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So here I am in Ampara, teaching Linux to some more of the Sri Lankan teachers. Eris help them all.
Kunchana came down for Bud’s wedding, and then went back to Ampara with me and the Mad Monk.
It was a long drive. Kunch and I almost didn’t get t…
A FRIENDLY REPARTEE ABOUT FOUND POETRYMy comment on the Found Poem and citation of one of Christopher Levenson’s poems led to a fine discussion via email about what exactly constitutes this kind of poetry. Christopher quite rightly pointed out a cert…
Hell yeah I am talking about the US Dollar, not the Zimbabwe Dollar.
That is what it says in every US Dollar note in the back side. “In god we trust”
What is this obviously religious slogan doing in a national currency note? What about all the people who don’t believe in Christian god? Isn’t US supposed [...]
අපේ දෙවන නැවතුම වුනේ ක්වායි ගඟේ පාලමයි. ප්රසිද්ධ විදිහට කියනවනම් Bridge on the River Kwai. දෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉතා වැදගත් ස්ථානයක්. මේ ගැන ලෝ ප්රකට චිත්රපටයක් සෑදුවා Bridge on the River Kwai නමින්. එදා එහි අනුරුව සාදා රූගත කිරීම් කළේ ලංකාවේ කිතුල්ගල ආසන්නයේදීයි. තවමත් එහි නටඹුන් තිබේලු.
එදා දෙවන ලෝක යුධ සමයේ ජපනුන් විසින් යුධ [...]
Have you ever taken a good look at the people around you and actually imagined life without them? I haven’t even bothered to try……i am 17 and I have to say goodbye and start imaginig and realizing that he won’t be around for ever.This is for the …
I expected The Incredible Hulk to be a good movie, but not great. I was right. It wasn’t great at all. It was incredible….. ok somewhat incredible. But it was better than great. :)Its not the comic storyline, but I think this is better. Its certai…
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We have to rebuild our countryWe have to rebuild for the futureඅනාගතය වෙනුවෙන් නැවත ගොඩනගමු !මේ පාර නම් කියන්න යන්නෙ කොම්පියුටර් ගැන හ…
The hotel trade in Sri Lanka is an odd business. Down south, cookie cutter hotels with blue pools and blah buffets next to a sliver of beach are full every weekend while one in gorgeous low country tea land, right next to a waterfall in an intensively …
The last time sen John McCain said something that caught my attention I had some respect for the guy. When sen Obama and sen Clinton were busy blaming globalization and china for the loss of jobs in america John McCain said straight forwardly that, jobs that were lost are lost and they would never come [...]
Escaped to warmer climates for a week, benefits of living in a large continent with sub tropical state. It’s been good for the soul, hanging out, partying, disregarding space and time. Entirely guiltless lying around on a sunny deck, catching up with friends, reading all night, walking around the city all night, impromptu salsa dancing in the square, eating deliciously unhealthy amounts of ice
Since of late I’ve been using my commute time for podcasts. While there are many podcasts I listen to, a few standout. I have benefited immensely from these, and I thought of sharing some of them with you.
When I was in school, I absolutely hated learning grammar! As the years progressed I realized that there was no escape from it! As a result, I was skeptical when I first heard about Grammar Girl podcasts. The fact that I can just listen to it (and not read grammar!) made me listen to that first Grammar Girl podcast. I was surprised because what I heard was definitely far from the “orthodox” way of teaching grammar!
Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips with good examples. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer.
is a long running web design podcast. They offer great interviews with experts from the field of web design. The content is well organized, nicely presented and it is funny, too. The banter between Paul and Marcus is often the best part!
Everyone has the sense that there is a deeper level of satisfaction to be had, no matter how happy they are. Everyone wants greater meaning from work, more freedom around money and deeper connections in relationships. Mark Michael Lewis, Author and CEO and his guests explore the insights and practices that integrate money, mission and meaning to experience a more profound relationship to the mystery and miracle we call life.
I was introduced to this podcast by one of my colleagues. Start Up Studio explores how successful entrepreneurs reach the top. Betsy Flanagan interviews extraordinary entrepreneurs to find out how they made their idea, a finished product. These interview are very inspirational and the entrepreneurs offer advice for the rest of us as well.
is an easy, motivational and practical way to learn new ideas. These quick tips are presented by Doug Smart, CSP, an award-winning, international motivational speaker and author/co-author of more than 20 books.
This is a weekly business podcast that teaches specific skills to help improve management performance. It is focused on helping business professionals achieve their desired management and career objectives. (It has won the best business podcast award in both 2006 and 2007)
Had an interesting conversation about how small the world really was. The truth that cyberspace could in fact collide two unknown personalities causing them to form into one tangent stream of adventure and uncertainty. The fact that once closely cherished wishes could almost prove true and yet wither in the hardship of reality and guilt.
Makes me wonder in which direction my feet would have taken me if chance, and I really state it just HAD to be chance, hadn’t directed me to the current course I now tread.
Would I still be living in this island? Would I have proved my childhood self inflicted drama, of residing a lonely wanderer, true? Would I be the same man I see reflected now in this mirror I call my conscience?
All this random pondering begs the question… Are we who we are today by chance or by the choices we made or were made on our behalf? And from this question stems but another likely question… are we truly, brutally, honestly happy?
I leave it to you to answer that my friend.
I liiiiive! Buahahahahahahahahaaa! And more such manic laughter.It’s been three weeks since I blogged last. You had better have missed me. I know my cat did - she has this thing for walking all over the keyboard when I’m using it and she hasn’t gotten …
I blog under my real name. Actually I started by posting as ‘Niro’ which is what everyone calls me … Having a 10 letter name tend to do that to you. 
But then there was someone else named ‘Niro’ on the blog sphere already and to stop confusion I de…
OpenCV is an open source computer vision library developed by Intel. This library is written in C/C++ and it has lot of very powerful image processing features. I got to know about this library few months back when I was doing researches for our fina…
press the PrtScrn or Print Screen key.Open Microsoft PaintStart ->Programs->Accessories->paintEdit->Paste.Save your image as image.jpg
Former JVP propaganda secretary and parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday he would expose the dirty secrets of the JVP and the circumstances that led to his defection in a new book titled ‘Neththa Venuwata Eththa” (Truth in pla…
We are glad that MIHIN LANKA is back in operation. We are grateful to the government that did not take its step backwards in spite of the heavy pressure from the self centered opposition, whose only aim is to curb any nationalistic moves of the just an…
වංශාධිපති වයිකවුඩ් ටොරිංටන් හෙවත් ටොරින්ටන් සාමි ලංකාවේ 10 වන ඉංග්රීසි ආණ්ඩුකාරයා ය. ඔහු 1847-1850 සමයේ මෙරට පාලනය කළේ ය. 1848 ගොංගාලේගොඩ බණ්ඩා ප්රමුඛ සිංහල හමුදාවේ නිදහස් අරගලය කෲර ලෙස මර්දනය කළේ ඔහු ය. අවුරුදු 18-55 අතර පිරිමින්ට වසරකට දින 6ක් මාර්ග තැනීම් කටයුතුවලට සහභාගී වීමට හෝ ඊට හිලව් වශයෙන් වසරකට සිලිම් 3ක් ගෙවීමට නීති පැනවූයේ ඔහු ය. 
ටොරිංටන් සාමි 1848 නිදහස් අරගලයේ දී සිංහලයන් දහස් ගණනක් ඝාතනය කළ බැව් ඉතිහාසයේ සඳහන් වේ. ඇතැම්හු ටොරිංටන් සාමි 1848 සිංහලයින් ලක්ෂයක් මරා දැමූ බව පවසති. කෙසේ වුව ද 1848 කැරැල්ල අපේ අවසන් නිදහස් අරගලය විය.
ඔහුගේ දැඩි හිංසාකාරි මර්දනකාරී පාලනයට එදවස ශ්රී ලාංකිකයෝ එක සේ එරෙහි වූහ. එහි ප්රතිඵලය ලෙස වසර 6ක ධූර කාලය වසර 3න් කෙළවර කොට නැව් නගින්ට ටොරින්ටන් සාමිට සිදුවිය.
එකල රට පාලනය කළේ ඉංගිරිසි පාලකයෝ ය. සිංහලයෝ ඉංග්රිසී ආණ්ඩුව යටතේ වුව ටොරිංටන් සාමිට එරෙහිව නැගී සිටියහ. ඔහුගේ මර්දකාරි පාලනයට එරෙහිව සටන් කළ හ. එහෙයින් කැරැල්ලෙන් පරාජය වුව ද වසර 3න් ටොරිංටන් සාමි මෙරටින් නෙරපන්නට ඔවුනට හැකි විය.
ඒ එදා සිංහලයෝ ය. අද සිංහලයා නිදහස් ජාතියක්ලු. 1948 ඔහුට නිදහස ලැබුණිලු. ඒ නිදහස සමරන්ට ඔහුට නිදහස් චතුරස්රයක් ද ඇත. මේ නිදහස් චතුරස්රය ටොරිංටන් පෙදෙසේ පිහිටා ඇත. එහි කිසි අරුමයක් නැත. අප ලද නිදහසේ ස්වභාවය මොනවාට පැහැදිළි කරන ජීවමාන සාක්ෂියක් තවත් නැත. අප තවමත් ජීවත් වන්නේ සුදු පාලකයාට කීකරු බැටළු රංචුවක් මෙනි. අපේ නිදහසේ සීමාව ටොරිංටන් සාමිලා සනිටුහන් කර ඇත.
අනගාරික ධර්මපාල තුමා පැවසූ පරිදි ම සුද්දෝ මෙරටින් යන්ට පෙර කලු සුද්දෝ පිරිසක් බෝ කළ හ. ඔවුන් යන විට රට භාර දුන්නේ මේ කලු සුද්දන් පිරිසට ය. ඔවුන් සිංහල වූයේ හමින් පමණි. 1948 සිදු වූයේ පාලකයාගේ හමේ පාට වෙනස් වීම පමණි. එහෙයින් ටොරිංටන් පෙදෙස, බාන්ස් පෙදෙස, මැනිං මාර්කට්, රීඩ් ඇවනියු නිරුපද්රිතව මෙරට වැජඹෙයි. 1971 කැරැල්ලේ චූදිතයන්ට නඩු පැවරුවේ බ්රිතාන්යය රැජිනගේ ආණ්ඩුව පෙරලීමට කුමන්ත්රණය කළේ ය යන චෝදනාව යටතේ ය. රටේ බොහෝ දිය ඇලි අයිති සුදු මහත්වරුන්ට ය. මග දෙපස සියලු වෙළඳ සැල් අයිතිකරුවෝ ඉංග්රීසිහුම වෙත්. (කලාතුරකින් සිංහල නම් ද නැතුවා නොවේ.) එහෙයින් නිදහස වනාහි අප තවමන් නොනෙලු රස නොබැලු අම ඵලයකැයි කියමි.
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A kitchen. Sparse, but with all the features of communal student living. It is surprisingly clean and bare, but for two things that catch the eye. A half empty bag of dry spaghetti lies splayed open on the rack next to some empty bottles. A small pot sits on the sink’s draining board. Yesterday’s warmed [...]
“In the 1990s, some experts estimated that 90 percent of the Tamil Tigers’ military budget came from overseas sources, including the Tamil community.” - Jo Becker Jo Becker, the children’s rights advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, talks about t…
Sendmail is a mail transfer agent (MTA) that is a well-known project of the open source, free software and Unix communities, which is distributed both as free software and proprietary software. Its also called the mail server daemon. Other mail server…
As a hopeful deity, I like to keep up with the practices of both my predecessors and contemporaries. Why reinvent the holy hand grenade, when there is an entire arsenal, tried and tested, to pick from the relevant religions of the world? An arsenal with proven results of keeping the flock content and ever so [...]
Car afficionado’s have been talking non stop about this brand new baba. made out of cloth they say and maaaan, i just Love the way the hood operates. it winks, changes shape from a muscly brute to a sleek lean mean driving machine (probably at the pres…
here are some truly great photos from nasa. link was posted in nro blog the corner yesterday.෴ psi hope to be less busy, and so be able to answer neglected comments in earlier threads etc., in a week or so.
by Dulani Kulasinghe Sri Lanka’s criminal justice system suffers from a dearth of successful prosecutions. One reason often cited for this is the failure of witnesses to come forward to give evidence, in particular when the State has been implicated…
“මගේ සටහන” මේ ලියන්න සූදානම් වෙන්නෙ තිස් එක්වන ලිපිය. සුපුරුදු පරිදි ඉරිදා හැන්දෑවේ , ත්රිත්ව සහ කිංස්වුඩ් දෙවිදුහල් අතර පැවැත්වුන රගබි තරඟය නරඹලා ඉවර වෙලා තමයි වැඩට බැස්සෙ. විටින් විට කඩා ගෙන හැලෙන වැස්ස එක්ක ටිකක් කේන්තියෙනුත් එක්ක තමයි ලියන්න පටන් ගත්තෙ. එහෙමනම් “මගේ සටහන” මෙතැන් සිට දිග හැරෙනවා.
ගිය සතියෙ මම කිව්ව දන්කෝ ගැන කතාව [...]
Yours truly is a very troubled man these days… Reason being I don’t get poetry. Also because my A/L’s are less than two months away, but mostly because I don’t get poetry. :)Let’s sample a few verses and see what they mean to the layman. I dug up a c…
What does Upali Gunasekera, principal of Royal College thinks him to be? The Lord Almighty? Does this helapaya think he can distract the patriotic Minister Mr.Keheliya Rambukwella from doing the ever important tasks in the war against LTTE terrorists …
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in
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Stop and stare
I think I’m moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I’ve become what I can’t be, oh
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Let’s don’t wait till the water runs dry
We might watch our whole lives pass us by
Let’s don’t wait till the water runs dry
We’ll make the biggest mistake of our lives
Don’t do it baby
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You’re falling back to me
The star that I can see
I know you’re out there somewhere out there
You’re falling out of reach
Defying gravity
I know you’re out there
Somewhere out there
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Do you need some time…on your own
Do you need some time…all alone
Everybody needs some time…
on their own
Don’t you know you need some time…all alone
I’ll just end up walkin’
In the cold November rain
The Youth Declaration is being drafted and views of the general public are being collated at present (See our post of May 1, 2008). SahaSamvada ’s responses to the Focus Questions are given below. To download the Focus Questions or for more informati…
තම මතය සනාථ කිරීමේ අරමුණින් පාර්ශික සත්යය පමණක් ඉදිරිපත් කරමින් ජනමතය හැසිරවීම ට වෙර දරන සහ හසුරුවන ජනමාධ්යය ජාවාරම් කරුවන් සහ මත නිෂ්පාදකයන් ගේ (think tanks) වෑයම තුලනය කිරීම සඳහා හැකිතාක් දුරකට මාගේ පෞද්ගලික දෘෂ්ඨිකෝණයෙන් මිදී කරුණු කාරණා අමුවෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කරමි.
මානව හිමිකම්
මානව හිමිකම් සුරැකීමේ අරමුණින් එක්සත් ජාතින්ගේ සංවිධානය 1948 උඳුවප් මස 10 වැනි දින විශ්ව මානව හිමිකම් පණත සම්මත කරන ලදි. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
ගුවන්තනාමෝ කඳවුර
2002 වසරේ සිට කියුබාවේ ගුවන්තනාමෝ (Guantánamo Bay) හි ක්රියාත්මක වන සිරකඳවුරකි. ඇමරිකානු-ඇෆ්ගන් යුද්ධයේ සිරකරුවන් රඳවා තැබීමට භාවිතා කෙරේ. මෙහි ඇති වෙනස නම්, නීතිය ඉදිරියේ වැරදිකරුවන් ලෙස ඔප්පු වූවන් නොව සැකය මත අත් අඩංගුවට ගත් පුද්ගලයින් සිරකොට තැබීමයි. සැක කරුවකු සහ වැරදි කරුවකු අතර වෙනස මෙහි නොපවතී.
යුරෝපය
යුරෝපය ලෝක ආර්ථික බලය අතට ගැනීමට දරණ තැත, ලෝක ජනගහනයෙන් 5% ක් වන ඇමරිකානුවන් ලෝක සම්පත් වලින් හරිඅඩකට වැඩි කොටසක් පරිභෝජනය කිරීම මෙන්ම ලෝක ස්වභාවික සම්පත් (උදා තෙල්, රන්, ඛණිජ ආදිය) වලින් වැඩිකොටසකට හිමිකම් කියන අප්රිකානු මහද්වීපයයේ ජනයා දරිද්රතාවයෙන් මිය යාම (ලෝක පුදුම හතෙන් පලමු තැන හිමිවිය යුතුය) සහ අවිනිෂ්පාදකයින් ගේ වෙළඳපල ස්ථීර ලෙස සහතික කෙරෙන අප්රිකානු රටවල පවතින යුද්ධ (ලංකාව ද මෙයට එක අවාසනාවන්ත උදාහරණයකි) වල ප්රතිඵලයක් ලෙස සරණාගතයින් ලෙස ජනයා සංක්රමණය වීම වැලැක්වීම (යුරෝපයට ඇතුල් වීම වැලැක්වීම සඳහා) 2008.06.18 වන දින (Strasbourg, 18 Jun 2008) යුරෝපීය පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විශ්ව මානව හිමිකම් පණතේ 2,3,5,6,7,8,9 සහ 13 වන වගන්තීන් කඩ කරමින් නව පණත් සම්මත කරගන්නා ලදි (රටවල් 27 ක නියෝජිතයින්ගේ ඡන්ද 369 ක් පක්ෂව 197 විරුද්ධව සහ 106 ක නිහඬතාවයකින්)
යුරෝපීය ජනමාධ්යය ගුවන්තනාමෝ කඳවුර පිළිබඳ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ නිහඬතාවය විවේචනය කිරීම
පසුගිය වසර 2 ක සිට මෙකී සිර කඳවුර වසා දැමීමට යුරෝපය කරන බලපෑම සහ එයට එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය දක්වන නිහඬතාවය
2006.02.19 වන දින
French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte told CNN: “Guantanamo is an embarrassment, and so it has to be solved one way or the other.”
The British envoy, Sir David Manning, said: “It’s difficult to find the right line to draw between your duties as a government for security and safeguarding liberty, but it is clearly an anomaly and it needs to be dealt with.”
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday urged saying it must be shut down “sooner or later.”
යුරෝපය විශ්ව මානව හිමිකම් පණත කඩකිරීම පිළිබඳව එ.ජා.සංවිධානය දක්වන නිහඬතාවයට හේතුව කුමක්ද කියා දෙකවසරේ ඉගෙනුම ලබන ජෝන් බ්රවුන් ළදරුවාට පවා තේරුම් ගත හැකි සරළ සත්යයකි.
ගේ වටකොට තාප්පය
මෙයට වඩාත්ම ස්ථීරසාර විසඳුමක් ලෙස ලෝකබලවතුන් විසින් තීරණය කරන ලද්දේ ගේ වට කොට තාප්පය බැඳීමට සමාන දෙයකි. ද්රව්යමය ලෙස සම්පත් මංකොල්ල කෑම, යටි උගුල් අටවමින් යුද්ධ සහ ජනවාර්ගික ගැටුම් ඇතිකිරීම තම රටවල යහපත් සාමාජික ආර්ථික පරිසරයක් ඇති කිරීමෙන් මූලික වියදමක් නොදරා ක්ෂේත්රයේ නිපුණතා හා පුහුණු දැනුම තම රටවල් කරා සංක්රමණය වීමට සැලැස්වීම සහ මෙකි නොකී හේතු කරුණු කොටගෙන අගාධයට ඇදවැටෙන රටවල ජනයා තම රටවලට ඒම වැලැක්වීම සඳහා ඉහත කී ගිවිසුම සම්මත කරගන්නා ලදි.
සරළ ලෙස සිතමු, මගේ බත්මුල උදුරාගත් සොරුන් මා සාගින්නට ගඩාගෙඩියක් කඩාගත්විට මා වැරදි කරු කොට දඩුවම් පැමිණිවිය හැකි නීතියක් සම්මත කරගන්නා ලදි.
You speak as if you need to mount an expedition to the Andes on llamas.
— Kahuna, on Darth Teddy’s lack of enthusiasm in locating important literary works lost in the depths of his lair.
Moistness comes to those who are patient.
— Darth Teddy’s Patient Teddy Hypothesis.
May the cat o’ nine tails feature prominently in your immediate future.
— Kahuna, raising hopes of a long-overdue disciplinary encounter for Darth Teddy.
No doubt your ancestor Obadiah Gordon was the surveyor in question.
— Kahuna, attempting to implicate Gordon in the border dispute between Georgia and Tennessee due to a 200-year old cartographic error.
Your relational algebra is getting me down.
— Gordon to Kahuna, expressing frustration with Kahuna’s latest insinuations.
I should have sent you to find the serial number of the air starter armed with a candle in a methane atmosphere a long time ago.
— Kahuna, regretting not sending Gordon on a deadly quest after reading the antics of Dimi and the Chief.
I didn’t realize Benedict XVI had such a position on his payroll.
— Kahuna to Gordon, on the Pope’s chief astronomer saying that life on Mars cannot be ruled out.
Each Mihin Air flight should also be dubbed a miracle once it lands.
— Gordon to Kahuna, noting that F-117 pilots dubbed themselves bandits, with each given a bandit number after their first flight.
I’m contemplating assigning you a bandicoot number.
— Kahuna, unveiling plans to enumerate Gordon in an arguably less flattering manner.
The anaconda may be fed on Tuesday or Monday.
— Darth Teddy to Kahuna, posting a new feeding schedule.
You can’t just install Windows here; plus, Linux is better on lower spec hardware.
— Gordon to Kahuna, reneging on a lifelong pact with Redmond and admitting to dabbling in Linux.
Did you run the bug detector before you uttered that statement? I believe the central control room in Redmond just went into red alert.
— Kahuna, cautioning Gordon of possible reprisals from Ballmerville.
Maybe I’ll just put my lens in my pocket and tell people am happy to see them.
— Darth Teddy to Kahuna, proposing an alternative use for his telephoto zoom lens.
You will note that the root cause of this is the lack of prayer to the great god Baal with a cactus up one’s ass.
— Kahuna to Gordon, on the hazards of commencing projects without divine intervention.
Are you the chicken or the pig?
— Fluke, attempting to establish if Kahuna was merely involved or committed.
Neither; I’m the wolf who’s got his eye on your ass.
— Kahuna to Fluke, disclosing a completely different agenda.
This is quite an unorthodox requirement; I suggest a meeting with the Patriarch for spiritual guidance.
— Kahuna, learning of Gordon’s need to do bitwise AND across rows using SQL.
The database engine will evaluate the code and after it determines that you wrote it, it will twiddle its interrupts and count cache misses.
— Kahuna, explaining the personalized execution plan for Gordon’s SQL code.
I understand you intend on unleashing the anaconda on foreign soil.
— Fluke, expressing concern over Kahuna’s proposed visit to the Orient with Darth Teddy.
Imperial stock is on the rise, however; someone’s been telling a lot of lies somewhere.
— Gordon to Kahuna, attributing market sentiment to fresh baloney.
These shares entitle you to attend the AGM and heckle the board.
— Kahuna, advising Gordon of his rights as an Imperial stockholder.
I am usually at one with pussy, mostly ’cause I haven’t had the opportunity to be with two.
— Darth Teddy, postulating the Tao[1] of Teddy.
You’re the Bone of Contention; or more aptly, the Boner of Contention.
— Kahuna, expounding the Te[2] of Teddy.
A banana is a dangerous construct; if the terminator is missed it could go on forever: bananananananananananananana…
— Kahuna to Gordon, illustrating the little-known hazards in handling bananas.
You need professionalalalalalalal help.
— Gordon, seeking to institutionalize Kahuna.
Oh, he’s been offering furtive cuddles in exchange for your endorsement?
— Kahuna, accusing Fluke of receiving kickbacks from Darth Teddy.
I operate in bright sunlight unlike some of us who are cuddling up to the dark side.
— Kahuna, accusing Fluke of dabbling in the dark arts.
I cannot resist the dark side of the farce; it is a calling I simply cannot resist.
— Fluke to Kahuna, admitting to being seduced by the dark side and more specifically by Darth Teddy.
If someone turns up for lunch after a 0640 arrival, I would greet them with a Howitzer.
— Kahuna to Gordon, on the correct protocol for dealing with idiots who might invite themselves for a midday meal after a grueling intercontinental flight.
Do you have access to this idiot’s remote management port? You will replace its BIOS with the MP3 version of Help me Rhonda.
— Kahuna to Gordon, recommending a permanent fix for a chronic idiot.
Clowns in adjoining workspaces have come to ask what I’m laughing about BTBOTP.
— Gordon, admitting to workplace chaos during a conversation with Kahuna.
And you’ll be using your rubber ducky as your scepter when you take over?
— Kahuna, expressing misgivings on Fluke being His potential successor.
More likely my Barrel-O-Slime.
— Fluke, confirming Kahuna’s worst suspicions.
Oh, you’ll be needing props?
— Kahuna, unimpressed by Fluke’s selection of accessories.
You would be nothing if not for connectivity.
— Darth Teddy’s Connected Kahuna Principle.
You would be nothing without your snake.
— Kahuna’s Slinky Teddy Hypothesis.
The first mongoose to turn up will disrupt your business model.
— Kahuna’s Corollary to the Slinky Teddy Hypothesis.
I will have you covered in topsoil if you don’t watch it.
— Gordon, proposing to compost Kahuna.
This is no time for humus.
— Kahuna, unamused.
Teddy only knows things related to humping.
— Kahuna to Fluke, dismissing Darth Teddy as an authority on the merits of Ethernet switches versus hubs.
I will fit a turbocharger on your ass linked to a dynamo that will give you a jolt each time you fart.
— Gordon, proposing a rather anal Rube Goldberg mechanism to deal with Kahuna.
A magnesium flare shoved up your ass will help you see the error in your ways.
— Kahuna, retaliating with incandescent measures to help Gordon see the light.
Your paws tend to wander when unsupervised.
— Kahuna’s Unsupervised Teddy Hypothesis.
They also do when they’re supervised. What’s your point?
— Darth Teddy’s Pointless Supervision Corollary to Kahuna’s Unsupervised Teddy Hypothesis.
And will you squeal like a piglet if I send you a toy?
— Kahuna to Darth Teddy, plotting to distribute dodgy gifts.
[1] Tao, (Chinese: 道; Pinyin dao; Wade-Giles: tao; audio) is a metaphysical concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy. While the character itself translates as “way,” “path,” or “route,” or sometimes more loosely as “doctrine” or “principle,” it is used philosophically to signify the fundamental or true nature of the world.
[2] Te, (Chinese: 德; pinyin: dé; Wade-Giles: te; audio) is a key concept in Chinese philosophy, usually translated “inherent character; inner power; integrity” in Taoism.
The leadership crisis of UNP has been the talk of SL politics for some time. Ranil Wickramasinghe is now facing immense pressure even from his close allies to step down from his post. The nomination of former military veteran Major General Janaka Perera for the post of Chief Minister of North Central Province has been one of the outcomes of leadership crisis in UNP. This nomination would have never been on the card, if UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe was in a stronger position.
Janaka Perera is one of the most respected General in Sri Lanka Army. LTTE feared him more than any one else in the battle field. He managed to keep the people in Weli Oya area despite the LTTE terrorist attacks on civilians. He had to work closely with UNP politicians like Gamini Dissanayaka to get the government’s support to develop infrastructure facilities of the villages. However, Janaka Perera was soon branded as a UNP supporter because he worked closely with UNP politicians.
LTTE terrorists faced their most pathetic military debacle when they attacked Welioya Army camp which was then under the military leadership of Major General Janaka Perera. The CBK government had kept aside Janaka Perera due to political speculations. However she had no other option but to call him back at the eleventh hour of most probable military defeat in Jaffna Peninsula. He together with Major General Sarath Fonseka played strategic role in repulsing LTTE terrorist attack in Jaffna Peninsula.
Janaka Perera is renowned to be a military leader who knows the pulse of his soldiers and care the needs of them in the battle field. These qualities have been attributed to the success of his military leadership. However, this time he has been nominated by a leader whom is branded by his own senior party members as a man without a heart and feelings, a man who depended on foreign interventions and media support than his own leadership.
The LTTE completely pruned UNP leadership by killing R. Premadasa, Gamini Dissanayaka, Lalith Athulathmudali, Ranjan Wijayarathna, Weerasingha Mallimaracchi and many more secondary level leaders. It paved the way for a mere political clown to grab the helm of the UNP leadership. The nation has witnessed the affect of weak leadership of Ranil Wickramasingha in the last ceasefire period.
UNP has further been eroded in the last decade due to indifferent attitude of Ranil Wickramasingha. The top rank UNP secondary leaders like Karu Jayasooriya, Rajitha Senarathna, Hema Kumara Nanayakkara, Navin Dissanayaka and many others have already left UNP and joined hand with Mahinda Rajapaksa government. The government is very popular among the people due to success in defeating LTTE terrorism.
Ranil Wickramasinghe has looked for popular characters to cover record number of election defeats under his leadership. Recent appointments of film star Ranjan Ramanayaka (Katana), former beauty queen Rosy Senanayaka (Colombo-West), former cricketer Hashan Thilakarathna (Avissawella), TV programme presenters Chandana Sooriyabandara (Kandy) and Buddhika Pathirana (Mathara) as party organizers were part of his survival strategy.
Ranil Wickramasingha’s ludicrous strategy is more evident when one looks at his selection of nominee for chief minister of Sabaragamuwa Province. It is another ‘star’ in the form of a tuition master, film producer, and media presenter Upul Shantha Sannasgala. He was highly criticized for organizing various sexual oriented promotional campaigns backed by NGO’s on Valentine days. Ven. Soma Thera criticized Sannasgala’s petty acts which were against our culture and values. He initiated religious “Sill Campaign” to counter Sannasgala’s sex oriented gatherings at Victoria Park.
Certainly, Major General Janaka Perera was one of the most popular and respected military leader in Sri Lanka. He should not be just another ‘star’ of Ranil Wickramasinghe’s survival drama. He has played more responsible role for the nation in the last two decades, and he has to pay extreme attention to his personal security because he is not a mere celluloid hero, but a real war hero.
The nation has already witnessed the assassination of Major General Lucky Algama in rally in Ja-Ella in 2000 presidential election campaign of Ranil Wickramasinghe. Therefore, Major General Janaka Perera should take maximum security precautions in his political campaign. He should not be another victim of Ranil Wickramasinghe’s popular political strategy.
In the future, Mr. Janaka Perera will decide on his destiny in Sri Lankan history as a great General and war hero, or a petty politician contracted by a political clown to try and avert the opposition from the people, or success in both military and political arena serving the nation. If he can show his military leadership qualities in political field, the nation will be benefited. His arrival into politics should serve more purpose than being mere clutch to a defeating political leader who lacks leadership skills.
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After Completing the special project of “having a multimedia projector” Success fully , we bought a multi media projector.
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