Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai:-

My neighbour was working in his garden when he was startled by a late model car that came crashing through his hedge and ended up in his front lawn. He rushed to help an elderly lady driver out of the car and sat her down on a lawn chair.

He said with excitement, "You appear quite elderly to be driving."

"Well, yes, I am," she replied proudly. "I'll be 97 next month, and I am now old enough that I don't even need a driver's licence anymore. The last time I went to my doctor, he examined me and asked if I had a driver's licence. I told him yes and handed it to him. He took scissors out of the drawer, cut the licence into pieces, and threw them in the waste basket, saying, 'You won't need this anymore,' so I thanked him and left!"

Seeing what you want to see.

Email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai

Take  A Look At this  Picture: What Do You See? ?Then Check the  Explanation  That Follows You saw a couple in an intimate pose, right? Interestingly, research has shown that young children cannot identify the intimate couple  because they do not have prior memory associated with such a scenario. What they will see, however, is the nine dolphins in the picture! So, I guess we've already proven you're not a young innocent child. Now, if it's hard for you to find  the dolphins within 6 seconds, your mind is SO corrupted that you probably need help!

Obituary- Dr Weeraratne- husband Vessamitta Karunaratne.

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Mana Wedisinghe	23:09 (7 hours ago)
to me

Dear Philip.

This obituary appeared in todays Dailynews (18.06.2014)

Vessamitta  Karunaratne  was in our batch.

Wedi

WEERARATNE, DR.SUSANTHA - Beloved husband of Dr.Vessamitta, loving father of Dilhan and Suranjan, father-in-law of Gayani and Manori, grand father of Oneli and Ruhane, expired. Cortege leaves residence 17/28C, Vijayaba Mawatha, Nawala Road, Nugegoda at 2 p.m. on Thursday June 19th for cremation at 2.45 p.m. at Nawala cemetery. 108265 - See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=obituaries#sthash.Aybvv1X1.dpuf

Medical Batch 1960 entrants, Colombo, get-together, 2nd Saturday July 2015.

durukumara	22:20 (7 hours ago)
to me, kanka_kapuwatte

I think we need to circulate this to as many batch mates as possible. What about the weather in june .Is nov dec a good alt re dolphins /whale wathing ect. May be we should get consensus early

Sent from Samsung tablet

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Subject: Doctors Outing - June 2015
From: Ashan Ranasinghe <ashan@jetwinghotels.com>
To: durukumara@gmail.com
CC: hyacinth@jetwinghotels.com

Dear Dr. Kumara,

It was a pleasure speaking with you. Further to the conversation that we had please find the attached proposal for your perusal. I trust that it meets with your requirements and look forward to hearing from you.

I have attached the proposal for Day Outings, and Residential Outings for your perusal.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions that you may have

Best Regards,

ASHAN RANASINGHE
Senior Sales Executive (Corporate Sales) - Jetwing Hotels Ltd.
ashan@jetwinghotels.com
T: +94 11 2345700 ext: 1329  F: +94 11 2345730  M: +94 774750908

4 Attachments - Click on each of the web-links below:- 

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Doctors - Residential Outing - Jetwing Blue - Foreign Passport Holders.pdf

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Doctors - Day Outing - Jetwing Blue.pdf

duru kumara	18 Jun (2 days ago)
to Kapu, me

Most seem to prefer June to be safe re weather may be the third week ended.  As for any outings they should be privately organised. Key Wong is good at this. We can also extend to have dinner and a sing along

Walking fast and cycling.

More in relation to cycling and walking fast swinging arms.

Steady balance in cycling is dependent on speed, toppling off at zero speed.

A comfort zone is there. So with walking.

I have seen Parkinsonics ‘shuffle’ forwards - but walking fast.

jksw

jksw

From: Nandana Wijayaweera [mailto:ndw321@hotmail.co.uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:20 AM
To: Susiri Weerasekara
Subject: FW: Chances of falling are less for a faster walker

See below for comments from an Audio Vestibular Phycisian

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Dear Nandana,

I am glad that you sent me the U-Tube clip on Parkinson's tremor and rigidity being reduced / subdued by repetitive wilful activity (ie:-cycling) or exercise (ie:- dancing) ...

I can't formulate a hypothesis to explain it but it is interesting that these activities gives (what I fathom is) temporary relief, perhaps sustained for hours or days but "not a cure"

Perhaps cholinergic over activity seen in Parkinson disease in face of reduced dopamine, is in some manner

1. bypassed  ... or

2. corrected

when cycling or dancing so that there is in someway a release of 'a reserve' of Dopamine from basal ganglia.

f-MRI studies might give a clue as to the physiology.

The observation that chances of falling (in the older subject) who are faster may seem a paradox, but it is a fact that if one slows down and "is careful" ....  the chances of falling are much greater.

If a "fast individual" were to trip over there would be automatic reflex protective movement.

In the case of a older individual the reflex protective postural changes to regain balance would be gradually lost as spontaneity is reduced 'when being careful' having to consciously think of basic movements such as walking. 

sincerely,

Jaika

Elephant painting an elephant

Email from JKS Weerasekera :-

It is a 15 minutes video, You will see how intelligent the Elephant is. This is Suda, a 4-year-old elephant from Thailand. Elephants are one of the few species on this planet that are sentient (can perceive feeling; feel emotions), self-aware (conscious of themselves as individuals, i.e. they recognize themselves in a mirror, rather than thinking their reflection is another elephant), and significantly intelligent. These are the three main traits we as humans posses, and they lead us to believe that we are separate from animals; better; more advanced. In reality, we are really not that different from them. It's such a shame that these beautiful animals are subjected to such cruelty and suffering at the hands of trophy hunters and circus masters, when they are so similar to us.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=566075863484336

The "F" word...really?

email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai.

There are  times when the F word is not only desirable, but quite frankly it can be the ONLY word in the English language  that accurately describes some situations. Check out the following examples:

The word  is ' F EAR ' …of  course!