Coolombo Night Race

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Nelum Pokuna (Lotus Pond)

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will open the Nelum Pokuna (Lotus Pond) Mahinda Rajapaksa Performing Arts Theatre today ( 15 / 12 / 2011 ).The Theatre built on a model similar to the Nelum Pokuna (Lotus Pond) of Polonnaruwa, was constructed with expertise from China at a cost of Rs 3.08 billion.

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Zimbabwe Cricket's Poor Showing At World Cup Boosts Sri Lanka Prospects

Zimbabwe’s chances of reaching the quarter finals of the cricket World Cup dwindled after a 139-run loss to hosts Sri Lanka at Pallekale international Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Thursday

Zimbabwe’s chances of reaching the quarter finals of the International Cricket World Cup have dwindled following the side's 139-run loss to hosts Sri Lanka at Pallekale International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Thursday.

Sri Lanka posted 327 runs which Zimbabwe chased but failed to better, posting only 188 runs. Sri Lanka earned 7 points from 5 matches played within Group A.

Zimbabwean captain Elton Chigumbura won the toss and put Sri Lanka in to bat first chosing to field instead. Sri Lanka openers Thilakaretne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga posted an 282 runs for the first wicket, setting an ICC World Cup record.

Cricket commentator Brian Goredema told VOA Studio 7 reporter Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye that Zimbabwe must now hope for a mathematical miracle to reach the quarter finals with only two matches to go in the series.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

WE THE SAPPHIRES do Care Your Dream Holiday To be Perfect.

Come and feel like heaven at Robgill estate in Hatton.

spend your holiday with your loved ones in heavenly peaceful surrounding. At Robgill you are taken to nature in seconds,
imagine of the comfortable weather with the bright sun light coming in and the sound of the water running below. what else should be there?

you can see the castleriegh when you climbed the mountains at the robgil estate which is awesome!!

We make your dream holiday a reality by offering the following;
At the bungalow maximum no of pax to be accommodated would be 12.


1 night stay at Robgil - Rs. 1500/- per person
If the no of pax be 08, then the rate per person would be Rs. 2,000/-
for the meals, you could buy the items you want and get them cooked at Robgil by their chef free of charge.

CHILD POLICY
children under 6 years - free of charge
children between 6 - 12 - 50% of the adult rate
children above 12 would be taken as adult

All payments to be made before check-in, in favor of The Sapphires.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Why Consumer Reports can't recommend iPhone 4

It's official. Consumer Reports' engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have confirmed that there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side—an easy thing, especially for lefties—the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal. Due to this problem, we can't recommend the iPhone 4.

We reached this conclusion after testing all three of our iPhone 4s (purchased at three separate retailers in the New York area) in the controlled environment of CU's radio frequency (RF) isolation chamber. In this room, which is impervious to outside radio signals, our test engineers connected the phones to our base-station emulator, a device that simulates carrier cell towers (see video: IPhone 4 Design Defect Confirmed). We also tested several other AT&T phones the same way, including the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre. None of those phones had the signal-loss problems of the iPhone 4.

Our findings call into question the recent claim by Apple that the iPhone 4's signal-strength issues were largely an optical illusion caused by faulty software that "mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength."

The tests also indicate that AT&T's network might not be the primary suspect in the iPhone 4's much-reported signal woes..

We did, however, find an affordable solution for suffering iPhone 4 users: Cover the antenna gap with a piece of duct tape or another thick, non-conductive material. It may not be pretty, but it works. We also expect that using a case would remedy the problem. We'll test a few cases this week and report back.

The signal problem is the reason that we did not cite the iPhone 4 as a "recommended" model, even though its score in our other tests placed it atop the latest Ratings of smart phones that were released today.

The iPhone scored high, in part because it sports the sharpest display and best video camera we've seen on any phone, and even outshines its high-scoring predecessors with improved battery life and such new features as a front-facing camera for video chats and a built-in gyroscope that turns the phone into a super-responsive game controller. But Apple needs to come up with a permanent—and free—fix for the antenna problem before we can recommend the iPhone 4.

If you want an iPhone that works well without a masking-tape fix, we continue to recommend an older model, the 3G S.

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Spain wins the World Cup

Spain won the World Cup for the first time when they beat Netherlands 1-0 after extra time thanks to a goal by midfielder Andres Iniesta. Iniesta fired home the winner when he was put through in the area by Cesc Fabregas. Keeper Maarten Stekelenburg dived to his right and got a hand to the ball he could not keep it out.
The defeat was heartbreaking for the Dutch, who were down to 10 men after John Heitinga was sent off in extra time. It was their third World Cup final loss after 1974 and 1978.
European champions Spain had looked the more assured early on in the clash at Soccer City as a nervous-looking Dutch side ceded territory to their slick opponents.

Stekelenburg was forced into a save after five minutes when Sergio Ramos headed a Xavi cross goalwards while Spain forward David Villa crashed a volley into the side netting with the goal looming.

But a series of freekicks and bookings, including two strong challenges by Dutch midfielders Nigel de Jong and Mark van Bommel, shook Spain out of their rhythm and stopped them from producing the swift-passing game that got them to the final.

Netherlands offered little in attack and the nearest they came to a first-half goal was a bizarre incident when Gregory van der Wiel attempted to give the ball back in an act of sportsmanship.

The fullback's 60-metre punt bounced up and over Spain captain Iker Casillas, forcing the startled keeper to leap and tip it to safety.

The game continued with frequent stoppages and few chances, until Wesley Sneijder split the Spanish defence with a perfectly-weighted ball into the path of Arjen Robben after 62 minutes only for Casillas to save brilliantly with his feet.

In a lively end to normal time Villa had a shot blocked in front of the line, an unmarked Ramos headed wildly over the bar from five metres out and Puyol was lucky to escape punishment after hauling down a furious Robben.

In extra time it was Stekelenburg's turn to save with his feet when substitute Fabregas was sent clear by Iniesta.

Netherlands had to play with 10 men for the last 10 minutes of extra time when John Heitinga was sent off for hauling down Iniesta on the edge of the box.

The little midfielder got back on his feet and soon after was celebrating scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final to send the delighted Spanish fans into raptures. (Reuters)

Monday, June 28, 2010

Song of The Week

Monday, June 21, 2010

Colombo Ride Game (Trailer)

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2010 FIFA World Cup (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international association football tournament. It is being held in South Africa, beginning on 11 June and scheduled to conclude on 11 July 2010. The tournament is the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympics as the sports event with the most competing nations.This is the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa was selected over Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. Italy is the defending champion, having won the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.

For match schedules and results, see 2010 FIFA World Cup schedule