Wesak Maha Thorana 2011 in Matara Hittatiya - HD Video

This is the Matara Hittatiya Wesak Maha Thorana 2011. It was again , shown in Kamburupitiya at Poson 2011.

මේ 2011 වර්ෂයේ මාතර හිත්තටියේ ඉදිකළ වෙසක් මහා තොරණයි. මාතර හිත්තටිය තරුණකැළ සමඟ ප්‍රේමතිලක මහතා විසින් සංවිධානය කළ මේ උතුම් පුන්‍යකර්මය සඳහා දර්ශනීය චිත්‍ර, කිරින්දේ සරත්චන්ද්‍ර විසින් නිර්මාණය කරන ලදී. මේ වෙසක් තොරණ, 2011 පොසොන් උත්සවය සඳහා කඹුරුපිටියේදීද ප්‍රදර්ශනය කරන ලදී.

Gebbara Ahasata_ Radhika Fernando _ New Sinhala songs (HD)

ගැබ්බර අහසට තරුමල් දුන්නට
සතුටක් නැහැ ඒ මල් අතරේ
ඇස්දෙක වාගේ ළඟින් උන්නු ඔබ
මගෙන් ඈත්විය මට රහසේ

අන්තර්ජාලය තුල SweetZara ලෙසින් කවුරුත් දැන හඳුනා ගත් Radhika Fernando විසින් නිර්මාණය කරමින් ගායනා කරන මේ ගීතයත් සමඟ ඇය නැවුම් ගායිකාවක් ලෙසින් ලෝකය හමුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන පලමු අවස්ථාව මෙයයි. ඇයගේ සහජ දක්ෂතා ඔපවත් කරමින් තව තවත් ඉදිරියට යන්නට අප සැම ප්‍රාර්තනා කරමු.

Maha Seye Koth Kerella_Chamara Weerasinghe_New Singala Songs 2011

2011 පොසොන් පෝ දින වෙනුවෙන් මගෙන් පිදෙන උපහාර ගීතයයි මේ..

මහ සෑයේ කොත් කැ‍රැල්ල බුදුන් සමාන
සිත නිවනා නිවන් සුවය මිහින්තලාව
හෙළය හදා රට කරවූ දහම් වගාව
මිහිඳු මහා මාහිමිටයි ශීර්ශ ප්‍රණාම

බුදුන් ළඟට බුදුන් වූ.. මිහිඳු මහා රහතන් වහන්සේ වෙනුවෙන්
ගැයූ ඒ උත්තරීතර ගීතය, චාමර වීරසිංහ ගේ ම හඬින් නැවතත් අසමු..

ඔබසැමට සියලුම සතුට හා ජය අත්වේවා.. දළඳා සමිඳු පිහිටයි !

Underwater giant on the brink

Underwater giant on the brink

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Background

The leatherback turtle has survived for more than a hundred million years, but is now facing extinction. Recent estimates of numbers show that this species is declining precipitously throughout its range, particularly in the Pacific over the last twenty years: as few as 2,300 adult females now remain making the Pacific leatherback the world's most endangered marine turtle population.

Although Atlantic populations are rather more stable, models predict that they, too, will decline due to the large numbers of adults being killed accidentally by fishing fleets. In the Atlantic, the fact that they are widely distributed during the migration process and that they do not dive very deep increase the risk of interaction of leatherback turtles with longline fisheries.

WWF is working to conserve leatherback turtles and their habitats in Central and South America, and the western Pacific through concerted pan-Pacific and trans-Atlantic approaches that aim to protect critical nesting beaches and migratory pathways. This is being achieved by:

• protecting nesting beaches and nearshore habitats by establishing and strengthening sanctuaries and wildlife refuges;
• raising awareness so that local communities will protect turtles and their nests;
• promoting regional agreements to conserve marine turtles;
• reducing longline bycatch through promoting and facilitating gear modification, using new migration and genetics information to develop and trial management measures and ensuring that any traditional take is sustainable.

Physical Description

The leatherback turtle is the largest marine turtle and one of the largest living reptiles. Leatherbacks are one of the most migratory of all marine turtle species, making both trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific crossings. They are easily distinguished by their carapace, which is leathery, not hard as in other turtles, and by their long front flippers.

Leatherbacks have a unique system of blood supply to their bones and cartilage. This enables their body temperature to stay several degrees above the water temperature and allows them to tolerate cold water, rather like a mammal. They can dive to depths of up to 1,200m, much deeper than any other marine turtle.

Recent DNA analysis confirms that Atlantic and Pacific populations are genetically distinct lineages of a single species. In turn, nesting Pacific leatherback populations are separated into two genetically distinct populations (eastern and western populations).

A leatherback was recorded to have descended to a maximum depth of 1,230 metres, which represents the deepest dive ever recorded for a reptile.

Range States

Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, Fench Guiana, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Liberia, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S.

Ecological Region

Mediterranean Sea, Northeast Atlantic Shelf Marine, Southern Australian Marine, Benguela Current, Humboldt Current, Agulhas Current, Western Australia Marine, Gulf of California, Canary Current, Sulu-Sulawesi Seas, Bismarck-Solomon Seas, Banda-Flores Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Palau Marine, Andaman Sea, East African Marine, West Madagascar Marine, Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef, Southern Caribbean Sea, Northeast Brazil Shelf Marine.

Why is this species important?

As a major jellyfish predator, the leatherback turtle provides natural ecological control of jellyfish populations. Overabundance of jellyfish may reduce fish populations as jellyfish can feed on fish larvae and reduce population growth of commercially important fish. Hence, the presence of leatherback turtles benefits fish, fisheries and people.

Interesting Facts

The biggest ever recorded leatherback turtle was a male stranded on a Welsh beach that reached 256 cm long and weighed 916 kg.

Sri Lankan President, Mahinda, among top five in The WORLD

Sri Lankan President among top five in The WORLD

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been voted among five most attractive persons in the world, through a worldwide voting on Internet by the prestigious Time Magazine. The 2011 survey was carried out to find out how the Time worldwide web readers picks the most influential 100 people in the world.

Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list ended over the weekend with South Korean pop icon on top, surfers on Time website could continue to vote for their favourites until the final list, selected by Time editors, is announced on Thursday (21).

At the time of going to press last night, President Rajapaksa was ranked fifth with a staggering 108,085 people voting him to be the most influential person in the world.

There have been many commendable messages by thousands of voters who have hailed President Rajapaksa as a truly influential leader who put a permanent end to a three decade long terrorism and liberated innocent civilians with an inspirational political leadership.

Rain

Jay Chou

Susan Boyle

Cheng Yen

The Lankan President is the only politician to secure a topmost slot on his debut appearance in the Time 100 Most Influential personalities annual contest. In contrast, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, making his third appearance in Time 100 Voting, could secure only the 73rd place.

In a significant pattern of voting, US President Barack Obama was placed only 46th, slightly ahead of his country's State Secretary and former First Lady Hillary Clinton (43rd) and Burmese political icon Aung San Suu Kyi (39th). However, the founder of the controversial WikiLeaks website which became popular overnight after leaking confidential state reports, Julian Assange was placed 11th.

Finishing on top when the official voting ended was Rain, the Korean sensation who has been making waves in his native country for years. His catchy beats and hot dance moves have made his popularity soar internationally. He has polled a mammoth 434,992 votes. In the second place is Taiwanese director-singer-songwriter Jay Chou with 227,094 votes.

The 32-year-old has already conquered Asia with his sweet tunes and sultry style.

Singer Susan Boyle is placed third with 160,457 votes. Boyle certainly couldn't have dreamed the dream she's been living since she showed off her pipes and stunned the skeptical judges on Britain's Got Talent two years ago.

The journey from anonymity to stardom has brought her two multiplatinum No. 1 albums, a book deal and an exhaustive media tour across the world.

Cheng Yen, a 73-year-old Buddhist nun and philanthropist is placed fourth. Widely considered Chinese world's Mother Teresa, she runs the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, one of Asia's largest charities.

නැගි ඉනිමඟට පයින් ගසා ලමා පරපුරට කෙළවන ඇමති බන්දුල බම්බුව

නැගි ඉනිමඟට පයින් ගසා ලමා පරපුරට කෙළවන ඇමති බන්දුල බම්බුව

~ ප්‍රියන්ත ද සිල්වා ~

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අධ්‍යාපන ක්ෂේස්ත්‍රයේ නවමු අද්දැකීමක් අපිට දැන් දක්නට ලැබෙනවා. ජාතියේ පිනට පහලවූ අපේ ජන නායකයෙක් වන නව අධ්‍යාපන ඇමතිතුමා ගේන අළුත් අළුත් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ ඒවායි. පෙරකල ඉතාම ජනප්‍රිය ටියුෂන් ගුරුවරයෙක් වූ, අපිත් ඉතාම තදින් ඇළුම් කළ බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන ඇමතිතුමා දැන් දැන් පිස්සු කෙලින්නට යන්නේ නින්ද අඩුවීමේ රෝගයෙන් පෙළෙන නිසාදැයි නිකමට මෙන් මට සිතේ. අධ්‍යාපන ක්ෂේස්ත්‍රය යනු ජාතියේ අනාගතයයි. එය නිවැරදිව යෙදවීම වැඩිහිටි කොයිකාගේත් අනිවාර්යය වගකීම වේ. තමා ජනප්‍රිය වීමට මග පෑදූ ටියුෂන් කලාව වල පල්ලට යැවීමට මෙසේ ක්‍රියා කරන්නේ හරියට වැදූ මව අමතක කර ගල් ගැසීමට අණ කර ආනන්තරීය පාප කර්මය සිදුකිරීමට වෙරදරන දුෂ්ඨ මෘගයෙකුසේ ය. අධ්‍යාපන ක්ෂේස්ත්‍රයේ නව මංළකුනු කිරීමට වෙර දරන මේ මහතා තම මුල අමතක කිරීමෙන් සිසුනට කියාදෙන්නේ අන්න ඒ නව පරිච්ච්ඡේදයයි.

දැන් මේ බන්දුල මහතාගේ මානසික තත්වය පැහැදිලිවම දකින්න පුළුවන් උනේ පාසල් පස්වරු 3 දක්වා පවත්වන්න යනවා කියන ආරංචියත් සමඟයි. ඔබට මතකද ? අපි පාසල් යන කාලේ දවල් 12 - 1 වෙනකොට මොනතරම් අපහසුතාවයෙන් ද පාසලේ කාලය ගතකලේ කියලා. ගුරුවරුන් ගෙත් දකින්න ලැබුනේ ඒ මුහුනුවරමයි.ශිෂය්‍යකුට සංකීර්ණ ගැටළු අවබෝධ කර ගතහැකි කාලයක් පවතී. එම කාලය දීර්ඝ කිරීමේන් ශිෂ්‍යන්ගේ දුර්වලතාවය වැඩිවීම මිසක්, අපේක්ෂිත සංවර්ධනය තෙක් ලඟාවිය නොහැකිය. විශේෂයෙන් පස්වරු 1 න් පසු ගුරුවරුන්ගේ මන්දෝත්සහාවයක් අපේක්ෂා කළ හැකි අතර එය අපේක්ෂයිත ඉලක්ක කරලඟා වීමට බාධකයක් වනු ඇත. ගුරුවරයෙකු ලෙස පසුගිය අවුරුදු 15 ක පමණ අද්දැකීම් ඇති මට, පාසල් ගුරුවරුන් ගෙන් ළමයන්ට සිදුවූ අසාධාරණ අනන්තවත් අත්විඳීමට ලැබිණ. පාසල් වලින් අත්හැරදැමූ බොහෝ සිසුනට ගණිතය සඳහා "ඒ" සාමාර්ථ ලබාදීමට මටම හැකිවීමෙන් පෙන්නුම් කරනුයේ, කොපමණ උගත් හා ගොට්ට ඇල්ලීමෙන් ලබාගත් උසස්වීම් වලින් සිසුනට අවබෝධ කළ හැකිවීමේ දක්ෂතාවයක් බොහෝ පාසැල් ගුරුවරුණට නොමැති බවයි.

එසේ , මුලදීම පාසැල තුලින් සැළකිල්ලට නොගෙන අත්හැර දැමූ මාතර ප්‍රධානම පාසැලක දරුවෙකු, දැන් පේරදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ 4 වසරේ යෙදෙමින්, පිළිගත් සර්වාංග දොස්තර මහතෙකු ලෙස නුදුරේදීම බිහිවනු ඇත්තේ පෞද්ගලික පංති ක්‍රමයට පිංසිදුවන්නටය. එබැවින් රජය හෝ මානසිකව බංකොලොත් වූ ඇමතියෙකු ගේ ඕනෑ එපාකම් පිරිමැසීමට , ළමා පරපුර අත්තනෝමතික ලෙස යොදාගැනීම ඉතාම පිළිකුලෙන් යුතුව හෙලාදකිමි. මේ විනාශයට එරෙහිව , අපි ඉදිරියට පෙළගැසෙමු.
එදා අපිද, පාසල් ක්‍රමයටම පමණක් ඉගෙන ගත්තේ නම්, මා කෙසේවත් ගණිතය ගුරුවරයෙකු නොවෙනු ඇත, විශේෂයෙන්, පෞද්ගලික ගුරුවරයෙකු වශයෙන් , 100% ක්ම පසුගිය වසර කීපය තුල ගණිතය විශයෙන් සමත් කරවීමට හැකිවූ, මෙම ප්‍රදේශයේ එකම ගුරුවරයා වශයෙන් මෙසේ කතාකිරීමට මට ඇති සම්පූර්ණ අයිතිය ඔස්සේ මෙම ලිපිය ලියා තබමි. තව දුරටත් , මේ ප්‍රෝඩාකාරී ඇමතිමණ්ඩලයේ මළ පහ, අනාගතය ලෙස අද සැලකුම් ලබන වර්ණවත් ළමා පරපුර වෙත එල්ලවීමට දිය නොහැකිය. පුදුමය නම්, මේ ක්‍රියාවලිය තුල, අතිගරු ජනාධිපති තුමාද, වැනෙනා සුළු ප්‍රතිපත්ති අනුගමනය කිරීමයි.

ජනතාවෙනි, මේ පිස්සු අධ්‍යාපන ඇමති ගෙන් අපේ දයාබර දරුවන් බේරාගනිමු . මේ සඳහා පෙළගැසෙමු.

Talking cars like Knight Rider's could go on sale soon

By Jorn Madslien Business reporter, BBC News, Geneva motor show
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12680509

You may soon own a talking car, though the open shirt will be optional

Remember the Knight Rider car? The one declaring "scanner indicating danger ahead", "your reflexes are slow" or "I shall activate a turbo-boost"?

A similarly futuristic car might hit the road sooner than you think, according to Klaus Draeger, BMW's head of research and development.

Many cars are already connected to computer systems, making drivers' and passengers' lives both more comfortable and safer.

But until now they have mainly been receiving information, so as yet they are not really engaging in dialogues, Mr Draeger says.

BMW's so-called Connected Drive concept, currently on show at the Geneva motor show, aims to change that.

Rain ahead?

BMW's system brings together more than 50 communication functions.

They include sophisticated satellite navigation systems and a self-drive technology that helps the car move safely from the fast lane to the hard shoulder on its own if the driver has a heart attack.

There are also more trivial technologies such as wireless links between the car's entertainment systems and home computers.

Cars that communicate with the world around them are safer, more entertaining and more comfortable.

"It's the way you get information into and out of the the car and what you can do with the information that is important," says Mr Draeger.

In future, your car will not only spot motorway traffic jams, it will also be able to calculate whether any delays on alternative routes make them even slower. And then the car will recommend whether or not you should get off the motorway.

The system will be helped by information received from other cars, which will be sending information about the road ahead back to you.

For instance, if drivers of other cars are suddenly using their window wipers and their brakes, the system might conclude that the road they are driving on is wet and slippery and perhaps that visibility is reduced. It will then warn you, before communicating your response to other system users.

Such information should help business travellers cut journey times whilst at the same time making them both safer and more comfortable.

"So whereas satellite navigation may initially be about comfort and efficiency, once moving about, once it starts identifying obstacles, it becomes a safety issue as well," reasons Mr Draeger.

Business tool

Other features include close connectivity between a driver's desktop computer and the computer in the car.

If you schedule a meeting in the office, the information can be sent directly to your car.

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Directions will be automatically entered into the satnav. Nearby hotels will be identified and an electronic booking can be made from the car. An electronic diary in the car can alert you to make sure you leave on time to be at the appointment as scheduled.

The car will also synchronise your emails, which can be read out aloud, or let you respond to Facebook messages while waiting for traffic lights to turn green.

Parking the car can be done with the assistance of a bird's-eye view of the car on a screen - or remotely, while you are standing outside the car watching it glide into a parking space.

Modern luxury

Other carmakers are also making their cars more intuitive and better connected with the world around them.

Audi's latest satnav system is linked to the internet, providing "real-time traffic information, traffic-influenced turn-by-turn directions and alerts to accidents and other incidents along their route".

Recent models from Mercedes will tell you when you seem tired and when the car in front is slowing down. Volvo, meanwhile, is trying to make its cars' electronics easier to understand and use.

Don't talk and drive. Let the car do it for you.

"To have a machine that is easy to control, like an iPhone or an iPad, is luxury these days," says Volvo Cars' chief executive Stefan Jacoby

"This is an area where we can create luxury in the premium segment. I think there will be more intelligent choices."

Safety implications

The list of applications goes on and on and over time it will get even longer, according to Tim Routsis, chief executive of engineering company Cosworth.

"The younger generation is always connected when they are at home or in the office, and increasingly they want the same in their cars," he says.

Giving them what they want is not an easy task, however, not least because of the safety implications of introducing some of these technologies to drivers whose attention should be on the road.

Some applications may improve safety, but others may distract, so a major challenge will relate to how and when communication should take place.

Solutions will need to become much more sophisticated than they are today, Mr Routsis reasons.

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For instance, a blanket ban on reprogramming satnavs or writing Twitter messages whilst the car is in motion will be irritating for a passenger who should be able to engage with the electronics without disturbing the driver.

"So to facilitate this, the system will need to detect whether it is the driver or the passenger using the system," he says.

Driving buying decisions

Hence, as the list of applications gets longer, so does the list of challenges facing the industry, Mr Routsis believes.

And yet, he expects carmakers to do all it can to deliver.

"In-car technologies offer new points of differentiation," he continues.

"And increasingly, it's starting to drive buying decisions."

Solution to English teacher shortage

Solution to English teacher shortage

The Higher Education Ministry is planning to modernize the Higher National Diploma in English course conducted by the Sri Lanka Technology Education Institute to deploy students following the course to teach in Government schools as a solution to the shortage of English Teachers in Government schools.

Higher Education Minister S B Dissanayake addressing a function held in connection with shifting into a new venue by the Sri Lanka Higher Technological Education Institute, said that action would be taken to deploy students who follow the Higher National Diploma in Information Technology to solve the teacher shortage problem to teach Information Technology in Government schools.

Minister Dissanayake explained that the Technological Education Institute and the Open University were very useful as the trained service personnel needed to ensure the country is rapid development.

Higher Education Ministry Secretary Dr Sunil Jayantha Navaratne and Higher Technological Education Institute Director General Professor Kapila Perera were present.

2011 Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony in Bangladesh - Watch Live Videos

2011 Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony in Bangladesh

Cricket is a great sport and the Cricket World Cup is the highlight of every cricket lover’s year. This time the event, which is held every four years, will be even more memorable for cricket lovers living in Bangladesh.

On February 18, 2009, Haroon Lorgat, the Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council, announced that the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be held in Bangladesh. The event will take place almost exactly two years from now on February 19, 2011, and proceedings will coincide with the opening game which will also take place in Bangladesh on the same day. That is exciting news for both cricket lovers in Bangladesh and the people of the country in general as the move will no doubt generate a lot of tourism and cast a spotlight on the country, hopefully helping to further improve its image and economy.

Haroon Lorgat also said that the number of matches to be played at the fifteen different selected venues had been discussed. It is obvious that the event should be used to bolster local tourism efforts and every endeavor must be made to ensure that it is a massive success. If you would like to combine sport with leisure, you’ll be happy to know that the World Cup will be making its way to either Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Narayanganj Osmani Stadium in Fatullah or the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. The final decision as to which stadium will be used for the event is yet to be made.

No doubt, this means that Bandladesh will experience a lot of tourist-related development as city officials try to ensure that it is completely ready to receive this prestigious event and the many tourists that travel with it. Though it is still some time before the 2011 Cricket World Cup takes place, fans would definitely do well to book well in advance to avoid disappointment. Visitors from other countries would also do well to take advantage of their trip and explore the country between matches so that they can learn a little bit more about the rich beauty that is to be found in Bangladesh.

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