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I think that the word lozenge, as in the throat soother is a weak rhyme for orange and can be found in most contemporary dictionaries.
Its NaHCO3 with the 3 as a subscript, known as sodium Hydrogen Carbonate or Sodium Bicarbonate.
Please remember to check your spelling, after it is also a very important part of the English language just like grammar is.
I must take issue with those who question the religious injunction to cover one's body. The Hijaab doesn't actualy refer to a single garment or type of garment. It simply means compliance with the instruction to cover all of the body except the face an...
Try using currency converter.
I advertised my Math teacher's Mercedes for about two thousand dollars and had the bill mailed to him.
Salaams, According to many scholars, there are many types of music forbidden in Islam. However, there is no outright prohibition, as the tradition used to support the idea of percussion instruments refers to an incident on Eid day, where the Prophet...
The Nation of Islam regards Elijah Mohamed as a Prophet, while all orthodox sects, Sha'fite, Hanafite, Malikite and Hambalite as well as the Shiites agree that accepting The Prophet Muhammad, son of Abdullah as the seal of all prophets. Thus any Muslim...
Hannibal was the leader of the city state of Carthage and the greatest threat to the fledgling Roman Senate. He crossed the Mediterrranean sea with his famed cavalry of elephants and even marched as far as the Alps. Wherever he met the Romans in open...
I agree that you don't have to be Christian to participate in Christmas activities. Perhaps you can persuade your dad that you really only want to spend time with friends and learn how they celebrate religious days in their own traditions. As a pra...
There's also gelatin made from seaweed/kelp for some time now, and this should be okay for you as a vegetarian.
In line with many of the above comments, I believe that anorexia and bulimia are the result of unhealthy obsessions as to what constitutes attractiveness. The mass media portrays the skinny or underweight girl/woman as the ideal and people then begin t...
A slug, if you mean one without a shell.
I like most fruits, but think that mangoes, peaches, grapes and bananas, not necessarily in that order, are the best.
I've lived in South Africa, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and am currently in Saudi Arabia for my second stint, following a year in 2004 - 2005. Then I've also visited Qatar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, the latter four for a tour of...
The advice given above is mostly correct and shows that the very strong recommendation is that of monogamy. Under very stricct conditions and extreme circumstances the Quranic verse alluded to by Aaliyah "and marry believing women of your choice, two t...
Dubai is a city in the United Arab Emirates which is a group of oil-rich Middle East states. Although it's national religion is Islam and it's national language is Arabic, the large number of Western xpatriates have given the place a very modern and li...
I think you're absolutely right!!. Since I joined this site in March, I've seen many interesting as well as entertaining questions and answers. I must compliment all those who contribute by way of questions, comments and advice, it's through you that t...
Yes, a heart murmur is very serious. My own daughter was born with a murmur on her heart and had to undergo open-heart surgery at 4 months to close a hole in her left ventricle to restore her to health. Get help NOW. If you want information on anythin...
I agree with bafalken. If you have problems and change your religion now to ease them, there's no guarantee that you'll get enough money to make them disappear. You may then change to another religion and another. Anyway the word Murtad should remind y...
I prefer a really full bush. It adds to the sense of mystery
Salaam A resounding, unambiguous YESS. First let me say I am a practising Sunni and have met many who follow the 4 accepted ways in Sunni tradition as well as those who follow different ways of the Shia one. It seems that political and cultural prejud...
It was an anti-submarine system used to combat the German wolf-packs in the Atlantic, involving various elements of sonar and the hedgehog bombs among other things.
Simply put it means that the amount of radiation (light and heat) is directly proportional to the 4th power of its absolute temperture (Kelvin = Celsius + 273.15). More information can be found in texts on Radiation and Atmospheric Science.
Jamestown, Virginia based on the tobacco trade.
The Allied countries, USA UK, Russia and all the smaller nations who supported them.
It is very frustrating for both you and your son, but screaming at him will only upset you and make him work for two or three minutes and only while you're policing him. First you need to check if the work is genuinely not stimulating enough by approac...
No, except if you're into really dangerous ,methods of manual stimulation. On the positive side there's no risk of any STDs and you're making love to someone you really love, yourself LOL. Anyway excessive use in the absence of a relationship with anot...
Asia
Australia.
I guess this is because the earliest known records of homo sapiens are found there.
Capitalism and the Church in that order!!!
From 1994 to 1999
The first president was Blacky Swart and the first democratic president was Nelson Mandela in 1994
Thabo Mbeki
I doubt that you'll find the word of God will be of any assistance here because nearly all religious books were written many hundreds of years ago and the phenomenon of dating is a relatively new one (20th century). Anyway if your intention is to get m...
Yes, I believe that we all worship the same God merely understand His majesty in different ways.
The appearance of a blue sky or red one is related to the electromagentic radiation which we get from the sun, INcoming SOlar radioTION, insolation for short and the characteristics of light itself, when it enters our atmosphere. Inside the atmosphere,...
It is more than likely that you would be fatigued closer to when the chemotherapy occurred. There is always the chance that your treatment removed the malignant cells (I assume we're talking cancer) as well as healthy ones and left trace amounts of che...
Its a style of writing in which the narrator is himself the main character and the narration will always be from the point of view of "I". It's a great technique if you want your story to be vivid and realistic. Hope this helps you, and I can talk more...
The compass is a simple instrument that makes use of the earths magnetic fields to determine something called magnetic north. This point is different from true north which is a concept derived from mathematically (and artificially) dividing the earth i...
In answer to your question, the Quran (the highest authority for any Muslim as it is considered to be the untainted word of the Creator), a Muslim man may marry Muslim, Jewish or Christian women (also the Magians of Iran) as they are considered reveale...
Remember that all atoms are striving to achieve the stability of noble gases i.e. an even numbered electron structure with (2 or 8 etc. electrons), and the quest for finding a like atom with which to bond uses lots of energy. Stability in gases happens...
I think what guys like best is the temptation and slow licking around the corona (head). Also as climax approaches, squeezing the testicles and then running your tongue over them also helps. If you get tired there's always good old wanking.