / search functions all the time to locate where they have saved files on there hardrive, but never think to use it as an indexing tool throughout large documents.

This could be handy, especially if your house bills, invoice or packing lists have been created in Excel or Word, and you need to find a certain field repeatingly, yet now efficiently.

5 reasons why your computer is crashing

Hard disk drives (Hdd).

Quiet often data becomes fragmented. Thus it can be a good idea to defragment the hard disk maybe every few weeks; or even once a month to prevent the Hdd from freezing your computer.

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Go to Start Menu, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.

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Hard disks will slow down and crash if they are over burden. Get into a regular pattern of housekeeping your Hdd every few months and free some space on it.

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Tip! Open the Windows folder on the C:\ drive and find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Deleting the contents (not the folder) can free space.

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Simply empty the Recycle Bin every week to free more space.

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Your Hdd should be scanned every week for errors or bad sectors.

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Go to Start Menu, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, ScanDisk

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Fatal OE / VXD Exceptions.

These are often caused by graphics card problems..

These can be resolved by reducing the resolution of your video display..

Go to Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel, Display, Settings.Slide the screen area bar to the left. Glance at the color settings on the left. High color 16-bit depth is acceptable..

If your computer is freezing often it could be due to your graphics card.

Double check there are no hardware conflicts.. Go to Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager,.Select the + next to Display Adapter.

A description of your video card should appear. Highlight it and select Properties. Go to Resources and select each line in the window, looking for a message that says No Conflicts..

The way to resolve a hardware conflict is to uncheck the Use Automatic Settings box and hit the Change Settings button.

Then search for a setting that will display a No Conflicts message..

Another useful way to resolve video problems is;.

Go to Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel, System, Performance, Graphics -.Move the Hardware Acceleration slider to the left..

By far the most common cause of graphics card problems are obselete or faulty drivers.

Look up your graphics card's manufacturer on the internet and download for the most recent driver for model..

Viruses.

If you do not have a Windows start-up Disk on hand, Get one.

Some Viruses attack the boot sector of your hard drive, making it impossible to start.

Nowdays you can use the Windows Operating system Cd that came with your system, but if your oldschool and still have a 3.5" floppy drive, you can create your own start up Disk..

Go to Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel, Add / Remove, Start-up Disk, Create Disk..

Im not going to go into specifics as it's pretty obvious, but you should have some form of Virus protection installed, just be very vigilant and always update your virus signatures; they are installed in a *.DAT file. Your *.DAT files should be updated periodically from your antivirus software website..

Overheating.

Central processing units (CPUs) are equipped with electric cooling fans. If the fan stops or is starting to make a whining noise (ball bearings dying) it may start to overheat and generate a kernel error.

This is a quiet common problem in chips that have been overclocked to operate at higher speeds than they have been designed for..

One solution is to upgrade the fan / heatsink. Another is too simply vaccum / blow out with compressed air the copious amounts of dust clogging the case vents, heatsink fins & motherboard..

CPU problems can be fixed by disabling the CPU internal cache in the BIOS. This will reduce performance slightly, but increase stability..

Don't be afraid of cracking open your PC case, its not very difficult usually only 3 or 4 phillips head screws need to be undone to remove the side panel of a tower, or the top of a desktop machine..

Printers.

This ones right out of left field, so I thought Id include it, The action of sending a document to a printer generates a larger data file, often called a postscript file. Generally speaking Printers usually only have a select small amount of memory called the buffer, which can be overloaded by the post script. Printing a large document will also use a decent chunk of CPU power, slowing down overall PC performance.

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Anything unusual throughout your document e.g. new fonts, characters or intricate diagrams, may confuse the printer, causing your PC to crash. The easiest method in solving these frustrating episodes, can be to clear the buffer by simply pulling the plug on the printer for ten seconds.

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So there! 5 potential reasons why your computer is crashing, and what too look out for in the future to prevent these frustrating freezes.

Australian Ports - The 4 Victorian Hubs

Geelong is the largest regional Port in Victoria, the 6th largest in Australia. With a heavy emphasis on bulk cargo it's major import/export commodity includes crude oil, fertilizer, automotive components, grain, steel & wood chips. Shell Refinery, Incitec Pivot, Toyota Tsusho, GrainCorp and One Steel dominate the Port regions of North Shore and Corio.

Portland is a deep water bulk Port positioned somewhat between Melbourne and Adelaide. Once again like its counterpart Geelong, it specializes in agriculture and mining. Whilst it also exports aluminum ingots and livestock.

Hastings specializes in oil, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), unleaded petrol (ULP) & steel. It is located approximately 75km from Melbourne. The discovery of LPG in Bass Strait during the sixties required immediate attention and extra Port facililites were developed shortly after. The following decade the steel industry established itself at Western Port.

Melbourne is the largest container port in Australia, over 40 shipping lines utilize Williamstown and Station pier. During 2007 - 2008 1,050,445 TEU's were imported alone through Melbourne, 727,037 TEU's exported.

For further information;

Department of Transport [online] www.transport.vic.gov.au

Port of Victoria [online] http://www.portofvictoria.com
Wiki Entry [online] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Ports_Corporation

Image Courtesy: Ports of Australia Diagram; cropped and reduced 26th Febuary 2010; Ports Australia, [online]www.portsaustralia.com.au/, Available from: SOURCE [Accessed 26 Febuary 2010]

Bill of Lading Requirements

The Bill of Lading (BOL) is a document issued on behalf of the carrier describing the type and quantity of goods shipped, the shipper, the consignee, ports of loading/discharge and vessel details.

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Generally speaking, it will be included at the front of a document package which contains the supplier's invoice, packing list, packing declaration and fumigation certificates if required.

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The following details are required on a Bill of Lading document;

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Shipper's Name and Address

Consignee's Name and Address

Notify Party

Unique Bill of Lading Number / Airway Bill Number

Country of Origin

Port/Airport of Loading/Discharge

Date of Issue

Freight Terms

Description of packages & goods

Dimensions (cube)

Purchase Order Number

Carton QTY / Unit QTY

Gross Weight

Chargeable Weight

Carrier Rates *Optional

Australian Ports - NSW

Eden on the very South coast of New South Whales originated in the mid 1800's as a commerical whaling dock. Today it predominately exports timber product to Japan and South Korea. Mobil has there own private wharf for distribution of petroleum imports, and the department of defense use the eden port locale` to conduct naval repairs there on a regular basis.

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Kembla is best known for Bluescope steel works, and the export gateway for coal mined in the southern and western regions of New South Whales.

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Botany services the New South Whales Capital; Sydney. Predominantly focused on bulk liquid and containerised goods. It is the second largest Port in Australia, preceeding Melbourne.

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Newcastle is a unique harbour and crucial to Australia's economy, not only is it the largest Coal export Port in Australia; it is the largest Coal export Port in the world.
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Yamba is very much alike Eden, with a primary focus on export Timber, it services the northern coastline of New South Whales, The Port of Yamba also doubles as the Gateway to Lord Howe Island.

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For further information;

NSW Ports Corporation [online] www.maritime.nsw.gov.au

Sydney Ports [online] http://www.sydneyports.com.au/

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Image Courtesy: Ports of Australia Diagram; cropped and reduced 26th Febuary 2010; Ports Australia, [online]www.portsaustralia.com.au/, Available from: SOURCE [Accessed 26 Febuary 2010]

DHL issues warning on Iceland Eruption

Email I received yesterday from DHL issuing a warning on the Iceland Eruption.

Cancellation of Flights Caused by Iceland's Volcanic Eruption.

Due to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, flights across northern Europe have been disrupted by a volcanic ash cloud that is drifting south and east from Iceland. Volcanic ash contains tiny particles of glass and pulverized rock which can damage aircraft engines and airframes.

The Countries where their flights to and from are affected include Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom. It's highly possible that additional Countries will be affected as the volcanic ash continues to spread.

This disruption and cancellation of flights is expected to effect weekend consolidations into and out of these Countries. We expect that once flights again resume there may be a backlog of cargo from those effected airports.

At the time of this notification there is no indication of when flights are expected to resume. However, the European Air Safety Authority has advised the disruption, the largest experienced in the region, could last for at least another two days.

DHL will continue to monitor the situation over the week-end and advise our customers as, and when, additional information is received from the respective Authorities.

Should you wish further information please contact your local DHL representative.

Shen Neng Ship Wreck

The Shen Neng 1 a 230 metre Bulk Carrier ran aground about 70 kilometres easy of Great Keppel Island QLD, Australia when it sailed outside of designated shipping lanes.

According to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, the ship's original course was between Dougla Shoal and the capricorn islands, haphazardly straying 5.8 nautical miles away from the shipping lane.

The physical grounding or scraping of the Great Barrier Reef left a 3 kilometer , 250 meter wide abundant ditch.

Scientists are predicting a minimum 20 year recovery to its former condition; thriving with marine life.

The ships master and owners are currently undergoing investigation and the outcome shall be reviewed shortly.