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Looking After Your Territory
By the time Alexander the Great died in in 323 BC, he had conquered a large territory stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Himalayas. Starting off as the King of Macedonia in northern ancient Greece in 336 BC he waged continuous war all the way up to India. His empire was one of the largest in the ancient world. He founded more than 20 cities that were named after him including the most famous, Alexandria in Egypt, which was for 1...
Milk comes from heaven
Milk, we know, comes from heaven. How else to explain it? Drink a cool glass of milk (and it has to be in a glass), and the milk quenches the thirst while at the same time reducing the light-headedness associated with dehydration in a way that water just misses out. Put it in a cup, warm this time and the taste is richer, a little thicker and more satisfying. You could add chocolate to this, resulting in comfort. Or better still add milk to ch...
Predicting Averages
By now, the bright sunshine of January is a distant memory. The month of April is typically characterised by progressively cloudy weather. On average on the last day of the month there is an 80% chance that it will be a cloudy day. The rainy season which begins in mid-march, peaks in April then tails off in May is often accompanied by thunderstorms in April when the rain gets heavy. Thunderstorms occur together with lightening. The tragedy for...
How to choose a Health Provider
Imagine being asked to buy a pizza, take away. First you have to decide on the toppings. And there are all kinds of toppings that can be put in. Then you are asked about the crust, thin or thick? Extra cheese? Then come delivery details. All of us have black gates. All of us describe our houses as ‘ that house with a black gate’. Almost inevitably the first time there is a delivery, the man will get lost. And so the pizza arr...
Fattening visit to the shopping mall
“We are what we repeatedly do," said Aristotle. What do we do over and over again? One is eat. Eat to the point where 41 per cent of women in Nairobi are overweight or obese. Part of the reasons for this can be attributed to the increased availability of tasty, energy dense foods coupled with declining levels of physical activity. The other is visiting the shopping mall. It is not clear why. It could be because we have a desire to hang o...
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