Milton Mallawarchchi - Official Fan Page launched..

Milton Mallawarachchi
Birth name	Milton Mallawarachchi
Born	April 7, 1945
Origin	Sri Lanka
Died	March 10, 1998
Genres	Playback singing, Sri Lankan music
Occupations	Musician
Years active	1969 – 1998

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I've created the official fan page for the greatest Musician Milton Mallawarchchi. The Golden voice in Sri Lanka. Now this page control 5 administrators around the world. Here is the promotion Youtube video for the fan page and It's your duty to share this video with others. And also, invite all the people for the Facebook fan page and tell them only to just click on "like" tab to be a fan , on the Youtube page.
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One man makes difference for the world !

A great man in our time ! Bandula Hewage

A decade ago it was a very dry place.When sun was over the head, people didn't have any shelter to cover.The place was along the Canel of Hittatiya, Matara Sri Lanka near the Sujatha Balika Vidyalaya and Rahula College. Even pregnant women had to go under the dry sun. One man was sad at that moment. He is Bandula Hewage. He thought to do something different and came forward to grow some trees along the canal for hundreds meters.


Now those plants are grown. now all the people have a shelter. Specially for parents who come to pick up their children from the main schools.Without any others help he has done this massive work alone and succeeded. Here are some photos of this task and, the youtube videos with him.
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HEALTHBEAT: Small but growing group of cystic fibrosis survivors over 40 offers clues for care

HEALTHBEAT: Small but growing group of cystic fibrosis survivors over 40 offers clues for care
June 24, 2010, 7:00 pm

(AP) WASHINGTON — Doctors always said allergies and asthma were behind Laura Mentch’s repeated lung and sinus infections. Only when she turned 50 did she discover the real culprit — a disease notorious for destroying children’s lungs.

Mentch is part of the gradual graying of cystic fibrosis: More and more patients are surviving into adulthood, some even to middle age and beyond.

Now, researchers are taking a close look at the first group to make it past age 40 with this incurable genetic disease, as a much-needed guide for patients and doctors on what to expect.

And they’re finding CF is even more complicated than thought. Consider Mentch: The Bozeman, Mont., woman is part of a small but growing subset of patients not diagnosed until adulthood — patients long assumed merely to have a mild version of the disease that, in its classic form, can quickly attack lungs.

Not so, contends Dr. Jerry Nick of National Jewish Health in Denver, home of one of the largest adult CF treatment centers. He studied how more than 3,000 long-term survivors fared, both at his center and using data from patients included in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s national registry over 15 years. He found that once their disease revs up, those diagnosed as adults can deteriorate as quickly as those diagnosed younger.

"It’s not really mild CF, it’s delayed CF," says Nick, whose study was published last month in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

If so, his findings may have ramifications for babies as well. How? In recent years, every state has begun screening newborns for cystic fibrosis, so that patients can start life-extending treatment before that first infection ever hits.

But doctors are having trouble determining if a fraction of those babies really will develop CF or not, because they harbor less common genetic mutations than the classic type linked to early, severe disease.

"We’re struggling with this," says Dr. Bruce Marshall of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which issued guidelines in December recommending such children be closely monitored for signs of disease as they grow. "At this point, we really don’t know exactly what to do with these folks."

Those less common mutations are the same ones Nick says he’s seeing in people, like Mentch, whose CF wasn’t diagnosed until adulthood.

"This says you shouldn’t dismiss it" in the babies with those ambiguous test results, Nick cautions. "This is not the classic CF of 30 years ago."

About 30,000 Americans, and 70,000 people worldwide, are living with cystic fibrosis, caused by inheriting a flawed CF gene from each parent. The disease causes a sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, clogging them and leading to life-threatening infections. It also clogs the pancreas so the body can’t properly digest food.

Only a few decades ago, children with CF seldom survived elementary school. Today, thanks to earlier diagnosis and improved treatments, 47 percent reach 18 or older. Most of the 400 deaths a year are among teenagers and young adults, according to the CF Foundation’s registry.

So far, just over 5 percent of patients in the registry have made it beyond age 40 — although Nick’s study suggests some who seek care outside that network aren’t counted — and babies diagnosed today are expected to live into their 50s.

Beyond the adult-diagnosed phenomenon, Nick found patients who’d battled CF since childhood and bear the highest-risk gene type survived, too, showing there’s still lots to learn about factors that play a role. While the adult-diagnosed of course lived the longest, anyone who made it to 40 had a good chance of surviving another decade.

Nick’s main message: Proper care during adulthood fights the lung damage. Yet regardless of when they were diagnosed, Nick found, fewer than half of long-term survivors are treated at the nation’s specially designated CF centers once they pass 40 — while those who do fare better.

Mentch’s lung function greatly improved after the right diagnosis got her the right treatment, ending regular bouts of bronchitis she’d experienced since her teens.

"It’s not OK to have bronchitis twice a year and think it’s normal, but that’s … how I walked through life," says Mentch, now 57, who was diagnosed only when a doctor tested her sputum and found a type of Pseudomonas bacterium trapped in her lungs, a red flag for CF.

Now Mentch travels to the Denver CF clinic four times a year to stay on top of her care, which includes inhaled medications and a chest-vibrating vest to clear airway clogs. As the disease progresses, she says, "I have a huge responsibility to take care of myself."

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Winners of IFFA 2010 Colombo in Sri Lanka - winners

3 Idiots big winner at IIFA Awards 2010
Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 (EST)
3 Idiots was the big winner at IIFA Awards 2010 in Colombo on June 6, with 8 trophies including coveted Best Film and Best Director.

Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Govinda perform at IIFA 2010 Awards show. Photo Credit: Sawf News

June 06, 2010, (Sawf News) - 3 Idiots was the big winner at IIFA Awards 2010 in Colombo on June 5, with 8 trophies including coveted Best Film and Best Director.

The event was hosted by Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh and Boman Irani.

Amitabh Bachchan was named Best Actor for his much acclaimed role in Paa, while the Best Actress Award was a tie between Kareena Kapoor (3 Idiots) and Vidya Balan (Paa).

Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Govinda perform at IIFA 2010 Awards show. Photo Credit: Sawf News

Sharman Joshi won the Award for Performance in a Supporting role - Male for his role in 3 Idiots, while Divya Dutta won the Award for Performance in a Supporting role - Female for Delhi 6.

Zeenat Aman was honored for her Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema and J. Om Prakash for his Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema. Shatrugan Sinha presented Zeenat her award and Hrithik Roshan honored his grandfather J. Om Prakash.

Hrithik Roshan performs at IIFA 2010 Awards show. Photo Credit: Sawf News

Govinda presented Sanjay Dutt the Award for Performance in a Comic role for All the Best, while Prem Chopra presented Boman Irani with the Award for Performance in a Negative role for 3 Idiots.

The Green Globe Crusader of the Year presented an Award to Vivek Oberoi for his contribution towards the environment, while Anil Kapoor was presented with the Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema.

Vivek Oberoi performs at IIFA 2010 Awards show. Photo Credit: Sawf News

Jacqueline Fernandez and Mahie Gill were presented with the Star TV debut of the year (Female) Award, while Jackie Bhagnani and Omi Vaidya won the Star TV debut of the year (Male) Award.

The glamorous Awards night saw performances from some of the biggest names in the Indian film industry. A performance by Jacqueline Fernandez opened the show, while Salman Khan gave a stylish performance dancing from the famed IIFA Green Carpet.

Hrithik Roshan danced on stage for the first time following his knee injury three years ago; he even sang during the unforgettable performance.

Saif Ali Khan performs at IIFA 2010 Awards show. Photo Credit: Sawf News

Others who performed included Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor, Govinda and Vivek Oberoi.

The winners for the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010 are:

IIFA
2010 Winners
* Best Film: Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 3 Idiots
* Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male): Amitabh Bachchan, Paa
* Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female): Kareena Kapoor, 3 Idiots
and Vidya Balan, Paa
* Best Direction: Rajkumar Hirani, 3 Idiots
* Best Performance in a Comic Role: Sanjay Dutt, All The Best
* Best Performance in a Negative Role: Boman Irani, 3 Idiots
* Best Supporting Actor: Sharman Joshi, 3 Idiots
* Best Supporting Actress: Divya Dutta, Delhi 6
* Best Male Debut: Omi Vaidya, 3 Idiots and Jackie Bhagnani, Kal Kissne
Dekha
* Best Female Debut: Jacqueline Fernandez, Aladin and Mahie Gill, Dev D
* Best Female Playback Singer: Kavita Seth - Ek Tara, Wake Up Sid
* Best Male Playback Singer: Shaan - Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh, 3 Idiots
* Best Music: Pritam, Love Aaj Kal
* Best Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire, 3 Idiots
* Best Story: Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3
Idiots
* Habitat For Humanity Ambassadorship: Salman Khan
* IIFA outstanding contribution to Hindi Cinema (Male): J. Om Prakash
* IIFA outstanding contribution to Hindi Cinema (Female): Zeenat Aman
* Outstanding Achievement by an Indian Internationally: Anil Kapoor
* IIFA Green Global Award: Vivek Oberoi

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I've made this video for your pleasure. All these pictures are from 2010 iifa awards in Sri Lanka at Colombo. Most of them from the Fashion Show that all the bollywood actors and actresses have been participated except a few.