Asian nations‚ founded in December 1985 and dedicated to economic‚ technological‚ social‚ and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ the Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries‚ twice annually. It is headquartered in Kathmandu‚ Nepal. In the late 1970s‚ SAARC nations agreed upon the
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learned about different cultures and languages in Toronto. Also there lot of places in Toronto for tourists to shop‚ one of the famous and the big and mall is Eaton Center. For example‚ in Toronto you could study as much you can‚ but back home in Sri Lanka we can only study up to certain age. So they could experience themselves in working field. I would like to talk about few spots which are CN Tower and AirCanada
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Fate Fate is often said to prevail in everyone’s life in many different religions in the world. Also known as God’s Will or Heaven Will‚ it is believed to be predestined by an omnipotent creator universal force and is out of an individual’s control. Buddhists believe that our life and its events are not controlled by an external force but is the result of our previous karma. The word Destiny can also be used to explain why some things that will happen to an individual will eventually happen. In other
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The story‚ I‚ Pencil‚ demonstrates many economic principles. Having every part of the pencil made in different areas around the world‚ trees grown in Northern California and Oregon‚ graphite mined from Sri Lanka‚ and a rubber like product for the eraser from Indonesia to name a few‚ illustrates specialization. Each area has comparative advantage for making what they produce. The story also illustrates division of labor. The parts of the pencil are divided among groups of people to make. The people
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just to a certain segment of it. But in the current context‚ this is rarely the case. Even the government is buried under the soil of power‚ money and greed‚ forgetting about all the norms and values of creating equalization among the society. The Sri Lankan Government‚ for example differentiates its ways of treating and benefitting people according to their social classes and mostly with regard to power and money. Here‚ the higher your social class is‚ the higher privilege you will receive‚ and
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What is EEW? The Earthquake Early warning (EEW) will give advanced warning to those who will experience a tsunami. All earthquakes produce a series of different types of shock waves‚ which travel at different speeds and carry different amounts of energy. The fastest shock waves‚ and the first to arrive‚ are called P waves. These travel about twice as fast as the next fastest shock waves and rarely cause any damage. The next shock waves to arrive are called Shear waves (or S waves)‚ followed by
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love and ahimsa. The war developed in him a hatred of all kinds of violence so he gave up hunting and the slaughtering of animals. He became a strict vegetarian. His son‚ Mahinda‚ became a Theraveda monk and was sent to introduce Buddhism to Sri Lanka. Asoka spent time piously retracing the steps of the Buddha and raising stupas inscribed with moral injunctions and imperatives at holy places of pilgrimage‚ and for some two years he became a member of a Buddhist order without relinquishing his
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"Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them‚ societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are." The rituals and ceremonies that one finds in many societies today are largely relics of the past. They were born at a time when humans were still struggling to understand the awesome powers of nature‚ and thus‚ feared them. At first‚ they were no more than simple pagan rites that were performed to appease the sun god or the rain god. Later on‚ these rituals and ceremonies
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created from Teak‚ Nedun and Mara wood‚ these furniture transcend the ordinary‚ and specialize in creating lasting experiences. Determined to take this venture further‚ the proprietors‚ drawing from architecture that celebrates vernacular traditions of Lanka‚ have now set up Villa Saffron Hikkaduwa. Furnished with their private collection of art‚ and created by renowned architect C. Anjalendran‚ the Villa languidly sits on a stretch of golden beach. Infused with a spirit of modernity and passion for
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1. Introduction of tea industry : * Historical Background: Tea was introduced to Sri Lanka after coffee was destroyed by Coffee Leaf Rust in the 19th century. James Taylor‚ a Scottish planter‚ established the first commercial tea plantation in 1867 at Loolkandura Estate in Kandy District of Sri Lanka. The great success of tea planting attracted English planters and more plantations were established‚ replacing existed coffee fields. Subsequently‚ as the coffee area was not big enough to
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