Glory in the Spotlight

Fill the Bowl Upattapana

Reading Makes a Full Man

The Dream of Designing for Everyone

LEO CAFE

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CONTENT PAGE 01

EDITOR'S NOTE

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FILL THE BOWL

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C2 AWARDS

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READING MAKES A FULL MAN

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LEARNING WIDGET

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GEEKS TO GO

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UPATTAPANA

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LEO SPOTLIGHT

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THE TEAM BEHIND LEO CAFE

LEOCAFE LEO Club of Homagama Central

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Editor's Note Dear Readers, I am delighted to present the second edition of the Leo Cafe monthly newsletter of the Leo Club of Homagama Central. This newsletter focuses on the various projects and events that Leos have been involved in. Project Upattapana and Fill the bowl were successfully completed in September. These projects aimed to strengthen ties among Leos and enhance the spirit of Leoism. Also in this edition, we have an article in honour of literacy month: "Reading makes a full man". Finally, we have articles on handing over technical knowledge with "Geeks to Go" and Learning Widget. This year, the Leo Club of Homagama Central reached another milestone by being awarded as the best IT-enabled club, and for the best joint project with an outside organization at the C2 Awards.Readers can also be aware about the accolades received from the club through the newsletter. To conclude, I would like to thank all the editorial committee members for writing these wonderful articles. I would also like to thank the Chief Designer Leo Mihin along with the Designing team for their constant assistance and support in making this newsletter a unique one. 'Have an inspiring reading'

Leo Nilushini Wijetunga Director of the Editorial Committee Leo Club of Homagama Central

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FillTHE BOWL

As humans, we are able to express our basic needs and feelings to other fellow humans, one way or the other. Unfortunately, animals cannot always express their feelings to us. Imagine being hungry and voiceless at the same time. All those poor stray animals are feeling the same but in a much larger magnitude. So, as Leos of Homagama Central, we decided to help those poor souls by providing them with a delicious and healthy meal. It was chaired by Leo Lasandi MatharaArachchi. With all the donations from the well-wishers and club members, we were able to distribute food and yogurt for the stray animals within the Kottawa, Homagama and Pitipana areas. Leo Senura Battage, Leo Gaveen Nayanajith, Leo Chamin Kahandawaarachchi, club advisor Leo Pulinda Atapattu with few other club members, were able to successfully conclude the project by making a great impact to eradicate hunger.

Leo Gaveen Nayanajith.

LEO Club of Homagama Central



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Leo Club of Homagama Central among Lions

The 2022 version of C2 Awards, the annual conference which awards the essence of unity, commitment, and hard work of the Leos of District 306C2, Sri Lanka was held at the Havelock City ClubHouse. The event was held with the participation of the District President for the leoistic year of 2021/22 Leo Hasindu Maharage, who also recognized the invaluable efforts of Leos of Leo Club of Homagama Central during the leoistic year 2021/22. The Leo Club of Homagama Central was adjudged as the Best IT Enabled Club in the Leo District 306C2. The project “A Tree for life” was recognized as the Best Joint Project with an Outside organization, whereas the signature project “Accelerate Colombo” was judged as the winner of the category of the Best Project for Public Relationships. The Leo Club of Homagama Central received the award for runner-up for the category of Most Innovative Project, for the project “කොවිඩ් නැතුව දැනුම වඩමු.”

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the awards at C2 Awards and Excellence Awards

The efforts of Leos of Leo Club of Homagama Central were also celebrated during the Lions Excellence Awards held at Taj Samudra. “Accelerate Colombo” was awarded the award for the Best Signature Project by the Leo Club. The Blood Donation Project conducted by the Leo Club of Homagama Central was recognized as 02nd runner-up for the category of Join Projects with Sponsoring Lions club. The leadership mastermind behind the above success, the club president for the leoistic year 2021/22, Leo Sahan Pabasara Bandara was recognized among the Top 10 Club Presidents of the Leo District 306C2, Sri Lanka during the C2 Awards 2022. Furthermore, he was also awarded the District President’s Appreciation Award. His effort and success were also recognized at the Lions Excellence Awards, where he was awarded the Leo Club President Excellence Award. I, on behalf of all members of the Leo Club of Homagama Central, congratulate and recognize the effort and hard work of all Leos involved in the above projects recognized for excellence! Leo Yugeesha Bimsara

LEO Club of Homagama Central

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READING MAKES A FULL MAN Have you ever experienced the mysterious world splashing all over the pages of a book by which the outlandish scenarios and radiant settings

have

been

created?

Miracle of books can only be experienced by reading. Books wisdom

are

the

and

storehouse

knowledge

of

which

make a vacant soul fully complete. Reading is the golden key to unlock that storehouse of knowledge. Man who is in thirst of exploring and learning new things, can water his inner soul by reading. Incredibly, reading re-arranges the entire brain function for far better. It reduces the stress up to 68%, stimulates

the

mind

against

Alzheimer's disease, increases the brain connectivity and it further improves the vocabulary, memory, and literacy magnificently. Reading gives a new lease to one’s life

through

new

perspectives

which ultimately lead the way to realize the world from a new different angle. Books are the most inexhaustible source of magic from which

the

magicians

born

by

reading. Reading gives wings to the mind to reach the universe. Leo Chamathka Sewmini

LEO Club of Homagama Central

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Learning Widget

THE DREAM OF DESIGNING FOR ANYONE

If you are new to graphic designing or someone who doesn’t want to deal with technical stuff related to it, Canva is the best option for you. It doesn't get easier than it does with Canva for graphic designing purposes. The Australian online graphic designing platform founded back in 2012 has made it possible to design anything and publish anywhere for anyone. The usability and ability of the tool speak for itself, as Canva reached 75 million users worldwide by the end of 2021.

How to get started? Visit canva.com and create a free account to start designing. Canva does not have any time limitations on the duration to use the free account. To get started with designing, the free account on Canva has all aspects you would possibly need covered.

Canva Free vs Canva Paid Canva offers paid subscriptions for which users can subscribe for advanced features and elements for graphic designing. However, unless graphic designing is your career, or even so, in most cases a Canva free account offers everything you could imagine of. The free Canva account includes; Access to free pre-built customizable templates to help kick start designing ideas. Access to free stock photos. Designing for numerous platforms. Unlimited designs. Various output types (Including PNG and PDF). Access to all types of graphic design elements from shapes to charts. Customizability of typography based on design needs. LEO Club of Homagama Central

Beyond the key highlights mentioned above, the Canva free plan provides several other features and options to ensure a smooth design experience. It is fair to state that Canva's free plan caters to most graphic design needs.

Why Canva? Canva is free and offers freedom for creativity and ideas of the designers. It’s a drag-and-drop graphic designing tool, easy to use for anyone even without any knowledge or experience in graphic designing. Caters to all types of graphic design needs, including logo design, social media artifacts, presentations, and infographics. Since all designs are saved to the cloud, designers can make changes to designs as and when required. Availability of thousands of free templates to speed up the design process. Access to advanced features such as animations and filters (Applies for the free plan as well). Works with mobile phones as well. The ultimate ease of use and advanced functionality.

Conclusion It probably won’t get as simple as it does with Canva for any graphic design work. The ability to handle all types of graphic designing work without requiring users to excel in graphic designing or its technicalities makes Canva an automatic choice for graphic designing. Use Canva and explore the wonders of design with graphics!

Leo Yugeesha Bimsara

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Geeks to Go

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CURRENT TRENDS IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

Currently, the IT industry has become one of the most volatile domains regarding developing and advancing new trends and technology. Today we are going to look into the 4 modern trends that have taken the IT industry to a new level.

The First Trend is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) which has taken the IT industry to a whole new level. It is a trending computing technology that gives users the benefit of predicting and automation capabilities for their day-to-day life. The Second Trend we are looking into will be Quantum Computing. Quantum Computing is a computation method that uses quantum physics laws to harness the computation power. With Quantum computing, basically, the calculation speed is reduced from several minutes to several milliseconds. The third trend we are discussing will be Blockchain. Blockchain is a way of keeping data in a register, in which small blocks are allocated to hold those data. These blocks are chained together with a method called Cryptography which ensures negative data loss and false data manipulation as well.

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The fourth and last trends we are going to discuss will be Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). Even though these two are fair differences the basic idea for both of these is essentially the same. It creates a 3D-modeled environment that will combine both the real and virtual worlds. AR and VR are not only being used in the IT industry but also in other complementing industries such as marketing which are using the IT industry's services constantly. So as you can see the IT industry will never stand still. So if you are ready and willing to be a part of it you must keep up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends as this rapidly changing IT world will have you waiting on your toes with all the tech advancements that are yet to hit the market. Leo Gaveen Nayanajith

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උපට්ඨාපන

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SPOTLIGHT 22 KUMUTHU VINSURA Kumuthu Vinsura Bangamuachchi 22 Years old Being a proud scholar of Richmond College Galle, Kumuthu at present is an Undergraduate in Computer Engineering at Sir John Kothalawala Defense University. As a young individual: Chess, Karate, and United Nations study circle are some extracurricular activities he excelled in. His leadership skills outshined in the year 2017 when he guided his United Nations Study group, as the president, to be awarded the best study circle in the country. Thriving in the field of computer science, his exceptional achievements include being a finalist at the IEEE Innovation Nation Sri Lanka in 2020, and a student in the subcommittee Web Master at SLSAC 2022. Has been a Guest speaker by the Invitation of the Leo Club of the University of Moratuwa, and, an accepted publisher in Secure Electronic Voting at KDU, International Research Conference. He believes growing up in a supportive environment played a major role in identifying and excelling in his talents. He also believes that his university to a key factor in his current success as it allowed him to access useful resources to help develop his career. Work-life balance was one of his major challenges as he found it quite stressful at the beginning of his career. He believes that his parents and mentors were significant along with proper time management and mindfulness practice when overcoming such challenges. His future career expectations include being a visiting lecturer at KDU and to enjoy his life to the fullest. Kumuthu is currently occupied as an Intern QA Engineer at the AI team. Freelance Web Developer, Graphic Designer, and the Director of Marketing role at Leo Club of Homagama Central and hopes to achieve new milestones along with his peers.

- Vinuri Weerasinghe

INSL Fellow

IInnovation nation

Designer

Technical Trainer Thingebits

Freelancer Web Developer QA Engineer

The AI Team

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“The most important lesson I’ve learned in life is that we often don’t get the things we desire, in the way we would like them. That's how the world works. But if we know where we want to be and what we want, we can make the most of everything we have. We can use them to get where we want to be. The only thing that matters is who’s behind the wheel.”

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EDITORIAL COMMITTEE THE TEAM BEHIND LEO CAFÉ

Leo Nilushini Wijetunga Chief Editor

Leo Vishmi Bollegala Editor

Leo Kumuthu Vinsura Designer

Dinithi Amarasingha Designer

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Venuri Weerarathne Editor

Leo Yugeesha Bimsara Editor

Leo Sasanka Weerakoon Designer

Leo Chamathka Sewmini Editor

Leo Gaveen Nayanajith Editor

Leo Mihin Himsara Designer

Tasheema Sewwandini Designer

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