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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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Sri Lanka Rainy Season
2,012 wordsGliricidia was first used in Mexico to provide shade for cacao plantations. It is from this use that the Aztecs labeled the tree "Madre de Cacao" (Mother of cacao). Later, in the 18 th Century, Gliricidia was brought to Sri Lanka to provide shade for coffee plantations. Today, the tree's long leafy branches are used to shade vanilla and tea crops as well. The tree is also known in Spanish as "Palo de Hierrro" (Tree of Iron) which eludes to Gliricidia's hard, heavy wood. This makes it ideal for f...
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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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Bay Of Bengal Indus Civilization India
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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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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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Guru Granth Sahib Hindus And Muslims
921 wordsA way of life and philosophy well ahead of its time when it was founded over 500 years ago, The Sikh religion today has a following of over 20 million people worldwide. Sikhism preaches a message of devotion and remembrance of God at all times, truthful living, equality of mankind, social justice and denounces superstitions and blind rituals. Sikhism is open to all through the teachings of its 10 Gurus enshrined in the Sikh Holy Book and Living Guru, Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Who and What is a Sikh...
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Guru Granth Sahib Guru Nanak Dev
1,852 wordsIn the paper "Why Sikhism"? I discussed my personal experiences in how I had dealt with issues in my life. I focused on myself as a child and as an adult, and the primary conflicts that Sikhs face during these periods of their life. Acceptance as a child and as an adult, but love playing a greater role in our lives as adults. My focus was to highlight how Sikhs living in a western society have to deal with problematic issues, where certain western values don't blend with Sikh religious principle...
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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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Behavioral Observations Of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
1,151 words... g something horrible such as harming, offending, or embarrassing you or someone else (Summers, 1999). Of course, there are many more obsessions, and some are less common than others. Other obsessions are religious, sexual, or somatic obsessions, and others involve a need for order and symmetry (Summers, 1999). The important thing to remember is that although "As Good As It Gets" is a comedy, there is not a one funny thing about obsessions. To someone who has OCD, obsessions are intrusions in...
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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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Bhagavad Gita Amp 8230
712 wordsUpon the reading of chapters 1 - 6 of the Great Scripture of Hinduism, The Bhagavad Gita (the 'Lord's Song'; ), I am completely and utterly fascinated. The story's emphasis on selfless acts, devotion, and meditation is like no other I have ever encountered before. Through the narration of Sanjaya and the conversation of Sri Krishna (Vishnu incarnate) and Prince Arjuna, the principles of Hinduism are eloquently illustrated. In this story, the Lord Vishnu, whose duty it is to protect the universe ...
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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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Noble Eightfold Path Four Noble Truths
2,451 wordsAccording to Websters Buddhism Buddhism According to Websters definition, Buddhism is not a religion. It states that religion is the belief in or worship of God or gods (Websters 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 dont pray to a creator god (Buddhism FAQs pg. 1). Consequently, Buddhism is categorized as a philosophy, but is still re...
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Siddhartha Gautama Sri Lanka
2,173 wordsThe origin, traditional Buddhism began in the 6 th century BC with the historical personage born Siddhartha Gautama, but better known by a variety of titles including Shakyammi, Tathagata, or most commonly Buddha, the enlightened one. The legend of the Buddha s life has acquired plenty of variations and embellishments over the years, but the basic facts are accepted as traditional, including the dates of his birth and death (563 - 489 BC by Western reckoning, 624 - 544 according to Sri Lankan tr...
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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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Bay Of Bengal Arabian Sea India
1,113 wordsWhats up in India Officially Republic Of India, Hindi Bharat or Bharatavarsha country that takes up most of South Asia. It is a constitutional republic consisting of 25 states, each with a substantial degree of control over its own activities, and 7 less fully empowered union territories. The capital is New Delhi. With more than one-sixth of the worlds total population, India is the second most populous country, after China of course, we learned about that 2 units ago. The land of India together...
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Lotus Flower Traditional Values
1,286 wordsLakshmi; the Obedient Hindu Female Goddess. Female Goddesses stand as powerful symbols, as well as role models to be mimicked in the life and death of the Hindu people. There are two distinct types of female goddesses in the Hindu faith, the Goddesses of the Tooth and the Breast. Sri, or better known as Lakshmi, is defined as a Goddess of the Breast. The Tantra, the Bible of the Hindu people, describes Lakshmi as having a colour like that of the inside of a lotus, with the lotus flower standing ...
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