Amy McCready, author of If I
Have to Tell You One More Time, proposed the controversial policy
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25 October 2014
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, October 25, 2014
Incredible pictures taken by couple show wild animals at best.
Andy and Sarah Skinner from
Berkshire have planned and been on over 50 excursions to Africa, India and the
Arctic to photograph some of the planet's most dangerous animals
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25 October 2014
Study finds sunshine could stop prostate cancer growth.
Scientists from Colorado have
found Vitamin D, which is produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight, boosts
a gene which helps block tumour growth.
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25 October 2014
The Ebola vaccine shelved for TEN years despite being 100% effective.
The World Health Organisation
has been given vials of the vaccine, and the Canadian government has already
begun human tests in Maryland.
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25 October 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
Tips on energy saving.
Clean your iron with toothpaste and cook with Pyrex: Six ways to
cut your energy bills by making your appliances more efficient
We've come up with a list of
five easy kills that could cut your energy bills simply by tweaking your
household appliances.
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24 October 2014
Hospital performs world-first organ transplants using dead hearts
Doctors at St Vincent's
Hospital in Sydney used a preservation solution developed in Australia to
transplant resuscitated hearts into 57-year-old Michelle Gribilas and
44-year-old Jan Damen.
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24 October 2014
Unseen North Korea.
American photographers journey through rogue
state
An American photographer and
reporter have documented unseen parts of North Korea during an unprecedented
week-long road trip through the countryside and cities.
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24 October 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Jaffna Odiyal kool By Peter Kuruvita.
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Enjoy-
see Video.
Odiyal Kool is a
Jaffna Speciality which is relished by Many during Deepavali. Imay be a little late is sharing this Recipe. I received a Facebook link(2) for the Jaffna Kool
preparation by Peter > Kuruvita. As I had seen this Video before on the internet, I did a search and found the
> original video.This original Video about
> the JAFFNA KOOL was broadcast on the Australian Special
> Broadcasting Service TV, SBS, on 05th Jan.
> 2012. The
> Chef, Peter Kuruvita, who goes to Jaffna, describes the background details of
> the Jaffna ingredients, while describing the Preparation of the Odiyal
> Kool. You
> can see his profile in brief, copied from Wikipedia, below:
> ManiamPeter KuruvitaBorn
> in 1963 in Fulham,
> to a Sri Lankan father and Austrian mother, Kuruvita lived
> the first four years of his life in England. In 1967
> Kuruvita's family decided to move to his father's
> hometown of Colombo,
> Sri Lanka.[1] While
> growing up in Sri Lanka, he was introduced to cooking
> through his grandmother's preparation of Sri
> Lankan cuisine.[2] It
> was this and a strong sense of family that inspired him to
> pursue food as a career.In
> 1974 Kuruvita and his family moved to Sydney, where he went
> to school. Upon finishing high school he began an
> apprenticeship as a chef at East Sydney TAFE. He completed
> his final year at the new Ryde Catering College.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kuruvita
> Note: Peter
> Kuruvita's Jaffna Goat Curry
> and
> Jaffna
> Crab Curry recipes
> can be seen on the following link:http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/mysrilanka/about/page/i/3/h/About/
Humans could soon regularly live to 120 years old, claims expert.
Speaking at a Legal and General
Conference in London, 70-year-old Professor Sir Colin Blakemore (pictured)
claimed 120 years ‘might be a real absolute limit to human lifespan’.
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23 October 2014
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This
is another confirmation, Phillip
We
had many centurion in Ceylon( lanka) once there was a study, and the results, I
did not see(over 50 yrs ago)
My
mother lived 96 yrs and we had 3 grand , great grand parents upto 102/104/106
And
refusing western medicine, though many were family doctors ,
The
records of births , deaths , property was very bad until 50/100 yrs ago.
Deeds,
birth and death records
Many
people. All over the world , knew v little about exact dates of birth and dear.
Until
50/150 yrs ago, the records were inaccurate or non existent.
Bilingual
literacy is still rare. And even in the more literate countries , , it's common
for people to know only one language as in Europe , USA, Canada
Russia,
china , Australia, and most of Africa and parts in Indian subcontinent.
With
increased awareness literacy, jaela th, medical care will continue to improve,
and we can easily reach 120 , but hopefully with fair health and not just
survive , and be almost unable to function, as we see in nursing and elders
homes.
Quality
of life is more important than longitude.
With
failing mind and body, the quality of life , measured by longevity, may not be
that desirable
Drbdes
Berny.
Romanian headteacher donates his own SKELETON for students.
A Romanian school has been told
they can keep the bones of their former headmaster who donated his body to
science to teach future students about anatomy.
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23 October 2014
Scientists recover the oldest complete human genome.
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, took the DNA from a bone discovered near the settlement of Ust’-Ishim in western Siberia (pictured).
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23 October 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
The dog who got her walkies back.
Tara fitted with two
prosthetic legs
Vets were forced to amputate
Tara’s two front legs to save her life after she was found close to death in
the grounds of a Romanian hospital after being poisoned.
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21 October 2014
Sugary drinks could age the body as much as SMOKING.
People who drank the amount of
sugar found in of two cans of cola a day had DNA changes of cells 4.6 years
older, say researchers at the University of California at San Francisco.
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21 October 2014
The reading glasses worn INSIDE your eyes
The Kamra inlay, developed in
the US, measures 3.8 millimetres in diameter and is implanted into the
cornea to restore patients' near vision.
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21 October 2014
No tea-break, NHS, UK.
NHS hospitals ban workers from having a cuppa at their desks in case it makes it look like they're not working hard enough
Bosses of Leicester’s three hospitals have brought in the rules after complaints from patients who were already 'inflamed' about long waiting times.
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21 October 2014
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
TREE IN SOUTH AFRICA
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Looks normal
from a distance.....
but take a closer look...
The mystery is nobody knows who the artist was!
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Amazing how
someone can actually carve into and
sculpture this and not kill the tree!
No one knows, to anyone's knowledge, who did the
No one knows, to anyone's knowledge, who did the
carvings but they are over 500 years old and done
with very exceptional detail.
When it was discovered a lot of questions were asked
When it was discovered a lot of questions were asked
of the villagers as to who may have done this and
done it in a way
that kept tree from dying.
The five biggest physio myths BUSTED.
The top five physiotherapy
myths have been publicly busted by the world's largest physiotherapy clinical
research website. Number one myth is 'the type of mattress you sleep on
prevents back pain'
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16 October 2014
Aluminium could be causing Alzheimer's, professor claims
Professor Chris Exley, of Keele
University, argues that aluminium builds up in the brain until it reaches a
'toxic threshold' and can't cope. It could cause early onset of Alzheimer's, he
said.
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15 October 2014
New stem cell research on elderly blind
-- half had sight
improved.
A revolutionary stem cell jab
has restored the gift of sight, research suggests. Elderly blind are able to
see better after trial while children also benefited.
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15 October 2014
Footballer dies from spinal injuries after somersault goal celebration.
A footballer has died after a celebration went tragically wrong in India’s Mizoram Premier League. Peter Biaksangzuala died in hospital on Sunday after falling on his head while attempting a somersault.
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21 October 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
26 Most Spectacularly Colorful Animals.
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26 Most Spectacularly Colourful Animals
Nature
is filled with beautiful animals, plants and insects, with magnificent colors
and shapes. Of these endless flora and fauna, I’ve selected 26 of what I
consider the most colorful and beautiful specimen. These birds, fish, insects,
lizards and mammals are so spectacular, it’s hard to believe they’re real!
Baby boy born at 23 weeks.
After doctors told parents he would be
treated as a miscarriage celebrates first birthday after 'sandwich bag'
treatment saves his life
Rachel Crockett, 25, from
Buckinghamshire, was told she was suffering a miscarriage when her waters broke
at 22 weeks. But days later after a scan detected a heartbeat baby Connor was
born.
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15 October 2014
Glimpses of the after-life by a top brain surgeon
Dr Eben Alexander had what he
now believes was a glimpse of heaven when in a coma. Now, the surgeon reveals
many others have seen what he described.
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20 October 2014
Eating Mediterranean diet with olive oil 'can reverse heart disease'
Eating a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil could help reverse symptoms which can lead to heart disease, research has revealed in a study carried out by boffins in Spain.
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15 October 2014
PS
Gingelly oil (sesame seed oil), has a lot of unsaturated fatty acids and is claimed to be equally effective. It was a staple ingredient in the food of the North of Ceylon a few decades ago.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
WORDS OF WISDOM
Email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai.
"If you
want to change the world, do it when you
are a bachelor.
After marriage, you can't even change a TV
channel..."
Listening to your wife is like reading
the terms conditions of a website.
You don’t understand it but you
still accept it.
Chess is the only game in the world,
which reflects the status of the
husband; the poor king
can take only one step at a time ....
While the mighty queen can do whatever
she likes.
Why do most Indian women request
for the same husband, in the next
life - how can
you let such good training go to
waste?
All Men are Brave,
Horror Movies don't scare
them....
But 5 Missed Calls from Wife ...surely
do
What's Checkmate?
You tell your wife “I saw a lady,
looked exactly like you" wife asks
"WAS
SHE GORGEOUS..??"
You can’t say 'No' and you
can’t say 'Yes' – now that’s
Checkmate!
STOCK MARKET EFFECT:
Depressed Husband to his fat wife:
"You are my only investment, that has
doubled.''
Are vegetative patients aware of their surroundings?'
Cambridge University has found
a 'fingerprint of consciousness' in patients who are in a vegetative state
using a simple test based on measuring patterns of brainwaves.
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18 October 2014
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