Sunday 9 may 2021

SDG #12 Ensuring Sustainable Management

What’s the Difference? Poetry and prose

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What’s the Difference? Poetry and prose Poetry and prose are two forms of form, the sentences are in such as short stories, novels, essays, Poetry is known for its vivacity and writing. They are used to create paragraphs and follow each other, plays and other literature. Prose creativity. Poetry employs a myriad of written works, from epics to songs to one after the other. The first word of contains normal punctuation and literary techniques such as: novels to essays. While poetry and each sentence is capitalised. In sometimes incorporates dialog. alliteration, metaphors, assonance, prose are two different forms of contrast, there is less form and less Poetry metonymy, euphony and more. While writing with many similarities and punctuation in poetry. Poetry is also prose also employs these techniques, differences, both are valid creative art organised into stanzas. The form of On the other hand, poetic writing is it is not to the same calibre as in forms that preserve life’s moments. poetry often relies on enjambment, used to create song lyrics and poems. poetry. Poetry uses these techniques The first major difference between which is went lines must be read Poems contain a metric structure more than prose in order to make a poetry and prose is their form. after one another. Poetry divides into and verses. Unless writing freestyle, more creative work. Prose shorter lines, instead of into multiple most types of poems have syllable Poetry and prose are both paragraphs which is seen in prose. requirements and structures. The important forms of literature. Each Prose has sentences that are Writers often have a sense of rhyme scheme is also limited to fit manages to bring a writers’ creativity arranged in paragraphs; in contrast, freedom when writing prose that can the criteria of a certain type of poem. to life. These two forms of writing are poetry is freer-flowing and arranged be lost in poetry. With the few Although writers are free to choose able to take words and form them into stanzas. The information confinements, prose tends to be their punctuation and capitalization, into a masterpiece that will last a presented in prose tends to be more easier for writers to employ. Prose is they still have more confinements lifetime. pragmatic than in poetry. In prose used to compose a variety of works, that they writers of prose. (theodyssey) Sunday 03 9 may 2021

Jason Statham Takes Centre Stage By Nirupa Mohan Dore and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The Ceylon Today Features Review: film’s release was delayed from January this year, due to the COVID- takes the lead as Wrath of Man 19 pandemic and is now making its Harry ‘H’ Hill, a mysterious new way to cinemas around the world, security guard, in the new action with fans of Statham eager to watch thriller, Wrath of Man. Statham once audience. his new movie. again delivers what he is known for, Wrath of Man also stars Jeffrey “Rated R for strong violence with straightforward firepower, as he Donovan as Jackson, throughout, pervasive language, and guards cash trucks from criminals, as Terry, Josh Cowdery as Hubbard, some sexual references,” Wrath of but his own personal motives, Holt McCallany as Bullet, Laz Alonso Man managed to receive moderate to unfold, as the film progresses as Carlos, Scott Eastwood as Jan, positive ratings with 63 per cent forward. Niamh Algar as Dana, and featured on and The film based on Cash Chris Reilly as Tom, 7.5/10 on IMDb. Truck (2004) by Nicolas alongside several other It is interesting to take a closer look Boukhrief, features H as skilled individuals as part at the fact that this is Statham and a man on a mission, but of the movie’s ensemble cast. Ritchie’s fourth feature film manages to give viewers a The 119-minute film by collaboration, after Lock, Stock and feel like they focus purely on action, chance to get to know him, director , who Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and similar to the John Wick film series. with his own co-workers produced the film together with Revolver, which released in 1998, Wrath of Man manages to reach the wondering how the new member of producers Bill Block and Ivan 2000 and 2005, respectively. level of expectation that both fans of their staff, seems to be very well Atkinson, was made in collaboration This year we have seen a few good Statham and fans of other similar trained. People around H become with production companies action films like Nobody (2021), that films demand but manages to do it, curious after an attempted heist of with fans of the star in mind, using his truck, results in H shooting every the plot to work towards his one of the men trying to rob them. strengths as a popular actor. The film does eventually reveal the This is a film that many will reasons behinds why he works as a appreciate for the simple fact that it cash truck security guard but maintains a straightforward manages to provide action with a storyline, that rolls out casually as clear focus. the story progresses, without Those who have watched other dwelling on it. Giving fans of action films that stared Statham, Statham action that can be would know that he has always done predicted like other films in the well in similar roles, in terms of his genre. Wrath of Man is a movie that ability to deliver, but taking a closer fans of Statham will enjoy, while look at the script, this film does not others might find It to be too like have anything new to offer its what is already out there. 04 Sunday Sunday 05 9 may 2021 9 may 2021

By Shanuka Kadupitiyage Ceylon Today Features

Radishan Yahathugoda is a youth who understands that passion and dedication can take you further than “Chase Your Dreams Until you can ever imagine, and is a prime example to anyone who says otherwise. Today, he’s a talented stage actor who has made a successful transition to film and digital media; all this achieved at the young age of 24 years. We had the pleasure of having a word with Radishan to learn more about his You Catch Them” story and his secret to success. Gaining an education from Mahinda College in Galle, Radishan is currently a In conversation with artiste Radishan Yahathugoda student at a leading private university in Sri Lanka, following a bachelor’s degree in IT, specialising in interactive both inter-school competitions and life isn’t served on a silver platter to media. He is also an IT executive for a local productions. Not only that, he anyone. “You have to work hard and leading media company. “Besides that, was heavily involved in his school’s smart to make your dream a reality,” my main passion is in acting, directing, extra-curricular activities. In addition he said. “I am where I am today cinematography and everything related to his participation as a member of the because of my hard work. Not only to that field,” he added. school drama club, he was Vice- that, but because I worked hard and Starting out young Captain of his school’s rugby team, a worked smart. That is true for any goal debater and he took part in many in life.” “This passion began on the stage,” he competitions in which he emerged a The heroes behind the continued, recounting the first time he victor more often than not. climbed on to the stage to perform, at Currently he’s the President of his curtains the tender age of five. Not receiving any university’s Art circle, a cultural hub Radishan has achieved much formal education in the art of acting where all forms of art collide under one through his efforts, by tirelessly and drama, the stage was Radishan’s community and provide creative developing his capabilities and talent teacher, the audience, his examiner productions. as an individual. However, during our and each performance the exam. Getting noticed conversation, he didn’t forget to Growing up, Radishan was a natural mention the many heroes that at Shakespeare plays, participating in As a university student, Radishan supported him along the way, Walawwa, which is being telecast by providing him with strength and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. encouragement. had many opportunities to showcase Not just that, he has also begun “I am where I am today because of his creativity. In fact, it is in a creating short films of his own, even my family and my school, because of university-wide drama competition – starting his own production company. the values instilled upon me in my where original creations by students of He informed us that Babe, his first childhood.” he explained. “I’m the university are presented to a panel short movie is now available on especially thankful for my parents – my of industry-greats to judge – that he YouTube. father Y.B Jayantha and mother turned a few heads. “We’ve already planned a few more Nilmini Priyanthi – who believed in me “I entered the competition with one short movies and web-series to be and gave me the freedom to chase my of my own creations,” Radishan produced in the future, but things have dreams.” He also thanked his brother narrated. “The concept, set design, been put on hold with the ongoing and friends who’ve always been by his directing, and costume designing were COVID-19 situation,” he said. side every step of the way, in good all done by me.” His work was noticed even by other times and in bad. This competition had a total of nine major YouTube channels. This freedom Radishan says, gave awards for various achievements and “I was given the opportunity to work him the inspiration and determination his drama, Romance of Rome won six of as assistant director for Wasthi to aim high and show to the world that the nine. Four of this six was an Productions in their latest video Aloka they made the right decision, that the individual award to Radishan for best Upali, which will be released soon,” he capacity, ability and potential his drama, best actor, best set and said. family saw in him were true. “It was costume designer. Chasing dreams their belief and trust in me that is key It’s evident that Radishan’s production, to whatever success I have today.” Romance of Rome earned high praise from audience. Although he has achieved much, Recounting the aforementioned the judges and audiences member alike. While his decision cost him more Radishan shows no sign of slowing awards ceremony, he said “I can still In fact, we found out that Radishan’s time and additional expenses, it down. “Chasing after my dreams has remember seeing the joy in their eyes achievement was a record that still unlocked a whole new spectrum of always been something I’ve done in my as I got onstage again and again, each remains unchallenged in the history of creativity for Radishan. Working under life,” he explained. “I have a dream of time to collect another award. It was the said competition. the tutelage of Palitha Silva, one of the becoming a quality actor on par with one of the best moments in my life.” A turning point greats in the industry, Radishan the international level, and I want to A message to you quickly honed his skills, thoroughly make that dream a reality.” “It was a turning point of my life, and mastering every aspect of the craft. He agrees that everyone wants to “Do what you love and love what you was a big influence on why I decided to Going pro settle down and live a stable, do. Don’t be afraid to chase after your specialise my degree in interactive comfortable life. However, he was quick dreams. Have specific goals in your life media.” It was time for Radishan to take the to point out that true joy only comes and make plans to achieve them. Work Joyful for his success on the stage, next big step. Auditioning for many from doing what you love. “Money is hard and be smart to make your Radishan’s eyes are now locked on to productions, he managed to land roles important, but this is my dream and dreams a reality. Most of all, chase the camera with an aim of mastering in both; an upcoming feature film passion, and I want to keep pursuing your dreams until you catch them. the craft of moviemaking and acting in Midunu Wishwaya as well as an it. Doing so is a joy for me.” That is the key to joy, that money can front of the camera, instead of a live ongoing tele-drama Raanagala Radishan is also a firm believer that never buy.” 06 Sunday 9 may 2021 Sustainable Development Goals SDG #12 Ensuring Sustainable Management

By Shani Asokan waste in accordance with eylon oday eatures C T F international framework. This includes significantly reducing The Sustainable Development Goals pollutants released to the air, water (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals that were and soil. It also includes finding ways agreed upon by all United Nations to stop inefficient use of fossil fuels (UN) Member States at the 2015 UN and other resources that increase Sustainable Development Summit as carbon emissions. part of the 2030 Agenda for By 2030, Goal 12 aims to Sustainable Development. substantially reduce waste generation SDG 12 aims to ensure sustainable through practices of prevention, consumption and production reduction, recycling and reuse. This patterns. A driving force of the global includes encouraging companies, economy, worldwide consumption especially large and transnational and production rely on the use of our companies to adopt sustainable natural environment and resources in practices and to integrate including ways that continue to have disastrous sustainability information into their impacts on the planet. Any economic reporting cycle. Moreover it includes and social progress in the last century promoting and encouraging has been accompanied by sustainable practices among the environmental degradation. This has general public. endangered the very systems on Goal 12 aims to increase scientific which our future development and research and development in survival as a human race depend developing countries to help them upon. Thus, sustainable consumption people are overweight or obese. In for Economic Co-operation and move towards more sustainable and production and Goal 12 is about 2019, over 38 million children under Development (OECD) grew by 35 per patterns of production and doing more and better by using less. It the age of five were overweight or cent. The most rapidly growing area of consumption. is also about separating economic obese. energy consumption is transport, The impact of the growth from environmental The food sector accounts for over 30 followed by commercial and degradation, increasing resource per cent of the world’s energy residential use. Households consumer pandemic efficiency and promoting sustainable consumption and 22 per cent of total 29 per cent of global energy and Though the COVID-19 pandemic lifestyles. Sustainable production and greenhouse gas emissions, largely contribute to 21 per cent of carbon has had a disastrous impact on all consumption can contribute from the conversion of forests into dioxide emissions. sectors of our world, it has also substantially towards poverty farmland. Between 2010 and 2019, global provided us with an opportunity to alleviation and a transition to low- Less than three per cent of the e-waste generation grew continuously, build recovery plans that will reverse carbon and greener economies. world’s water is drinkable. Of this, 2.3 while e-waste recycling increased at a current trends in production and To achieve economic growth and per cent lies frozen in the Antarctica, significantly slower pace. In 2018, consumption to ones that put us on a sustainable development we must Arctic and glaciers. Thus all of global fossil fuel subsidies amounted trajectory towards a more sustainable reduce our ecological footprint by humanity relies on 0.5 per cent of this to about US$800 million, which was future. changing the way in which we water for all of our fresh water needs. more than double the estimated The current crisis provides us with produce and consume goods and Yet, we pollute waters in rivers and subsidies for renewable energy. a way out; an opportunity for services. In order to achieve this goal, lakes faster than nature can recycle Goal 12 targets profound systemic change to a more we must efficiently manage our and purify. sustainable economy that is beneficial shared natural resources, and safely Today, more than one billion people The main target of Goal 12 is to for both people and the planet. The dispose of toxic waste and pollutants. still do not have access to fresh water. implement the 10 year framework of pandemic has highlighted the gaps in Industries, businesses and Though water is technically a free programmes of sustainable our systems and revealed the single consumers must be encouraged to resource, the infrastructure needed to consumption and production. To fundamental issue that underlies all reduce waste and recycle as much as deliver it to human settlements is achieve this, all countries must take the problems we are faced with: possible. Developing and lesser expensive. Excessive use of water action, with developed countries human needs are unlimited but the developed countries must be where it is available also contributes taking the lead, and supporting planet we live on has limited capacity supported in moving towards more to global water stress. developing countries by taking into to satisfy them all. To move towards a sustainable patterns of consumption By far, agriculture is the largest account their development and sustainable future, we must by 2030. water consumer, accounting for 69 capabilities. understand the limits to which we can Current facts and figures per cent of annual water withdrawals Goal 12 aims to by 2030, achieve push nature and create our globally. This is followed by industry the sustainable management and framework for our future in A large portion of the world that accounts for 19 per cent and efficient use of natural resources. It accordance with it. population still consumes far too little households that account for 12 per aims to halve global food wastage per COVID-19 has not been kind to our to meet even their basic needs. Yet, a cent. capita at retail and consumer levels world. It has decimated our significant amount of food is wasted Despite technological advances that and reduce food losses along economies and our societies. each year. That is, 1.3 billion tonnes have introduced and promoted energy production and supply chains. However, it can also be a catalyst for of food is wasted every year, while efficient practises, energy use still It also aims to, by 2030, find social change. almost two billion people go hungry or remain high and continues to grow. environmentally sound management Join us next week for a discussion undernourished. Another two billion By 2020, energy use in Organisation solutions of chemicals and all other of SDG 13! Sunday 07 9 may 2021 In the Blurry World of Billie

Billie Eilish, in full Billie Eilish being able to dance, Billie did find a Pirate Baird O’Connell, (born 18 silver lining amidst the embers of the December 2001, Los fallout: she began to focus on music Angeles, California, U.S.), is an in earnest. American singer-songwriter who first In 2015 Billie’s elder brother, gained recognition in 2015 for the Finneas Baird O’Connell, who song Ocean Eyes and became, in performs under the 2020, the youngest person ever to moniker FINNEAS, enlisted her to win a Grammy for album of the year. sing Ocean Eyes, a song he had Billie’s parents were inspired by written and produced for his band at Hanson, a ’90s pop band formed by a the time and later put online. The group of home-schooled brothers song quickly gained success, and from Oklahoma, to teach their Billie signed with the boutique label children at home and encourage Darkroom in the summer of 2016. them to explore passions outside of Darkroom released Billie’s Don’t the traditional education system. As Smile at Me in August 2017, an a child, Billie experimented eight-song EP written by Eilish and with horseback riding, dance, FINNEAS. The EP was reissued with and singing as a member of the Los a bonus track in December 2017; two Angeles Children’s Chorus. more bonus tracks were added in One thing is certain about Billie later reissues. Following its Eilish, and that’s that music is in her release, Don’t Smile at Me peaked at DNA. In her earliest memories 14 on the Billboard 200 chart. growing up in the 2000s, she was Billie’s music draws inspiration always making noise and using her from hip-hop artists such as Childish voice to the point where she had to be Gambino and Tyler, the Creator. Her quieted down. “I’ve been singing debut album, When We All Fall since I was a tiny child,” she recalled Asleep, Where Do We Go?, was in an interview with Paper magazine. released in March 2019, and reached “I learned ukulele and piano on my number one on the Billboard 200 own — my dad taught me some. I’ve chart. The song Bad Guy from the been in a choir since I was eight- album was Billie’s first number-one years-old, so that’s where I learned single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, my technique and how to not ruin my and it won a Grammy in 2020 for voice.” Thank goodness for that! it happening, but she’s redefining the pursue it any longer. “Dance was song of the year; the album won Just as Billie practically came out rules of the game as she goes along. always my way of doing that, and album of the year. In 2019 Billie also of the womb singing, she also has Believe it or not, Billie was in the then I got injured, and then injured released the single Everything I been certain from the get-go that she midst of an intense pursuit of again, which completely took me out Wanted, and it later was awarded the was destined to be a musician. “I’ve something other than music for a of dance,” she lamented in an Grammy for record of the year. The always known that singing, writing long time: dance. She loved it interview with Coup de Main. She documentary Billie Eilish: The music and performing is what I’ve passionately and savoured the continued, “That was horrible, World’s a Little Blurry appeared in wanted to do,” she continued. “So I’m emotional release that it gave her — horrible, horrible.” 2021. glad that it’s happening.” Not only is until events rendered her unable to In spite of being depressed at not (thelist) Sunday 9 may 2021

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