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Christmas Dinner
As in most Christian cultures, celebrating Christmas dinner with friends and family is the second priority after attending church. Since Christmas is a public holiday in most countries people take the opportunity to visit friends and family. In East Africa goats are sold out at a blink of an eye at the local markets and roasted on Christmas day. In South Africa the sun is hot and the beaches are full of families enjoying braais (barbeques) or traditional Christmas dinners with paper hats, mince pies, turkey and plum pudding (a vestige of the British colonial legacy.) In Ghana Christmas dinner is not complete without fufu and okra soup and in Liberia rice, beef and biscuits are the order of the day. Zimbabweans make sure there are plenty of bread, jam and tea to eat along with their goat meat. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 25/12/2007 | Religion
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Hoodia Gordonii Cactus
According to the British Heart Foundation 17% of men and 21% of women are obese, while 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 23/12/2007 | Health
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Morbidity and Mortality Meeting
In Gilgit she was being treated as a case of genital Tuberculosis without any objective genitourinary complaints or symptoms, She took ATT for 2 months and then stopped b/c of drug induced Acute Hepatitis. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 22/12/2007 | Health
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Christmas in Africa
Christmas is celebrated throughout the African continent by Christian communities both large and small. There are roughly 350 million Christians in Africa. Christmas Carols are sung from the Congo to South Africa. On Christmas day, meats are roasted, gifts are exchanged and family visits made. The Coptic Christians in Ethiopia and Egypt celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January (rather than the 25th of December) because they follow a different calendar. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 21/12/2007 | Religion
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Soy Candles by Intrigue Online Store
Soy candles are best to use because they come from a vegetable, it is non-toxic, and are 100% biodegradable. Soy candles burn 40-50% longer, and burn at a lower temperature than paraffin, making them a much safer. Soy candles are also easy to care for and clean up. Even more these candles do not increase the carbon dioxide level of the atmosphere, making them more attractive to environmentally conscious people. Compared to paraffin candles, their non-toxic nature causes fewer allergies. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 21/12/2007 | Advertising
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Sibak Al-khayl (horse Racing) in Islam
Horse Racing (sibak al-khayl or ijra al-khayl) had been a major sport and a favorite pastime in pre-Islamic Arabia. It was a part of equitation (furusiyya), regarded as essential for military training and also as an object of entertainment for the people from all walks of life. During the Islamic period the breeding, maintenance and training of horses became one of the means of facilitating the prosecution of the holy war. The Prophet regarded horse-breeding as a meritorious calling, and assigned to it a share in the booty obtained on the battle field. This religious sanction fostered a competitive attitude amongst the breeders and encouraged the augmentation of the stock, which suffered considerable depletion in the course of the wars of that time. Cavalry was in fact to become an important factor in the military success of the Muslims. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 20/12/2007 | Religion
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Christmas in America
In an English tradition that survived in some parts of North America, Christmas revelers would dress in costume and progress from door to door to receive gifts of food and drink. Most holiday gifts were limited to small amounts of money and modest presents passed from the wealthy to the poor and from masters to their servants. Families almost never exchanged Christmas gifts among themselves. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 20/12/2007 | Religion
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Clinical Presentation, Demographic and Pathological Pattern of Primary Thyroid Carcinoma Discussion
Thyroid carcinoma was more common in females. Papillary carcinoma was the most common histological type of thyroid carcinoma in females as well as in males. Thyroid carcinoma was more prevalent in third and fourth decades of life and it is more common in urdu speaking followed by sindhi, Punjabi and balochi and pushto speaking (Pathan) population. The most common presentation was the mass in anterior neck and weight loss and cervical lymphadenopathy, Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 15/12/2007 | Health
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Hoodia - Some Interesting Facts
Here are some facts about Hoodia that one should know: Hoodia gordonii resembles like a cactus, but actually it is a succulent from Kalahari Desert of southern Africa. Hoodia gordonii is not a drug. It is absolutely an herb. Some pharmaceuticals companies are trying to isolate "P57" appetite suppressing molecule to create a pharmaceutical drug in the near future. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 06/12/2007 | Health
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Nursing From the Beginning
Aga Khan University School of Nursing: Established in 1980, Aga Khan University School of Nursing (AKU-SON) was the first academic component of AKU and its Faculty of Health Sciences. The School offers several programs in nursing, including a three-year Diploma Program, Pakistan's first four year BScN and a two-year Post RN BScN, as well as the first Master of Science in Nursing (MScN) which started in October 2001. Four-year BScN and MScN are the only program of its kind in Pakistan. Since its commencement, AKU-SON has played a leading role in establishing an internationally acceptable model for nursing education and practice in Pakistan, and has trained 2,232 nurses Pakistan became the first Muslim country to achieve chapter status in the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) global network when, in 2000, Aga Khan University School of Nursing Honour Society received its Charter. Read
By: Ibrahim Machiwala | 19/11/2007 | Health