A&T, Did you just let him get away with it? Traffic police are a pain in the backside especially in Hargaisa where they target qurbojoogta baabuurta wadata. But this? No, not having it. Nin waalan baad si xun u eegtay

Serves you right for violating traffic laws. Imagine if you had run over an old lady or a child. Repair the window and don't do it again

So this is what you've been working on?

Hes a Man Utd player. Who cares?

We should have won that. We had the chances. SG is back.

:D

NGONGE;751236 wrote: Ceelafwyne xagay ku taala? Saxib, maad kala garanayn Somaliland?

Rafa HAD to go, the wheels had come off - Reina Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina has offered an explosive insight into the disastrous season that cost Rafa Benitez his job. He admits it was time for the Spanish boss he admires so much to leave Anfield, because things had got so bad he feared the team would be relegated. In his sensational new book, which lifts the lid on Anfield’s innermost secrets, Reina offers a brutally truthful behind-the-scenes account of why Benitez was axed, his row with Rafa over a beer, the beach ball goal that haunts him - and a mighty bust-up with Jamie Carragher... "When Rafa left Liverpool at the end of the 2009-10 season, I knew that it was the right time for him to go. "It hurts me to say that, but the wheels had come off by then and there was no guarantee that he was going to be able to put them back on. "I know that I will be for ever in his debt for what he has done for my football career, and it is never nice when a manager leaves or loses his job, but there are times when, for whatever reason, the methods that have been bringing a manager so much success just stop working. "When this happens, the club has to make a decision about whether you will be able to get back to winning ways again, or if it is time to look for a new manager who might be able to freshen things up, just by having a different approach. "Liverpool wanted to go down the latter route and it was probably the right decision. "I was upset, obviously, because it is always sad when a manager loses his job, but even more so when he has been as important to your career as Rafa has been to mine. "But I also thought half of the dressing room was not happy and so, probably, for the club if not for me personally, it was the best outcome for everyone. "I first began to realise we were in trouble when we played against Espanyol in a pre-season friendly at the start of August 2009. "They beat us 3-0 and could have scored more. When I came off the pitch there was a part of me that thought, 'If we carry on like this, we are going to get relegated.' "It was as if someone had flicked a switch at the end of the previous season and we had gone from being a really strong team to a really weak one. "It was clear that we were nowhere near the level that we wanted to be at. When there are problems at a big club and the atmosphere turns, one of the first comments to be made is always that the manager has lost the dressing room. "In this case there were still players who supported the manager, but obviously there were others who were not too happy with him for different reasons. "My own opinion was clear - I liked Rafa and continued to support him - but I cannot speak for everyone. "Sadly for Rafa, we went from second place in the Premier League one season to seventh place the next and that was always going to result in him coming under pressure. "One of the problems we had was that we had lost some good players - Xabi Alonso, Peter Crouch and Jermaine Pennant - but never really replaced them. "Signings were made with the idea of making improvements to the team, but the reality was that the ones who came in were not of the same standard as the ones who had left. "You can look at the players who came in and ask why they didn't deliver, because no footballer can ever be free of responsibility. "But, in football, the buck always stops with the manager. If he makes signings that don't work out then it won't be long before the people who run the club are going to ask questions. "Had someone said to me at the end of the 2008-09 season, when we came so close to winning the league, that just 12 months later the manager would be gone, I wouldn't have believed them," he added. "But that is football. It is not about what you might have done in the past, it is about what you are doing in the here and now and what you are going to do in the future. "None of us can live on past glories. "The moment any of us think that we can is the moment that decisions about our future are taken out of our hands - if I have a really poor season in goal, the chances are that Liverpool will start looking at the possibility of replacing me." Read more: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news...#ixzz1aSZS9sLC

ailamos;751238 wrote: Norf, this paragraph of yours stuck with me. I suppose what I'm getting at is, personally, I don't mind certain things being banned across the board because of their potential ills. But it makes no sense to me is when laws have no rational basis behind them and are backed up with nothing other than dogma. For example: ban alcohol, why? Because it is Haram, end of story. Women should not show their shoulders in public. Why? Because it's Haram. Men and women should not mix in public, and women should not hang out with men they are not related to. Why? Because that is Haram. So on and so forth. Those kind of responses completely incense me. So basically, I don't have an issue with a Shari'ah system per se, as long as the laws are rationally comprehensible, and irrational aspects like the testimony of woman being worth half that of man, etc. are scrapped. Sure, I welcome the "restrictions on my freedom", not everyone can do everything in any society, there are limits, but all I ask is a rational (not dogmatic) reason for that restriction. The second people give state so and so is not allowed because God said this and God said that, then it signifies the end of a rational discussion as far as I'm concerned. I was going to respond to your previous post but this one pretty much puts it all in a nutshell. Saxib, as I expected, your problem isn’t really with Sharia but rather with it’s interpretations. I’m no expert and I’m not claiming to be one. However, purely from my observations, I can see areas where Sharia trumps secular and areas where Muslim countries are lacking (freedom of speech, human rights, gender issues etc). I’m not sure why but you’re choosing to look at these laws from an external perspective. Any ‘rational’ Muslim should be able to recognise that what is haram is haram for a reason. Alcohol is haram for a reason (I doubt there is any dispute between Muslims on alcohol). It can and has been proven to lead to, as I stated earlier, addiction, broken families, crime and death. Notwithstanding the individual freedoms you’re advocating for, I as an individual in any society, also have rights. I have as much right (if not more) to be protected through laws that ban alcohol because of the problems it brings to society at large. I do not partake in a tipple myself but I would like streets free of drunks thus reducing the chances of an alcoholic society and being caught in a fight on a Saturday night. Reducing such decisions to an individual level will not protect others from it (protection is key in any society). People are not perfect. Muslims are not perfect. If allowed to make such decisions themselves, temptations will always be there which will inevitably lead to problems. If society protecting against such problems is interpreted as Muslims not being able to abide by the tenets of their faith then so be it. They will be grateful for it nonetheless. Traditionally, when it comes to mixing of the sexes, Somalis tend to be more lenient than say the Arabs. As for exposing flesh, Somalis tend to be more conservative when it comes to attire. If you were to wear those 3 qtr length shorts that expose your calves only, you would still get stares and inevitably a scolding. If you were to wear a khamiis/dishdash stopping at your calves waxa la odhan lahaa wa wadaad. That’s just the way we are All in all I don’t think there is much space between our views. You need to be convinced about why/how laws protect society. I hope I have given you a few pointers. Any Sharia laws will be adopted the Somali way. I doubt Somalia will be like the KSA.

I kind of expected this El Presidente Silaanyo visits disputed regions but somehow PL comes out of it in with flying colours (with chess board analogies to boot) It was a PR stunt and that’s all it was. El Presidente traveled the country and took in the disputed regions visiting the front lines. This tells both local and international audiences that SL is: 1. A safe country. Safe enough for the president to visit disputed regions unhindered 2. Actively addressing the needs of the people in all regions Wax kale ma jiraan ya ikhwaan.

Ngonge, why? Waar odayga waaban hostgareeney wiigan Jb, 0% beat that

El Presidente

People pay income tax in SL?? Alpha, the Inland Revenue will catch with you soon

I have the solution. It has kept me organised (to an extent) for years. You need two things. One is a pen and the other is those small refill pads. What you do it jot down all the tasks you need to do. It doesn't matter if they're muddled up and not in order. You simply go through the list, do the tasks and cross them off on the list as and when. You don't need a computer to tell you what to do and when. You know when you're free, the computer doesn't (even when you plan in advance). Keep it simple. Stay old skool.

sorry Feels like it is really cooling down now. 33 degrees today.Beach weather. Finishing early as well Where are the usual suspects these days?

Afternoon you two. I want to be on the beach today

A very good driver but let's be honest here. F1 is now more about the car than the driver. Red Bull have the best car. Next year it could be Farrari or McLaren. They just need decent drivers to win. Heck even Hamilton won it

Funny thread title

For JB http://www.togdheernews.com/v2/?attachment_id=3936

One third??

With all the violence and chaos in Somalia, anyone could go crazy. The near daily fighting has taken its toll on the mental health of its people. The evidence of this can be found almost everywhere, as most of Somalia’s mentally ill are either simply chained to beds or left to roam the streets, leaving them with permanent trauma and physical injuries. Somalia has one of the world’s highest rates of mental-health disorders. An estimated one-third of its eight million people are affected by some kind of mental illness, yet there are only three trained psychiatrists in the entire country to care for them, according to the World Health Organisation. “Degrading and dangerous cultural practices such as being restrained with chains are not only widespread but also socially and medically accepted,” the WHO said in a recent study of Somalia’s mental health care. Tireless advocate One man is devoting his time and energy to fight these cultural practices and thereby giving hope to Somalia’s mentally ill. Dr Abdirahman Ali Habeeb, is a psychiatric nurse by training, but prefers the title doctor. He does almost everything a doctor would do and more. A tireless and passionate advocate for the mentally ill, Dr Habeeb opened his first mental-health clinic in Mogadishu in 2005. He now operates a network of eight clinics and rehabilitation centres countrywide, with limited help from the WHO and other international donors. Five of his clinics are in Mogadishu. He also goes into remote parts of the country to save mentally ill patients - some of who have remained in chains for decades. “The bombardments, shootings and mortar shellings is what is causing the increasing number of mentally ill in Mogadishu," he says. And the the steady stream of patients is overwhelming for Dr Habeeb and his team of volunteer nurses. At just one of his five clinics in the capital, he treats up to 70 people. Habeeb says he has helped thousands recover from mental illness. Mental health risks Dr Habeeb believes Somalia’s mental health problem is bigger than what is estimated by the World Health Organisation. “I believe there is no one with good mental health in Mogadishu or in the entire South and Central Somalia because of what is going on. Normal people will not kill and maim their own, and for such a long time.” Dr Habeeb and his team lament that their effort to help the mentally ill is being undermined by the spiralling conflict in Somalia. Lasting mental health for all, they say, lies in peace returning to this country – devastated by years of conflict. http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/10/07/mental-illness-rampant-somalia

^I see. Fair enough.

Good news. Will they be sending letters to all concerned (Kenya et al)? Mise they believe a statement in Somali issued by the Somali parliament to the Somali media is enough?

El Presidente visitas Laascaanood

Times are hard so paying for the ten minutes for alot of employees to pray 2 or 3 time a day adds up. Is it really unreasonable to clock out for 10 minutes to stay in work, get paid and provide for the family? I think some perspective is required here.