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    Has anyone visited Kazakhstan for a vacation from Sri Lanka?

    Can't remember exactly. My wife did the bargaining and I believe it was just a bit above USD 4000 per person. The total trip was about 25 - 26 days. This excludes airfares. I had booked Emirates via DXB and then onwards with FlyDubai. (Emirates issued a single ticket) But the Iran war came in...
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    Has anyone visited Kazakhstan for a vacation from Sri Lanka?

    We did Five countries. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. We normally drive through on our own but this wasn't going to work at all in these parts of the world and we opted for a complete tour from an operator based in Uzbekistan. They organised everything from...
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    ඥාණසාරට හිමිට දුන් ජනාධිපති සමාව ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය බල රහිත කරයි.

    The Supreme Court today ruled that former President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to grant a presidential pardon to Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera was arbitrary and invalid in law. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Janak De...
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    Has AI Solved one of the Math's $1 Million Millenium Prize Problems?

    On the morning of Tuesday, September 8, mathematicians at OpenAI announced that a group of 10,000 autonomous AI agents under their direction, running on an advanced model not available to the public, had found a “singularity” in the Navier-Stokes equations in three dimensions — thus resolving...
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    🩺 මොකක්ද මේ Family Doctor" (පවුලේ වෛද්‍යවරයා) සංකල්පය?

    This is because these guys do not have access to the medical system and also do not have the required private insurance cover. Just FYI this is what a posted here while on a trip to NZ a couple of years ago.... <snip> The day before yesterday my wife tripped and fell down in Lake Tekapo...
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    🩺 මොකක්ද මේ Family Doctor" (පවුලේ වෛද්‍යවරයා) සංකල්පය?

    Just find out how healthcare in works in other countries first. You will find the answer.
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    🩺 මොකක්ද මේ Family Doctor" (පවුලේ වෛද්‍යවරයා) සංකල්පය?

    Emergencies are dealt in the hospitals in the ED. The concept is that usually you visit the GP first. Without a GP referral you cannot consult a specialist. You can get a specialist consult without a referral but then you pay a considerable extra payment. The problem n SL is that everyone visits...
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    They Accepted Her Impossible Gene Discovery — Then Rejected What She Said It Meant

    The story of Barbara McClintock. A pioneering Scientist and Cytogeneticist. When she entered Cornell University, women weren’t allowed to major in genetics. Instead, McClintock earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in botany and joined an elite group of researchers who studied the...
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    සුද්දෝ කොහොමද බං රිලැක්ස් එකේ පීනන්නේ..?

    It's the problem of not teaching them how to swim from toddlerhood. At that age they pickup how to swim easily. This is what I did and my son who is an excellent swimmer, diver (I took him for Padi diving too) and also has life saving skills.
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    Scientists just made 8 types of DNA to work instead of 4.

    Also synthetic DNA is the future of mass data storage. Several groups work on developing microchips. PS: DNA is really a digital storage system. Instead of binary code, DNA uses a four-letter code that make up every strand of DNA. Using a lookup table, these four bases can be used to encode any...
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    Scientists just made 8 types of DNA to work instead of 4.

    Not exactly... This is called Hachimoji DNA. In Japanese "Hachi" means 8. Somewhere in 2019 the NASA scientists synthesized four nucleotides, ‘B,’ ‘P,’ ‘S,’ ‘Z,’ which can be incorporated in DNA, RNA, and ultimately proteins. These Synthetic DNA bases can be used in a DNA sequence the same way...
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    Scientists just made 8 types of DNA to work instead of 4.

    Researchers at UC San Diego have demonstrated that a key cellular enzyme can accurately read an eight-letter genetic alphabet, doubling the four letters used by all known life on Earth. Detailed imaging revealed that RNA polymerase handles synthetic DNA letters in surprisingly similar ways to...
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    පළමු කොටස — G96 TV Stick එක ඇතුළේ හැංගුණු "හොර ඉංජිනේරුවා" මම අතටම අල්ලා ගත් හැටි!

    True... This was quite known for over several years. Even anti-virus software vendors issued warnings on cheap unbranded Android TV sticks. These always come with pre-installed nasties.
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    The π Formula That Took 73 Years to Prove

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    ප්‍රවීණ ගායන සහ රංගන ශිල්පී ප්‍රියංකර පෙරේරා (64) අභාවප්‍රාප්ත වෙයි.

    RIP....
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