Losing balance is quite common with age Compiled by Dr harold Gunatillake-Health advisor Since of late, I observe that some of our friends and colleagues are walking with the aid of a walking stick, and others without, all complaining about difficulty in controlling ones balance and posture at rest and on walking. Your balance begins to deteriorate from the Age of 40. Regardless of your age, if you can’t stand steadily on one leg for at least 15 seconds — with or without your eyes closed — then you definitely need to start practicing as soon as possible to improve your balance. ...

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Ralphs Property Investing Newsletter March  Conference Update Well, that’s another year gone and another conference. I’ve now been to at least 7 that I can remember, all around the country so have heard a lot of stuff more than once. However it’s always good to catch-up with old friends and get the latest information from experts, builders and researchers as to what is happening where and why. This conference was on the Gold Coast this year and among the speakers was the Gold Coast Lord Mayor, Tom Tate who gave us an insight into planned projects and strategies to grow the area. We also heard from demographer Bernard Salt who gave us an insight into which areas are going to have the best growth prospects over the next 30 years and also from Clifford Bennett looking at things from a global finance point of view. Combined, these differing viewpoints gave me ...

Gut Bugs in relation to disease Written by Dr harold Gunatillake FRCS,FIACS, FICS, AM (Sing), MBBS-Health editor Every one of us has over tens of trillion single celled bacteria and countless other microbes in our 17 inches long small gut and five inch long large gut, irrespective of the myriads that colonise our skin, nose, mouth cavity and other passages. Most of these microbes are permanent residents living as boarders and allies, beneficial and important to our health and defensive immune system. But there are other bugs that cause problems though much under the strict surveillance of the good microbes. We have over 600 identified types of microbes including bacteria, fungi and yeast in our gut symbiotically living with us right through our life. Till lately we thought that all germs in us were pathogenic-meaning cause disease. So we killed them by using antiseptic soaps, spraying with antiseptic and antibiotic ...

Luxury yachts to attract tourists to Sri Lanka Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development, Mahinda Amaraweera, M.P., lights the traditional oil lamp at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new luxury yacht manufacturing facility at Beruwala. Sri Lanka recently embarked on a novel project to manufacture and market luxury yachts as a new initiative under the country’s tourism drive. The foundation stone for the yacht factory was laid at a ceremony presided over by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development, Mahinda Amaraweera, M.P. Several distinguished guests including Chathura Senaratne, M.P. were present on the occasion.The proposed luxury yacht manufacturing facility located at the Beruwala Fisheries Harbour is a joint-venture between the Building a Future Foundation (BAFF) and Solar Impulse (Pvt) Ltd. BAFF was founded by one of Colombo’s leading business families, the Jinasenas, and Pierre Pringiers, the Honorary Consul for Belgium in Sri Lanka, as a ...

Swinburne pledges commitment to migrant community An iconic Australian tree will soon become the symbol of ongoing commitment and support to all migrants from established and emerging communities at Swinburne University of Technology. For many years, Swinburne has welcomed migrants into its community. Professor Glen Bates, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student Advancement says students and staff from diverse migrant backgrounds form an important part of university life. “To reinforce our long-standing support to migrants, we are planting a gum tree to signify that we welcome all migrants, including migrants from emerging communities. We want members of these communities to benefit from the power of education and grow with us,” says Professor Bates. “We are very proud of our many high achieving graduates from migrant backgrounds, who have gone on to make significant contributions to our society,” says Professor Bates. Special guest Sam Bashiry, a Swinburne graduate and former Iranian refugee will be ...