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Intel® Edge AI Scholarship Program Application is due by December 10, 2019 (12pm Pacific Time) This scholarship is open to all applicants interested in learning how to work with computer vision deep learning models at the edge. Applicants 18 years of age or older are invited to apply. We’ll review all applications and select recipients to participate in the Intel® Edge AI Fundamentals Course. This is where your learning begins! Recipients will spend 3.5 months optimizing powerful computer vision deep learning models. The initial fundamentals course is intended for students with some background in AI and computer vision, with experience in either Python or C++ an…

NOV 17 2019 ஒபாமா காலத்தில் அவுசில் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்ட அமெரிக்க தளம்

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested the Tamil diaspora to work together to develop the country and help the people irrespective of their community. The President has said this in an interview with Nitin A. Gokhale, Editor-in-Chief of Bharat Shakti.in and SNI. When the interviewer commented on peaceful existence, the President said, “Yes, so rather than just criticising and I would like to even request the Tamil diaspora to forget these things, nobody is benefitted; rather we must work together to develop our country, help the people in our country irrespective of their (community). Everybody is a Sri Lankan citizen if they are born in Sri Lanka. They have…

Sukanyan a young musical composer from Hindu joins A.R.Rahman's Academy Posted on: 09/03/2014 (Sunday) Sukanyan Sunthareswaran (2011 A/L Bio) is a young, budding musician who has chosen a career in music, which is rare in our society. His passion for music from school days led him to choose music as a career. He is currently studying at Dr.A.R.Rahman's KM Music Conservatory. Even before coming to KM, he has composed music for more than 16 commercial adverts, 4 documentary films, 3 short films, 7 singles, and an album. Sukanyan’s passion for music started from his school days, and it was encouraged and flamed b…

Statement of Robert Blake before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during confirmation hearings as US ambassador to Sri Lanka, June 15, 2006 My challenge, if I am confirmed, will be to work with all legitimate political entities in Sri Lanka towards a durable peace, to show that peace and prosperity for all Sri Lankans are fundamental, interlinked goals. Peace provides the foundation for prosperity, which in turn demonstrates the benefits of peace and builds support for it. To reach these twin goals, the parties must be convinced that peace negotiations are the only way forward, that there can be no military solution to this conflict. Mr. Chairman and …

141 Tamil civilians killed in the week of 8-15 August In one of the worst weeks of killings since the CFA was signed (8 August to 15 August), 141 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan armed forces aerial bombing and shelling. This number includes.  50 civilians killed by aerial bombing in Kathiraveli, Trincomalee on 10 August  7 civilians killed by shelling in Muhamalai, Jaffna on 11 August  15 civilians killed in St Philip Neri church by shelling on 13 August in Allaipiddy, Jaffna  55 civilians killed by aerial bombing in Vallipunam school camp, Mullaitivu on 14 August The previous week, 17 aid workers from Action Against Hunger wer…

World champion of public speaking 2014 1st place winner (2014) https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10154663174740713

CNN)Alex Trebek, the genial "Jeopardy!" host with all the answers and a reassuring presence in the TV game-show landscape for five decades, has died. He was 80 years old. Former "Jeopardy!" contestants react to Alex Trebek's death "Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends," said a statement shared on the show's Twitter account Sunday. "Thank you, Alex." The cause of death was not immediately announced. Trebek revealed in March 2019 he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, triggering an outpouring of support and…

Source: https://sangam.org/2010/09/Broken_Palmyra.php?uid=4061 by Sachi Sri Kantha, September 8, 2010 In Jaffna there lived four learned fools with names Soma, Sri, Rajani and Hoole Their Broken Palmyra book was filled with unpalatable muck as gossip/rumor ain’t excellent research tools. Nuda veritas is the Latin equivalent of ‘naked truth’. In the first preface (April 1988) by the authors of the Broken Palmyra, the phrase appears in the first sentence of the second paragraph. To quote, “We felt strongly that the community must revive, and to do so we must face the truth in …

கா வே பாலக்குமார் குறிப்பிட்ட தயான் ஜெயதிகவின் முக்கியாமன கட்டுரை- தற்போதய மகிந்த அரசின் போர் யுக்தியைப் புரிந்து கொள்ள உதவும். DEATH OF A THOUSAND CUTS DAYAN JAYATILLEKA April 22 Get this: the founding year of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was 1976. Its precursor the Tamil New Tigers was formed in 1972, but the LTTE, the Liberation Tigers, Viduthalai Puligal, was born in 1976. That makes this year, 2006, the 30th anniversary of the LTTE. If anyone thinks that Mr Prabhakaran is going to let that go uncelebrated by some major, if not historic exercise, he or she does not understand such struggles and movements. This would be the year that Prabhak…

Stand with the Victims of Vankalai and Pesalai ! By: World News Today – London Source: International Association of Tamil Academics - June 17, 2006 IATA Appeals to the College of Catholic Bishops Across the World The President of the International Association of Tamil Academics reported that he is mailing out over 3000 letters to all Catholic bishops across the world urging them “to stand on the side of the victims of Vankalai and Pesalai. IATA states that in an organized pogrom perpetrated by the Buddhist government of Sri Lanka where innocent Tamil children and helpless women and unarmed men are being selectively slaughtered, when churches are torched and …

137 dead, 230 wounded as series of blasts rock Mumbai trains Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) At least 137 people were killed and 230 injured in a string of seven terror blasts thar tore through first class compartmenets of suburban trains around 6PM during the peak hour traffic here today. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00020...00607112201.htm

Source & credit: Nitharsan, Puradchimedia https://www.puradsimedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP-July-2021-1.pdf * Interviewee’s name has been altered for security purposes. Mathavi* is a veteran, who was in the BT (Black Tiger) unit. Through the above quote and this interview, she speaks about her experience as a BT. Through this she intends to accentuate that whilst her responses are based on her own experiences, that the topic of BT is much larger and more multifaceted. ‘Women Black Tigers during a training in their base. | Image credit: yarl.com through Nitharsanam’ Mathavi, what was your motivation to join the BT? …

This Israeli Soldier Fought In Gaza. Now He Speaks Out

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To End a Civil War: Norway's Peace Engagement with Sri Lanka Book Launch Time: 02 November 2015 13:00-14:30 Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo Please register here. Between 1983 and 2009 Sri Lanka was host to a bitter civil war fought between the Government and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers), which sought the creation of an independent Tamil state. The war ended violently in May 2009 with the crushing defeat of the Tamil Tigers by the Sri Lanka Army amid the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians. But prior to this grim finale, for there had been hope for a peaceful end to the conflict. Beginning with a ceasefire agreement in early 2002, for almost five years a series of …

[size=4][size=5]An officer in the Sri Lanka Army, who fled to Canada and claimed he was ordered to plant explosives at the home of an outspoken opposition politician, is raising new questions about military abuses committed during the island nation’s long civil war.[/size][/size] [size=4][size=5]Captain Ravindra Watudura Bandanage, 38, deserted after flying to Toronto in October 2009.[/size][/size] [size=4][size=5]He has since told Canadian immigration officials he was aware of torture and other crimes carried out by government forces against minority Tamils.[/size][/size] [size=5]Testifying at his refugee hearing, he said a colonel ordered him to place bomb…

A reputed newspaper in the United Kingdom, “The Independent”, published a disturbing news item and an article on 18 February 2013, under the headlines, ““Handed a snack, and then executed: the last hours of the 12-year-old son of a Tamil Tiger” (Photographs show boy was held before he was killed at close range) and “This is proof, beyond reasonable doubt, of the execution of a child – not a battlefield death”. The author of this news item is Callum Macrae, director of “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”. The article establishes how 12 year old Balachandran, an innocent child, son of the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – LTTE was brutally kil…

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SL Navy soldiers order Trinco residents to hoist white flags [TamilNet, January 08, 2006 18:51 GMT] Several Tamil residents of Trincomalee and its suburbs Sunday complained to civil right leaders and parliamentarians that soldiers of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) manning checkpoints in the eastern port town are harassing them to hoist white flags to observe mourning for the SNL personnel who died in the Dvora gunboat blast, sources said. More soldiers have been deployed in the town following the explosion of the SLN gunboat in Trincomalee harbor in the early morning of Saturday. Meanwhile, the Commanding Officer of the Dvora gunboat sunk in Trincomalee Sea foll…

Sri Lanka’s shelling ‘declaration of war’ - LTTE [TamilNet, August 06, 2006 17:26 GMT] The Liberation Tigers said Sunday that the Sri Lankan government’s artillery bombardment of LTTE-controlled territory as amounting to “declaration of war.” The LTTE has not said if it is going to retaliate. Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer is undertaking hectic diplomatic efforts from Kilinochchi where he had been meeting LTTE officials. “We consider this [bombardment] a declaration of war and strongly condemn the attitude of the government," S.P. Thamilselvan told Reuters through a translator via satellite phone. The LTTE called off a major counter-offensive ag…

Linking the country’s high central mountains with the famous west coast fjords, the 108km Sognefjellet Road is one of Norway’s most spectacular drives. A country packed with beauty Norway’s mountains, fjords and forests are known the world over; their splendour is certainly no secret. But arguably, one of the most impressive ways to see them is by traversing the Sognefjellet Road (pictured), known as the ‘Road over the Roof of Norway’. One of the 18National Tourist Routes that showcase the country’s exceptional natural wonders, Sognefjellet Road traverses 108km of fertile valleys, piercing lumbering mountains and deep lakes, linking the country’s high central mountains …

Foreign intelligence presence boosted in Sri Lanka (2007 Dec. 31, 9.40 AM) Colombo diplomatic sources say that with the Rajapakse regime's consideration 2008 as a year of war, world's leading intelligence services are interfering competitively in Sri Lanka's affairs. Indian RAW, Pakistan ISI, Russian KGB, US CIA and Israel Mosad are the leading intelligence services that are engaged in Sri Lankan affairs. Our sources say that an owner of a leading newspaper group in Sri Lanka is coordinating Mosad intelligence tasks in Sri Lanka, mostly in the Eastern Province.

Implementation agenda of $ 400 m line of credit to be finalised during Prime Minister’s visit to India First State visit by PM since his appointment starts on Friday $ 400 m line of credit for infrastructure offered by Modi during President’s visit in Nov. while $ 50 m for security Talks on trade, defence and tourism with top Indian officials during visit Delegations expected to discuss key areas under defence and maritime security MR to also visit Varanasi, Sarnath, Bodhgaya and Tirupati Sri Lanka and India are expected to finalise the implementation agenda for a $ 450 million line of credit offered by the latter during the visit o…

It is no secret that China is well and truly dominating Srilankan affairs at the moment, especially under the current leadership of Srilanka. Rajapakshe brothers in power had very close relationship with Chinese communist party during their time from 2005 to 2015. Now, they are back in full force, we can see the Chinese government is more happier than before. This article was published in New York Times in 2018. Well written by By Maria Abi-Habib in June 2018. The details are mind blowing, I will let you to read and enjoy!!!! How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — Every time Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, turned to…