Everest conqueror Sir Edmund dies

WELLINGTON: Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world’s highest peak Mount Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, died in hospital in Auckland yesterday, aged 88. He suffered a sudden heart attack shortly before he was due to be discharged after a period of treatment and had been in “high spirits” and looking forward to going home, a family statement said. As tributes poured in from around the world, flags flew at half mast in his homeland and it was announced that the man Prime Minister Helen Clark described as the best-known New Zealander ever to have lived would be given a state funeral. Hillary outlived Sherpa Tenzing by nearly 22 years, his Everest co-conqueror having died in May 1986 aged 71. Despite failing health in recent years, Hillary remained an adventurer until 12 months ago when he made his last visit to Antarctica, scene of another of his triumphs, having made an overland 3,200km tractor trip to the South Pole in January 1958. His visit to the Antarctic in January last year marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of New Zealand’s Scott Base where the flag was also lowered to half mast in his memory. In a sporting tribute, it was announced that the New Zealand cricket team will wear black arm bands and observe a minute’s silence before play when the second test match against Bangladesh starts in Wellington today. Hillary – the only living New Zealander to have his portrait on a banknote – was known to all his fellow countrymen as Sir Ed and Clark said he described himself as an average Kiwi with modest abilities. “In reality, he was a colossus,” she said. “He was a heroic figure who not only ‘knocked off’ Everest but lived a life of determination, humility, and generosity.” Clark said that after his ascent of Everest brought him worldwide fame “he set out to support development for the Sherpa people of the Himalayas. “His lifetime’s humanitarian work there is of huge significance and lasting benefit”. Hillary established the Himalayan Trust in the early 1960s and toured and lectured around the world to raise funds and build schools and hospitals for Sherpas in the mountains. He told an interviewer in his final years: “When I sort of kick the bucket as it were, of all the things that I would really like to feel have some continuing activity would unquestionably be my Sherpa schools and so on.” For many years, Hillary insisted on sharing the honour of being the first to stand on the roof of the world with Sherpa Tenzing, refusing to say who reached the summit first. But finally in his autobiography View From The Summit, he said: “I continued cutting a line of steps upwards. “Next moment I had moved on to a flattish exposed area of snow with nothing but space in every direction. “Tenzing quickly joined me and we looked round in wonder. To our immense satisfaction we realised we had reached the top of the world.” All the photographs of the occasion showed only Tenzing posing on the summit. Asked why there were no pictures featuring him, Hillary replied: “Tenzing did not know how to operate the camera and the top of Everest was no place to start teaching him how to use it.” –

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DESTINATION AFTER DEATH

****************Sarva-dvarani samyamya **********************Mano hrdi nirudhya ca *************Murdhny adhayatamanah pranam ***********************Asthito youga-dharanam “The yougic situation is that of detachment from all sensusal engagements. Closing all the doors of the sense and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in yoga.” One translation of the word yoga is “plus”-that is, just the opposite of minus. At the present moment, due to our materially contaminated consciousness we are minus God. When we add God to our lives, when we connect with Him, life is perfected. This process has to be finished at the time of death; therefore as long as we are alive, we have to practice approaching that point of perfection so that at the time of death when we give up this material body, we can realize the supreme. *****Prayana-kale manasacalena************* Bhaktya yukto yoga-balena caiva Bhruvor madhye pranam avesya samyak ***Sa tam param purusam upaiti divyam************** “One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and in full devotion engages himself in remembering the supreme Lord will certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead” The words prayana-kale mean “at the time of death.” Life is kind of a preparation for the final examination, which is death. If we pass that examination, we are transferred to the spiritual world. According to a very common Bengali proverb, “Whatever you do for perfection will be tested at the time of your death.” This process by which the yogi closes the doors of the senses is technically called pratyahara, meaning “just the opposite.” Presently, our sense are engaged in seeing worldly beauty. “Just the opposite” means retracting the senses from that beauty ad seeing the beauty inside. Hearing is concentrated on the omkara sound that is within. Similarly, all the other sense are withdrawn from external activity. The mind is then concentrated on the visnu-murti within the heart(manah hrdi irudhya). The word nirudhya means “confining” the mind within the heart. When the yogi has thus withdrawn his senses and concentrated his mind, he transfer the life air to the top of the head and decides where he should go. There are innumerable planets, and beyond these planets is the spiritual world. The yogis obtain information of these planets from the Vedic literatures, just as, before coming to the United States, I obtained information about this country from books. Since all the higher planets in the spiritual world are described it the Vedic literatures, the yogi knows everything and can transfer himself to any planet he likes. How does not need a material spaceship. Scientists have been trying fro many years to reach other planets with spaceships, but this is not the process. Maybe by this means one or two men can reach a planet, but that is not the means one or two men can reach a planet , but that is not the general process. It is not possible for everyone. Generally, if one wants to transfer himself to a higher planet , he practices this jnana-yoga system. Not the bhakti-yoga system. The system of bhakti-yoga is not used for attaining any material planet. The devotees of krsna are not interested in any planet within this material universe, because they know that on all planets the four basic miseries exist-birth, old age, disease, and death. In the higher planets, one’s life span may be much greater than on this earth, but death is ultimately there. Therefore those who are in krsna consciousness are not interested in material life but spiritual life. Which means relief for these fourfold miseries. Those who are intelligent do not try to elevate themselves to any planet within this material world. To attain a higher planet, one has to prepare a particular type of body to enable one to live there. We cannot attain these planets by artificial , materialistic means, because a suitable body is necessary to live there. We can stay within water only a short while, but the fish does not have a body suitable for living on the land. Similarly, to enter a higher planet, one has to prepare a suitable body. In the higher planets, six of our months are equal to one of their days, and the inhabitants of these planets live ten thousand years. This is all described in the Vedic literatures. Although the life span on these planets is very long, there is ultimately death. After ten thousand years, twenty thousand years, or million of years-it doesn’t matter-death is ultimately there. In the very beginning of “Bhagavad-gita”, however, we learnt that we are not subject to death. ****** Na jayate mriyate va kadacin **************** Nayam bhutva bhavita na bhuyah******************* ****Ajo nitya sasvato yam purano**************************** *********Na hanyate hanyamane sarire************* “For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal , ever-existing undying , and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” Krsna thus instructs us that we are spirit soul and eternal; therefore why should we subject ourselves to birth and death? One who utilizes his intelligences can understand this. One who is situated in krsna consciousness is not interested in promotion to any planet where death exists; rather, being promoted to the spiritual sky, he receives a body just like God’s. Isvarah paramah krsna sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah. God’s body is sac-cid-ananda—eternal, full of knowledge and full of pleasure. Therefore krsna I s called the reservoir of all pleasure. If , upon leaving this body, we transfer ourselves to krsna planet or any other spiritual planet—we attain a similar body full of sac—cid—ananda. /////////////////To be cont………. for next day////////// From the path of perfection HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA

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WHAT IS LIFE?

Any human being should take an interest in what you are living for. The biggest problem nowadays in the world of human beings, which can be seen, is that most human beings do not try to know why they are living and what they should have to live for in their lives. We should see this is the result that human beings have abandoned themselves by greed and ignorance for a long time. Our life and the result of our life that we wish for is being ignored by darkness and unhappiness. Is life really the question which nobody can know ? Some people say that life is a never ending task and some people say that life is the secret which only god knows. We do not understand the fact why do we have to live by forgetting the pleasure of life which is in ourselves and why do we have to live our life by throwing away the value of life. We should understand the tremendous crisis of the world of human beings from the deteriorating or loss of the value of view of life and we should feel fear of the fact that these things prevail in our surroundings already. As long as religions do not know what life is and universities are the authorities of promoting position it is bound to be difficult for anyone to teach the truth of life and people who have already abandoned themselves will not want things in truth to be revealed. The duty of his era is how do we know about life and to choose what we have to live for. The most important thing for you to consider is to love yourself and to create a good self from you. The reason why I am talking about these things is because there is a principle in the world and all the answers are in the principle. Life is the whole process which exists from birth to death and we have the result in us through what happened in ourselves. When we know life we can see the real value of life and when we know life the real love can come out of ourselves. Unless the world of human beings cannot open their eyes to life the value of life will disappear forever. When your life cannot bless yourself the life is not yours anymore. The blessing for human beings is the ability that human beings can have and the fact that they cannot use their ability that they have for themselves means they lost themselves by ignorance. Now we should check about this problem. We should know what we know and what we are doing. All truth is appearing through the result. When the question is wrong the result comes out wrong and only someone who understands the question can make a good result. The most important problem that the world of human beings should know is how to accept our life and how to serve ourselves. The reason why Enlightenment has been emphasized in the world of human beings is that we have this kind of question in ourselves. The reason why we cannot perceive "what is" even though we see it is because we could not open our eyes to the truth and we have not given a good teaching to ourselves. When falsehood becomes a good virtue and the weapon of solving all the problems nobody will be able to protect the destruction of the world of human beings. Enlightenment is opening eyes to "what is" and the way to accept blessing and becoming further away from evil. In order to obtain Enlightenment in our world we need to understand life and we have to have a wish. If there is anyone who is willing to learn about life and to reveal the value of life to people then that will bring a bigger blessing than anything else. Anyone who has courage come here ! As long as your life does not change then problems in you will not change forever and your life will never change. In order for the world of human beings to solve ignorance we have to learn things in life and when we have made ourselves open our eyes to see ourselves we can eventually keep ourselves from greed and falsehood. Life means the process from birth to death and the teaching of life will become the best teaching for ourselves. The reason why the teaching of life is not passed down until now is because nobody could reveal the truth in the world because of the group of evils and also the teaching has disappeared which was passing down by the deterioration of life. Once again knowing life will make you obtain never-ending blessing for yourself and living without knowing life will become the biggest ignorance that you have ignored yourself. Things of the world can make existing things disappear and nonexistent things to appear by connection. Life is an opportunity to choose which has been given to you and your life and your future can change through things in life. No matter what anyone says if you live your life without knowing life then you will deceive yourself. What is life? Life is precious to anyone. However, ultimately few people lead their life with the correct understanding of life. Why do people live in the state of being unaware of life? It is because there hasn't been anyone who teaches about life or anyone who wants to learn about it either in this period. Life can make anything happen to you. What exists in life produces your endless future. That is to say, life is the way to eternal you. Through your life, you can be born as the best human who you want or as the worst human who you never want. Seen from all these facts, there is nothing more important than knowing life in terms of the survival of a human being. In other words, life without understanding itself is the same thing as is abandoned. Then, when it comes to saving you what is the most significant object to be saved? It is you yourself. You can find the same words in the bible. “Nobody can reach the heaven through anyone else rather than the self.” It was the explanation of Jesus that what exist in you would lead you to the heaven. Consciousness derives from what exists inside you and it comes from specific cause and effect, the karma or the virtue you have built. For example, there was a TV show that someone had made a big fortune by growing up medicinal herbs such as a wild ginseng and so forth in the mountain where the herbs doesn't grow naturally. It was possible because he studied about what exists, especially about the methods of cultivation and finally became to have the full understandings of them. His knowledge and ability made it possible for him to cultivate the herbs. Nobody can guarantee that trees not taken care of will bear good fruits. Expecting good results of life while you are living without being aware of the meaning of life is the same as waiting for a good harvest from trees you have never looked after. Being unaware of how to live is the exactly same thing as doing something very bad to you. Unstable society is up to people’s life filled with ignorance. If you realize that what you do will exist inside of you as well as affect you endlessly you cannot take any reckless actions. Realistically, since you don't realise it, you are to take any kinds of careless actions. This makes you change for the worse and causes wrong things in the world as well. Living in the state of being unaware that what results things you have will create and what effects they will have on you, brings about nothing but mistakes. In the meantime, it is not so easy to know life according to people. It is because people have the uniqueness of their own. There is a feature that drives you and on the basis of the feature, you see, react, understand, and accept an object. It is the very origin of destiny. Since people have different origins of destiny respectively, they have different understandings of the same object. Then, how is the origin of destiny created? Just as a physical body grows up by food, especially by the energy of the food, consciousness is brought up by what has existed in the lord of the consciousness. What you hear, see, and experience accumulates over and over again inside you to make the growth of spirit. If something wrong is involved in this process the consciousness which is wrong will be made and subsequently a bad origin of the consciousness will be formed. So is a good origin of the consciousness. This kind of relationship can be observed in nature. Conclusively, it can be explained that it appears by the formula, the law, the truth, the promise, etc. By the way, what is the biggest reason why people don't know these precious things? It is because of falsehood. This unawareness indicates that falsehood has covered truth over. A famous Chinese scholar said in the past. “If I am enlightened about Do (the way of the world) in the morning it doesn't matter whether or not I die in the evening.” What is Do, then? Do (the way of the world) means the law of cause and effect of how what exists in the world appears and changes. It is as important to be enlightened to perceive what exists as it is and how it could come into being as he said that he could die in the evening only if he had become aware of what exists. Knowing life is the way to understand the world. If you recognize life correctly you can understand the world correctly. Knowing the world is the same as obtaining the world. In the same way, knowing life is the way to gain oneself. That is to say, knowing life is the way to peace, happiness, eternal life, resurrection and the heaven. Teaching about life has as important meaning as that. Neglecting life or having no regard for it is giving up your whole future. In the state of abandoning future, how can you want to be happy and live well? If a person made a big fortune by doing something wrong with ignorant thoughts the fortune would give you a lot of troubles. Due to the fortune, all sorts of disputes and unhappiness can appear endlessly. Anyone including you can meet these happenings in case that you bear bad thoughts from the fear of hunger in a short run without observing what exists. Although life is really hard and difficult why should you bear and overcome it? It is because the way of your whole future is formulated during the process of life. If you commit suicide because of the difficulties of life there is no future. Even though you are born again you will become much weaker and repeat the same things. These are typical examples you experience due to ignorance of life. Crops grow up under the influences of ground and environment and as a result, bear fruits. So does a soul. So does consciousness. Consciousness can be active vivaciously or make the better self by knowledge, Enlightenment, and the influence of environment. And although it cannot be active very much, unless it does such a wrong thing that harm itself it might become able to change for the better naturally. If a certain amount of oil is poured into the ground where crops grow up very well the ground will burn out and after all have terrible effects on the crops. If you accept things or relationships which may damage or affect badly you during a certain process, as crops do, consciousness can be withered or ruined. Learning the way of life, i.e. how you lead your life is the project of your life. Unless someone teaches you how to achieve it you should do it for yourself. However, people don't even try to recognise what the project is like and to carry it out. This is the biggest problem people in this era have. In any circumstances, you must not look to any particular objects for the better change in you or to some good effects happening to you. If you could obtain unexpected and incomprehensible profits by serving gods, the happening will cause much bigger loss. It is because offering nothing but prayer will prevent you from learning what you have to do and enlightening yourself about what exists and finally only give you ignorance. The ignorance will perish you. It is irrational to suppose that only objects like gods can make people change for the better or for the worse. It is ultimately rare in human history that gods help people be born again, go to the heaven, and enlighten themselves. The evidences have never been acquired yet. What you must think the most important and must not forget is that what you do becomes the causes of all the results inside you. Also, you have to observe carefully what exist all the time and have to know what kinds of results your behaviour makes. To know life is to know everything. It couldn't be better if you know how you should live. You will be able to work hard and think about what isn't harmful to yourself. If so, you will live well. In the world like today approaching the end, it is considered natural for people to live with life neglected. Knowing life cannot only be blessing but also be agony to those whose willpower is weak. Attachment becomes obstacles in life or darkness in life or makes you ignorant. It doesn't mean that you should not love your children, siblings, and parents. You can love them but you must never have attachment to them. Then, what is attachment and what is love? Attachment makes you long for things unconditionally. Attachment originates from desire. Love starts with blessing. What makes things or people change for the better is blessing and what makes them change for the worse is attachment. People don't distinguish attachment from blessing. They misunderstand attachment as love, or love as attachment and take actions. The attachment makes, for example, you think your son “MY” son and your daughter “MY” daughter. You are not aware, however, that the attachment makes your children and siblings worse. Children are they, themselves and not you, yourself. If you have good thoughts and good will you should practice them first for yourself. And then you can teach them to your children. It is wrong that you don't teach your children in that way and only look to them to do what you want. If you teach them they will do what you want naturally. You only want them to do things without teaching them. It is the same as wanting them to do something impossible. The biggest love is teaching. Why do you send children to school? Don't you send them to school to make them be taught by other people about what you cannot teach for yourself ? Sending to school is love. Teaching children originates from the intention that you help them acquire blessing for themselves through learning. If you consider these things useless there will not be any hope in the world where you live. Hope is the very thing you make and grow up. It is really rare that what you have never made and grown up happens in your surroundings. In order to understand these things, you need Enlightenment and learning. Especially, what is considered the most important during the process of learning is life. If you don't know life it is certain that you can never learn love. Even though you don't study and learn at all in school, if you can learn about life properly you can live superbly. However much and high you have scholastic abilities, if you don't know about life how can you lead your life? Therefore, you must always think life precious and must hold the confidence that you lead your life well and make it more brilliant and bless it through endless future. THIS IS LINK OF POST www.members.tripod.com/tathagata2000/enlightenment_what_is_life__.htm

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Polio

Polio [PO-lee-oh] is a viral disease that can damage the nervous system and cause paralysis. The polio virus enters the body through the mouth, usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. Polio is preventable by immunization. Since polio immunization has become widespread in the United States, cases of polio are rare. However, polio remains a problem in many parts of the world. What is polio? Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is a disease that can damage the nervous system and cause paralysis. Since polio immunization has become widespread in the United States, cases of polio are rare. However, polio remains a problem in many parts of the world. What is the infectious agent that causes polio? Polio is caused by any of three polio viruses. Where is polio found? Before the availability of polio immunization, polio was common worldwide. However, with strong immunization programs and efforts to rid the world of polio, circulation of polio viruses is limited to a decreasing number of countries. The greatest risk is now in the Indian subcontinent and, to a lesser extent, in West and Central Africa. How do people get polio? The polio virus lives in the throat and intestinal tract of infected persons. The virus enters the body through the mouth, usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. Objects, such as eating utensils, can also spread the virus. Food and water are not thought to play a major role in the spread of polio. What are the signs and symptoms of polio? The polio virus attacks the nerve cells that control muscle movements. Many people infected with the virus have few or no symptoms. Others have short-term symptoms, such as headache, tiredness, fever, stiff neck and back, and muscle pain. More serious problems happen when the virus invades nerves in the brain and causes paralysis of the muscles used in swallowing and breathing. Invasion of the nerves in the spinal cord can cause paralysis of the arms, legs, or trunk. How soon after exposure do symptoms appear? Symptoms usually start 7 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. Infected persons are most contagious from a few days before to a few days after the start of symptoms. However, persons with polio can spread the infection for as long as the virus is in their throat or stool. The virus can be found in the throat for about 1 week after infection and in the stool for 6 weeks or longer. How is polio diagnosed? Polio is diagnosed by a blood test or culture. Who is at risk for polio? Polio is most common in infants and young children, but complications occur most often in older persons. What complications can result from polio? Complications include paralysis, most commonly of the legs. Paralysis of the muscles that control breathing and swallowing can be fatal. In very rare cases, the oral vaccine used to prevent polio can cause polio paralysis in persons who are vaccinated (1 in every 8.1 million doses) and in people who are close contacts of a vaccinated person (1 in every 5 million doses). About 8 to 9 cases of paralytic polio caused by the oral vaccine have been reported in the United States yearly. What is the treatment for polio? There is no treatment for polio. A polio patient must receive expert medical care, especially at the beginning of the illness. How common is polio? In the United States, the last case of "wild" polio was in 1979. Wild polio is naturally circulating polio that is not caused by the oral polio vaccine. Except for an occasional importation, all cases of paralytic polio since 1979 have been caused by the oral polio vaccine. However, thousands of polo infections still occur in other parts of the world. Most cases are reported from Asia and Africa. How can polio be prevented? Two types of polio vaccine are available: oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). OPV is made with a live but weakened virus. OPV protects vaccinated persons directly. OPV also protects other susceptible persons who are indirectly "vaccinated" as the vaccine virus spreads in the community. Because of wide use of OPV, no cases of paralytic polio caused by naturally circulating polio virus have been reported in the United States since 1979. IPV is given by injection. It protects vaccinated persons as well as OPV, but it is not believed to be as effective as OPV in preventing the spread of polio virus among non-vaccinated persons. However, IPV is not known to cause polio disease. As of January 1997, the recommended schedule for polio vaccination for children was two doses of IPV at 2 and 4 months of age, followed by two doses of OPV at 12-18 months and 4-6 years. This schedule is expected to reduce the small number of polio cases caused by the oral vaccine. Schedules containing all OPV or all IPV can still be used, too. IPV can be given at 2, 4, and 12-18 months, and 4-6 years. OPV can be given at 2, 4, and 6-18 months, and 4-6 years. Parents and doctors can choose among the three schedules. Booster doses of polio vaccine are also recommended for persons traveling to areas of the world where polio is still a problem. As is the case with all immunizations, there are important exceptions and special circumstances. Health-care providers should have the most current information on recommendations about polio vaccination. This fact sheet is for information only and is not meant to be used for self-diagnosis or as a substitute for consultation with a health-care provider. If you have any questions about the disease described above, consult a health-care provider. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Mahendra POLICE CLUEB ENTER IN FINAL AT AFC PRESIDENT CUP

28 September 2007 Mahendra Police Club players celebrate their victory over Regar-TadAZ in the AFC President's Cup semi-final in Lahore on Thursday. Photo by: Stanley Chou LAHORE: Nepal’s Mahendra Police Club broke the hegemony of Central Asian teams on the two final slots of the AFC President’s Cup after beating Tajikistan’s former champions Regar-TadAZ 2-1 in the semi-final here at the Punjab Stadium on Thursday. Regar-TadAZ may have been better equipped and favourites to make it to the final of this third edition of the tournament but the Nepalese club were not willing to give them any quarter. The sheer grit of the Nepalese club in the end saw them emerge victorious in the last minute of the game. Now they face the winners of the second semi-final between Dordoi-Dynamo and Ratnam in the final on September 30. This indeed was a huge upset for Regar-TadAZ and their players seemed crestfallen at having been sent packing without having another shot at real glory. The game was tantalisingly in the balance, with Regar-TadAZ after the break time and again making serious inroads into the Mahendra zone without getting any reward for it; the honours from the first half were pretty much even at 1-1. And right when the match seemed to be drifting towards penalty kicks, Mahendra skipper Ramesh Budhathoki came to the fore, stunning Regar-TadAZ by converting a long pass in the death – in the 90th minute. That left Regar-TadAZ with virtually no time to recover but the three minutes of injury time. There were a couple of efforts, desperate ones indeed, but they came to nought and it was Mahendra's turn to celebrate. And why not, after all it had done its bit of giant-killing to create some history by adding a South Asian dimension to the one-way traffic of Central Asian dominance so far. In the first half too, it was obvious that Mahendra intended to challenge the established order by putting up a doughty fight. As both sides lost a few opportunities to get ahead, Mahendra was in the main saved with its goalkeeper Ritesh Thapa saving his side from what were really good attempts. The most mentionable of these was from Manurdzhon Hakimov in the 20th minute, and its rebound as well. In the 26th minute, Maruf Rustamov, fed well by midfielder Umarbaev, shot the ball past Thapa with a fierce drive. On the counterattack just fifty seconds later, Mahendra's Jumanu Rai gave the ball a spectacular run and his try bore into the net only to seem being ruled off-side. But Rai persisted in making forays and in the 32nd minute, Manu Rai drove the ball past Alisher Dodov's right to score the equaliser. There were a few more opportunities for Regar but it was not their night, and at interval the scores were tied at 1-1. But Mahendra’s holding of their nerves and defences made them walk out with an incredible win. Mahendra had come with the intent to challenge the established order and their poise and execution helped them prevail over a far superior side. An elated Mahendra Police Club coach Birat Krishna Shrestha gave credit of this victory to the team. “Our plan was to watch initially and then attack. In the second half, we played defensive and relied on counter attacks. I am happy that this strategy paid off.” “Their frontline was very fast in the initial period but our defenders did their job pretty well and did not succumb to the continuous pressure. The players displayed great team spirit and determination.” Regar coach Makhmadjon Khabibulloev said: “My players committed many mistakes in midfield and failed to convert chances that came their way.” “On the other hand, Mahendra players displayed good spirit. We knew that it will be a tough game and it was even till the last minute but a defensive error cost us the match.”

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CLUB PROFILE : THREE STAR CLUB

With a history of more than 2000 years, Patan is one of the most important city of Kathmandu valley. It is rich in its history, tradition and its cultures. The Patan Durbar Square inside Patan City is one of the World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu valley. The existing monuments of unique architectural and cultural values and its glorious built environment made it possible for Patan Durbar Square to be enlisted in one of the World Heritage sites of Nepal . In addition the rituals and social events affiliated with the monuments added flavor in the wonderful built environment which paying attention domestic and international tourist. The location of the club is within the historical place of Patan. CLUB INTRO THREE STAR CLUB Mangal Bazar, Lalitpur, Nepal Tel : 977-1-5527411, 5521479 Fax : Email : silversmith@infoclub.com.np Internet : www.threestar.com.np President : Mr. SHRESTHA Lalit Krishna Vice President : Mr. SHAKYA Nirmal Ratna General Secretary : Mr. JOSHI Arun Man Treasurer : Mr. JOSHI Prajwal Raj Coach : Mr. KC Dhruba Founded : 1974 Affiliated to ANFA : 1979 Jerseys : Yellow & Blue Shorts : Black & Blue Socks : Black & Blue

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AFC President’s Cup 2007: Mahendra Police Club overcome Khemara Club 6-4 to enter last four

* Roman strikes four goals as Dordoi-Dynamo defeat Tatung Club 5-0 Staff Report LAHORE: Front-runner Roman Kornilov struck four brilliant goals as Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi-Dynamo Club defeated Chinese Taipei’s Tatung Club 5-0 at the Railways Stadium here on Tuesday. At the Punjab Stadium, Nepal’s Mahendra Police Club notched impressive win against Cambodia’s Khemara Club 6-4 to enter the semi-finals of the AFC President’s Cup. Tajikkistan’s Regar-TadAZ will take on Mahendra Police Club in the first semi-final on Thursday (tomorrow) while Dordoi will clash against Ratnam Sports Club in the second semi-final the following day. Both semi-finals will kick off at 7:30 pm at the Punjab Stadium. Mahendra were given a fright in the closing stages by Khemara as they brought the game to 4-4 with three quick goals, but Mahendra recovered to add to their tally another two to seal the issue 6-4. Dordoi’s all-time leading scorer Roman Kornilov netted four goals in 18th, 62nd, 83rd and 89th minutes with the opener pumped in by Artem Muladjanov in the 11th minute. Roman raised his tally to nine in the AFC President’s Cup history and became third hat-trick maker after Khurshed (Regar TadAZ) and Channa (Ratnam) in ongoing show. Holders Dordoi-Dynamo gave another convincing performance that must serve as a serious warning to the contenders for their crown.

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Company Profile MERO MOBILE

Spice Nepal Private Ltd., popularly known under its brand name "Mero Mobile", is the first private GSM mobile operator in Nepal. Company was established in 2004 and commercially launched on 17th September 2005. Spice Nepal Private Ltd. bagged the award for the “Best Consumer Pull in Mobile operator” and “Most Innovative Mobile Operator” at the CEO Conclave Award-2006, organized by Voice & Data, India’s leading information and communication magazine, in Colombo, Srilanka.The winners were chosen among the best mobile operators in the South Asian (SAARC) region for their contributions in cellular mobile phone development, innovation products and services. Starting from moment of commercial launch Spice Nepal has extended its services in major areas of Nepal such as: Dhulikhel, Banepa, Nagarkot (surroundings of Kathmandu Valley) Bharatpur / Chitwan, Hetauda, Birgunj, Simara, Biratnagar, Itahari, Birtamod, Chandragadi, Kakarvitta, Dharan, Duhabi, Rajbiraj, Lahan, Malangawa, Nijgadh, Dhalkebar, Janakpur (Eastern part of Nepal); Pokhara, Butwal, Bardagath, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj (Western part of Nepal), Dhangadhi and it is one of the most fast growing company known for its better quality and innovative services. Mero Mobile has already tied up with many different international Operators of more than 21 countries adding up to 52 operators around the world and is in process of extending roaming services (partners) for the convenience of the roaming subscribers. Mero Mobile is the first GSM company in Nepal to introduce services like GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), PRBT (Personal Ring Back Tone) to its users. Mero Mobile started its service with Voice call and SMS and in the short period of its operation have introduced services like Voice Mail, Sms2Email, Missed Call Notification, GPRS, MMS, PRBT and many more value added services. Our continuous investment in research and development is a reflection of our realization of the importance of industry standards and patents in the telecommunications industry. Mero mobile is technically well equipped and operates on dual band frequency; 900 MHz and 1800 MHz thus catering to more customers in terms of capacity and coverage. It allows effective and higher capacity and data transfer for services like GPRS and EDGE. Mero Mobile has two dedicated customer care centers located in Kathmandu and Lalitpur and has plans to open customer care centers in different parts of the country where it has its network. Our staff is dedicated and highly trained, with a strong sense of commitment to ensure the best service to our customers Our company philosophy is based on providing the best quality communication service to our subscribers. Mero Mobile shall bring more and more updates and services in coming future. VIA SPICENEPAL.COM DIPENDRA ADD

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Avril reached out to her fans across the world to create designs for her merchandise line. The best of those designs have been voted on by fans and the top designs were handpicked by Avril herself. Now these designs are offered to fans for sale around the world! Go to AVRILMERCH.COM to order from the seven new fan-created designs. All winning designs have been printed on high quality Gaziani girly tees, a classic tee inspired by American Apparel that is flattering on virtually any body type, and fits true to size. Be sure to visit the store today, as some designs are limited edition and only for sale while supplies last!

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NEPAL

: Nepal A chronology of key events: 1768 - Gurkha ruler Prithvi Narayan Shah conquers Kathmandu and lays foundations for unified kingdom. Mount Everest, known in Nepal as "Sagarmatha" Everest conquered: 50 years on 1792 - Nepalese expansion halted by defeat at hands of Chinese in Tibet. 1814-16 - Anglo-Nepalese War; culminates in treaty which establishes Nepal's current boundaries. 1846 - Nepal falls under sway of hereditary chief ministers known as Ranas, who dominate the monarchy and cut off country from outside world. 1923 - Treaty with Britain affirms Nepal's sovereignty. Absolute monarchy 1950 - Anti-Rana forces based in India form alliance with monarch. 1951 - End of Rana rule. Sovereignty of crown restored and anti-Rana rebels in Nepalese Congress Party form government. Nepal's Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary; first to the top of the world 1978: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (in Nepali) On This Day 1953: Everest conquered 1953 29 May - New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepal's Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 1955 - Nepal joins the United Nations. 1955 - King Tribhuwan dies, King Mahendra ascends throne. 1959 - Multi-party constitution adopted. 1960 - King Mahendra seizes control and suspends parliament, constitution and party politics after Nepali Congress Party (NCP) wins elections with B. P. Koirala as premier. 1962 - New constitution provides for non-party system of councils known as "panchayat" under which king exercises sole power. First elections to Rastrya Panchayat held in 1963. 1972 - King Mahendra dies, succeeded by Birendra. Multi-party politics King Mahendra's 1962 constitution cemented royal rule 1960: King Mahendra in London (in Nepali) 1980 - Constitutional referendum follows agitation for reform. Small majority favours keeping existing panchayat system. King agrees to allow direct elections to national assembly - but on a non-party basis. 1985 - NCP begins civil disobedience campaign for restoration of multi-party system. 1986 - New elections boycotted by NCP. 1989 - Trade and transit dispute with India leads to border blockade by Delhi resulting in worsening economic situation. 1990 - Pro-democracy agitation co-ordinated by NCP and leftist groups. Street protests suppressed by security forces resulting in deaths and mass arrests. King Birendra eventually bows to pressure and agrees to new democratic constitution. Kumari, a young girl, is revered as a living goddess Kumari makes a rare appearance 1991 - Nepali Congress Party wins first democratic elections. Girija Prasad Koirala becomes prime minister. Political instability 1994 - Koirala's government defeated in no-confidence motion. New elections lead to formation of Communist government. 1995 - Communist government dissolved. 1995 - Radical leftist group, the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), begins insurrection in rural areas aimed at abolishing monarch and establishing people's republic, sparking a conflict that would drag on for over a decade. 1997 - Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba loses no-confidence vote, ushering in period of increased political instability, with frequent changes of prime minister. 2000 - GP Koirala returns as prime minister, heading the ninth government in 10 years. Palace killings Nepal's royals, pictured before the 2001 palace killings In depth: Nepal palace killings On This Day 2001: Nepal royal family massacred 2001 1 June - King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and other close relatives killed in shooting spree by drunken Crown Prince Dipendra, who then shoots himself. 2001 4 June - Prince Gyanendra crowned King of Nepal after Dipendra dies of his injuries. 2001 July - Maoist rebels step up campaign of violence. Prime Minister GP Koirala quits over the violence; succeeded by Sher Bahadur Deuba. 2001 November - Maoists end four-month old truce with government, declare peace talks with government failed. Launch coordinated attacks on army and police posts. Emergency 2001 November - State of emergency declared after more than 100 people are killed in four days of violence. King Gyanendra orders army to crush the Maoist rebels. Many hundreds are killed in rebel and government operations in the following months. 2002 May - Parliament dissolved, fresh elections called amid political confrontation over extending the state of emergency. Sher Bahadur Deuba heads interim government, renews emergency. Sher Bahadur Deuba has had three stints as Nepalese PM 2006: Ex-PM freed from jail 2004: Deuba begins third term 2002 October - King Gyanendra dismisses Deuba and indefinitely puts off elections set for November. Lokendra Bahadur Chand appointed as PM. 2003 January - Rebels, government declare ceasefire. 2003 May-June - Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigns as PM; king appoints his own nominee Surya Bahadur Thapa as new premier. End of truce 2003 August - Rebels pull out of peace talks with government and end seven-month truce. The following months see resurgence of violence and frequent clashes between students/activists and police. 2004 April - Nepal joins the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Maoist rebels control swathes of the country Who are Nepal's Maoist rebels? 2004 May - Royalist Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa resigns following weeks of street protests by opposition groups. 2004 June - King Gyanendra reappoints Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister with the task of holding elections. Direct power 2005 1 February - King Gyanendra dismisses Prime Minister Deuba and his government, declares a state of emergency and assumes direct power, citing the need to defeat Maoist rebels. 2005 30 April - King lifts the state of emergency amid international pressure. 2005 November - Maoist rebels and main opposition parties agree on a programme intended to restore democracy. The king gave up absolute rule after weeks of protests 2006: Clock ticking for change 2006 April - King Gyanendra agrees to reinstate parliament following weeks of violent strikes and protests against direct royal rule. GP Koirala is appointed as prime minister. Maoist rebels call a three-month ceasefire. 2006 May - Parliament votes unanimously to curtail the king's political powers. The government and Maoist rebels begin peace talks, the first in nearly three years. 2006 16 June - Rebel leader Prachanda and PM Koirala hold talks - the first such meeting between the two sides - and agree that the Maoists should be brought into an interim government. 2006 November - The government and Maoists sign a peace accord, declaring a formal end to a 10-year rebel insurgency. The rebels are to join a transitional government and their weapons will be placed under UN supervision. 2007 January - Maoist leaders enter parliament under the terms of a temporary constitution. Violent ethnic protests erupt in the south-east; demonstrators demand autonomy for the region. 2007 April - Former Maoist rebels join interim government, a move that takes them into the political mainstream. 2007 May - Elections for a constituent assembly pushed back to November. A US offer to resettle thousands of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal has raised hopes but has also sparked tension in the camps, says Human Rights Watch. 2007 September - Three bombs hit Kathmandu in the first attack in the capital since the end of the Maoist insurgency. Maoists quit interim government to press demand for monarchy to be scrapped.

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