Apologies to reer Borame

Ibti, we have the day off here and have just returned from here :cool:

Hargaisa will be the diplomatic capital Berbera will be the commercial capital (ala Dubai) Burco will be the education capital Sheikh will be the cultural capital Ceerigabo will be the IT capital Dabshidow

Looking good Red. Makes me want get on a plane and go there now.

Marx, we need to have words :mad: :mad: For the time being

^^wrong weapon,,,budhkeedii bay sidataa maanta

Ngonge's little brother better watch out

Food for thought over a long weekend :cool: Will get back IA

Is that chicken about to volley the ball ala Van Basten?

Careful in your back garden Ng but thats why you got a cat init?

^^Let us pick it up again. But is the question of interpretation really that widespread? I'm no expert but I think the majority of laws are clear cut. It has more to do with governments not wishing to fully implement it and its doesn't take much to make the public fully aware. I think many countries can fully apply Sheriah quite easily.

Stoic, you was right in how to spell 'dheeli' but that about it Malika, fish and chips and proud :cool:

Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ You think? Ka wax sawiraaya miyaanu tukanaynin?

^^In some countries in some instances yes. In others no. Is it a question of interpretation? Or convenience? ps my boss tells me the bars were closed last night but they're open again today

I wouldn't say their not ready for it as its already being applied in certain areas. Its more of a political reason for many.

^^waar orodoo banooni so dhiili

^^How the fitness/health regime warya?

JB, You’re correct in that I’m no scientist. Nor am I well versed in it’s terminology. But, I have for the duration of this discussion, tried to question the theory of evolution from that same view point (science) with relevant queries and sources I might add. Over the course of this discussion you have done very little to counter these queries/facts apart from present a wishy washy video that also claims the very same research is “in it’s infancy” and “current hypothesis are nowhere near as solid as the theory of evolution”. This to me means that according to the narrator, the evolution theory holds more weight in terms of scientific advances. Something you have tried to discredit throughout this whole discussion!! (is this another double speak?) Now, that very same theory which the narrator states to have superior evidence has and is continuing to be challenged. Not by mere Theists but the very same scientific community you have been advocating for all these years. This is yet again demonstrated by your latest link where there are arguments and counter arguments between ID and Evolution supporters. This would tell any ‘rational’ person that there is an element of doubt about evolution whereby it’s own celebrated scientists are making major U-turns. You seem to have failed to grasp the very notion you have been shouting about for the past number of years in that you don’t believe in something that has or is being challenged from a scientific point of view. If we were to go back to my earlier posts, you have only proved my statements correct in that there is disparity between your belief in science and your non-belief in there being a creator. You choose to apply science when it suits but disregard science when your belief is challenged with the same (having your cake and eating it). This my friend, as I said earlier, is where the cookie crumbles. Considering the link between Atheism and Evolution being a verifiable one (very easily at that), this non-acknowledgement of scientific arguments against the very reason they disbelief in creation in the first place makes that very belief (or non-belief depending on how you wish to view it) a fallacy. My intention, by questioning/challenging the evolution theory, was not to support my own beliefs (I have already stated that I have no interest in heading in that direction as we have done that many times before) but to highlight your very own double standards in how YOU see things. Your questioning of religion has been noted but now we have questioned the foundation of what your believe and it has been found wanting. I do recall a certain SOLer stating that you see things with one eye. How true that is and now this thread attests to that. Not only do you see things with one eye but you blatantly refuse to open the other! I shall leave you with more ‘scientific’ evidence against the evolution theory here. I'm merely slapping you with same wet fish Ps I like your signature

There has been and always will be dumb, uneducated imbiciles turned politicians but this man takes the buscuit. *says nothing about the president* <<<<< make a note people

^^I was talking about the Prem saxib. Total of 20+ in comps I think.

Baa humbug! How much of those videos is guess work, inclinations and age old speculation JB? The whole premise of the first video is based around DNA (correct me if I’m wrong here). DNA has seen a shift in the attitudes of scients. Why ignore this Johnny? How do you explain their discovery (apart from merely calling it a 'red herring')? Let me give you a small note: In addition, this type of high-level information has been found to originate only from an intelligent source. As Lee Strobel explains: "The data at the core of life is not disorganized, it's not simply orderly like salt crystals, but it's complex and specific information that can accomplish a bewildering task—the building of biological machines that far outstrip human technological capabilities" (p. 244). For instance, the precision of this genetic language is such that the average mistake that is not caught turns out to be one error per 10 billion letters. If a mistake occurs in one of the most significant parts of the code, which is in the genes, it can cause a disease such as sickle-cell anemia. Yet even the best and most intelligent typist in the world couldn't come close to making only one mistake per 10 billion letters—far from it. So to believe that the genetic code gradually evolved in Darwinian style would break all the known rules of how matter, energy and the laws of nature work. In fact, there has not been found in nature any example of one information system inside the cell gradually evolving into another functional information program. Michael Behe, a biochemist and professor at Pennsylvania's Lehigh University, explains that genetic information is primarily an instruction manual and gives some examples. He writes: "Consider a step-by-step list of [genetic] instructions. A mutation is a change in one of the lines of instructions. So instead of saying, "Take a 1/4-inch nut," a mutation might say, "Take a 3/8-inch nut." Or instead of "Place the round peg in the round hole," we might get "Place the round peg in the square hole" . . . What a mutation cannot do is change all the instructions in one step—say, [providing instructions] to build a fax machine instead of a radio" (Darwin's Black Box, 1996, p. 41). We therefore have in the genetic code an immensely complex instruction manual that has been majestically designed by a more intelligent source than human beings. Even one of the discoverers of the genetic code, the agnostic and recently deceased Francis Crick, after decades of work on deciphering it, admitted that "an honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a miracle, so many are the conditions which would have had to have been satisfied to get it going" (Life Itself, 1981, p. 88, emphasis added). Source If you dispute the above (and I'm sure you do) then please tell me why/how using science. Please note that the narrator of the first video states that this research is “in it’s infancy and current hypothesis are nowhere near as solid as the theory of evolution”. In other words the evidence you gave me and have been shouting about is weak when compared to evolution theory from your own source! I watched 'the Evolution Theory made easy' here . Posted by the same person with the same narrator. I then found this video disproving the whole thing. What say you JB? After that, the evolution claim is even more laughable

^^He will bag at least 14 goals in the Prem if Rafa plays him as a second striker but we know Rafa has ideas of his own most of the time.

^^just over 1 month is not a long time saxib

Lessen stress on children - parents By Siham Al Najami, Staff Reporter Published: July 29, 2008, 00:05 Dubai: The start of the academic year will commence with Ramadan and the Ministry of Education may consider delaying the operation of schools in the UAE, Gulf News learnt. Most parents in the UAE advocate postponing the academic year after the month of Ramadan saying that fasting during the hot weather could be "extremely" stressful for pupils and the UAE should follow Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as both start their academic year after Ramadan. Kuwaiti newspaper, Al Watan, earlier reported that the beginning of the fall 2008 school semester has been officially postponed until after Ramadan. "The Cabinet's approval of the decision followed an appeal from the head of the Kuwaiti Teacher's Society." The Cabinet's decision means that the new school term will begin at the start of October. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ministry of education's website in Saudi Arabia has already declared that their academic year will start on October 11 until July 8. Ramadan is expected to start on September 1. The public and private schools that follow the Ministry of Education curriculum will open on August 31, in line with the directions of the Ministry of Education. However, other curricula schools will operate according to their homeland system, within a margin of two weeks of August 31, said Taha Al Hamri, Director of Administrative Services Unit in the Knowledge and Human Development Authority. "Ramadan is a period for family gatherings, praying, mediating, and self-reflection. I hope my children will have some time off school as during Ramadan they are overwhelmed with studies and homework," said Palestinian national Khalid Karim. For Emirati national Mohammad Khalifa, postponing would be better for pupils as teachers always try to finish the required material for the semester as fast as possible since classes are shorter in Ramadan. Energy levels "Students are not as fresh and energetic in the morning during Ramadan, which is a sad thing because it defeats the whole purpose behind the holy month," he said. For principals in public schools, postponing the academic year till after Ramadan would be a dream come true as the beginning of any year is tiring for the administrative and teaching staff. "I deal with kindergarten pupils who are normally very active thus they require a lot of care and attention. I tend to be less active during the month of Ramadan since it is common for people to stay up late praying and reading the Quran," said Mariam Al Muhairi, teacher at Al Rabe'a kindergarten. However, for private schools they see this occasion as a time to celebrate the month of Ramadan and an opportunity to learn about Islamic culture. They don't perceive it as affecting students' performance. "Ramadan is not a month for people to relax and to sleep all day while watching TV all night. Pupils should not lose their energy during this month - on the contrary they should be more active as it is a month to strive for the best in everything. Studying is also a form of worship. Although some of our parents requested to postpone the academic year, I disagree with the decision and we are still following the schedule outlined by the education ministry," said Nihad Al Shamsi, Principal of Al Ittihad Private School. Hot and humid It will be hot, humid and still uncomfortable when Ramadan starts in the first week of September, according to the Dubai Met office. The average mean maximum temperature will be 35.9C. "That's pretty hot," said Clive Stevens, duty forecaster. "If we are lucky we will get enjoyable weather in the last week of September," he said. In October, the average will be a pleasant 35C. The extreme mean average recorded in September was 44.9C. "It's still possible we may go that high," he said. The average mean humidity will be around 80 per cent. Humidity needs to be less than 50 per cent to be comfortable. Religious rite Ramadan is a Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, believed to be the month in which the Quran began to be revealed. It is considered the most venerated and blessed month of the Islamic year. Prayers, sawm [fasting], charity, and self-accountability are especially stressed at this time; religious observances associated with Ramadan are kept throughout the month. Laylat Al Qadr, which falls during the last third, commemorates the revelation of the first verses of the Quran and is considered the most holy night of the year. Ramadan ends with the holiday Eid Al Fitr. In Ramadan, Muslims around the world get up before dawn to eat the suhoor meal [pre dawn meal] and perform their fajr [dawn] prayer. They break their fast when the fourth prayer of the day, Maghrib [sunset], is due. Do you think the summer vacation should be extended to include the month of Ramadan? Or will it take a heavy toll on the pupils ' studies? What are your views on the issue? Tell us at letter2editor@gulfnews.com or fill in the form bellow to send your comments.

^^waar u shaqayso ajarka. no more simply waking up and having a meal and calling it fasting (reer shamaal know now )