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Friday, August 31st, 2007
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Archive for August, 2007
The rural revolution
Friday, August 31st, 2007
In the remote agricultural province of Lao Cai in Vietnam a few shared community phones are being replaced with high-speed WiMAX broadband connections and VoIP telephony for thousands of residents.
In rural Cambodia, a new 3G/UMTS mobile network is being deployed for delivery of high-bandwidth wireless services, including live streaming of mobile TV channels.
In […]
LTTE heavy artillery gun spotted near Madhu shrine
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Previous military intelligence claims of LTTE having placed a heavy artillery gun inside Madhu no-war zone have been confirmed by civilian eyewitnesses. At least one artillery gun was visible to pilgrims who visited the sacred Madhu shrine during recen…
my blog is shifted to new domain
Friday, August 31st, 2007
My web log which is hosted on cpelanka.blogspot.com is shifted to www.chempro.org.
Etisalat begins cellphone operation in Afghanistan
Friday, August 31st, 2007
United Arab Emirates company Etisalat began operating in
Afghanistan on Wednesday becoming the fifth mobile phone service provider and one of the biggest foreign investors.
With an investment of $300 million, Etisalat’s mobile phone network will initially cover Afghanistan’s main cities. Etisalat, the third-largest Arab telecom firm by market value, joins four other telecommunication companies operating […]
Lewis Hamilton - the next Schumacher?
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Ever the last formula one season ended and the retirement of Michael Schumacher was upon us. I couldn’t help it but wonder whether anyone else would really be able to achieve all what he has accomplished to far. Well looks like this season has answered the question. Lewis Hamilton on his first season in formula […]
Yesterday
Friday, August 31st, 2007
The cork pops out
with ease and the
wine flows.
I have work tomorrow -
back to the grind of rules, and timelines,
and potential failure.
But the cork is out
and the wine flows into
the glass unrestrained.
Tomorrow, I have things
to do that other people
will determine.
Things that are not mine.
But the glass in front of
me now obeys my every
command.
Tomorrow, I will wake
up at […]
India’s TRAI wants ‘open’ telecom sector
Friday, August 31st, 2007
In a move that could enhance competition and spur mergers in an industry waiting to consolidate, India’s telecom regulator TRAI has recommended that there be no limit on the number of players in this sector.
The TRAI also pushed for the relaxation of stringent merger and acquisitions norms, technology neutrality for telecom licences, in addition […]
Iraqi students’ digital mobile vault
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Mobixie was designed for mobile users to upload, download and share user-generated content such as games, videos and ringtones.
But the students in Iraq have been scanning and posting thier valuable documents in Mobixie to safeguard them.
Because the insurgents often kidnap the students and confiscate their passports along with personal documentation, issued by the new Iraqi government. Read more.
To Be Heard……… Talk or Shoot?
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Shanthi Sachithanandam
“Nation, is the geo-social entity
providing maximum security for the survival of a community,
Nationalism, is that fundamental desire
For the assurance of a Nation
Nations uniting and dividing
Of their own volition, is the
Expression of their urge for that assurance
Alas, as usual, this time too
Our Nation lost the basis […]
The new Yes FM morning show
Friday, August 31st, 2007
It is has been sometime since the new Yes FM morning show was launched and it will be totally unfair of us to expect it to be the same standard as the old one since Shaq and Mark were a unique combination.However with three DJ’s being involved instead …
Chicken Curry For The Soul
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
There I was, at Heathrow’s Terminal 4 to meet a friend coming in from Sri Lanka. I shan’t bore you with tales of my love of airports and all the details about why I enjoy them, you’ve read all that before.But I was standing in at the arrivals section, …
Opening up and forwarding ports
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
I’m writing this small tutorial for those of you who have problems when trying to download from torrent clients or chat on IMs. The problem occurs when your pc cannot open up ports and you have to do it manually. This tutorial is for Windows XP users so certain procedures might differ on Linux/Unix/Mac etc. […]
The Sethusamudram Project - Trampling on the Gujral Doctrine
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
By Malith Mendis
The “Gujral Doctrine” as pronounced by former Indian Prime Minister I K Gujral in a speech made at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies on January 20 th 1997 consisted of five points on which the Foreign policy of India was proposed to be based. The points were that first, with neighbours like Bangladesh, […]
A mission, dreams and day-dreams
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
A good leader has a vision and we all as human have our personal dreams.
It is reported in the media recently, that Mangala is having a dream.
Dreams are depended on the character and personality of the dreamer. Therefore, it is worth knowing the background of the dreamer before analyzing the dream.
He first entered the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a representative of the Matara District in 1989, and was a appointed the Minister of Post & Telecommunications in the cabinet of President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in 1994.
He got this fast track in political career as a gain for being supporting CBK to enter in to politics and being a slippers licker for blindly supporting every dirty work of CBK.
Then CBK wanted to bring the ‘federal constitution’ into the parliament. Throughout the history, people of this country considered unitary of state as the utmost important point. So there came the need for brain wash the ordinary people of Sri Lanka. While senior SLFP members like Mahainda Rajapaksa , Mithreepala Sirisena and Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka refused to involve with that dirty task funded by NGOs, it was Mangala (together with his close ally Dilan Perera) that took to lead the brainwash campaign named as ‘Sudu Neluma’ and ‘Thavalama’ movements.
Just as an obedient ox that pulls the cart, Mangala tirelessly drove the ‘Thavalama’ campaign, with his hand picked media mafia lead by Wasntha Raja, traveling round the country. It is at that time he got better contact with all the NGO mafia and agents of western evil forces.
In return for being blind and ardent CBK ally, Mangala got more and more political and economical power.
That was the obvious reason why he got chances in providing more job opportunities in public sector for his supporters and other deals in his ministry.
It is well known for any Sri Lankan about Mangala’s extravagant expenditures in his ministries particularly for his own personal benefit. In the CBK government, Mangala got open license to spend any amount for his own benefit and for his political campaigns. It is those who benefited for long time that is still following and supporting Mangala in order to retain their benefits in the future.
Mangala is well known for his bachelor life and his famous visits to various clubs and get-togethers in the town. It is known fact that, those who insult the maha Sangha will be getting various karmic affects, and its famous buzz that Ranil affiliated with Mangala is one of that affect.
Dreaming is good, but not so good is day dreaming.
A real dream has life span until someone wakes him up.
Fish (head) Soup, again
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Fish head soup, is a great favorite of mine. Perhaps its a gross out for some, but don’t avoid it, until you’ve tried it! I make by boiling the fish head to break it up, then browning it and simmering it for hours, with garlic, a few tomatoes, and black pepper. I add a little karavala (dried fish), washed out first in boiling water, quite early. This gives the soup a really special taste.
I’ve blogged about this before, but this time, after the soup was done, I strained it, and creamed it with coconut milk power, topping it off with blanched pokchoy; so it looked a lot more ’sophisticated.’ Ha ha.
No, its not a karavala hodda, but it recalls that – a favorite thing of mine with rice – but is subtler, richer and crunchy on the touch with the greens.
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
A big mistake. Very big, very undo-able. Now I know what went wrong this summer. Aw shucks, I knew all along, I was just hoping it wasn’t this. Being very ‘no regrets’ and all that. So do I regret it? I don’t know. Maybe. Is that bad, to know you m…
Set Plan officially launched
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
According to a report in the Daily News today titled “Worlds First from Dialog TV” it says that Dialog TV have officially launched “Set Plan” which is a method of selecting channels not in your package for an additional fee.
It is best to call customer care and get more information about the channels available in the Set Plan. However we have some information that was submitted by one of our fellow bloggers and we are listing it below.
1. Z-Studio, Z-Cafe, Australia Network, Vijay TV –> Rs.50
2. Z-Cafe, Z-Studio, Nick, MTV –> Rs.50
3. CNN, Cartoon Network, AXN, Zone Reality –> Rs.150
4. History, Animal Planet, Discovery, National Geographic Channel –> Rs.200
5. Z-Trendz, VH1 –> Rs.100
6. Star World, Set Sab –> Rs.100
7. SRTV, Set Max, Star Plus –> Rs.150
8. Discovery Travel & Living, National Geographic Adventure, Star Sports –> Rs.150
9. Animax, Set, BBC –> Rs.150
10. Neo Sports, Hallmark, Cinemax –> Rs.200
11. Pogo, Star Movies, Ten Sports –> Rs.200
12. Neo Sports Plus, ESPN, Star Cricket –> Rs.200
13. HBO, HBO Family, HBO Signature, HBO Hits –> Rs.400
The Rs 100/= Package Holders can choose from any of the above Plans. The Rs 500/= Package Holders can choose from Plan 5 to 13. Rs 900/= package holders can choose between Plan 11 to 13. There is no plan for the Rs 1400/= package holders since they have all the channels in the Dialog TV lineup at the moment. According to information subscribers would be able to order their plans from tomorrow onwards. Dialog claims this to be the first in the world, however SKY Digital UK and American DTH providers have similar plans where viewers can choose between particular channels for an additional fee.
The above plans give subscribers greater flexibility and freedom to choose channels according to what they can afford. It would have been much better if Dialog had categorized the plans as “Educational Pack”, “Sports Pack”, “News Pack”, “Music Pack”, etc. It could have been further separated into English, Hindi and Tamil Packs too giving subscribers greater flexibility in choosing their desired package according to their language of preference.
In other news it seems that the rain fade issue on Dialog TV (Rain fade is a problem with all DTH providers anywhere in the world) has been reduced to a great extent. It seems that over the last few days even during heavy rain the fade was limited to a few minutes only. We hope that our fellow bloggers will be able to provide us further information on the time period of rain fade that they encountered.
Dialog TV should take steps to reduce the time taken for the EPG to load when a channel is selected and they should also update the software so that the EPG for other channels can be viewed without changing the channel that one is watching. It should be said that Dialog TV have finally renamed “A1″ to “Nat Geo Adventure” in the broadcast information screen as well as on the website but looks like they forgot to update the logo since the old logo still exists on the website instead of the new “Nat Geo Adventure” Logo. They have also stopped classing Zone Reality as a new channel and hopefully they will correct the Zone Reality EPG soon since this problem has been highlighted over and over again but no corrective steps have been taken. We hope that Dialog TV will refrain from making silly mistakes such as these in the future. We urge Dialog TV to make sure that their October programme guide is totally error free. There are some errors in the September programme guide and these were highlighted in the previous post.
Please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress.
Eulogy from Jeremy’s Family
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Born: July 7th 1952Died: June 3rd 2007In our 29 years of married life, I learned values from Jeremy that are as unforgettable as the man himself. His family meant everything to him and he meant the world to us too. Jeremy was soft-spoken and unassuming…
Probable channel lineup on Comet Digital
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
We have received information on the probable channel lineup of Comet Digital. The soft launch is expected to be held in September/October.1. HBO 2. HBO Signature3. HBO Hits4. HBO Family5. Cinemax6. Star movies7. Hallmark8. Z Studio9. ESPN10. Star Sport…
Rural Sri Lanka gets high speed web access
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Lanka Business Online
“By this initiative, we hope to give last mile access to people living in remote parts of the island,” USAID Acting Mission Director for Sri Lanka, Richard Edwards told reporters.
“The kiosk will be powered through broadband technology, giving people high speed internet access to expand their knowledge, their education, or to look up […]
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
My Friend.
My Friend is Dilani Priyangika. She is 12 years old. She is grade seven. She school is Thakshila Maha viduhala. Her mother is mss. Somawathi. She is house wife. Her father is Mr. Jayasundara. Her favorite subject is sinhala. She is two brothers and no sisters. Her favorite colour is red. She favorite […]
About Me
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
My name is samanmali jayawardana. I am 12 years old. I am in Grade seven. My school is A/ Thakshila maha Vidyalaya. My Village is Mahawilachchiya. My Favorite Subject are English and computer. My favorite Hobby is reading books. My mother is Mss. Mallika Jayawardana. She is a House wife. My Father is Mr. Thilakarathna. […]
Another Year Gone…Yeay!!!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Well another year of my life has gone by, and so far things have been good. I’m pretty happy with it. It hasn’t always been hunky dory and had its low points as well as the high ones. But then that’s what life is all about isn’t it? It won’t be excitin…
Batting Against the Home Team
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Don’t do it! Easier said than done of course. Its like we are programmed to say things like, “OMG - if I had her legs I would not wear that skirt!” or “she is so narrow minded when she walks…
Stellar hopes of Indian reality show student
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Eighteen-year-old Arvind Aradhya from the Indian city of Bangalore has stars in his eyes these days.
He aims to be an astronaut in future and he believes his dreams of reaching the stars are just about to come true.
Winning a reality talent hunt show on an Indian television channel has given Arvind an opportunity to […]
යාපනය : අර්ධද්වීපයක මාධ්ය සංහාරය
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
මංජුල වෙඩිවර්ධන
අතුල විතානගේ
‘‘ඝාතන, පැහැරගැනීම්, තර්ජන සහ වාරණයන් හේතුකොට ගෙන යාපනය ජනමාධ්ය කාර්යයෙහි නියැලෙන්නට ලෝකයේ වඩාත් ම අනතුරුදායක ප්රදේශයන්ගෙන් එකක් බවට පත්ව තිබේ.’ 2006 මැයි මාසයේ සිට එහිදී මාධ්යවේදීන් දෙදෙනෙක් ද ඇතුළත්ව මාධ්ය සේවකයන් 7 දෙනෙකු අවම වශයෙන් ඝාතනය වී තිබේ. එක් මාධ්යවේදියෙකු අතුරුදහන් වී ඇති අතර අවම වශයෙන් පුවත්පත් අලෙවි කරන ස්ථාන 3ක් […]
Academic urges industry to stop criticising universities
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
A top university academic this week urged the private sector to stop criticism of universities saying “we do not criticise anyone so lets get together and work for a common goal”.
The comments were made by Prof Ananda Jayawardane, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, during a presentation at the Industrial Relations Forum (IRF) […]
Monks of War - Al-Jazeera on the JHU
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Monks of War is Al Jazeera’s second news feature on Sri Lanka aired in August. As noted on their site:
To many of us, Buddhism, with the sacred principle of non-violence, is the most peaceful religion of all. But in Sri Lanka a group of radical monks who say they represent the Singhalese majority are […]
Sex education runs into trouble
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
The Indian government’s recent attempt to introduce sex education for school children has provoked a vigorous debate. In the second of two articles, the BBC’s Jyotsna Singh considers the case against a more open discussion of sex in schools.
The decision to introduce sex education in India’s schools, aimed primarily at creating awareness about HIV-Aids, […]
I’d much rather be here
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Airports are a drag, as are most other aspects of taking off for other lands. It’s even got to the stage where I can’t abide packing, so as Java astutely observed, it looks more and more like less and less of it is in store for the future.
The desire for travel that was initially acute […]
ICARUS IN TNL ONSTAGE
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
we have amazing news guys! icarus have been accepted into tnl onstage! we would like to thank everyone who has supported us and we hope that it continues. we will work our butts off not to let you guys down and we hope that u will all vote for us! we will be having band […]
Update: Importcarspecs.com
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
Brand: Mitsubishi Body: Sedan Year: 2008
Mitsubishi Motors in Japan revealed exterior images of the 10th version of the Lancer Evolution high-performance sedan, Evo-X. The images reveal the subtle exterior details of the forthcoming production model, whose styling direction was first suggested with Concept X (2005 Tokyo Motor Show) and […]
JHU on Al Jazeera
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
By Dushy Ranetunge in London
On Wednesday, Al Jazeera TV aired its second in a series of short documentaries about the Sri Lankan conflict. The focus was on the JHU.
Champika Ranawaka, the JHU member of Parliament and several Buddhist monks were interviewed. Although the program itself was balanced with JHU and anti-war monks and campaigners being […]
Similar to Indi’s Sarong Saga
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
So at office we discuss lots of things and one of those is how we as an emerging global company need to think and act globally. This includes the fact that we adhere to all equal rights and non discriminatory aspects. Anyway, one issue we discussed was…
A conspiracy to weaken the Sri Lanka military mechanism?
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Yesterday i posted about the UNP’s latest attempt block an armsconsignment to Sri Lanka Air Force, and the possibilities of a hiddenagenda in action. And in the latest turn around of the things, JVP ina press con, talked about the involvement of three British agenciescomprising to recommending a ban of selling heavy arms to Sri Lankamilitary. Idea is to restrict our army, to small and medium
5. First Live TV Talk show by Horizon Lanka kids in 2003
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
TMG Chandrasekara:
Ruvini is joining us now. Ruvini, why don’t you tell us when you joined Horizon.
Ruvini
OK, I joined Horizon in Year Four.
TMG
Year Four. Which Year are you in now?
Ruvini
Now in Year Ten.
TMG
Year Ten. So you have been there from the start.
Wanni
Yes, one of the founder members.
Ruvini
I have been studying for about five years in this […]