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    NGONGE;918510 wrote:

    Ignore Mintid's previous advice and spit out all the secrets that you know about this government if you dare. Until then, I shall support the Kulmiye government. Not becuase it's led my adeero Siilaanyo (for he does not need my support
    just yet
    ) but because it's led by an elected government. Don't be a sore loser and accept that fact, saaxib.

     

    I guess you stopped trying to throw off SOL members with your sideways/condescending talk? I guess the old man decided that he wasn't going to pretend sitting on the fence...Oughta boy.

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    STOIC;807100 wrote:
    ^All the US based Sol members should attend..A good place to engage in discussion and deliberations from experts, and persons whose judgement we may trust.I think they need our support and effort.I will recruit more family members and friends to attend.

    Do you know if we are having one again?

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    Good for Nimo Ahmed Ismail of Somaliland, those of you in Ohio, visit her at campus and welcome her :)

     

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    Nimo Ahmed Ismail, 4th year student at Abaarso School of Science and Technology, just received her acceptance letter to Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. In the acceptance letter, Oberlin noted that Nimo’s “intellectual curiosity, social conscience, and personality made her stand out as a particularly impressive and well-rounded student-citizen.” Oberlin’s tuition, housing, food, student activities, and health insurance, normally costs a student $60,000 per year for a total of $240,000 over the 4 years needed to graduate. Nimo will be getting all of this for free.

     

     

     

    In its most recent rankings, US News and World Report ranked Oberlin the 26th best National Liberal Arts College in America. Oberlin was established in 1833 and its famed history includes being the 1st American university to integrate black and white students, as well as the 1st American college to teach male and female students.

     

     

     

    Jonathan Starr, Abaarso’s Headmaster and Managing Director, said, “Nimo’s acceptance and $240,000 scholarship to Oberlin is a great success for Nimo, her family, her school, and her society. Without Nimo’s hard work and that of Abaarso’s current and former staff, this would not be possible. Nimo is a wonderful person who continues to make us all proud.”

     

     

     

    In addition to Nimo, Abaarso has high hopes for a number of its other students being admitted to strong international universities and provided with scholarships.

     

     

    Source: Somalilandpress

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    Wadani;914545 wrote:
    Stoic, i'm glad u took my advice and decided to learn about the clan composition of the region. Reekan dhulkoodu aad buu u balaadhan yahay, from Midhisho all the way to the outskirts of Wardheer. Im all for the the Khaatumo clan governing their own areas without interference from Somaliland, but when they claim all of sool and sanaag how r they different than the policy of Somaliland which they decry day and night?

    On point

  17. Posted

    The Sage;914217 wrote:
    Oodweyne, I think you're delving too deeply into what SHOULD be said versus what a state of the union speech is actually supposed to be about. A state of the union isn't supposed to make apologies, admit mistakes or announce radical new directions in policy. The key is to trumpet the achievements of the government, outline the progress made in the past year and announce the legislative agenda for the coming year. If he turned it into a speech about the new foreign policy paradigms he should adopt and show weakness in the shortcomings he's made it'll only undermine the strength of the state and weaken the authority he holds. Long story short there's a time a place for everything and this wasn't the right opportunity.

     

    Anyway, I see that you've been busy nitpicking the foreign policy shortcomings of the Silanyo administration but do you have anything constructive to say about the advances they've made on the domestic side? I mean exponentially increasing the budget from the UDUB years from $50 million in 2010 to $175 million today is no small feat, on top of that the improvements to the security apparatus (police, army), building of schools and hospitals etc. I feel that when it come to actually running a government and running bureaucracy Kulmiye is definitely better than their predecessors...although it's worse in other areas.

    What areas do they not do well in your opinions?

  21. Posted

    xiinfaniin;911995 wrote:
    No sane Somali wishes Ethiopia to disintegrate. If Ethiopia, a nation of 80 million, fails, it will cause a demographic tsunami. Somalia will be flooded by influx of fleeing refugees that are exponentially larger than the actual population in the country. Even strong Somalia cannot withstand with abrupt crumble of Ethiopia...

     

    I pray for the opposite. Stable, democratic Ethiopia is what should Somalia wish for. And considering the fact that Ethiopia is experiencing a peaceful expansion of Muslims in an explosive rate, why would one wish for her downfall is beyond me.

    On point

  22. Posted

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

    Millions of Americans are missing out on billions in forgotten cash.

     

    Currently, states, federal agencies and other organizations collectively hold more than $58 billion in unclaimed cash and benefits. That's roughly $186 for every U.S. resident. The unclaimed property comes from a variety of sources, including abandoned bank accounts and stock holdings, unclaimed life insurance payouts and forgotten pension benefits.

     

    Some people are owed serious cash. Last year, a Connecticut resident claimed $32.8 million, proceeds from the sale of nearly 1.3 million shares of stock. The recipient of the funds requested to remain anonymous and no further details were provided.

     

    More than $300 million in pension benefits is currently owed to some 38,000 people, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. The unclaimed benefits currently range from 12 cents to a whopping $704,621, with an average benefit of $9,100. Benefits may go unclaimed because an employee is unaware they had accrued retirement benefits at a previous employer, the agency said.

     

    Gallery: $500,000 in diamonds, a can of sardines: See unusual unclaimed property

     

    However, the majority of the forgotten funds -- roughly $41.7 billion -- are held by the states, according to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.

     

    Under varying state laws, financial institutions and other companies are required to turn over any funds considered "abandoned," including uncashed paychecks, forgotten bank account balances, unclaimed refunds, insurance payouts and contents of safe deposit boxes. They have found some pretty unusual items like diamonds, bottles of liquor and sardines. Property is usually considered abandoned after the holder of the account or property has had no activity or contact with the owner for several years.

     

    The states then try to find the owner through websites, newspaper ads and booths at events like state fairs. But every year, the vast majority of unclaimed funds remain in state coffers, where the cash can be used to fund government operations. Although the states are careful to note that the owner's claim to the property will always remain valid.

     

    "The money belongs to the owner in perpetuity. Even if the owner dies, then their heirs could come back and claim it," said Carolyn Atkinson, West Virginia's deputy treasurer for unclaimed property and a past president of National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.

     

    Florida's chief financial officer announced this month that the state had received 61,271 new unclaimed property accounts worth more than $25 million as part of a settlement with insurance company AIG (AIG, Fortune 500). The settlement is one of several reached last year with major insurers, including MetLife (MET, Fortune 500), Prudential (PRU, Fortune 500) and Nationwide after regulators in 20 states audited the methods they used to locate life insurance beneficiaries after a policyholder's death.

     

    Related: $800 million in lottery prizes go unclaimed

     

    The state auditors found that many insurers would use the Social Security Administration's Death Master File to cancel annuity payments to clients who passed away, but not to start issuing payments to their beneficiaries. In some cases, companies would continue collecting premium payments from the policy's value for years after the insured's death, depleting the cash reserves down to zero.

     

    Through the settlements, those balances are being reinstated and remitted to the states. But in many cases, beneficiaries remain unaware of their policy claim and many of their current addresses are unknown, making it hard for the funds to be connected with their rightful owner.

     

    "Once it goes to the state, it's unlikely that the rightful owner will be found," said Mark Paolillo, a Massachusetts-based accountant and Ryan LLC's abandoned and unclaimed property practice leader.

     

    Are you owed money? Here's where you can find out.

     

    http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/24/pf/unclaimed-money/index.html?iid=HP_LN