Monday, August 27, 2018
Saturday, August 25, 2018
John McCain, senator and former presidential candidate, dies at 81
John McCain, Arizona senator and former Republican presidential candidate, has died at the age of 81.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
‘Super Eid’ Turns U.S. Bank Stadium Into Place Of Worship
Thousands of Muslim families from across Minnesota filled the stadium today in celebration of the religious holiday, Angela Davis reports (2:01). WCCO 4 News At 5 – Aug. 21, 2018
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Insane Homemade Inventions 2018 # 50 Ingenious And Unbelieveble Ideas
Insane Homemade Inventions 2018 # 50 Ingenious And Unbelieveble Ideas
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Deg Deg: Dowlada Ethiopia Oo Diiday Inay Aqoonsato Madaxweynaha Cusub Ee...
Deg Deg: Dowlada Ethiopia Oo Diiday Inay Aqoonsato Madaxweynaha Cusub Ee dawlad-deegaanka Soomaalida Etiyoobiya isla markaasna hoos loo dhigo awoodda ciidanka Liyuu Booliska.
Monday, August 6, 2018
Khayre oo ka jeediyay khudbad loo riyaaqay shirkii Khortuum ee heshiiska Suudaanta Koofureed.
Khayre oo ka jeediyay khudbad loo riyaaqay shirkii Khortuum ee heshiiska Suudaanta Koofureed.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
'Obese' tourists from US and UK blamed for crippling donkeys in Greece, activists say
Sadly, there is no appointed organization to enforce the international code of practice for working equines, signed 2008. (Getty )
The donkeys of Santorini are reportedly not the only stubborn creatures on the Greek isle: Officials say that increasing numbers of overweight tourists are opting to ride, not walk, up the steep hills of the popular cruise ship destination, thus crippling the animals in the process.
A representative for the animal rights group Help the Santorini Donkeys recently told the Mirror that locals have been forced to begin breeding their donkeys with stronger mules to make it easier for them to carry what the Mirror calls “fatter tourists.”
“The holiday season on islands is now a lot longer than it used to be, meaning that the donkeys are pretty much working the whole year round." (Getty )
At present, overweight riders are leaving the animals with spinal injuries and open wounds, due in part to ill-fitting saddles, Express reports.
“It’s recommended animals carry no more than 20 percent of their body weight. Obese and overweight tourists, combined with the lack of shade and water, heat and cobbled steps, is what’s causing such a problem,” the spokesperson told the Mirror. “With donkeys it should be no more than eight stone [112 pounds], but how would that be imposed?"
Over 1,000 tourists a day flood Santorini during the peak vacation season between May and October, with the donkeys trekking between four and five times up hundreds of cobbled steps in temperatures up to 86 degrees F, the Express reports. Claiming that the number of overweight tourists from the U.K., U.S. and Russia have only continued to increase in recent years, Help the Santorini Donkeys charity is now calling for a weight restriction for riders.
Over 1,000 tourists a day flood Santorini during the peak vacation season between May and October. (iStock)
“The holiday season on islands is now a lot longer than it used to be, meaning that the donkeys are pretty much working the whole year round,” Christina Kaloudi, founder of the Santorini Animal Welfare Association, told The Sun.
“If they are not transporting tourists up the steps they are moving building materials or transporting heavy bags of rubbish. There are some good owners out there that follow the code but generally, donkeys are worked into the ground and then disposed of when their working lives are over,” she added.
“They are made to work in terrible conditions without adequate water, shelter or rest and then I find them tied outside my shelter, barely alive.”
Though an international code of practice for working equines was signed by Santorini officials in 2008, there is no appointed organization to enforce the policies, the outlet notes.
80 injured, 2 critically, after Aeromexico plane crashes at airport, officials say
80 injured, 2 critically, after Aeromexico plane crashes at airport, officials say originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
Eighty people have been injured after an Aeromexico flight crashed while en route to Mexico City, according to government officials.
Flight #2431 was taking off at the General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport in the northwest Mexican state of Durango Tuesday afternoon when it crashed, according to Durango state Governor José Rosas Aispuro Torres.
The plane was taking off when it tried to abort the takeoff due to bad weather, but it was too late, Aispuro Torres told reporters. The plane went down after the runway ended, Aispuro Torres said.
Weather reports showed scattered storms in the area at the time of the accident.
Two passengers were injured critically, Fernando Rios, a spokesperson for Durango's State Coordination of Civil Protection said on Mexican television.
"It is confirmed that there were no deaths following the accident of flight Aeromexico 2431," Aispuro Torres wrote on Twitter. "At this moment on behalf of the cabinet, led by Coordinator Rosario Castro, to attend to the injured and cooperate with airport authorities with what has occurred."
Aeromexico wrote on Twitter Wednesday just after 5 p.m. ET that it was aware of an "accident" in the northwest Mexican state of Durango.
Monday, July 30, 2018
Sidii Dr. Abiy Axmed loogu soo dhaweeyay magaalda Minneapolis.
Dadweyne aad u fara badan oo ka soo jeeda dalka Itoobiya ayaa si diirran ugu soo dhoweeyay rai`iskul wasaaraha Itoobiya Dr. Abiy Axmed.
Friday, July 27, 2018
Kulliyadda Muusiqada iyo Riwaayadaha ee dalka Suudaan
Waa hees xambaarsan farriin kobeysaa horrumarka nolosha, shaqada iyo beeraha waddanka Suudaan.
Thursday, May 24, 2018
A Little Girl Gives Coins To A Street Musician And Gets The Best Surpris...
A Little Girl Gives Coins To A Street Musician And Gets The Best Surpris...
Monday, April 30, 2018
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
MAREYKANKA OO SOO SAARAY SHARCIYO LAGU MUTEYSAN KARO XARIG
Dadka caadeystay iney baraha bulshada xadgudubyo ugu geystaan dadka kale sida iney soo dhigaan sawirro qaawanaan ah oo ay sharafta qof kale meel ugaga dhacayaan ayaa la kulmi doona ciqaab xarig markii ay caddaato qofkii dambigaas gaystay. Sharcigan oo la soo saaray sanad iyo bar ka hor ayay idaacadda KALY ka wareysatay Sergent Cabdulwahaab Cali oo ka mid boliiska dambi baarista Mareykanka ee gobolkan Minnesota, kana tirsan ururka dhallinyarada Booliiska si uu uga warbixyo sharcigan iyo cidda uu khuseeyo, isla markaasna uu ku baraarujiyo bulshada Soomaaliyeed ee Mareykanka si ay ugaga foojignaadaan carruurtooda sharcigan.
Friday, March 9, 2018
QISO MURUGO LEH: Nin looma ooyaan ah oo dambi aanu lahayn loogu xakumay 15 sano.
QISO MURUGO LEH: Nin looma ooyaan ah oo dambi aanu lahayn loogu xakumay 15 sano.
Waddan aan bad iyo berriba waxba aan loo reebayn, dhallinyaradii dhaxalka u lahaydna ay badaha ku dhammaanayaan!
Waddan aan bad iyo berriba waxba aan loo reebayn, dhallinyaradii dhaxalka u lahaydna ay badaha ku dhammaanayaan!
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Maxay ku dambayndoonaan heshiiyada DP WORLD ee dekadaha gobollada Soomaaliya? Macluumaadkan ka daawo
Maxay ku dambayndoonaan heshiiyada DP WORLD ee dekadaha gobollada Soomaaliya? Macluumaadkan ka daawo
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Sunday, February 4, 2018
XOG MUHIIM AH: Halis ku soo fool leh hawada iyo badda Soomaaliya. (DHEGEYSO)
XOG MUHIIM AH: Halis ku soo fool leh hawada iyo badda Soomaaliya. (DHEGEYSO)
Khabiir Soomaaliyeed oo ku xeeldheer arrimaha hawada iyo duulimaadyada ayaa ka digay khatar hor leh oo ka soo fool hawada iyo badda Soomaaliya. Halkan ka dhegeyso wareysigii oo dhamaystiran
Thursday, February 1, 2018
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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| Dr. Carter Goodwin Woodson |
The month of February is “our nation’s” observation of Black History. The 2015 theme is: “A Century of Black Life, History, and Culture”
It is disheartening to think of the controversy surrounding this very important holiday in America.
Some people joked, “We were given the shortest month of the year to celebrate our history.” This is not just Black History that we are celebrating, not just America’s history, but the history of the world.
Many great and useful inventions that are being used worldwide, and that are taken for granted were invented by Black people. The cell phone (Henry T. Sampson and his “gamma-electric cell”) was invented by a Black man.
The first open heart surgery (Vivien Thomas a surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s) to name essential things that are in use today.
Some people think that it’s by pure accident that some Black citizens, not the same ones that we hear about year after year; have done anything worthwhile.
There are others that easily accept that we have a few famous entertainers, sports figures and a few entrepreneurs making millions of dollars; but they are slow to recognize that there are many Blacks that have excelled, and are continuing to excel and invent devices.
They use math and science to make a difference in how we live, work, play and entertain today.
As a retired teacher, I too wish that all history of great magnitude is put in our textbooks, especially Black history, which is American’s history; in spite of what we have been taught.
But wishing it is not going to get the information in our textbooks on the grand scale that it needs to be (School Districts in Texas and California, they are the largest buyers of textbooks, could insist and get their request granted.
The story of Carter Godwin Woodson, Father of Black History (December 1875 – April 1950, is a captivating and inspiration story in itself.
Dr. Woodson said, “Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.”
When Dr. Woodson established Negro History week in 1926, he
realized the importance of providing a theme to focus the attention of
the public.
realized the importance of providing a theme to focus the attention of
the public.
The intention has never been to dictate or limit the exploration of the Black experience, but to bring to the public’s attention important developments that merit emphasis.
He believed that Blacks should know their past in order to participate intelligently in the affairs in our country.
Dr. Woodson strongly believed that Black history—which others (even some Black people) have tried so diligently to erase—is a firm foundation for young Black people to build on in order to become productive citizens of our society.
Prior to “Negro History WEEK,“ Dr. Woodson and several of his friends established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. In the 1960s it was established as Black History MONTH.
In 1912 (the year my mother, Cedella Baker Demus, was born) Dr. Woodson, received his Ph.D in history from Harvard University. He developed an important philosophy of history.
History, he insisted, was not the mere gathering of fact. The object of historical study is to arrive at a reasonable interpretation of the facts.
History is more than political and military records of peoples and nations. It must include some description of the social conditions of the period being studied.
Even Dr. Woodson often said that he hoped the time would come when Negro History Week would be unnecessary; when all Americans would willingly recognize the contributions of Black Americans as a legitimate and integral part of the history of this country.
His concept has given a profound sense of dignity to all Black people; and we must not forget it! Nor should we stop Black History Month.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Some Saudi Millennials Object To Young Prince's Easing Religious Rules
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who's alienated traditional power centers in the clergy and royal family as he rushes to refashion the kingdom, is pinning a lot of hopes on his millennial peers.
Dance music blares from a Riyadh cafe. In the foyer, young women in colorful robes line up to get their names on the waiting list. It's the kind of scene that makes it easy to believe change is coming to Saudi Arabia at breakneck speed.
World | © 2018 Bloomberg L.P. | Vivian Nereim and Sarah Algethami, Bloomberg | Updated: January 29, 2018 12:28 IST
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| Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has eased religious rules. |
Dance music blares from a Riyadh cafe. In the foyer, young women in colorful robes line up to get their names on the waiting list. It's the kind of scene that makes it easy to believe change is coming to Saudi Arabia at breakneck speed.
Half an hour's drive south lies a different world. In the capital's historic center, where prayers echo from loudspeakers and child beggars haunt visitors, 23-year-old Musid has nothing good to say about the social opening sweeping across Islam's birthplace. "I'm against it," he says, fingering a string of prayer beads in the jewelry shop where he works. "From the view of our customs, traditions, and values."
Well over half the Saudi population is younger than 30. The kingdom's de facto ruler is only a couple of years older than that himself. And Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who's alienated traditional power centers in the clergy and royal family as he rushes to refashion the kingdom, is pinning a lot of hopes on his millennial peers.
It's their aspirations that the prince invokes as he eases religious rules. Young Saudis just want a "normal life," Prince Mohammed told foreign investors last year, declaring that he was returning Saudi Arabia to "moderate Islam." The government sponsors concerts that draw mixed-gender crowds; women will soon be allowed to drive, and the infamous religious police have been defanged.
What's 'Normal'?
But there are plenty of youths like Musid who don't think Riyadh's new social scene is normal- and who worry that in the rush to change the Saudi society and economy, they'll get left behind.
Others, far from seeking a lighter religious imprint on their own society, have fought to impose a heavier one on other countries. Thousands of young Saudis traveled to Afghanistan, Iraq and most recently Syria - or attempted to do so - to join jihadist wars against rulers viewed as un-Islamic.
"There's push-back even among young people" against the prince's plans, said Allison Wood, a Middle East consultant for Control Risks in London. "You start to see those divides between wealthier Saudis who have had the opportunity to travel or study abroad, and those that haven't." For the latter group, she said, austere religious rules are "the only social context that they've known."
Some of the grumblings is directed at Prince Mohammed's economic agenda of privatization and austerity. If the new Saudi Arabia won't police lifestyles like it used to, it won't provide cradle-to-grave welfare either.
'Dying Every Day'
Musid, who briefly studied in the U.S. but had to come home when he couldn't get a scholarship, supports those changes. Many of his contemporaries don't. Almost one-third of Saudis aged under 30 are unemployed and have felt the impact of new taxes and subsidy cuts. Resentment of the economic pain often dovetails with objections to social change.
"The money being spent on the entertainment authority's concerts should be spent on the citizens," said Rahaf, a 25-year-old job-seeker. "From pay raises to offering housing and jobs."
Manal, a 32-year-old housewife, said she hopes the prince abandons much of his plan. She's glad women will be allowed to drive, but said she's uncomfortable with public money being spent on concerts- especially when the kingdom is fighting an increasingly bloody and costly war in neighboring Yemen. "I see these as provoking the feelings of our soldiers in the south, who are dying every day, as well as a waste of money."
Like other Saudis who criticized government policies in interviews, she asked not to be identified by her full name so she could speak openly.
No 'Public'
Free speech is limited in Saudi Arabia- dozens of prominent government critics were arrested last year. And so is opinion polling, making it hard to judge whose views are representative.
One survey, by market researcher Ipsos, found that 63 percent of Saudis welcomed the government's decision in September to lift the ban on women driving. And there's certainly evidence of enthusiasm for the new entertainment options. Concerts, like the one by Greek compser Yanni in December, are sold out. Street festivals are crowded.
Still, "it's impossible to know Saudi opinion, as a Saudi 'public' doesn't really exist," said Kristin Diwan, a senior resident scholar the Gulf States Institute in Washington. "The population is still quite fragmented, and development uneven."
At the developed end are Saudis like 21-year-old Fahad Albelihy, a college student who trades stocks in his spare time and has his own IT business. He says he's rooting for the crown prince, and is dismissive of those who oppose his modernization plan. They're sore losers who were "benefiting from the old system," Albelihy said, perched over his laptop in the lobby of Riyadh's Four Seasons hotel.
Economics Is Harder
That old system did send hundreds of thousands of young Saudis to study overseas, helping equip them for the private-sector job market the prince wants to kickstart- which will have to absorb the Saudi youth bulge.
Currently, the economy is struggling- it shrank 0.5 percent last year. Two-thirds of Saudis who work are employed by the government. And some 10.6 million people, roughly half the native population, are eligible for monthly payments under the kingdom's support program for low- and middle-income families. More than once, Prince Mohammed has had to execute U-turns, abandoning cuts to the public wage-bill amid stirrings of discontent.
In the end, it'll be harder to win millennial support for the economic agenda than the social one, according to Hesham Alghannam, a Saudi researcher at the University of Exeter in the U.K.
The government can "easily" enact social reforms without a dangerous backlash, Alghannam said. Convincing young Saudis that the state should no longer be the main employer "is significantly more difficult than allowing concerts."
A White-Haired Baby
A White-Haired Baby
Most of us have plenty of time to enjoy our looks and our youth before we start to worry about age spots and white hair, wrinkles, and saggy eyes. That wasn’t the case for little baby Bence, who was born in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, with a full head of stark white hair.
Maqaamka Muqdisho haddii aad rabtid inaad ogaatid ka dhegeyso wasiirka maaliyadda.
Maqaamka Muqdisho haddii aad rabtid inaad ogaatid ka dhegeyso wasiirka maaliyadda.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Ma dhabbaa in Araweelo ay halkan fariisan jirtay?
Wali ma tagtay Goobta la sheegay in ay fariisan jirtay #Araweelo maxaase ka aaminsan tahay Ubaxa dumarka ay saaran goobtaasi iyo dhagaxa Ragu ku tuuro? ila daawo sheekadan ! (Mukhtaar Suudaani)
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Mar dhowna waxaa laga yaabaa in la arko iyadoo foolkafool loogu dagaalayo warmo iyo seefo.
Mar dhowna waxaa laga yaabaa in la arko iyadoo foolkafool loogu dagaalayo warmo iyo seefo oo la leeyahay waxaa lagu soo daray isboortiga. Maxaa gacmaha iyo madaxa layska jari doonaa.
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Mudane Cabdullaahi Ciise AUN oo kormeeraya raadiyo Muqdisho xorriyadda ...
Mudane Cabdullaahi Ciise AUN Raiisul wasaarihii u horreeyay ee Soomaaliya oo kormeeraya raadiyo Muqdisho xorriyadda ka hor.
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