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Liliana (Lily) D’Ambrosio’s (Victorian Minister) visit to the Melbourne Medical and Dental Clinic On Friday, 7th April, 2017, Melbourne Medical and Dental clinic was officially inaugurated by the Chief Guest; State member for Mill Park, Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP (Minister of Energy, Environment & Climate Change, Minister for Suburban Development) This doctor/dentist owned centre is a new state of the art clinic conveniently located near Westfield Plenty Valley Shopping Centre in the heart of Mill Park. Melbourne Medical and Dental Clinic is a multi-facility clinic offering a broad range of general health services including preventive health and chronic disease management, general dentistry along with other services e.g. pathology collection, allied health. We promote excellence in health by providing comprehensive and complete health care for the patients in our community. ...

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Sri Lanka confident of better performance in ICC Champions Trophy BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Topsy turvy Sri Lanka head off to the ICC Champions Trophy with renewed vigor and the return of key stars Skipper Angelo Matthews and Speedster Lasith Malinga as they try to arrest their indifferent recent form in the world game. Held in all formats at home by rejuvenated Bangladesh recently, the pride of the Lion has been dented somewhat and everyone knows when that happens the Lankans usually rise and produce the unthinkable. A case in point of that was when the Australians ridiculed and harassed Arjuna Ranatunge’s 1995 touring team in a controversy riddled tour only to face a fired-up Lankan side in the World Cup final showdown in Lahore, Pakistan in 1996 and were comprehensively beaten and scores were settled. The Lankans are a proud nation when challenged and it is at times ...

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Sri Lankan Recipes by Curry Mad – Chicken Liver `Taste’ Ingredients 250g Chicken Livers 1 Tblsp Cooking Oil 1 Sprig Curry Leaves 10 Dried Red Chillies Salt to taste How Wash and cut into 2 Marinate the Chicken Livers in Curry Leaves, broken Dried Chillies and Salt for around 30 minutes. Cover with water and boil until the Liver is soft, then remove. Strain the water and fry in a hot pan with the Cooking Oil for a few minutes. Enjoy with an alcoholic beverage! ...

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According To Matthew – A film of lustful desire that ended in a double murder in a vicarage by TINA EDWARD GUNAWARDHANA Source: Life Online Murder, intrigue and lust are the potent ingredients in the film ‘According to Matthew’ produced by veteran cinematic personality Chandran Rutnam. The murder in the vicarage gripped the nation in the seventies when a priest of the Anglican faith, Father Matthew Peiris and his lover Dalrene Ingram were accused of murdering their respective spouses in their attempts to get together. The Vicarage of St. Paul’s Church in Punchi Borella was the venue where the double murder was systematically carried out by Father Matthew Peries with his mistress. Father Peiris was a well known religious personality who not only dealt with matters of divinity but also to those concerning the dark world of the occult. ‘According to Matthew’ reignites the story of this couple drawn together ...

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The Story Behind Ceylon’s Arrack The etymology of the word ‘arrack’ has always left room for some doubt ? partly because it has been around for a very long time. What’s more, the word is also used in different parts of South and Southeast Asia, to describe local beverages made from the fermented sap from various sources ? fruit, sugarcane, grain etc. ? depending on the country in question. In Sri Lanka, ‘arrack’ is the much-loved local drink, distilled from the sap of the coconut flower. Diverse Origins The Toddy Tappers of Sri Lanka – believed by some to be the inventors of Ceylon arrack, Sri Lanka’s much-loved local beverage.  Indian philologers believed the name derived from the areca nut, a palm seed originating from India that was used in the production of multiple varieties of arrack. The Arabs, too, meanwhile, claim credit for the invention of arrack, stating that the ...

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