‘Yes’ to physical education in schools

All schoolchildren and youth should be assessed to determine the potential they have for achieving high performance in Sport. It is important to subject all children and youth early to both, the established (a) subjective and (b) objective talent identification methodology to determine their true performance capacity and potential to achieve elite levels at major competitions.

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Reminiscences of Gold

Cora Abraham - she brought out the Artist in the human

Cora Abraham is one of the most unforgettable characters in Sri Lankan history. Her immortality lies in the fact that the woman, her school and teachings are one. Cora Abraham’s teachings have survived in the form of the Cora Abraham School of Art. She is forever immortalized in the form of her teachings which continue to be practised as long as there is Art in this world. Reminiscences met Ms. Chandra Thenuwara, chairperson of the Cora Abraham School of Art to reminisce Cora Abraham.

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Report of the LLRC - a Buddhist response

A recent event of much significance was the release of the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) on November 20, 2011. The full report was placed before Parliament on December 16, 2011. The Commission was appointed by the President to investigate and report on the lessons to be learned from a conflict lasting around three decades and submit recommendations for reconciliation between the different communities, ethnic and religious. It took the Commission around 1-1/2 years to investigate, discuss and formulate its report. The Commission set about its task in a professional manner accepting representations from various segments of the population.

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Needed: strategic approaches to crime prevention

Over the past few decades, crime in Sri Lanka has skyrocketed, and so have its costs. The government is spending increasing amounts on the Police, prosecution, court and prisons. Crime control uses up a substantial amount of our gross domestic product every year but this spending has done little to reverse crime rates or reform offenders. The number of repeat offenders among former prisoners remains discouragingly high.

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Lava flows carved valleys on Mars

Lava flows carved valleys on Mars, US scientists said amid a long-running debate over whether water or volcanoes formed part of the red planet's landscape. The lava left behind telltale coils as seen on some parts of Earth, like on the Big Island of Hawaii and in submarine lava flows near the Galapagos Rift on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, said the findings in the journal Science.

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