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Tony Donaldson  

TAKE-IN …. https://youtu.be/A-U2MD-dxXs?si=PK2AN91od1cp2ABD

This is an excellent 8 part series on the SOE in WW2, at least the last 5 programs. 

Ep 4 focuses on the Dutch section which was betrayed. The SS caught the first SOE agents parachuting into Holland, and forced them to continue sending messages to England asking for more agents,  weapons and explosives. The SS were sending the messages, and each new batch was  caught.  SOE agents were supposed to include a mistake in their messages if they were caught and in enemy hands.  SOE in London received message from their agents in Holland without the agreed mistakes which should have alerted them that their agents were in enemy hands, but the SOE Dutch section in London ignored that and kept sending more agents and weapons. The SS caught them all and were running them.

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Madushka Balasuriya in ESPNcricinfo ….. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-ssc-finally-steps-out-of-the-sun-and-into-the-floodlights-at-t20-world-cup-1522486

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Layard’s parakeet ……….. from Wikipedia

Layard’s parakeet
Female eating fruit in Sri Lanka
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Genus:	Psittacula
Species:	P. calthrapae
Binomial name
Psittacula calthrapae (Blyth, 1849)
Synonyms
Nicopsitta calthrapae (Blyth, 1849) Psittacula calthorpae Dickinson (2003) Psittacula calthrapae (Blyth, 1849) Psittacula calthropae

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Item posted in FACEBOOK by Ranjith Weerasinghe

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Item from “Sri Lanka Kandyan Sinhala Family Genealogy”

MADUGALLE – Family #3116

The village or Wasagama of Madugalle is in Gampaha Korale East of Upper Dumbara and is bounded by Gandeke Korale in the North and Kanpala KJorale in the North East, and by Palispattu and Udasiya Pattuwa in the West. The village or Wasagama of Galahitiyawa family which had very early connections to the Madugalle family is in Kewulgama in Gampaha Korale West in Upper Dumbara. The village of Giddawa is in Palispattu, East of Lower Dumbara, and the village of Udispattuwa is in Uda Siya Pattuwa, North of Upper Dumbara. These two villages are situated within the power bases of some prominent office holding Kandyan Gentry, during the early years of the Kandyan Kingdom. Families from all villages mentioned have had connections to the Madugalle family.

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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule

RESULT • 

1st Match, Group A • Colombo (SSC), ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

Netherlands

147

Pakistan

(19.3/20 ov, T:148) 148/7

Pakistan won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) …. NOTE: this match was at the SSC grounds in Colombo

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Camel Rider

Very nice of this Jewish artist to combat a ‘pro-Hamas bias’ sweeping across Australia through an art exhibition. …. published in The Australian Financial Review today. ………………………..https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/jewish-artist-says-exhibition-combats-pro-hamas-bias-20260205-p5nzuq

The watermelon represents Palestinian resistance and serves as a quiet substitute for referring to the genocide in Gaza, which Zionists claim is a legitimate slaughter rather than a genocide.

The only problem is THAT there is no ‘pro-Hamas bias’ in Australia; only a pro-Palestinian bias, and it is not really a bias but a legitimate position for any group facing a genocide supported by the pro-bias Zionist lobby. 

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Courtesy of VICTOR MELDER, our dinky-die rail-man of course

https://youtu.be/hu0vLSfHFcI?si=apbpiEUvLYMNQqXk

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Preview YouTube video Experience A Rail Bus on Train Tracks in Sri Lanka Railways || Ganewatta To Kurunegala Full RidePreview YouTube video Experience A Rail Bus on Train Tracks in Sri Lanka Railways || Ganewatta To Kurunegala Full Ride

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ADDENDUM: Mail Exchange with  David Sansoni in Sydney & Victor in Melbourne

Michael,  Happy to note Victor has shared with you the YouTube link to this feature.

I sent it to him today, in response to his email with a link to a 29-minute video of the Polgahawela to Kurunegala train.

The photo attached is my own:  namely, my personal encounter with and ride in the Lankan Rail Bus, circa 1996  .………….. Blessings, David

Vaibhav Suryavanshi IPL factfile

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, aged just 14, became the youngest ever centurion in men’s T20 cricket when he cracked 101 off 38 balls for Rajasthan Royals (RR) against Gujarat Titans in Jaipur in IPL 2025. His hundred, which came off 35 deliveries, was the second-fastest in IPL history, as he piled up plenty of records during his stunning knock.

NOW …. TODAY, representing India  U19 vs England U19 in the FINAL of the U19 World Cup, he has  –thus far — hammered 104 runs in 56 balls…..

….. Hodi-Heleyi Heleyi-aaah, Hodi-Heleyi Heleyi-aah IS MY SRI LANKAN MAADHAL FISHERMAN’S MOTIVATIONAL CALL !!

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