Yeah it was a great 6 months. I've got alot of interesting photos, we visited a lot of tuulos and towns. Looking forward to the next trip. I also plan to see Garowe inshallah.

Juxa;800429 wrote: premature bidaar problems Thanks Juxa I'm slowly coming to terms with it, however what takes the biscuit are my older brothers who are old enough to be my parents and their full heads of hair. Frigging genetics. I'm the youngest and had to go bald. I'm working on the wallet size:p

It never use to bother me but recently the first topic of conversation when i see family members is what happened to your hair followed by the condescending remark "you best get married quickly before you lose it all". I'm just tired of having to go to the barbers every 2 weeks to get a trim so i can keep appearances up. All I'm doing is fooling people. But as time goes by i will have to get used to it.

it's taking hold very quickly:( This an emotional period in my life. Its not fair I'm still young............. How have the older bald men of SOL who have had to make this transition dealt with this devastating and emotionally crippling condition. I once had jet black silky hair much like Anil Kapoor. Any tips and tricks. Comb overs a no no!

fast V8. This rotten little bugger is a Camel Spider. This particular one is a baby camel spider, don't worry as they aren't poisonous. But they do like to bite and usually leave deep holes and bite marks. I killed half a dozen in my time there.

In my family it use to be 24 that most males got married, but in this day in age i think late 20's to early 30's is fine. You have to be financially, mentally and emotionally ready.

The world is quiet on New Years day. Sheikh town 2007 Berbera Town Hall 07 Abandoned old hospital. Flash floods. Jamac Short lived Suhura AIrways

Not a big fan of wasps. The sky had almost a cartoonish character that day. Proud Americans! Poor dull overcast day but still managed to get a clear shot. All play must stop when its prayer time.

N.O.R.F;800258 wrote: Archie, is that Shiekh? Yes mate, in 07 to be exact and first trip to the fatherland. Great little town.

Gooooosh great bigger ticker symbol for a final countdown. To what exactly i don't know but its good to see the .SO domain name in use. They should've had Europe and the final countdown on an endless loop. Missed opportunity http://www.mogadishuairport.so/

Interesting article from Channel 4 News. Young black actors should head for America if they want to make it, according to acclaimed National Theatre star David Harewood - who says opportunities here are thin on the ground. Head for Hollywood if you've got ambition, is David Harewood's advice, as he warned that young Black actors would struggle to find roles in Britain to match their talent. And he should know: he's finally won a breakthrough role on the acclaimed US drama Homeland, about the war on terror, which President Obama has already dubbed his favourite series on television. America the bountiful He's not the only one. Stars like Adrian Lester, Chiwetel Ejifor and Marianne Jean-Baptiste have won prominent roles in the United States after experiencing plenty of frustration back here. Last night, Harewood criticised the "lack of authoritative, strong black characters" on British television - but across the Altantic, there's a far wider range of roles, beyond the old stereotyped images of gangland violence, or grinding poverty. Take Idris Elba, who just won a Golden Globe for best television actor for the lead role in BBC One's Luther: a part he won after making his name across the Atlantic in The Wire. Adrian Lester, who's just starred in another BBC series, Hustle, and has already enjoyed some Hollywood success alongside John Travolta in Primary Colours, is heading back to the States in search of wider opportunities. He told the Radio Times "At the moment, a lot of dramas with non-white actors in them feel as though they have to justify that presence." Institutional racism? The accusations of racism in the British film industry are nothing new. Back in 1996, Marianne Jean Baptiste became the first black actor to be nominated for an Oscar, for her role in Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies. Yet she was left out of the group of young British stars who were invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cannes film festival a year later. Furious, she castigated the "old men" in charge of Britain's film business - declaring "They've got to come to terms with the fact that Britain is no longer a totally white place where people ride horses, wear long frocks and drink tea." She's now a fully established star in the States, with a recurring role in the missing persons drama Without a Trace, and several film credits to her name. It's not just actors who are embracing everything America has to offer. The writer and director Kwame Kwei Armah has just moved to Baltimore to become artistic director at Centerstage. "As an artist of colour, as an artist who loves theatre, I can use all of me here, and there are very few other theatres anywhere in the world that can boast that." he told a city magazine. Creating new roles But if the right roles don't already exist, there are already moves to create them. An all-black production of Waiting for Godot opens this week at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds: an idea dreamt up by Patricia Cumper, artistic director of the black-led Tawala theatre company. She told Channel 4 News "Every time we cast a Tawala show, I am reminded how many brilliantly trained and multi-talented Black and Asian actors there are in Britain. Yet they do not find the number or range of roles they want, or in my opinion, deserve." That mismatch, she said, made it perfectly natural - if sad - for them to turn to the United States to move their careers forward. "These are British actors who've had some of the best training in the world. Doesn't Idris Elba's Golden Globe show the way forward?" she said. America may well have a richly diverse culture, and a far more established black middle class. But the bright lights of Hollywood remain the ultimate prize for all actors, not just those from ethnic minorities. Back to Adrian Lester again: "It's not possible to sustain a film career just by working in Britain. Black or white, whoever you are." And of course Hollywood is as prone to racial prejudice as everwhere else: take the recent experience of the film director George Lucas. He told the Daily Show he'd had trouble getting funding for his new film, Red Tails, about a group of black US Air Force pilots who fought against segregation during the second world war, because there were no white actors in leading roles. "We don't know how to market a movie like this", he was told. But the film did get made - and has already attracted a host of plaudits, not to mention six million dollars at the box office on its opening night last month. Commercial and critical success? For an all black cast? Now that's something that Hollywood really will respect. And a little risk-taking this side of the Atlantic might not go amiss. Source: http://www.channel4.com/news/hollywood-hails-for-black-british-actors

Does anyone know if these companies are being monitored so they don't create a disaster by contaminating the water table. It seems naive to think that they are operating in the same way as they would say in USA, one can only hope.

Malika;799963 wrote: ^I wouldnt be doing what I do, if I didn't care dear.... Touche:) Sounds like you've got your work cut out. I remember them as talkative and moody creatures lol.

You sound like a good teacher Malika, at least you care. In my experience most teachers don't care. Historically overworked, under paid and crowded classes. How old are these girls? They just might be at the age where its all boys boys boys lol

What happened to Range Resources (Aussie i think), are they also drilling in different locations. They were pioneers in Puntland surely.

BOB;799930 wrote: NGONGE, we’ve aged and we’re not as fun, creative and young as we used to be marka waa loo baahanyahay young ones who will keep this forum fun and alive and Carafaat is doing exactly that, his seduction game is not at the level that it should be but he’s lucky as his generation don’t need that much of a shukaansi, all you have to do is lower your pants and your baseball cap, walk funny towards her like you’re about to pass out with seizure and ask for her BB pin and that’s it..she’s all yours. LoooooooooooooL

So what does this mean. Any geologists care to give a more detailed analysis of the above statement.

Malika;799906 wrote: Asalaam Aleikum yaa jamaac How is everyone? Ngonge - how long is the exhibition going to be on? - Uncle google just answered that. Pretty cold and wet but all good alhamdulillah. I was just looking at the ads on the underground the other day and will definitely check it out before April 15.

Luckily i've never had the misfortune of flying Daallo as I've heard some truly shocking stories. For as long as i've known the company they have been operating the same tired old Ilyushin Il-18V for the Somalia leg of the journey. Watching this thing land at HGA was a sight in itself, you'd think it was coming in for a crash landing with the amount of black smoke billowing out from the engines. The locals renamed it inshallah airlines:) They really should have invested in Fokker 50 like Ethiopian airlines when it operated a very profitable but short lived service between ADD and HGA. Its all about customer service and the travel experience. You don't necessarily want to be transported in a part time cargo plane.

I saw one of these old timers at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire earlier this summer. Can't believe that Colombia has so many of these DC3's in service.

Only £758 return economy from London. Not bad for summer which is usually peak travel time/fares.

Public health in the somali context i.e. specifics to operational work in immunisation programmes.

Alpha Blondy;799213 wrote: mate, come here and do the research. its pitful. to ask for help on an online forum populated by ill-informed individuals. Cheers Norf I'll drop her a line. Alpha i have someone who will be coming to Hargeisa this week who will be covering quite a lot of ground work for me. This seems like a good place to gather anecdotal accounts of past experiences.

I don't fully understand what is going on here, but if its as a result of Dhahabshiil acquiring the rights to rehabilitate the old cement factory then there are few prerequisites that need to be addressed. Namely was there a fair and public tendering process carried out for this concession. If so and Dhahabshiil were the qualified winner then move on no story here. However if agreements were reached behind closed doors then these people have a right to voice their concerns. Who is willing to fill me in.