Some pictures of our batch-mate Dr. G D. Fonseka's funeral house at Yatiyanthota, Sri Lanka.

'Fonny' was for 4 years a post-intern DMO at the Karawanella Hospital. He resigned from the Health Department and started his General Practice at Yatiyanthota in the early 1970s. He worked there till his demise. He was a household word in the area. I went to his house on the Yatiyanthota - Ginigathena road. The tears and weeping of the crowd who came there showed us the deep affection he had in the heart of the people whom he served over the years. He leaves behind his wife, a daughter who is a lawyer married and having children, another daughter who is an executive at Pfizer (Sri Lanka) and a son who is a prominent Buddhist Monk.

"Sunset and evening star

And one clear call for me,

May there be no moaning at the Bar,

When I go out to see'

May all the 'Kusala Kammas'-(Meritorius Acts) which 'Fonny' did in a lifetime take him onwards and upwards in 'Sansara'.

A Doctor's story.

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 Worth Watching !

It’s not often that I've enjoyed listening to a Doctor.  If this guy ever fails being a Doctor he'll do pretty well as a stand up comedian.  This is a true story told by the guy who made it happen. Dr. Lombardi who treated the late Mother Teresa holds one absolutely spell-bound from start to finish.

http://youtu.be/vD9RI2Bm69U

Obituary - Dr. G.D. Fonseka.

Dr. FONSEKA - G.D. Beloved husband of Sanjeewani, loving father of Most Ven. Dhammananda Thero, Chief Incumbent of Kurunegala, Ahatuwewa, Kaduruwewa, Dharmarajagala Aranya, Chamelika and Chathurika, father-in-law of Sudesh and grandfather of Suheli and Priyeli. Remains lie at “Dhananji”, Ginigathhena Road, Yatiyantota. Cortege leaves at 4.00 p.m. on Saturday 14th June. Cremation at the Dehiowita Cemetery at 5.00 p.m. 106238 - See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=obituaries#sthash.nw15QmVu.dpuf

Dear Philip

Please share this with our batch mates.

GD was a very sincere , friendly and a very obliging batch mate.

Most of you may remember his jokes at our last ReUnion Get together we had in Dambulla.

Please share our deepest sympathies to his surviving family.

May he attain the eternal bliss of Nibhbhana .

I attach a copy if the obituary notice appeared in the Daily News of 13 th June for your info.

Regards

Nana

Hi Phillip
Just to inform you of the demise of our batch mate GD
I read the obituary notice in the Daily news 13/06/14
Please disseminate this sad news amongst our batch mates
 Regards
 Tony preena

Dear Philip.

Here's an  Obituary notice that appeared in the Daily News paper today (13th June 2014).

Wedi.

Climate change.

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One agreement with common sense steps to end dirty energy can save us. That's why the UN has called an urgent climate meeting in just over 100 days with all major world leaders — if we greet them on September 21st with the largest ever global climate mobilisation in history we can break through the walls of mega coal, oil, and business that prevent even the best politicians from doing what is right.

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"Tipping points" are feedback loops, where climate change feeds back on itself and causes rapidly accelerating, catastrophic consequences. Right now, methane gas that is 25 times worse for global warming than CO2 is frozen in our ice. But as the ice melts, the gas leaks, causing more melting and each melt loses us another layer of reflective ice shield that we rely on to keep the planet cool, more methane and less ice means more warming still, and everything starts to spin out of control. And that's just one example… it's why scientists are yelling from the rooftops that we have to act now.

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MORE INFORMATION

Global warming: it's a point of no return in West Antarctica. What happens next? (The Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/17/climate-change-antarctica-glaciers-melting-global-warming-nasa

A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change (Rolling Stone)
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/a-call-to-arms-an-invitation-to-demand-action-on-climate-change-20140521

Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427344.800-mini-ice-age-took-hold-of-europe-in-months.html

Report: Prepare for climate tipping points (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/national-research-council-report-climate-change-could-hit-tipping-points-environment-100615.html

Lemon Juice.

email from kitta Rajaratnam


Believe it or not it's the common Lemon juice!
Even doctors are now saying that there is value in eating LEMON!
So, a tablespoon of "real lemon" in a glass of water every morning.   What can it hurt?
   
Institute of Health Sciences, 819 N. L.L.C. Charles Street, Baltimore , MD

This is the latest in medicine, effective for cancer! Read carefully & you be the judge.
Lemon (Citrus) is a miraculous product to kill cancer cells. It is 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy. Why do we not know about that?   Because there are laboratories interested in making a synthetic version that will bring them huge profits. You can now help a friend in need by letting him/her know that lemon juice is beneficial in preventing the disease. Its taste is pleasant and it does not produce the horrific effects of chemotherapy. How many people will die while this closely guarded secret is kept, so as not to jeopardize the beneficial multimillionaires large corporations?
 
As you know, the lemon tree is known for its varieties of lemons and limes.
You can eat the fruit in different ways: you can eat the pulp, juice press, prepare drinks, sorbets, pastries, etc... It is credited with many virtues, but the most interesting is the effect it produces on cysts and tumors. This plant is a proven remedy against cancers of all  types.  Some say it is very useful in all variants of cancer. It is considered also as an anti-microbial spectrum against bacterial infections and fungi, effective against internal parasites and worms, it regulates blood pressure which is too high and an antidepressant, combats stress and nervous disorders. The source of this information is fascinating: it comes from one of the largest drug manufacturers in the world, saying that after more than 20 laboratory tests since 1970 the extracts were revealed to: Destroy the malignant cells in 12 cancers, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and  pancreas...The compounds of this tree showed 10,000 times better than the product Adriamycin, a drug normally used chemotherapeutic in the world, slowing the growth of cancer cells.  And what is even more astonishing: this type of therapy with lemon extract only destroys malignant cancer cells and it does not affect healthy cells.
       
Institute of Health Sciences, 819 N. L.L.C. Cause Street , Baltimore ,  MD1201
         
       SEND TO  EVERYONE ... Please! 

Fast shutter speed photos.

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Idiots of various grades.

email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai

Number One Idiot 
I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. 
Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. 
I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. 
She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughtersome ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants.

I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away.

Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride. 
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Number Two Idiot 
Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. 
They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. 
It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. 
They are no longer employed at Boeing.

Here's your sign, guys. Don't get it wet; the paint might run. 
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Number Three Idiot 
A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, “Put all your muny in this bag.”; While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. 
So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. 
Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, “OK” and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America .

Don't bother with this guy's sign. He probably couldn't read it anyway. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Number Four Idiot

A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his $40.

Wise guy ... But you still get a sign. 
 
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Number Five Idiot 
A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, “Because I don't believe you are over 21.”; The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot.   The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later.

This guy definitely needs a sign. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Idiot Number Six 
A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. 
The first one shouted, “Nobody move!”; 
When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.

This guy doesn't even deserve a sign. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Idiot Number Seven 
Arkansas : Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass.  The whole event was caught on videotape.

Yep, here's your sign. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Idiot Number Eight 

I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road..  The reason: “Too many deer are being hit by cars out here ! I don't  think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.”;

Take the sign - Please! 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Stay Alert! They walk among us ... they Reproduce ... they Vote and I'm sure that many of them hold elected offices!  Also, 95% of them are liberals.

Alien couple.

email from JKS Weerasekera

A couple was driving down a lonely country road one evening when a spaceship landed on the road ahead of them. The couple stopped the car as two aliens got out.

"Don't worry, we're friendly," one of them said.

The couple got out of the car and saw that the aliens were a couple too. Upon inquiring, they learned the alien couple was from Mars.

They four of them sat in a nearby park exchanging stories and information about their respective planets. Eventually, the subject of sex came up.

"Just how do you guys do it?" asked one of the Earthlings.

"Pretty much the way you do," responded a Martian.

Discussion ensued and finally the couples decided to swap partners for the night and experience one another.

The female Earthling and the male Martian went off and checked into a hotel. In the room, the Martian undressed. He had a teeny-weeny weenie - very short and very narrow.

"What can you do with that?" exclaimed the woman.

"Why?" he asked, "What’s the matter?"

"Well," she replied, "it’s nowhere near long enough. It’ll never reach!"

"No problem," the Martian said. He proceeded to squeeze his nose. With each squeeze, his member grew until it was quite long.

"Well," she said. "That’s quite impressive, but it’s still pretty narrow."

"No problem," he said again and started pulling his ears. With each pull his member grew wider and wider until the entire measurement was extremely exciting to the woman.

"Wow!" she exclaimed as they fell into bed and made mad, passionate love.

The next day the couples rejoined their normal partners and went off together.

As the Earthling couple drove home, the husband asked, "Was it any good?"

"I hate to say it," his wife said, "but it was really wonderful. How about you?"

"It wasn't all that great," the husband replied. "It was the weirdest thing. That Martian woman kept squeezing my nose and pulling my ears all night!"

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Milk Dresses

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Incredible pictures show calendar girls wearing dresses made of MILK

• Amazing shots simply layered individual pictures
   
• Work of Polish born, London based photographer Jaroslav Wieczorkiewiz
• Each image requires around 200 frames
   
• Model is covered in pints of milk, captured in fast exposure shots
• 1950's inspired photo set is set to become a calender
   

By Katy Winter

PUBLISHED: 16:40 GMT, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 20:44 GMT, 18 October 2013

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Milky Pin-Ups is a photo series of old-fashioned, 50s-style glamour girls - dressed entirely in dairy produce.
 

The incredible fluid shots are the work of photographer Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz, who specialises in working with liquid.
 

Unbelievably they are not created using any tricks or computer imagery - each girl is actually covered in pints and pints of milk to create the shots.
 

Dream Girl: Milk pin ups, created by Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz, in which dairy produce is used to create the 'dresses'

The photos are based on the pin ups popular in the 1950's and have a fun flirty feel to them

Each picture is the result of numerous different shots layered together

We work with specific light and pretty normal cameras, Jaroslav explains, there is no magic behind it.

The rather messy shoots see a model, clad only in bikini bottoms, having a jug of milk poured over parts of her body by an assistant as Jaroslav captures the movement of the liquid using fast exposure.

Each photograph takes about 200 frames and the milk is poured onto different areas of the models body for each one, captured mid-flow by the camera.
 

These individual shots are then amalgamated using Photoshop into a single image, creating the illusion that the girl is wearing a single milk dress.

The individual frames are simply layered - but not altered or 'filled in' in any way

Jaroslav who also works with other liquids, says there is no magic behind the pictures, just hard work

With each picture requiring around 200 frames, we can only imagine the amount of mess left after a shoot

The series of photographs is soon to become a calendar

The individual frames are simply layered in Photoshop and not altered or filled in in any way.
 

Its tiring work but worth it, I want to stay true to the process, Jaroslav tells Mail Online.
 

Originally from Poland, Jaroslav is now based in London and has founded the AurumLight Studio, which specialises in conceptual photography, limited calendars and advertising.
 

His use of unusual effects in his photography has seen him begin to tour the world offering seminars on the techniques he uses to achieve his amazing photographs.

The beauty of Bonsai.

email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai 22 Beautiful Bonsai Trees that Redefine the Name

The bonsai tree is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. The purposes of bonsai are primarily contemplation (for the viewer) and the pleasant exercise of effort and ingenuity (for the grower). But as much as I'm sure you've heard about this practice, most of us are only aware of a few limited types of bonsai tree, when in fact, there are hundreds of different types. These 22 beautiful bonsai trees are a great example of the variety of this beautiful art form.

40 year old Coast Redwood

A 30 year old Azalea

A bonsai is created beginning with a specimen of source material. This may be a cutting, seedling, or small tree of a species suitable for bonsai development. Bonsai can be created from nearly any perennial woody-stemmed tree or shrub species.

Over 40 year old Chinese Banyan

A 30 year old Hibiscus

A tpe of bonsai designed to mimic a forest.

The source specimen is shaped to be relatively small and to meet the aesthetic standards of bonsai. When the candidate bonsai nears its planned final size it is planted in a display pot, usually one designed for bonsai display in one of a few accepted shapes and proportions. From that point forward, its growth is restricted by the pot environment.

Another dazzlling Azalea

A lilac that has both  looks and a lovely scent

Cascade style of bonsai

Root over rock style

A Japanese Maple that is about 100 years old (across seasons)

60 year old Crabapple Tree

The practice of bonsai is sometimes confused with dwarfing, but dwarfing generally refers to research, discovery, or creation of plant cultivars that are permanent, genetic miniatures of existing species. Bonsai does not require genetically dwarfed trees, but rather depends on growing small trees from regular stock and seeds. Bonsai uses cultivation techniques like pruning, root reduction, potting, defoliation, and grafting to produce small trees that mimic the shape and style of mature, full-size trees.

25 year old Cherry Tree

Trident maple with exposed roots

Over 50 year old Atlas Cedar

Cherry Blossom in full bloom

A Bald Cypress

Small trees grown in containers, like bonsai, require specialized care. Unlike houseplants and other subjects of container gardening, tree species in the wild, in general, grow roots up to several meters long and root structures encompassing several thousand liters of soil. In contrast, a typical bonsai container is under 25 centimeters in its largest dimension and 2 to 10 liters in volume.

Wisteria bonsais

One of the oldest bonsai trees in history, this is a Japanese White Pine,and its conjectured that its birthday was in 1625, almost 400 years ago.

Branch and leaf (or needle) growth in trees is also of a larger scale in nature. Wild trees typically grow 5 meters or taller when mature, whereas the largest bonsai rarely exceed 1 meter and most specimens are significantly smaller. These size differences affect maturation, transpiration, nutrition, pest resistance, and many other aspects of tree biology. Maintaining the long-term health of a tree in a container requires some specialized care techniques.

Adenium

Bonsai during winter

Bonsai during fall

One more Azalea - Probably my favorite.