කවි කථා
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
සංවාද ස්වරූපී කවි රචනා මා හට කියවන්න ලැබුනේ කුඩා කල සිටමය. පළමුවෙන්ම කියවන්න ලැබූ කවි කතන්දර පො…
Archive for January, 2008
Orascom wins a 3G license in North Korea
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
In what can only be described as a surprise announcement, Egypt’s Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) says that it has been granted a 3G phone license in North Korea.
Orascom says that it intends to invest up to US$400 million in network infrastructure and license fee over the first three years. OTH intends to cover Pyongyang and […]
Forwarded Mails Mania!
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
I think everyone finds this forwarded emails a day to day headache. Click delete click delete. Strangely a handful of colleagues and friends send all this forwarded stuff everyday. The thing I hate in these mails are the ones where they say you will h…
ආයුබෝවන් ලෝකය!
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
ඔබ පැමිණ සිටින්නේ සිංහලෙන් FOSS වෙබ් අඩවිය වෙතයි. මෙම බ්ලොග් එක මගින් ඔබට “නිදහස් සහ විවෘත මෘදුකාංග” පිලිබඳ තොරතුරු, කෙටි සටහන් සහ ක්රම සහ විධි ගෙන ඒමට බලාපොරොත්තුවෙන් සිටී.
Me the podcaster
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
This is a test podcast done in collaboration with James Hardy, Murtaza Wardak and Jessica Irani. Its about music sharing and whether or not it is ethical.
No prizes for guessing where a bunch of avid (but poor) music fans like ourselves take this debate!
Click here to get your own player.
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Bomb Blast In Jaffna Injures 16 Civilians
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 January 2008, 09:25 GMT]
A bomb exploded today at about 10.30 a.m. near the Thirunelveali public market on the Jaffna-Palaali road. At least 16 civilians have been injured, while 3 are reported dead. A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) convoy of vehicles had been passing through, and the SLA troopers had therefore asked the people using the road to stand aside and wait while the convoy passed.
The LTTE has issued a statement, saying that the SLA should be held solely responsible for the deaths of these civilians. It is utterly irresponsible on the part of the SLA to not expect to be targetted by the LTTE in any given situation, irrespective of civilian presence. Therefore, as responsible government servants, they should not have travelled from place to place, and instead should have remained in their camps or bunkers as practiced by Velupillai Prabhakaran and the late Thamilchelvam. If they are unable to do so, they should at least declare the whole Jaffna peninsula as a High Security Zone (HSZ) and refrain civilians from entering it. Instead, the SLA has chosen to travel from point to point, putting the lives of civilians in grave danger.
The LTTE, as the liberators of Eelam, are duty bound to attack the SLA at every turn, and therefore have refused to take any blame whatsoever for this incident. They are saddened by the deaths of these civilians, but have stated that theirs is a higher calling.
- Reporting from Jaffna
‘Independent’, are we?
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
And so we’re all set to celebrate sixty years of ‘independence’ – however you want to parse the word or ‘semanticize’ it. Two basic definitions are: ‘freedom from dependence or control by another person, organization or state’, and ‘the date or time when a state achieves its political independence’, which, I guess would be the […]
Auditions from Omaha Nebraska - American Idol 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
The great singers who made it to Hollywood!!
Vote for Best Life Insurance Company
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Bloggers at Kottu and Achcharu vote for the
Best Life Insurance Company in Sri Lanka.
About 40 people have vote so far.
Closing date of the poll was changed, Now users have
one year to vote. Ceylinco Insurance and Sri Lanka
Insurance are on top.
Read m…
Julie Dubela - American Idol Season 7
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
She is very cute, wow …….nice video
welcome- bollywood movie song uncha lamba kad
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
uncha lamba kad song contain in WELCOME film.StarringAkshay Kumar …. RajivKatrina Kaif …. SanjanaParesh Rawal …. Dr. GhungrooNana Patekar …. Uday ShettyAnil Kapoor …. MajnubhaiMallika Sherawat …. IshikaFeroz Khan …. RDXDirector : Anees Ba…
Karunaratne Divulgane
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Maala GiraviyeSulanga Nuba WageKarunaratne Divulgane is a singer from Raja Rata area and he is excellent singer. This videos are Maala Giraviye song and Sulanga Nuba Wage.
Sadeuw - Millennium Boyz ft.Fill-T n Nouty doggy
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
A newly arrived video, Sadeuw - Millennium Boyz ft.Fill-T n Nouty doggy
The world’s funniest joke
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
The world’s funniest joke has been revealed after a year-long search by scientists. In an experiment conducted in Britain, people around the world were invited to judge jokes on an Internet site as well as contribute their own.The LaughLab research, carried out by psychologist Dr. Richard Wiseman, from the University of Hertfordshire, attracted more than 40,000 jokes and almost two million ratings.
Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy takes out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps: “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator says: “Calm down, I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a gunshot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says: “OK, now what?”
Suicide attack kills four civilians - Jaffna
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
A suicide bomber exploded himself in Thirunaweli, Jaffna killing four and injuring another two. According to reports, all casualties are civilians. The incident occurred in a marketplace along Thrirunaweli- Kalliyankadu road at 11.25AM toady (31at). …
Sky Is Falling
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
An American Spy satellite sent to orbit lost its power just after it launched in 2006. For the last tow years it was hanging above our heads, now its going to fall on earth in late February or early March . Is there a danger? The satellite includes some small engines that contain a toxic chemical called hydrazine — which is rocket fuel. But they say they are not large booster engines with substantial amounts of fuel. Us Army doesn’t reveal any information about the size of the satellite, but according to an armature satellite watcherJohn Lockers captured video, show it to be about 13 feet to 16.5 feet across. He believes it weighs a maximum of 10,000 pounds. Locker calculated its size with data on its altitude and location provided by other amateur satellite watchers, using the International Space Station as a yardstick. The impact will be somewhere on North America, the final burn up through the atmospher may take about 30 minutes,most of its mass is expected to be burnt during the re-entry. Read more
Glowing Text Effect Tutorial
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
In this tutorial you can learn how to add glowing effect to your text.
I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 on this tutorial.
1) Create a new document.
2) Fill the background color with black.
3) Create 2 Layers.
4) Click Layer 1 and fill it with a dark gradient.
5) Click Layer 2 and type your text to glow.
6) Change the text color as white.
7) Click Layer > Layer Style > Outer Glow and change the settings like below.
Now you can see your glowing text.
Happily ever after
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Fairy tales are overrated. Perhaps I’m just hard to please, but the standard gorgeous prince saves helpless docile princess and makes her blissfully happy for ever more is just mind numbingly dull. The brothers Grimm ones were quite funky, but a little too dark for my taste, perhaps I was too young cos they fired my hyperactive imagination and caused some crazy nightmares. So I gave up and
science@NASA: new data on Mercury from MESSENGER
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft has beamed back some surprising new data from the planet Mercury. Highlights include a weird crater nicknamed “the Spider,” a planetary tail of hydrogen atoms, and measurements that show giant Caloris basin is even bigger than researchers imagined.
science@NASA: new data on Mercury from MESSENGER
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft has beamed back some surprising new data from the planet Mercury. Highlights include a weird crater nicknamed “the Spider,” a planetary tail of hydrogen atoms, and measurements that show giant Caloris basin is even bigger than researchers imagined.
Internet Cripple in Sri Lanka, India and Middle East
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
A breakdown in an international undersea cable network (SE-ME-WE) has badly disrupted Internet links to India and Egypt on Wednesday. As a result most of the Sri Lankan internet users also experiencing a Internet slowdown since last Tu…
Resources of our village
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Nihiluwa is a rural village. But has lot of important things. Our village has large historical value.Galkema rock temple and Umangala rock temples are the example for that. It is said that these temples are originate from antion time. These temples has old ponds, rock arts. Not only past but also in the future our […]
Sri lankan girl dies in Saudi Arabian Airline flight
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
A Sri Lankan maid who left the Saudi Arabia on Saturday (27th)morning on Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SV784 died en route to Colombo. The woman, Letchumi Devi Rasiah, 30 from thalawakele, was returning home on an exit visa after spending one year and …
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Peeping Toms - Simply Harmless? Please Leave A Comment
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
I know this is going to be a long post, but I’m asking everyone to read it till the end, and to please, please post a comment on how your true opinion. I got upset in class yesterday, which is nothing new. We were discussing assault according to Engli…
DATA is not a WASTE but RECORDING them is a WASTE
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
just peep in tohttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/30/chris-jordan-creates-beauty-from-e-waste/#more-8194
No God Exist
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
I used to believe in youBut you never believed in meI felt lonelyBut you were not there beside meI used to see fearful nightmaresSo I prayedYou just ignoredAnd escapedI gave up on youAnd you came backI never turned upYou got fuckedI went on and on to s…
සුපිරි තරු සිහිනය සැබෑවූ වගයි!
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
ලොව පුරා වෙසෙන ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනතාවගෙන් 80%ක් පුල පුලා බලා සිටි දෙවැනි අදියරේ පළමු සුපිරි තරුව ලෙස ඊයේ (2007ක්වූ ඔක්තෝම්බර් මස 27 වෙනි දින) අපේ දොස්තර පුතා හෙවත් ප්රදීප් රංගන අභිෂේක ලැබුවා. ගණනය කළ නොහැකි විවෘත හා පෞද්ගලික පැසසුම් ගැරහුම් මධ්යයේ දැන් දෙවැනි සුපිරි තරුවද තෝරා අවසන්. මීළඟ සුපිරි තරුව වන්නේ ඔබද මමද? මමත් ඊළඟ […]
Who’s Gonna Drive You Home?
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Yes, this post is exactly about its title. So if you’re not a fan of this song by The Cars, then move on to another post (preferably the one about my perfect nose below).
Taking a break from work and puppy vigil, hubby and I actually decided to go out for a ‘lil drink on the […]
Your Inner CEO: Unleash The Executive Within
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
It was really a pleasant surprise when I received an email from Allan Cox himself. He had stumbled upon Enhance Life, and the email contained several complements about the blog. Coming from a best-selling author, it really meant a lot to me. I was on a natural high that day! (I still haven’t deleted that email. Every time I need a boost of motivation, I read it.)
That was not all. He asked for my address so that he could send a copy of his eighth book, Your Inner CEO: Unleash the Executive Within
Here was this great, accomplished author and he wanted to send “little me” his latest book. I couldn’t believe what I was reading! It was indeed very generous of him and I am truly grateful for the book.
Allan Cox never asked for a review. However, I wanted to do something in return. I know this is not much, but here is my honest review of the book.
“CEO, um.. I have a long way to go” were my initial thoughts based on the title. All that changed when I read the first sentence of the introduction.
Every time you start a new job, you go back to square one.
Don’t I know that too well!Having switched to a new job a few months ago I could relate well to what he was talking about.
Browsing Through - Your Inner CEO: Unleash the Executive Within.
Chapter 1 Goals sets a foundation by urging you to recognize lost dreams and desires. In doing so he asks you to look deeper into our style-of-life.
Chapter 2 Changes prepare you to connect goals to those beliefs and desires. You are asked to traverse the boundary that separates the fear and self-doubt from courage and conviction.
Chapter 3 Facades looks into the importance of continually excavating your organization’s style-of-life. It also focuses on how to discover the overlap between your organization’s ideal and real personalities. Towards the end it talks of the importance of mastering the art of meditation.
Chapter 4 Boundaries reminds you that you are always moving away, toward or against someone or something, and that knowledge has great significance for you and your world. It advises you to distinguish between the apparent and the real purpose of a boundary, thereby giving you the means to define accurately any situation you face.
Chapter 5 Boards helps you gain awareness of the new board accountability that has emerged. You’ll learn how to prepare, plan and execute good board meetings.
It also highlights that you will accomplish more with less control, by relinquishing illusion of control.
Chapter 6 Visions talks of two vision faces. First, vision hear-and-now, and second vision there and then. You’ll learn that who you are as a company now, is the single best indicator of who you are going to be.
Chapter 7 Futures stresses that small decisions confirm an agenda for better or for worse. It helps to articulate your company’s style-of-life, vision, and mission in a fresh compelling way.
Chapter 8 Models suggests that you are like all other people, like some other people, and like no other person. It gives a guide to write your centering statements. That you never reach the wall; the journey never ends.
Chapter 9 Mentors states that good mentoring induces autonomy in others and that mentors can come from any background. It emphasizes that mentoring relies on full frontal contact networking, and positive grounded leadership.
My favorite excerpt
Boundaries…define every situation, even though you often have to peer behind the facade to get to it…If you can’t identify the purpose behind whatever situation you’re examining, you’ll never know its true nature, and…it will continue to baffle you…the purpose of even a simple, everyday object may lie far beneath your initial understanding of it. Take a humble meeting room chair, for example. You know its purpose: to provide you with a seat at the conference. But that’s only its apparent purpose. Look more closely at it…That chair wasn’t built for you, it was built for hotel management that needs to stack hundreds of chairs in a compact space. It’s lightweight, sturdy and stackable; it can be transported easily, stored with others in a closet, and it can work as well in a dining room as in a conference room. That’s reality.
Overall
Allan Cox, doesn’t allow you to just read a chapter and forget about it. At the end of each chapter you will find an “Inner CEO Punch List”. This list helps you look deeper and apply what you read to your life and/or your company.
In its entity, I believe this book is a cornucopia of research-proven tips, techniques, and resources to help you maximize your potential for success. It will change your life in ways that will make you a better leader.
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Cultivating Reading Habit - It is not the best
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
There is no difference in between illitercy person and person how do not read. Early days reading is limited to printing media but today it is on electronic media. Even from your mobile you can have a good reading on many of web sites. I can remember one day I read my blog using Mahanama’s dialog 3G phone. (He is one of my friends and also the president of ChESS).
In almost every lecture, Prof. Ajith de Alwis mention about reading habit and we are provided with lots of reading materials every day. One day he asked us to atleast seperate few minutes to read other than recomended text.
Today I read national geographic and I found some improtant articles on it. Article on E-Waste was very interesting and it showed how most of electronic waste end up in developing countries such as Ghana. Child labouring, exposing to toxic gases while processing e-waste, using cooking pans to process Lead and many tragic situations were on it. This is the world we are living all together.
All most every people who burn copper wire (coated with plastic) to grab the copper metal do not know that this process may emit Dioxin which is one of the deadliest gas in the world. Small scale processing units of secondary Lead which is installed in poor house kichens uses food processing equipments such as pot, pans, spoons for Lead extraction. After Lead processing shift is over equipments and the whole small scale factory permises is handed over for food prcessing shift which is operated by housewife. This is entiled as “Potential Deadly Practice” by National Geographic authors. But as Chemical Engineering student I do not like the word “Potential”. I think it is a definelty deadly practice.
You can also come across with many things by reading. But we must remember reading is only one good habit. The best habit is reading and sharing with people around the world. Sharing knowledge with people is not a coslty way or a rocket science. Staring a blog on Blogger plateform is more than enough to share what we think and what we know. Some People can think a blog as a stupid thing. But see the BBC web site. They highlight so many improtant blogs on their main web pages. Recenlty they highlighted Kenyan’s blogs (some are blogspot blogs). So do not warry you do not wanted to be web grand master to open up a blog.
Read more, Learn more, blog more …….
Sri Lankan Lions Roar in Bankstown
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
A crowd in excess of 3500 Bankstown and Sydney cricket fans were treated to a rare feast of cricket talent when the Sri Lanka national side played the Bankstown Grade side in a charity match at Bankstown Memorial Oval on Sunday 27th January 2008.
Painted faces, flags, spicy curries and brilliant sunshine combined in a memorable sporting and community day for the City of Bankstown as part of its Australia Day weekend celebrations. While the cricket was of the highest standard the day was also about having fun and many thousands of dollars were raised in aid of the Foundation of Goodness and Hope charity which is supported by many leading Sri Lankan cricketers. During the lunch break Alston Koch, well known Sri Lankan entertainer now living in Melbourne, launched his music CD titled “Murali” a tribute song to the world’s leading wicket taker which is currently Number 1 on the South Asia Top 40 while hundreds of fans danced the ‘Baila’ a traditional Sri Lankan dance on the ground during the lunch interval.
On the cricket side of things the visitors were led by Mahela Jayawardene who won the toss and elected to bat first on a magnificent wicket prepared by curator Warwick Starr. Despite some lively pace bowling from Bankstown duo Aaron Bird and Scott Thompson the Sri Lankan openers Upal Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuryia got Sri Lanka away to a half century opening stand before Brett Van Deinsen had Tharanga well caught by Pat Darwen for 22. Jayasuryia continued to attack the bowling before he was bowled by Van Deinsen for 48. Solid performances in the middle order by Chamara Silva (58 no) Kumar Sangakkara (35) and the hard hitting Jayawardene (28) saw the tourists reach 9 – 274 off their 50 overs. All the Bankstown bowlers toiled relentlessly in the searing heat with Van Deinsen the pick with 2-18, while veteran spin bowler David Freedman thrilled the crowd when he dismissed Sangakkara who is currently the number one rated batsman in the world, with a beautifully disguised wrong-un.
The Bankstown run chase got away badly when superstar Chaminda Vaas angled a lightning delivery through Dean Magee’s defence before the locals had troubled the scorers! Solid innings from Scott Thompson (36) and Corey Richards at the top of the order put the locals back into the match but the loss of Van Deinsen and Skipper Danny Waugh for ducks left the locals well behind the pace. Fighting knocks of 19 from Pat Darwen, 31 from Aaron Bird and a hard hitting 40 from Darren Ettridge entertained the large crowd but the Bulldogs eventually succumbed to be all out for a respectable 207.
Following the match Mahela Jayawardene addressed the crowd with master of ceremonies (former Bankstown and Australian player) Len Pascoe and he congratulated the Bankstown Grade Cricket Club, Bankstown Sports Club and Bankstown City Council for taking the initiative to stage the match. Jayawardene said “the playing facilities were outstanding and only surpassed by the hospitality shown by the local volunteers. This match was very competitive and really helped us prepare for the Prime Minister’s XI match in Canberra on Wednesday”.
Bankstown Captain Daniel Waugh thanked the Sri Lankans for agreeing to play the match at a local venue and he was also enthusiastic in his praise of the facilities. Waugh told the crowd said “this is our home ground and we love it, but I’ve never seen it look better than today.” Waugh also praised the Club’s management and hard working volunteers who he said “proved they are just the best in the business!”
The Bankstown Club management also paid tribute to Bankstown Sports Club for providing staff and catering, Bankstown City Council for preparing the facilities to world class standard and Harry Solomons and Stephanie Coory from Kingsgrove Sports who did and enormous amount of behind the scenes work to engage the Sri Lankan community in the event.
Courtesy David Clifton, Bankstown District Cricket Club.
Where have all the Boxadors gone?
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Aiyo! Still no babies. The vet is actually sounding concerened and if we see no sign of Boxadors by the end of the day, she wants Mucks to go into a C-Section tomorrow. Surgery is already scheduled. Am worried.
People keep looking at me with that look of “uh… its a dog… what’s the big deal?” Those people obviously […]
energy: cost of oil production
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
i was curious to know what the actual cost of oil is… the production cost that is… that is from finding oil to drilling it out… offshore oil production costs as much as $60/barrel but otherwise the cost of production is less than $20/barrel… the current oil price is over $90/barrel… see extracts bellow…