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2009-06-18T15:04:00.000+05:30

War Crimes - A creamy pie (for some)

2009-05-27T09:26:00.004+05:30

War Crimes - A creamy pie (for some)!!!

The Glory of Freedom
The menace of terror is finally over. The self proclaimed 'liberator' who was responsible for the massacres of over 65,000 innocents across Sri Lanka for 3 decades is no more, for he and his empire now lies in ashes, buried somewhere in the soils of/off Sri Lanka.

The terrorists were defeated in their own battlefield by men - ordinary men who have shown the world how to do the most extra-ordinary of feats ever accomplished in the modern world - defeating the most ruthless, mono-ethnic, fascist terrorist outfit in the world - the LTTE. The victors are none other than the legitimate military forces of Sri Lanka, the Army, Navy and the Air Force, who were guided and blessed throughout their battle against terrorism by the Secretary of Defense and the overall Commander, HE the President.

These men (and women) have today, kept their sacred promise to safeguard the territorial integrity of our nation against separatists and terrorists. They have given back to us the National Pride that has been dead for well over 504 years or more!!! Perhaps this generation would take better care of it and pass it down to the many generations yet to be born.

Indeed, Mother Lanka is proud that she bore mighty sons as thee!

A Magnificent Victory - Unsurpassed

At a time when the entire world is fighting various terrorist organizations, a small circle of nations such as the US, UK, France and a few Nordic nations who have self proclaimed themselves as "the International community" have yet failed to uproot the evils of terrorism. In contrast, Sri Lanka showed the world how a terrorist outfit perceived to be 'invincible' was totally defeated, whilst ensuring the safety of civilians in the process.

This 'self proclaimed International community' by conduct has little respect for all other nations across the world, and have always resorted to selfish acts disregarding the majority consensus. They often boast of the best military training for their cadres, the use of high-tech weaponry with pin-point accuracy and devastating results. But sadly, even after over 6 years of 'combating' terrorists who seem to be armed only with guns, mortars and the likes, (obviously less sophisticated weapons compared to what these nations are using now), they are still far from seeing an end to their wars in both their own soil and abroad!
In contrast, Sri Lanka, with one of the smallest military units in the world took on the most sophisticated terrorist outfit the LTTE and won. Unlike other terrorists that are battled by the self proclaimed International Community for nearly a decade, the Sri Lankan military fought the LTTE which had the arsenal to invade an entire nation, for they had heavy artillery, 'submarines' and airplanes. Further, the LTTE had the international media eating out of their hands and the services of several diplomats and NGOs across the world. What is more important to note was that the Sri Lankan military forces were fighting within our own soil, to safeguard Sri Lanka's sovereignty, whilst the self proclaimed International Community was fighting on soils of another nation, in different parts of the world!

The three forces of Sri Lanka showed the world, that the fight lies not in the weapons, but in the hearts of men! The Sri Lankan forces have taught these nations that it is not the weapons or the sophistication or the bragging that ultimately wins wars, but brains and brawn combined and flavored with true guts of steel and meticulous military planning, spiced with true leadership and motivation! Whilst showing how terrorists should be dealt with, the three forces took additional pains to show the world the true meaning of compassion for life, which is a far greater virtue than destruction alone - for they rescued over 200,000 civilians held hostage by the LTTE - a feat that took its toll with supreme sacrifices of many soldiers. This feat is indeed remarkable for not a single military outfit in the World has done what Sri Lankan did during the last 02 years and 10 months.

Sour Losers and Childish Antics

The last couple of months, were hectic of times for several foreign politicians (of the self proclaimed International Community), who have tried hard to black mark Sri Lanka's victory and halt the war on terrorism, carried out within our own soil. These people have put away more pressing needs of their own country and people to appease the LTTE and its worshippers. But amidst all this 'interference' by these seedy politicians, especially into an internal matter (as the battle was fought well within Sri Lanka's territorial rights), the Battle was won.

Naturally, we have learnt over the years that there are some people who despise the achievements of others, especially, if the achievements were by people from nations that were termed as 'developing nations' or 'backward', or in certain instances termed as 'failed nations'. After all, civilization, as some Britishers explain, is what they taught the savages in the rest of the world!!! Perhaps, it is this petty jealousy and bruised egos that has aroused some nations and personalities to cry out for "War Crime investigations" against the victorious Sri Lanka, especially at a time when they should actually be congratulating one member nation (of the UN) on their victory over a barbaric terrorist outfit.

It is immaterial whether the world recognizes it or not, for the scourge of terror is finally over for Sri Lanka, and the military objectives of territorial sovereignty and security achieved within the stipulated time period. But as a moral duty, we Sri Lankans should not allow any organization or person to tarnish the image of Sri Lanka for petty politics and personal biases!

War Crimes and Identifying the Real Perpetrators

The IV Geneva Convention describes war crimes as the willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment; unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement of a protected person; compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power; or willfully depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial; taking of hostages and extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly.

According to so called informed sources, the UN had estimated that nearly 7000 civilians held as hostages and used as a human shield by the LTTE have been killed during Sri Lanka's battle with the terrorists. But a glimpse into the last 3 decades and later in 2005, 2006 and 2007 show us the real perpetrators of war crimes. But astonishingly, the so called advocates and bodies of human rights and the self proclaimed International Community seem to be totally and irresponsibly dumb and numb to the facts that should be considered before barging out strings of gibberish!
The LTTE who have blatantly massacred so many civilians in cold blood from remote villages to places of worship and who resorted to drive out Sinhalese and Muslims domiciled in Jaffna, giving them only 24 hours to vacate and allowing only 12 kg per person to carry on evacuation are Crimes against Humanity according to the prevailing International Laws. There use of arms and violence to carve out a mono-ethnic state is under the same principles, Crime against Peace. Both crimes are well recognized by the Geneva Convention. The latter acts of the LTTE by using human shields, recruitment of child soldiers, forcibly conscripting men and women to fight under a hostile regime against their will are considered as grave War Crimes. No one could argue otherwise against the pile of facts that the self proclaimed International community has deliberately sidelined, without sounding like na‹ve hypocrites in the wake of such appalling atrocities.

Furthermore, the LTTE seems to have a knack for self proclaimed leaders, since after the demise of their previous warlord, the infamous gun running 'KP', has now self proclaimed himself to be the able leader of the LTTE. Perhaps it would be wise for the Human Right watch dogs, including UNHRC to look into the offences above and call on the new LTTE ruler to answer for the atrocities committed against humanity and peace and for the Carnage and War Crimes committed on Sri Lankan soil. Though it can be argued that he was not 'personally involved' in the fighting, the very fact that he advocates a banned terrorist organization and had been the procurement dealer for arms for the LTTE is sufficient grounds for ordinary laymen.

The Art of 'War Crimes'

The Geneva Conventions are a treaty that represents a legal basis for International Law with regard to the conduct of warfare. Not all nations are signatories, and therefore these nations have resorted to retain different codes and values with regard to wartime conduct. On 1st July, 2002, the International Criminal Court, a treaty-based court located in The Hague, came into being for the prosecution of war crimes committed on or after that date. However, several nations, most notably the United States, an active member of the 'international community', have criticized the court and refused to participate in it or to permit the court to have jurisdiction over their citizens. Ironically, these nations are today shouting for UNHRC to investigate war crimes in Sri Lanka!

Further, it is said that a citizen of one of the 'objector nations' would only be brought on trial if he/she were accused of committing war crimes in a country that was a signatory. Therefore the validity of the UNHRC's claim should be established under the terms of signatory nation and the geographical location of the "alleged" war crimes. It also raises the question why the US, which is not a signatory, is hell bent on indicting Sri Lanka for war crimes unless it has some invisible benefit politically of economically. Could it be because of certain affiliations of politicians to pro-LTTE groups as rumoured through several media reports? Or could it be that the rumoured LTTE funds frozen in safe deposit boxes are appealing to some economies in times of economic downturn?

Further, why has the UNHRC overlooked the background and the rescue of over 200,000 civilians by the SL military (who were used by the LTTE as a human shield)? In contrast, the UNHRC is yet to even voice its intentions and action with regard to the war crimes committed by the US and coalition forces on Iraqi and Afghan civilians. The civilian deaths in Iraq alone during their long drawn out 'war on terror' claimed over 100,000 lives according to informed sources. In addition the US, despite their sophisticated weaponry and pinpoint accuracy, bombed unarmed innocent civilians, (women and children included) when the US drones attacked several Afghan villages. Where were the UNHRC and the other HR watch dogs then? Were they even aware that the attack by these drones in several locations around the world left many children half burnt and dismembered?

David Miliband, who is now in a soup for neglecting his duties towards his own electors, was also shouting the implication of war crimes against Sri Lanka. Perhaps, despite being the British Foreign Minister, he may not have heard of the atrocities the British, committed during WW I and II. Is this ignorance or impunity?

In fact, some signatories have routinely violated the Geneva Conventions using the ambiguities of law or political maneuvering to sidestep the protocols established. The definition of a state of "war" may be debated, and hence the term "war crime" itself has seen different usages under different systems of international and military law. The legalities of war have sometimes been accused of containing favoritism toward the winners who have actually drafted these legislations, ("Victor's justice"), as certain controversies have not been ruled as war crimes.

Some examples include the destruction of civilian targets in nations termed as the Axis of Power during World War I and World War II - the firebombing of the German city of Dresden is one such example. The use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US in World War II; the use of Agent Orange against civilian targets in the Vietnam war by the US; are only a few examples to start off with.

Miliband's own nation, the UK re-designated the German 'POWs' (POWs fall under the protection of the Geneva conventions) into 'Disarmed Enemy Forces' (allegedly unprotected by the Geneva convention) and who were then used for forced labor such as clearing minefields. By December 1945 it was estimated by French authorities that 2,000 German prisoners were being killed or maimed each month in mine-clearing accidents. So where is the justice for these atrocities? Remember, we Sri Lankans, have not resorted to using the captured LTTE terrorist for mine clearing operations - they are being rehabilitated in several centers - That is the difference!

The UNHRC should acknowledge that spotting a war crime is not easy, for example, is it a war crime for the air force of one country to bomb an enemy's television station or identified target? Under the Geneva Conventions, this is not a war crime. Just about all aspects of a state's infrastructure - roads, bridges, power stations, factories - become legitimate targets if they might be put to military use. Further the displacement of civilians from their homes by an army is not necessarily a war crime because it can be argued that the displacement is being carried out for the protection of the civilians, which is indeed the case here in Sri Lanka, as the actions have shown very clearly.

However, one must not forget that the LTTE's conduct a few years back when they drove out the Sinhala and Muslim residents from Jaffna and Mannar are war crimes, since under the Geneva Convention these expulsions are proven to be part of campaign of ethnic cleansing or designed as a mass punishment of civilians and forming of a mono-ethnic state.

End-piece...

In the context of the above, it is quite clear that the Human Right Watch dogs and the UNHRC have not quite got their facts right, and have displayed reputation of unfairness and inequality in their treatment of nations. Whilst, the powerful nations proclaiming themselves to be the sole representatives of the International Community are allowed to get away scot free (for various reasons under the stars), the less developed nations are taken to task and their developments are further hampered by embargoes, baseless accusations and invisible political and economic barriers.

The accusations these organizations and several diplomats shout are more in the nature of tarnishing the image of a nation rather than acknowledging the achievement. But we stand firm, in the face of the world, as a nation that did the right thing in vanquishing terrorism from our own soil and giving freedom to its citizens.

The UNHRC should also note that it is the people who have elected the leaders of this country, and hence the people have impliedly given a mandate to vanquish terrorism from Sri Lankan soil. In such an event, the elected are bound to ensure that their duty towards the people they represent are carried out - and it was (unlike the notoriously failed foreign ministers and secretary of state of some of the nations). Therefore if UNHRC is to shout accusations, it should well consider that it will have to take to task all the citizens of Sri Lanka that abhor terrorism in any form in our own country. It should also consider the repercussions of such a task - in the global context. Sri Lanka looked after its own interest with regard to an internal matter - and that is the way it should be!

"Why have you invited me to speak here? Because terrorism is a threat to all states and to all peoples, which can strike anytime, anywhere. It is a direct attack on the core values the United Nations stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians; mutual respect between people of different faiths and cultures; and peaceful resolution of conflict. So of course the United Nations must be at the forefront in fighting against it, and first of all in proclaiming, loud and clear, that terrorism can never be accepted or justified, in any cause whatsoever." - Kofi Annan (2005).

Sri Lanka fought it and won!!! ----*----

References and further reading...

For those of who are inquisitive to further read about the war crimes committed by some of these so called self proclaimed international communities we append a few examples below:

* The US has its own war legislature, and a few of its provisions under common article 3 violations are given below:
(1) Prohibited conduct.- In subsection (c)(3), the term "grave breach of common Article 3" means any conduct (such conduct constituting a grave breach of common Article 3 of the international conventions done at Geneva August 12, 1949), as follows:

(A) Torture.- The act of a person who commits, or conspires or attempts to commit, an act specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control for the purpose of obtaining information or a confession, punishment, intimidation, coercion, or any reason based on discrimination of any kind. Wonder what the UNHRC and HR watchdogs would do with all those tortured inmates of Abu Ghraib and Guant namo.

(B) Cruel or inhuman treatment.- The act of a person who commits, or conspires or attempts to commit, an act intended to inflict severe or serious physical or mental pain or suffering including serious physical abuse, upon another within his custody or control.... brings to mind the 'appalling' images shown across the international media, where inmates of the above prisons were traumatized by US military - guess the UNHRC was in deep slumber. Perhaps the foreign ministers of the responsible nations should recollect those unsavoury moments!

(C) Performing biological experiments

(D) Murder.- The act of a person who intentionally kills, or conspires or attempts to kill... the best examples were the innocent civilians who were bombed by US drones - again the HR watch dogs seem to be blind.

(E) Mutilation or maiming.- Nothing more than the 'appalling' and pathetic scenes of children burnt and maimed in the US drone attacks.

(F) Intentionally causing serious bodily injury.- Why repeat...?!

(G) Rape.- The act of a person who forcibly or with coercion or threat of force wrongfully invades, or conspires or attempts to invade, the body of a person by penetrating, however slightly, the anal or genital opening of the victim with any part of the body of the accused, or with any foreign object. The UNHRC perhaps sanctions the rape of two innocent Japanese girls in Okinawa, Japan, at the hands of US military...?

(H) Sexual assault or abuse.- Same as above...

(I) Taking hostages - The act of a person who, having knowingly seized or detained one or more persons, threatens to kill, injure, or continue to detain such person or persons with the intent of compelling any nation, person other than the hostage, or group of persons to act or refrain from acting as an explicit or implicit condition for the safety or release of such person or persons. Perhaps, the HR watch dogs have no 'informed sources' to account for the numbers held hostages during the various exercises carried out across the world.

* A glimpse of the War crimes of the British

After Germany surrendered in May 1945, it was divided into sectors, with Russians in the east, Americans in the south, French in the west and the British occupying the northwest, from Bonn to Hamburg. Britain inherited the most heavily populated zone. Hamburg, the second biggest city after Berlin, lay in ruins because of five RAF raids from July 24 to 29, 1943 created a firestorm which rose two and a half miles above the city. In those five nights, most of Hamburg was destroyed. Some 750,000 people were made homeless, and up to 150,000 killed -- many more than died from air raids in Britain in the whole of World War II.

When the occupying forces arrived in Hamburg, they discovered a land of cave-dwellers. Thousands of people were living in windowless concrete air-raid shelters; thousands more crammed into cellars under the rubble or else climbed a ladder into rooms suspended in some teetering ruin, amid falling masonry. (Source: A STRANGE Enemy People: Germans Under The British 1945-50, by Patricia Meehan) A pity that the US and UNOSAT did not have satellite imagery to confirm the craters created by the bombings and the devastations so that the HR watch dogs could have some work! What is worse than committing the act is whitewashing the act!

* A snippet of the War Crimes committed by France

The war crimes were wounds opened by the memoirs of an aging general, 83-year-old Paul Aussaresses, who admits taking part in torture and summary executions during France's long, losing battle to keep Algeria, during the Algerian war for independence from 1954 to 1962. He describes the summary execution as well as tortures France committed on captured 'revels'. For more read France Faces Its Demons For Algerian War Brutality, by Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, Thursday 10 May 2001; Page A26. (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/61/118.html)
It seems that the very nations who are shouting alleged war crimes on Sri Lanka for fighting a group of terrorists, have also one time or the other committed some of the most heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity and peace against citizens of other nations - not even on their own soil!!!
The above excludes the atrocities committed by these nations during their colonial rule.

(Source : http://defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090526_07 ; By: Manisha Fernando)

Admin Pack in Windows Vista

2008-08-18T08:01:00.003+05:30

I have to use AD (Active Directory) frequently for my office work to identify some issues and troubleshoot, either interactively or remotely. Remote connection has made easy with the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack which you can download and install in your PC. WS2k3 Admin pack is supported by Windows XP, Win2000, and Windows 2003 workstation without any hassle.

But unfortunately I have a Windows Vista Business Edition running in my HPdc7800 Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz system and it is not directly supported by this Admin pack. :( I had bit annoying time with connecting and managing AD because either I have to remotely connect to that DC or have to connect to other PC which is running Admin pack. But with this new script it is running smoothly with my own Vista machine.

You must first run the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack under your user account (Account which needs the Admin Pack), make sure that you have the local administrative privileges otherwise you can not perform this properly. When you try to access the Windows Server 2003 management tools after installation you will get an empty console. Additionally, you will receive the following error message. MMC could not create the snap-in.

Do the following to resolve the problem;

1. Log on to Windows Vista as a user who has local administrator permissions.

2. Create the RegisterAdminPak.cmd script. To do this, follow these steps:

I. Start Notepad, and then open a blank document.

II. Paste the following code to the document in Notepad:

@echo off

REM RegisterAdminPak.cmd

REM (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

set filelist=adprop.dll azroles.dll azroleui.dll ccfg95.dll

set filelist=%filelist% certadm.dll certmmc.dll certpdef.dll certtmpl.dll

set filelist=%filelist% certxds.dll cladmwiz.dll clcfgsrv.dll clnetrex.dll

set filelist=%filelist% cluadmex.dll cluadmmc.dll cmproxy.dll cmroute.dll

set filelist=%filelist% cmutoa.dll cnet16.dll debugex.dll dfscore.dll

set filelist=%filelist% dfsgui.dll dhcpsnap.dll dnsmgr.dll domadmin.dll

set filelist=%filelist% dsadmin.dll dsuiwiz.dll imadmui.dll lrwizdll.dll

set filelist=%filelist% mprsnap.dll msclus.dll mstsmhst.dll mstsmmc.dll

set filelist=%filelist% nntpadm.dll nntpapi.dll nntpsnap.dll ntdsbsrv.dll

set filelist=%filelist% ntfrsapi.dll rasuser.dll rigpsnap.dll rsadmin.dll

set filelist=%filelist% rscommon.dll rsconn.dll rsengps.dll rsjob.dll

set filelist=%filelist% rsservps.dll rsshell.dll rssubps.dll rtrfiltr.dll

set filelist=%filelist% schmmgmt.dll tapisnap.dll tsuserex.dll vsstskex.dll

set filelist=%filelist% w95inf16.dll w95inf32.dll winsevnt.dll winsmon.dll

set filelist=%filelist% winsrpc.dll winssnap.dll ws03res.dll

for %%i in (%filelist%) do (

        echo Registering %%i ...

        regsvr32 /s %%i

echo.

Echo Command Completed

III. On the File menu, click Save.

IV. In the Save as type box, click All Files, type C:\Users\UserAccountName\RegisterAdminPak.cmd in the File name box, and then click Save.

3. Run RegisterAdminPak.cmd from a command prompt. To do this, follow these steps:

Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator

I. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.

II. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER.

III. C:\Users\UserAccountName\RegisterAdminPak.cmd

Now you are ready to use Admin Pack in Windows Vista. Enjoy. :)

Easy Downloading

2008-07-08T13:41:00.004+05:30

Yesterday I was trying to download some video files and all the links were directed to YouTube site. I watched all the videos that I wanted but couldn't download any of them coz YouTube is not allowing to download its embedded media files.

I did a google search and found a good" link ", When you give the URL of the file that you want to download it download the files for you but those video files can not be play in your Media player. Nothing to worry here comes our opensource friends to help with a nice player call VLC. Now no worries.

Professinalism

2008-07-08T13:36:00.002+05:30

Today morning while I was coming to my room I met our Head of Engineering (HOE), he was in a bit of a hurry but told that they are going to do partition our IT room and the workers will start work within the next hour. I was astonished to hear that, because I didn’t know what are they going to do there or how they are going to do partition our room. Since Head of Engineering told me to speak to the Financial Controller, who is his boss and second to the GM to get more details.

Immediately I spoke to FC and he said HOE has the plan thus he has better idea than him so to speak to him. Finally we manage to bring both together FC & HOE with another Engineer who is doing this project. Finally both showed me how they have planned to do the partitioning. First important thing to note, none of these high rank people have informed this sudden change to the Head of IT (HIT). IT is a very important department in any office and we have 8-9 servers running here plus around 150 users and these Heads are trying to do the modification to the IT department with out the knowledge of the IT Head.

First place we thought that HIT is aware about this matter coz this has been passed by GM, and FC, HOE and others are aware about the change. While we talk with them we understood that this decision is not been informed to Head of IT. Since the HIT was not in our office I took a call to HIT and she wanted to talk to FC or HOE, FC was not there therefore I gave the phone to Head of Engineering and he refused to answer the phone saying he is just executing the task and decision making is not his duty. I forgot to mention that so called Head of Engineering is an AGM (Assistant General Manager - Engineering).

In the presence of FC, and HOE (AGM) when we raise the question whether they have informed this problem to Head of IT, they just nodded their heads and said will do..!! They are going to do the job now thereafter going to inform the relevant authority later. Is this the right thing to do..? Is this the way a top class Financial Controller and Assistant General Manager work?

What is the professionalism that these people have..? Top management is saying that they are just an executer and passing the ball to other people when questions are raised.

Relaxing..!!

2008-06-10T10:04:00.003+05:30

Don't Repent

2008-03-04T08:40:00.003+05:30

What is HSDPA ?

2008-02-12T09:14:00.000+05:30

HSDPA, short for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access, is a new protocol for mobile telephone data transmission. It is known as a 3.5G (G stands for generation) technology. Essentially, the standard will provide download speeds on a mobile phone equivalent to an ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line in a home, removing any limitations placed on the use of your phone by a slow connection. It is an evolution and improvement on W-CDMA, or Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, a 3G protocol. HSPDA improves the data transfer rate by a factor of at least five over W-CDMA. HSDPA can achieve theoretical data transmission speeds of 8-10 (megabits per second). Though any data can be transmitted, applications with high data demands such as video and streaming music are the focus of HSDPA.

HSDPA improves on W-CD MA by using different techniques for modulation and coding. It creates a new channel within W-CDMA called HS-DSCH, or high-speed downlink shared channel. That channel performs differently than other channels and allows for faster downlink speeds. It is important to note that the channel is only used for downlink. That means that data is sent from the source to the phone. It isn't possible to send data from the phone to a source using HSDPA. The channel is shared between all users which lets the radio signals to be used most effectively for the fastest downloads.

Container ISO Codes

2008-02-06T13:53:00.000+05:30

Sometimes we need to identify containers by looking at the ISO codes. I have listed mainly use ISO codes for Depot users/surveyors.

Container ISO-Codes
ISO	LxWxH	Description of the container
20G0	20 x 8 x 8	20´ general container
20G1	20 x 8 x 8	20´ general container with ventilation holes
20H1	20 x 8 x 8	20´ port hole reefer container
20T0	20 x 8 x 8	20´ tank container
22G0	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ general container
22G1	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ general container with ventilation holes
22V0	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ highly ventilated container
22R0	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ integral reefer container
22R1	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ integral reefer/heated container
22H2	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ thermal insulated external container
22U0	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ open top container
22U1	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ open top container removable top
22P1	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ flat rack with fixed ends
22P2	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ flat with fixed corner posts only
22P3	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ flat with collapsible ends
22P5	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ open sided container
22T0	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ tank container - non dangerous liquid
22T5	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ tank container
22B0	20 x 8 x 8,5	20´ dry bulk container
25G0	20 x 8 x 9,5	20´ genaral high cube container (9,6)
25R1	20 x 8 x 9,5	20´ integral high cube reefer container (9,6)
28U1	20 x 8 x 4	20´ half height open top container
26T0	20 x 8 x 4	20´ half height tank container
28P0	20 x 8 x 4	20´ platform flat
42G0	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ genral container
42G1	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ genral container with ventilation holes
42V0	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ highly ventilated container
42R0	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ integral reefer container
42U1	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ open top container
42U1	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ open top container with removable top parts
42P1	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ flat rack with fixed ends
42P2	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ flat with corners posts only
42P3	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ flat with collapsible ends
42P5	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ open sided container
42B0	40 x 8 x 8,5	40´ dry bulk container
45G0	40 x 8 x 9,5	40´ general container high cube (9,6)
45R1	40 x 8 x 9,5	40´ integral reefer container high cube (9,6)
48U1	40 x 8 x 4	40´ half height open top container
48P0	40 x 8 x 2	40´ platform flat

What happened to a Net Admin..

2008-02-06T11:58:00.000+05:30

Few years ago I joined with a company as a Network Administrator and by the time I joined the company they describe my job’s main tasks as below;

1. Maintain the existing network infrastructure, evaluate, and recommend new technology to implement.
2. Maintenance and troubleshoot CISCO router, 2 ADSL connection and Windows 2000 server / workstation.
3. Introduce new technology to enhance productivity.

And there were some more IT related stuff. (You know all the rubbish you get in your Appointment Letter.: P) I work very coolly dooly for sometimes and had much spare time for myself.

New involvement after few months after joining;

1. Inspecting and estimating damage containers (ISO standard)
2. Lead the Operation of the container yard.
3. Train the staff
4. Set standard and procedures
5. Discuss /negotiate with our main Shipping line regarding IT / Operational issues
6. Follow up container repair (ISO standard)
7. Invoicing

This helped me to understand another industry (Container Depot / Shipping) which I didn’t have a clue. :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR..!!

2008-01-01T08:38:00.001+05:30

CCNA

2007-12-04T14:23:00.000+05:30

I started CCNA few months ago @ SLIIT and end of this month I'm hoping to do the final exam. Actually it is not a easy job to do, without the help from assignments, simulations (Router Sim, Boson)and some useful pass papers, especialy from pass4sure & Testking.

The content of the course is well organized by Cisco.It covers a vast area in Routing and Switching. Most of us have the theoretical background but we lack the practical aspect of it.

Wasgamuwa Trip

2007-11-29T13:19:00.000+05:30

After a short meeting at Mahasen's place we decided to go to Wasgamuwa on Sunday morning. This became a last trip we go as a bachelors..!!

LTTE KILLS CIVILIANS TO TAKE REVENGE FROM SL GOV.

2007-04-06T08:55:00.000+05:30

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has selected civilian targets for their assassinations and other violence after failing militarily especially in the Eastern Province.
They have also started blaming their rivals the Karuna Group and the military for these violence against the majority Sinhalese ethnic group.
After killing six construction workers in Eravur and 17 bus passengers in Koduwattuwan near Ampara both in the Eastern Province now they have struck rice farmers transporting their rice stocks for sale.
In an assasination , the Aralaganwil Police said, the LTTE killed four rice farmers who were transporting unmilled rice, which is called paddy here, for sale , shooting them with small arms fire. The crime against these civilians happened at Nidanwela 17 kilometers South of Aralaganwila, March 5 at 9.30 a.m., the police said.
The police said they were searching for the culprits in the area. Police said three farmers died instantly while the other one died after admission to the Aralaganwila Hospital. From April 1, the total civilians killed by the LTTE rose to 27 , with these assassinations, the Ministry of Defense said.
In the Western Province the LTTE also tried many more civilian killings at Wattala but they failed. Acting on information by civilians the security forces discovered three claymore mines in the Gamunu Palace area on the Negombo Wattala road inside a building. The 12 kilograms each claymore mines were diffused by the Bomb Disposal Unit of the Sri Lanka Army later.

snapshot from Lankaweb

Map of Colombo

2006-07-12T11:37:00.000+05:30

I'm living in Colombo since 2001 and I have lost in this city countless times. I can remember sometimes I used to keep a small map in my wallet when I roam around Colombo. One day I wanted to find Park Street and I found all the lanes, avenues …etc, which start with “Park” in front, but not the exact place I wanted. So I thought to publish this link, which I found one of my friend’s blog site.

http://www.hot-maps.de/asia/sri_lanka/colombo/homeen.html

Who is innocent..Human or Aminals?

2006-07-12T10:05:00.000+05:30

Who is going to kill a mother?? This is seems to be a never-ending battle between human and animals. Some would argue that animals are created for human’s need, which shows how cruel they are. These innocent creatures are harmless and live a peaceful life in their territory. (Jungle)

Human population grow rapidly and that doesn’t mean you have to take away some innocents lives, coz every one has same rights for life.

This is another end of a pregnant elephant. Negligence of wildlife officers led to the death of this pregnant cow elephant in Vanathavilluwa as they failed to attend to her for ten days after it was shot by a group of hena cultivators. Some villagers fed it while others had cut a part of its tail to get hair.

Few words while doing the exam :)

2006-06-17T15:45:00.000+05:30

If you know how did I find some time to make this blog definitely you will laugh at me. I did an exam today and I was able to finish that before the time that was supposed to finished, so I took that as an opportunity to add few words to my blog.

You know its not worthy to talk about office work, its that much disappointing. I have been trying hard to talk to my boss coz I want to ask for salary increment. ;) But, since then that idea came to me, I could not talk to him neither I see him.

Last week four of us (Mahasen, NC, charmini) got together after few months and had a good time. NC has got a job recently and now he is staying with Mahasen for the time being.

Most of the time I spend Sundays by watching movies, now that has become bad habit, even during the weekdays I started watching movies. I very much enjoy watching Tony Jaa’s movies

I am back again...!!!

2006-05-24T18:05:00.000+05:30

I am back to my blog after very long time. Actually I had a difficulty to find a spare time, these days I had many problems coming to my way. :(
NC's (one of best 3) sister is getting married and as a friend I should help them, but I am unable to get a leave because I took 3 weeks leave for my exam.Resently I stared CCNA and keep a touch with programming. :)

Hacker or Cracker

2006-02-21T13:51:00.000+06:00

As I can remember last Friday I was bit free from my office work and wondering what to do..?? Finally I thought to browse the net, then the next question pop up… what’s the topic..???? I tried "hacking". I wanted to read some articles about 'how to become a hacker'. My main intention was to intrude someone’s PC or a network. Google search gave some useful links and I read few articles of that. But one article catched my attention than others, that article is totaly different from the other links and I thought to add that to my blog.

I started reading the content of that article and it changed my mind about hackers (real hackers). Mostly what we call “crackers” as hackers. We think people who have excellent knowledge about programming and networking can turn into hackers. Everyday we see and hear some news about hacker attacks to many organizations and the destruction that they have caused.

How can we call them, hackers or crackers? read this http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

1GB Kingston MMC

2006-02-21T08:44:00.000+06:00

I purchased 1GB Kingston MMC Mobile for my new Nokia 6230i. Before I purchased, I asked from few of my friends who are using 1GB MMCs on their Nokia 6230i. Nokia does not recommend using 1GB MMCs, but as my friends said their MMCs are working without causing havoc. But unfortunately my Kingston MMC Mobile started to give me headache. These are the problems,

· Suddenly MMCs name changed to “Memory Card” (Normally it appeared as Kingston)
· Can not open any of the folders in MMC
· Size of the MMC showed as 0.0 kb
· Phone gets very slow. (Access time is long)

I thought to format the MMC and see whether it can solve these problems. :(

My new Nokia 6230i

2006-02-07T15:16:00.000+06:00

I was dreaming to buy a nokia 6230i phone after I found many useful features of that phone. Few of my friends have nokia 6230 and nokia 6230i phones and I got the chance to explore the features and I was really fascinated by them. Then I thought to buy a nokia 6230i. Yes.. Its bit expensive, but I feel its worth. It comes with below mentioned features,

Key Features
1.3 megapixel camera
Fast file transfers with the plug and play USB port
208 x 208-pixel, 65,536 color TFT display
32 MB internal memory plus up to 512 MB removable memory (you can use 1GB MMC ;))
Email, MMS, and Instant Messaging
Animated 3D menu graphics
MP3/AAC/M4A stereo music player
XHTML browser also shows many HTML pages
Comfortably compact, classic design
Bluetooth wireless technology
Push to talk over cellular
Visual Radio - interact with what you hear

If you are interested to have a glance of nokia features visit http://www.europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,69499,00.html

Rat race

2006-02-06T17:33:00.000+06:00

I have been runing the rat race these days......pooh...!!!! no aim, no vision...!!! Actually these are not the things that I wanted to do in my life. I feel like I am moving away from my goal. I need to get a good break and collect my thoughts to one aim.

I thought to blog frequently than that I am doing now. But time and extra work disturbed my work. How ever with these work I got through my BCS 2nd part. :)

I hope to publish some technical blogs as soon as possible.

iPod causes hearing loss !!!

2006-02-02T10:45:00.000+06:00

SAN FRANCISCO - A Louisiana man claims in a lawsuit that Apple's iPod music player can cause hearing loss in people who use it.

Apple has sold more than 42 million of the devices since they went on sale in 2001, including 14 million in the fourth quarter last year. The devices can produce sounds of more than 115 decibels, a volume that can damage the hearing of a person exposed to the sound for more than 28 seconds per day, according to the complaint.

The iPod players are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss," according to the complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., on behalf of John Kiel Patterson of Louisiana.

The suit, which Patterson wants certified as a class-action, seeks compensation for unspecified damages and upgrades that will make iPods safer. Patterson's suit said he bought an iPod last year, but does not specify whether he suffered hearing loss from the device.

Patterson does not know if the device has damaged his hearing, said his attorney, Steve W. Berman, of Seattle. But that's beside the point of the lawsuit, which takes issue with the potential the iPod has to cause irreparable hearing loss, Berman said.

"He's bought a product which is not safe to use as currently sold on the market," Berman said. "He's paying for a product that's defective, and the law is pretty clear that if someone sold you a defective product they have a duty to repair it."

An Apple Computer Inc. spokeswoman, Kristin Huguet, declined to comment.
Although the iPod is more popular than other types of portable music players, its ability to cause noise-induced hearing isn't any higher, experts said.

"We have numerous products in the marketplace that have the potential to damage hearing," said Deanna Meinke, an audiology professor at the University of Northern Colorado. "The risk is there but the risk lies with the user and where they set the volume."

The Cupertino-based company ships a warning with each iPod that cautions "permanent hearing loss may occur if earphones or headphones are used at high volume."

Apple was forced to pull the iPod from store shelves in France and upgrade software on the device to limit sound to 100 decibels, but has not followed suit in the United States, according to the complaint. The headphones commonly referred to as ear buds, which ship with the iPod, also contribute to noise-induced hearing loss because they do not dilute the sound entering the ear and are closer to the ear canal than other sound sources, the complaint states.

Note : Content copied from yahoo news.

Check your mail any where in the world

2005-10-28T15:43:00.000+06:00

I took long time to post my second blog because I was bit busy last week. (I came to work after 13 days. :D ) fortunately no one had made a mess here.

One day my boss asked whether he can check his mails when he is out of the country. I know there should be a way but I have never tried to find that, so google came to help me to find a solution. I came across few sites which can use to access any POP3 or IMAP mail clients in any where in the world. I thought to add those links here;

E-Mail Anywhere
Mail 2 Web
check My Mail

http://www.e-mailanywhere.com/ E-Mail Anywhere (supports POP3)https://www.mail2web.com Mail2Web (supports POP3 and IMAP4)http://www.checkmymail.com

Enjoy utilizing these e-mail clients, but don't forget to clear your Browser history and to empty your cache after you've used them in a public internet cafe.

28.10.2005

Next week is important

2005-10-15T13:06:00.000+06:00

First few days of the coming week is very important to me, because my exam falls during 18th and 19th as I wrote in my previous post. I attended to most of the classes and I am unhappy about it. Reason behind is I did not get any proper learning though the classes. Anyway I hope my colleagues have learned something better than me. To be frank I know only few things about the subjects that I am going to sit.
These few days I spend very freely going here and there because it’s very difficult to get another leave from the working place. (I’m on leave from 8-20) The funniest thing is they gave me a mobile to contact me. I have many things to write about this and my work experience but I have to procrastinate that for few days till I finished the exam. I want to improve my blog and hope to add more articles as time permit me.
I take this opportunity to wish very best to all my friends who are sitting for the BCS exam.
15.10.2005