Apparently sparked by the killing by police a 69 year old armed man. Sunday night's disturbances according Rami Al-Khamisi a youth organizer said in a statement.started as a "reaction to police brutality against citizens, our neighbors From one of the comments learned of project REVA where Stockholm police stop people who dont look ethnically Swede (i.e. don't have blond hair) ...
One would think that Germany would be the first to support tough tariffs/duty on Chinese solar panels being imported into the Eurozone. Specially given that Bosch Solar Energy AG and the Siemens Solar unit are dire trouble being unable to compete with cheap Chinese solar panels.So here is another example of no friends only interestsCompanies in the US and Europe ...
In all a reasonable assessment of the situation in Sri Lanka by Dr Alexander (Sandy) Gordon. Dr Gordon has a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has worked as an academic and senior public servant. He retired from the Australian National University in 2011, where he was a professor in he College of Asia and the Pacific. He is ...
For those of you who maintain a blog an easy way to monitor and delete those innocuous comments to link back to a product web page being promoted.First an example from this blog.In the comment box you can see that that there is a comment thanks for share<a href="http://ladies.creditbox.o... - AnonymousThe link above goes directly to the comment on this ...
From ZeroHedge A few days when reporting that the Russian Pacific fleet had crossed the Suez canal for the first time in decades in order to form a Mediterranean task force parked in Cyprus for obvious symbolic reasons (in close proximity to Syria and the Israel-parked Kearsarge), some observed that while the submarine support was adequate, the actual warship ...
Enrique of Malacca was Ferdinand Magellan's slave and friend from Malacca. Enrique traveled to Portugal with Magellan from Malacca in 1512. He then accompanied Magellan on the 1519 expedition to find the "Indies" by sailing toward the West from Spain. After passing through the southern most tip of South America Magellan arrived in Cebu (now part of Phillpines) . Magellan ...
Straight quotes, nothing to addThe head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter, which is rising in popularity among Saudis. Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites – and especially Twitter – “has lost this world and his afterlife”. Twitter was the platform for those who did not have any ...
The 2,800 km Sino-Myanmar pipeline is about to be operational. The gas lines are scheduled to be opened in July 2013. The parallel oil line is scheduled to open at the end of the year (2013).The gas is to be pumped from offshore wells near Kyauk Phyu. The oil arriving from the Mid-East will be pumped into the pipeline from ...
People of South Asian ancestry are up to four times more likely than Europeans to develop type 2 diabetes. The risk of type 2 diabetes is approximately 2-fold higher in African Americans than in European Americans. Type 2 diabetes could be reversed by following a daily 800-calorie diet for eight weeks. When our bodies are deprived of normal amounts of ...
This was from 2009 which I saw via SepiaMutiny. Looked it up again.Comment on SepiaMutinywhat I appreciate about her is her refusal to be categorized. So much of the polarization of politics in Sri Lanka and the diaspora hinges on the desire to categorize. One is either considered pro-Tamil or a patriot. One either loves Sri Lanka or is considered ...
These are the kinds of studies I like. People who regularly smoke marijuana may have better control of their blood sugar and may be skinnier than non-marijuana users, according to a new study. The research, published in the American Journal of Medicine, shows that people who reported regularly using marijuana had a lower risk of insulin resistance and had lower ...
I guess a warning to to Sri Lankan students out in the US, dont cook with pressure cookers. A Saudi student living in Michigan was questioned in his home by FBI agents after neighbours saw him carrying a pressure cooker and called the police.Talal al Rouki had been cooking a traditional Saudi Arabian rice dish called kabsah* and was carrying ...
The Nation reports that 4 people have died and 578 have been diagnosed with Influenza. The symptoms are fever, dry cough, muscle and joint pain, tiredness and extreme exhaustion, prolonged headache or sore throat.Meanwhile there is a Novel Corona Virus (nCoV) that has been affecting Gulf Countries and has also spread to UK and France.The Center For Disease Control (CDC) ...
Hope you can see any parallels to recent events in SL.In late April, Cameron D’Ambrosio, a high school student and amateur rapper in the town of Methuen, outside Boston, posted a rap on his Facebook page that made a musical, non-specific reference to making a bomb bigger than the Boston Marathon bomb. He didn’t do anything, didn’t make a bomb, ...
DBS Jeyaraj is a great journalist with a lot of insight, connections and knowledge of history. A fantastic combination. In very recent past, with the advent of online journalism he used to edit transCurrents,com and continues maintain and write to dbsjeyaraj.com. I have just one gripe he does not credit online sources with a link even though he reproduces the ...
Abi Sampanthan, grand daughter of a Jaffna MP in the 70's. Practicing dentist.More info as I find out.
See here for 2004 Trip to Jaffna thru then LTTE territory: Part 1 Day 3: Invitation to LTTE exhibition. Locate place to stay in JaffnaHotel Jaffna TownDay 4: Kayts to Pungutivu: Nagadipa (Nainathivu), Kobbekaduwa Memorial. Beer Dinner, Day 5: Dry Fish at Check Point: LTTE exhibition. A9 Restaurant. Day 3:We get the invitation to the LTTE exhibition Say we will ...
Day 1: Anuradhapura, Tissawewa Resthouse, NightmaresDay 2: Omanthai Check Point. No Vehicle book. Trouble at LTTE "immigration". Kilinochi Bar . Tissawewa ResthouseThis a story of a trip to Jaffna in 2004 during the ceasefire. Went thru the LTTE "immigration", visited a LTTE exhibition and visited Nagadipa. The trip was done in a rental car, which becomes relevant to one of ...
Fantastic set of photos of Gemunu (a elephant) stealing food from visitors vehicles.'First Gemunu pushed our driver, Janaka, off his seat and then he poked his head inside the car looking for food,' he said'He checked each one of us with his trunk and then poked his trunk all around our Landcruiser looking for food but we didn't have any.'All ...
