A hot drink cools you faster than a cold one – myth or reality? It’s one of the great urban myths of summertime – that drinking a cup of piping hot tea will kickstart your sweat glands and ultimately cool you down more than an ice-cold drink. Or is it? Studies over the years have supported the seemingly obvious conclusion that cold drinks lower your core temperature more than hot drinks. But new research from the University of Ottawa suggests that these past studies used a flawed method of determining core temperature – in fact, under certain circumstances, a warm drink may be your best bet for staying cool. One fact that’s not under dispute is the importance of sweating: It’s the most effective tool your body has to get rid of excess heat. The recent discovery of temperature-sensing receptors in the mouth, throat and stomach raises the possibility that a relatively small amount of hot liquid could trigger a sweat response without warming the body up. To test this idea, Ollie Jay and his colleagues at the University of Ottawa’s Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory had nine volunteers perform a series of 75-minute cycling bouts at a moderate effort level, while periodically drinking water at 1.5, 10, 37, or 50 C. The results will be published in the journal Acta Physiologica. Unlike previous studies, Dr. Jay didn’t rely on just a rectal thermometer as a proxy for core temperature. Instead, he monitored metabolic rate and deployed eight thermometers on various parts of the body, plus a rectal thermometer and one inserted through the nose down the esophagus. Using an approach called “partitional calorimetry,” he was then able to obtain a much more accurate estimate of the total amount of heat entering and leaving the body. The difference is subtle but crucial, because if you drink a big glass of ice water, you’ll have cold liquid sitting in your stomach – right above where you’ve shoved your rectal thermometer. As a result, the thermometer may register a lower temperature even though the rest of your body hasn’t really been cooled. Sure enough, unlike previous studies, the new study found that drinking hot water triggered a sweat response that more than compensated for the heat of the drink. Cold drinks produced the opposite response, with a reduction in sweat cancelling out the cooling power of the drink. So is this proof, finally, that drinking a hot drink on a hot day is smart physiology? “Yes,” Dr. Jay says. “Kind of.” The caveat is that your sweat must fully evaporate in order to produce the desired cooling effect. If you’re exercising hard, or wearing too many clothes, or in a very humid environment, you may produce sweat more quickly than it can evaporate, in which case it’s no longer desirable to ramp up your sweat rate further. As a guideline, keep an eye on sweat accumulation, Dr. Jay says: “If the extra sweat just drips on the ground, then you’re better off drinking a cold drink.” The next question Dr. Jay is tackling is how the body’s internal temperature sensors work. He’s testing the effects of menthol, which activates the mouth’s cooling sensors without changing its temperature, and capsaicin from hot peppers, which activates the mouth’s heating sensors. He’s also sending water at different temperatures directly to the stomach of his subjects via a nasogastric tube, to test the stomach’s sensors without triggering the mouth sensors. For practical purposes, learning how these sensors work may ultimately prove to be more valuable than detecting subtle changes in body temperature. Both Dr. Jay’s recent results and earlier studies agree that the direct heating or cooling power of a small glass of liquid can only produce very small changes in body temperature. Until researchers like Dr. Jay discover more about these sensors, there is an alternative: If you drink a slushie before exercise, you can produce a measurable drop in core temperature that results in better performance in hot conditions. In this case, it’s not just the temperature of the slushie that matters; it’s the “phase change” energy required to transform a solid (ice) into a liquid (water), which draws heat from your body. For now, if you’re planning to exercise hard in the heat and you’re looking for a boost, that’s your best bet. Globe & Mail

There should be 'elections' every year. Dadka Xamar degan ayaa ka nimceystay bilooyinkaan u dambeeye. Meesha ayee soo camiroyaan to get their free meals of food iyo waxyaabaha kale. Ninkaan aan sida kursiga loogu fadhiisto xataa garaneynin ayaa musharax ah.

Maahmaahdii caanka ahayd ee 'abkeey dooli diloow dad nool maas u daahaa' waa in la cusbooneysiiyaa. Abkoow waraabe cunoow ruux nool maas dhaafaa.

Welcome Daa'uud, brother. We wiill welcome you open arms, unlike the little hands offered by a certain miss in Minnesota. Rawla, awalba open hands ma rabin. Haddii la igu soo dhaweynin open (____) maba rabi.

Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Amsterdam. London beel. Now you insulted him, keep your 'open hands' to yourself.

There is on exception, though -- Laasqorey tuna. It is produced in Sanaag and sells well in Soomaaliya, from Gaarisa to Jabuuti. Not to mention other parts of East Africa, sida Nayroobi.

He is talking about mass producing and mass marketing, not about some homemade subag iyo ciir for a little use. Kenya is an African example, where varieties of milk-based products are produced at.

Abwaan, why is your man ugu duwanyahay kuwa kale kusii socdo 60 musharax? Ninkaan aad dabada ka riixeyso muxuu ugu duwanyahay, hal hal noogu kala dhigba, including personal promises laguu balanqaaday.

Kaas waardiyaha caloosha kuusan oo ismooday askari balaayo ah, waliba booto iyo hanjabaad la socoto. Ar muxuu kibir badanyahay. Soomaalideena waa isku naqaan hal qof in uu hadlo iskuma ogalin. Meel walba toban qof Soomaali iskugu imaato ayaaba saas ah, walaa banooni la ciyaaraayo walaa meel fadhi ku dirir walaa meelahaan camal -- buuq iyo toban iska daba hadasho. Hal qof si macquul ah u hadlo looma deynaayo in uu qofkaas kaligiis u hadlo.

Da'yarta dibadaha joogo ma asagaa madaxweyne u noqonaayo, ma iyagaana u codeynaayo. Kuwa uu rabo in uu u taliyo Soomaaliya ayee wada joogaan, kuwaasna Afsoomaali kuu yaqaanaan.

Afsoomaali, Afsoomaali, Afsoomaali, Afsoomaali, Afsoomaali, Afsoomaali, Afsoomaali, Afsoomaali... Hadduu Afsoomaaligaaga liito meesha ha isku ceebeynin marka. Af shisheeye baas kaa daba wadaan lee.

Haa, dugsiga sare agagaarkaas ku yaalay. Degmooyinka Holwadaag iyo Wardhiigleey u dhaxeeye.

Horta Reer Luuq yaa waaye? Since when does one qabiil claim to represent Luuq? Luuq was a historical sultanate town.

Abwaan;856458 wrote: Maaddeey, warkaan been waaye, they have not claimed asylum. By any other name, this is isdhiibid. Iyagee jirtaa haddee isdhiibaan iyo haddii kale laakiin Soomaali badan waxee dhibsadeen that bogus daljecel hees of hers. Dadka dareenkooda intee kicisay ugu baxday markaas.

Malaaq, tartiibso. It wasn't said where culumadaas ku suganyihiin. They could be in Nayroobi for all we know. Xataa haddee Kismaayo ku suganyihiin, qof magacooda sheegay maleh.

Lix ka mid ah 13kii 'Reer Unuka' ayee ahaayeen leeyahay. I guess Cismaan Geedi Raage was one of them. Maxaa magaciisa maqli jiray maadaama iskoolka walaalahey dhigan jireen Cismaan Geedi Raage la dhihi jiray.

Haatu, my family back in the nostalgic days knew this very wealthy family. How did they get the wealth? It was said the matron mother started with tinaar iyo muufo duboow. Long story short, she and her family were very, very wealthy markuu dagaalka dhacaaye. In fact, to me as a boy her name became synonymous with richness.

Yuusuf Garaad waa qof macquul ah, si wanaagsan oo kartinimo ku jirto ayuuna BBC ku waday since '99. BBC Soomaali wax badan ayuu kusoo siyaadiye oo loo baahnaa. Laakiin sawirkaan camal xumaan in uu u keeno ma'ahee wax wanaagsan kuma soo siyaadinaayo to his public image, especially his fledgling new political career.

I blame geeljire mentality. Whose existence, if not wholly, is based on shaxaad, masuqmaasuqnimo iyo nin tolkeyga ah ayaa jago ii haayo and without lifting a finger to work. No wonder every man wants to be a madaxweyne because it is the easiest mashruuc lagu buuxsado jeebkaaga. And the whole tolka supports that because they expect a quick tolka-wide get rich scheme while your tolman is in the palace. Dalkeena dhan Eebbe ayaa u maqan markaas. Kaaga sii daranee those same geeljire used to dacaayad those whose livelihood were based on agriculture and fishery. Waala isbartay now, though.

Ugaarsiga Waraabaha oo kusoo badanaya Jubbada Hoose iyo Hilibka Waraabaha oo Noqday kan Loogu Isticmaal Badan yahay Kaddib markii maamulka Al-shabaab ee Jubbooyinka uu shaaca ka qaaday inuu xalaal yahay hilibka Waraabaha ayaa waxaa magaalada Kismaayo kusoo batay ugaarsiga iyo ka ganacsiga hilibka Waraabaha, arintaasoo fajac iyo layaab ku noqotay dad badan oo reer Kismaayo ah oo aan iyagu ogeyn waxay diinta Islaamku ka qabto arrintaan. Waraabaha oo kamid ah xayawaanada duurjoogta ayay xarakada Al-shabaab ee Jubooyinka sheegtay in diiniyan uu xalaal yahay islamarkaasina la cuni karo hilibkiisa, waxayna arintaasi keentay in suuqyada lagu iibiyo hilibka uu kusoo bato hilibka Waraabaha. Maamo kamid ah dadka ku dhaqan Magaalada Kismaayo ayaa HOL u sheegtay in hilibka Waraabaha uu siweyn ugu soo batay magaalada, iyadoona sheegtay in hilibka waraabuhu noqday hilibka loogu isticmaal badanyahay ee magaalada Kismaayo. "Kiilaha hilibka Geela waa Sh. Som 100,000 (Boqon Kun), hilibka Waraabaha kiilihiisii wuxuu gaaray Sh. Som 180,000 (180 Kun), waxaana iibsado dadka dhaqaalaha leh oo qura," sidaa waxa yiri mid kamid ah dadka deegaanka oo HOL u waramay isagoo ka gaabsaday in magaciisa la xigto. Ugaarsiga Waraabaha ayaa ka bilowday gobolka Jubada Hoose, iyadoona dadka u ugaarsi tago Waraabaha ay kusoo badanayaan Magaalada Kismaayo. Hadalheynta ugu badan ee magaalada Kismaayo ayaa ah hilibka Waraabaha ee la sheegay in uu xalaalyahay, iyadoona bulshada reer Kismaayo ay u qeybsameen laba qeybood kuwo bilaabay cunista hilibka iyo qaar kale oo badan oo ay layaab ku noqotay in la cuno hilib Waraabe. "Waxaa jiro maqaayado dhowr ah oo lagu iibiyo hilibka Waraabaha, sidoo kale waxaa lagu sameeyaa Saanbuuska iyo cuntooyinka kale ee lagu iibiyo maqaayadahaasi," ayuu yiri goobjooge kale oo ku sugan Kismaayo oo HOL u waramay. Culumada waaweyn ee magaalada Kismaayo ayaa siyaabo kala duwan uga hadlay cunista Hilibka Waraabaha, waxaana culumada qaar ay qabaan in uu xalaal yahay halka qaar kalena ay sheegayaan in aysan banaaneyn cunista hilibka Waraabaha, waxaana sidan si lamid ah ay Madaahibta Islaamku siyaabo kala duwan uga hadleen hilibka Waraabaha iyadoona Madhabta qaar ay qabto in uu xalaal yahay halka qaar kalena ay qabaan in uu xaaraam yahay. Xigasho

Xamar - 10/08/2012

Anigana waa inaa kursi raadsadaa. I am sure inaa mid jacburis iska heli karo. The problem is, I don't know who my malaaq is though. Darn it.

So learning at jaamacadaha in Suudaan iyo Liibiya are less than kuwa Reer Galbeedka miyaa? Is this the inferiority some are feeling? Waxbarasho kaliya waxee taalaa miyaa the institutes located in Galbeedka?

This sawir was taken last week. And this one in late '80s. Both taken at roughly in same area close to Marka, Shabeellaha Hoose. And we wonder why abaaraha became a recurring calamity in recent years.

Punto, caadi mee kaa tahay waxaan mise iska yeel yeel? How can you allow yourself to sanction ciribtirka isirnimo (ethnic cleansing) of these poor people? How can you allow a million people ethnically cleaned from Myanmar? And isn't this what the regime in Myanmar wants. Even their Buddhist monks agree with this. This much-maligned community has every right to remain in Myanmar. It is their land. I agree the policies of governments of Bangladesh and other Muslim countries. They should not resettle them, otherwise it would be indirectly sanctioning their uprooting from their ancestral lands.