Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The 20-minute DVD which teaches university students household tasks

Pretty Useless: An Idiot’s Guide to Washing Up and Ironing is the brainchild of Ben Gwillim, 55, from Swindon, who has two 17-year-old stepchildren
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24 September 2014

An insider reveals the torment behind Palace doors after Diana's death

Former royal press officer Dickie Arbiter tells of his anguish at Diana’s death, and the Palace’s bewildered reaction to the nation’s grief.
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24 September 2014

Fury over 'horrible' naked woman-shaped golf tees.

Inter Sport in Lewes, Sussex, and online retailer Amazon have been criticised for selling ‘naked lady’ golf tees - over claims they promote violence against women.
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24 September 2014

Nurses' poor handwriting and maths 'is costing lives':

To address the problem, hand-held devices were given to nurses at Queen Alexandria hospital in Portsmouth iand at University Hospitals in Coventry.
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24 September 2014

Obituary notice - Dr.Thilaka Vithana.

email from Sena & Sarojini

2:41 PM (2 hours ago)

Dear batchmates

It is with regret that we would like to share the sad news of the death of one of our batchmates- Dr Thilaka Vithana who died on the 18th Sept at Alderney Hospital in Poole, Dorset, UK after a brief illness.

He entered Colombo University ( 3 months Organic course) in 1959 and after graduation did his interneship at Anuradhapura.

He entered private practice in Amparai for few years and came over to UK and specialised in psychiatry and became an associate specialist in Poole till his retirement from NHS.

He was a very popular and a very sincere friend and colleague. In the last few years he suffered a stroke which made him incapacitated physically.

Many of his batch mates would recognise him as 'Idi Amin' replica !!

He leaves behind his wife Grace and his children Channa and Susan.

May he attain the eternal bliss of NIrvana



Nana

C.S.Nanayakkara



sena nanayakkara

PS.
I remember him as a tall lean person with a very high sense of humour. I would not like to repeat many of the escapades he related to us, putting us into fits of laughter. The condolences of the Batch of 1960 Entrants to the Medical Faculty, Colombo,go to his wife Grace and children Channa and Susan. May he attain the Bliss of Nibbana.

Philip G Veerasingam

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Aussie explorer sets out to rewrite history books.

Explorer Ben Cropp has set off on a six week mission to find a 500-year-old cannon which will prove for the first time Portuguese sailors were the first to land in Australia in the early 1520s. 
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23 September 2014

Dried-up dams, boats at bottom of reservoirs and rapidly shrinking lakes.

Extraordinary images of the devastating drought in the West
One of the worst droughts in history has ravaged parts of the country, including Sacramento, California (pictured), and forecasters are predicting it is likely to carry on until the end of the year.
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23 September 2014