What bets this guy gets extradited to Saudi Arabia and given a slap on the wrist.The defense lawyer said that if sex took place, it was consensual.Prosecutors say that even if the boy wanted to have sex, Nevada state law says a child under age 16 cannot give consent Alotaibi told police he was drinking Hennessy all night and was ...

Photos from the very early 1940's Sacred Heart Convent, Galle. Please pass on these photos if you know anyone or relatives in the photos.Standing: LR: Peace BeeBee,?, Rupa Wettasinghe, Estelle Roberts, ?Seated LR: Orlean De Silva, ?, Miss Gnana (History Teacher), ? White, Mallika Abeygunawardena 1942 (maybe) Standing LR: ?, Peace BeeBee, Rupa Wetthasinghe, ?, ?,?Seated LR:?, Paramaswery Seevaratnam (Teacher), ...

This another chapter of Caroline Corner's The Paradise of Adam The Record of Seven Years Residence in the Island published in 1908. I've posted the chapter because of its insights into Roman Dutch Law and how it applied to the property rights of women.CHAPTER XXIJustice in Ceylon — The "mills " that grind both "slowly" and "exceeding small"—"Where every prospect ...

Article in the Wall Street Journal details the resurgence of wild life and forests in the US. ExcerptsToday, the eastern third of the country has the largest forest in the contiguous U.S., as well as two-thirds of its people. Since the 19th century, forests have grown back to cover 60% of the land within this area. In New England, an ...

This is a video for MS Fernando's Kekiri (kakiri) Pelena Hinawa. The music just jives with the dance. The dance moves look so Sri Lankan, specially when they clasp hands together and lay it against their faces. The other move is when they raise both hand upwardon the left and appear to drag down the hands to the right.The videos ...

Shaved genitals have somehow become the new normal for an entire generation of women. Surely it’s time we asked why.I gather its starting to be common in Sri Lanka too. Probably because it is a requirement for household domestic employment in the mid-east.Complete Article at The politics of pubic hair:why is a generation choosing to go bare down thereOne of ...

Some times you wonder if the world is going crazy.Rizana Nafeek gets executed for an accidental death.In Sri Lanka the Tangalle murderers of a British Tourist and rapists of his girlfriend are still to be given a verdict and are roaming free on bail.

Old photos: If you know anyone (or relatives) please pass this photo alongForm A2 Pembroke Academy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1939 Seated: B. Vandort, Miss G. Fernando, Miss P. Strange. Sundaram Pathmanathan, R. Wijemane. J. M. Sabaratnam. T. B. Jayasundera, A. S. D. Dissanayake, Miss S. Vethavanam, Miss J. Struys, M. A. C. De Silva Standing Middle Row: D. Amerasekara, D. ...

Photos from the Late 1930's Sacred Heart Convent. Please pass on these photo if you know anyone or relatives in the photos. Standing: Peace BeeBee, Amelia De Silva, Lorna WijesurendraSitting LR: Irene Rathnavibushana, Iris De Sliva, ? (1938 maybe)LR: Iris De Silva, Peace BeeBee, Irene Ratnavibushana, Mallika Abeygunawardena 1936 (approx)

Maybe we Sri Lankans too should be celebrating National Elephant Day. We are making plenty of money from the National Parks and the world famous Elephant Gathering at Minneriya.Elephant fans have gathered in Thailand to celebrate the annual National Elephant Day honouring the tusked beasts.In Pattaya resort, Chonburi province, 52 elephants were treated to an all-you-can-eat fruit buffet to mark ...

You just wonder why Rizana Nafeek deserved to be executed.Public anger has gripped Saudi Arabia after a prominent preacher Fayhan Ghamdi, who raped and beat to death his 5-year-old daughter was sentenced to a few months in jail and a $50,000 fine – known as 'blood money' – to compensate the victim's relatives. ­According to Islamic law, the 'blood money' ...

This was a Rippon, Galle Teachers trip to Kataragama (I think) during the late 40's.Unhappily I dont know any of the names.Please do let me know if you recognize anyone.?--, ?---,?---, Mavis Mendis, Peace BeeBee

Douglas Engelbart demonstrates the NLS (“oN Line System”) in 1968. As Lambert Strether says it took 16 years (1984 – 1968) to to be adapted successfully for commercialization (e.g. Apple Lisa) . For 45 years ( 2013 – 1968) Engelbart’s vision or, at least a version of it remains unchanged.The demo is one hour and forty minutes long, You will ...

How the Sadri dance of the Devadasis (temple prostitutes) became classical Bharatnatyam in 1935.Devadasis were girls (age 7-36) "dedicated" to worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life.  The Devadasi were trained in music and dance, and a veneer of religion covers prostitution and the supply of concubines to wealthy men. The ...

Two great websites on Ecology/Environment of Sri LankaReptiles of Sri Lanka: http://www.srilankanreptiles.com/Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society: http://www.slwcs.org/

Monsoons are having higher rainfall and also the possibility of monsoon failure. This is a big deal as we found out last December with flooding all over the country. Our water management needs to take into account even greater rainfall rates. That is expect more rain to fall in shorter time periods but also expect possibility of extended drought. The ...

Sri Lankan Snake Study Reveals New Species, Rich Biodiversity in Island Country Check out the links for Dushantha Kandambi and Ruchira Somaweera. They are doing some really cool stuff. Dushantha KandambiIn 2011, Alex Pyron's fieldwork in Sri Lanka studying snake diversity on the island led him to confirm the identity of 60 known species of snakes. With Sri Lankan collaborators, ...

Read a lot of SciFi between the ages of 10 onwards. Started with the W. E. Johns (the author of Biggles) Science Fiction series writtten in the 50's. I didnt own a single book of the series and read pretty much the whole series from the British Council. Then graduated to authors like John Wyndham.At that time (late 60's and ...

AM General tried to sell the HMMWV to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the late 1980′s.The PLA however had no interest in the vehicle by that time, they thought it too big and heavy. AM General left one HMMWV in China, hoping the Chinese would change their mind.They did after the first Gulf War in 1991 when the HMMWV ...

The “red-light district,” or the place in a city where commercial sex is isolated or encouraged (or both), might be a concept now most associated with Europe and Asia, but it's an American invention. The Oxford English Dictionary puts the first print appearance of the phrase at 1894, in the Ohio newspaper the Sandusky Register, in reference to a group ...