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Source:Island In the year 2012, the US had more than dozen  female athletes who had run the 400 metres hurdles faster than the IAAF qualifying standard (both ‘A’ and ‘B’) for the London Olympics. The ‘B’ grade qualifying standard was 56.65 seconds. While the countries like Sri Lanka were struggling ...

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“Of all things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most” -Mark Twain Brain energy mechanism Transcript: If a brain can no longer effectively use glucose as fuel (an observation of many neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s), MCT’s in coconut oil producing ketones in the liver may restore the brain cells. ...

The catapult on Sunday – by Arlen van der Wall The Sri Lankan The Sri Lankan Buddhist had an admirable compassion for other life forms. So the catapult became a ‘stealth’ weapon. It had to fit a little boy’s pocket in a way that allowed rapid deployment. When the tailor ...

Source:Island Unilever Sri Lanka, one of the island’s largest fast-moving consumer goods companies today announced that it had expanded coverage of its uStore.lk e-commerce service to instant messaging platform Viber. The service, which had been offered exclusively on Unilever Sri Lanka’s official e-commerce platform www.ustore.lk until now, has been extended ...