An extraordinary cure for sore
toes and thumbs has been made from virtually the same material as children’s
play putty.
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17 August 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, August 16, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Chinese proverb.
email from Daya Jayasinghe.
That the birds of worry and care fly over
you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this
you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
Gangnam bear.
Now it's a brown bear dancing to Psy's hit
The large predator was spotted
doing the signature moves associated with the 2012 party plague in Katmai
National Park in southern Alaska.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
16 August 2014
Triplet troubles.
Meet the triplets whose parents have to colour code their toes
Karen and Ian Gilbert, from Pontypool, South Wales, have to colour code the toes of their one-year-old identical triplets, Ffion, Maddison and Paige, to tell them apart.
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16 August 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Smartphone" Today's Opium .....That day has arrived !
email forwarded by Kamalini Kanapathippillai.
Today’s Opium ...............
People are addicted these days ! One Café shop sign says : We do not have WIFI. Converse with your loved ones. The major cause of divorce in 2018
will be the smartphone. Your friends and family members are so close and yet so
far. The smartphone today is not dissimilar to opium in the last century. It
kills off our communication skills, and poisons our hearts and souls. You don’t
have to wonder any more why so many young people don’t read, can’t spell or
write decently and are often inarticulate.
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So... What Do You Think?
Devices VS Family
Put down the devices and pay attention to your family
Click here to watch this video
Great brains.
email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai :-
One Sunday morning, a wealthy man
sat in his balcony enjoying the sunshine and his coffee when a little ant
caught his eye which was going from one side to the other side of the balcony
carrying a big leaf several times more than its size. The man watched it for more
than an hour. He saw that the ant faced many impediments during its journey,
paused, took a diversion and then continued towards its destination.
At one point the tiny creature came across a crack in the floor. It paused for a little while, analyzed and then laid the huge leaf over the crack, walked over the leaf, picked up the leaf on the other side then continued its journey.
The man was captivated by the cleverness of the ant, one of God’s tiniest creatures. The incident left the man in awe and forced him to contemplate over the miracle of Creation. It showed the greatness of the Creator. In front of his eyes there was this tiny creature of God, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to analyze, contemplate, reason, explore, discover and overcome. Along with all these capabilities, the man also noticed that this tiny creature shared some human shortcomings.
The man saw about an hour later the creature had reached its destination – a tiny hole in the floor which was entrance to its underground dwelling. And it was at this point that the ant’s shortcoming, that it shared with the man, was revealed. How could the ant carry into the tiny hole the large leaf that it had managed to carefully bring to the destination? It simply couldn't !
So the tiny creature, after all the painstaking and hard work and exercising great skills, overcoming all the difficulties along the way, just left behind the large leaf and went home empty-handed.
The ant had not thought about the end before it began its challenging journey and in the end the large leaf was nothing more than a burden to it. The creature had no option, but to leave it behind to reach its destination. The man learned a great lesson that day.
Isn’t that the truth about our lives?
We worry about our family, we worry about our job, we worry about how to earn more money, we worry about where we should live – 5 bedroom or 6 bedroom house, what kind of vehicle to buy – a Mercedes or BMW or a Porsche, what kind of dresses to wear, all sorts of things, only to abandon all these things when we reach our destination – The Grave. We don’t realize in our life’s journey that these are just burdens that we are carrying with utmost care and fear of losing them, only to find that at the end they are useless and we can’t take them with us.
At one point the tiny creature came across a crack in the floor. It paused for a little while, analyzed and then laid the huge leaf over the crack, walked over the leaf, picked up the leaf on the other side then continued its journey.
The man was captivated by the cleverness of the ant, one of God’s tiniest creatures. The incident left the man in awe and forced him to contemplate over the miracle of Creation. It showed the greatness of the Creator. In front of his eyes there was this tiny creature of God, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to analyze, contemplate, reason, explore, discover and overcome. Along with all these capabilities, the man also noticed that this tiny creature shared some human shortcomings.
The man saw about an hour later the creature had reached its destination – a tiny hole in the floor which was entrance to its underground dwelling. And it was at this point that the ant’s shortcoming, that it shared with the man, was revealed. How could the ant carry into the tiny hole the large leaf that it had managed to carefully bring to the destination? It simply couldn't !
So the tiny creature, after all the painstaking and hard work and exercising great skills, overcoming all the difficulties along the way, just left behind the large leaf and went home empty-handed.
The ant had not thought about the end before it began its challenging journey and in the end the large leaf was nothing more than a burden to it. The creature had no option, but to leave it behind to reach its destination. The man learned a great lesson that day.
Isn’t that the truth about our lives?
We worry about our family, we worry about our job, we worry about how to earn more money, we worry about where we should live – 5 bedroom or 6 bedroom house, what kind of vehicle to buy – a Mercedes or BMW or a Porsche, what kind of dresses to wear, all sorts of things, only to abandon all these things when we reach our destination – The Grave. We don’t realize in our life’s journey that these are just burdens that we are carrying with utmost care and fear of losing them, only to find that at the end they are useless and we can’t take them with us.
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IT IS NICE TO BE IMPORTANT; BUT IT IS IMPORTANT
TO BE NICE !
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TO ERR IS HUMAN; BUT WHEN THE ERASER WEARS OUT
AHEAD OF THE PENCIL, YOU'RE OVERDOING IT !
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NEVER APPROACH A HORSE FROM BEHIND ! NEVER
APPROACH A GOAT FROM FRONT ! AND AN IDIOT FROM NOWHERE !
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PROGRESS IS LIKE CYCLING ! IF YOU DO NOT PEDAL,
YOU FALL !
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LOVE IS LIKE THE MOON; IF IT DOES NOT INCREASE,
IT DECREASES !
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Do not make a promise when you are in joy; do
not reply when you are sad; do not take a decision when you are
angry. Think twice, Act wise.
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Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same
water twice because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy
every moment of life.
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Don't let someone become a priority in your life, when
you are just an
option in their life..... Relationships work best when they are balanced
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Nothing is impossible in this world. Because
'impossible' itself says: I ' M POSSIBLE !
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Making a million friends is not a miracle; the miracle
is to find a friend who will stand by you when a million are against you !
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WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE OVERPOWERS THE LOVE OF POWER,
THERE WILL BE PEACE !
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FRIENDSHIP is like a BOOK. It takes a few seconds to
burn but it takes years to write !
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Give a THOUSAND chances to your enemy to become your
friend, but don't give a single chance to your friend to become your enemy !
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Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't
walk behind me, I may not lead; Just walk beside me and be my friend !
FR. WILLIE
'Don't be sad I'm gone, be happy I'm not in pain'
: Haunting blog of musician, 21, posted days after he was found dead
It is believed Brett Robertshaw, from Blackpool, timed the post to go online after his death - with the line: 'If this post is live I'm probably not here any more.'
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13 August 2014
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Elephant attack, Galgamuwa, Sri Lanka.
Watch "Elephant attack in Galgamuwa- www.33000.lk" on YouTube
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'My heart will go on' melody.
Karin Leitner plays ‘My heart will go on:-
http://youtu.be/9i2dbxC5GHsTuesday, August 12, 2014
Child prodigies.
Akim Camera the violinist.
North Korean Children.
Violinist 3 year old.
23 month drummer.
Fur Elise by Cheryl.
GAZA
U.S. media coverage of the conflict - a recent CBS Face the Nation
show with host Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer: In the Middle East, the Palestinian people find themselves in the
grip of a terrorist group that is embarked on a strategy to get its own
children killed in order to build sympathy for its cause—a strategy that might
actually be working, at least in some quarters. Last week I found a quote of
many years ago by Golda Meir, one of Israel’s early leaders, which might have
been said yesterday: "We can forgive the Arabs for killing our
children," she said, "but we can never forgive them for forcing us to
kill their children."
Noam Chomsky: Well, we don’t really have to listen to CBS, because we can listen
directly to the Israeli propaganda agencies, which he’s quoting. It’s a
shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the
grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. As for the
comment itself, the Israel comment which he—propaganda comment which he quoted,
I guess maybe the best comment about that was made by the great Israeli
journalist Amira Hass, who just described it as "sadism masked as
compassion." That’s about the right characterization.
Coconut water and its benefits.
Coconut water sales are up 120% in a year
The drink, which tastes like slightly sweet, slightly salty water, is said to be high in minerals such as potassium and magnesium, which are vital for muscle movement and brain operation.
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12 August 2014
PS
This has been literally mothers milk over the eons in Sri Lanka.
1. The colour of a 'Thambili' - young King-coconut - is golden and has been used to compare to a damsels skin as an ideal of beauty.
2. It is used in medicinal preparations.
3. It is part of an offering to the Gods.
4. Manthras are recited over it and the water is said to receive and contain magical properties.
The list would go on and on...
Monday, August 11, 2014
Ah, Harry Belafonte... 85 now, we see him age here.
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I remember this song performed by a Sri Lankan artist at the 1962 "Block Concert" of the 1960 entrants batch to the Medical Faculty, Colombo. The 'Profumo scandal' was the talk of the town those days. In the same concert the Late Dr. Karthigesu performed in an act as 'Dr. Profumo' and the ever funny Geri Jayasekara took on the role of 'Ms. Christine Keeler'. The audience was rolling in laughter. Those were the days.
I remember this song performed by a Sri Lankan artist at the 1962 "Block Concert" of the 1960 entrants batch to the Medical Faculty, Colombo. The 'Profumo scandal' was the talk of the town those days. In the same concert the Late Dr. Karthigesu performed in an act as 'Dr. Profumo' and the ever funny Geri Jayasekara took on the role of 'Ms. Christine Keeler'. The audience was rolling in laughter. Those were the days.
A helping hand from a long dead mother.
'My dead mother came back to help me give birth'
Clover Stoud's mother Charlotte died when Clover was five months pregnant. However, during son Dash's birth, she appeared and helped Clover through the pain
Read the full story:
11 August 2014
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Lessons for seniors.
Email from Gallege de Silva.
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A 97 year
old Doctor has this to say...
At the age of
97 years and 4 months, Shigeaki Hinohara is one of the world's
longest-serving
physicians and educators. Hinohara's magic touch is legendary:
Since
1941 he has been healing patients at St. Luke's International Hospital in
Tokyo and
teaching at St. Luke's College of Nursing. After World War II, he
envisioned a
world-class hospital and college springing from the ruins of
Tokyo
;
thanks to his
pioneering spirit and business savvy, the doctor turned these
institutions
into the nation's top medical facility and nursing school. Today he
serves as
chairman of the board of trustees at both organizations. Always willing
to try new
things, he has published around 150 books since his 75th birthday, including
one
"Living Long, Living Good" that has sold more than 1.2 million
copies. As the founder
of the New
Elderly Movement, Hinohara encourages others to live a long and happy life,
a quest in
which no role model is better than the doctor himself.
Doctor Shigeaki Hinohara
Doctor Shigeaki Hinohara
Energy comes from feeling good, not from eating well or sleeping a lot. We all remember
how as children, when we were having fun, we often
forgot to eat or sleep. I believe that
we can keep that attitude as adults, too. It's best
not to tire the body with too many rules
such as lunchtime and bedtime.
All people who live long regardless of nationality,
race or gender share one thing in common:
None are overweight... For breakfast I drink coffee, a glass of milk
and some orange juice with
a tablespoon of olive oil in it. Olive oil is great
for the arteries and keeps my skin healthy. Lunch
is milk and a few cookies, or nothing when I am too
busy to eat. I never get hungry because I
focus on my work. Dinner is veggies, a bit of fish and
rice, and, twice a week, 100 grams of lean
meat..
Always plan ahead. My schedule book is already full
until 2014, with lectures and my usual hospital
work. In 2016 I'll have some fun, though: I plan to
attend the Tokyo Olympics!
There is no need to ever retire,
but if one must, it should be a lot later than 65. The current
retirement age was set at 65 half a century ago, when
the average life-expectancy in Japan
was 68 years and only 125 Japanese were over 100 years
old. Today, Japanese women live to
be around 86 and men 80, and we have 36,000
centenarians in our country. In 20 years we will
have about 50,000 people over the age of 100.
Share what you know.I give 150 lectures a year, some for 100
elementary-school children, others
for 4,500 business people. I usually speak for 60 to
90 minutes, standing, to stay strong.
When a doctor recommends you take a test or have some
surgery, ask whether the doctor would
suggest that his or her spouse or children go through
such a procedure.Contrary to
popular belief,
doctors can't cure everyone. So why cause unnecessary
pain with surgery I think music and animal
therapy can help more than most doctors imagine.
To stay healthy, always take the
stairs and carry your own stuff. I take two stairs at a time, to get my
muscles moving.
My inspiration is Robert Browning's poem "Abt
Vogler. "My father
used to read it to me. It encourages
us to make big art, not small scribbles. It says to
try to draw a circle so huge that there is no way we
can finish it while we are alive. All we see is an
arch; the rest is beyond our vision but it is there in the
distance.
Pain is mysterious, and having fun
is the best way to forget it. If a child has a toothache, and you start
playing a game together, he or she immediately forgets
the pain. Hospitals must cater to the basic need
of patients: We all want to have fun. At St. Luke's we
have music and animal therapies, and art classes.
Don't be crazy about amassing
material things. Remember: You don't know when your
number is up,
and you can't take it with you to the next place.
Hospitals must be designed and prepared for major disasters, and they must accept every patient who
appears at their doors. We designed St.... Luke's so we
can operate anywhere: in the basement, in the
corridors, in the chapel. Most people thought I
was crazy to prepare for a catastrophe, but on March 20,
1995, I was unfortunately proven right when members of
the Aum Shinrikyu religious cult launched a
terrorist attack in the Tokyo subway. We accepted 740
victims and in two hours figured out that it was
sarin gas that had hit them. Sadly we lost one
person, but we saved 739 lives.
Science alone can't cure or help
people. Science lumps us all together, but
illness is individual. Each
person is unique, and diseases are connected to their
hearts. To know the illness and help people, we
need liberal and visual arts, not just medical ones.
Life is filled with incidents. On March 31, 1970, when I was 59
years old, I boarded the Yodogo, a flight
from Tokyo to Fukuoka. It was a beautiful sunny
morning, and as Mount Fuji came into sight, the plane
was hijacked by the Japanese Communist League-Red Army
Faction. I spent the next four days
handcuffed to my seat in 40-degree heat. As a doctor,
I looked at it all as an experiment and was
amazed at how the body slowed down in a crisis.
Find a role model and aim to achieve even more than
they could ever do. My father went to the United
States in 1900 to study at Duke University in North
Carolina. He was a pioneer and one of my heroes.
Later I found a few more life guides, and when I am
stuck, I ask myself how they would deal with the
problem.
It's wonderful to live long. Until one is 60 years
old, it is easy to work for one's family and to achieve
one's goals. But in our later years, we should strive
to contribute to society at large. Since the age of 65,
I have worked as a volunteer. I still put in 18 hours
seven days a week and love every minute of it.
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