email from Buddy - car keys

What to take to bed with you - not a joke
Pretty neat idea. Never thought of it before.
Put your car keys beside your bed at night
Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbours, your parents, your Dr's office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night.

If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.
This tip came from a neighbourhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this:
It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it.
It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain.
It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick around.
After a few seconds all the neighbours will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that.
And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime.
P.S.
Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can't reach a phone. My Mom has suggested to my Dad that he carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn't hear him. He can activate the car alarm and then she'll know there's a problem.

email from Sidney & Pearl

Karals,
Yes, we agree with you. Sidney & I are aware of the outstanding contribution made to Sri Lankan Cricket by Daya & Ranjini not just in the 90's but well before. Our recollections go back to the early 80's when the " Panita- Gunawardena " household was a buzz with activity for SL cricket. We joined in those early years in the many events organised for fund raising, celebrating & get togethers!
Daya carefully nurtured & supported the team & ofcousre this was enabled by Ranjini. Yes their generosity, dedication & determination to see our cricket team attain great heights & thereby our motherland gain international recognition is highly commendable.
They continue to support SL cricket 3 decades on. Well Done "Padita-Gunawardena " team.
Long may it continue!!
Sidney & Pearl

Human ancestry - Video

I want to share the video "Chapter 8 Human Ancestory Made Easy" with you on Dailymotion.


Check out this second video also! It's really cool!

Please click on the following link to watch the video:
http://dai.ly/ddDdSJ

PGV

Human evolution - latest perspectives

Please click on the following link to watch the video:
http://dai.ly/cPMqCU

Wikipedia - Migration routes to Sri Lanka

DNA studies and 'race'

Re Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Sinhalese

My Dear Daya,
The article you forwarded was interesting. The Human Genotype Project started by The National Geographic will give us some truly scientific insights into the Islands inhabitants. A member of a 'pure' Sinhalese family with aristocratic feudal lineage, resident in Avissawella, had his genes analysed and matched. He had a close match in South America and thus came to know of his strong Portuguese lineage. It is high time that we think of humanity as one and all of us as descendants of the original 'African Eve'. In our long migrations over planet earth, all of us have lost some genes and mutated others. I would like you to go to this site and get your buccal mucosa analysed for maternal and paternal genetic identification. A kit is under US Dollars Hundred for each.

https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/journey.html

If all of us who can afford it do this there will be a large database to work on. Please cut and paste the address on your web browser to see the details. Go through the other sections on Human Migrations etc. and you will see how peurile it is to talk of Sinhalese or Tamil or for that matter blacks, yellows and whites. The so called 'Aryan migration' to India from the Central Asian Steppes does not stand up to DNA analysis. So where does the 'Aryan migration' of Paranavitharana and Mendis lead us. It was a mirage which divided us and brought so much misery to this land.
Philip


Dear Derrwick,
Yes -We like it or not, we are really one - history makes it so. So obvious. The politicians want us to believe otherwise, to divide us. That one group is superior to the other.
You might find the link from Philip interesting.
Gunsie.

Hello Jeyendran, Philip et Al
I'd like to know of any batchmate who has a bigger genetic mix ( or mix up ) than me. I have Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Portugese, Hungarian and Chinese in me. The Chinaman had a Japanese name and therefore could have been a Japanese living in Hong Kong. I am pleased to say my children have at least two more countries in them and my grandchildren at least a further two.
Buddy

Rat snake

I met a driver working on a power project being constructed by the Chinese in Sri Lanka, close to Colombo. He said that a large Rat-snake ('Garandiya - S, Chaarai - T) appeared, apparently looking for rats inside a container. The Chinese got very excited and cornered it and killed it. They subsequently cooked it and ate it with much relish. I wonder how long it will take for the locals to follow suit. In no time the Rat-snake will be an endangered species in Sri Lanka.
Philip