Geoffrey Bawa was born in Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka)‚ the younger son of a wealthy Muslim lawyer and his Dutch Burger wife. After graduating‚ he studied English at Cambridge and Law in London. He had always preferred to be treated as a Ceylon-born European instead of a Ceylonese who had some European blood in his veins. Perhaps he came to the conclusion that he was more Asian than European‚ Bawa decided to return to Colombo in 1948. “Soon after he returned‚ he bought an abandoned rubber estate
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known by the name of Śri Canda Siddhanta Sāgara. There were four disciples of Śri Canda Ācārya namely‚ Almastā Sāhib (also known as Alīmatta)‚ Phūla Sāhib‚ Govinda Sāhib and Bālu Hasnā Sāhib (Bāla Hāsa). They began the tradition of chāra dhūne - the four dhūnīs or four holy places where a fire has been lit since many years‚ and also became designated as the four Maṇḍalādhīśa of the Udāsīna sect. Since then the sādhus who were rewarded with designations by the blessings of Śrī Śri Canda came to be called
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Post Modernism (1965-present): 1. responses to modernism‚ especially refusals of some of its totalizing premises and effects‚ and of its implicit or explicit distinction between ’high’ culture and commonly lived life 2. responses to such things as a world lived under nuclear threat and threat to the geosphere‚ to a world of faster communication‚ mass mediated reality‚ greater diversity of cultures and mores and a consequent pluralism 3. acknowledgments of and in some senses struggles
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Post-Colonial Literature Not losing one’s sense of identification/culture with the colonizer’s culture Language itself engages in the creation of an ‘other’ with inferior connotations/associations; terms like “vernacular” or “native”. Travel histories/writing creates notions and myths about other cultures and civilization. History and a sense of civilization comes in only with the influence of the colonizers. Justification of the empire brought forth as a civilizing mission – a creation of
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol LEH) /ˈliːmən/ was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008‚ Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the US (behind Goldman Sachs‚ Morgan Stanley‚ and Merrill Lynch)‚ doing business in investment banking‚ equity and fixed-income sales and trading (especially U.S. Treasury securities)‚ research‚ investment management‚ private equity‚ and private banking. At 1:45AM on September 15‚ 2008‚ the firm filed for Chapter
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Inspired by the article “How social networks can destroy your social life” by John Naughton ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Komal Prakash Friday 8 November 2012 A collage of posts posted on 3 different
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Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/641211/ Apollo Food Holdings Berhad Description: Quantitative analyses of financial statements (Income Statement‚ Balance Sheet and Sources of Capital)‚ extensive ratio tables (Accounting‚ Asset Utilization‚ Employee Efficiency‚ Fixed Charges Coverage‚ Leverage Analysis‚ Liquidity Analysis‚ Per-share Data and Profitability Analysis) and proprietary Wright Quality Rating analyses tables. The Wright Quality Rating‚ a measure
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A post box (British English and others‚ also written postbox‚ known in the United States and Canada as collection box‚ mailbox‚ post box‚ or drop box) is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country’s postal service. The term post box can also refer to a private letter box for incoming mail. Contents [hide] 1 History of post boxes 1.1 Europe 1.2 Asia 1.3 North America 2 Types of post boxes 3 Clearance 4 Terrorism
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The Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS) founded in 1995 had been working exclusively in Sri Lanka to protect native species while aiding the social development of the Sri Lankan people. Headed by Ravi Corea‚ president‚ and Chandeep Corea‚ projects director‚ the SLWCS began its first major project in 1998 — an innovative electric fence designed to resolve conflicts between the native villagers and the elephants in Sri Lanka and protect the surrounding forests. The idea was to fence off
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What is Gainsharing ? By Angela Bowey http://www.gainshare.co.nz Background: Gainsharing is a form of remuneration‚ but it is different from most other forms. The traditional model of wage or salary negotiation has employers seeking a ’good deal’ in terms of performance and effort for the money they pay their employees; and employees seeking the best pay they can obtain for their work. This model is particularly evident in systems such as piecework‚ where the bargaining between adversaries
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