I know its not the beginning of the year but when someone has to send you messages to let you know that your domain and hosting expired you know you are neglecting your blog. Last two months were strange months for me where I couldn’t seem to do much on my online work, and as expected my earnings took a dip. Still 340$  is not bad for not doing anything at all. My sweet deal with Bluefur hosting expired so I had to move to a regular 6$ per month hosting package. Before that hosting cost was 10$ per year which was a pretty sweet deal and one of the reasons why I started this blog. Since I’m paying 6$ per month I guess I better put some effort into this blog.

There is a steady increase in the number of peopel who are asking for help too. I would like to help you all but the fact is I can’t help everyone. I would be happy to answer a specific quetion like “Will reading commercial e-mails make me money ?” but I cant answer a question like “how to make money online ?” simply because the scope is two great. And if you are a beginner who wants to learn how to make money online then please visit Keyword Academy and become a member. It will cost you 1$ for the first month and the first video alone is worth far more than that. That video alone will save you lot of time and effort and the rest of the videos will guide you along the way. This ain’t a get rich quick scheme and you have to work hard , but it will make sure you go about it in the correct way. If you have any questions about the program feel free to ask in the comments section.

A recent comment made me think of writing a post about managed FOREX accounts and the legal side of FOREX trading. I will come up with a post about that soon , so stay tuned

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so many things in my head
i don’t know what to think
succumbing to loneliness
my soul gives away

it’s hard to focus
when i’m nothing but a mess
i slip into darkness
as hope starts to fade

how can i move on
when there’s so much to let go
holding on to what i’ve done
is not helping either

but it’s too late
to turn back and regret
and it’s too hard
to look forward with hope

my head is spinning
from endless thinking
as i wait for
the curtain to fall on today

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Natalie Desselle-Reid stars in the short film Queen Victoria’s Wedding. The El Camino College film club screened the film on January 27th, 2010 in Torrance California. Her performance is evocative and gives depth to the leading character who is dealing with mental illness while caring for her daughter. The film is promising and it is well told and we hope to see alot more of it.

Natalie Desselle-Reid with guests

Todd and Shenita Moore of Mighty Moore Entertainment

Natalie Desselle-Reid and BJ Rouse of Rouse House Entertainment at Q&A session

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Emma Zerner and Martin Klebba were among the many attendees who
participated in the SAG Award Post Party benefiting Haiti event
at the Falcon on Sat. 23rd, 2010 evening.

a glimpe to follow

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Found it interesting to watch Coca Cola Opening Happiness commercials in different regions. By the way, this is not a paid advertisement .

Sri Lanka – Sinhala

Sri Lanka – Tamil

Singapore

China

Indonesia – “Buka Semangat Baru”

USA (I guess)

Go ahead, open up some happiness.

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The World Food Program (WFP) has increased its assistance to continue the resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) under the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation by 3.288 billion rupees…

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Sri Lankan film Alimankada-the Road from Elephant Pass, a Chandran Rutnam Film, was screened at the Pacific Design Center Silver Screen Theater on January 23rd, 2010.
It was attended by executuve producer Paul Mason as well as by many Sri Lankan American community members.

The film was touching and well made. The lead characters’ chemistry and
acting made the story believable. The scenary was breathtaking as well.

Chandran Rutnam had directed the films Adara Kathawa and Witness to a Killing. His production Mansions by the Lake was selected for a screening in Cannes Film Festival in 2003.

at current

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Wilbourn Sisters Designs Inc. have “exclusive fashions for the lady that loves to make a statement with style and class.” Carolyn handles the fashion shows and clothing line in Los Angeles while Janice does it from Atlanta.

The clothing line is colorful and its “designs to Sooth the Soul…”

They had a mini show on Jan 18th, 2010.

www.wilbournexclusives.com

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We visited a community of Northern Displaced IDPs in Puttlam recently. This was part of our Peace and Governance initiative, an effort to improve cohesion between youth and the entity we call Governance.
We had 3 discussions in course of our visit; the first was with a group of youth, the second with a young provincial [...]

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warmth of our budding love
melted the wall between us
our love started to grow
like flowers in the spring

days went by
and we grew closer
love started to blossom
the summer of our love begun

unable to stop the inevitable
we started falling apart
like leaves from a tree
autumn had descended upon us

shattered and broken
we grew apart with cold hearts
frozen with time
we walked away alone

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I still can not figure out what made me to write this blog post. “Oh damn!, I must blog more often!” – saying out loud most of the time when I visit my own blog. However, that state of mind lasts no more than 10 minutes.

It is better to write down all the significant events occurred since my last blog post than just making this a draft and closing out the browser tab.

I believe that twitter should take all the responsibility for me being away from blogging . Twitter is more efficient, effective and easy way to shout out loud and you will get more feedback in a short period than getting comments for a blog post.

I won the tertiary category Gold award at NBQSA. I graduated as a Software Engineer and hell yeah one of the best days it was. I joined with WSO2 and went to Melbourne in last December for APICTA. I applied for MIT Media Lab and HitLab NZ.

Thats not all, but the ones written above are the most significant. The small things that matters after all. Even though they do not get a chance to stand with a blog post.

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I didn’t get a time to write something here for a long time. Yes I can say I was busy. (But I was not ) Anyway I thought to write about something finally and I promise (this is a serious promise) that I will try to do something (do a posting actually) on my blog more frequently.
The ability to call the web methods by JavaScript on .net is very very useful and we can implement the web pages more

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everyone wants to fall in love
it’s not a cliche
just the truth
that we sometimes look away

i was one of them
who looked away
but you changed all that
turned me into a lover

then it all fell to the ground
like a house of cards
love has left me
though i still yearn for companionship

and i found that in someone else
it was not love
but moments of sensuality
which was enough to get me through

here i am now with a stranger
whom i hardly know
love never crosses our mind
yet our bodies constantly collide

she keeps me busy
through these dark times
but when i let my mind wander
it always finds you

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maybe you think i’m a coward
because of the way i’ve acted
i do not blame you
i know i’ve been one

it’s not easy
to explain the circumstances
it’ll only come out
as a justification

i don’t want to give excuses
and i’m not saying sorry
no word can make up
for the pain i’ve caused

i was caught in the middle
between two worlds i love
so i did my best
to bring happiness to them both

i never wanted anything for myself
i only wanted happiness for the ones i love
maybe i was a coward for being selfless
and not pursuing what could have been

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whatever
is what i say
when i don’t say
what i say to say

why does a daughter
have to lie to her mother
why can’t a husband
be honest with his wife

why do we overlook
the little things in life
and wait till a snowball
turns into an avalanche

is it because
we are too afraid
of the truth
and its consequences

or do we try to lookaway
till we are push against the wall
and we are left with
no other choice

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One of the most awaited films of the year, from the director of “Minnale, Varanam Aayiram, Kakka Kaaka, Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu”

Music by A.R.Rahman

You may download MP3 songs of this movie from Tamilmp3world.com.

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Multitalented powerhouse actress, producer, casting director Susan Johnston held her Business of Acting Class at the Showbiz Cafe in Los Angeles on Monday January 11th, 2010. Afterwards some of the aspiring actors/performers/writers spent some time chatting at the cafe. Attendees included Caleb Trout, Michael Sielaff, Sarah Leners, John-Christopher Tremblay, Randy Hardin, Tammi, Jon, Terese, Kevin T.Scott and Jesse.

Susan Johnston is in the upcoming film Dreams Awake. She has given some great performances throughout her acting career and is making strides by diversifying her focus and the New Media Film Festival, which she is the founder, will launch in June of 2010.

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Stephanie Pratt enjoyed Millions of Milkshakes in West Hollywood.

Actress Thushari J commenting:
I was in West Hollywood to take a glimpse of the Local Celebrity auditions, afterwards Esteban Escobar of Diversity News TV and I headed to Millions of Milkshakes. There the glamourous Stephanie Pratt of MTV’s “The Hills” had stopped by to make Milkshakes. We briefly met and said hi and, “Stephanie was very sweet and had a wonderful energy around her.” There we also met Sheeraz Hasan of Hollywood TV, Eric Zuley of WTV, and actor Martin Klebba. “They were so cool and its a fun place to hangout or drop by.”

-I will be going on live from the Local Celebrity Red Carpet for Diversity News TV on Jan 17th-

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Local Celebrity Competition held auditions on January 9th, 2010 in Hollywood for the upcoming competition.Esteban Escobar of Diversity News(which sponsors the competition), Eric Rowe and Danielle of California Talent(producer of the competition) auditioned the talented performers who showcased what they can do.

The competition will be hosted by Ryan Ray of Wake up TV and the judges will be music Sensations Arnold G, Fawn and Kris Searle. The competitions begins Sunday, January 17th, at 9pm

A glimpse from the auditions.

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Queen Victoria’s Wedding, starring Natalie Desselle Reid (“B.A.P.S.,” “Eve”), is a Short Film that will debut in Southern California on the campus of El Camino College. Hosted by the El Camino College Film Club, the screening – on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 – will show in the Marsee Auditorium.

Queen Victoria’s Wedding is the latest project from director and executive producer BJ Rouse of Rouse House Entertainment, in partnership with Mighty Moore Entertainment.

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Esteban Escobar-Diversity News, Danielle, and Eric Rowe of California Talent
auditioned talent for the Local Celebirty music competition at the Club Eleven.

The competition will take place Sunday January 17th, 2009.

Esteban Escobar and Ryan Ray

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For the short film It Can Be Arranged

http://current.com/items/91886906_it-is-arranged.htm

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In 1774 Samuel Johnson printed The Patriot; a critique of what he thought was false patriotism. He made his famous statement ‘Patriotism is the last refuge of the Scoundrel’ on April 7th, 1775. This line was not about patriotism in general – but what patriotism was not. With this statement he defined ‘self confessed patriots’ [...]

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After seeing this excellent piece, Jelly Noose couldn’t wait to write a blurb about it. Where do I start?

It Can Be Arranged was screened at the beautiful Yamashiro in Hollywood on Sunday January 10th, 2010.The short film, described as a dark comedy was that and full of surprises. It is written by Michelle Mellgren, directed by Jorge Suarez and produced by Diana Suko.

Lead actors in the film are Michelle Mellgren, Kristan Nedopak and T. Ashanthi Mozelle with a wonderful supporting ensemble including Jason Adkins, AJ Stephens,Francisco Dias, Joel Weiss,Christian Traeumer, and Alex Garcia.
The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California.
I am not going to give away the story because you have to see for yourself.

It is a fresh look at a subject of interest and captures the viewer from the start. It has a dramatic flair. It is an independent short and I was surprised by the story. I laughed along with the thought provoking storyline. The characters were richly textured and their nuances captured just right for the film. For an example
actress Kristen Nedopak as the best friend plays her part with inegrity, she told
us that working with Mr. Suarez was a comfy experience and he works the actor until
he gets the performance he wants out of them to create believability. T. Ashanthi Mozelle brings a dead pan humor to the story. Michelle Mellgren’s powerful acting
is superb as she brings the character of Meg to life.

There were no small parts as each actor owned their role in the film to weave
story for the audience to enjoy.

The producer, Diana Suko, reflected that the script started as a play and says that this is a project that she is incredibly proud of and honored to be part of and is excited to be making movies in Hollywood. She is excited to have the chance to see the film go from one scene in class to a film projec follow the project from bud to full bloom.

The talented director, Jorge Suarez, states “that the actors are the movie. Filmmaking is a team sport and he couldn’t have done it with out a good solid team.”

Jelly Noose will bring you pictures of the event and a quote from the star of the film and writer Michelle Mellgren soon.

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Spoiling the vote
Quite a few people I’ve spoken to are spoiling their vote. This, to me, doesn’t really make sense. On the one hand, I can see how spoiling your vote is you showing your displeasure at all of the candidates, but that will probably have as much effect as sticking your tongue out at [...]

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Conwitter is a Twitter client for Google Chrome web browser. You can download here.

Reason 1: It has some awesome features

Conwitter lets you see replies grouped together as conversations, shows thumbnails of shared images, etc. Since I started testing the extension, I’ve missed these features every time I switched to a different client. The “conversation” feature with the Twitter streaming API support is pretty cool, that you can see discussions of your friends with others. Since these are bundled together it won’t be a distraction.

Reason 2: Customizable

It is highly customizable from the colors to dimensions of the extension. For example, if you are working on a low resolution you can reduce the width and height of the extension to neatly fit into your screen.

Reason 3: Streaming API

This is one of the first Twitter clients to implement the Streaming API. With streaming, you get updates instantaneously – you don’t have to set a update time and wait for few minutes to receive the recent updates. Also, with the streaming API you get tweets from tweeple you don’t follow if anyone you’re following is mentioned. For example, if one of your friends tweeted about a new movie, you’d be able to see replies to him from all around the world. However, this can be annoying sometimes, e.g. if you don’t like that movie; but since Conwitter is grouping all the replies together it is not much of a pain. Anyway you can disable the use of streaming API if you wish.

Reason 4: New features popping in frequently

New features are being added to Conwitter frequently. For instance, in the past few days, there had been a new feature introduced daily.

Reason 5: Conwitter is shaped by your ideas

…and the best thing is most of the new features are products of user’s ideas. Just place a comment with what you want; if it’s a cool idea, it’ll be on Conwitter in a couple of days.

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In view of 62nd National day celebrations and “Deyata Kirula” exhibition, security will be enhanced in Kandy throughout the period, said Senior DIG Gamini Navaratne.

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Fifty six rehabilitated youngsters had been handed over to their parents. They have been given training in various fields.

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New Delhi: India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI has) received the “documentation” confirming the death of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran, prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, from the government of Sri Lanka, Home Minister P Chidambaram said yesterday.

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The Brooklyn federal courthouse on January 26 sentenced two LTTE supporters to 25 years in prison and five years of supervised release in connection with their efforts to purchase almost $1million worth of high-powered weaponry for LTTE.

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Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has called upon the Tamil diaspora to help the government to develop Jaffna into a commercial hub.

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Sri Lanka Army troops continued their clearing operations uncovered more LTTE military hardware from Vavuniya ,Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu districts yesterday (31 January), military sources said.

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Another batch of ex-LTTE members, totaling 56, who had undergone rehabilitation have been handed over to their parents.

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The World Bank had agreed to provide Rs. 2400 million to develop roads in in the backwoods of the Badulla District, Health Minister, Nimal Siripala de Silva said.

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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of United States has ranked Sri Lanka among the top ten fastest economies in the World.

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Defence spokesman and Foreign Employment Promotion Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said yesterday that the Government would not hesitate to arrest anyone whose conduct would be detrimental to national security.

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The Kotmale Road running across the Kotmale Dam has been re-opened after 15 years. It was shut down in 1994. The Road was closed down due to terrorist threats.

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The Government yesterday withdrew restrictions on fishing in the seas off the Eastern coast. Fishermen are now permitted to leave and return on fishing at any hour of the day.

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