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Global Art Competition Yasami wins first prize

The Global Young Learner Art competition on the theme 'My Favourite Food' was conducted by the British Council for students under eight years recently.

K.A. Upani Yasami, a Grade 5 student of St. Joseph's Girls School, Kegalle, was awarded the first place.

The drawings of the first prize winners, which includes 12-year-old Chandima Prasanjith Bandara Samarakoon's drawing (Kandy) will be sent to London to be presented at the final round of the competition.

The runners up were: Harindu Palliyaguru (age 11, Kandy) and Tharaka Narmada Mayadunne (age 13, Colombo). Yasani's won her first-place depicted the preparation of a traditional food, kevum.

She has proved her talent in art by winning many other competitions. At the all island art competition organised by the Ministry of Education in 2009, she won second place, and at the Sabaragamu Children's Art Competition she won third place.

She is not only a talented artist but also a talented dancer. At the all Island School Competition of Dancing 2010, she won first place in the Primary opening section.

Medicine and science

1. The discovery of invisible germs and bacteria led the way to the progress of pasteurization and immunization,which saved countless lives.True/false?

2. Name two people responsible for this great breakthrough in medicine.

3. When was ether introduced as an anaesthetic for dental work and surgery?

4. In which year were antiseptics introduced into the world of medicine?

5. When were hypodermic needles and x-rays invented?

6. Who invented x- rays?

7. Who pioneered the use of anticeptics on wound dressings?

8. A great advance in theoratical science came with the publication of the book, The origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1809-1882).In which year was the book published?

9. Who put forward the theory of an Ice Age in large areas of Europe with the publication of a book entitled Systeme Glaciaire, (The Glacial System) in 1847?

10.When was Sigmund Freud who invented the new science of psychoanalysis, born?

Electricity and photography

1.When did the English scientist Michael Faraday invent the dynamo?

2.In which year was he born?

3. Thomas Edison pioneered the electric bulb in 1879.True/false?

4. In 1880 the electric bulb was used for the first time to light up something. Can you name it?

5. In which year did Thomas Edison invent the phonograph or gramophone?

6. In which year was the first hydro electric power station built?

7. Who invented the steel converter which enabled industrialists to mass produce steel, cheaply?

8. Alfred Nobel (1833-1896),the Swedish chemist was responsible for the invention of the explosive dynamite, a manageable form of nitroglycerin. True/false?

9. The first photographs (daguerrotypes or "photogenic drawings" ) were taken by Louis Daguerre and Whilliam Fox Talbot.In which year were they taken?

10. Who invented the first roll film camera in 1888?

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ANSWERS

Medicine and science

1. True.

2. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) in the 1840s and Robert Koch(1840-1910) in the 1880s.

3. In the 1840s.

4. In 1865.

5. Hypodermic needles were invented in 1853 and x- rays in 1895.

6. X -rays were invented by Wilhelm Rontgen.

7. Joseph Lister pioneered the use of anticeptics on wound dressings

8. The book, The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was published in 1859.

9. Louis Agassiz (1807-1873),a naturalist and glaciologist.

10.Sigmund Freud was born in 1856. He died in 1939.

Electricity and photography

1.Michael Faraday invented the dynamo in 1831.

2.He was born in 1791. He died in 1867.

3. True.

4. In 1880 the electric bulb was used for the first time to light up a steamship.

5. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph or gramophone in 1877.

6. The first hydro electric power station was built in 1882.

7.The steel converter which enabled industrialists to mass produce steel cheaply was invented by Henry Bessemer in 1856.

8. True. Even though he invented it to improve productivity in the mining industry, it had far reaching applications in the munition industry too.

9. In 1838.

10.George Eastman.

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Don't tolerate abuse, call the hotline

Child abuse is taking place in many parts of the country today. Even while you read this article a helpless child is being subjected to abuse, somewhere in this land. Perhaps he or she is suffering silently, unable to cry out for help, out of fear. You can be their voice.

No child should be robbed of his/her childhood or innocence because of an immoral or cruel act of a heartless adult. If you are a victim of abuse or know of any child who is being abused, pluck up courage and reach out for that phone. A hotline has been set up by the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) especially for YOU. However, don't be hasty to mix up discipline with child abuse. So, be aware, be alert and be protected. Do not tolerate abuse any more.