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How Robert Knox’s Opus took shape in 1681
Anna Winterbottom, in The British Journal for the History of Science, Volume 42, Issue 4., December 2009 , pp. 515-538 where the title is “Producing and using the Historical Relation of Ceylon: Robert Knox, the East India Company and the Royal Society” Abstract: … Continue reading →
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A Frigate Bird lands in the Chilaw Area
Malaka Rodrigo in Sunday Times, 18 August 2019, where the title runs “Out of the blue, a visitor is blown in by the monsoon” An unusually large bird found this week on Muthu Panthiya island in Chilaw drew crowds as … Continue reading →
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ALIYO! Aiyyo, Aiyyo! Aliyo: Today’s Anzacs in Lankan Conservation Work
Aussies and Kiwis depict their Conservation Work in Sri Lanka Nate Bills …. Australia The location for the project is awesome! You are so close to the national park and the villages where you can see elephants. Everyone working at … Continue reading →
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Jim Corbett National Park in Northern India
Jim Corbett National Park, India …. Known as Hailey National Park when it was first established in 1936, this nature reserve in northern India was renamed in honour of Jim Corbett. A British hunter who felled many Bengal tigers and … Continue reading →
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A Chilling and Terrifying Word-Picture of USA Today
David Kilcullen, in The Inquirer, 30 May 2020 and the Australian, 4 June 2020, with this title “Home of the hateful, fearful, heavily armed” ….. Coronavirus is threatening to ignite a tinderbox of grievances in the US. The growing parallels … Continue reading →
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A Roaring Fire ravages the Southern Ocean Lodge and a Good Part of Kangaroo Island
Roy Ecclestone, in SAWeekend, 17 January 2020, ….”Trapped in a bunker and hoping for a miracle: The destruction of Southern Ocean Lodge” …….. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-weekend/trapped-in-a-bunker-and-hoping-for-a-miracle-the-destruction-of-southern-ocean-lodge/news-story/290c766f353ce1e89d551c3d354c2b46 It was after the firestorm swept over Southern Ocean Lodge for the fourth time that one … Continue reading →
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Facing Corona Foursquare: An Aussie Comprehensive
Sheryn Groch, in Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March 2020, “How are countries ‘flattening the curve’ of coronavirus?” …. https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-are-countries-flattening-the-curve-of-coronavirus-20200317-p54b3g.html Large parts of the world are shutting down to stem the spread of a new virus. What measures are working? And … Continue reading →
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The Variation in the Diffusion of Electrical Power
SWR de Samarasinghe[1] Thanks for sharing the very informative map — in your piece “Dark Nights in Sri Lanka: The Incidence and Spread of Electricity.”[2] The relative deprivation of north outside the Jaffna Peninsula is striking but not surprising. Sparse population, … Continue reading →
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Coronavirus Time Bomb …. Tick, Tick, Tick
Jamie Walker, in The Weekend Australian 1/2 February 2020 Passenger A flies into Melbourne from Wuhan on January 22 before the Chinese government seals off the drab industrial city of 11 million people in a futile bid to halt the … 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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