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BYE & BYE, ELECTIONS ARE NIGH “BEGUILING SMILES” By Desmond Kelly BEGUILING SMILES ARE NOT ENOUGH THE TIME HAS NOW COME, TO “GET TOUGH” AUSTRALIA TOO, HAS HER LAWS & RULES WHICH “SHOULD BE” TAUGHT HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS ELECTIONS ARE NIGH, LET US NOW BEGIN TO GET A TOUGH NEW GOVERNMENT “IN” IF MIGRANTS CANNOT ASSIMILATE THROW THEM OUT & “SHUT THE GATE” A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT OF COUNTLESS BATTLES TO BE FOUGHT THE BIBLE HERE, IS STILL “GOD’S WORD” JESUS CHRIST WILL STILL BE HEARD BEGUILING SMILES ARE NOT ENOUGH THE TIME HAS NOW COME, TO “GET TOUGH” YOU WISH TO ARGUE & HAVE “YOUR SAY”? HERE’S YOUR PASSPORT, JUST “GO AWAY”!! THIS IS AUSTRALIA. WE DO NOT TELL YOU HOW TO BEHAVE IN YOUR COUNTRY, DO NOT TRY TO TELL US HOW TO BEHAVE IN OURS. WE DID NOT BRING YOU HERE BY THE ...

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How To Choose Olive Oil Olive oil is known as the best monounsaturated oil that promotes heart health. It is used universally as a popular cooking oil, especially Western dishes, and adding to salads to enhance that fruity taste. All olive oils are not the same. You should know which one you should purchase, from a health point of view. With no hesitation you should go for the Extra Virgin oil, more expensive than the other extracts, but the health qualities are unquestionable. It has abundant polyphenols, powerful antioxidants for good health and prevents cardiovascular disease. The premium brands are the unprocessed, cold pressed oils. They are obtained by crushing ripe olives into a mash and the first cold press is referred to as ‘Extra Virgin oil’. The best oils are produced when the picked olives are crushed within 24 hours of picking. If prolonged beyond this period the olives ...

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D.W. ‘Bacon’ Abayakoon: Lawyer, Visionary and Grandfather – By Devoushi Cooray    Winston Churchill once said, “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” In the recent history of Sri Lanka’s legal system, I believe that there has been no man who has done these words greater justice than my late grandfather, D.W. Abayakoon.  Looking Back  It was a Sunday morning, and I had just come back from brunch. My mother had been cleaning out her wardrobe, and discovered a small black box of newspaper clippings containing articles that dated back to when my grandfather had contested for the Bar Association Presidency. As I slowly read through the articles, I was reminded of a man; a man who in many ways I had always thought of as completely ordinary, yet in that moment, whose enduring courage, integrity and simplicity, seemed so extraordinary to me.  ...

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THE WAY WE WERE… S. Skandakumar The year was 1965. At the conclusion of our traditional big match versus St Thomas’, the Royal team was summoned by the Principal and told that reciprocal matches had been initiated with schools in Jaffna and as a first step, the school’s cricket team was to proceed over the weekend, for an encounter with St. John’s College. So a team of 14 players, comprising of a Muslim captain, ten Sinhalese, two Tamils and one Burgher bundled into the Yal Devi the following Thursday, and arrived at the Jaffna railway station to a truly warm reception. Over the next two days we played some fascinating cricket before an unprecedented and enthusiastic crowd. A challenging declaration by our captain, on the second day, in the true spirit of the game, left the Johnians around 140 runs to make from 20 overs. Their talented players rose to ...

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