Fruits, Vegetables and Antioxidants

Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation, which produce harmful free radical formation.
Oxidation leads to degradation organic compounds.
Oxidation causes damage to cells.
Oxidation of cause kills harmful pathogens but this process has to done in graded manner without causing harm to the normal cells.

Antioxidants helps the body to protect its own functional cells.

Antioxidants

Vitamin ACE

Selenium is essential for thyroid activity.
Seafood is rich in selenium.

Magnesium


Flavonoids
Phenols
Polyphenols

Glutathione

Phytoestrogens

Lipoid acid

Coenzyme Q10

Antiinflammatory

1. Salmon and Tuna

2. Curcurmin

Antiinflammatory agent.

Phenolic compound that gives tumeric its red yellow colour.

3. Capsaicin
Has both analgesic and antiinflammatory properties.
It relieves joint pain and tenderness in osteoarthritis.

4. Garlic

5. Tomatoes

6. Mushroom

7. Carrots


1. TEA

Green Tea
Protective against some cancers and heart disease.

Relieve anxiety

Improve cognition and memory.

These properties are seen with brown tea.

Tea has phenol and polyphenols which are anti-inflammatory agents.

Tea is the best antioxidant drink.

It has carotene which is coveted to Vitamin A

Thiamine or Vitamin B1
I call it the energy vitamin (vitality)

Pyridoxine or Vitamin B6
I call it the brain vitamin.

Pantothenic acid or Vitamin B5
I call it the neurotransmitter vitamin.
Also help in biosynthesis of steroids.
It helps in red cell synthesis.

Iron, Vitamin B12 and Folic acid (B9) helps in red cell synthesis.

ACE indirectly (in addition to prevention of oxidation) helps in synthesis of red cells. For example Vitamin C helps in absorption of Iron.

Tea also

Boosts immunity.

Antiinflammatory

Ward off cancer

Heart Friendly


2. Ladies Fingers Okra

Vitamins C, K and Folate (B9)

ACE

Antioxidant.

Minerals, magnesium and iron


3. Bottle Gourd

Can make a birdhouse
Can used as a water container.
Even musical instrument in india.

Antioxidant
ACE
Zinc and minerals


4. Snake or Viper Gourd

ACE

Antipyretic

Anthelminthic

Antibiotic


5. Bitter Gourd

Polyphenols are antiinflammatory.


Saponins and terpenoid help to control blood sugar.

May be anticancer.

Bitter gourd is not recommended for pregnant women, fear of bleeding.


6. Spinach

Rich in Vitamin A. C, K1 and B9 (Folate)

It has B6

Rich in Potassium,Calcium, iron and magnesium.
May contain aluminium.
Rich in oxalates.


7. Cabbage
Rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, B (Folate)
It is rich in mineral potassium, calcium and magnesium

8. Pumpkins

Pumpkin though low in carbohydrates has similar nutrients that are rich banana.

ACE
B Vitamins
Flavonoids
Calcium, potassium and magnesium.

9. TOFU

Tofu is rich in iron, zinc, manganese and magnesium.
Copper and calcium
Vitamin A

Contain isoflavones which are phytoestrogens.

It is rich in protein which varies with its consistency.


10. Avocado

Rich in ACE and B Vitamins

Vitamin K and Folic acid (B9)

Rich in magnesium and potassium.

And selenium which helps thyroid hormones.

High in oxalates.

11. Soursop

Antiinflammatory
Antioxidant
Hypoglycaemic
Anticancer agent

Has acetogenins which inhibit NAD in cancer cell surfaces.


12. Bananas

Bananas have twice as many as carbohydrate as in apples.

It releases its nutrients slowly.

Five times as many as Vitamin A and Iron

Three times much as phosphorus

It has zinc, magnesium, iron, potassium and selenium.

Other fruits rich in selenium are avocados and grapefruit.

Fish is rich in selenium.

This is the energy food for a Ceylon Cricketer adequately supplements with fluids or milk.

13. Pawpaw

High in ACE

It is rich in minerals, magnesium, manganese and iron.

Antioxidants prevent oxidation of cholesterol. Oxidized cholesterol is bad for health.
Macrophages have receptors for oxidized Cholesterol that induce inflammatory reaction.

Anticancer properties.
Control both blood sugar and blood pressure.

14. Berries
Except for Vitamin C and some minerals berries are not rich in nutrients.
Zinc + helps in would healing.
High in oxalates.

15. Guava

Rich in vitamins C, B and K.
Rich in polyphenols.
It is a safe fruit to eat in pregnancy.
Zinc + helps in would healing.


16. Mangoes

Mangoes are rich in A,C and Folic acid.
It can be eaten as fruit or as a curry if not ripe.

It has fiber and helps in digestion of food.

It is a fruit that can be recommended to pregnant mother and child both.


17. Collard Greens
Cabbage and broccoli (rich in selenium)


Magnesium

18. Kale
Vitamins C and K
Magnesium and calcium.


19. Tamarind

Vitamin C

Antiinflammatory
It is supposed to control cholesterol.

20. Kiwifruit

Only rich in Vitamin C


21. Mushroom

Vitamin B and D.

Selenium and Copper.

Has anticancer property.


22. Coriander

Its gives a nice flavour and smell to curries.

Its a spice that has antiinflammatory and immune regulatory mechanism (autoimmune reactions)

Vitamin ACE and K.

It has B vitamins including folic acid (B9).

It is a mild diuretic that may help in blood pressure control.
It is antibacterial.
It is good antioxidant.
It is antiinflammatory.
It prevents autoimmune reactions and skin reactions.
Good source of Vitamin K.

It has many minerals including calcium, iron, zinc, manganese and magnesium.

Iron and zinc are vital agents in wound healing and repair.

May help adult onset diabetes


23. Turkey Berry or Thibbotu

Antipyretic

It is antibacterial and antifungal.

It is antiinflammatory.

It useful in asthmatics and has immune protective.

Boosts immunity.


24. Tumeric

Curcumin is the phenolic compound that gives its yellow colour.

It has broad antiinflammatory actions.

Good for arthritis, allergies, respiratory diseases and digestive symptoms.

Probably only coriander rivals its medicinal properties.


25. Chillies

Capsaicin  is the active agent.

Vitamin A and C.

It has analgesic and antiinflammatory properties.

It relieves joint pains and arthritic pains.

Inhibit acute inflammatory cells around joint cavities.

Moor's Law is Redundant

Yes the Moor's Law has become Redundant.

This is what the FAB printing has done to speed of production and costs.

Only limiting factor is the amount of sand or silica left on this planet surface.

They are now mining the sea and small countries like Ceylon and and Maldives will sink with the rise in sea water level.

Our politicians in Ceylon are selling not only land but sea with it resources including titanium.
 

Coming to Computer world, there is a glut of Graphic Cards in the marketplace.

NVGA, Nvidia, RDNA and AMD have mass produced graphic cards and there are not enough CPUs to match their capacity.

The competition among the companies have kill them all and it is the time for individual customers to bargain and buy them now.

Stockpiling them for profit won't work at a time West's capitalist mechanism is under severe strain due to war mongering in Ukraine.

So the doubling of production and shortening of production cycle proposed by Moor's Law is no longer valid.

End result is glut of new gadgets on the market but with financial meltdown due to energy crisis in Europe and America there are no consumers  to purchase them.

In this scenario China's ascendancy is self assured but do not bank on DeepIn Linux distribution.

It is buggy.

The greed will kill a few computer companies but I have no idea what will happen to cellphone industry.

The Moor's Law has to be replaced by my Uncertainty Principle which is in fact based on Buddha's teaching.

Uncertainty will galore with food prices going up the roof with law production yields.

I have to sneak in a little saying which was long due but long lost it's shelf value.

With Gotabaya Rajapaksa gone with the wind and his attempt to grow corn on Veddha's land in the south encroaching Uruwe Attalage land was a preemptive strike to support America's corn oil need but forgetting our own food needs with organic fertilizers.

I support the Uruwe Attalage's stand and protecting our honey bees and native plants and animals.

Fauna and Flora is my forte.

Granny Award

Granny Award
 

This is an old piece rendered to suit current political climate in Ceylon

I intend to award a ‘Granny Award” in my mother’s name who is in her early nineties (please note she is no more, I thank God for early departure) to any person who comes up with an English Drama based on the stages mentioned below.

The contents are “Open Source” authorized generally under Linux GPL Convention.
 

1. Originator, unknown Ceylonese author in his late nineties (I claim he is not my father).
 

2. Rendering by a bookshop assistant who wishes to be anonymous.
 

3. This edition is by me (mini-me version) and Baba (one of my dear friends who is no more with us) version, Samba, Bimba, Zimba, Sinha Bar (Lion Bar), Ali Baba (Kandy Elephants) and Hora Baba versions or any Ceylonese Unborn Baba version can participate in future development of this animal story (copyleft).

The Big Daddy version is only for private consumption of my friends, especially after a suitable spirit beverage from abroad not with Ceylonese Dust Tea (not Tiger Wood’s illegal TEE).

Currently the “Pothe Gura” is me the current author.

Evam Mesutham Ekam Samyam!

So said and so heard.
 

1. I was privy to a Relay Carnival (passing the buck, really fast, like the hedging deal) in the Animal Kingdom (they are more humane and eats only when hungry).
 

I was the only Ceylonese selected by an island wide Lottery conducted by Hela Karumaya or Urumaya Surekuma Undertakers (HUKU-SUMU for short).
 

2. I was on holiday in a Forest Reservation (Jungle Habitat) or what is left of it.
 

3. I observe an elderly (prostate enlarged) Peter Rabbit grazing.
 

4. Jack the Jackal (with financial interests in Ceylon and USA) greedily waiting for an innocent prey.
 

5. Scene of Jackal chasing the Rabbit (both hip joints replaced by bionic prothesis delivered by a Television Giant of Ceylon).
 

6. Blind Forest Hermit (Herman Hermit) descends from heaven and land on a busy Tri-Way  Junction (Thun Man Handiya)
 

7. Rabbit approaching the hermit in break neck speed without a crash helmet.
 

8. Rabbit jumps over the hermit visibly shaken up and annoyed.
 

9. Lands a squirt of Holy Water (urine for short) right on the nose and mouth.
 

10. Hermit really thinks that the water is  really “Holy” has come from heaven and ascends to a Lower Jhana.
 

11. Jackal approaches the hermit at the junction with bionic speed and put on breaks and crashes.
 

12. Jackal licks the nose and face of the hermit.
 

13. Hermit attains a Higher Jhana.
 

14. The angry Jackal then takes a little bite of the forehand of the hermit.
 

15. Hermit is rudely awakened from his Transient Ishaemic Attack (T.I.A).
 

16. Jackal reprimands the hermit.
 

“Why don’t you stay few feet above the ground”.
 

17. Well, I was thinking about my Bank Balance of Merit (Pin with a PIN number) in Seylan Bank and settle where I ought to be was his answer.
 

18.“Well then, did you see a rabbit running this way?”
 

19. Yes, Yes, I heard an animal running past but I cannot say what species he is but I can very well tell you he is a male.
 

20. You say you are a hermit and blind.

How can you see the sex of the animal running fast in your meditative mode.
 

How come?
 

21.  didn’t the master tell you, it is inappropriate and illegal to think about SEX in meditative trance.
 

22. We animals think of sex, only when we are in full flow and not otherwise jackal proclaimed.
 

23. Can you tell how the blind hermit instantly guessed the sex of of the fast moving passerby?

The rabbit whispered a phrase to the hermit while passing which is what a guy chased by the policeman in Ceylon says in retreat!

Help;
Nothing to do with urine or prostate gland and due to some other reason.
 

Postscript:

Purva-Bhava Connection
 

1. The hermit was a traffic warden, an active member of Hela Urumaya who went to heaven for a short stay and regressed back to earth for more merits.
 

2. The rabbit was a monk who went in search of emancipation to Ceylon parliament and deposited his hard earned “Pin Keta” money in a private bank.
 

3. The jackal was a Private Banker in Ceylon, better than an American swindler.
 

4. I was the CNN Reporter Assistant (only doing editing) of I-Reports.
 

Corollary
Only a male jackal with large prostate can squirt a healthy vigorous stream while running an a human cannot.

The rabbit in this story did it due to fear.
 

Creators of Philosophy, an Outline

Creators of  Philosophy, an Outline

This is only an outline.
History is guessing, the rest is prejudice.
History is written by winners and never by the defeated. There is bias and me referring to philosophy is an escape route.
I am new to philosophy.
Questions
1. Why I am here?
Are you curious about philosophy?
2. Where I have come from?
3. Where am I going?
Failure of Philosophy is addressed, here
1.Nietzsche
God is a fiction created by humans.
When "god dies" then there is no reason to believe that god exits.
He was one of the first philosophers in modern history to challenge the Church and its Dogma.
Instinct
Survival instinct
We instinctively avoid danger.
Food is essential for our survival.
Instinct is like climate and has a set pattern.
Sex
Men have sexual instinct and drive.
Company
Women have social instinct.
Seeks a partner.
2. Emotions
Give an assessment and understanding to the current environment of ours.
Emotions are like weather and unstable.
Emotions motivate us to change and look for other available options.
3. Reason and logic
Foundation for science.
Reason and logic lead Civilizations to flourish.
We delay gratifications.
We take Calculated risk in day to day life.
Most of it is Learned through direct experience.
Ability to suppress emotions and sexual urge using reasonable control.
This is the age of rationality.
Where does philosophy fits in?
Philosophy in Greek means love of Wisdom.
First human science was philosophy.
Turkey and Ottoman Empire succeeded not by philosophy but by power, domination, violence and war.
Acute awareness of our consciousness.
Humans learned to ask the difficult questions.
Awareness of death was the critical point.
We instinctively anticipate future.
The death was the ultimate outcome.
Fear of death shaped human thinking.
Ethic of Gilgamesh!
He was looking for immortality.
He failed.
Every religion extended it to Afterlife or Rebirth.
My philosophical View on Death
I love the concept of birth, growth, development, decay and death.
If not for that this planet would be inundated with both plants and animals,
There is no competition or survival of the fittest.
No evolution or biodiversity.
No humming bird with particular beak to feed on a particular beautiful flower.
Just imaging only one sex and human robots all over this planet.
One language, one race (with very pale skin) and one type of currency.
It is what these neocolonial scum is dreaming of.
I hate that philosophy.
Besides, there are no native medicines and native doctors.
Only one type of doctors and one vaccine.
I thing pandemics are the norm and natural population control is the name of the game.
Artificial virus creation and gain in function study of CDC should not be the way, so that pharmaceutical companies could dominate the human sphere of influence.
Why are we here?
No need to bother we are already here.
What is reality?
Uncertainty is our reality.
Dhamma or Buddhism
Two fundamental themes in Dhamma are Kamma and Rebirth.
If one does not believe in either one of them, one cannot be considered as a Buddhist.
Dhamma is a belief system and not a philosophy.
It is a simple way of life with gradual ascendance to higher levels of humanity.
1. Sovan
2. Sakurudhagami
3. Anagami
4. Arhat
Dhamma is based on One Principle.
I called it the Uncertainty Principle.
The rest are all derivative of "Flux of Nature".
Dhamma asks a particular question and then gives a plausible answer.
That answer is in fact, related to living condition of the man and all beings.
By the way, anything that changes cannot be a understood as substantial.
A substantial SOUL cannot exist.
This is the fundamental difference with Hinduism.
By the way, I do not understand the spectrum of Hinduism and Creation.
Dhamma does not delve into Creation or creativity of Gods.
Endless physical phenomena are no concern for true Buddhists.
But the mental phenomena are discussed as Five Components.
Mind
1. Rupa                     Form
2. Vedena                 Sensation
3. Sanna                   Cognition or Thoughts
4. Sankara                Desires or Mental Formations
5. Vinnana                 Awareness or Consciousness
I think, therefore I am, was coined by French Mathematician Rene Descartes.
This concept does not apply to Dhamma.
1. Annikka or Changing Nature or Uncertainty Principle
2. Dukka or Unsatisfactoriness of anything that eternally changing or changes that occur from moment to moment.
3. Buddhist Annata concept is that there is no self.
A substantial Soul does not exist in a changing pattern of phenomena.
Dhamma delve into the nature of Mind and Mind created Phenomena (illusion, delusion, reality and uncertainty).
Dhamma is not Open Ended as in philosophy but END Seeking endeavour.
Since, I have not reached any goals in Dhamma, I prefer the Kalama Sutta tradition of Open Inquiry.
That leaves me open to philosophy.
Whereas, in philosophy one poses a question not expecting a real answer.
There was only One Buddha but there are many philosophers in human history.
That is the beauty of philosophy.
Philosophy is based on criteria, classification, logic and reason.
This is an attempt to tabulate them from the time of Aristotle (who was killed for his views) to De Bono.
I believe the Church and Religion existed to stop Open Inquiry.
That is the trade off for humanity, if one believes in God and his Creation.
Either one believes in god or be open minded in his or her own inquiry into matter of facts.
One dogma dominated in our modern history while others were suppressed.
It does not mean that Aristotle  is the beginning of philosophy but he is a reflection of the contemporary thinking as recorded by Plato.
Of course Socrates laid a firm foundation but emergence science did irreparable damage to philosophy.
Philosophy in fact, is the first order discipline.
Science and Religion are second order disciplines.
Knowledge is having the right answer for a particular question.
Wisdom on the other hand, is the ability to ask the right question at the right time not expecting, an all inclusive final answer.
The Science branched off, thinking that it would discover the ultimate truth.
Psychologist branched off, trying to find answers and DRUGS to alter the Mind Phenomena.
I consider those branching offs, were the tragedy for Philosophy.
Free thinkers were left nothing to ponder except empiricism.
Philosophical thoughts started emerging in Greece, 2500 years ago.
Initially came as Stories or
Methodology 
Analytical  (emerging Scientific Methods) system.
Love of Wisdom is the beginning of philosophy.
Empirical thinking was considered as emerging Science (or many other branches or various disciplines).
Philosophy is about asking the Big Questions.
Epistemology, Metaphysics, Value System and Logics were the 4 bases of Modern Philosophy.
What is the nature of Reality.
Metaphysics.
Knowing about knowing or Knowledge.
In other words Epistemology or meaning of words.
Theory of knowledge ( justified or as an opinion)
Value and theory of ethics (right or wrong) and esthetics (what is beautiful) or arts.
Logic is the fourth and is philosophers's tool.
Logic is about reasoning.
1. Get inside of an idea as charitable as possible.
2. Subjects one's understanding to critical evaluation.
Question the authority of an opinion.
3. Success of this endeavour is "How to Think" critically.
Thinking to Think is De Bono's approach.
Bahar (alien being) by Daryll Ankar
I do not know whether it is a delusional state or a logical state but he is not a philosopher.
He is a nice guy, I think, he does not mean harm
One has to believe the existence of aliens, to believe him.
This guy has the gift of the gab and the English language.
His verbal diarrhoea does not mean he is bringing out an original idea or concept.
He probably has no understanding of physical spectrum of energies and the frequency modulation.
Mind or brain has waves and they can be recorded by Electroencephalogram.
They are not like rado waves that can be regulated by receivers and emitters.
Brain waves can be recorded but cannot be captured unless it is translated and transmitted by the five senses.
That does not exclude telepathy and remote viewing.
His frequency and vibration vocabulary is annoying and misleading to a medical guy like me.
He talks about active channeling with alien beings.
1. Everything is changing (not a new discovery).
2. What you put out is what you get back.
It is cause and effect duality.
3. One and the all and all and the one.
This is the state of confusion.
Trying to put everything to a unitary module.
4. Everything is here and now.
This is the relative presence of the mind.
The mind gives the illusive presence of now.
Without the mind there is no past or present or future.
This is the mind projecting itself within an individual (Darryl Ankar).
Nothing fundamental but gives a sense of Time and Meaning to the Phenomena of Existence.
5. You exist (not a new discovery)
This in nothing but physics theory of relativity applied to mind and its behaviour.
In other words, changing nature applied to natural behaviour of mind.
I do not think one needs mediation instances to achieve this state of lucidity.
Mindful Meditation is a technique to calm the mind.
It should not be practiced without a mature master with understanding of Dhamma principles.
One can go mad, confused and delusional.
Additionally one can develop new physical diseases or activate underlying diseases.
BEWARE.
The Beginning.
1. Why am I here?
You are here because you are curious about philosophy.
2. Where I have come from?
3. Where am I going?
Humans have three tools.
1. Instinct
Survival instinct
Instinctively avoid danger.
Food
Sex
Company
2. Emotions
If instinct is like climate (stable) our emotions are like weather (regulates our daily life).
Our emotions gives us the hint of our social environment (this varies from east to the west).
Crying is accepted in the east but it is seen as a weakness in the west.
Emotions allows us to hold, stop, grow or adopt to our environment.
Our emotions are very powerful and make us to do be positive or be negative in ways we react to changing circumstances.
We were never happy the way things were and we engineered our Own Way in our history.
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
Liberalism
Neoliberalism
Wars
Catastrophy
Evaluation
3. Company of others
Men seek sex while women seek social engagements and company.
Without these we end up lonely.
Unfortunately in the east we go for sooth seers or astrologers who are parasites of Ceylon.
Some of them especially the politicians go to the Indian Kattandiyas and Kovils.
4. Reason and Logic
Informed knowledge
Calculated risk (sovereignty, ideology and integrity)
Whereas, instinct is hard wired rationality is a learned behaviour.
It does not come from nothing but as an appropriate reaction to evolving circumstances.
War is a good example where one side tried to outmanoeuvre the other until win or stalemate ensures.
Rationality is powerful enough to overcome the emotions at a given point of time.
Delay gratification to achieve long term pleasure is another example.
This is the age of rationality.
Humans are creatures of instinct, emotion and reason.
Where does philosophy fits in?
Love of wisdom.
Philosophy is the foundation of rationality and replaced the "Three Wise Men" of the Theology.
Acute self awareness has become a reality.
Then the devastating awareness of death and the fear associated with.
Anticipate death even subconsciously.
Fear of illness, fear of injury, the fear of disability and fear of ageing.
Why death?
From doctors, healthy living experts  to astrologist to sooth seers exploit this universal predicament of mankind.
Everybody is unprepared for this natural eventuality.
Epic of Gilgamesh, the king of death failed to find a solution.
Every religion extended it to Afterlife or Rebirth.
That is the beginning of all religions.
Myths and legends were created and gradually they become demigods and gods.
Two main pillars of philosophy.
1. What is really out there?
2. How we know it.
What is Reality?
Ontology
Ontology a branch of metaphysics which deals with the nature of beings.
Epistemology
Epistemology, the theory of knowledge which is either a justified belief or an opinion.
What is Reality?
The potential areas of inquiry
1. Physical World (Physics)
Galileo
2. Origin of Life (Biology)
Darwin
3. Nature of Mind (Mind)
Freud and Carl Jung
First baby born was physics.
The second baby was biology.
The third baby was psychology.
Philosophers were left almost nothing.
They can now become Real Philosophers.
What is the purpose of philosophy today?
New Philosophy is Intuition
Is the moment of insight!
New philosophy based on intuition.
Instincts are unconscious.
Intuition is between Emotion and Reason.
Provides insight and the ability to connect.
Most discoveries and inventions result from intuition.
Hit and Miss approach.
In other words, don't be rigid and bound to a dogma or don't be fluid and bound to fear and emotion.
Opens up the Free Inquiry domain.
Ontology vs Epistemology
Ontology what is and Epistemology ask how we know it.
In Ontology we say we are not animal therefore humans are sacred.
Thou shal not kill arise from that understanding.
Ontology speaks about Reality.
Epistemology is about how we gather knowledge.
Emanuel Kant has said we can never know what reality as it is.
We only know at a limited level.
Why?
Anything has to be funneled through the structured mind.
We categorize things in a structured way.
We put a structure to everything through our mind.
On the other hand Michele Foucault went bit futher and said knowledge is power. Those who in possession of science and technology has immense power over others.
There is no impartial or power free science.
The knowledge is the tool of the powerful.
In summary ontology is philosophy of existence and epistemology is the knowledge of that existence.
Metaphysics vs Physics
Physics studies the physical world.
The study of matter and universe.
Metaphysics is what is beyond matter world, like ideas, forms, soul, god and spirits.
Physicist may say mind exits in the brain while a metaphycisist  may say mind exist on its own.
Reason vs Logic
Logic is the foundation on which philosophical debate can take place.
Logics gives the basic ground rules, like mathematics and relativity.
Lugwig Weinstein wanted precise meaning in communication and use of words.
Bertram Russell use mathematics in philosophy.
Logic is somewhat rigid but impartial.
Logic is outcome independent.
Logic is as in a computer algorithm and in a game of chess.
Reason is somewhat subjective.
Less scientifically vigorous.
Reason is persuasive.
Reason is very much selective.
Reason is more linguistic.
Rationalization is a negative form of persuasion.
Rationalism vs Empiricism
Rationalism is based on our prior ability to reason.
Rationalism is that we understand the world with our ability to use inbuilt reason.
In other words we have prior understanding of our nature.
Rene Descarte I think and therefore I am
Wilhelm Leibniz was a rationalist and idealist.
He excelled in mathematics and  pioneered binary system which we use in computers today. 
Empiricism on the other hand that we know the world through experience.
Empiricism is more British whereas rationalism is more European.
Leans to pragmatism.
John Lock and David Hume are two examples.
Fathers of liberalism and founders of enlightenment.
Emanuel Kant was a rationalist and idealist. He combined rationalism and empiricism.
That gave rise to phenomenology.
His base was the human freedom to act with moral constraints.
Political philosophy vs Ethics
Ethics is a moral system as justice in legal system.
Political philosophy is how  society decides what is right and wrong.
Ethics may change.
Political study is how ethics changes with human social evolution.
Also depends on culture.
Egalitarianism vs Elitism
Idea of equality and quality.
Egalitarian philosophy has its roots in religion such as in Christianity.
All humans have equal dignity and rights.
Kalm Marx is the most famous egalitarian philosopher.
Quality for all.
Elitism on the other hand believed in running the society based on meritocracy.
Frederick Nietzsche is one who believed in meritocracy. 
Privilege for the elite.
Believes in merit.
Humanism vs Utilitarianism
Istead of divine god in charge of the planet humans took control of the planet.
Humanism was born during enlightenment.
Ownership of this planet and ideas.
Utilitarianism (branch of humanism) is the concept that benefit greatest number of people.
In the time of kings majority worked for the benefit of the minority.
Jeremy Bentham and Stuart Mills.
Democracy based on majority.
Socialism based on class
Feminism based on gender.
Nationalism based on nationality.
Postmodernism vs Existentialism
Existentialism started with Nietzsche who stated that everything starts with our existence.
No god or divine essence.
Jean Paul Sartre
We are condemned to be Free.
Postmodernism which was popularized in France was interested in community and cultural groups.
Concentrate on idea of truth and social values.
Unify on the basis of individualism, freedom and materialism.
All these are European values.
All cultures are valid as European cultures.
Control through power laws, prisons, surveillance, mass education and money.
All Tools powerful to control the masses.
Western Philosophy
Concentrate on physical side and materialism.
Built rockets to conquer space.
Manufacture wars.
Pragmatic
Change the world to make it better.
Fight for justice, peace and equality.
It is about change.
Individualism, rationality and material wellbeing.
Eastern Philosophy
Concentrate on the individual.
Do meditation to conquer self.
Peaceful mind.
Spiritualism, happiness and community
Change oneself.
Accept their fate retreat to a forest.
Accepting fate.
All about mental culture.
Community spirits through individual development.
Greece and Romans
Trade
Communication
Ideas and Knowledge
Merchants were important.
Open minded to new ideas and science.
Constantly changing material available for trade.
Affected by winter.
Accumulate food for winter.
Wars always disrupted trade.
War fuels the economy.
Future became more important.
Materialism and fight for common cause.
Western philosophy is rigid.
Ate four times more protein in bread.
Developed olympic games to train soldiers.
Invade other countries.
They built big cities.
The philosophers gather in cities and debate issues.
Developed schools and universities.
Individual and self and ego.
Develop profits.
Questioning the teacher is the norm.
Good and bad are separate entities.
Progressive philosophy of science.
Idealism
Perfection
Purpose
India and China
Centered around rivers and mountains.
Agriculture could support a huge population.
Farmers were important.
Stable remained with the land.
Harder to change.
Fatalistic.
Climate also play a role.
It is warmer.
Here and now.
Great famines.
Humans were not outside of other living beings.
Vegetarianism.
Monasteries are far away from cities in the mountains.
Fluid and flexible.
Martial arts are there to discipline the body.
Avoid conflicts and non violence.
Part of nature and soul (Hinduism) merges with the universe.
Yoga and meditation of let go and ego.
Rarely questioning the teacher and treated with respect and reverence.
Good and bad are two sides of the same coin.
Purity of mind and soul.
Machiavelli
End justify the means in Prince.
Thales of Meritus
Everything is made of water.
He also made reason to predict weather.
People at that time believed that the weather was at the hands of god.
Pythagoras
Base his ideas on mathematical logic.
Parmenides
500 BC and pre- socrates.
Reality is one.
Existence is timeless and permanent.
No change possible.
Human experience gives false perception.
1. Socrates
Founder of philosophy.
Street philosopher.
Like a modern day whistleblower.
Truth most important rule of philosophy.
One evil ignorance.
One good knowledge.
Nietzsche questioned it and proposed multiple truths.
In 328 BC democrats in Greece condemned Socrates to death.
He is the father of philosophy.
Origin of modern civilization.
His death sparked an awakening that is alive to this day.
He was killed on the grounds of spreading bad ideas.
He contested the religious dogma.
The concept that god is might.
He lost his life but rationality triumphed.
This all happened city of Athens.
He is the greatest philosopher of modern human history.
Spirituality in the east and rationalism in the west.
Did not believe in face value.
He questioned everything.
Dialectical method to get to the bottom.
Modern scientific methods.
Virtue
Moderation
Justice
Courage
Goodness
Piety
What?
Where?
How?
Why?
When?
Who?
2. Plato
Torch was passed down to Plato,
Plato's ideas were closer to god and perfection within.
After the execution of Socrates he became an idealist.
Allegory of the cave.
What we see outside is a shadow of our mind.
We have an innate knowledge of the world.
Mere representation of what is inside.
We do not learn from experience.
Strong opinion on politics.
Rule as a Republic and not by a mob.
Philosophers are better suited to rule society.
Created the academy to create best minds.
Universities today are modelled by Plato's academy.
Aristotle graduated from his academy.
Perfect vision of the truth from within.
Horror movies make us to experience fear within.
3. Aristotle
Plato was an idealist but his student Aristotle was pragmatic thinker.
Truth is outside of us in the real world.
He started dissecting frogs and toads.
Real scientific inquiry.
Evidenced based and by Research.
Everything in the world can be categorised.
Knowledge based inquiry.
Humans are rationalistic.
Purpose before essence.
Utility value.
Looking for solution to problems facing mankind.
What is the purpose of civilization.
To reach perfection.
Without an end goal it is hard to motivate people.
Created a Lyceum.
A type of secondary school.
One of his students was the Alexandra the Great.
Teleology
The doctrine if design and purpose in the material world.
Epicurus
Fear of death is fundamental to human existence and to his adaptation.
He created a hippy style garden to enjoy simple happy life.
Peace and tranquility were his goals.
Entire foundation of philosophy was based on death.
Fear of death is irrational.
We do not know death.
Nobody had returned from death.
Make the most of this life.
He remained outside of western philosophy.
Too much rationalism leaves human passion and emotions aside.
Nietzsche critic.
4. Diogenes
Before delving into philosophy my approach to social life outside of family life was a touch of satire.
It hit a feverish peek having analyzed our politicians of 70 years after independence.
It is almost cynical having seen how current president come into power.
In that scenario, I love the attitude of Diogenes.
I call myself a global citizen and I do not like how human beings are treated at the border or at airports. I have crossed the sea only once by boat to Ireland and that experience was not bad.
But I prefer to be on the land than at sea.
Diogenes coined the word cosmopolitan which I really like.
He was exiled from Spinova or tip of the Greek Horn to Athenes and he was traded as slave by pirates.
He lived a simple life and it is very easy to understand how he became spiteful and  distrustful of his fellow beings in Athens.
His disregard for law and ethics was manifested by sleeping on a drum in public space and eating in public.
He did not want to be a beggar on the street but a living philosopher among his fellow beings unlike his contemporaries like Socrates who lived a comfortable and respectable life.
He was a critic of Socrates.
Some call him an extreme version of Socrates but his disdain of Plato was evident.
Diogenes sought out student of Socrates, Antisthenes as a tutor.
Antisthenes was a student of Socrates but he preferred asceticism and later founded the School of Cynics.
What I really like about Diogenes was his comparison of humans to dogs.
He probably was treated like a dog but he turned table on humans by showing the innate qualities of dogs.
I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse and I set my teeth in rascals.
The dog is the guard who carry the masters philosophy with dignity.
Later development of Stoicism with law and order to administer stoic principles is the later manifestation of cynicism.
In a way culture added as the cream of the ice cream.
Read Nietzsche below.
He became notorious for his philosophical stunts and carried a lamp in day time looking for a wise man (honest man).
It is very appropriate citizens in Ceylon carry a lamp looking fir a honest politician or an honest journalist reporting on facts instead of gossips.
5.Frederick Nietzsche
He is a "child" of Darwin and brother of Bismark.He ridiculed the English evolutionist and German nationalist.
1. Strength is the ultimate virtue ( survival of the fittest)
Weakness is the only faulty.
2. Good is that will win.
Bad is that gives way and fail.
Not humility but Pride.
Not altruism but resolute intelligence.
Need geniuses not masses.
Not justice but power is the arbitrator.
His father was a minister.
He attacked Christianity.
After a period of avid indulgence of wine, women and tobacco that life style disgusted him.
Life mirrored him from Arthur Schopenhauer (manifestation of blind and irrational will).
Arthur Schopenhauer
Atheistical metaphysics and ethics.
First western philosopher to assimilate Asian philosophy of asceticism, denial of self and phenomenology.
Instead of becoming a warrier he became a philologist.
Without music life is a mistake.
Will to power and overpower.
Not as a soldier but as a nurse t due to his poor eyesight.
Philology (study of languages) to philosophy.
Nietzsche's philosophy contemplates of nature of values.
On the belief that no absolute values exist.
He argued rational thinking is stale and is too rigid.
Believed in meriticracy.
2. Henri-Loise Bergson
Intuition and immediate experience is better than the abstract rationalism.
Intuition fast, instantaneous and brings us to nature while reason is slow and rigid and moving us away from nature.
Vitalism and wants to liberate from chain of reason.
Eastern Philosophy
Eastern philosophy is very rich and complex.
Lao Tze
Chinese Philosopher known for his writing,Tao Te Ching.
The Way.
Indefinable and un-namable
Enlightenment
Eternel and Nature's Way.
Spontaneous, eternal and
Natural non resistance.
Way means purposeful.
There is no purpose for life.
Live harmoniously with nature.
As the river flows.
Good and evil are two sides of the same coin.
Butterfly dream.
River is used as a metaphor for Taoism.
Tend to avoid conflicts and non confrontational.
Not going against but flowing with it.
Buddhism
Found suffering was universal.
Suffer because of our desire and greed.
Do not chase things but be happy of the moment.
Self or Ego is not real.
Kill this ego or desire.
Achieve this by meditation and mental discipline.
Confucius
How we can live politically and socially together.
Less individualistic but a collective endeavour.
How animal kingdom organizes itself.
Wars and violence.
There is confusion.
Pyramid social system.
Everyone has a place in this hierarchy.
Removing confusion was his goal.
Everybody knows his place and others place.
No confusion but order.
Like a game of chess.
Everything starts in the family.
Powerful argument against this system is the development of tyranny.
Responsibility
Duty
Most corporate structures follow rigid hierarchy.
There is room for meritocracy.
Mao Zedong
Cultural Revolution caused great pain.
Traditional hierarchy was replaced by political hierarchy.
Country is run like a company.
Many voices are suppressed.
There is traditional male dominance.

Shamanism
Way of interacting with spirit world by way of trance.

Hermeticism
Greek god Hermes and Egyptian god Thorp.

Karl Marx

Philosopher
Economist
Socialist
Historian
Journalist
Revolutionist

German
Born 1818
Died 1883 aged 65 years.
He died stateless.

Communist Manifesto in 1848
There volumes of das capital.

Marxism.

He had a doctorate in philosophy.

Political, economic and intellectual genius.
He was expelled from Germany and Belgium and settled in London.

Working Class      The proletariat

Ruling Class.         The bourgeoisie

Believed in slow evolution of a classless society.
Working class should organise proletariat revolution to escape from capitalist grip on industry.
He call it socio-economic emancipation.
Leninism
Marxist-Leninism
Trotskyism
Maoism

Yes Man's Luck and the Pedigree Dog's Exit

Yes Man's Luck and the Pedigree Dog's Exit 

You might not realize that the pelican's misadventure with our yes man has resulted in some interesting chain of events.

He tuned up immediately at the heaven's doorstep with a certificate not signed and left blank by our pelican.

It was soon checked to see whether it was authentic and was found to be a true copy given by our pelican.

He had to stay till pelican returned from earth from his routine rounds for further verification..

In the meantime the Maha's Assistant let him sort out the mail and the documents for the next round of delivery.

His demeanour was very appealing to him and asked the Yes Man whether he could be an assistant to him for three or four days till pelican returns.

True to his nature he said Yes, Yes.

Eventually pelican returned and when he was asked whether he knew about the Yes Man.

Or Yes he is my Yes Man and when I asked him whether he is ready to die without any hesitation he said Yes and that was why he had to abruptly stop his training in mid air.

Given some training he could fly any plane anywhere with at least three more pilots provided that he does not manipulate the flying gear but coordinate his actions with the air hostesses at the rear at meal times was his reply,

With this recommendation Maha's Assistant was very impressed.

When Maha gave a call from vacation to ask how the things are at heaven, Assistant told him the story of the Yes Man and asked whether he could take some leave and appoint the Yes Man in his absence.

Maha asked why not leave altogether and return to earth and learn some tricks from Paraya dogs so that you can follow suit just like the clever Paraya dog who attained Nibbana with no entry request.

Besides. you have been very helpful to me and this is the longest vacation I have had in all my life and you have found a suitable candidate to take your reins, I have no more questions from you and said Good Bye and Good Luck till we see again from earth may be in about 15 years time.

Our pedigree dog turned Maha's Assistant soon afterward call our Yes Man and asked him whether he is ready to take over.

He promptly said yes.

Just before he left he told him, you are Maha's Assistant and nothing more.

I knew it from the very beginning Sir he said.

How come?

You never took responsibility and let others take responsibility of your actions and that is the type of job I was looking forward and comfortable..

I could never take responsibility on earth and neither in heaven too, he said.

You are too good to be here and this arrangement is mutual and when you do come back here I will say Yes to anything you ask including the job back.

No dear, I now have a better strategy than that but I have to learn the finer points from a Paraya dog.

The last Paraya dog whom I met was so clever before I could ask any help he was gone with the wind.

I have to meet some of his relatives in Ceylon and will be back soon in about 15 years.

Till then Good Bye.

As he went he heard somebody saying Yes Sir!

 

Kick the Bucket Syndrome or Vaccine Abreactions

1. When scientists lie and WHO guys and Girls help in the cover up procedures, mankind has no room left for recovery.

2. 17 millions died due to Vaccination Mishaps.

3. My prediction having perused old data up to 100 years was 20 million deaths in 20 years.

Due to the vaccine induced deaths the correct figures related to the Wild Virus can never be estimated.

If somebody dies after 14 - 21 days of vaccination it should be taken as a vaccine related death.

4. WHO should have declared it as a Pandemic within 48 hours after receiving verified, fact checked, "Evidenced Based" data but it failed.

5. There was a delay of 5 months.
The infection started spreading in China in September, 2019.

I have recorded these data obtained from Internet in my book on "Coronavirus, who Cheated us Locally and Globally".

6. It was an enterovirus that became a respiratory virus by December, 2019.

7. China reported it to WHO on the 31st of December (China waited till the very last day).

8. WHO was on Christmas Holiday and China knew that they can buy another 6 weeks to put the house in order when the WHO fact finding team arrives (they were not virologists) in Wuhan.

A Second WHO team had to go there for sampling.

9. Finally in March 2020, they declared it as a global pandemic without a strict protocol (of adherence).

10. Come to Ceylon

Our Politicians were more interested in holding elections in September, 2020 and violated the WHO protocol.

11. The election campaign helped to spread the disease.
Navy camp was infected.
Police officer who went to report the death of the Navel officer spread the disease to Badulla.

12. It was a highly contagious disease and a team of Indian guys managing a Garment Industry in Negamboo brought us another virulent strain.

13. Military Incarceration
The isolation program was taken over by the military.
Military did not have a clue how to handle (detect, isolate and quarantine) the spread of the disease.

This should have been left to police with PHI and Health Ministry officials administering the quarantine.

Instead, military had an ad hoc plan with incarceration of suspected individuals in Teacher Training Colleague in Kandy without isolation cubicles.

14. Teachers got infected and schools were closed.

15. Match was over and the government doctored the data and lied to the WHO.

16. We do not know how many died in Ceylon.

17. By the way, CIA operated 32 Biolabs in Ukraine to develop a virus to kill Russian President Putin.

Only Russians were targeted.

18. Russian Intelligent service got the wind of this program and within a week of Ukrainian offenses, they managed to get hold of these samples.

19. Bio-Weapon is prohibited and WHO did not do anything to stop Offshore American Bioweapon Industry.

Thanks to CIA and Zelensky this industry is still thriving in China with US AID.

20. 90% of the WHO AID is coming from America and they (WHO) dare NOT talk back on American propaganda and protocols.

That is the bottom line.

21. We started using alcohol as a disinfectant and that had the desired effect.

My advice was to disinfect the gut by drinking alcohol twice a day.

Our Alcohol industry had a welcome revival!

Because 90% of Ceylonese are alcoholics and alcohol saved us from the pandemic.

I stopped taking alcohol since the tax was 150%.

I remained house bound for 2 years.

22. I left the most important point to the last.

Singapore Airline was instrumental in spreading the disease globally.

Singapore Airlines took the virus to Austria and from there to the caucus.
Austrians suppressed the data on behalf of Singapore Airlines.

End result the price of a ticket went up by 5 times.

I had to pay Rs.500,000/= for a ticket valued at Rs.87,000/=.

I will stop travelling.

Even, Singapore flight was Rs.25,000/=.

Why travel with high fare?

There was mighty International Symposium in mainland China and in Hong Kong to promote trade from China.

Aim was to make  "Cheap Chinese" reproductions, including Apple Mac.

Even Apple decided to have its trade roots placed, there.

This was a month long Trade Fair.

Singapore Airline took the virus to far away places as far as Falkland Island.

23. In Ceylon we identified coronavirus in ice cubes used by our seamen.

Frozen food to Falkland would have helped  the virus a free ride.

That completes the story.

Let me come back to Vaccine Saga!

I almost kicked the bucket within 10 days of  Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine.

Thankfully it did not effect my higher centers.

I recorded every symptom I had, including big sore (stress ulcer) in my forearm (not the vaccine site which had additional inflammatory reaction) and recorded them in this blog site for posterity.

It has affected all my upper body skeletal muscles including my hand muscles but my lower limbs muscles are OK.

It affected my typing skills with the keyboard.

I was a good short distance runner that may have given me some extra muscle mass in my legs to weather the storm.

24. Deaths

Three young boys under 35 died in the same weekend after the vaccination.

One of them was one of my classmate's son.

Myopathy or myocarditis this "Spike Protein" enters the muscle and take over the ribosomal mechanism in the Golgi apparatus.

25. CDC Culpability

My question is why CDC guys are not taken into custody.

I have renamed this scenario " Kick the Bucket Syndrome" for public consumption!


Let me talk about pandemics in general.

Pandemics

1. Rare

2. Not often severe

3. AIDS/HIV not recognized for 20 years
1981

During the Second World War, the Germans were using a strain of African Monkey Kidneys for cell culture. Germans research workers were  homosexuals and they contacted the virus from the wild monkeys.

African were partially immune.

They brought AIDS to Germany.

Not very well recognized (affected homosexuals more often than not) for over 20 years.

We still have not found a solution!


4. Influenza

1918
1957
1968
2009
2020-2023

5. Many organizations including WHO forgets the last pandemic.

It is rare for a guy to stand in office for two major pandemics.

They have either moved out or retired from the organization.

Only exception is Anthony Fausi of CDC.

He was there for over 25 years.

6. Delay in Recognizing and Reporting.

7. Artificially constructed virus by genomic manipulation of gain in function coding by furin segments inserted before the putative proprotein.

Furin proteolytically activate proprotein segments.

It is a membrane bound endoprotease localed in the Golgi apparatus.

This is my bone of contention.

It is an artificial virus!


Communication Theory

1. Source
Expert vs non expert

2. Who is the sender
Domestic vs International
Expert
Politician
Health Care person
Lay person
Channel is official
Traditional or non traditional
Social Media

3. Who is the receiver
Destination vs Receiver

4. Message itself

The purpose of the message

Information

Instruction

Integrity


5. Feedback

How
Who
Where

Responds depends on the integrity of the available information.


Patten in 2020-2023 Pandemic

1. Rapid Spread
2. High mortality
3. High hospitalization
4. High Clinical Severity
5. No treatment
6. High communicability

Communicability

1. Closed spaces
2. Crowded places
3. Close contact

Vaccine have no Proven Effect but can kill innocent people.

1. mRNA
2. Adenoviral vector
3. Adjuvant protein
4. Inactivated whole virus



Theory of Analogy

Goes back to Aristotle.

1. More the similarity (between two domains) the stronger is  the analogy.

2. More the differences weaker is the analogy

3. Greater is our ignorance of the two domains the weaker is the analogy.

4. Weaker is the conclusion then more plausible is the analogy.

5. Analogies of causal relationships are more plausible than analogies of non causal relationships.

6. Structural analogies are stronger than superficial similarities.

7. The relevance of similarities and differences to the conclusion (hypothetical analogy) must be taken into account.

8. Multiple arguments supporting the same conclusion makes the argument stronger

Last point makes me to conclude that WHO failed and is the White Elephant in the room.

We must put the elephant into cold storage with the virus.


Please Note

17 millions died due to vaccine, alone!

Emergency authorization sparked a wave of non professional companies entering the  vaccine programme and packaging BAD vaccines.

I have a theory, that the Russian Vaccine caused more deaths.

It was felt that dying in battle decimating American proxy Ukrainians was better than dying due to coronavirus.

The rag tag battalions were streamlined and were sent to the frontline.

50,000 Ukrainians deaths to 5000 Russian deaths.

Proxy war helped Russia more than Ukrainians.

If fact, deaths in Ukraine war mitigated the vaccine deaths (lumped into war dead).

This is true of UK vaccines too.

More elderly (over 55) in UK died due to the vaccine.

Astra-Zenika vaccine dished out to African countries was (a false flag operation) a sham operation.

The change of UK Premiership is a case in point who did not follow the protocol but hooch parties in Downing Street!

Hooch was protective (see above) to rich politicians.

The bottom line is less (less than 1% death in Wild Viruses) people die of the natural virus.

The greed of the companies nullified the credibility of vaccination protocols globally and very importantly in America.

It has become a political issue and not a medical issue.

Action should have been;

Evidence based, Data Driven
Decisive
Educational
Informative
Coordinated

Solidarity with the public concern.

The general public has to be taken into account not Airlines and World Economic Forums.

American hegemony is now giving way to BRICS!

These points had a nose dive during the pandemic.

Narcissism is common

Narcissism is common

Features of narcissism are manifold.

It is very difficult to detect since many who have this syndrome do not subject themselves to proper examination.

I am not a psychologist but I heard this syndrome from a young guy whose father used to be the chief technician in the pathology laboratory.

I never had any contact with this technician except when he asked me for a research project, 

I duly obliged with a simple project.

I did some corrections in his work but I did not listen to his presentation when it was delivered

He needed this for his promotion.

Looking back, he is a typical narcissist but he cleverly hid his traits.

By the way, I did not know about his son but  one day he introduced him to me on the street and mentioned that he needs to do a research project.

I told them that I do not discuss projects on the street but one need to make a proper appointment.

On a subsequent day, with a nice pot of Mesna Tea  I had a brief discussion and told him we would do a combine project and he need not worry.

Project was on Linux!

About narcissists some of the features are;

1. Sense of self importance.

2. Preoccupation with power not leadership.

3. Preoccupation of beauty (both sexes are involved and females are the worst) and external appearance. 

This guy dyes his facial hair well past 80.

I worked with one of them (female) in UK and it lasted only 6 months.

I used to do funny things to unsettle her.

One day this huge lady on high heels fell flat on the ground in the ward.

I was behind her and I had hearty laugh!

I have worked with several other nice female consultants before her and I judged her as a neurotic, then  but on reflection now, she fits the category of a typical narcissist.

4. Lack empathy.

5. Arrogant.

6. Impulsive

Unfortunately many of them end up as BAD Managers.

7. Exploitative for their own gain.

8. Try to be around with people who are supposed to be important or special.

9. Want to be celebrated of importance (in a sing song, dance, presentation or a pep talk)

10. Want to be admired for no reason or merits.

There are many other subtle features.

Moment one notices them try to avoid them since they slit you behind your back!

They are basically self centered!

Torrent Download of Linux Distributions and Astra Linux

Torrent Download of Linux Distributions

Linux tracker has torrents for almost all the Linux distributions except Russian Distribution Astra Linux (Oriel and Roma).

Russian distribution's torrent file can be obtained by direct link.

Astra Linux is a pretty good Linux distribution which I use in my laptop.

Linux is Global and I do not like political insinuation!

However, I do not like Chinese distribution DeepIn.

Torrents for New versions are available for

Debian 5 Version

Emmabantus Debian 5 Version

Mageia

Open Mandriva

4M Linux

Tails

Gparted

Puppy Linux derivatives, Vanilla, Fossa Linux and BionicPup.

However, Partition Magic has gone commercial its FREE 2014 Version is still available for download.

I use Gparted for partitioning.

 By the way, I use Emmabantus Version 5 for my work.

It has almost everything I need except Linux MultiSystem utility.

 

Civilization Without Military, Kings, Priests or Religion

History is all cock and bull story.

Each new civilization erases the previous civilization often by burning their bony remains.

I tend to believe Ceylon had 3 civilizations.

I won't elaborate all three types for fear of recrimination.

I believe that  the civilization I describe below had even come to Ceylon.
Our archaeologists deliberately have destroyed their artefacts.

Instead, I will describe the Harappan and Mohenjo Jaro civilization.

It was in existence in parallel with Sumerians in the west and they traded with Sumerians.

They evolved 3500 years BC and were the bronze age people.

They had left seals or baked tablets and bonze artefacts.

Their alphabet or language is somewhat similar to Sumerians.

Their real name is unknown but the name given by the modern historians in relation to the current village names.

Therefore, I name them as Indus Valley Civilization.

Hindus refer to them as Sarasvathi Civilization.

They were the first to make baked bricks.

If they did not baked the bricks this civilization could have come to existence, peaked and disappeared leaving no trace for us to talk about.

Features of this civilization are.

1. No army or military.
Practised loving kindness.

2. No priests or religion of note.
This establishes my view that one need NO religion to bring moral or civil values.

Religion in human history is a modern phenomenon or late development.

No places of worship were recorded.

3. No king or hierarchy to exert control over the civil population.

The principles that probably governed them were;

No killing and no military.
No stealing and no penal code.
No adultery and therefore  harmony.
No lying to its members.

4. They loved the mother nature both animals and plants.

5. Practised good sanitation.

Why the decline?

1. Environmental catastrophy.
Floods
Draughts
Fires

2. Over population.

3. Pandemics including malaria.

4. Pre-aryans destroyed them
Later Arians did the finishing touch.

5. Deforestation due to brick baking.

Leeuwenhoek and Microscope

It is little over 300 years of the invention of the Microscope.
360 years!

I would have never become a medical guy, if not for this instrument.

I once asked, a guy who is a supply agent to the university to get me down a digital microscope.
He did not help me.
I did not have dollars in my hand and the government want grant me any.
So for my luck, I had little money from the Royalties from the sales of my books at Amazon books.
I got one for my research work from that money.
It is a Student Microscope from America and they gave me some discount,too.

Microscope History 

1. Makes invisible visible.

2. Egg and Sperm race.

3. Biological Material vs Physical Material

4. Started with silk worm illustrations.
The work of Malpighian.

5. Micrographia of Robert Hook in 1665.

6. Samuel Pepy

7. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Single lens microscope

8. Discovery of sperm.

9. Ham a medical student with penile discharge not with gonococci but sperms.

10. Published in 1679.

11. How reproduction works
Egg and semen
Aristotle said women are the fertile grounds.

12. Enigma
180 years of argument.
No eggs.

13. Chicken or Egg scenario.
Answer is they are complementary.

14. 1827
von Baeyer
Sees the egg

15. Cell Theory in 1830.

16. Study of maggots

17. Transmission Electronic Microscopy

18. Scanning Electron Microscopy

19. 3000 neurons in maggot head or brain

20. Elizabeth Bik

21. Look through rocks

22. Transmitted light.

23. Petrography

24. Rocks have minerals in ordered arrangement.

25. Crystal structure

26. 1828
William Nikel
Polarized Light.

27. 30 micron thickness of rock in 1851.

28. 1870
Bertram
Petrographic microscope.
Use polarized light to analyze.

29. Chromolithograph

30.