Why its Important ?

January

8^th of Jauary 1889

Herman Hollerith received the patent for his electro-mechanical tabulating machine-the precursor of the moden computer.

25^th of January 1890

Inspired by Jules Verne’s around the world in 80 days Nellie Bly, American Journalists and author, made the journey in 72 days.

February

01^st February 1893

In 1893, Thomas Edison, already famous for his invention of the phonograph (gramophone) completed the world’s first ever motion picture studio in West Orange, New Jersey, USA. Edison aware of the limitations of cameras designed the studio so that the roof could be moved to let the daylight in.

9^th February 1900

The Davis Cup Tournament is a premier event in the Tennis Calendar and is probably the only ‘team game’ in Tennis. The tournament, conceived by Dwight Davis , was first held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1900. The USA won the trophy 32 times, while Australia is second with 28 victories.

March

15^th March 1892

Jesse W. Reno patented his design for the Escalator in 1892. Charles Seeberger re-designed it in 1897. The Otis Elevator Company, bought the patents from both Reno and Seeberger and technological improvements over the years, eventually resulted in elevators as we knows these, today.

31^st March 1889

The Eiffel Tower, named after its designer, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, built to mark the centenary of the French Revolution, opened during the World Fair 1889 in Paris. The Eiffel Tower, 324 meters tall, is a ‘must see’ on the list of every visitor to France’s Capital.

April

05^th April 1896

An event that is now accepted as the first modern Olympic Games, opened at the Panathenian Stadium , Athens Greece, with only aroumd 250 competitors in attendance. Later, thanks to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic Games became an International event and sport’s greatest spectacale.

12^th April 1892

While Charles Thurber, Christopher Sholes, Cralos Glidden and many others, contributed to the manufacture of the cumbersome ‘writing machine’ we call the typewriter, George C. Blickensdefer alone can truly claim credit for the portable version he patented back in 1892.

May

13^th May 1888

Princess Isabel 1 of Brazil, while acting as Regent for her father Pedro 11, used her initiative and authority and signed the historic ‘Lei Aurea’ (The golden Law) abolishing salvery in 1888. Ironically, in spite of the many honours she received, she eventually died in exile in France.

20^th May 1892

In 1892, an American George T. Sampson received the patent for the

‘ Clothes Dryer’. The ventilator, with a perforated, barrel – shaped drum, turned over a fire manually, was the forerunner of today’s sleek, sophisticated models.

June

09^th June 1898

Hong Kong’s Territories, acquired through three treaties – treaty of Nanking (1840) Treaty of Beijing (1880) and finally the extension of Hong Kong’s Territories in 1898, were collectively leased to great Britain by China for 99 years from that year – 1898.

30^th June 1894

London Tower Bridge, which was ceremoniously opened on this day in 1894, is a combined bascule and suspension bridge, spanning the river Thames, close to the Tower of London, which accounts for its name and an iconic symbol of the city of London

July

04^th July 1891

Who created the first hamburger? Oscar Weber Bilby who first served hamburgers- ground meat in a bun on his grandfather’s farm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the 4^th of July 1891, claimed to be the creator. Others disputed Bilby’s claim. It actually took a proclamation by Oklahoma’s Governor Frank Keating, over a hundred years later, to officially credit Bilby with the honour.

27^th July 1888

Phillip Pratt jolted the folk in Boston, USA with his electric tricycle- arguably the first electric automobile – powered by 10 lead – acid cells to a 0.5 horsepower DC motor. Pratt also took the Editor of ‘Modern heat & Light’ magazine for a spin round the block. There is no record of what the editor thought of the ride.

August

13^th August 1889

When William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut in the USA patented the coin – operated telephone, he unwittingly opened the avenues of innovation that are taking the communications industry to new frontiers almost every day.

16^th August 1898

Amusement and Theme Park thrills were never the same again after Edwin Prescot patented the roller – coaster in 1898. The Idea evolved from a single car that rolled downhill. Today, it needs just one lock at the loopy, climb and swoop route to realize why the roller coaster is also called the ‘Scream Mechine’.

September

06^th September 1888

Charles Thomas turner who represented the new south wales and Australian cricket teams,had the distinction of being the first bowler, while on tour in 1888, to take 250 wickets in a single English Cricket season – no mean feat considering the limited opportunities at the time.

28^th September 1898

Rudolph Diesel began life as a Refrigeration Engineer, but his secret love was Designing Engines. His first experiment with an internal combustion engine almost killed him when it exploded. His persistence paid off. The Diesel Engine patented in 1898, is now used in submarines ships, locomotives and importantly in electricity generation plants.

October

01^st October 1888

The National Geographic Magazine – probably the worlds favourite –was published for the first time, on this day in 1888. The spectrum it covers –geography, archaeology, natural science history and much more – endears it to millions of readers all over the world.

30^th October 1888

In 1888, an American leather – tanner, John Loud, patented a roller –ball-tip marking pen to save time, marking leather hides with thick ink. He could not have possibly known he had invented the predecessor to today’s ball point everyone, everywhere.

November

08^th November 1895

The day in 1895, that Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, a German Physicist, while investigating the effects of light and vacuum tubes, quit the accident, discovered the method that is today known as X-rays the positive boon, medical science finds totally indispensable.

27^th November 1895

The day the Nobel prize was inaugurated through the largesse of Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish chemist, engineer, armaments manufacture – and the inventor of dynamite –back in 1895. The Nobel Prize is offered for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature for work towards peach and more.

December

06^th December 1897

This was the day , back in 1897, that the city of London became the world’s first to host licensed taxi-cabs. In all probability the rules and regulations governing cabs would not have been as demanding as now. Today the stringent rules cover not only the drivers’ skills and know-how, but also focus especially on customer- comfort and convenience.

21^st December 1898

In 1898, the husband –and –wife team of Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium. Among its many uses ,radium in the form of radium chloride, is used in the general treatment of cancer. But more recently, it is under investigation as the particular cancer treatment in bone metastasis

Birth control pill for men created

By jamming the biochemical machinery of sperm, an Israeli professor has created a new pill that could finally place the responsibility of birth control with men.

The female birth control pill, commonly referred to as ‘The Pill,’ is not 100 percent effective, and some women’s bodies don’t react well to the extra hormones. Now, finally, a new birth control option for men is in the works, which would allow partners to share the responsibility, and let guys be in control of whether or not there will be any surprises in the procreation department.

Prof. Haim Breitbart of Israel’s Bar-Ilan University authored a breakthrough paper in 2006 describing how sperm survive in the uterus. Now the biochemist is taking those findings and using them against sperm. He’s developed a number of novel compounds that have no affect on male sex drive, but succeed in impairing the reproductive ability of the sperm. If all goes according to his plan, a new male birth control pill could be on the market within the next five years, he tells ISRAEL21c.

Source - http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2010/06/30/birth-control-pill-for-men-created/

ගර්භාෂයෙන් පිටත වැඩුණු දරුවෙක් කාසල් රෝහලේ දී උපත ලබයි Rare Child Birth At Castle Hospital

මෙවැනි සැත්කමක් කළ පළමු වතාව

මවකගේ ගර්භාෂයෙන් පිටත උදර කුහරය තුළ වැඩුණු දරුවකු ලැපරෝපොමයි (Laporopomy) ශල්‍යකර්මයෙන් මෙලොවට බිහිකරලීමට කාසල් වීදිය කාන්තා රෝහලේ ශල්‍ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරු ඊයේ (29දා) සමත් වූහ.

ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ මෙවැනි ශල්‍යකර්මයකින් දරුවකු බිහි කළ ප්‍රථම අවස්ථාව මෙයයි.

ශල්‍යකර්මයෙන් පසුව දියණියක් උපත ලබා ඇති අතර සාමාන්‍ය දරුවකු ඉපදෙන බරට සමානව කිලෝග්රූම් දෙක හමාරක පමණ බරකින් දරුවා උපත ලබා ඇත. මව සහ දරුවා සුවයෙන් පසු වන බව රෝහල් අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා වෛද්‍ය රාණි ප්‍රනාන්දු මහත්මිය පැවැසුවාය.

ශල්‍යකර්මය සිදු කිරීමේ දී මවගෙන් හෝ බබාගෙන් විශේෂ රුධිර වහනයක් සිදු නොවූ බවද මවගේත් දරුවාගේත් වැඩි ආරක්ෂාව සඳහා මව මවුවරුන්ගේ දැඩි සත්කාර ඒකකයටත් දරුවා ළමා දැඩි සත්කාර ඒකකයටත් ඇතුළත් කර ඇති බව ද වෛද්‍ය රාණි ප්‍රනාන්දු මහත්මිය කියා සිටියාය.

මොනරාගල ප්‍රදේශයේ මවක විසින් මේ දරුවා බිහි කර තිබේ. මේ මව දරුවා පිළිසිඳ ගැනීම පිළිබඳ මාතෘ සායනවලට සහභාගි වුවත් සායනවලදී මවගේ හා කළලයේ විශේෂත්වයක් වෛද්‍යවරුන්ට හසු වී නොමැත.

දරුවා පිළිසිඳ ගෙන මාස අටක්, නවයක් පමණ ගත වූ පසුව කළලය තිබෙන්නේ ගර්භාෂයේ නොව උදර කුහරයේ බවට හඳුනාගෙන ඇත.

ඇය දරුවා බිහි කිරීමට මොනරාගල රෝහලට ඇතුළත් වූ පසුව මොනරාගල රෝහලෙන් කොළඹ කාසල් වීදිය කාන්තා රෝහලට මාරුකර එවා තිබේ. ඒ අනුව ලැපරෝපොමයි සැත්කමෙන් මෙම දරුවා බිහිකරලීමට කාසල් කාන්තා රෝහලේ විශේෂඥ ශල්‍ය වෛද්‍යවරු සමත් වූහ

Source - http://www.dinamina.lk/2010/06/30/_art.asp?fn=n1006305

Rare Child Birth At Castle Hospital

(Colombo Lankapuvath) A baby conceived in the cavity abdominal of a mother was successfully delivered at the Castle Street Hospital for women today (29).

This was the first such incident reported in Sri Lanka so far.

The mother delivered the baby after a special surgery conducted by the Doctors who attended to the mother said Dr Rani Fernando, Director of the Castle Hospital.

The Director further said the mother’s placenta was formed in such a way that would provide the nourishment needed for the baby’s growth. The new born baby weighs 2 ½ kilos.

The mother and baby who are in good health are now being kept under observation said the Hospital Director.
The mother of the child is a resident of Monaragala district.

http://www.lankapuvath.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7790:a-rare-child-birth-at-castle-hospital-&catid=46:general&Itemid=70

Sri Lankan President Visit Ukrainie

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be visiting Ukraine from June 29 to July 3 on an official visit at the invitation of his Ukrainian counterpart Victor Yanukovich.

The visit is expected to:

1. expand the bilateral relations between the two countries in the sectors related to the economy and trade, tourism, and human resource development.

2. expect to expand their international treaty framework and strengthen their cooperation via international organizations.

3. A range of bilateral agreements, especially on cooperation in the tourism and military and technical spheres are to be signed during the President's visit.

4. A Sri Lanka-Ukraine Business Forum has also been organized parallel to the President's visit, and is expected to strengthen cooperation in the trade and economic sectors between the two countries.

Sri Lankan President’s schedule of Ukraine visit

1. President Rajapaksa will hold bilateral discussions with the President of Ukraine as well as with the Prime Minister and other senior Ministers of the Government of Ukraine.

2. President Rajapaksa is also scheduled to visit the Parliament of Ukraine and to address the National Defence University of Ukraine.

3. Sri Lankan Cultural Evening featuring the Sri Lanka Air Force Cultural Troupe will also take place during the visit.

Sri Lankan President will be accompanied by:

The Minister for External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, and Sri Lanka's Ambassador accredited to Ukraine Udayanga Weeratunga.

About Ukraine

Ukraine is situated in the south-eastern part of Central Europe and has its own territory, government, national emblem, flag and anthem. It borders on Russia, Byelorussia, Moldova, Slovakia, Roumania, Hungary and Poland on land and Russia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Roumania and Turkey on sea.

The territory of Ukraine is mostly a level, treeless plain, calls "steppe". There are the Crimean Mountains in the Crimean peninsula and the Carpathians in the west, but they are not very high. Mixed forests of pine and fir-trees, beeches, limes, oaks and elms cover the mountains, but the thickest woods can still be found in the northern part of the republic, in Volyn. Kiev and Cherkassy lie in the midst of Ukrainian southernmost pine forest. The main Ukrainian river is the Dnieper. It is one of the longest European rivers and one of the republic's main source of hydroelectric power. The Dnieper and its tributary the Ross had been the cradle of the Ukrainian and Russian people in time immemorial.

The climate of the country is moderate. Winter is rather mild, with no severe frosts but with regular snowfalls everywhere except the south. The rivers and lakes freeze in winter. The average winter temperature varies -20 Centigrade in the north to -3-5 in the south. Summer is quite hot and dry, with occasional showers and thunderstorms. The fertile black soil is well watered in spring and autumn and gets plenty of sunshine in summer.

Due to favorable climatic conditions, Ukraine is traditionally an agricultural area. It grows wheat, maize, buckwheat and other corn, red and green vegetables, all kinds of fruit, melons and berries.

Ukraine is one of the world's main centers of sugar production. It produces sugar both for her own needs and for export.

The country is rich in natural resources, such as iron ore, coal, color metal, oil, gas, mineral salts, clay and potential water power. It has developed a varied industry, concentrated mostly in and around big cities, such as Kiev, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Dnyeprodzerzhinsk, Odessa, Kharkov, Lviv, Nickolayev and other. It produces planes and ships, lorries and buses, motorcars and locomotives, computer and electronic equipment, precision instruments and agricultural machines, TV and radioset, chemicals and textiles and various consumer goods. Odessa, Sebastopol, Nickolayev, Kherson and Kerch are main ukrainian ports.

Living Organism

· Bat is the only mammal who can fly.

· The biggest animal in the world is Blue Whale.( 30meters long )

· The Biggest animal who lives in land is elephant and the biggest animal in aquatic environment is blue whale. Both are herbivores.

· In the oceans , the food for the large forms of organisms is supplied by tiny microscopic plant planktons.

· Most committed parent should go to the male penguin. As the eggs laid by the female penguin is kept on the feet of the male, covered over by it’s feathers and protected without moving, at temperatures of around 40 C even as long as one month, till the she bird come back.

· 81 species of inland fish have been recorded in Sri Lanka of which 27 are endemic.

· At Tsunami disaster only two buffaloes died at Yala Sanctuary. But many tourists died there. It seems that animals have the senses of natural disasters, like Tsunami. · Life originated in water. The first living forms were microscopic, single celled organisms. · Some frogs have sucker pads on their toes which help them to be very good climbers. · The bodies of living things contain lots of water. The human body is three quarters water. · The human small intestine, if straightened out, would measure as long as six meters. · The outer layer of your skin constantly flakes off. Infact, your whole skin is replaced once every three week.