Colombo

Author : Carl Muller
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789351181583

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Colombo by Carl Muller Pdf

Colombo is in the throes of an explosion. Its face changes continuously, its vices are legion, its future as yet obscure and its paths speak of sunlight as well as of shadow.-' Carl Muller begins his quasi-fictional portrait of this beautiful, war-torn city by describing the great battles fought over it by European colonizers-. In AD 1505, a Portuguese fleet blown off-course took shelter in Galle, overthrew the local kings, fortified Colombo and decided to stay. The Dutch came along, ousted the Portuguese, made Colombo their capital and ruled till the British arrived and sent them packing. Muller intersperses the tales of the past into descriptions of the battles that are being fought in Colombo today"political battles in which vested interests play a major role as well as battles fought on the individual level in the struggle to survive: young women and children turning to prostitution to earn an extra buck, people begging in the streets to make ends meet, unemployed young men turning to crime in frustration, students demonstrating against atrocities, lovers pining for nightfall in order to push away loneliness if only for a few moments... Written in Muller's lucid style, Colombo: A Novel is a chronicle of a city's trials and triumphs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046857566

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Souvenir and Guide to the Colombo Exhibition, February 16th to March 16th 1952 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Colombo Plan Bureau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : UOM:39015027418527

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The Colombo Plan, 1951-1971: 20th Anniversary by Colombo Plan Bureau Pdf

Author : Nihal Sri Ameresekere
Publisher : Author House
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781467897198

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SETTLEMENT OF A FRAUD COLOMBO HILTON HOTEL CONSTRUCTION by Nihal Sri Ameresekere Pdf

This Book contains shocking revelations, on how third world developing countries become subservient to economically powerful giants, even having to cover-up major frauds perpetrated on sovereign States and its impoverished people. Author discovers fraud in the construction of Colombo Hilton Hotel, by Japanese companies, Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Taisei Corporation, and Architects, Kanko Kikaku Sekkeisha Yozo Shibata & Associates, with technical assistance from Hilton International USA. Author successfully establishes a strong case of fraud before the highest judiciary, with Japanese unable to answer Interrogatories ordered by Court. Attorney Generals and Secretaries of Finance, at the behest of successive Presidents of the country, require such fraud to be settled, without prosecution. Consequently Author insists and obtains write-offs of US $ 207 million in June 1995 on fraudulent claims of the Japanese on State Guarantees. Author persists on several conditions, which the Government agrees, including an undertaking by the State to take legal action against Members of Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) for dereliction of duties on inaction on such fraud in a public company, notwithstanding Author’s complaints. This condition affected Justice Minister, subsequently Minister of External Affairs, as a former SEC Member, resulting in him precipitating perverse controversies, causing colossal loss to the company and the State, frustrating the settlement, resulting in the Author suing him, and a courageous Justice ruling in Author’s favour in striking-out the Answer of his own Minister, for duplicitous stances; the courageous Justice later being gunned down by a drug cartel. Author in his crusade, risking his life, to combat corruption at highest echelons of society, faces malicious capricious actions, with vexatious litigations, resulting in him applying to Court to wind-up the company, and the Government arbitrarily unilaterally enacting law to acquire the company !

Author : John A. Basile
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467119320

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Cape Cod Jazz: From Colombo to The Columns by John A. Basile Pdf

The first notes of jazz hit Cape Cod in the very early days of the genre. Bournehurst-on-the-Canal hosted top bands, and emerging swing era dancers packed the hall. Cape Cod's "First Lady of Jazz," Marie Marcus, was a child prodigy in Boston and found some of her most important instruction in the art of stride piano during lessons with great pianist Fats Waller in New York. At the very tip of the Cape, the Atlantic House in Provincetown showcased performances from some of the biggest names like Gerry Mulligan, Billie Holiday and Stan Getz. Author John Basile details the fascinating history and amazing musicians that made Cape Cod a music destination.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : MINN:31951D03563070W

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The Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic Development in South and South-East Asia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Colombo (Sri Lanka)
ISBN : UIUC:30112107733708

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Administration Report of the Municipal Council of Colombo for the Year ... by Colombo (Sri Lanka) Pdf

Author : Nihal Sri Ameresekere
Publisher : Author House
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781467011013

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Criminality Exposed Colombo Hilton Hotel Construction Perversely `Covered-Up' by Nihal Sri Ameresekere Pdf

In this voluminous Book in a series by the Author on corruption, fraud and economic crime, with indepth analysis, transcending forensic accounting, he brilliantly reveals, with incisive diametrics, irrefutable evidence of criminality, in the construction of Colombo Hilton Hotel by Mitsui & Taisei, Japan, with Architects, Kanko Kikaku Sekkeisha Yozo Shibata & Associates successful civil prosecution by Author led to Japanese writing-off US $ 207 Mn. He establishes beyond reasonable doubt, that original Architectural Plans had been suppressed / destroyed by a staged fire, with amended Architectural Plans surreptitiously substituted being cannibalized Sheets, with incongruous elevations, whereby such Plans could not be approved. Meticulously probing into elevations on Floor Sheets and Cross-Sectional Sheets, which crucial aspect had been overlooked by professional architectural investigations, he proves the shortfall of floors, with the elevations on tampered Sheets bearing tell tale evidence of being identical, with elevations in the cross-sections of the Project Plan, upon which Hilton International formulated Profitability Forecasts, to obtain State Guarantees from Sri Lanka Government, to finance this construction, which was a major fraud perpetrated on the people, rendering such guarantees null and void. Shockingly revealed are perverse endeavours, including by Auditors, KPMG Ford, Rhodes, Thornton & Co., to cover-up this massive fraud, involving upper echelons, with socio-political / international ramifications. Appallingly, criminal investigations were significantly abandoned, on advice of Attorney General. Securities Exchange Commission colluded to cover-up, whilst Chartered Accountants Institute endeavoured to whitewash miscreants. This is a revealingly absorbing Book of real experiences of the Author, in exposing and combating, a despicable fraud on the people, which to him was a crime against humanity, and would be invaluable to investigators and prosecutors of commercial frauds and crimes, and civil society urging equal enforcement of the rule of law.

Author : United States. Department of State. Public Services Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Technical assistance
ISBN : MINN:31951D03562353P

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The Colombo Plan by United States. Department of State. Public Services Division Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Colombo (Sri Lanka)
ISBN : OSU:32435007573256

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Colombo, Ceylon, India by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel Pdf

Author : Lidwien A. M. Smit
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Pesticides
ISBN : 9789290904878

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Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002 by Lidwien A. M. Smit Pdf

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has, for many years, been involved in research on pesticide poisoning to analyse the reasons for the high number of pesticide poisoning cases in Sri Lanka and discuss ways of controlling the problem through changes in agricultural practices and community involvement. More recently, research has focused on risk factors for deliberate and occupational pesticide poisoning and on the impact that a shift towards Integrated Pest Management (IPM) will have on the health of farming families. A workshop on Pesticides: Health Impacts and Alternative was held at the Colombo Hilton Hotel on 24 January 2002. The workshop marked the end of IWMI’s research on pesticide poisoning in Sri Lanka and provided researchers and policy makers from various. A disciplines such as health, environment, and agriculture an opportunity to share and discuss recent findings and to discuss strategies to reduce pesticide poisoning. This paper presents the workshop proceedings and includes a resource handbook for Sri Lanka on health impacts of pesticides and alternatives by listing names of relevant institutes, addresses and annotated references.

Author : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290907831

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Proceedings of the National Seminar on Groundwater Governance in Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 August 2013 by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pdf

The theme of the seminar was groundwater governance with due consideration to health aspects as polluted groundwater is suspected to have contributed to some diseases prevailing in the areas where groundwater is widely used for drinking.

Author : Nihal Sri Ameresekere
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781456779269

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Colombo Hilton Hotel Construction Fraud on Sri Lanka Government by Nihal Sri Ameresekere Pdf

‘Colombo Hilton Hotel Construction’ – ‘Fraud on Sri Lanka Government’ – ‘Sri Lanka’s First Derivative Action in Law’, startlingly unravels the major fraud on the Government of Sri Lanka by reputed multi-nationals, colluding with socio-politically influential, endeavouring to fraudulently ‘siphon out a large scale of foreign exchange on government guarantees’, , which was successfully prevented through injunctions affirmed by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. ‘On sovereign guarantees of the Government of Sri Lanka, the Colombo Hilton Hotel was to be constructed, equipped and furnished, on a ‘turnkey fixed price basis’ by a Japanese consortium comprising Mitsui & Co. Ltd., and Taisei Corporation, supervised and designed by Kanko Kikaku Sekkeisha Yozo Shibata & Associates, with technical assistance in planning and construction from Hilton International, United States of America, who were to operate and manage the Hotel. During construction a staged fire allegedly destroyed all plans and documents, and surreptitiously the original plans substituted, and the hotel constructed with two floors short and without the basements contrary to the original plans, based upon which Sri Lanka Government guarantees had been obtained. ‘The book essentially reveals the process of litigation by one minority shareholder, single-handedly combating socio-politically powerful influential fraudulent miscreants; lucidly narratively setting out pleadings, counter-affidavits, further pleadings, interrogatories, pre-trial processes, objections, written submissions, District and Appeal Court orders, and the landmark historic judgment by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, demonstrating its independence in pronouncing – ‘in the given circumstances the Government could not be indifferent’, – resulting in the Japanese multi-nationals writing-off a colossal sum of US $ 207 million in 1995. ‘This is an invaluable and indispensable research book for both academics and professionals of law, particularly on the rights of minority shareholders in corporates, and for those interested in the combat of fraud and corruption at the highest levels in a country.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF001442369

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Storia Della Vita E Dei Viaggi Di Cristoforo Colombo Scritta Da Washington Irving Americano by Anonim Pdf

Author : Antonio Colombo,Goran Stankovic
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1841843962

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Colombo's Tips & Tricks for Drug Eluting Stents by Antonio Colombo,Goran Stankovic Pdf

A trailblazer in interventional cardiology, Dr. Antonio Colombo combines his vast experience with that of Goran Stankovic and distinguished colleagues to share tips and tricks for dealing with diseased coronary arteries. Whether discussing his 'crushing and kissing' techniques or the stenting of tortuous vessels in the elderly, Dr. Colombo and his colleagues' texts and case commentaries provide the reader with succinct and simple advice based on personal experience. They provide the most comprehensive and practical guide available for those involved in coronary artery stenting. The images are all down-loadable in Powerpoint and will be of tremendous use to instructors and students alike.