Sri Lanka's chances of overhauling England were not helped by the sub-standard surface in Colombo, where they were reduced to 56-7 after 20 overs.

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The HPS has issued its standard, Surface and Volume Radioactivity Standards for Unconditional Clearance.

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The Samsung Induction Range with Flex Cookzone makes cooking easier with a flexible cooking surface which accommodates pots or griddles that would not fit on a standard-sized heating surface.

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While Microsoft has made some strides with Windows Phone and the Surface tablet, the iPhone and iPad are still the standard.

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It's a proprietary standard, which will annoy some users, but Microsoft defends it thusly: the Surface is said to recharge in a little over two hours.

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In addition, while Surface doesn't run most old-style Windows apps, it includes some standard old Windows programs like the calculator, notepad and file explorer.

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And while that skinny little Touch keyboard for Microsoft Surface may be better than typing on a glass screen, it will be far from the gold standard for PC keyboards.

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