It appears that Sri Lanka is the Eighth most charitable country in the world. The ninth and tenth are Thailand and Laos, both Buddhist countries. So, despite their relative poverty compared to Western countries, these three Buddhist countries are comparably charitable.More details here.https://www.cafonline.org/publications/2011-publications/world-giving-index-2011.aspxSourced from a Brown Pundits post ...
Apparently an inexpensive procedure developed in India, excerpts below.My opinion is great for Casanovas, who can run around. Ultimately the decision should be left to the woman.The procedure called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) takes about 15 minutes with a doctor, is effective after about three days, and lasts for 10 or more years. A doctor ...
Wonder how this can be interpreted when there is reasonable suspicion of suicide vests, grenades on dead enemy (citizen, terrorist insurgent or whatever). David Blacker can you weigh in.Excerpts: officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have no reason to suspect the presence of contraband. According to a ...
Google Books Preview: Has the Foreword (by Gananath Obeyesekere), Introduction and Acknowledgements.Amazon: Books: USD 23 to 60Background of Sharika Thiranagama:Sharika ThiranagamaNormally the parents are not that relevant for the background of an author. In this case it does play a large factor. Daughter of Dayapala Thirangama. and Dr. Ranjani Thiranagama. Dayapala Thirangama was a left oriented political activist (I dont ...
The last time I visited Jaffna was in late 2004. Thats not the absolute truth, because I did go to Jaffna in December 2010. That was with two classmates and their families and I was in a perpetual haze and trying to be (I dont think I needed to try hard) to be a nuisance. Into the bargain the camera ...
Day 2: One of the main purposes of visiting Mannar was to do the Navy Boat Ride to the Adams Bridge sand bank islands from Mannar. The other was to scout any coral reefs for snorkeling. More on the coral reef later in the post.Of course there was no other info about the boat ride on the Navy website press ...
Out here in Sri Lanka we think our powers that be are cooking the books to paint a rosy picture of the Economy. However, we still have a long way to go to catch up with the shenanigans that the West uses to cook the books.Just a year ago the US added intangibles such as films, books, magazines and iTunes ...
Back to Water as valuable resource of Sri Lanka.Todays NY Times had a advertisement from Fidelity Investments about investment opportunities in Water. Fidelity Investments is is one of the largest US mutual fund companies with nearly $3.3 trillion in assets under administration and $1.5 trillion of assets under management.Anyway here is the wording in the ad.It takes 35 gallons of ...
Some these esoteric posts are based on links made by commentors on CalculatedRisk a financial blog. In the case of the LolCat / Ceiling Cat a comment by ac and follow ups by Rob Dawg.LOLCODE Apparently has compilers and interpreters as well for ...
Jack Point said,Some differences with the UK & US and Sri Lanka1. The public debt in those countries has shot up recently because of the bailouts. UK debt was around 40% prior to the crisis.2. They have already achieved a high standard of living. Even if they stagnate or decline, it is from a high base. We are still poor.3. ...
Recently saw a music video by Bi Kidude (Little Granny) from Zanzibar. I was struck by the similarities to Sri Lankan Kaffiringha or Manja music and old traditional music as in Panama Vannam and Yak Thovil.Bi Kidude (Little Granny)Fatma Baraka Khamis was Taarab singer from Zanzibar who was born around 1910. Bi Kidude won several awards including a WOMEX Award ...
I think this should be essential reading for the gurus who negotiate or issue bonds for the SL govt directly or indirectly. e.g. The Petroleum Corp, oil price hedge fiasco.How Russia outmanoeuvred the west in Ukrainian finance by John Dizard“F*** the EU!” Victoria Nuland, US assistant secretary of state, commenting on Ukrainian policy on her mobile phone, as recorded and ...
Excerpt from a Nature Genetics Article.They write that earwax type and armpit odor are correlated, since populations with dry earwax, such as those of East Asia, tend to sweat less and have little or no body odor, whereas the wet earwax populations of Africa and Europe sweat more and so may have greater body odor. They show that a SNP, ...
For those who follow kottu, I am sure you have seen the posts of srilankafor.91days.But then have you ever got to this point, the srilankafor.91days Interactive Index.Kirigalpoththa and Lanka Reviewed please note.
I guess there are some in Sri Lanka who will be happy to hear this. from the Guardian via finance blog Naked CapitalismThe UN human rights inquiry will focus on the living conditions of the 2.7 million Native Americans living in the USThe human rights inquiry led by James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on indigenous peoples, is scheduled ...
New research appears to explain that eating meat was why humans breast feed less than great apes.Below excerpt from the Daily MailThe research compared 67 species of mammals, including humans, apes, mice and killer whales, and found a clear correlation between eating meat and earlier weaning.The research compared 67 species of mammals, including humans, apes, mice and killer whales, and ...
Today, xoJane deputy editor Mandy Stadtmiller blogged about seeking gynecological help to retrieve a tampon that had been stuck in her vagina for several weeks. "I had a dying tampon alien living inside me for almost a month," she wrote.I am not going to post excerpts.The whole article is here http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/03/women-losing-objects-in-their-vaginas-a-review.html?mid=twitter_nymagvia Naked Capitalism ...
Colombo Telegraph has an article claiming that the Navy has grabbed 900 acres from the Wilpattu National Park. It is factually incorrect in so many ways. Excerpts and the proper view.Who writes this rubbish.located along the Northern border of the park Northern Border and 2 km from Eluvamkulama, Really !!.Eluvamkulama is on the southern border.so far for about 2 km ...
I think I want to join this group and do my share to save the Rain Forest. Just not sure my being in the features will increase demand.Have sex. Save the world..That’s the tagline for the new documentary Fuck for Forest, which made its U.S. premiere at SXSW, but also the alleged way of life for followers of the titular ...
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