GLORY

QUARTERLYHOPE
SPECI
ALEDI
TION LEOCLUBOFCOLOMBOCI
RCLE HOPE1
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tor’
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al year.
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mv erymuc hhappyt osayt hat
ourprojectsar er e
ac hingalmos t
everyonet hroughourwe ekl
yGl ory.Wear e TOLEOCLUB OFCOLOMBOCI
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nuingours e r
vicewi t
hgr eatenthusiasm. We
havesuc c
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urni
ngninete
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otaket hisoppor tunitytothankal lthosewho
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nawaywear elostf
orwordstosay
havegiv e
nmet hefulles
tsuppor ttobloom
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snewf lowe r. Butwebeli
eveinyou
LeoGRadha YourHOPE comingtr
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nEdi tor2 01
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SubEditors: Le o.S
.Thirupparan, Leo.K.Abarnah,
Leo.
Y.Rame shkanna
MANYHAPPYRETURNS
OurAdvi
sor
Backboneofoure nti
res ucces
sstory.Yes,heisnotjusty etanotheradvi s
or.Butame ntor,f
ri
end,
educatorandc ounsel
lorforourLe os.Whe ne verane wt eam come sinhisgui danc eandadvi ces
playsabigge rroletofacet hechal l
enges.Thenhel etthemt ofac ethe irchall
e nges,balancethei
r
l
ifeandt akede ci
si
onsont hei
rowni ndepe ndentl
y.Hei snotkindofadvi s
orwhoas s
is
tseachand
everyt
hingsincehebe li
eveswhat ’smake suspowe r
fulisthechall
e ngeswef ace .
Howe ve rwhe nwemakeami s
takehei stheretocorrectorifwear einc onfusionhei sther
et o
supportandgui deustomovef urthe r
.Hisoc c
asi
onal fi
nanc i
alsuppor tswhe ne vermone ybecomes
anobstac l
eleadust os uccess
.Hise f
fortashumani tari
ant os
ervec ommuni tyi seff
e c
ti
veone .
Weal larefortunatet ohavehi m asadvi sorandt hereisnodoubtne wLe oswi llhavehi min
upcomingy ears .

MOVEBETTER..MOVEGREENER.
.
COLOMBO CIRCLEISGOINGGREEN..
YOUCAN MAKETHEDIFFERENCE
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Stor
y)
St
oryt
oldbyamanwhi
chi
smos
tfr
ight
eni
ngyett
hought
-pr
ovoki
ngexper
ienceofhi
sli
fe

Hehadbeenonalongfli
ght..Thefi
rstwar
ningoft
heappr
oachi
ngpr
obl
emscamewhen
thes
ignontheai
rplanefl
ashedon:

"
Fas
tenyours
eatbel
ts.
"

Then,afterawhil
e,acal
mvoicesai
d,"Wes
hallnotbeservi
ngthebeveragesatt
hist
imeaswe
areexpectingal
itt
letur
bul
ence.Pl
eas
ebesur
eyours eatbelti
sfas
tened.."

Ashelookedaroundtheaircraft
,itbecameobvi
ousthatmanyoft
hepas s
enger
swerebecomi
ngapprehens
ive.
Lat
er,thevoiceoftheannouncersaid,"
Wear esosor
rythatweareunabl
etoserv
ethemealatthisti
me..
Theturbul
enceissti
llaheadofus .
"

Andt hent hestorm broke.Theominouscracksofthundercoul

dbehear dev
enabovet heroaroft heengines.
Lighteni
ngl i
tupt hedarkeningski
es,andwithi
nmoment sthatgreatpl
anewasli
keacor ktossedar oundona
celesti
alocean.Onemomentt heairpl
anewaslift
edont err
ifi
ccur r
ent
sofair;thenext,i
tdr oppedasi fit
wer eaboutt ocrash.

Themanconfess
edthathesharedthedi
scomfor tandfearofthosearoundhim.Hesai
d,"
AsIl ookedar
ound
thepl
ane,Icoul
dseethatnear
lyal
lthepassengerswereupsetandalarmed.Somewereprayi
ng.

Thefutureseemedominousandmanywerewonderingi
ftheywouldmakeitthroughthestor
m.Andthen,I
suddenl
ysawagirltowhom thest
orm meantnot
hing.Shehadtuckedherfeetbeneathherass
hesatonher
seatandwasreadi
ngabook.

Everyt
hingwithi
nhers mallworldwascalm andorderl
y.Sometimessheclosedhereyes
,thenshewouldread
agai
n;thenshewoulds t
raightenherlegs
,butwor ryandfearwer enotinherworl
d.Whent hepl
anewasbeing
buffet
edbyt het er
ribl
es tor
m,wheni tlurchedthiswayandthat,asitroseandfel
lwithfri
ght
eningseveri
ty,
whenalltheadul
tswer escaredhalftodeat h,t
hatmar v
elouschi
ldwascompletel
ycomposedandunafrai
d."

Themancouldhardlybel
ievehiseyes
.Itwasnots
urpri
singt
herefore,thatwhenthepl
anefi
nal
lyr
eachedits
des
t i
nati
onandallt
hepas s
engerswerehur
ryi
ngtodis
embark,helinger
edt ospeaktot
hegir
lwhom hehad
watchedforsuchalongti
me.

Hav
ingcomment
edaboutt
hes
tor
m andbehav
ioroft
hepl
ane,heas
kedwhys
hehadnotbeenafr
aid.

Thes
weetchi
ldr
epl
ied,

Si
" r
,myDadi
sthepi
lot
,Andhei
staki
ngmehome.
"

Amanwr
oteal
ett
ert
oas
mal
lhot
eli
naMi
dwes
ttownhepl
annedt
ovi
sitonhi
svacat
ion.
Hewr
ote:Iwoul
dverymuchli
ketobri
ngmydogwi t
hme.Heiswell
-gr
oomedandv
erywel
lbehav
ed.Woul
dyou
bewi
ll
ingtoper
mitmetokeephi
mi nmyroom wi
thmeatni
ght?"

Ani
mmedi
ater
epl
ycamefr
om t
hehot
elowner
,whowr
ote:

"I'vebeenoperatingthi
shotelformanyyears
.Inallthattime,I'veneverhadadogstealtowel
s,bedcl
othes
,
sil
verwareorpicturesoffthewall
s.I'
veneverhadtoev i
ctadogi nt hemiddl
eofthenightforbeingdr
unkand
disorder
ly.AndI'v enev
erhadadogr unoutonahot elbi
ll
.Yes,indeed,yourdogi
swel
comeatmyhot el
.And,
i
fyourdogwi l
lvouchforyou,you'
rewelcometostayhere,too.
"

FOCUS
Lovetheearthandsunandanimal
s,Despis
er i
ches
,gi
vealmstoev
eryonethatas
ks,Standupforthest
upidand
crazy,Dev
oteyourincomeandlabortoothers.
.
.Andyourv
eryfles
hs hal
lbeagreatpoem.~WaltWhit
man
Re
asonsWhyYouS
houl
dSt
artDr
inki
ngGr
eenTe
aNow.
.
1.Gr eenTe aandCanc er
Gr eent e ahe l
psr e duc et her iskofc anc er.Theant ioxidanti ngr eent e ais100t ime smor eeffe
ctive
thanvi tami nCand2 5t ime sbe tte rthanvi tami nE. Thi she l
psy ourbodyatpr ote ctingc ell
sfrom
damagebe li
e vedt obel i
nke dt oc anc e r
.
2 .Gree nTe aandHe ar tDi seas e
Gr eent e ahe l
pspr eve nthe artdi s
e aseands tr
okebyl owe ri
ngt hel e ve lofchol es
t erol.
Eve naf te rthehe artat tack, i
tpr eve nt sce l
l deat hsands pee dsupt her e c
ove ryofhe artc e
lls
.
3 .
Gr eenTe aandAnt i
- Aging
Gr eent eac ont ainsant iox i
dantknownaspol yphe nol swhi c
hf ightagai nstfreer adi cals.
Whatt hi sme ansi sthati the lpsy ouf ightagai ns tagi ngandpr omot eslonge vity.
4.Gr eenTe aandWe ightLos s
I
the lpswi thy ourbodywe ightl os s
.Gr e ent e abur nsfatandboos t
sy ourme tabolismr atenat urall
y.
I
tc anhe lpy oubur nupt o7 0c aloriesi nj ustoneday .Thatt rans l
ate sto7poundsi noney ear.
5.Gr eenTe aandS ki n
Ant i
oxidanti ngr ee nt e apr ot e c
t sthes kinf rom t hehar mf ule ffectsoff r
eer adicals, whi chcause
wr i
nklingands kinagi ng. Gr ee nt eaal sohe lpsfightagai nstskinc anc er .
6.Gr eenTe aandAr t hr i
tis
Gre ente ac anhe lppr eve ntandr educ et her i
skofr he umat oidar thr it
is.
Gr eent eahasbe nefi
tfor
yourhe al thasi tpr ot ectst hec artil
agebybl ockingt hee nzymet hatde s
troysc artil
age .
7.Gr eenTe aandBone s
Theve ryke yt ot hisishi ghf l
uor idec ont entf oundi ngr eent ea. I
the l
pske epy ourbone sstr
ong.
I
fy oudr i
nkgr e ent e ae veryday , thiswi l
lhe lpy oupr ese r
vey ourbonede nsity.
8.Gr eenTe aandChol e s
te rol
Gree nte ac anhe l
pl owe rchol e s
t erolle ve l
.Italsoi mpr ove sther atioofgoodc holes t
e roltobad
cholest
e rol,byr educ ingbadc hol esterol leve l.
9.Gr eenTe aandObe sity
Gre ente apr eve ntsobe si
tybys toppi ngt hemove me ntofgl uc oseinf atc ell
s.
I
fy ouar eonahe al thydi et, exe rci
ser e gul arlyanddr inkgr eent ea, itisunl i
ke l
yy ou'llbeobe s
e.
10.Gr eenTe aandDi abe te s
Gre ente ai mpr ove slipi dandgl uc os eme tabol i
sms ,pr e ventss har pi ncr e
ase sinbl oods ugarl e
ve l,
andbal anc e sy ourme tabol i
smr at e.
11.GreenTe aandLi ve rDi s
e ase
Gre ent eahe lpspr eve ntt rans pl antf ai l
ur ei npe opl ewi thl i
ve rf ail
ur e.
Re searche sshowe dt hatgr e ent e ade stroy shar mf ul fre eradic alsinf at tylivers.
12.Gr eenTe aandHi ghBl oodPr e s
sur e
Dr i
nkinggr e ent e ahe lpske e py ourbl oodpr e
ssur edownbyr e pressingangi otensin,
whi chle adst ohi ghbl oodpr essur e.
13.Gr eenTe aandFoodPoi soni ng
Cat echinf oundi ngr e ent e ac anki l
l bac te r
iawhi chc aus esfoodpoi soningandki llsthet oxins
produc e dbyt hos ebac te r
ia.
14.Gr eenTe aandBl oodS ugar
Bloods ugart endst oi nc reasewi thage , butpol yphe nol sandpol ysac charidesingr eent eahelp
lowe ry ourbl oods ugarl eve l.
15.Gr eenTe aandAs thma
The ophy lli
nei ngr ee nt e ar elax est hemus c l
e swhi chs uppor tthebr onc hialtube s,
reduc i
ngt hes e verityofas thma.
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omeway
stoS
aveEnvi
ronme
ntandLi
veGr
een
Pape rorpl asti
c?Ne ither:User eus ablec lothorc anvasbags . Thehar dpar tisreme mberingt o
taket he m wi thy ou. Butt he yar es turdie randc ar ryahe ckofal otmor estuf f
.Haveac oupleof
setsandl e aveonei ny ourve hicleatal ltime s.Pape rmaybes li
ght l
ybe ttert hanplast
icbe cause
i
thol dsmor epe rbag, butbagge rsal s
of reque ntlydoubl ebag. Pape rbagsc anbee asi
lyr e
us ed
i
nmanyf ormsandhaveabe t
te rc hanc eofbe ingr ecyc l
ed.Ify ouhappe nt oge taf ewpl ast
icbags,
reuset he m asmuc haspos s
ibleunt ilt
he yc anbeus ednomor e.
Spre adt heWor d: Br i
ngawar ene s
st owas teful pe opl ear oundy ounotonl ybyt e l
l
ingthemt oGo
Gre enbutbyl eadingbye xampl e. Bybe ingGr e eni ny ourlifeands howingpe oplehowe asyitcan
be...
the ygai nconf ide ncethatt he yc anf oll
ows ui t. Sugge stway sthatthe ycoul dbemor e
eco-frie ndlyandpoi ntouthowmuc ht he ysave .
User e cy c
ledpape r:Compar edt oot herpape r
, itt ake sal otlesse nergyandwat ertomake .
Andt hankst oi ncre asedde mand, manuf acture rshavebe enabl etomat chqual it
yandpe rformance
.
Spe aki ngofpape r, it
'sgottwos ide s,s
owhe npos sible,us ethe m bot h.
Buys oftdr inksinac up: Whe ne verpos s
ibl e
, buys odaf rom af ount aininapape rcupinsteadof
i
nac anorpl asticbot tl
e.You' l
lr educ et heamountofal umi num c ansandpl as t
icbott
leswas ted.
Mor epape r( 48pe r cent)isrecyc l
edandr ecove redt omakene wpr oduc tsthanal uminum s oda
cans( 43 .9pe rcent )orpl asti
cs odabot tle s(25pe rce nt).
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ff
ere
ncebe
twe
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ngonPr
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emsandFoc
usi
ngonS
olut
ions
Case1
Whe nNAS Abe gant helaunc hofas t
ronaut sintos pac e,theyfoundoutt hatt hepe nswoul dn'twor k
atz erogr avity( inkwon' tf l
owdownt ot hewr i
tingsur face).
Tos olvet hisprobl e m, i
tt ookt he m onede cadeand$ 12mi l
li
on.The yde velope dape nt hatwor ke d
atz erogr avity, ups idedown, unde rwat e r,inpr actic
al l
yanys urfacei nc l
udingc r
y s
t alandi na
tempe r
at urer angef r
om be lowf r
eezingt oove r3 00de greesC.
Andwhatdi dt heRus s
iansdo. .
.??
Theyus e daPe nc i
l!!
!
Case2
Oneoft hemos tme mor abl ec ases t
udi esonJ apane s
emanage me ntwast hecas eoft hee mptys oap
box, whichhappe ne dinoneofJ apan' sbigge s
tc osme ticscompani es. Thec ompanyr e
c ei
ve da
compl aintt hatac onsume rhadboughtas oapboxt hatwase mpt y .
Imme di
at elytheaut hor i
tiesisolatedt hepr obl emt ot heas s
embl yline ,whichtrans por tedal lt
he
package dbox e sofs oapt ot hede li
ve r
yde par tme nt. Forsomer e ason, ones oapboxwe ntt hrough
theas se
mbl ylinee mpt y .Manage me ntas ke di tsengine erstosol
vet hepr oblem. Pos t-has t
e,the
engine e
r swor ke dhar dt ode viseanX- raymac hinewi thhigh-re
solut ionmoni t orsmanne dbyt wo
peopl etowat chal lthes oapbox esthatpas sedt hr
ought helinet omakes uret he ywe renote mpt y
.
Nodoubt ,theywor ke dhar dandt he ywor ke df astbutt heyspentabi gamountt odos o.
Butwhe nar ank- and- fil
ee mpl oyeei nas mal lcompanywaspos edwi ththes amepr oble m,hedi d
notge tint ocompl i
cat i
onsofX- rays,etc.
, buti nsteadc ameoutwi t
hanot he rsolution. Heboughta
str
ongi ndus tri
al e l
e ctri
cfanandpoi ntedi tatt heas sembl yli
ne .
Hes wi tchedt hef anon, andase ac
h
soapboxpas sedt hef an,its i
mpl yblewt hee mpt ybox esoutoft hel i
ne .
Moral
Alway slookf ors impl esolutions .
Devisethes impl e stpos si
bles olutiont hats ol vest hepr obl ems.
Anantc anbeki ll
e di ntwoway s..
.
..
.
1
)Byl ift
ingandpr e s
singitbyy ourhand.
2)ByBombar dingi twithami s
sil
e.