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SEVERAL years back, it was announced that the Government was working on regulating the import of high fat food products to cut down on fat contents and that included lamb flaps. Many argued that lamb flaps are affordable to the majority of the people because of the socio-economic condition.
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HEALTH experts pointed out that there is nothing healthy in lamb flaps. What it contains is 95 per cent fat and 5 per cent protein, yet it is almost everywhere, on roadside markets, on lunch and dinner tables and in kai bars throughout the country. It is a case of comprising ones health for a cheap protein.
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WONDER what has become of that proposed bill or motion. Health minister has been advocating for a healthy workforce so maybe this would be a good time to bring this bill up to regulate the import of high fat food products.
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IN the late 1970s and early 1980s public nuisance such as making loud noises after 10pm in neighbourhoods, consumption of alcohol and drunken behaviour in public places, urinating and carrying offensive weapons in public places were a NO-NO!!
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WE are among seven billion people who coexist on a tiny planet that resides in a small section of a rather insignificant solar system. Our earth, in reality, is just one miniscule blue dot among millions of celestial bodies that God created. On the gigantic canvas that is our universe, our beautiful, majestic Earth appears as a tiny speck of dust.
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AS storm clouds develop, the temperature at the top of the clouds becomes much cooler than that at the bottom. For reasons that scientists still do not understand, this temperature difference results in the accumulation of negatively charged particles near the base and positively charged particles near the top of the storm cloud. This build-up of electrical charge causes a high-voltage discharge in the form of lightning.
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JUNE 2 is known as St. Elmo’s Day is actually St. Erasmus’s Day, in honour of a third-century Italian bishop who is thought to have suffered martyrdom around the year 304. Erasmus was a patron saint of sailors and was especially popular in the 13th century. Sometimes, at sea on stormy nights, sailors will see a pale, brush like spray of electricity at the top of the mast. In the Middle Ages, they believed that these fires were the souls of the departed, rising to glory through the intercession of St. Elmo. Such an electrical display is still referred to as “St. Elmo’s Fire.”
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QUOTE of the day: Doctors will always be popular as we all love to hear something about ourselves. – P.K Shaw
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