Sunday, January 13, 2013

Some wonderful oldies


Long before 'Rap' we listened and got enchanted by music and the words sung with the melody. Here are a few of them to tickle your auditory senses. I hope you enjoy them. Click on the blue underlined web-links of each song with the internet connected.

Bing Crosby - White Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yg5g_Xl-uU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Boney M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPBvSBRaLfo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Boat on the river - Boney M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oac4W2VUSZM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

By the rivers of Babylon - Boney M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0CnYWCWAeA

Country road take me home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNuIDpmkTFw

Oh Susannah - Old Confederate song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfv9FDnMcaI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

When Irish eyes are smiling - Joni James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-tJwnMRCDA

Whispering hope - Mary Duff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8kW1GpzidM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And Finally - 'Danny Boy' - Celtic Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3hpGpaMbgc

Read the speculations about the origin of this song:-

DAVEW0071
06-10-2000, 05:12 PM
I always assumed the song was a father talking to his son about being the boy being called to war. Don't know about Irish bagpipes being used as a call to arms, but the line "'Tis you must go and, 'tis I must bide" I took to be the father's way of saying, "I've already been to war, I'm too old to fight. You're the one being conscripted now, so don't go out and get yourself killed. There will always be a welcome home for you." And "the summer's gone and all the roses falling" could be a poetic references to the father's advanced years, being in the autumn of his life.
This is all mere speculation on my part, of course.

The song sung by Bing Crosby in the mid 1940s:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2QtBYR7NJs

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Aspartate - Sweet Poison - email from Gallege De Silva


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SWEET POISON

A MUST READ

In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms
and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took
everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.

By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on
24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was
wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick.she just knew she was
dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest
daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care
of.

She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida.
(basically in a? wheelchair) for March 22

On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said
they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.

I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if
she drank diet soda. She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was
getting ready to crack one open that moment.

I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda!

I e-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.
My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me
she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!? The muscle spasms
went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt a lot better. She
told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when
she got home.

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of
his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind.

In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and
literally dying a slow and miserable death.

         
When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery.
And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article saved her life.

If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on
'ASPARTAME,' marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.'

In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the
United States

in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was
difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant.

I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.

I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this
sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to
formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis.
Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol
toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.
Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not
a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is!

Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially
with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that
the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus
to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition.

We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off
diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms
disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss
improved markedly.

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

During a lecture, I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal,
Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain,
unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or
memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!'

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, 'I have some of these
symptoms. Is it reversible'

Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food
labels! Many products are fortified with it! This is a serious problem.

Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be
symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice, a nurse stated
that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM
(salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave
carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells,
particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is
used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.' Many products we use
every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the 'diet products' and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.

We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with
retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame.

The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer
acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are
NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good
balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the
Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons
of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, seizures, depression,
manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well.

Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed
with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behaviour when these
chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called 'behavior
modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and others) are no longer
needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place! Most of
these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very
foods that were 'better for them than sugar.'

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke
and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting
in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known
Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if
taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy.

Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be
given artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to relate
of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances
talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of
this deadly poison.'
Herein lies the problem:

There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included 100 different
products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial
hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been
done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!

There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly
chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a
'piece of the Aspartame pie.' I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator
of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the
American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic
Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times.

These organizations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to
MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to
endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label
warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women,
children and infants.? The bill would also institute independent studies on the
known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding
seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological
changes and behavioral symptoms.

The bill was killed.

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for
this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and
uninformed public. Well, you're Informed now! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO? KNOW!

In full bloom- email sent by Gallege De Silva


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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Bob Hope - email from Piyusha Atapaththu



 BOB HOPE 

For those of you too young to remember Bob Hope, ask your Grandparents
.
And thanks for the memories. WHAT A WONDERFUL E-MAIL.

I HOPE THIS WILL PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART.
Tribute to a man who DID make a difference.

ON TURNING 70
'I still chase women, but only downhill'.
ON TURNING 80
'That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.'
ON TURNING 90
'You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.'
ON TURNING 100
'I don't feel old. In fact, I don't feel
anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.'

ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING
'I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.'
ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR
'Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'. 
ON GOLF
'Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the
green fees.'
ON PRESIDENTS
'I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.'
ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER
'When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, 
Congratulations, you
 have an eight pound ham. 
ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
'I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.'
ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY
'Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.'
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS
'That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom.'
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES

'I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the
stuff the audience threw at me.'

ON GOING TO HEAVEN
'I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.'
Give me a sense of humor; 
Lord, give me the grace to see a joke, 
to get some humor out of life,
 
and to the person receiving this
the grace to pass it on to others.


Comment by Susiri Weerasekara:-
Forwarding Bob Hope jokes.

Few have I admired so much.
Actor famous for the ‘On the Road to…. ‘ series of comedy films in the 1940s-50s with Bing Crosby as the foil for his cracks, he was previously Bob Hope Cowboy of Dell Comics and films in the 1940/50s.
He was then a singing cowboy with guitar slung across but quit that to be full time comedian.
Gene Autry his rival became  the better known singing Cowboy, and when Bob was asked why he quit the singing cowboy role gave  this one liner ‘  He was two guitar lessons ahead of me.”.
Bob’s dead pan one liners jokes were staccato delivered every 30 seconds going on for  45 minutes and possibly only Groucho Marx of earlier vintage is comparable.

Long time later, Robin Wiliams ( 1970s) came on similar on comedy but his intense delivery style was too frenetic to keep up I suppose.
jksw  

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Safety tips for Women, email from Chandra Pitigala nee Ranasinghe

Here are some safety tips for sisters:

1. Always be aware of your surroundings

This applies whether you are traveling alone or in groups. Dont just focus inwardly on your thoughts if you are alone, or your friends if you are together. Keep one eye out for your environment, looking out for suspicious characters, possible danger, etc. Also, dont assume that because your area has been "safe" thus far, that it will continue to be so.

2. Travel in groups

"There is safety in numbers" is not just a cliche. Its true. Make a point of traveling together with other sisters, whether its on public transportation, on campus, in cars, etc.

3. Change the route you normally travel by

If youve taken the same bus, train or highway to get to work or school, change your route. Even if it takes you a little longer, your safety is more important. By changing your route, you can avert possible attacks or harassment from those who know your schedule, method and route of travel well. Please note though that you should avoid short cuts that take you through unfamiliar or unsafe areas.

4. Look confident

Walk with a straight posture and your arms swinging by your sides. Avoid slouching or walking like a victim. This makes you an easy target for attackers.

5. When riding by public transportation choose the right seat

If you are riding by bus or train, do not sit on the window seat as you may be "blocked in" by a potential assailant. Always select the seat next to the aisle so that you can quickly leave if necessary.

If you are taking public transportation alone after peak hours, sit as close to the driver as possible and/or choose the section of the bus/train that is most crowded. Try to get a seat near the exit as well.

6. If you are driving alone

Dont think that if you are in a car, youre safe. Windows should be up and doors locked even when driving to avoid unwanted passengers at intersections. When you are walking to your car, always have your keys ready, so that you can quickly get into your car.

But dont just get in right away. Always check your car before entering, especially the back, for any intruders.

7. Never leave your car door unlocked

Even if it means for one minute to drop something off in the mailbox thats a few feet away. Attackers have been known to lie in wait for such an opportunity.

8. Be careful in parking lots

Always be alert in parking lots, especially when it's dark. Ask someone to escort you to your car. Between cars and inside cars, it's easy for someone to hide and wait until an unalert person comes along.

9. If you are traveling by taxi

Always check the identification of the driver (usually located near the visor) and ensure that it matches the driver. Once inside, don't sit behind the driver as it may be easy for the driver to lock the rear passenger door. Always choose the adjacent seat .

In addition, avoid flagging taxis. Always order taxis so the driver can be traced if something happens.

10. Dont use the walkman

If youre used to listening to your walkman while outside, drop this habit, especially in isolated areas. With your walkman on, you cannot hear the approach of a possible attacker.

11. Note "safe houses" along your route

Mentally note houses at intervals on each route you take that can be used as "safe houses" if you are attacked, such as shops or houses that you know to be occupied by a friend or acquaintance.

12. When you make a call from a phone booth

After dialing the number you wish to call always turn around so that you have your back to the phone and may see who or what is coming your way. You will then be able to tell the person to whom you are speaking that you may be in trouble and you may be able to use the weight of the phone as a weapon. The door of a telephone box could be used to wedge in the limbs of the attacker.

13. Do not open the door of your home without checking

DO NOT open the door to your home without first checking from a window, peephole or by asking and verifying who it is. Instruct children to do the same.

14. Report any suspicious activity around your home

If you see people loitering on the streets near your house, call the police on a non emergency number and report it.

15. Invest in a cell phone

This is an invaluable safety device. Keep it with you at all times and keep emergency numbers on it. Also, keep it next to your bed before you go to bed at night. Cell phones were first popularized by women as a security device, business people came later.

16. Parking tips

Avoid parking in areas that are not well lit. Where possible, park close to a school or work entrance or in a parking garage that has an attendant.

If you see a suspicious person approaching or hanging around near your parked car, turn around and go back to an area where there are other people. Try to get an escort to your car through the campus or job security or local police.

17. Tell others about your whereabouts

Parents, spouses and friends should know where you are going and when you will be back, so that your absence will be noticed. Arrange a call in system with a friend if you live alone, whereby you call when you arrive home.

18. Trust your instincts

If you are walking somewhere and feel strange or scared, dont ignore this feeling. Take extra precautions by walking a little faster to get to a more populated or well-lit area or change the route youve been driving on.

19. If you think you are being followed, change your route and activity.

You can cross the street, change directions, or enter a populated building or store. Do whatever is necessary to avoid being alone with the person who is following you. Inform a police officer or security official about the follower.

20. Attract attention if you are in a dangerous situation.

Get others to pay attention to what's happening to you if you are under attack or being harassed. You can alert others by honking a car horn or loudly describing what is happening.

21. NEVER admit that you are alone

If someone calls your home and asks if you are alone, NEVER admit it. Ask who the caller is. If they refuse to identify themselves, calmly hangup. Keep the radio on in the house so that callers will get the impression that others are in the home too. Instruct children to do the same when they pick up the phone.

22. Obscene phone calls

If you receive an obscene call or a crank call, do not talk to the caller. Hang up if the caller doesnt say anything, or as soon as s/he shouts obscenities. Hang up the phone calmly and do not slam it down. Note down the date and time of the calls. If they are persistent, inform local police.

23. If you are a student

Avoid studying in isolated classrooms in parts of the college campus that are not regularly patrolled by the schools security officers.

24. In large buildings take the elevator, not the stairwell

Stairwells are usually quiet and dark. Most people take the elevator. But if someone creepy gets on, dont hesitate to get off at the same time. Or, if someone is already on the elevator who you feel strange about, do not get on and wait for the next elevator. 

Monday, January 7, 2013

Where do babies come from? email Lawrence Ratnam



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22:29 (8 hours ago)
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It is clean really hilarious  Have a good laugh
 
 
 
Subject: Where Babies Come From?

Its Priceless....Have the sound on high and listen to every word  .... it's simply hilarious!!
             


Sunday, January 6, 2013

SHE'S ALIVE - a bit long but an eye opener! - email from Sunil Liyanage.



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Sunil Liyanage
01:42 (4 hours ago)
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SHE'S ALIVE

TO:

1. ANYBODY WHO CARES.

2. ANYBODY WHO CAN HELP DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

3. ANYBODY WHO HAS CHILDREN OR GRAND CHILDREN AND WANT THEM TO HAVE A FUTURE.

4. ANYBODY WHO CAN TAKE FIVE MINUETS AND FORWARD THIS TO ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES.

5. IF NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, ALL OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR US AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL HAVE DONE SO FOR NOTHING AND MANKIND WILL DISAPPEAR AS IT MASTER MINDS ITS OWN DESTRUCTION.
Subject: SHE’S ALIVE!


WATCH THE VIDEO, EVERYBODY HAS A STAKE IN THIS.