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]]> Fun Stuff lufarah http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7919 Eating Animals, by J Safran Foer Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:41:54 GMT A must read if you have children, especially if you live in the US. Do you know that up to 11% of the weight of USDA-approved chicken that you buy... A must read if you have children, especially if you live in the US.

Do you know that up to 11% of the weight of USDA-approved chicken that you buy in any grocery store can come from ‘liquid absorption’? And do you know that that liquid is also referred to as a ‘fecal soup’? Foer quotes Tom Devine, from the Government Accountability Project:
the water in these tanks has been aptly named ‘fecal soup’ for all the filth and bacteria floating around. By immersing clean, healthy birds in the same tank with dirty ones, you’re practically assuring cross-contamination.
Or that the chicken industry put pressure on the USDA so that fecal contamination that occurs when machines rip open a chicken’s intestines sloppily, rather than being a cause for condemnation, is now considered a mere ‘cosmetic blemish’?


Did you know that factory farms have ‘bred’ animals so messed up that they don’t have any immune system, which means that instead they’re fed 17.8 million pounds of antibiotics each year (probably more)? And did you know that these are the same antibiotics humans use, and that therefore factory farming is directly contributing to drug-resistant pathogens the world over?
For example, in 1995, when the Food and Drug Administration approved fluroquinolones-such as Cipro-for use in chickens against the protest of the Centers for Disease Control, the percentage of bacteria resistant to this powerful new class of antiobiotics rose from almost zero to 18 percent by 2002. A broader study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed an eightfold increase in antimicrobial resistance from 1992 to 1997, and, using molecular subtyping, linked this increase to the use of antimicrobials in farmed chickens.
you can download a pdf with a full chapter on www.eatinganimals.com


video interview with the author:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_345558.html ]]> Book Club lufarah http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7918 Why? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:46:38 GMT Why do Muslims want a mosque at Ground Zero when they already have a Muslim guy in the White House? Priorities, people!! Why do Muslims want a mosque at Ground Zero when they already have a Muslim guy in the White House? Priorities, people!! ]]> Politics Gandalf http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7912 Dear LSAC Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:48:16 GMT Dear Law School Admissions Council, I am very certain that by now you have chosen the questions for your October 9 admission of this test, however,... Dear Law School Admissions Council,

I am very certain that by now you have chosen the questions for your October 9 admission of this test, however, I am begging you: PLEASE make this one super easy. I don't know if my psyche can stand one more year of my current work and without the monetary assistance that will be supplied with a superb score, I cannot go to law school. I'm doing my part, please, please do yours to help the cause.

Thank you in advance--CMM ]]> An Open Letter crysmissmichelle http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7910 <![CDATA[Sins? don't worry, wash them away!]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:43:57 GMT Image: http://www.lifestylebazaar.com/image/useful_stuff/soapdispenser1.jpg ]]> Photo Fun Aya http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7906 Paint my palm green!! Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:56:00 GMT Hey everybody! I could really use some greenies along with kind words..... READY, set.....GO!! Hey everybody! I could really use some greenies along with kind words..... READY, set.....GO!! ]]> Greenie Wars Safa http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7903 Dear Throat Ache Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:24:40 GMT Go Away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout*... Go Away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout* *getout*

*sigh* ]]> An Open Letter Sukka http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7901 Asia Studies Day at School Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:19:10 GMT The teacher for my 3rd graders class emailed asking me to come and talk about Pakistani culture/religion. I am going to go heave on culture and light... The teacher for my 3rd graders class emailed asking me to come and talk about Pakistani culture/religion. I am going to go heave on culture and light on religion. LOL

I thought maybe you guys could share some of your pictures with me that I could take and show. I've really visited only Lahore & Islamabad. I'd love some pics from Karachi, etc.

Also, any ideas about fun stuff to share? I have some but am interested in hearing yours first (as I jsut wrote a big arse email detailing all I could talk about with the teacher and need to go and clean my house now lol).

looking forward to your suggestions! ]]> Pakapedia Sobia http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7898 What mothers think of their sons/daughters when.... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:11:17 GMT http://9gag.com/gag/30614/ Image: http://9gag.com/photo/30614_540.jpg http://9gag.com/gag/30614/
]]> Fun Stuff Aya http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7889 The Butterfly Mosque Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:10:43 GMT http://www.amazon.com/Butterfly-Mosque-American-Womans-Journey/dp/0802118879/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top I just finished this book a few weeks ago,... http://www.amazon.com/Butterfly-Mosq...pr_product_top

I just finished this book a few weeks ago, The Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow Wilson. Anyone interested in issues of intercultural relationships and lifestyles MUST read this book. The author is a young American convert to Islam who goes to live in Egypt for a year and ends up there in Cairo for much much longer. She meets and marries an Egyptian man, and through him and the life she leads after marriage, finds herself navigating a heavy intercultural experience. The book is filled with epiphanies about living in a space where cultures meet, on identity politics, and on personal evolution as an American expat and convert to Islam in an intercultural marriage. Don't be put off by the 'convert angle' here either, it isn't at all a bunch of "my life was crapp without Islam and now my hijab makes me a better human being" type stuff at all. Wilson is a great writer, and the book reads like you are listening to a girlfriend talking..well, a very eloquent wordsmith of a girlfriend. Two thumbs up from me :-D ]]> Book Club luckyfatima http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7888 Looking for Resha Gosht recipe Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:58:05 GMT I am searching for a resha gosht recipe. Got one to share? Thanks in advance. I am searching for a resha gosht recipe. Got one to share?

Thanks in advance. ]]> Food and Health luckyfatima http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7887 Remote Control Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:01:44 GMT Dear Verizon FiOs-- What were you thinking?! Why in the world would you think it was a good idea to issue me a remote with buttons that light up... Dear Verizon FiOs--

What were you thinking?! Why in the world would you think it was a good idea to issue me a remote with buttons that light up in bright colors? Did you not notice the small child running around the house?!

Well, I hid it for as long as I could, and now it is gone. I blame you.

Sincerely--CMM ]]> An Open Letter crysmissmichelle http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7880 Ramadhan Quotes Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:12:42 GMT Ok now that it's ramadhan, let's put the life back to this forum :)

Let's put our Qur'an or Hadith quote of the day here. We can comment on it or just read it. So it will be light. My source will be mostly from facebook pages for this type of information (I hope they don't mind me quoting here), or from passages I read directly from the Quran or Hadith.

ps. I haven't posted here lately due to my studies and also the inactivation of islamonline. I was just afraid if anyone came up with an intriguing question it would not be easy to find the answer now that the information resource is inactivated *sigh* ]]> Religion studentin96 http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7879 Ramadhan Mubarak! Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:39:30 GMT Marhaban ya Ramadhan! Has Ramadhan started at your place? What are your plans for ifthar, where do you pray tarawih etc? Any special plans for... Marhaban ya Ramadhan!

Has Ramadhan started at your place? What are your plans for ifthar, where do you pray tarawih etc? Any special plans for Ramadhan? What's you community organizing? Tell us! ]]> Religion studentin96 http://www.sometimessobia.com/showthread.php?t=7878