First of all congradulations on nearing the end of your studies and good luck with the real world. Did you say that you want to skip off to the states? are you mad? are you seriously considering destroying your life? On a more serious note my advice is when it comes to looking for a job, forget the money concentrate on landing a job that will open doors for you...Experience is the key especially in the IT industry. Once you have the relevant experience under your belt you can hip hop to the states. IT degree gets outdated very quickly so take advantage of your given opportunities. Good Luck.

Salaan All Been away for some time and we have some programmers/developers, even our own little place on SOL . Its interesting to see there are people out there still using prolog, I remember covering a semester doing prolog - if i am completely honest can't remember much about it - did the homework and got the grade . I am currenly working exclusively on c# and although I do think that c# is better incomparison to VB.net in terms of performace, it really comes down to individual choice depending on requirements. I personally prefer the syntax. As for jobs being outsourced(china,india..) i must say its the only logical solutions for most companies. As we all well aware a good programmer requires a decent salary companies will be looking into ways to reduce the cost, why not start with the programmers; also with technology advancing projects can be worked on & delivered from any part of the world. A modular approach is something most companies will be looking into(so be a little less greedy and stop damanding so damn much lol... salaama btw Nice to meet U all.

Salaan dhamaantiin iyo Ramadan Karim. Six international poets have been invited to read at venues across uk through the month of October 2005. These poets are : Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (Sudan), Gagan Gill (India), Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' (Somaliland) web page , Coral Bracho (Mexico), Partaw Naderi (Afghanistan) and Toeti Heraty (Indonesia). For those interested the tour dates are as follows: Tour Dates Fri, October 07, 2005 :: MANCHESTER Central Library, 1pm Gaarriye & Al Saddiq Al Raddi with translations read by Katherine Pierpoint & Mark Ford We regret to announce that Coral Bracho will not be able to attend this event, due to illness more >> Sat, October 08, 2005 :: BEVERLEY Beverley Literature Festival, 2pm Toeti Heraty & Partaw Naderi with translations read by Carole Satyamurti more >> Mon, October 10, 2005 :: DURHAM Durham Literature Festival, venue to be confirmed Gagan Gill & Partaw Naderi with translations read by Sarah Maguire more >> Tue, October 11, 2005 :: BRIGHTON Jubilee library, Jubilee St, 7.30pm Gaarriye & Al Saddiq Al Raddi with translations read by Mark Ford more >> Wed, October 12, 2005 :: LONDON Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, 7.30pm Coral Bracho, Gagan Gill & Toeti Heraty with translations read by Katherine Pierpoint, Jane Duran & Carole Satyamurti more >> Thu, October 13, 2005 :: LONDON Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, 7.30pm Gaarriye, Partaw Naderi & Al Saddiq Al Raddi with translations read by David Harsent, Sarah Maguire & Mark Ford more >> Sat, October 15, 2005 :: ILKLEY Ilkley Playhouse, Weston Road, Ilkley, West Yorks, 5.30pm Gaarriye, Gagan Gill & Al Saddiq Al Raddi with translations read by David Harsent & Jane Duran more >> Wed, October 19, 2005 :: CARDIFF Glanfa, Wales Millenium Centre, Bute Place, time tbc Gaarriye & Partaw Naderi with translations read by Sarah Maguire more >> Fri, October 21, 2005 :: DERBY The Open Centre, Peartree Rd, Normanton (adjacent to Corden St), 7pm Derby Black History Group and Derby Literature Development present 'Unusual Suspects' more >> Wed, October 26, 2005 :: EDINBURGH Scottish Poetry Library, 7.30pm Al Saddiq Al Raddi & Partaw Naderi with translations read by Sarah Maguire http://www.poetrytranslation.soas.ac.uk/tour/

Ilahay ha naxaristo. May Allah mercy be upoon her and all those that have passed before her - amiin.

I still think henry should've won but nevertheless a worthy winner.

Good performance on the night, no doubt they are back on the winnning track, long may it continue

some of those were funny Q: How can you tell a level headed Liverpool supporter? A: He dribbles from both sides of his mouth - at the same time. what a talent, only a liverpool supporter can do this

So the night before I left it dawned on me that I hadn't seen anything so I hijacked a cousin (more like bribed him with some marduufs) to take me around...so off we went to Tower bridge at 2am...just as I'm posing to get a nice "city view" picture taken, scotland yards finest pull up. c'mon now, whose at fault? 2am sight seeing? i'll say they deserved an explaination .

May Allah Grant you good Health, make you strong and lighten your burden. Ameen.

a bit of sampler me - so my flavour of the month is.....(drum roll)... 'lacoste - a touch of pink' gotta love the smell.

no one out there better :cool:

I'm sort of a Gunners fan sort of? that just doesn't cut it...you either with us or against us as Bush would rightly put it !

How does winning taste Norf? its a rare feeling rite? enjoy it while it lasts ...

On the map finally , thanks for sharing that with us Ballerz. I swore numerous times no to bother with the politics section but at times like this one tends to forget where one is .. Same old opinions express over and over again...We hear U and U hear us, so lets leave at that Peace in Somalia, recognition for somaliland...

Those who were heavy computer users - defined as working onscreen more than eight hours a day - were twice as likely to have glaucoma than light or medium users. ....forwarded on to management - I work far too long.