Good welcome.

I think Bob gave up on the gunners.

In a Dubai parking lot http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/xpress/articles/pet-cheetah-in-parking-lot-catches-onlookers-by-surprise-1.864961 That's what an unknown owner showed when he walked around with the world's fastest animal on a leash at the Dubai Media City on Wednesday evening. The sight of the big cat prancing around caused a commotion among people who spotted it outside the OSN Showtime building, just after 6pm. "The cheetah was walking about the parking lot for about 20 minutes, being held on a leash by a man who was keen to show it off," said Jane, an expatriate who works at the Media City. Many onlookers on their way home, double-parked their vehicles to have a closer look at the surreal spectacle. "Initially, I thought there was an accident. When they realised what was going on, people started crowding around. Where in your life can you ever have a cheetah for a pet? It was beautiful — too docile. It seemed very domesticated. I saw people petting it," said Jane, who took pictures of the animal. Restless "But when a car jam-braked nearby, the animal got agitated and restless." After a while, the owner just picked it up and put it inside his white Porsche Cayenne. Dr Reza Khan, an expert at the Dubai Zoo, has identified the animal as a sub-adult African cheetah, probably less than 12 months old. He wondered how the cheetah, an endangered species, landed in private hands in Dubai. "Cheetah is on the list of endangered animals as per IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List and in Cites (Convention on the International Trade of Endagered Specicies) Appendix I," he said. ‘Cannot be traded' "So, it cannot be traded and procured from any country without a Cites permit," said Dr Khan, a member of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas. "No wild animal should be kept on leash and be walked through public places. Wild cats are dangerous to the public … Wildlife is always best in its natural habitats, not in human company," he said. Genealogy Cheetah is considered to be a dying breed of cat because almost all the cheetahs alive today have come out of a small gene pool and through too much in-breeding. As a species, its genetic base is too narrow and few survive in nature.

Dayum!

LooooooooooooooooooooooooL@Juxa Faheema, well, I think you can afford to be blunt now and then

No. Not in the 09/10 season. Where is his website? ps are you a member of LFC forum? There are Rafa loyalists there. I'm sure you're in there somewhere

Have to admit I miss Rafa and his tactical nouse (before 09/10).

NGONGE;747166 wrote: ^^ What he is worth or isn't does not matter much, saaxib. I believe that he's a good player that will come good soon. You, as ever, always follow the ball. I do. It keeps bouncing off Andy's big toe (or he falls on it) ps this is not another Lucas saxib.

^where are you this time ninyow? Aduunyo ku wareeg uun LooL@Malika

Carling Cup is a run out for the young ones. Carrol will play though and get his goal (leaving Ngonge telling us he is worth 35m )

NGONGE;747035 wrote: Two hours or four hours. I am no train spotter, adeer. Oh, sorry, 4 hours

NGONGE;747075 wrote: ^^ Scored only eight goals with that left foot for Liverpool. All his other goals were with the right (and there were loads of them). He had a good shot on his left before that from outside the box. Waar when you have too much time in front of goal this happens. Happened to the best of them.

^Everyone has their own interpretation of what happiness is and how it can be acheived. Prom, the research only confirms what is universally known; helping others less fortunate makes one a better person.

Looks good. Doubt it will have the same impact though. No one really cares about video chat.

^He had too much time for the 2nd one. Thought about it too long. Instinctive finishing for the first one.

Ngonge, translate please. Alpha, go elsewhere with your holier than thou too good to be in Africa nonsense (Nuune, stop encouraging him). On topic There was a survey done recently concluding the more charitable you are the happier you are….

^Are you happy? Your posts suggest otherwise

In today’s aggressive societies happiness is superficial and people generally believe they’re happy or will be happy as a result of material gains. Nice that some still place a value on doing for others, being content and maintaining perspective. Article: Pursuit of happinessThe path to inner joy is simple – commit random acts of kindness, relax and be thankful for what you've got I am sitting across a table from my sister-in-law, outside a small Italian restaurant, reading her a letter. As experiences go, it's toe-curling. I am telling her everything I'm grateful to her for. It's like a bad episode of Oprah. Surely us Brits aren't built for this stuff? But according to Action for Happiness, little things like this can really improve our lives. The movement, founded by LSE professor Richard Layard and Dr Anthony Seldon, aims to create positive social change, and comes as the government prepares to publish findings this autumn on its proposed happiness index. The movement's core idea is that we should all try to create more happiness. Or, to paraphrase the Dalai Lama, happiness doesn't just happen to you, you have to work at it. To this end, a list has been drawn up of 50 activities, from getting to know neighbours to unplugging from technology, that can make positive changes to our lives. But can they work? I spent a week finding out … Being kind According to the organisation, doing kind things for others strengthens our connection with them and builds trust – particularly with strangers – leading to happier communities. The acts can be large or small, but must be beyond the things you do regularly. This is not hard. To my surprise, I am not overly kind. I'm polite, I'm friendly, I hold open doors, but my natural reserve prevents me from, say, mowing a neighbour's lawn. So I step it up, offering to let someone queue-jump (he refuses), and trying to help a pair of lost tourists ("Nein danke, we're fine"). Finally – yes! – a couple struggles off a bus with a wheelchair and bag of shopping. I take a bag, give the woman my arm, and walk her to the wheelchair. I feel like Mother Teresa. Give thanks Next I must write down, every night, three things I'm grateful for. This, apparently, helps us to feel happier, healthier and more fulfilled – and less materialistic. It turns out that I am a natural, scribbling down teenage things such as "amazing swim!", "gorgeous day!", "James McAvoy!". After a particularly bad day it makes me feel instantly more upbeat. "This action helps us to reframe our perceptions of how our day is going," says Action for Happiness's director, Mark Williamson. "It's not about ignoring bad things, but asking, did anything good happen today? You can usually find something." Being mindful Meanwhile, I am trying to meditate. Boy, this is hard. I chose it for its supposed power to transform, through teaching us mindfulness – living in the present rather than dwelling on the past or worrying about the future – which in turn can make you more robust. The meditation website, Headspace, instructs me to sit for 10 minutes each morning, focusing on my breath, observing my thoughts. At first, turning my mind away from work, worries, my to-do list and breakfast, is impossible. "Everyone experiences this at first," Headspace's founder, Andy Puddicombe, reassures me. "People think you have to somehow switch off, but actually meditation is more about switching on, developing awareness. So don't let a wandering mind put you off." And, sure enough, as the week progresses, I start to look forward to it. It gives me a calm but ready-for-anything feeling that's rather novel. I even try it when swimming. With a bit of extra effort, entire lengths go by unnoticed, and afterwards I feel not just physically exercised, but more clear-headed. Write a letter Another suggestion is that you should thank the people you're grateful to, and that the best way to do this is by writing a letter, then reading it to them. My letter-reading day is looming. I've chosen my sister-in-law for several reasons but mainly because, although life is easier if you get on with your in-laws, there's no compunction to like, let alone love, them. But I do – she is like a sister, and I've never told her that. According to Williamson, this will make us both happier, and has a knock-on effect – if we know others have valued something we've done, we are more likely to do it again. In fact, all happiness can be contagious. Research from the US suggests it can affect not just us, but our friends, their friends and even their friends. Reading the letter makes me cringe. I do it quickly and perfunctorily. My sister-in-law stares into her lap so she doesn't meet my eye. I'd put a few weak jokes in there to diffuse the awkwardness. But afterwards she looks like she might cry. She tells me she is deeply touched, had no idea how much she means to me, and feels the same. Better still, the rest of the night is spent discussing previously taboo subjects: a long-forgotten bust-up; how neither of us are exactly how we appear; what my mum says about me behind my back. It's refreshing to air feelings in a positive context, rather than after a fight, and I come away not only understanding her better but glowing with something indefinable – the sensation, perhaps, that I've done something really nice. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/sep/19/pursuit-of-happiness

Kids with a sense of humour What I have noticed lately is just how much I like being in a place where you say 'Asalaamu Alaykum' more often than hello/hi/morning. Edited

Here today gone tomorrow such is our existence. Anyway, after that shock I'm off to regain some fitness. Evening all.....

Leave him alone. He is discovering his home town from a distance. Better than him going all the way there only to leave 2 hours later

^dee we're not talking about development per say nor did I ask you to explain yourself. We're talking about town planning (see maps above). Most Somali cities are planned along some sort of grid system around/along/in and around rivers, plains, coast etc etc. Have you seen anything different on your travels?

Just found out a former colleague passed away. He was only 36/37. Left behind a 1/2 year old with another on the way.

^no need for that. I don't see how you came to that conclusion (Burco is more organised). You've been to neither CG should zoom out a bit for the Burco maps.

Oh no you didn't