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Wind Speeds Sri Lanka
510 words1. Tornadoes travel at an average of 45 mph with a diameter between 150 and 600 meters and maximum wind speeds up to 600 km / hr . Middle latitude cyclones can span across a continent and usually require 2 - 4 days to cross a region. Hurricanes range in speed from 119 km / hr to sometimes over 250 km / hr and average close to 600 km across. 2. The months from August through October are when hurricanes usually strike North America. When the ocean water temperature is warm and combines with the ho...
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Tamil Nadu Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka Ancient Israelites
2,369 words... a strict interpretation of the Qur " an and close adherents to its teachings. They believe in 12 heavenly Imams (perfect teachers) who guide the faithful from their locations in Paradise. There are over 70 other groups which originated within Islam and broke away from the Sunni and Shi " ite faith communities: Sufism: a mystic tradition in which followers seek inner knowledge directly from God through meditation and ritual and dancing. They developed in the 7 th century CE as an ascetic reac...
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World War Ii Mahatma Gandhi
1,925 wordsSumith Wickramasinghe was born on the island of Ceylon as it was known in 1935. His illustrious parents were Wickremarachige Subatheris and Somawathie Wickramasinghe - both his parents were Headteachers in two different village schools - Sumith's mother was Principal of Ambaraluwa Maha Vidyalaya in the village in Weliweriya in the Gampaha district. To this day Sri Lanka enjoys one of the highest literacy rates in Asia - the key message is education, education, education and Sumith's parents play...
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1960 And 1970 Sri Lankan
1,309 wordsVernon Corea was one of the world's greatest broadcasters - he was born on the island of Ceylon. The 'Hindu' newspapers placed him among the 'greats' in the world of broadcasting. Vernon was born in Kurana, Katunayke on September 11 th, 1927. His father Rev. Ivan Corea was a curate at the St. Phillips Church in Kurana in 1927. The Corea family are descendants of Dominican Corea who was crowned King of Kate in the 16 th century. Vernon Corea's parents were the late Canon Ivan Corea and Ouida Core...
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Prince Of Wales Sri Lanka
1,321 words... y for radio programs in English involving Asian culture, Asian music and personalities. The programme was very successful and Vernon interviewed Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Amaradeva, Asha Bhosle, Usha Uthup, Lata Mangeshkhar, Clarence Wijeywardene, Annesley Malawana, Normal Media, Reginald and Jamaica Massey, His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka among a whole host of distinguished personalities. "London Sounds Eastern" built up a huge following and Vernon was reaching new audiences acr...
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Primary And Secondary Affirmative Action
1,056 wordsAlthough it is imperative that minorities have equal opportunity with other Americans, it is not the governments responsibility to actively pursue and demand private businesses and organizations to adhere to minority quotas. The concept of being treated differently in an effort to achieve equality is entirely paradoxical and thus should not be forced by the government. Affirmative actions true effect comes not in pulling minorities up but holding businesses and organizations back. Forcing a comp...
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High Employee Turnover In Asia Software Companies
481 wordsBackground: The software industry in Sri Lanka is still in its infancy. However, it is an industry which has shown one of the highest growth rates in the last five years. The revenue earned by the software exports has grown to Rs. 55 million in year 2000, from almost nothing from the year 1996. It has been predicted that this high growth rate will continue in the near future. There are about 30 major software firms in Colombo (with employee strengths more than 50) that cater almost entirely to t...
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Live A Life Sri Lanka
1,934 wordsSomewhere in the sixth century BCE Buddhism was born, born from a single man Siddhartha Guatama, the Buddha. After gaining his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the Buddha didnt think that the rest of the world could handle all that he had learned. He did not want to teach others, nor did he want to spread his wisdom. Until at last his great compassion came over him and he started to gain the respect of few by going to his old peers first. By starting with other intellectuals he secured that t...
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Sri Lankan Counter Productive
1,061 wordsDespite the importance of effective pricing for marketing success, many organisations only pay lip service to same. The reasons could be, (a) A lack of understanding, of the true strategic value of sound pricing strategy. (b) The over reliance on finance personnel, to independently formulate pricing policy and strategies. (c) The lack of financial / costing knowledge on the part of marketers. Whatever the reasons may be, it is time that a professional integrated approach be taken towards pricing...
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Osama Bin Laden U S Government
2,402 wordsTerrorism Final Introduction According to famous saying one mans terrorist is another mans fighter for freedom. Why people become involved in terrorist activity? What causes a person to strap explosives across his chest, for blowing himself up along with innocent bystanders? It is just an irrational hate, which is behind peoples willing to become terrorists, as we are being told today? In this paper, we will analyze the activity of three terrorist organizations: RAF (Rote Armee Fraction) which i...
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Sri Lanka Tsunami A Social Autopsy Part 2
1,665 words... were the biggest problems to follow. There were also case of pneumonia and lung inflammations from water inhalation during the inundation, especially among women and children who would have had trouble staying above water. Also, minor injuries become easily infected. A greater danger than that posed by unburied dead bodies would be nitrogen poisoning from mass graves leaching into groundwater, so that had to be watched. Identifying the bodies was a worse problem than burying them, so they to...
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How The Recent Tsunami Effected Corporate Risk Management
660 wordsHow the Recent Tsunami Effected Corporate Risk Management The major topic of the discussion that concerns effects of the tsunami is the promotion of risk management services and implementation of warning mechanisms. The first problem now lies in the attitude of the people to the insurance services. Insurance system provides clients with a perfectly working mechanism, which foresees a range of all potential dangers and risks, which may occur, adjusting the system to the special needs of the clien...
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Found In Burma Found In Brazil Birth
781 wordsFrom prehistoric shamans to modern consumerism birth stones have been a part of human life. Beginning as magical talismans, they have been used for thousands of years to cure the sick, strengthen the weak, and decorate the rich. Birth stones are a modern fad powered by the wisdom of history. In prehistoric times, every village had a shaman, or witch. The shaman would cast spells to do all sorts of things within the village. After time, shamans discovered that different rocks and minerals did dif...
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Eight Fold Path Four Noble Truths
928 wordsBuddhism Buddhism, founded in the late 6 th century BC by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia. Buddhism has come in many different forms, but in each form there has been an attempt to draw from the life experiences of the Buddha, his teachings, and the spirit or essence of his teachings (called dharma) as models for the religious life. However, before the writing of the Buaciha Charity (life of the Buddha) by Ashvaghosa in the 1 st or 2 nd c...
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Noble Eightfold Path Four Noble Truths
5,674 wordsBuddhism According to Webster? s definition, Buddhism is not a religion. It states that religion is the belief in or worship of God or gods (Webster? s New World Dictionary pg. 505). The Buddha was not a god (About Buddhism pg. 1). There is no theology, no worship of a deity or deification of the Buddha (Butter pg. 1) in Buddhism. Therefore Buddhists don? t pray to a creator god (Buddhism FAQ? s pg. 1). Consequently, Buddhism is categorized as a philosophy, but is still regarded it as a religion...
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Eight Fold Path Four Noble Truths
1,170 wordsBuddhism, founded in the late 6 th century B. C. E. by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia. Buddhism has assumed many different forms, but in each case there has been an attempt to draw from the life experiences of the Buddha, his teachings, and the spirit or essence of his teachings (called dhamma or dharma) as models for the religious life. However, not until the writing of the Buaciha Charity (life of the Buddha) by Ashvaghosa in the 1 st...
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Irish Republican Army Sri Lanka
7,371 wordsThis paper asks: how can economic development in Global South nations can be better managed, so as to reduce the potential for violent ethnic conflict? To answer this we must pose a prior question: why is economic development so often accompanied by violent ethnic conflict? Viewing economic development and ethnic conflict as linked problems requires reassessment of two widely accepted schools of thought about the relationship between these phenomena. One school, prevalent in the 1950 s and 1960 ...
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Rama And Laksmana Island Of Lanka Sita
486 wordsLong The Ramayana The Ramayana Long ago in the far off land of Ayodha a boy was born. His name was Rama, son of King Dasartha. As he was growing up he met a young girl. The first time he saw her he was stunned by her beauty; it was love at first sight. Her name was Sita. The ended up getting married; there was a big elaborate ceremony. The person who married her had to bend a bow. Not only did Rama Bend it but he broke it. As the years went by they had a happy life King Dasaratha was getting old...
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13 Th Century Power And Influence
1,843 wordsThroughout King Ramkhamhaeng King Ramkhamhaeng Throughout history, there have been many great rulers of many great ancient civilizations. Some of them might be Julius Caesar, Ramses II, Hammurabi, or Octavian Caesar. The list of them could go on forever. One of the most influential of his civilization, known for his wisdom, was King Ramkhamhaeng or Rama the Valiant, of the Thai people. He claimed to be the? sovereign lord of all the Thai. ? Researchers guess that he lived from 1239 AD to after 1...
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