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Defeating the Coronavirus at the Individual Level: Simple Steps
ONE: Peter Lee Goodchild’s Advice …… IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – CORONAVIRUS Last evening dining out with friends, one of their uncles, who’s graduated with a master’s degree and who worked in Shenzhen Hospital (Guangdong Province, China) sent him the following notes … Continue reading →
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Decline in Tourism and the Blame Game: Where Sinhala Buddhist Extremism is a Major Ingredient?
Hilal Suhail in Facebook If you have invested in Sri Lanka’s tourism and hospitality industry, then it would serve you well to keep up with the international media coverage of Sri Lanka in recent weeks. The island nation’s reputation has … Continue reading →
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Ethnicity in Riposte during a Verbal Stoush
Michael Roberts, reproducing an article published in Comparative Studies in Society & History with this title “Ethnicity in Riposte at a Cricket Match: The Past for the Present”…. the highlighting is an intervention undertaken today in the present Some recent … Continue reading →
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Eduard Hempel Flourishes in Galle and Lanka
SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda, in Sunday Island, 26 July where the title is “ A Seeker after Many Truths, The Lives of Eduard Hempel” The canoe nudged its way through the deep brown water. It was thick and heavy, like treacle and … Continue reading →
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Lindsay Hassett: As Unruffled as Australian
Abhishek Mukherjee, in cricketcountry.com, 27 August 2017, with this title: “Lindsay Hassett: Master of strokes, shrewd cricketing brain, terrific sense of humour” “There are others who have made more runs and taken more wickets [than Lindsay Hassett], but very few … Continue reading →
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The Sri Lankan Government and the Media within the Crossroads of War 2006-09
Palitha Kohona ,in The Sunday Observer, 28 June 2020, with this title “Managing the media on the road to Nandikadal – Part 1″ ….http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2020/06/28/news-features/managing-media-road-nandikadal-part-1 The conflict with the terrorist LTTE dragged on for over two decades causing widespread death and … Continue reading →
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Robyn Cormack’s ODE to Her Burning Aussie Land
Robyn Cormack: “My Suffering Country – 2020″ My sunburnt country is in trouble The land of sweeping plains Of majestic towering gum trees Is going up in flames. The heatwave is relentless The rains are staying away The skies are … Continue reading →
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Comprehending Covid 19 Comprehensively
Romeo F. Quijano, M.D., 3 April 2020, whose chosen title is “Origin of COVID-19: Ecological, Historical and Geopolitical Perspective” The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that is threatening modern civilization today is a disaster that was bound to happen mainly because of … Continue reading →
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Whitewashing LTTE Genocide and Horrendous Partisanship in Canadian Protest Marches in May
Sudharshan Seneviratne, in Sunday Observer, 16 May 2021, where the title reads “Whitewashing LTTE genocide” A recent announcement featuring the news, Tamil Genocide Education Week by Scarborough MPP Vijay Thanigasalam’s Bill 104, received third reading at Queen’s Park on May … Continue reading →
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The Rhodes Statue and Battle Lines in Oxford University: Aristocratic Brits face Black Extremists
Anonymous Oriel College Collective …….The letter (below) is a response from [one part of] Oxford University to black students attending as Rhodes Scholars who demand the university removes the statue of Oxford Benefactor, Cecil Rhodes. Interestingly, Chris Patten (Lord Patten … Continue reading →
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