Monday, January 27, 2020

Thesaurus and Doctors

Three words that lack in our Sinhala vocabulary are
1. Please
2. Sorry
3. Thank you
I think if one learns these three words and practice one can start thinking of Metta Meditation.
Even Buddhist Monks in this country survive on a good dose of Hate, both open and subtle!

Monks are hegemonic and want to be revered for these antics!

Thesaurus and Doctors
This is a reproduction which I penned down, soon after medical hooligans (this is in one occasion I was ashamed of my M.B.B.S (Ceylon) certificate) when they came in numbers and assaulted the Dental Students in the middle of the night, gate crashing a function held in the Dental Faculty.
None of the culprits were given proper sentences and some are now practicing physicians.
By strange coincidence I was invited to a wedding where a Medical graduate was married to a Dental graduate. I did not see any Medicos invited except perhaps few seniors in academic sphere.
I must thank my mother in law who passed away 3 days prior to this function and on her account I excused myself from any celebratory functions till three months Dhana was over.
Suffice is to say that I have not attended any student function from that day to now and  I will keep that vow till retire.

I am getting some devilish ideas and some quotes from Peter Mark Roget M.D., F.R.S would be appropriate before giving the reasons for my devilish inclinations.
First of all Mark's (I am entitled to address him by his second name simply because I am in my geriatric age and he is a medical colleague without any honours from the Royal Family) birthday falls on the 18th of January and he would have been 233 years old.
He recorded his outrage for Napoleon and his petty Officers (His father was a French Pastor),
The Tygers of Africa less to be dreaded, are less ferocious than these.....
Demons are milder.......be treated than they......
My devilish ideas originated from hearing a tuition teacher killing one of his colleagues and seeing that there is a devilish trend to advertise their illegal trade on billboards around the country.
I get a quiet satisfaction when I see the polling masters pasting their posters over the tuition masters and this battle is raged in the night and my dog does not sleep accordingly.
Even though my dog sleeps well in the daytime and I have to come to work and I cannot catch my lost or broken sleep is my problem.
The real reason for my devilish inclination is this frequently interrupted sleep.
I have noticed my dog now sleeps under my bed (not unless he is angry or frightened).
Poor fellow I believe is frightened.
Coming back to Roget why he was not honoured by the Royal Family intrigued me, perhaps he was Swiss and had French Connection.
When I think of the the French and how much they contributed to English Language is a common knowledge, he is now remembered not for his Medical Achievements but for his contribution to English Language as a whole.
I sometime think that English is versatile today because of its foreign connections.
Few quotes are in order but I would not say from where I got them, simply because these local pseudo-English teachers should do some soul searching before teaching English as a second language.
They should do some digging themselves instead of copying what I pen down here for leisure.
Every workman in the exercise of his art should be provided with proper implements.
Actor with wardrobe of costumes.........
Painter  ..............every hue and tints.
An amount of labour very much greater than anticipated.......
A few words for my own consumption are in order.
The term "pulmonary consumption" for tuberculosis from which disease his father probably died when he was five.
The consumption coagulopathy, I teach are the by products of this man's ingenious but hard work.
The complier of the Thesaurus started his work after retirement in 1840 when he was 61 years of age. In 12 years he (he probably started this in 1805 as a hobby to complement his academic talents) managed to produce the first edition.
28  editions were published during the remaining 17 years of his life.
His son John Lewis Roget revised the last edition he was working at the age of 90.
His grandson Samuel Romelly Roger revised and publish an edition in 1925.
The paperback edition came in 1953.
He was a chess master and his slide ruler and the knight's movement over the chessboard without returning to the same square twice were the showpieces and mastery of his mathematical talents.
What have the University and the Education Department done to uplift their spiritual talents except thuggery.
When I see this I am less inclined to blame the politicians in spite of my devilish dreams.

16th of January, 2009

Sunday, January 26, 2020

This is the plight of our dwindling elephant population


They chop the tooth and sell in black market.
If caught they give the tooth and elephant to a corrupt monk.
Monk are suppose not to have money and belongings.
They have delegated these activities to  a layman who is usually a politician.
What Ranjan Ramanayake is telling is true.
The judges protect these monks and cohorts.
There was a magistrate who had a illegal  baby elephant.
All are crooks.


Tiny nest of Munia, the Twitter


This was night time!


Violet Lilie


Kandyan Dancer Blooming


R.R=Right Reaction

R.R=Right Reaction
RR+Ranjan Ramanayake is the perfect antidote to the other R plus R hidden agenda for Autocracy, creation of false Monarchy and rule by bullets.

Already there is a plan to distribute over 10,000 AK rifles to control the dwindling elephants population falsified to 5000 wild elephants (the actual number is much less and one elephant counted over five times).
Baby elephants are traded using corrupt Buddhist monks which was their plan.
In addition decimating the rain forest by illegal logging of trees and growing Ganja (hashish) was their trade mark.
MR plus MS did sweet nothing but helping the Local Mafia.

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Celebrating ten (10) years without a rice meal!

I am about to celebrate 10 years without a rice meal shortly.
If President Trump survives the impeachment SAGA and the ordeal I will continue abstain eating rice and enjoy only American food.
 

Only exception is Indian Parata Roti!

Mantis and life

Short Life
This mantis had a short life.
He landed on my shoulder.
I released it to our roof top garden.
In a flash Munia, the little Twitter gobbled it.

Reversing Democratic Choice! Is it the the next move?

Ranjan Ramanayaka's antics was precisely timed when Deal Dasas were having shoddy deals behind closed doors.

It is a perfect antidote for those who want to create a failed monarchy, including Buddhist Monks who do not practice neither Metta nor Dhamma!

Reproduction from Aniddha Newspaper

Reversing Democratic Choice!

Is it the the next move?

Please DO NOT give them the 2/3rd Majority.

President Trump tries to become a monarchy but impeachment protocol has checks and balances.

We are trying to destroy the democracy which British brought us and established ending failed monarchy of yesteryear.

We should never GO backward!

Nobody now talks about abolishing the post of Presidency (in whatever the form it may be) now which everybody promised before coming to power!

All hypocrites!

19න් ආපස්සට ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදයෙන් ඉවතට

19 වැනි ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය ආපස්සට හැරවීමට ආණ්ඩුව දැඩි වුවමනාවෙන් පසුවෙයි. එයට බාධාවක් විය හැකි එකම කාරණය වන්නේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ තුනෙන් දෙකක ඡුන්දයක් ආණ්ඩුවට ලබාගත නොහැකි වීම පමණකි. ඒ නිසා ඊළඟ මහමැතිවරණයෙන් තුනෙන් දෙකක පාර්ලිමේන්තු බලයක් ලබාගැනීම සඳහා ආණ්ඩුව සියලූ උපක‍්‍රම යොදමින් සිටියි.
පසුගිය සඳුදා පුවත්පත් කර්තෘවරුන් හා විiුත් මාධ්‍ය ප‍්‍රවෘත්ති අධ්‍යක්‍ෂවරුන් හමුවූ අවස්ථාවේදී ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ ප‍්‍රකාශ කෙළේ, 19 වැනි සංශෝධනය නිසැකවම අහෝසි කරන බවය. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ තුනෙන් දෙකක ආසන ප‍්‍රමාණයක් ලබාගැනීම සඳහා සම්පූර්ණයෙන් කැපවී වැඩකරන බවද ඔහු කීවේය.


ඔහු 19 හැඳින්වූයේ දුර්වල සංශෝධනයක් හැටියටය. ‘19 දුර්වල සංශෝධනයක්. ඒක අපැහැදිලියි. ඒ වගේ අපැහැදිලි ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් රටකට තියෙන්න බෑ. ඒක නිසා ඒ ආණ්ඩුවේ ජනාධිපති හා අගමැති අතරත් අවුල් ඇතිවුණා. රටක් ලෙස ඉදිරියට මේක අහෝසි කළ යුතුයි. මේකෙ එක හොඳක්වත් පේන්න නෑ. ඒක ඔප්පු වෙලා ඉවරයි” යැයි ඔහු සඳහන් කළේය.


19 සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අහෝසි කරනකවාද, එහි යම් කොටස් තබාගෙන ඉතිරිවා අහෝසි කරනවාද යන්න ගැන පුවත්පත් කතුවරයකු ප‍්‍රශ්න කළ විට රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා කීවේ, ‘සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අහෝසි කරන බව’යි.


මේ කතාවලින් ආණ්ඩුව 19 ගැන දරන අදහස පැහැදිලි වේ. එනම්, එය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අහෝසි කළ යුතු බවයි.
2015 වසරේ අපේ‍්‍රල් 28 වැනිදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් 19 සංශෝධනය සම්මත කරනු ලැබීමට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නියෝජනය කරන සියලූ පක්ෂවල සහාය ලැබිණ. දැනට පොදුජන පෙරමුණ හැටියට එකතු වී සිටින, එවකට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සිටි සියලූම මන්ත‍්‍රීවරුද 19ට පක්‍ෂව සිය ඡුන්දය පාවිච්චි කළහ.


19න් කළ දේ ගැන අලූතෙන් කීම අනවශ්‍යය. ඒවා සියල්ලෝම දනිති. 19ට විරෝධයක් ඇතිවී තිබෙන්නේ 19 සංශෝධනය ගැන නොදැන නොවේ. එය හොඳින් දැනගෙන ඊට එරෙහිවීම නිසාය.
19 වැනි සංශෝධනය අවුල් සහගත එකක් නොවේ. එය ඉතා පැහැදිලිය. එමගින් ඉතාමත් පැහැදිලි ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා ප‍්‍රතිපාදන ඇතිකරන ලදි.


උදාහරණ හැටියට, ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ ධුර කාලය සීමා කිරීම, ජනාධිපතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත් විය හැකි අවස්ථා සීමා කිරීම, පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරිය හැකි අවම කාලය අවුරුදු හතරහමාර දක්වා දීර්ඝ කිරීම, ආණ්ඩුවේ අමාත්‍යවරුන් සංඛ්‍යාව 30කට සීමා කිරීම, ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ඇමතිධුර දැරීමට නොහැකි කිරීම, ජනාධිපති ධුරය දරන පුද්ගලයාට එරෙහිව නීතිපතිවරයා වගඋත්තරකරු බවට පත්කරමින් මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් නඩු පැවරීමට අවකාශය සැලසීම, ජනාධිපති ධුරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් 19න් ඇතිකළ ප‍්‍රධාන පෙළේ වෙනස්කම්ය.


ඊට අමතරව, තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමට ඇති අයිතිය මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් ගොන්නට ඇතුළත් කිරීමද 19න් කළ වැදගත්, එහෙත් බොහෝ දෙනා එතරම් අවධානයක් නොදක්වන වෙනස්කමකි. ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 14(අ* අනුව, සෑම පුරවැසියෙකුටම, රජයට, රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයකට හෝ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවකට, පළාත් සභා ප‍්‍රඥප්තීන්ට අනුව පිහිටුවනු ලැබූ ආයතනයකට, පළාත් පාලන ආයතනයකට, පුරවැසියකුගේ අයිතීන් ක‍්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා හෝ ආරක්ෂා කිරීම සඳහා යම් තොරතුරක් ඇත්නම්, නීතියේ සලසා ඇති පරිදි තොරතුරුවලට ප‍්‍රවේශ වීමේ අයිතිවාසිකම ඇත. තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය පිළිබඳ පනත සම්මත කළේ ඒ අනුවය.
තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමට ඇති අයිතිය පිළිබඳ පනත පසුව සම්මත කළත්, 19න් එම අයිතිය මූලික අයිතිවාසිකමක් බවට පත්කර ඇති නිසා, තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ පනතට පරිබාහිරව, එම අයිතිය කඩවුණොත් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් පෙත්සමක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නට ඒ නිසා අයිතියක් හිමි වේ. ඒ හරහා, තොරතුරු අයිතිය කඩකළ පුද්ගලයාගෙන් වන්දි ලබා ගැනීම දක්වා පුරවැසියන්ගේ අයිතිය පුළුල් කිරීමක් 19න් සිදුවිය.


ඒ හා සමානවම වැදගත් විධිවිධානය වන්නේ ස්වාධීන කොමිෂන් සභා පිහිටුවීමයි. මෙය 19දී අලූතෙන්ම පිහිටුවූවක් නොවේ. 17 වැනි සංශෝධනය මගින් පිහිටුවන ලද, 18 වැනි සංශෝධනය මගින් ස්වාධීනත්වය නැති කරනු ලැබූ, ස්වාධීන කොමිෂන් සභා යළි පිහිටුවීමකි. ඒ යටතේ ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සභාව හා තම බලය බෙදාගැනීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයාට සිදුවිය. ස්වාධීන කොමිෂන් සභාවල සාමාජිකයන් හා සභාපතිවරුන් පත්කිරීම, අගවිනිසුරු, ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරන් ඇතුළු ඉහළ අධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරුන් පත්කිරීම, රජයේ ඉහළ තනතුරුවලට පුද්ගලයන් පත්කිරීම ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සභාව හරහා කිරීමට 19 මගින් නියම කරනු ලැබීය.


මෙය, ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ දෙඅත් බැඳ තැබීමක් බව පැහැදිලිව පෙනෙයි. එහෙත් ඒ තත්ත්වය අවශ්‍යය. උදාහරණයක් හැටියට රටේ අගවිනිසුරුවරයා. ජනාධිපතිගේ අභිමතය අනුව පත්කරන විට අධිකරණයේ ස්වාධීනත්වය කෙරෙහි ඇතිවන තත්වය අලූතෙන් කිවයුතු නැත. 19 යටතේ පිහිටුවන ලද ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සභාව හරහා 2015 සිට කරන ලද පත්කිරීම් සලකා බැලූවහොත්, ඒ ඒ ධුරවලට ඉතාමත් සුදුසු, අපක්‍ෂපාතී පුද්ගලයන් බොහෝ දුරට පත්වී ඇති බව නිරීක්‍ෂණය කළ හැකිය.


19 ගැන තක්සේරුවක් ලබාගැනීමට හොඳම ක‍්‍රමය 2015 අපේ‍්‍රල් -2019 කාලය තුළ එය ක‍්‍රියාත්මක වී ඇති ආකාරයයි. එහිදි කැපී පෙන්නේ 19හි අඩුපාඩුවක්වත්, එහි අපැහැදිලිතාවක්වත් නොවේ. 19 නිසා තමන්ට වුවමනා විදියට බලය පාවිච්චි කළ නොහැකි බව දැනගත් ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන, (19ද ඇතුළත්* මුළු ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවම කඩකරමින් හැසිරුණු ආකාරයයි.


19 වන සංශෝධනය සම්මත කරගැනීමට මූලිකත්වය ගත්, එය තමන් නායකත්වය ගෙන කරන ලද මහා වෙනසක් බවට පුරසාරම් දෙඩූ ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන, සිය ජනාධිපති ධුරයේ අවසාන කාලය වන විට 19 සමග හොඳටම තරහ වී සිටියේය. 19 අහෝසි කළ යුතු ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ලෙසට ඔහු හඳුන්වන තත්ත්වයක් දක්වා වර්ධනය විය.


‘පශ්චාත් මරණ පරීක්ෂණය දැන් තියන්න වෙලාව ඇවිල්ලා තියෙනවා. අවුරුදු හතරහමාරක කාලය තුළ ආණ්ඩුව නරක් වුණා නම් නරක් වෙන්න ප‍්‍රධානම හේතුව තමයි 19 වන සංශෝධනය. 19 වන සංශෝධනය ආවේ නැත්නම් මේ ආණ්ඩුව ඉතාම හොඳ ආණ්ඩුවක්. මේ රටේ ජනතාව අතරේ චෝදනාවක් තිබෙනවා අගමැතිතුමායි මායි දෙපැත්තට අදිනවායි කියලා. ඒ දෙපැත්තට අදින තත්ත්වය ඇතිවුණේ 19 වන සංශෝධනයෙන්.’ එක් අවස්ථාවකදී ජනාධිපති සිරිසේන කිව්වේය.


ඔහු ඒ මතයේ සිටියේ, 19න් තමාගේ බලය උදුරාගෙන අගමැති රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ බලවත් කිරීමට කුමන්ත‍්‍රණයක් කළායැයි හැඟීමක් ඇතිකර ගෙනය. එහෙත්, කල්පනාවෙන් සලකා බලන කල 19න් ජනාධිපතිගේ බලතල විශාල වශයෙන් ඉවත්කිරීමක්වත්, අගමැති ඉතා බලවත් කිරීමක්වත් සිදුවී නැති බව පැහැදිලිව පෙනෙයි. 19න් ජනාධිපති, විලියම් ගොපල්ලව පන්නයේ නාමික ජනාධිපතිවරයකු බවට පත්කර ඇතැ’යි යන්න 19 ගැන හරියට නොබලා නොසලකා සමහරුන් සමාජගත කරන වැරදි ප‍්‍රවාදයකි.


19 ගැන අවුල කෘති‍්‍රමව නිර්මාණය කරන ලද්දකියි කියන්නේ ඒ නිසාය. රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ බලවත් කළායැයි ඊ්ර්ෂ්‍යාපරවශව කල්පනා කරගෙන, 19 අවුලක් බවට පත්කරන ලද්දේ ජනාධිපති සිරිසේන විසිනි. එහි කූට ප‍්‍රාප්තිය, 2018 ඔක්තෝබර් 26 වැනිදා, අගමැති රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කොට මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ අගමැති ධුරයට පත්කිරීමයි.


එය සිදුවුණේ 19හි තිබුණු අවුලක් නිසා නොවේ. ජනාධිපති සිරිසේන හිතාමතාම 19 කඩ කළ නිසාය. 19වැනි සංශෝධනය අනුව, (ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම දැන් අපේ ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව* අගමැතිවරයා ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කරන්නට ජනාධිපතිට බලයක් නැත. එවැනි බලයක් තිබුණේ 19ට පෙරය. ජනාධිපති සිරිසේන ඒ නියමය කඩකළේය.
අගමැති ධුරයට මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ පත්කළත්, පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ බහුතර බලය මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂට නැති නිසා, සිරිසේන ජනාධිපතිවරයා කළේ ආණ්ඩුව විසුරුවා හැර මහමැතිවරණයකට දින නියම කිරීමයි. මෙය ද සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව කඩකිරීමකි. එසේ නොමැතිව. 19හි තිබුණු අවුලක් නිසා සිදුවුණක් නොවේ. එය ඉතාම පැහැදිලි වන්නේ, පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරීමට කරන ලද නියමය ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට පටහැණියැයි කියමින් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය දුන් තීන්දුවෙනි. ඒ මොහොතේ ශ්‍රේස්ඨාධිකරණය පෙනීසිටියේ, ඉතාම පැහැදිලි ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන වෙනුවෙනි. 19වැනි සංශෝධනය අනුව, පාර්ලිමේන්තුව මුලින්ම රැුස්වී අවුරුදු හතරහමාරක් ගතවන තුරු එය විසුරුවා හැරීමට ජනාධිපතිට බලයක් නැත. මේ විධිවිධානය අමු අමුවේ කඩා දැමූ සිරිසේන ජනාධිපතිවරයා, පසුව 19වැනි සංශෝධනයට බනින්නට පටන් ගත්තේය. ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම ඔහු එසේ කළේ, තමාට වුවමනා විධියට ව්‍යවස්ථාව නමන්නට නොහැකිවීම නිසා බව පැහැදිලිය. ඉතින්, අප එය 19හි අවුලක් ලෙස සැලකිය යුතුද?


පාර්ලිමේන්තුව අවුරුදු හතරහමාරක් ගතවන තුරු විසුරුවා හැරිය නොහැකිය යන විධිවිධානයක් එකතු කරන ලද්දේ, ජනාධිපතිවරයාට තමන් හිතෙන හිතෙන අවස්ථාවල පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරීමට බලයක් නොදෙන්නටය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා මහජන ඡුන්දයෙන් තේරී පත්වනවා වාගේම පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ මන්ත‍්‍රීවරුන් 225 දෙනාම පත්වන්නේද මහජනතාවගේ ඡුන්දයෙනි. ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පැවරී තිබෙන කාර්යභාරයත්, පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට පැවරී තිබෙන කාර්යභාරයත් එකිනෙකට වෙනස්ය. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව යනු ජනාධිපතිවරයා යටතේ තිබෙන ආයතනයක් නොවේ. වෙනම ස්වාධීනත්වයක්, බලයක් හිමි උත්තතර ආයතනයකි. ඒ ආයතනය තමන්ට හිතුමතේ විසුරුවා හරින්නට බලය තිබිය යුතුයැයි සිතන්නා, ඒකාධිපතියකු මිස අනෙකෙක් නොවේ. ඔහුට /ඇයට එවැනි බලයක් තිබිය යුතුයැයි කියන අනෙක් අයද සේවය කරන්නේ ඒකාධිපතියකු බිහිකිරීමට මිස පාර්ලිමේන්තු ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදය රැුකගැනීමට නොවේ.
දින 52 ව්‍යවස්ථා කුමන්ත‍්‍රණය පරාජය වූවාට පසුව අකමැත්තෙන් වුවත්, රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ අගමැති කරන්නටත්, රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ අගමැතිවරයා යෝජනා කරන අයට ඇමති තනතුරු දෙන්නටත් සිරිසේන ජනාධිපතිවරයාට සිදුවිය. එහෙත්, ඒ අවස්ථාවේදීද ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් ඔහු ආරක්‍ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයත්, නීතිය හා සාමය පිළිබඳ අමාත්‍යාංශයත් තමා වෙත තබාගත්තේය.


එයද අමු අමුවේ ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය කිරීමකි. අපේ ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව, ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ඇමතිධුර දැරිය නොහැකිය. සිරිසේන ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පමණක් විශේෂයක් කොට, ඔහුගේ ධුර කාලයට පමණක් අමාත්‍යාංශ තුනක් තබාගැනීමට අවසරය ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් හිමිව තිබිණ. ආරක්‍ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය හා නීතිය හා සාමය අමාත්‍යාංශය තමා වෙත තබාගැනීම ඔහු පැහැදිලිවම ව්‍යවස්ථාව කඩකිරීමකි. එහෙත්, යළිත් ඒ ගැන නීතිමය රණ්ඩුවක් ඇතිකර ගැනීමට දේශපාලන තත්ත්වයත්, රටේ තත්ත්වයත් අවකාශ නොසැලසූ නිසා, ඔහු ඒ ඇමතිධුර අවසානය දක්වාම දැරුවේය.
අලූත් ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂද, ආරක්‍ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය තමා වෙත තබාගෙන සිටීම ඒ අනුව ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට පටහැනිව යෑමකි. ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන ඉතා පැහැදිලිය. ඊට අනුව, කිසිම අමාත්‍යාංශයක් තමා වෙත තබාගැනීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයාට බලයක් හෝ අවකාශයක් නැත.


19වැනි සංශෝධනයේ සඳහන් වන පරිදි, එම සංශෝධනය ආරම්භ වන දිනයේ ජනාධිපති ධුරය දරන තැනැත්තා, එනම් මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පමණක්, සිය ධුරය දරන තාක් කල්, රාජ්‍ය ආරක්‍ෂක, මහවැලි සංවර්ධන හා පරිසරය යන විෂයයන් හා ඒවායේ කර්තව්‍ය තමන්ගේ බාරය වෙත පවරාගැනීම කළ හැකිය. එකි කාර්යය සඳහා තමා වෙත පවරාගත යුතු අමාත්‍යාංශ තීරණය කිරීමද කළ හැකිය.

එයින් අදහස් වන්නේ ඔහුගෙන් පසුව පත්වන (ඔහුම දෙවැනි වරටත් පත්වුණත් ඔහුටද* ජනාධිපතිවරයකුට ඒ අමාත්‍යාංශවත් තමා බාරයේ තබාගත නොහැකි බවයි.


මේ ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ කිසිම විසංවාදයක් නැත. සමහරුන් කියන්නේ, ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඇමති මණ්ඩලයේ ප‍්‍රධානියාද, එහි සාමාජිකයකුද වන්නේය යනුවෙන් සඳහන් වන නිසා, ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ඇමති ධුරයක් දරන්නට ඉඩක් ඇති බවයි. එහෙත්, ඒ තත්ත්වය තිබියදීත්, ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඇමති ධුරයක් නොදැරිය යුතුය යන්න 19 වැනි සංශෝධනය කළ අවස්ථාවේ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායකයේ අභිලාෂය වූ බව පෙනේ. එහි විසංවාදයක් තිබෙන බව, 19වැනි සංශෝධනය ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය ඉදිරියේ අභියෝගයට ලක්කළ අවස්ථාවේදී ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයවත් නිරීක්‍ෂණය කළේ නැත. ඒ නිසා ඔහුට හෝ ඇයට ඇමතිධුර දැරිය නොහැකි බව පැහැදිලිය.


ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 4(ආ* මගින් ‘රටේ ආරක්‍ෂාව ඇතුළුව ජනතාවගේ විධායක බලය ජනාධිපති විසින් ක‍්‍රියාත්මක කළ යුතුයැයි සඳහන්ව තිබෙන නිසාත්, ජනාධිපතිවරයා සේනාධිනායකයා නිසාත් ආරක්‍ෂක ඇමතිධුරය ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත තිබිය යුතුයැයි සමහරු කියති. පැහැදිලිව කිව යුත්තේ, රටේ ආරක්‍ෂාව ඇතුළු විධායක බලය ජනාධිපති ක‍්‍රියාත්මක කළ යුතුය යන්නෙන් ඔහු ආරක්‍ෂක අමතිධුරය දැරිය යුතුයැයි පැහැදිලි නොවන බවයි. සේනාධිනායක වුණත්, ආරක්‍ෂක ඇමති ධුරය එයට වෙනස් වගකීමකි. ඒ දෙකම එක්කෙනකුට තිබිය යුතුයැයි කිසිම සඳහනක් හෝ අවශ්‍යතාවක්ද නැත.


මේ අනුව බලන කල පෙනෙන්නේ, 19වැනි සංශෝධනයේ විධිවිධාන ඉතාමත් පැහැදිලි හාා නිරවුල් බවය. ඒවා අවුල් බවට සමාජයේ මතයක් හදා තිබෙන්නේ ව්‍යවස්ථාව කඩකිරීමට යෑමෙන්ය.
සිරිසේන ජනාධිපතිට අගමැති අයින් කරන්නට බැරිවුණ නිසා, අගමැති ඕනෑ වේලාවක අයින්කිරීමේ බලයක් ජනාධිපතිට තිබිය යුතුයැයි සමහරු කියති. සිරිසේන ජනාධිපතිට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරීමට නොහැකි වූ නිසා, හිතෙන වේලාවට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරීමට බලයක් ජනාධිපතිට තිබිය යුතුයැයි සමහරු කියති. මේ කතාවලින් පැහැදිලි වන්නේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තමන්ට වුවමනා ආකාරයට රූකඩයක් සේ නැටවීමට, හිතුමනාපේ අගමැතිවරයා ඉවත්කර තමා කැමති කෙනකු පත්කර ගැනීමට, හිතුමනාපේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැර 225ක් පත්කළ මහජනතාවගේ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක අයිතිය පාගා දැමීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයාට බලය තිබිය යුතු බවද? එවැනි බලයක් විසින් බිහිකරන්නේ ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදී පාලකයෙක්ද? ඒකාධිපති හිතුවක්කාර පාලකයෙක්ද?


19 සම්පූර්ණයෙන් අහෝසි කිරීමෙන් එයින් පිහිටුවා තිබෙන ස්වාධීන කොමිෂන් සභාද අහෝසි වී අධිකරණ ඇතුළු සියලූ ආයතනවලට තමන් කැමති අය පත්කරන්නට ජනාධිපතිට යළිත් සම්පූර්ණ බලයක් ලැබේ. එවැනි අධිකාරවාදී පාලනයක් වලක්වා ගැනීමට එළැඹෙන මහ මැතිවරණයේදී තුනෙන් දෙක වැළැක්විය යුතුය.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Wonders of Alcohol

Wonders of Alcohol

Now that foreign liqueur is totally banned, if I do not list ten (10) or more of the wonders of alcohol here it is an insult to the the mankind ability to discover from prehistoric times.

1. It is the man’s first discovery that alcohol elevate mood and euphoria. The other method of delivering euphoria is intense time consuming meditation.
Both are human addictions and lasts only momentarily.

2. Alcohol removes inhibitions.

3. Alcohol in moderation (politician are adept at) makes one to speaks fluently on matters of no significance.
President Trump impeachment is a living example.
Both Republicans and Democrats speak with no end in sight on flimsy (not political or economic matters of worth) arguments.
I request all Democrats to douche in alcohol when Senate start deliberating it today (12 hours in one stretch).

4. In my case alcohol makes me to settle my nerves and play a good game of snooker or billiards.

5. It makes me to tolerate unwelcome guests in a party, wedding and funerals especially where even the enemies come to celebrate!

Mind you now avoid all three by gut reaction.

6.It makes me to discover new ideas to ponder over the table “Wonders of Alcohol” is one out of many.

7. It made me to discover that it destroys all feel good hormones released by a good piece of chocolates, in the liver by default.

8.It make me to forget all the promises given but never acted upon by the party in power.

9. It makes me to forget all important part payment I own.

10. it gives you Happiness (Ecstasy) on one side and cancer on the other.
A truly double edged sword to stab an enemy.
Strangely in this country nobody offers a drink to an enemy on the other side of the aisle.

Why did you give up alcohol?
If somebody asks me this question, I have two ready made answers and a few more thought provoking ones.
It effects my memory and my sleep.
I had a fantastic memory as a kid (which many of my friendly fellow beings did not have) and I did not have to take notes.
Equally, I only took short notes in strips of paper not A 4 size but that fitted in my front shirt pocket.
That is also things or the idea I heard for the first time (did not believe in them first hand).
Eg; Evolution
I loved my sleep and my mother would not wake me up.
She was an early riser.

The reasons outside those two are many.

Recent tax imposition which was a draconian law for the liberals.
I only prefer to drink alcohol not taxes.
The effect of alcohol on liver, especially on feel good factors (hormones) of chocolates is an important discovery for me.
Fact that, alcohol hijacks the important biochemical pathways in the liver and depletes micro-elements is another reason.
Alcohol turns non carcinogens to carcinogen and the vise versa.

It is a double edge sword.
My current intention is to highlight the good things about alcohol.
The book will be published after the election when voter goes back to his routine mode of drowning aspirations with ample alcohol.

Happiness (Ecstasy) on one side and cancer on the other.

Cirrhosis and depletion of glycogen are few others.
Sugar metabolism and early morning hypoglycemia can be mortal in your sleep for the elderly over 60.

One does not have to be a diabetic.

It effects driving skills and a common cause of accidents.

It is a universal cell poison, including brain cells.

Two points I missed and not mentioned in the description of alcohol side effects in web pages and sites are;

Compulsive gambling and legal problems related to money matters.

Like politicians (new breed and the old) they can become compulsive liars (to buy the next drink or to buy basic needs including food for survival).

This is where domestic problems arise, including violence.

The debts increase and responsibility decreases.

There are many more to fill a book of decent size.


The 8 Things That Happen to Your Body When You Drink Alcohol

The effects of alcohol are as predictable as night following day. We get the initial buzz, the rush of endorphins, the fun times flow, and then comes the hangover. Whatever your drink of choice—whether its a stress-relieving glass of red wine, a party-starting glass of Prosecco or a Aperol spritz at brunch—chances are high you've experienced next-day hangover.
For most people, inevitably, the joyful buzz of the alcohol and the good times make way for a throbbing head, dry mouth and nausea—not such good times.
But, while we know the drill, have you ever wondered what your go-to beverage is actually doing to your body and brain while you're imbibing?
Well, let’s take you on a little journey…

Alcohol Effect 1

The Initial Warm, Fuzzy Feeling

Every night of drinking starts the same: you have a drink, then get that initial warm, fuzzy feeling of calm. The stress starts to melt away and you reach for another. "Alcohol releases chemicals in the brain called endorphins," explains Seattle-based registered dietitian, Ginger Hultin, spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and owner of ChampagneNutrition. "This happens especially in the front area of the brain, which has to do with reasoning and decision-making.
It's why we feel good, but also why people make poor decisions, like driving drunk or other dangerous behaviors, while under the influence."
Be Alcohol-Aware
Binge-drinking, for a typical adult, is defined as consuming five or more drinks in about 2 hours for men, or four or more drinks for women, states the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.

Alcohol Effect 2

The Confidence High

Alongside the release of endorphins, alcohol also stimulates Gaba (gamma-aminobutyric acid), a naturally-occurring chemical compound in your brain that chills you out. According to an article on The Guardian, once you are onto your third or fourth drink, you start blocking glutamate, the main excitatory transmitter in the brain. Scientist David Nutt, professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College, London, tells The Guardian, "More glutamate means more anxiety," says Nutt. "Less glutamate means less anxiety... When people get very drunk, they’re even less anxious than when they’re a bit drunk." That's why when you're drunk, you will think everything is a-okay, even when the reality could be very different.
Nutritionist Gabriela Peacock adds that "alcohol lowers our inhibitions and sense of fear; for this reason, individuals can be emboldened and more confident to do things they wouldn’t normally with alcohol in their system."

Alcohol Effect 3

Coordination Chaos

We've all witnessed it or been there ourselves: drunk people slurring their words, falling over, or knocking drinks off tables. Turns out, there's a good reason why that happens. "Alcohol reduces communication between the body and the brain, making coordination of not only limbs but the many muscles and movements required for effective speech tricky," notes Peacock.

Alcohol Effect 4

Memory Loss and Blackouts

Drinking too much alcohol doesn't just affect your body's ability to function properly; it also messes with your mind. According to Peacock, "Alcohol interferes with your brain's ability to consolidate new memories."
The National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse notes that alcohol can produce detectable impairments in memory after only a few drinks and, as the amount of alcohol increases, so does the degree of impairment.
Large quantities of alcohol, especially when consumed quickly and on an empty stomach, can produce a blackout, or an interval of time for which the intoxicated person cannot recall key details of events, or even entire events.
"Typically when BAC (blood alcohol count) reaches 14% or higher, some people will black out. Keep in mind that this is really dangerous drinking behavior," warns Hultin.

Alcohol Effect 5

The Spinning Room

When you finally reach your bed, you might find that the room is spinning. There isn't much you can do besides place one foot on the floor to ground you and wait to fall asleep. But why does this happen? "Alcohol affects how the balancing systems in the inner ear function," explains Peacock. "The change in your blood due to the presence of alcohol means that the balancing system tells the brain that you are moving much more than you actually are, resulting in the spinning, dizziness or vertigo feeling."

Alcohol Effect 6

The 4 am. Wake-Up Call

The reason you sometimes wake up early when you drink heavily is down to your liver, "What happens when you wake up is that blood sugar levels have dipped low because drinking impairs the liver's ability to release the right amount of glycogen into the blood to keep blood sugar levels stable," says Peacock. Essentially, your body is waking you up because it needs sugar!
Alcohol is also a diuretic, which means you're more likely to wake up needing to go to the toilet. This is is also a factor in why you end up with a banging headache the next day because you're dehydrated.
You also feel terrible the next day because alcohol is the enemy of quality sleep.
Consuming just one unit of alcohol before bed reduces your restorative sleep by around one hour. So having two large glasses of wine in the evening and sleeping for six hours means you won’t actually get any restorative sleep, and therefore won’t recover overnight," says Nigel Stockill, Performance Director at fitness device company Firstbeat. "Our data consistently shows that those who drink alcohol recover less in their sleep, less during the day, and spend more time in the ‘stressed’ zone during the working hours.”

Alcohol Effect 7

The Hangover and "Hangxiety" Are Real

The dehydrating nature of alcohol leads to nausea and headaches, but that's not the only reason you feel like death the next day.
"When it comes to hangovers, most evidence right now points to the toxin acetaldehyde, which is created as the liver metabolizes and tries to excrete alcohol from the body," says Hultin. "Due to genetic variations, each person will have more or less of this toxin in the body. The more of this toxin, the worse the hangover.
The difference between hangovers in individuals could have to do with baseline hydration level, what was consumed/eaten with the alcohol, or even how well-rested the body is.
Alcohol is toxic to the body, so the hungover feeling is the body's way of being exposed to that toxin."
You might also feel jittery the next day, "You have an elevated heart rate so your body can ‘clear the system’ of this poison faster. The body prioritizes this over regular functions," explains Stockill.
Oh, and then there are the feelings of paranoia or "hangxiety" next day where you mull over all the things you said and did the night before, confirming in your mind that yes, you are the world's worst person. This is down to the spike in GABA and drop in glutamate when you are drinking, that has you feeling all calm and anxiety-free. According to Nutt, once you stop drinking, your brain tries to rebalance these chemicals. Since it can take a while to get the levels right, this can lead to feelings of anxiety and paranoia the next day.
And sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there can be serious long-lasting damage from binge-drinking. "Studies have indicated that people who regularly drink heavily or binge drink were more likely to develop dementia than those who drank within the recommended guidelines. Alcohol damages the brain, causes brain shrinkage and interferes with the way the vitamin Thiamine is absorbed into the body, which is essential for providing energy to the body (and the brain uses a lot of energy)," says Dr Emer MacSweeney, Consultant Neuroradiologist at Re:Cognition Health.
"Stick to the recommended guidelines when drinking alcohol. Excessive alcohol consumption can also lead to weight gain and keeping a healthy body weight will help to alleviate your risk of developing vascular dementia, as risk factors for this include being overweight."
Be Alcohol Aware: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that if alcohol is consumed, it should be consumed in moderation—up to one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men—and only by adults of legal drinking age.

Alcohol Effect 8

The Urge to Eat All. The. Food

Once your nausea goes, there is the unavoidable urge to eat everything and anything (as long as it's not healthy and definitely not salad). You want to carb load, stat! This is down to our blood sugar levels, according to Peacock. "Consuming alcohol can cause depletion of glycogen stores in the process of metabolising the alcohol," she says. "This will make your body crave carbohydrates to replace your glycogen stores. In addition to this, alcohol reduces the amount of Leptin, a satiety hormone."
Hutlin notes that alcohol might stimulate nerve cells in the brain's hypothalamus that increase your appetite, it's no surprise that you want to eat all the pizza, tacos and fries in sight.

And Finally: How to Drink Responsibly

It's as simple as this: exceeding the recommended guideline of one drink a day can cause a hangover and more importantly, increase risk of certain chronic diseases, warns Hultin. "As a registered dietitian, I do suggest eating with alcohol because alcohol is irritating to the stomach and the presence of food can mildly slow absorption of alcohol," shes says.
Keeping hydrated is also key. "To drink more responsibly try to alternate between a soft drink—water, fizzy water, soda water—and your alcoholic drink of choice," suggests Peacock. "Most importantly, try to drink a big glass of water before bed because this will help to keep you hydrated."
For anyone worried about their drinking and wants free, confidential information, help and support from other AA members. Contact your doctor or reach out the Alcoholics Anonymous.


Does Alcohol Go Bad?

by Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.
Updated March 06, 2017
From a chemistry perspective, there are several types of alcohol, but the one of interest here is the alcohol you can drink, which is ethyl alcohol or ethanol. Technically, none of the types of alcohol go bad or expire in pure form or when diluted with water. Alcohol is a potent disinfectant, so when it is present in a high enough concentration, it's safe from mold, fungi, protozoa, and bacteria.
It's only when alcohol is mixed with other ingredients that it has a shelf life.

Types of Alcohol That Never Go Bad

Hard alcohol essentially lasts forever. In fact, some forms of alcohol, such as scotch, improve with age up to the point where they are opened. Here are common examples of spirits that don't have a shelf life:
  • gin
  • rum
  • tequila
  • vodka
  • whisky
However, once you crack open a bottle, oxygen from the air starts to change the chemistry of the contents. While the alcohol won't become unsafe to drink, the color and flavor will change. Once you open a bottle of hard alcohol, be sure to re-seal it as tightly as possible and keep the liquid in a container with as little air space as possible. This means you may need to transfer the liquor to a smaller bottle as the contents are drained. Once the seal is broken, the clock starts ticking.
If you cracked open that bottle of quality scotch, for example, you'll want to finish it off within 8 months to a year to get the best experience.



Types of Alcohol That Have a Shelf Life

When other ingredients are added to the alcohol or the alcohol is fermented, the product can get skunky or support the growth of yeast, mold, and other non-tasty microbes. These products have an expiration date stamped on them. They often last longer when refrigerated.
  • beer
  • cream liqueurs
  • mixed drinks (either packaged or made yourself)
Beer has a definite shelf life. This will be stamped on the container and varies according to the way the beer was processed.
Cream liqueurs contain dairy products and sometimes eggs. These products typically last no longer than a year to a year and a half once opened. You can taste them to see if they are still good or play it safe and throw them out if they look or smell curdled or have passed their expiration date.
With mixed drinks, consider the beverage 'bad' once you have passed the shelf life of the least stable ingredient. For example, while straight vodka might be good forever, once you mix it with orange juice, you probably would not want to drink it left on the counter the next day. It might be good a couple of days refrigerated. It's not necessarily that the drink becomes dangerous, but the taste may be unpleasant. After a while, mold and other nastiness will grow on these drinks, making them unsafe in addition to gross.

Alcohol That Can Go Bad

  • wine
  • liqueurs
  • cordials
While wine matures once bottled and can last indefinitely, if the seal of the bottle is compromised, it can get nasty. This is in contrast to liqueur, which won't grow pathogens even if the bottle is open.
However, in either situation, if the product is exposed to air, the chemical of the composition changes (rarely for the better) and the alcohol can evaporate out of the liquid.
Liqueurs and cordials contain sugar and other ingredients. There is no hard and fast rule regarding shelf life, but if you see sugar crystallizing out of the liquid or the flavor or color looks 'off', you may not want to drink it.

Extend the Shelf Life of Alcohol

You can keep alcohol in top form by:
  • Storing it in a cool, dry place. This location varies. It might be a cellar or climate-controlled rack for wine, while you can store vodka in the freezer.
  • Avoid exposing any alcohol to sudden or extreme temperature changes.
  • Store it out of direct sunlight.
  • Keep alcohol in a bottle with little airspace.
  • Make certain the seal on the container is good. Do not store alcohol in unsealed pourers or decanters unless you plan to go through the container fairly quickly.

The Bottom Line

Pure alcohol lasts forever.
Once you add ingredients to alcohol, it can go bad. If the beverage looks or tastes funny, it's probably best to throw it out. Higher proof alcohol might not become dangerous to drink, but once the seal of lower proof alcohol is broken, air gets into the bottle, the concentration of the alcohol drops, and pathogens that can make you sick may multiply.

Secrets of Long life: Vision

This is a Synopsis of my Book at Amazon
Secrets of Long life
Nobody seems to have addressed this issue of long life of our yesteryear Buddhist monks and their secrets.
I have a list of reasons and they are listed not in any order of merits. 


However, I would like to address a few of them in detail in later chapters.
 

1. Simple Monastery Life
 

2. Vegetarian Diet
 

3. Meditation Practice
 

4. Rituals like Recitation of Stanzas by heart
 

5. Multi-language Capability (as many as six to eight)
 

6. Wondering life style (No fixed aboard)
 

7. Village Life Style
 

8. Simple exercises like walking from temple to temple
 

9. Herbal medicine they use
 

10. Sleeping (resting) Schedule
Healthy Lifestyle
 

11. You are, What You Eat
It is very simple and easy to change food habits.
I am not asking you to change to a vegetarian diet.
Two meals are sufficient, healthy breakfast and one major meal according to the life style.
One must never miss the breakfast (after all you are breaking the overnight fast). At least carry the snack with you, if you have to run for the bus or train and eat it on the go, once you have boarded the transportation.
Fruits and nuts are for your breaks, if you have any, not tea and coffee.
Chocolates are OK but not Coca Cola.
Milk should be a daily accompaniment (think of the osteoporosis when 70 years).
 

2. Things you STOP
There is no place for smoking in healthy living.
3. Thing in Moderation
That got to be alcohol (100 mg the most).
4. Never in Life
Never hashish.
They lead you to urge or try more potent ones.
5. Plenty in Life
Exercise in plenty.
6. Never not Enough
Good Friends are never enough.
7. Mental Culture
All waking hours.
8. Plant Watching
If your favorite pot plant is dying, there is something wrong with you.
I discourage keeping pet fish unless an aquarium keeper visit you at short notice. It can be a pain.
9. Games
Including computer games.
10. Grandchildren
Grandchildren is a contentious issue.
I will leave at that.
Many more items can be fit into this list of priorities and I do not intend to go beyond this point.
 

11. Summary
1. If you smoke, quit today.
Avoid Passive smoking!
2. Get plenty of exercise.
Walking is a great all around activity.
3. Limit your drinking or no alcohol.
4. Eat fruits, nuts and vegetables daily
5. Get enough sleep each night.
Sleep can help to recharge your immune systems as well as give you the energy you need each day.
6. Maintain a healthy weight.
Consider reducing starch, fat and meat in your diet.
7. Schedule your health checkups
8. Become Educated.
Learn about medical conditions that you may have.
Or be at risk for developing.
9. Practice Meditation
Practice stress management.
Your emotions can affect your health.
10. Have a hobby (Minimum “Plant Watching”)
Practice simple computer games.
Frozen Bubble is my favorite with the cellphone
12. Balancing your Brain
This is a concept I have developed on my own.
There are many techniques including learning a new language but less demanding ones can be formulated.

U.N.O disclosure of an interview with an Alien Being

We need to revive our old industry now that foreign liqueurs are banned!
 
Reproduction
 
U.N.O disclosure of an interview with an Alien Being
 
What happens next?
 
Multi Purpose Multi Liner

I am fed up of quotations or one liners.

But I start with a one liner to be interspersed between Trump's Twitters.

Quotations or Twitter one liners are good for repetition or reputation of the quoter but worth nothing in between!

Now my Multi Liners come after the closure of a U.N.O disclosure of an interview with an alien being at the Water's Edge in Colombo.

This should not be taken as a hypothetical case but a real encounter.

1. One who goes and search the archives is none other than our Pope.

2. One who takes the Koran and makes a new entry with a back dated entry is a Muslim.

3. One who ask for redeem of a Merit (Kusal) Re-Commission is a Buddhist.

4. One who goes for a pee (poo is excluded by the request of the alien guy who smells like, what not?) is an Indian M.P.

5. One who takes a plaster cast (for reverse engineering) of the Teleporting Machine is a Chinese.

6. One who taps the wire or the computer system is a friend of Putin.

7. One who sends a ballistic missile for testing is a North Korean scientist.

8. One who orders an  anti-ballistic missile from America is a South Koren.

9. One who asks the closing question after the disclosure is over is an American Journalist (he is still skeptic that aliens are real) from CNN.

He asks are you really an Alien from the Alien/s?
 
FOX News wait till TRUMP has his first twitter feed to enlarge upon!

10. One who orders to look up instead of look down is P.M. Abe of Japan (No Japanese has ever seen an alien due to the polite head bending attitude to foreigners and foreign affairs.

11. One who digs his own grave is an old communist from Ceylon.

12. One who asks for a pint-ah (Pilsner, Lager, Stout, McCallum's Three Coins ) is our Finance Minister after the budget speech.

13. One who test a Nuclear Missile is an Iranian.
14. One who blames America for financial melt down is a Saudi Foreign Minister.
 
This list can go and anybody can edit or reinvent it but the catch 22 or the catch phrase is;

33. One who asks for a long term loan to settle old loans of an adversary is none other than our own P.M.

Old Breweries in Ceylon (now defunct after J.R.J),
 
The largest of Sri Lanka's brewers is the Lion Brewery, which is also the oldest brewery in the country. It produces over 80% of Sri Lanka's beers. In 1988 it constructed a new brewery at Biyagama to replace the century-old facility at Nuwara Eliya. In 1993 the brewery became a subsidiary of Carson Cumberbatch & Co Ltd, and in 1996 the Carlsberg Group acquired a 25% share of the company. The brewery's portfolio includes lagers, strong beers and stouts, notably Lion, Lion Strong and Lion Stout. The company also brews Carlsberg and Guinness under license. The brewery exports its beers to the U.S., Europe, Japan, Australia and the Maldives.

The largest of Sri Lanka's brewers is the Lion Brewery, which is also the oldest brewery in the country. It produces over 80% of Sri Lanka's beers. In 1988 it constructed a new brewery at Biyagama to replace the century-old facility at Nuwara Eliya. In 1993 the brewery became a subsidiary of Carson Cumberbatch & Co Ltd, and in 1996 the Carlsberg Group acquired a 25% share of the company. The brewery's portfolio includes lagers, strong beers and stouts, notably Lion, Lion Strong and Lion Stout. The company also brews Carlsberg and Guinness under license. The brewery exports its beers to the U.S., Europe, Japan, Australia and the Maldives.



Sri Lanka's second largest brewer is Asia Pacific Brewery Lanka Limited, which acquired local brewer, United Brewery, in 2005. Asia Pacific Breweries is a Singaporean-based joint venture between Heineken International and Fraser and Neave. It has a brewery in Mawathagama where it produces a range of King beers, including Bison XXtra, Kings Lager, Kings Pilsner and Kings Stout.



The country's third and smallest brewer is the McCallum Brewery, which was established in 1963 in Meegoda. In 2011 the brewery was acquired by Cargills Ceylon PLC. It produces a number of lagers, ales and stouts, notably Three Coins and Sando Stout.

Cholesterol, The Truth

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Cholesterol, The Truth
If You had been cheated by American Drug companies, please read the real Biochemistry!
Your body makes saturated fats, and your body makes Cholesterol – about 2000 mg per day. In general, cholesterol
that the average American absorbs from food amounts to
about 100 mg per day. 

So, in theory, even reducing animal
foods to zero will result in a mere 5% decrease in the total
amount of cholesterol available to the blood and tissues. 

In practice, such a diet is likely to deprive the body of the
substrates it needs to manufacture enough of this vital
substance; for cholesterol, like saturated fats, stands unfairly
accused.
It acts as a precursor to vital corticosteroids, hormones that
help us deal with stress and protect the body against heart
disease and cancer; and to the sex hormones like androgen,
testosterone, estrogen and progesterone; it is a precursor to
vitamin D
, a vital fat-soluble vitamin needed for healthy bones
and nervous system, proper growth, mineral metabolism,
muscle tone, insulin production, reproduction and immune
system function; it is the precursor to bile salts, which are vital
for digestion and assimilation of fats
in the diet. 

Recent research shows that cholesterol acts as an antioxidant. This
is the likely explanation for the fact that cholesterol levels go
up with age. 

As an antioxidant, cholesterol protects us against
free radical damage that leads to heart disease and cancer.
Cholesterol is the body's repair substance, manufactured in
large amounts when the arteries are irritated or weak. 

Blaming
heart disease on high serum cholesterol levels is like blaming
firemen who have come to put out a fire for starting the blaze.
Cholesterol is needed for proper function of serotonin receptors
in the brain.

Serotonin is the body's natural "feel-good"
chemical. This explains why low cholesterol levels have been
linked to aggressive and violent behavior, depression and
suicidal tendencies.
Mother's milk is especially rich in cholesterol and contains a
special enzyme that helps the baby
utilize this nutrient.
 

Babies and children need cholesterol-rich
foods throughout their growing years to ensure proper
development of the brain and nervous system.

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