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NASA Life Discovery: New Bacteria Makes DNA With Arsenic
Saturday, 4 December 2010 - 3:16 AM SL Time
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scientists have found life on Earth that`s perhaps the most `alien` organism yet seen.
A new species of bacteria found in California`s Mono Lake is the first known life-form that uses arsenic to make its DNA and proteins, scientists announced today.
Dubbed the GFAJ-1 strain, the bacteria can substitute arsenic for phosphorus, one of the six main `building blocks` for most known life. The other key ingredients for life are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.
(Related: `Saturn`s Largest Moon Has Ingredients for Life?`)
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Tamil voters in Britain behind London`s Sri Lanka stance: WikiLeaks - Miliband Anna Spent 60% iof his time on Tamil Votes and LOST. Ha..ha..ha.. Join with Tamils And LOSE.
Sunday, 5 December 2010 - 6:51 AM SL Time
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Berlin - The British government`s concern for ex-pat Tamil voters in marginal constituencies at home drove London`s criticisms of the Sri Lankan government`s actions in last year`s ending of the country`s civil war, WikiLeaks diplomatic cables suggest.
David Miliband, then British foreign secretary in a Labour government, was outspoken in criticism of the actions of the Colombo government as it closed in on Tamil fighters in the north of the island, where many thousand civilians were also sheltering.
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Bell Pottinger propose meeting with moderate Tamil Diaspora
Monday, 6 December 2010 - 2:25 AM SL Time
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Information leaking out of Sri Lanka High Commission confirm, the image building consultants Bell Pottinger suggesting to the President during his stay in London to engage with the section of the Tamils in the UK.
They have said this engagement with the High Commission is vital to counter the LTTE campaign in the UK.
At the public meeting held in the High Commission before President`s rushed departure to Colombo in fear of arrest warrant being issued by the UK Court, only six Tamils and three Muslim community members had participated. The Tamils and Muslims engagement with the High Commission has dwindled as a result of the hard line policies of the government of Sri Lanka and the incompatibility of the High Commission to accommodate or respect the Tamil views.
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WikiLeaks cables offer a lesson in brevity for Indian diplomatsUS embassy cables have had one unintended bonus: Delhi is using them as model dispatches for its long-winded diplomats
Tuesday, 7 December 2010 - 8:58 AM SL Time
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Hillary Clinton at the state department. Her diplomats` prose is being recommended as a good model for their Indian counterparts. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Legendary for its length, esoteric language and liberal sprinkling of Latin, the Indian diplomatic dispatch may finally have met its nemesis: the leaked US embassy cables.
According to the Indian Express newspaper, the ministry of external affairs in Delhi has asked trainee diplomats to read the cables `and get a hang of the brevity with which thoughts and facts have been expressed`.
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Wikileaks Founder Arrested in London - Western Double Standards Would they Ever hand Over LTTE Tamil - Supporters that helped Killing Sri Lankans for 30 years ??
Wednesday, 8 December 2010 - 2:40 AM SL Time
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US Attorney General Says WikiLeaks Puts Americans at Risk
Turkish PM Threatens to Sue Over Wikileaks Claims
A London court has ordered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be held in custody while he fights extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over alleged sex offenses.
The court denied Assange bail Tuesday, hours after he turned himself in to British police.
The case against Assange stems from his encounters with two women in August. His lawyer says the dispute is over `consensual but unprotected sex` and that the charges are politically motivated.
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Denmark is a big SHAME. The Sea is stained in Red.
Thursday, 9 December 2010 - 6:25 AM SL Time
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It`s because of the cruelty that the human beings (civilized human)
kill hundreds of the famous and intelligent Calderon dolphins.
This happens every year in Faeroe Inland in Denmark .
In this slaughter the main participants are young teens.
WHY?
A celebration, to show that they are adults and mature
In this big celebration, nothing is missing for the fun.
Everyone is participating in one way or the other
killing or looking at the cruelty supporting like a spectator .
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Fighting Corruption - Sri Lanka slain customs officer given integrity award - What Will the Goverment do to Promote People Coming Out Like this ?
Saturday, 11 December 2010 - 12:51 AM SL Time
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(LBO) - A Sri Lankan customs officer who was gunned down after he exposed corruption in the customs service was posthumously awarded the National Integrity Award by the corruption watchdog Transparency International.
Assistant Superintendent of Customs late Sujith Prasanna Perera was given award for the work he carried out in investigating frauds at Sri Lanka Customs before his death in 2001, a statement said.
His wife, Angela Perera, received the award from Nepali writer and activist and founding editor of Himal magazine Kanak Mani Dixit, Thursday.
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GON HARAK Sri Lankan Politicians Replace Buddhist Practices with Those of HINDUISM. Why These Politicians JOKERS ?
Sunday, 12 December 2010 - 12:32 AM SL Time
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Sri Lankan members of parliament are to be offered yoga sessions at work, starting next month. The aim is to eliminate their high levels of stress, the practitioners have told the BBC.
`With peace in Sri Lanka, the most stressed-out people are now the politicians,` said the instructor in charge, Chamin Warnakula.
His yoga organisation has produced a leaflet headed `Yoga for MPs - For Mind, Body and Soul`.
Breathing and posture exercises will `teach them discipline, good behaviour, and how to control themselves in stressful situations`, he said.
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Now UNP Has a Good Constitution Before the Election for the Party Leader, Get General Fonseka also to be a Candidate for the UNP - Leader Position.
Monday, 13 December 2010 - 12:12 AM SL Time
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The UNP new constitution was passed at the Sirikotha, party headquarters, a short while ago, a party spokesman said.
UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today addressing the Special Convention of the party called UNP supporters to rally round to defeat President Mahinda Rajapaksa before he completes his second term.
We should wait until he becomes the President for the third time, but defeat him in the second term itself , he said.
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What Tissanayagam wrote was Pure - LTTE propaganda, and this stuff was funded by the British Government. BBC should Iinvestigate what the British Government was doing.
Tuesday, 14 December 2010 - 5:49 AM SL Time
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The following interview of Prof Rajiva Wijesinha MP was conducted by NIK Gowing on the BBC Hub Program, on November 24, 2010. This was well before the revelation on WikiLeaks that Miliband had
RW: My dear Nik, you have to know, just as you`ve said recently, in your program, your MP, in the European Parliament, was punished for saying things, and there are limits to freedom of expression. We in Sri Lanka have suffered from terrorism you guys had a Prime Minister killed nearly 200 years ago. We have suffered, more recently, so has India.
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Astronomers Find First Evidence Of Other Universes - Penrose Conformal Cyclic cosmology and the concentric circle evidence for it that was recently offered.)
Thursday, 16 December 2010 - 10:57 AM SL Time
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Our cosmos was `bruised` in collisions with other universes. Now astronomers have found the first evidence of these impacts in the cosmic microwave background
There`s something exciting afoot in world of cosmology. Last month, Roger Penrose at the University of Oxford and Vahe Gurzadyan at Yerevan State University in Armenia announced that they had found patterns of concentric circles in the cosmic microwave background, the echo of the Big Bang.
This, they say, is exactly what you`d expect if the universe were eternally cyclical. By that, they mean that each cycle ends with a big bang that starts the next cycle. In this model, the universe is a kind of cosmic Russian Doll, with all previous universes contained within the current one.
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The British police whisked you and your delegation away through a different gate to the Five-Star Dorchester Hotel and you stayed in a suite where Elizabeth Taylor stayed while she was playing Cleopatra and the rate for the suite was about Rs.700,000 a ni
Friday, 17 December 2010 - 1:13 AM SL Time
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Sri Lanka`s industries and hotels will face sharply higher power costs of around 25 to 100 percent under new tariffs proposed for 2011, industry representatives told a public hearing called by the regulator. Sri Lanka`s industry has been getting subsidized power, though most of the subsidies went to domestic users below 90 units a month. Sri Lanka`s manufacturing industries in ceramics, rubber and others will have to bear extra power expenses
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PARENT - Job Description - If it had been presented this way, I don`t believe any of us would have taken the job
Saturday, 18 December 2010 - 11:33 AM SL Time
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POSITION :
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma
Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop
JOB DESCRIPTION :
Long term, team players needed, for challenging,
permanent work in an
often chaotic environment.
Candidates must possess excellent communication
and organizational skills and be willing to work
variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends
and frequent 24 hour shifts on call.
Some overnight travel required, including trips to
primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities!
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Chavez given power to rule by decree for 18 months - granted power to rule by decree for 18 months by his followers in parliament.
Sunday, 19 December 2010 - 2:17 AM SL Time
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His critics said the move turns the country into a near-dictatorship. It comes just two weeks before a new national assembly is sworn in with a larger opposition bloc that could have frustrated some of his plans to create a socialist state.
The firebrand leader had only asked his allies for the right to govern without referring to congress for a year. Instead, they handed him the powers for 18 months as proof of their `revolutionary commitment`, said Cilia Flores, the national assembly president.
The official reason for the move was to allow Mr Chavez to deal with the devastating aftermath of weeks of floods by fast-tracking tax increases and funding for construction of new homes.
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New Buddhist temples will established in Russia, Norway and Iceland to mark the 2600th Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi.
Sunday, 19 December 2010 - 11:45 PM SL Time
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Prime Minister D.M Jayarathna states that the government has implemented a proper plan to develop all Buddhist religious places in remote areas. He added that the government has sort local and foreign assistance in this regard. The minister was speaking with a Japanese Buddhist delegation at the Prime Minister`s house today. The Prime Minister also point out that steps have been taken to establish new Buddhist temples in Russia, Norway and Iceland to mark the 2600th Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi. Chief Prelate of Yamanisi Province in Japan Ven. Moutsu Yushimura thero said that he will lend maximum support to revamp Buddhist temples in remote areas. The Ven. Thero also promised to educate Japanese Buddhist philanthropists in this regard.
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Can You See Sounds [Music], Tastes in Colors and in Shapes - Synesthesia - DO YOU HAVE IT ?
Tuesday, 21 December 2010 - 2:36 AM SL Time
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In the psychological phenomenon known as `synesthesia,` individuals` sensory systems are a bit more intertwined than usual. Some people, for example, report seeing colors when musical notes are played.
One of the most common forms is grapheme-color synesthesia, in which letters or numbers (collectively called `graphemes`) are highlighted with particular colors. Although synesthesia has been well documented, it is unknown whether these experiences, reported as vivid and realistic, are actually being perceived or if they are a byproduct of some other psychological mechanism such as memory.
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Sri Lankan Dugongs [ ? ] are Endangered and are not protected ?
Friday, 24 December 2010 - 9:49 AM SL Time
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Double blow to fast disappearing Dugongs
The Navy seized two carcasses of rare Dugongs (large marine mammal) in Mannar and arrested the fishermen who had them in their possession last week.
The suspects were handed over to the police while the National Aquatic Resources Research & Development Agency (NARA) was called in for technical assistance and expertise. It was suspected that the Dugongs were killed as a result of a dynamite blast usually used to catch fish. The carcasses were brought to Colombo for a post mortem.
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India`s Toilet Shortage Costs More Than $50 Billion, World Bank Study Says
Saturday, 25 December 2010 - 12:04 AM SL Time
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A lack of toilets costs India more than $50 billion a year, mostly through premature deaths and hygiene-related diseases, a study found.
Illness, lost productivity and other consequences of fouled water and inadequate sewage treatment trimmed 6.4 percent from India`s gross domestic product in 2006, or the equivalent of $53.8 billion, according to the study by the World Bank`s Water and Sanitation Program.
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The return of the Asians - Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sunday, 26 December 2010 - 3:50 AM SL Time
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Asia stands poised to recapture the global economy. But the success of this process will depend on right political decisions and appropriate action being taken by governments and civil society in the region.
By the 4th century B.C., Asia had begun its first cycle of economic growth and power. This was the reason why Alexander the Great decided to travel eastward to establish an empire. At that time there was nothing worthwhile to the west of Greece. On the other hand, to the east of Greece was Persia, and beyond Persia were rich kingdoms in India and China. A Roman Emperor once complained that Rome had to import all its luxuries from India and China, but had, in turn, nothing to offer these Asian countries. In fact, until the 1820s, Asia accounted for 60 to 75 per cent of the world`s Gross Domestic Product.
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I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
Monday, 27 December 2010 - 12:39 AM SL Time
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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Gayla Peevey, recorded in 1953
Lyrics and music by John Rox
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don`t want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don`t think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won`t have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door,
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Scientists Link Brain Structure To Social Networks
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 - 2:54 AM SL Time
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A team of researchers has found a link between the size of our amygdala, the epicenter of our emotions, and the size and complexity of our social networks. The bigger the amygdala, the bigger and more complex the network.
In a study published yesterday in Nature, doctors from Boston University and Harvard University measured the social networks of 58 adults based on two factors: the number of people they were in regular contact with (size), and the number of social groups these contacts could be divided into (complexity). They also measured the volume of the participants` amygdalas and hippocampus, as a control.
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What You See in 2016 Olympic At Argentina - Rio DE Geneiro
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 - 12:07 AM SL Time
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Tower -1
This vertical structure will be placed in Cotonduba Island .
It will be both a observation Tower , and a welcome sign
for the visitors arriving by air and by Sea at Rio de Janeiro , where the Olympic Games 2016 will take place.
The project is from Zurique, and utilizes solar energy during
the day with its solo Power panels, to pump the sea water as seen in the model.
The movement of the water will be also utilized to turn
the turbines And produce the power to work the system
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The Best Job in Sri Lanka Is Pandm - Allema. You will Succeed. - Recommendation letters from politicians needed to receive appointments as police OICs
Thursday, 30 December 2010 - 12:17 AM SL Time
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Police officers are disgruntled with the necessity provide a letter of recommendation from the governing party organizer in the respective police division or a governing party members in the respective local government when seeking an appointment as an head quarters inspector (HQI) or an officer in charge (OIC), a senior police inspector told Lanka News Web.
The inspector told us that such actions resulted in the further politicization of the Police Department. He added that when an officer is appointed to office after receiving such a recommendation, the respective officer would be under obligation to the governing party member while serving in his office. He further noted that many senior police officers who are independent are now helpless
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Education MInister is Only a Tuition Master. He wants Greek to Be taught in Sri Lanka, Appoint politicians to upgrade education . Why Sri Lanka does not have educated people for that ?
Thursday, 30 December 2010 - 11:39 PM SL Time
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Former minister Ferial Ashraff yesterday rejected her purported appointment to the seven member board of the National Institute of Education (NIE) and said that it had been done by Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena without her consent. Mrs. Ashraff told Tamil Mirror Online that she never expected this kind of position. The Education Ministry has not informed me officially of any appointment and Mr. Gunawardane has appointed me without my consent, she said. She said that she had never been a member of the teaching profession as asserted by the Education Ministry in its statement to the media when announcing her appointment.
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Milton Mallawa Arachchi - For Maclaren - Milton Mallawarachchi - Ma Ha Eda
Saturday, 1 January 2011 - 6:48 AM SL Time
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Mclaren
Wish you a very happy and prosperous new year.
Enjoy everybody.
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