^^is all you did then? watch MTV? :rolleyes: I think i will have to settle for the South African sports channels :cool:

^^lol Not really an expert of Somali football teams old or new but it would interesting to see a tournament with all the cities/towns/villages involved with good transport, good referees, gr8 crowds and plenty of goals :cool: Kismayo the Liverpool of Somalia? Hargaisa the Man Utd Burco the Arsenal Baashi would you consider a move to Hargaisa in the White Sand Village? Fyr, you have struck a huge blow to my plans saxib but i do remember seeing an advert on a notice board in one of the Abu Dhabi cimaarads highlighting the availablity of Sky! Go figure :confused:

printed and will read on the way home

NG The geezer had a solicitor who met with the CPS who him showed the CCTV video (i presume), would the solicitor advise him to plead guilty if the pics were not very clear? If he were innocent would he plead guilty due to some sort of wrong doing? This is UK not Guantanamo.

Adiga oo Go Burco'da haya, iyo aniga oo c'mon Hargeisada haya. lol, IA saxib, you know what rear burco say during a game, haday kubadu kudaafdo, ninku yaanu kudaafin Fyr, Sky Sports is available in the UAE Hibo, the houses are very good, keep u cool in the heat with the roof construction, rain will run off also, the actual characteristics are debatable, i would have prefered more of a morrocan/moorish style :cool:

I'm always attributed the less than standard achievement of Somali kids in school the condition of their fathers at the time of conception. looooooool Source By Caroline Ryan BBC News Online health staff in Berlin Stoic there is your source.

it was an email, i dont have the source. I'm not condoning khaat by posting it, but can the properties of Khaat be used for fertility type treatments? Research is probably going ahead. Someone is going to make a killing by selling to GlaxoSmithKline rather than the merfishs soon. :cool:

I have a feeling this has been posted before but anyway,,,,,,, A chemical found in the khat plant could boost the power of men's sperm, researchers have found. Lab tests by King's College London found treated sperm became fertile faster, and stayed fertile for longer, than untreated sperm. Khat is mild narcotic, producing a high when chewed, but its use has been linked to long-term problems. The study was presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Berlin. The researchers say their findings could lead to products to help couples conceive. It might be relatively easy to develop products Lynn Fraser, King's College London Chewing khat leaves, which is particuarly popular in parts of East Africa, releases cathinone, a stimulant that produces the feelings of euphoria linked with the plant. When cathinone is broken down in the body, it produces chemicals including cathine and norephedrine, which have a similar structure to amphetamines and adrenaline. The researchers from the Centre for Reproduction, Endocrinology and Diabetes at King's College examined the effect of cathine on mouse sperm. They found that the chemical accelerated the development of sperm, so it reached the stage where it was fertile more quickly. It then remained in this stage for longer than normal. This is important because, when sperm meets an egg, it needs to connect using a "lock and key" system. If is past its 'peak', and its membranes are no longer intact, sperm will not have its part of this mechanism, meaning fertilisation cannot take place. Investigation Early tests on human sperm suggest it is affected by cathine in the same way. Other studies in rabbits have shown chewing khat leaves could also increased sperm production. However, there is some concern that prolonged use could actually damage sperm. Around seven tonnes of khat leaves are estimated to be imported into the UK each week. The Home Office is currently investigating the plant's long-term health effects, following concern it may be linked to heart and mental health problems. It is due to report later this year. 'Not a high dose' The researchers say they will now carry out more analysis of human sperm. Lynn Fraser, Professor of Reproductive Biology at King's College London, told BBC News Online: "It might be relatively easy to develop products. "Compounds related to the ones we studied are being used in over-the-counter and prescription medicines, for dietary treatments and asthma." "And the amount that's required isn't that high, so it's not a question of taking very high doses and therefore becoming overstimulated." She said khat-based products could be used to help couples who are having trouble conceiving naturally, and in clinics as additives to sperm used in IVF or artificial insemination. Professor Fraser said if the research on cathine improving sperm production was proven: "We could give it to men to improve sperm production, and to women because it is in the female reproductive tract that the sperm go through this process to become fertile."

^^ it should be a good contest, but it hasnt been a good summmer here (never is) so who ever can deal with the interuptions better will have a chance. England expects!

Suldaanka You have just solved my accommodation problem in Hargaisa. Now all i need is employment ps can one recieve Sky Sports there?

^^try diesel, its a qicker buzz When approaching a speed camera, i tend to slow down right at the last second just to see if i can reach the reqd limit before it flashes

The Ashes - Cricket Will England finally get the Ashes back? With FC Porto, Greece and Liverpool all wining in 2004/2005 respectively, is this a good omen for the English cricket team? Copa America Can Brazil retain their title or are the Argies about to strike? Wimbledon Starting on Monday, Will Roger Feddrer be crown champion again, Andy Rodick is in good form or will the young gun from Spain Nadal take the crown? Will the Williams sisters be present? US PGA - Golf Will the Tiger roar? F1 Alonso is looking good for the title, or is it too early? NBA Will the Pistons come back from 2-0 (i think)?

^^as long as there is enough evidence! I saw the headline, i was actually seaching for it but came across the above article instead. The attack happened at 4.30am on March 28 this year in the tunnel under the Elephant and Castle roundabout in south London after a chewing stint no doubt :rolleyes:

Today, it is estimated, there are around 70,000 Somalis living in the capital, with the largest group of some 10,000 people, in Tower Hamlets. This is thought to be the oldest African community in London. Whilst a lot of Somalis came to London as asylum seekers, fleeing civil unrest in their country, many are second, third and even fourth generation Somalis. There are records of Somalis in London dating back to 1914, when they were recruited to fight in the First World War and then settled in the capital. This first group was followed by a continuous trickle, many of whom came over as merchant seamen. They tended to settle in cities with ports, including Cardiff, Liverpool and London, where they put down roots in Tower Hamlets. Accounts of the time show that many of these seamen only planned to stay in London long enough to make some money before returning to their families. In Somalia, they were nicknamed "The Fortune Men" because they promised to bring wealth back home. Because they always intended to go back to Africa, many of the first Somalis in London didn’t learn English, and they have been slower to establish a formal community here than many other ethnic groups. ^^^A couple in London Iman Link

i only do things on the hour, if its 5 minutes past that hour i will wait until the following hour Sue, your scaring me :eek:

^^good to hear I'm cool saaxib, about to go home after another long day :rolleyes: what are you up to these days? sleep until 2pm?

waar maxaad leedahey warya? :mad:

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Rocko handcuffed me hands behind my back I can flip them over in front of me Cops reckon it’s bizarre, I call it double-jointed i knew aussies were weird :rolleyes:

Takes one back summer football tournaments in Europe and singing the national anthem before each game

good news but one can not resist being a little wary of the conditions attached. There will be certain criteria/conditions which these countries will have to meet. these are not being discussed in the media, i have a feeling the debts of these countries will remain.

But then as warlords took over control in post-colonial Somalia they abolished the system of elders. Anarchy ensued. By contrast in the breakaway area known as Somaliland it has not only been retained but has been elevated to the status of the second chamber of parliament. Few there doubt that this is one of the key factors in the relative stability of Somaliland. "This odd mix of African and Western systems of governance clearly works," Geldof said. "The evidence on the ground is that tradition does not inevitably precede modernity. It is the interaction between the two that in Africa will bring change and progress." hmmmm.,,,,,,, Not a bad read in the Independent Magazine on saturday :cool: Of course, some apparent paradoxes are really just our Western prejudices in disguise. Nowadays even the smallest and dustiest African village seems to have an internet café powered by a noisy old generator and a satellite phone. "And why not," said Geldof. "We so often unthinkingly suppose that there is a linear progression from tradition to modernity. We see progress as the rest of the world 'catching up' with the West. Yet part of the genius of Africa is its ability to take what it sees as good, but to hang on to what it sees as better." Nowhere was that more clear than in a hospital in Hargeisa in Somaliland. It was an unprepossessing place: tatty, unpainted, badly lit. But the doctor in charge there, Dr Hussein Adan, had been trained as both a traditional African healer and in Western medicine. By fusing the two he had developed a way of replacing shattered limbs with a technology that involved the implantation of camel bones into the legs of men and goat bones into the heads of children. It was all sterilised with a mixture of camel's milk and paste from the bark of desert shrubs - and then treated with antibiotics. Here Geldof met an 18-year-old girl. Her head was crushed in a car crash. "Her brain came out on the road," the doctor explained. "We brought her in, removed the stones and grit from her brain, and then used a mixture of frankincense and camel milk to clean it. Then we covered the hole in her head with a piece of goat bone." The girl was sitting up in bed. "She's not well but she's improving." Camel bones and goat bones, frankincense and antibiotics, and camel milk with everything. It sounds preposterous. But, like so much else in Africa, amazingly, it works. "And the striking thing," said Geldof, "is that tradition and modernity were not opposites, or a starting and a finishing point. They are something which fused to make a singular African solution."

^^bitter bitter bitter Who cares if can defend it or not, we will just have to wait and see.

^^ i think we should get her some slippers and a knitting kit

Happy birthfay J, may you see many more years of happiness and good health IA ps please remember you are actually older under a lunar calender (Islamic) :cool: