This guy understands how to optimise 'value for money' when one has paid over a two hundred thousand pounds for a beach view. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3158374/Bravest-window-cleaner-ever.html

Thats why I'm not that interested. Feel wierd without Liverpool not playing. Eto got a hatrick after criticism from his team mates at the weekend

Waiting for the Chai walla to return from his lunch break. Zzzzz afternoon all

Didn't watch it

Fergie, come to the buuq city this time. AD is too quiet

Memento

I'm planning to change it (reer SL baa nafta ii keenay)

^We will. But things are picking up again. Interesting article on Energy requirements in Africa. Alleviating poverty in Africa demands redoubled energy Robin M Mills Last Updated: September 27. 2010 6:44PM UAE / September 27. 2010 2:44PM GMT Mimi is one of the wives of the chief of the village of Bambalang in Cameroon, West Africa. She cooks meals for her children over a wood fire, under the smoke-blackened roof of her hut. Passing along the roads, you see women and children walking long distances with bundles of firewood on their heads. The sun sets early in this tropical country, and there is no electric light for the youngsters to do their schoolwork at night. Down the track, there is a hydroelectric dam, but the electricity goes to the main city, Douala. The village is not connected to the grid. A few of the wealthy people in the village have noisy, expensive petrol generators, to watch television for a few hours. Without electricity, midwives have to deliver babies by the light of a kerosene lamp. In the absence of refrigeration, vaccines overheat in the warm climate and become useless. Meat and fish has to be sold quickly before it spoils, or charred to preserve it. The land, with its thick volcanic soils and year-round sun, is very fertile, and the people grow cassava, rice, bananas, sweet potatoes and other crops. It could be the breadbasket of West Africa. But during the dry season, they need irrigation pumps to raise the water from the bottom of streams – and those pumps require electricity or costly fuel to run. A major review summit was held under the auspices of the UN in New York last week, marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals are: eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, broadening access to education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating serious diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and creating a global partnership for development. There are only five years to go until the goals should be achieved, in 2015. Even a small amount of electricity dramatically increases the level of human development. Yet, although the MDGs cannot be achieved without access to modern energy sources, energy itself is not mentioned. This is a surprising omission. When the goals were defined in 2000, energy seemed to be a problem that had been solved. Oil and gas prices were low and stable, and power stations were becoming increasingly efficient, cheap and clean. Yet things were about to change. The success of China, India and other developing countries in growing their economies rapidly created an emerging middle class made up of hundreds of millions of people. For the first time, these nouveaux riches – still poor by the standards of Western countries or the Gulf – could afford a television, a refrigerator, and a motorcycle or perhaps a car. The consequent surge in energy demand drove oil prices to record highs. As the International Energy Agency noted last week, the worst sufferers were those who had remained in poverty, the great majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. A large part of the world, perhaps 1.5 billion people, still has no access to modern energy. In sub-Saharan Africa, a population of 800 million uses only as much energy as the 8 million inhabitants of New York City. The electricity going to the Burj Khalifa could supply the 16 million population of Burkina Faso. At the same time, it became increasingly apparent that soaring emissions of carbon dioxide from deforestation and burning coal, oil and gas, threatens disastrous climate change – again, with the heaviest damage falling on the heads of the world’s poor. Tackling global warming is mentioned in the MDGs only as a subsidiary goal. Bringing about the final wave of modern energy requires a two-pronged strategy. One part has to emulate how the West, and later China, electrified their countries: large power stations and extension of grids to towns, villages and rural households. But although wind power and large dams can be part of this, inevitably fossil fuels will be the dominant fuel for decades to come. This raises a conundrum: how can a country such as India increase its energy supply by six times, while its emissions “only” double? The second part needs to be small-scale solutions adapted to local needs. Efficient cooking stoves that burn less wood and give off minimal smoke have become a big success in Kenya. They can be manufactured by local artisans, thus creating employment. They reduce deforestation, save women’s time and ensure healthier air for their families. Solar ovens are another option. For electricity, small-scale hydroelectric power is appealing. Indeed, just along the road from Mimi’s village is a generator powered from a fast-flowing mountain stream, but it serves only the needs of the missionary camp which built it. In agricultural areas, abundant waste – wood shavings, rice husks, banana peel –can be burnt to generate electricity, increasingly popular in Indian villages. This is complicated work. The best solution is different in every place. New ideas may go against local traditions. They require technical expertise and money – not a lot, but often in short supply in an area where the average income is US$2 per day (Dh7.35). To fulfil the Millennium Development Goals for people like Mimi, we need a renewed focus on bringing them energy, the master resource for achieving health, education, gender equality, economic development and environmental sustainability. Robin M Mills is an energy economist based in Dubai, and author of The Myth of the Oil Crisis

Will do IA

What is that? Your number is 00 252 24485*** right?

Ngonge, sounds like a god plan Ibti, alxamdullilah. Little Z is back at school and little K will be starting nursery soon IA. How are you and yours? JB, tried to call you a few times to cngratulate you but all I got was "telefooka aad la hadashay wuu xidhanyahay".

Stop trying to wriggle out it saxib. Has Messi been out (not playing) for longer than the medical team predicted? Ha ama maya. Muranka jooji.

Erm, I think this thread is tongue in cheek. Amaan isn't vanity's ransom (does that make sense?).

Ngonge, did Messi play after only a week out? No. Will he play tonight? Don't know. Because he isn't 100% ready. Rooney wasn't ready but he played because it was the title run in. If it was in Sept they wouldn't have played him and we all know what happened after that. Waar bahasha baro dee.

Fergie, waa nabad dhe. I was refering to SOL's Frank Sinclair.

Weather is cooling down at last. Had a crazy busy week. Quiet day today and I'm going mad. Frank, iska waran heh

LoL waar Marlon Harewood iyo Sturridge ha is barbar dhigin. Will Spurs win tonight against Twente?

Ok ok, I take back the Sturridge comment (haven't seen the miss yet). He is still better than Pav though. How did Kakuta do? FC Twente could humiliate Spurs tonight.

Bloody arm chair politicians place too much emphasis on a non-existant link with Israel.

LooL Ngonge iska daaya saxibayaal. Waa nin bahasha aan daawan. I have watched games with him a few times and he only catches the replays when something happens. Inta kale double apple bu afka ku hayaa heh

Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ No, I'll put it up. quote: Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ Messi will only be out for two weeks. You'll hardly notice it. Originally posted by N.O.R.F: Ps Messi will be out for at least a month. Its ankle ligament damage. Then again you wouldn't know Titus heh. Originally posted by N.O.R.F: Ngonge, Messi will NOT play for at least a month. He might be back in training (light then regular) but he won't be thrown in. Ever had an injury (and I don't mean a head ache )? Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ Now you're a better medical expert than the Barca guys? Stop being stubborn warya, I even gave you a source. Originally posted by N.O.R.F: quote:Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ Now you're a better medical expert than the Barca guys? Stop being stubborn warya, I even gave you a source. Ankle ligament damage warya. Takes a while to heel even with the best medical practices. If he returns he will make it worse. Sod the Barca medical team. They're like you and have never played heh. And then we go full circle and return to what I've shown you above. You argue for no reason at all, Arsenal fan. Thanks. The above corroborates what I have said in this thread. Messi didn't play at the weekend and if he plays tonight its not because he is 100% fit but because they need him (if they're losing) just like Rooney played when he was injured. Ps playing injured players in April (run in)is different to risking them in Sept (start of season). Badownimadaa waan laa yabay ninyow heh

Shall I pull up what I said? I said he won't be back 'playing' in a week (or was it two) like the Barca medical team said. I said ligement damage needs to heel and he will first train light and then full over a month. I said he wonØŒt be playing a game for a month. Frank

Yes he is back training but did not play at the weekend as he isnØŒt ready yet (as I said he wonØŒt be). Being named in the squad and playing are different things. They won't risk him for another 10 days. Wax fahan badoyahow.

From now on, we [somaliland] want to on security matters because it seems there are anti-peace groups who want to threaten our peace," It is indeed the end of Somaliland Africaown, ma tii baa wali kaa taagan?

Did you say Messi do not play? Ngonge mee?