Forwarded message ----------
From: Nihal Gooneratne
From: Nihal Gooneratne
when you have 9 minutes to spare:-
Pretty scary if this simulation is what really happened.
Click on link below to
see video ... about 9 mins.
This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Hats off to Lawyers.
Forwarded message ----------
From: "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
From: "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
The Help The Needy Volunteer Organisation noted that it had never received a donation from the
city's most successful lawyer.So one of them pays the lawyer a visit. 'Our research shows that your annual income is
over two million dollars but haven’t given anything to charity. Maybe you would care to contribute something to your community through the Help The Needy?'
The lawyer takes a deep breath and says,'First,did your research also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness
and she has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to
pay?'
The volunteer mumbles, 'Uh... no, I didn't know that.'
'Secondly,' says the lawyer,' did it show that my brother, a disabled
veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to
support his wife and six children?"
The H.T.N. rep begins to stammer an apology…….
'Thirdly,did your research also show you that my sister's husband
died in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage
and three children, one of whom is disabled and another that has
learning disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?'
Completely shaken, the volunteer apologises, 'I'm so sorry.
I had no idea!'And the lawyer says,'So, if I didn't give any money to them, what
makes you think I'd give any to you?
Friday, April 25, 2014
Dr Subramanian Swamy's Lecture--Genetics in Sri Lanka.
Mixing of genes. A big mix. Not
surprising as the Moors, Muslims and traders of old kept their women back at
home. Except those who came here from the east .
Actually it was claimed
statistically that within 500 years a gene would spread to each and
every individual in the world. That was before gene evidence came in.
The Sinhalese and the south Indians have
about 10% “Aryan” blood, according to a very limited gene study conducted in
the last decade.
And how mixed are the pure ‘Aryan”s? Ask
the late unlamented Adolph Hitxxx !
Adolph too was very very mixed!
jksw
Interesting piece --worth a read-Thanks
Philip
FORWARDING AS RECEIVED
Race in Sri Lanka: What genetic evidence
tells us By Asiff Hussei
Muslims least exclusive community in Sri
Lanka
Race
is a touchy issue almost everywhere in the world but nowhere is this more
pronounced than in countries where there is a plurality of peoples. People
become more race conscious when another group of people differing in physical
features, language, culture and religion live in their midst. The greater the
difference, the greater the distance. But there is one little thing that people
often miss out on, which is that all races can freely interbreed with one
another. This, needless to say, points only to one fact, that all humans have a
common origin. From the Darkest African to the Fairest European or the Red
Indian from a continent discovered a little over 500 years ago, all men are
one. The Biblical story of Adam and Eve after all does seem to have a factual
basis.
The
latest genetic studies done on Sri Lankan populations have overturned some
popular misconceptions with regard to race exclusiveness. For one thing, it has
shown that the country’s Muslims known as the Moors, are the least exclusive of
the peoples studied. On the other end of the spectrum are the Veddahs, who,
despite some intermarriage with neighbouring Sinhalese have managed to preserve
much of their original gene pool that goes back to the island’s Stone Age.
The
study Development of Databases for Autosomal, Y-Chromosomal and Mitochondrial
DNA Markers and their application in forensic casework and population genetics
in Sri Lankan Populations by Dr. Ruwan Illeperuma took into consideration
paternally inherited Y-Chromosome DNA, maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA
and non-sex determined autosomal markers. It revealed some interesting facts on
the peopling of Sri Lanka which both confirm and question established notions
of race in the country.
Muslims
least exclusive
The
country’s Muslims, the Moor community have been shown to be genetically the
most diverse of all communities, challenging the stereotype of the Moors being
a rather exclusive people who hardly marry outside. Dr. Illeperuma found that
the Muslims (Moors) possessed greater genetic diversity than the other ethnic
groups studied, which would indicate that they have mixed more with others. For
instance with regard to Autosomal or Chromosomal Non-Sex-inherited DNA, the
Moors were shown to be the most heterozygous of the groups studied. This
suggests greater gene flow into the Moor community from other communities when
compared with the rest of the groups studied. This indicates that they had freely
intermarried with these other groups.
Further
with regard to paternally inherited Y-chromosomal DNA, the Moors were shown to
possess certain male lineages that came from other communities and most closely
approached those of the Sinhalese. They had the lowest number of
population-specific haplotypes (Y-STR haplotypes), which indicates more sharing
of male haplotypes with others than the other groups shared with each other.
Furthermore, a phylogenetic analysis of male-inherited Y-chromosome haplotypes
showed the Sinhalese to be closest to the Moors in male lineages when compared
with the other groups.
With
regard to maternally-inherited Mt DNA, the Moors shared the greatest proportion
of non-unique haplotypes (HVS1) with others showing that they had been
subjected to gene flow from the other groups in connection with female
lineages. The Mt DNA tree indicated a clustering of Sinhalese and Moors,
suggesting a close affinity when compared to the Veddahs and Sri Lankan Tamils.
This suggests a greater contribution to their maternal lineages from the Sinhalese.
Dr. Illeperuma however cautioned that the small number of Moors represented in
the study does not permit us to be conclusive in this regard and that it is
only a larger sample that could be reliably taken to be representative of the
community as a whole.
What
all this suggests is that the Moors have been the least exclusive of the
country’s major communities, as far as the genetic evidence is concerned. That
their maternally-inherited Mt DNA should closely resemble that of the Sinhalese
should not come as a surprise given the historical evidence for Moor men
espousing Sinhalese women. There is considerable evidence to show that the
early Arabian settlers of the country intermarried with the daughters of the
land. These early seafaring Muslims who arrived to trade here did not bring
women with them and so married local women when they chose to settle down here.
The
Moors of Akurana for instance trace their descent to three Arabian mercenaries
who espoused Kandyan women during the reign of King Rajasinha II (1635-1687).
The Gopala (Betge Nilame) family of Moors domiciled in Getaberiya in the
Kegalle district likewise claim descent from Arab physicians who arrived in the
country from Sind during the reign of King Parakramabahu II (1236-1270) of
Dambadeniya and espoused Sinhalese women. Indeed, some of the members of this
clan are said to have been given in marriage daughters of the Kandyan nobility.
According to a surviving member of the clan who is now over 90 years old,
Mohamedu Udayar of Gevilipitiya, oral tradition passed down the generations has
it that their first ancestor who settled in the country took in marriage Tikiri
Kumari, daughter of Unambuve Rala. This is interesting since the Govi clan of
Unambuva were deemed to be of a very high status in Sinhalese society, being a
clan with which even Sinhalese royalty, including the last true Sinhalese
monarch, Narendra Sinha, married into. In fact, we were informed by Sheikh
Mohamadu Udayar’s son, Sheikh Hamees that his father is still addressed as Nilame
by elderly village folk while he too has been addressed as Punchi Nilame. The
women of the clan he pointed out are likewise addressed as Menike. Titles such
as these were used in the olden days only to address those of a high social
standing.
However it was not only women of the higher classes of Sinhalese that the Moors espoused. E.B. Denham observed in his Ceylon at the Census of 1911: “Amongst the Moors in Colombo and Galle at the present day there must be a fairly considerable infusion of Sinhalese blood; the number of Sinhalese women married to or living with Moors is fairly large”. We even hear of a Moor who had settled in a village of the untouchable Rodi caste of the Sinhalese, sharing their life and enjoying connubium with them, if we are to believe M.D.Raghavan who observed as such in his work Handsome Beggars. The Rodiyas of Ceylon published in 1957.
What is however interesting is that their paternally-inherited Y-chromosome DNA also showed some affinity with others, especially the Sinhalese, which may perhaps best be explained on the basis that some Sinhalese males entered the Moor community by way of adoption. There exists considerable evidence to show that the Moors of a little over a century ago adopted Sinhalese boys and girls, and brought them up as Muslims G.A. Dharmaratna observed in the latter part of the 19th century, in his work Kara-Goi Contest (1890) that “the Moors add to their number poor Singhalese boys and girls who are duly received into their community”. And Paul E. Pieris could observe in the early part of the twentieth century, in his monumental work Ceylon. The Portuguese Era (1914) that the adoption of anboys of other communities was “still a popular practice among the Moors”.
What all this shows is that the Moors of old do not seem to have harboured racial prejudices of any kind, unlike some who do today. It was probably in keeping with the spirit of their Islamic faith, which, like Christianity, held that all humans had a common origin – from Adam and Eve.
Incredible video of 80 year old tango dancer.
email from Kamalini KanapathippillaiJANAYou've got to see this. It's incredible.
http://www.reshareworthy.com/80-year-old-salsa-dancer/# 6qOIPhR3Hhg9J3EO.01
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Tamils of Sri Lanka.
email forwarded by jks weerasekera.
Ceylon Daily News 27 March 2014
Citizens’
Mail] 2014-03-27
Some true human qualities and colours of the Tamil people
The
Mahinda Rajapaksa regime dispelled the differences which existed between the
Sinhalese and the Tamils, established peace among all nations, and made 'one
nation' out of the five communities and placed them as 'Sri Lankans'.
During the
era our country was a colony of the British Empire, my father was one out of
the few locals who were among the European rubber planters.
He was at
Hatbawe Group at Rambukkana.
The
workforce in this estate were Tamils of Indian origin who later became
citizens like in every other estate in the country.
Sinhalese
who lived in the bordering villages also were among them in small numbers,
like today.
The estate
staff had a weekly get-together with their families in one of the divisions
on rotation, to while away the loneliness which surrounded them.
Dr. A.B.J.
Rajendram from Jaffna was the estate Dispenser.
My father
and Dr. Rajendram were bosom friends.
I was 12
years old when I met him for the first time.
He was pious and kind, loved us
very much as he loved his only son Mangalanayagam who served in the RCyAF
(Royal Ceylon Air Force).
During one
such occasion in 1951 he suggested to my father to admit us to a school in
Jaffna.
My father
consented and within a few days I was in St. Patrick’s College, Jaffna with
two of my younger brothers under the Very Rev. Fr. T.M.G. Long O.M.I.
Furthermore,
Dr. Rajendram designated his intended son-in-law William to be our guardian.
William visited us every week and
attended to our needs throughout the entire period of our stay there in loco
parentis.
We
hostellers were allowed to go home during the weekends and return on Sunday.
Rambukkana
was a too long destination for the three of us to avail ourselves of this
privilege.
On the
courteous invitation of hosteller Ramanathan who took notice of the
situation, we spent the weekends with his parents.
On the left side of the Tellipalai railway station is a
level-crossing.
Immediately passing it on the right side was Ramanathan’s house.
His
merciful and hospitable parents treated us in the same manner they treated
their son.
We can
never forget the home made Jaffna string hoppers and puttu (pittu) with or
without sugar, or with curry, and fruits especially mangoes and other
varieties of tasty food we were treated with by his generous mother every
time we spent a holiday with them.
Her loving motherliness did not
make us feel the absence of our mother to whom we were able to go to only
once in three months.
When I was
with my parents awaiting results of the Higher School Certificate examination
I was invited to spend a holiday with this doctor who was then at Kirimittiya
Estate at Menikdiwela.
My
presence with them made the elderly couple happy because I filled the absence
of their only son away in employment.
I assisted
the doctor in his clerical work in the dispensary.
One day
the Superintendent of the estate Jack Burtons paid a surprise visit to the
dispensary.
On seeing
him I exited at once.
Having
observed my calligraphy during his inspection, the Periya Dorai had conveyed
his desire to see me at his bungalow.
The
following day as I stepped into his bungalow in the company of the doctor at
7 a.m. as appointed, “Do you like to become a planter young man?”, he
questioned me.
“Yes Sir”,
I replied. “This evening you will receive the letter”, he concluded.
On that
day in 1958 as destined, I began to apprentice as a Superintendent.
When
premier S.W.R.D. Bandaranayake was assassinated in 1959 I was Assistant
Superintendent of the Peak Division of that estate.
This is how the foundation to my
future was laid by a Tamil national for the second time.
During my
tenure of service in the Gal Oya Development Board, S.C.T. Sambandhan an
Assistant Superintendent from Kopay in Jaffna was an official who was close
to my heart. I first met him in 1962.
When he assumed duties as the
Sugar Plantation Manager, he placed me as his Senior Aide and when he assumed
duties as the General Manager he placed me as his Personal Assistant.
When my
six months old twins fell sick in end 1973, I happened to pay an informal
visit to my office mate Sinnathamby’s house on my way to the Batticaloa
hospital.
His
parents lived near the railway station close to the GODB’s transit stores.
I gave up
my idea of admitting my children to the hospital when Thamby’s mother
undertook to cure them.
So we
stayed with them in Batticaloa until she cured my children.
She
cleaned their wounds, washed them daily and having a box containing the
materia medica, treated them and cured them sooner than we expected.
She was no
second to my children’s own mother.
When my three year old second son was admitted to the Batticaloa hospital in 1974 to be treated for nephritis by Paediatrician Dr. S. Pathmanathan, it was the House Officer Dr. Ragunathan who looked after our son as we were 47 miles away in Hingurana.
According
to the nursing staff, Dr. Ragunathan had been carrying my son in the nights
trying to pacify him when he cried calling for his mother. These are the true
qualities of the
Tamils.
I am
placing this material before a new generation to enable them to understand
the true colours of the people of this country and give up spiteful
misconceptions rooted in rancorous writings and utterances of the misanthropists
of the past.
L.A.W. LIYANA ARACHCHI KADAWATHA |
Lasith Malinga's yorkers
email from "J. K. S. Weerasekera" -
Awesome
Awesome
As a youngster he was “that bugher from Galle”.
13 minutes of Yorkers at 139-144 Km per hour.
jksw
Subject: Slinger Lasith Malinga's yorkers - Awesome
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Coeliac disease and NSAIDS.
Is ibuprofen making us sick? Research suggests it may cause gut conditions such as coeliac disease
A National Institutes of Health study revealed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can cause intestinal inflammation and can increase the permeability of the intestines.
Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
23 April 2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
A National Institutes of Health study revealed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can cause intestinal inflammation and can increase the permeability of the intestines.
Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
23 April 2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Spectacular Salsa - Paddy & Nico - Electric Ballroom | Britain's Got Talent 2014.
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21 Apr (3 days ago)
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Your never too old......................
THIS WILL MAKE YOU STARE IN TOTAL AWE ( and maybe disbelief! )
Whatever this sweet gal is taking, I want a full dose of it!.
Enjoy.
This is quite amazing.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Hambantota harbour
"J. K. S. Weerasekera"
My comments on this harbour have been
picked up in Michael Robert’s blog.
I have visited the harbor thrice; under
construction before sea water was let in, soon after, and functioning as seen
in last week.
Please go to link below; control click.
jksw
Speed Painter
"J. K. S. Weerasekera"
Cc:
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:00:02 +0530
Subject: FW: Fw: Speed Painter...WOW!!!
Cc:
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:00:02 +0530
Subject: FW: Fw: Speed Painter...WOW!!!
Don’t miss. 90 seconds of painting.
Wow!
jksw
email from jks weerasekera
...WOW!!!
Monday, April 21, 2014
Rustic barefoot. Dancing. Latin American beat !
email from "J. K. S. Weerasekera"
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Watch this - Absolute delight
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